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C O O P E R A T O R

E A S T E R N S H O R E

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A M O N T H LY C O M M U N I T Y N E W S P A P E R F O R T H E P E O P L E O F T H E E A S T E R N S H O R E

HAPP Y FATHE RS DAY FROM THE COO PERATOR VOLUME 03 ISSUE JUN2016

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News

New polices for employment service

organizaons at the Department of

Labour and Advanced Educaon (LEA)

will force the Watershed AssociaonDevelopment Enterprise (WADE) to

close its doors on July 1 2016 ending

the organizaonrsquos 36 years of serving the

communies of Cherry BrookLake Loon

Lake Major North Preston East Preston

and the Dartmouth African Nova Scoan

Community

According to WADE board member

Brenton Sparks the organizaonrsquosboard is pursuing mulple avenues to

keep the doors open ldquoAer 36 years

we know our communies beer than

anyonerdquo Sparks said ldquoWersquove wrien

leers to the Premier the Minister and

the Deputy Minister Wersquove held a press

conference Wersquore talking with an MLA

about introducing special legislaon to

keep our funding goingrdquo

WADErsquos troubles grew out of thefederal governmentrsquos 2009 decision to

turn employment services over to the

provinces Vicki Ellio-Lopez Execuve

Lead with Careers Nova Scoa led the

DLEArsquos eort to deal with what she

said was ldquoa patchwork system with no

standards in place and inequitable access

to service In some areas of the province

there were a number of organizaons

in other areas none And out of the

$23 million budget 53 was going

to administraon and infrastructure

to people not involved in direct client

service deliveryrdquo

Ellio-Lopez emphasized that the

decision to reorganize employment

services ldquowas never a cost-cung

exercise We wanted to insure that

money was directed to providing high

quality services in the right places with

equitable access to all services across

the provincerdquo

Ellio-Lopez said that the department

conducted extensive consultaons with

all 51 of the exisng groups including

a road show engaging a consulng rm

to do in-depth interviews and one-on-

one site visits The goal was to get the

groups in each of 18 regions to come

up with a plan where one organizaon

would be the ldquoagreement holderrdquo

organizaon administering that area

with the remaining groups developingpartnerships with the agreement

holding group Under this arrangement

there would be fewer administrave

personnel and more people delivering

front-line services

According to Sparks ldquoWhat Labour told

us was there were 3 areas within HRM

Halifax-Dartmouth Sackville and the

area including WADE Cole Harbour

Porters Lake and Sheet Harbour Cole

Harbour didnrsquot want to work with us

so we submied a proposal with WADEas the hub Musquodoboit Harbour as

the agreement holder and Porters Lake

as a satellite We thought that geng 3

of the 4 groups together would win the

contractrdquo

But DLEA rejected their proposal and

announced that the YMCA in Dartmouth

would be in charge of providing

employment services instead Sparkssays that WADE was stunned by this

development ldquoThe YMCA wasnrsquot even

in the group that we were talking withrdquo

In an interview on CTV Atlanc soon

aer the YMCA announcement Sparks

called DLEArsquos decision ldquoa clear aack

of systemic racism Wersquove been dealing

WADE Fights for Survival

By Richard Bell

with it for years and wersquove had enoughrdquo

In the same CTV Atlanc story DLEA

Minister Kelly Regan strongly rejected

Sparksrsquo accusaon claiming ldquoThat is not

accurate at all This is about providing

good services to Nova Scoans making

sure they get good quality services theydeserve and are entled tordquo

Sparks said that WADE is encouraging

people to stop by their oces to sign a

peon asking DLEA to connue funding

the group He said that the WADE board

was sll hopeful that DLEA would respond

to their appeal but that the board was

prepared to increase pressure on DLEA

as the July 1 deadline gets closer

According to the following statement

from DLEA all the other employment

agencies on the Eastern Shore were able

to negoate partnership agreements

with an agreement holder

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With site selecon now

completed for the new P-12

school in Sheet Harbour the

School Board will soon bestarng a steering commiee to

work on the design of the new

school which will consolidate

Duncan MacMillan High

School Eastern Consolidated

Elementary School Lakefront

Consolidated Elementary

School and Sheet Harbour

Consolidated School

Halifax Regional School Board

District 1 member Bridget

Ann Boulier welcomed the

conclusion of the long site

selecon process The new

school will be built at the site of

Duncan MacMillan High School

Duncan MacMillan Moves Ahead Peon Filed to Replace ESDH

By Richard BellldquoWersquoll be geng the steering

commiee ready this yearrdquo

Boulier said ldquoand then people

can get down to the basics of

deciding what people want inthe new schoolrdquo

Eastern Shore District High

In a display of support for

replacing both ESDH and Gaetz

Brook the society Community

Campus Vision Associaon

(CCVA) submied a peon

in early May to the legislaturewith 1276 signatures gathered

from supermarkets and door-

to-door peoning The

peon calls on the provincial

government ldquoto immediately

replace Eastern Shore District

High School (ESDH) and Gaetz

Brook Junior High School (GBJH)

