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Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe That would leave the transit service, which is funded by user fees and subsidized by the municipalities of Temiskaming Shores and Cobalt, re- sponsible for almost $112,300 of the purchase price. The application for ICIP funding has been processed, but notication of The 26th annual Stan Martin Memorial Mud Bog was a pretty exciting event, its approval has not yet been received, said Mitch Lafreniere, Temiskaming but Kaleb Allin, 2, of Englehart, was staying cool, beating the heat and any other Shores’ manager of physical assets, at a city council meeting last week. concerns with his bubble gun. The event was held July 27-28 at the Charlton Fair Continued on 3a Grounds. (Sta photo by Darlene Wroe) DID YOU GET The Speaker THIS WEEK? HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES IN OUR JULY 31 EDITION… • While the glasses clinked, the laughter rose and the WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2019 Speaker THE TEMISKAMINGTEMISKAMING Building Communities food was enjoyed, $67,000 dollars was raised for not- with Doug Adams THE Bog rush 1C TEMISKAMING WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2019 1CSPEAKER for-prot groups as a result of the North On Tap Craft SportsWEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2019 (H.S.T. included) $1.75 per single copy Beer Festival. SPEAKERVol. 114 – No. 25 BUILDING COMMUNITIES www.northernontario.ca • It’s the August long weekend, and that’s synonymous Fermenting “A big with the annual Civic Holiday festivities in Elk Lake. success North On Tap deal” • A portion of Mowat Landing Road will undergo repairs donating STAFF PHOTOS BY $67,000 DARLENE WROE Doug Adams The Alcoholic (above), at just over a quarter-of-a-million dollars. Sue Nielsen a truck driven by Speaker Reporter reflects on life Vic Charbonneau of TEMISKAMING SHORES — The third annu- Timmins, was among al North On Tap Craft Beef Festival glass the many vehicles that in Temagami Doug Adams made • The Temiskaming Hospital Auxiliary logged volunteer has overowed with goodness as the made a huge splash popular event raised $67,000 for not-for- with the crowd at the Temagami his home in 1986. Darlene Wroe prot groups in South Temiskaming. Charlton Mud Bog. (Sta photo by Darlene Wroe) The one-day sold out craft beer festival, It’s a rite of passage Speaker Reporter held July 13 at the Haileybury Harbour for people attending Place Pavilion, attracted 1,800 beer lovers a mud bog to get at TEMAGAMI - Born in 1948, Doug Adams grew up hours and purchased new equipment as a result of their south of Windsor. These ghts result in scars and bumps in the muskrat’s fur, making it less valuable. who had a chance to taste samples from least a little splatter on 12 breweries and two distilleries. them. By the time he was 13, he was trapping and skinning muskrats all over that In the early 1960s, good pelts sold for 25 cents and the damaged ones with scars The proceeds are being divided be- MAD FOR MUD area, which, at the time, was all farmland. and bumps sold for ve cents. tween three organizations, with $30,000 Now, nearly six decades later, he is still trapping. “Herman let me skin the nickels while he was skinning the quarters.” The 26th annual Stan Martin Memorial Mud Bog took place in Charlton July 20-21 with participants from across the region. to both the Haileybury Golf Club and the Butch Mayhew of the But that’s not all that he is involved in, and most people who know of Adams had his hunting license at the age of 15, and at 16 he had a driver’s license hard work. Tri-Town Ski and Snowboard Village and This year’s event was held in memory of Curtis Loach. His brother, Colin Loach, co-organized the event, and is pictured here Temagami, which became his hometown, will also know the name of Doug which allowed him to travel further around the county where he could hunt game Swamp Rats 4x4 Club $7,000 to Camp Jeunesse en Marche, driving Radical, as he waves before racing across the pit to cheers and mud-splattering eect. See Speaker Sports for more Adams. like ducks, geese, pheasants, rabbits and squirrels. coverage. (Sta photo by Darlene Wroe) has been running a a summer camp for children located in truck in the Charlton “I have been involved in trapping most of my life,” said Adams, sitting in DISCOVERING TEMAGAMI Coleman Township. Mud Bog since it rst the dining area of the Northland Paradise Lodge in Temagami which he purpur- “I lived outdoors all my life, with a short stint at schooling before driving truck, but “The North On Tap committee is very started 26 years ago. chased in 1986. I was still an outdoors guy.” proud of what it has managed to accom- • The trades are often undervalued when it comes to ca- He is pictured here with “I wish I could have done that 20 years sooner,” he said of the decision he His trucking career took him to Manitoulin Island in the mid 1970s and for three plish in partnership with our wonderful Golf Course Civic duties his truck The Predator. and his wife Marg made when they pulled up roots and moved to Temagami years he was working from that base in the summer for road construction. community,” said festival organizing com- to operate the tourism business. “I drove truck for years and years. It brought me all across Northern Ontario and mittee member, Hugo Rivet in a press re- Elk Lake preparing Adams is an outdoorsman, but he also has taken a rm stand as a Temagami Temagami was one of the prettier and friendlier places. I really liked the town fore- lease. Road bridge businessman, tourist operator and community supporter over the years. man, Verdun Pacey, who rode with me, putting down dust control on all the gravel “Since its inception, we have managed Unlimited adventures and observations, both in the bush and at the negotinegoti- reer choices. Not so when a group of Grade 7 and 8 stu- roads in town and on the Temagami Access Road. Each year, he asked for me to to give back $145,000 to worthwhile for long-weekend fun ating table, are the basis of his many stories about life in Temagami. deliver the loads to the town.” causes in our area, all while putting on a work beginning When he was 13 a local trapper - “a really old guy that must have been close unique and sought-after festival that peo- Diane Johnston The skill, the will, and the thrill As time went on, Adams began to feel he wanted to do something other than to 50,” - taught Adams how to trap and skin muskrats. The teen then moved ple seem to truly enjoy year after year. Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter Darlene Wroe drive truck. Speaker Reporter on to raccoons, and also the odd fox. Mink were rare, but also among the Although it takes lots of hard work and ELK LAKE – For more than 70 years, Elk Lake has beenSpeaker Reporter The Charlton Mud Bog is a time for friends and family possible catches. Ten years after he rst came to know Temagami, an advertisement for a lodge for dents from Timiskaming District Secondary School ele- planning to put on such an event, it is not to get together for fun and relaxation. Tess sale on Lake Temagami caught his eye in the Ontario Out Of Doors magazine. He TEMISKAMING SHORES – A stretch of Golf Course demonstrating Civic pride. At the time, there were no coyotes or possums, Adams said. something we do alone. Our immense The tradition continues, as the stage is set for theCHARLTON 73rd - The mud was ying and the crowds were cheering Reck (back right) and her children Carson immediately recalled his old friend Verdun. Road in Dymond will be closed next week to permit “Soon, I knew where every (muskrat) trap was in that marsh land. I have a success is due to the generous support of annual Civic Holiday weekend festivities. during the 26th annual Stan Martin Memorial Charlton Mud and Marissa were cottaging in Field, photographic mind and I could remember all that at 13, and boy, Herman (the He quickly drove up to Temagami to have a look at the lodge. Deciding it was our sponsors, volunteers and our commu- the refurbishment of a bridge. Golf Course Road will be closed at River Road and “The recreation committee took it over this year,Bog. since we and made the trip north to visit Brandon trapper) was glad to have me helping him, and he let me start skinning a lot of not quite what he was looking for, he continued to look around and found another nity as a whole.” have more members around our table,” said committeeThe event, chair hosted by the Swamp Rats 4x4 Club, saw a range Belanger (left) and take in the fun at rats, and they ght with each other, basically over women and over territory.