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Blow-Me-Downer a 17 LARK HARBOUR THE YORK HARBOUR BLOW·ME·DOWNER FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE OUTER BAY OF ISLANDS ISSUE 64 : 2012-06-01 NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR 2012 June 01 Friday Editor: Stuart L Harvey, PO Box 17, Lark Harbour Tel: 709-681-2256 NL, Canada, A0L 1H0 E-Mail: [email protected] JAM TO-MORROW AND JAM YESTERDAY – BUT NEVER JAM TO-DAY ? Ten-inch pipes for the Project, waiting to be installed near Birchy Hill Road A large truck looms through the dust on Murrins’ Hill. Drivers beware! OST PEOPLE HAVE READ OR SEEN movies of Lewis Carroll’s F WE CAN JUDGE BY THE STATE OF THE ROAD between Lark Harbour Mfamous tale Through the Looking Glass. In that book there is Iand York Harbour, it seems like things have to get worse before a very well-known passage where the Queen of Hearts offers Alice a they can get better. This picture was taken after the warm and dry job which pays two pence a week, and jam every other day. An Victoria Day weekend, and the dust was really flying with every argument ensues in which Alice states clearly that she wants neither vehicle that passed! It’s unpleasant for the people whose homes are the job, nor the jam: alongside the road where the surface has been removed in “It’s very good jam,” said the Queen. preparation for the laying of new pavement. This time of year it’s “Well, I don’t want any TO-DAY, at any rate,.” says Alice. nice to have your windows open and to be outside, but dust storms “You couldn’t have it if you DID want it,” the Queen said. “The rule is, are both unpleasant and unhealthy. However the work is essential, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day.” so it’s a step in the right direction, and hopefully the new surface will “It MUST come sometimes to ‘jam to-day’,” Alice objected. be down soon. We have grumbled long enough about the state of the “No, it can’t,” said the Queen. “It’s jam every OTHER day: to-day isn’t road, so with work now under way, we should not complain. After any OTHER day, you know.” “I don’t understand you,” said Alice. “It’s dreadfully confusing!” all, we want good work done, not just a patched up job, and the repairs already completed are thorough, with the ditches cleaned out Substitute water for jam, and this seems to have been the story of and damaged culverts replaced before the new blacktop goes down. Lark Harbour’s Water and Sewer Project so far. In June of last year But be sure to slow down for visibility like a St John’s peas- Council was advised, and the BLOW•ME•DOWNER reported in the souper! You don’t know what might be lurking in it, waiting to pop 2011 July issue, that “Phase 1 of the Water and Sewer Project is now out and take you unawares! ready to begin.” Work was expected to begin quite soon then, and for sure by the end of summer. But it didn’t. There would be a further delay caused by an Please don’t forget the FOOD BANK NETWORK’s environmental issue raised by DFO over Fairfax (Big) Brook and its ‘Christmas in June’ FOOD DRIVE trout. Of course, we do not want the trout to be affected, but why on Monday 11th June at 6:30pm. must government departments take so long to realise that they need Attach the Orange Sticker from this BMD to your donation bag. to do something, and then take even longer to do it? At 6:30pm place it to be visible from the road for collection. However Mayor John Parsons provided this communication on If you miss the collection bring it to the Church before 8:00pm. Tuesday 22 May: “An official letter was faxed to the Town Office today from the Dept of Municipal Affairs accepting the recommendation from Anderson Engineering Consultants Ltd to LATE BREAKING NEWS accept the tender submitted by Marine Contractors. We are now Received from Lark Harbour Council Office making arrangements for a meeting before the end of this week [i.e before 25 May] to sign off the necessary documents so Marine can At 2:00pm on May 24, 2012 the Lark Harbour Town Council met get started on Phase 1A.” Phase 1A is construction of an access road with Marine Contractors, Municipal Affairs, and Anderson and water line to the Main Road. Phase 1B is the dam construction. Engineering regarding the Water/Sewer Project Start Date. Delays seem to be a major