with a single modern facilityrdquo

The peon cites several major

concerns about the high schoolincluding aging infrastructure

and underfunded maintenance

outdated classroom

conguraons new housing

developments with more

children lack of potable water

polluon of coastal waters the

presence of asbestos and the

inadequacy of recent ldquoBand-

Aidrdquo cosmec changes at ESDH

Boulier said that the Board

was aware of how old the high

school was and had already

taken ocial acon to start the

replacement process ldquoESDH

is the oldest high school in the

Halifax Regional School Boardrdquo

Boutlier said She pointed that

in response to a request for

capital investments for the nextthree years from the provincial

Department of Educaon and

Early Childhood Educaon

(EECD) the Board voted on

March 30 2016 to include ESDH

on its list of 10 capital projects

But the Board hedged its bet

asking for funds for either a

ldquoNew School or Addion amp

Alteraonrdquo The Boardrsquos capitalprojects list did not include

Gaetz Brook Junior High School

Boulier explained that Board

had submied this eitheror

request for ESDH so that if the

EECD turns down replacing the

high school ldquothe Province can

sll do renovaons Right now

the decision is in the provincial

governmentrsquos hands to decidewhat they want to dordquo

MLA Murphy called for a new

high school in the summer of

2014 with his proposal for a

ldquocampusrdquo where he wanted

to move ESDH The Birches

nursing home and recreaonal

facilies to a shared site in the

Eastern Shore Industrial ParkCCVA is no longer wedded to

Murphyrsquos proposed Eastern

Shore Industrial Park locaon

but the organizaon remains

commied to the campus

concept with the school as

the cung-edge instuon

As CCVA society chair Jeanne

McKenna explained in a leer

to the Chronicle Herald onDecember 9 2015 CCVA had

ldquobeen advocang for a campus

facility to share services among

a seniorsrsquo home a juniorsenior

high school and a recreaon

facility The school replacement

issue is at the forefront of this

eortrdquo

As to what will happen next

Boulier cauoned against

expecng a quick provincial

decision on the Boardrsquos EHDS

recommendaon ldquoWersquove

voted on itrdquo she said ldquoand

thatrsquos where it stands The

Board is on the boom of the

totem pole The power is in the

federal government and theprovincial government Itrsquos not

something that might happen

today or tomorrowrdquo

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Editorial

DENISE E ZARESKIBARRISTER amp SOLICITOREMAIL denisezareskilawca

MICHAEL BRINEBARRISTER amp SOLICITOREMAIL michaelzareskilawca

7782 HWY 7 MUSQUOD OBOIT HARBOURNOVA SCOTIA B0J 2L0TEL 902 889 3437 FAX 902 889 3541EMAIL adminzareskilawca

wwwzareskilawca

Like a lot of Canadians Irsquom

geng completely fed up with

the Trump thing going on below

the border

This seemingly endless and

most oen mindless charade

grates on the very basics of what

reasonable public polical

debate The name calling and

insulng and moronic behaviour

by what is supposed to be

the best polical contenders

that America can oer for the

highest oce in their country

reects sadly on all that is good

in the American way

The sheer nasness at the

debates and the behind the

scenes dirty tricks would make

even dear old Richard ldquoI am

not a crookrdquo Nixon blush And

now that this long rst stage

is coming to a close fromhere unl November we can

look forward to nothing but a

Thumbs Down on Dirty Tricks

By Wyn Jones

TrumpClinton bashing match

By comparison our federal

elecon last October was a

model of an elecon held in themost democrac circumstances

There were a few blows that

were a lile under the polical

belt but on the whole we

should be proud of the way the

whole process was conducted

by all the pares The televised

debates were sharp but well

within the boundaries of

acceptable debate behaviour

There have been elecons here

that have suered from the

inuence of the style imported

from the US These negave

elecons have invariably led

to the following parliamentary

