Girl Guides of Canada Northern Area Archives Featured In Vision Paper Window Display

If you have a few moments as you are driving by the Vision Paper offices, located at the Top of the Hill as you enter Hanmer, drop by and take a look at the very interesting window display which has been designed by Linda Denton, Contact Advisor for the Northern Area Archives of the Girl Guides of Canada. Linda is in charge of collecting and storing all of the historical documents and records for the area which extends from Thessalon to Mattawa and from Killarney all the way to the James Bay coast. She has information dating all the way back into the 1950's, including several magazines from the 1930's. The Guiding movement began in Canada in 1910.

While Linda is fulfilling a legal requirement in that the Guides are publicly funded, she has also developed a tremendous interest in the historical significance of the records. It is her hope that some day the Northern Area will have a central office where all of the information can be stored and displayed. For the time being, Linda is content to set up her display at special events.

Registration for the Val Caron Sparks (5 & 6 year olds), Brownies (7 & 8), Guides (9,10 & 11), and Pathfinders (12 to 15) will take place from September 10 to 13 at the Valley East Public Library from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Advance Sales of Valley East Historical Book Are Encouraging

The Valley East Heritage Committee used the Valley East Days venue to introduce the cover of their Historical Book to the public and begin taking advance sales of the publication which is expected to be released in mid-2002. The table sponsored by the Heritage Committee was busy all weekend, as shown in the accompanying photo where you see many people asking questions and looking over some of the 2000 photos which have been collected during the research phase. The release is being scheduled to coincide with the Blezard Valley Roman Catholic Church 100^th Anniversary. It will contain over 232 pages with over 800 historic black and white photos and stories of the Valley communities. Only 3000 copies of the limited edition will be printed, so the committee is encouraging interested residents to purchase their book in advance for the low cost of only $29.95 plus tax.

Students At Confederation Realize Cancer Is A Disease Their Generation Must Cure

Although only involving two students and one teacher, a small fund-raising campaign held at Confederation Secondary School in June held tremendous significance in the bigger picture in the fight against Cancer.

Two grade 11 students, Mat Houle, shown on the left in the photo, and Brandon Beeson on the right, decided to collect donations from family, friends and fellow classmates in memory of Mat=s aunt, Ruby Russell, 79, who passed away from this dreaded disease on May 8. Their teacher, Mr. Pablo Gilfo, offered to shave his head, along with the two boys, if they raised over a certain amount of money.

On June 13, the three met their challenge, collecting $580, and visitors to the cafeteria that day witnesses a transformation as the hair disappeared.

The two-week campaign took place right before exams, so the boys obviously had other things on their minds. However, they loved Ruby greatly and they also realized that this is the disease that their generation has to cure. They are now part of a very large army of human beings who must all work together to do their part to help in the fight, and for Mat and Brandon, this meant a lot. It also meant a lot to the people around them who were made aware of what can be done by each of us to help out. Mat and Brandon will do a lot of other things in their lifetime, however, it is safe to say that they will never forget the feeling of satisfaction they felt from this campaign.