stock-in-trade for higher levels of government, and they are very frustrating for those who have to Marine Contractors confirmed that construction will begin on endure them. Our Council was frustrated, the contractors were Tuesday, 29 May 2012. frustrated, and we, the eventual beneficiaries, were frustrated. And when it seemed that we were having to live with jam to-morrow and Marine Contractors also mentioned that they may be needing a few jam yesterday – but never jam to-day, as Alice remarked, “It’s labourers. Anyone interested in applying may drop off their resume dreadfully confusing.” at Lark Harbour Town Office or fax directly to (709) 686-5237. However, unless the jam runs out, it looks as if we shall be seeing a start on the Project within a few days. Editor’s Note : Obviously the jam has not run out! P age 2 o f 6 The BLOW•ME•DOWNER Issue 64 2012 June 01 Friday COMMUNITY CALENDAR MESSAGE FROM OUR RECTOR HC=Holy Communion; MP=Morning Prayer; EP=Evening Prayer — Canon Nellie Thomas — 2012 JUNE 2012 ANGLICAN PARISH OF THE BAY OF ISLANDS 3rd Sun 11:00am - Youth Service Signs of Summer 11th Mon Christmas in June Food Bank Collection 10th Sun 11:00am - Baptism & Holy Communion HERE ARE MANY SIGNS that tell us summer is just around the 17th Sun Father’s Day - 7:00pm - Evening Prayer Tcorner. We smell the aroma of the neighbour’s barbecue. We hear the sound of lawn mowers mowing lawns. We see many people 20th Wed First Day of Summer walking and the list goes on. 24th Sun 7:00pm - Evening Prayer With summer just around the corner, we are able to anticipate 2012 JULY 2012 some well needed rest. We need the well deserved rest from the long st hours of work and the busy routines of our lives. 1 Sun CANADA DAY The story is told of a lady who became very angry at the minister. 11:00am - Holy Communion When she finally caught up with him, she said, “I called you all 8th Sun 11:00am - Baptism & Holy Communion th th morning at the church and dropped by to see you in the afternoon on 14 -15 Sat-Sun Summer Festival Lark Hr Trail Committee Tuesday and you were not there.” The minister said, “I’m sorry 15th Sun 6:00pm - Open Air Service, Bottle Cove {{{ th Madam, but Tuesday is my day off.” “Your day off?” she said very 17 Tues Cruise Ship Maasdam self righteously. “I’ll have you know that the devil never takes a day nd 22 Sun 7:00pm Baptism & Holy Communion off.” The minister said, “You are absolutely right, and I’m sure that th 29 Sun 2:00pm - Cemetery Service, Lark Harbour {{{ if I did the same thing, I would become just like him.” 30th Mon Bev Hanna-Jones’s Bus Tour Our world today is being lived in the fast lane. Everything is in {{{ = if weather permits; if not, in church the fast lane. Many people have to eat on the run and therefore go to 2012 AUGUST 2012 the drive-thru restaurants because they don’t have time to go in and sit down to eat. 3-4-5, Fri-Sun - Blow-Me-Down Days (York Harbour) When I ask people how they are doing, the answer is always 5th Sun 11:00am - Morning Prayer th “Busy!! Don’t even have time for myself.” Jesus said, “Come to me, 12 Sun 11:00am - Morning Prayer all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take th 19 Sun 7:00pm - Evening Prayer my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in th 26 Sun 7:00pm - Evening Prayer heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” 2012 SEPTEMBER 2012 We all need and must make a time of rest for ourselves and our bodies. We must take time to sit back, relax and rest from our daily nd 2 Sun 11:00am - Morning Prayer work and all the stress that life may throw our way. A very important th 15 Sat Cruise Ship Norwegian Gem word that should be in our vocabulary is ‘rest’. We must take the th 25 Tues Cruise Ships Norwegian Gem & Seabourne Sojourn time to rest our minds and bodies. 30th Sun Cruise Ship Norwegian Dawn Look at how busy Jesus was, but we never once see him in a 2012 ADVANCE DATES 2012 hurry. When his close friend Lazarus was dying, Jesus took his time to get to Bethany to be with him. Oct 3rd Wed Cruise Ship Emerald Princess Even though Jesus did not hurry, he accomplished so much Oct 7th Sun Cruise Ship Norwegian Gem because we are told that he would get up and pray before his day Oct 14th Sun Cruise Ship Norwegian Dawn began.
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