sessions being lled with all the

reected and residual bierness

le over with a corresponding

inability to reach policalcompromise to get important

legislaon enacted

Professional polical operators

are all in favour of dirty tricks

They fully maintain that

such shenanigans work in a

candidatersquos favour And the pros

are right Such taccs can work

extremely well but only at thecost of throwing democrac

principles on the trash heap of

history

We have come to expect

nasness and morally

fraudulent behaviour in

elecons parcularly from our

immediate neighbour to the

south But right here at home

we are unfortunately seeing

how such methods can trickle

down to even the lower levels

of the polical spectrum like

the Halifax Regional Council

Halifax Regional Councillor

Linda Mosher has decided

to get down and dirty even

though local elecons are sll

some months away She is thelady who put in so much eort

on that most important of

5

middot

y=9 Nancy Lobban CPA CGA- Cha rte red Professional Accou nta nt

Tel 902-476-8765

Fax 902-889-3363Emailnlobbaneastlinkca

Office and Mailing Address 8005 Highway 7 Musquodoboit Harbour NS B0J 2L0

ldquoJob Search Services currently falls

under Halifax Regional CAP Associaon

and these locaons in Cole Harbour and

Sheet Harbour will fall under the YMCAagreement The Halifax Regional CAP

Associaon will connue to oversee

mulple CAP sites in the Hal ifax region

Metro Works Musquodoboit Valley will

fall under the YMCA agreement Metro

Works also called HRDA Enterprises

Ltd has other business lines that will

connue as wellrdquo

WADE Fights forSurvival contrsquod Featuring Halifaxs own

The Stanfields Acoustic

Showcasing musical artists from the

Eastern Shore and beyond including

Mitch Roberts VEEV Loose Cannons

Raeleigh Doyle Kyle Mischiek

Ostrea Lake Dave Roberts Katie Gaetz

Zach Stephen and the Outliers

Stephanie Anderson and more

Also featuring beer garden firefightersobstacle course ball tournament

childrenrsquos activities and skateboard park

For a detailed schedule of events and performers visit our website

httptrunk7musicfestivalcomAdvanced tickets available at wwwticketproca and locally

at RBC and Superstore Tickets also available at the gate

The Eastern Shores

Premier Music Festival

July 22 and 23at the peace park

Musquodoboit Harbour NS

issues---the ocial recognion

of the Donair as our regional

food dish

Mosher is running for re-

elecon this coming fall

in District 9 (Halifax WestArmdale) and is likely to face

a challenger named Shawn

Cleary Mosher must be feeling

her job is threatened because

she has taken the me the

eort and money to buy up the

domain names of ldquoshawncleary

comrdquo and ldquoshawnclearycardquo

a move that took candidate

Cleary by surprise to say the

least

When quesoned by the news

media about the ethics of

her URL purchases Mosher

eecvely blamed it on

the advice of her campaign

manager

This fallrsquos upcoming municipal

elecons are our closest

encounter with the workings

of democracy The contenders

are people many of us knowAs elected ocials they will

be dealing with local issues

that directly aect our daily

lives We want the candidates

to understand that we reject

campaign dirty tricks as

unbecoming demeaning and

andemocrac What we

want from our candidates is

a straighorward and honest

public debate on real issues

Letrsquos leave all the tackiness to

Mr D Trump Hersquos beer at it

than anybody else and he will

surely be shovelling out plenty

of it

We are a community paper and we needyou to help us tell your stories

Please send us your submissions via

email phone snail mail or online Our

contact info is on page 14

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News

Eastern Shore Mental Health (ESMH) is responding

to the recent call for acon by local youth to improve

services and resources for youth mental health on the

Eastern Shore

The iniave will happen in phases beginning with

the survey launched May 7th at ESMHrsquos Mental Health

Fair amp Forum at the Old School The survey aimed atresidents aged 16-29 will give youth a voice in shaping

the scope and delivery methods of these vital services

So far the survey has had wonderful response Young

people are encouraged to parcipate by going to

ESMHrsquos website and clicking on the survey link www

easternshorementalhealthca

The second phase of the project will likely include

development of an online plaorm specically created

by youth for youth along with important partnerships

that are already in development

between service providers and IWK

Mental Health

If you are between the ages of 16-29

please parcipate in the survey and add

your voice to the conversaon today

Improve Youth Mental HealthServices Take an Online Survey

The always fraught relaonship between the Provincial

Legislature and Halifax Regional Council has taken

a stunning turn for the worse in the latest twist in

the struggle over the cityrsquos relaonship with the

communies around the Oer Lake solid waste landll

site

In a move that took all but two city councillors and

council sta by surprise Timberlea-Prospect MLA Ian

Rankin introduced a private memberrsquos bill that sets

legal binding limits on the cityrsquos solid waste disposal

operaon at Oer Lake

Back in 1999 the city struck what the communies

around the Oer Lake waste disposal site were led tobelieve was a binding agreement on the total number

of waste disposal cells and the height of the waste to

be allowed on those cells Since then the cityrsquos eorts

to make various changes in its waste disposal policies in

the name of cost-savings have set o alarm bells The

Oer Lake communies interpreted the cityrsquos proposed

changes as potenal violaons of the agreement such

as increasing the height of the waste cells

The city councillor and MLA representave for the

Oer Lake area are a father and son team District 12

Councillor Reg Rankin and his son MLA Ian Rankin MLA

Rankin private memberrsquos bill Bill 176 the Oer Lake

Landll Act places legal limits on the total number of

cells and the height of those cells

The bill was headed for its 3rdreading and nal passage

before the Council got wind of it (The bill passed on 3rd

Legislature Grabs Control of Halifax Landll Policy

By Richard Bell

reading on May 13th by voice vote)

ldquoWe got blindsidedrdquo Hendsbee said in an interview

ldquoThis bill is nothing but polical posturing by the local

city councillor and the local MLA [Reg Rankin and Ian

Rankin] A bill like this should have gone through the

Ministry of Environment with me for the cityrsquos sta

to study the potenal nancial impact MLA Rankin and

Councillor Rankin and Steve Adams knew about the bill

but they didnrsquot let us know I didnrsquot nd out about this

bill unl Saturday I canrsquot remember a bill that moved

through the Legislature faster than this one This is an

orchestrated bill to handcu and limit the municipality

over the future of the siterdquo

Council held an unusual special hearing on Wednesday

May 18 where all councillors except Rankin and Adam

expressed their dismay at the Legislaturersquos high-handed

move Mayor Savage aempted to dampen concerns

about the possibility of having to open another landll

elsewhere in HRM arguing that Oer Lake sll had at

least 10 years to go and that there would undoubtedly

be improvements in the technologies used to handle

waste

At the conclusion of the hearing the Council voted

15-2 (Rankin and Adams voted no) to have the Mayor

a leer to the Legislature protesng the lack of formal

consultaon with the city concern of the potenal

nancial implicaons for the city and disrespect for the

Councilrsquos work over the years to manage the city rsquos solid

waste problem

Some of you may wonder why use NO MORE DUMPS

on the protest signs for a proposed C amp D 2 processingfacility

Considerable discussion went into the wording on

the signs There is debris on the site that is currently

under a rezoning applicaon so materials have been

dumped there and there is a dump in North Preston

In addion to those two sites there are a number of

places within these communies where people have

dumped garbage of various kinds and ldquoNo Dumpingrdquo

signs have been posted in those locaons Sincerezoning applicaon 19800 was submied and our

eorts to stop it began a number of residents have

come forward with informaon on other locaons

So to many residents there is no queson of whether

or not the word ldquodumpsrdquo should be used

Why NO MORE DUMPS Signs

6

Preliminary data suggest that the number of diagnosed

cases of Lyme disease in Nova Scoa grew dramacally

in 2015 Black-legged cks (or deer cks) the species of

ck that carries Lyme disease can now be found almost

everywhere in Nova Scoa HRM is a hot spot

Lyme disease produces an array of symptoms Early

treatment with anbiocs can prevent serious harm

But untreated Lyme disease can produce debilitang

symptoms like fague pain or joint and muscle aches

For more on the increasing danger to public health

and techniques on how to protect yourself your family

and your pets check out the arcle on our webpage at

hpwwweasternshorecooperatorca

Lyme Disease Infecons Accelerang

By Richard Bell

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News

Contrary to what you may have heard the Musquodoboit

Trail is in great shape for this seasonrsquos hiking The

Cooperator has tracked down a rumor that Garnet

McLaughlin president of Hike Nova Scoa had told

HNSrsquos annual general meeng that the Musquodoboit

Rail Trail might be closed for public access unless more

volunteers showed up

When we contacted McLaughlin he laughed and

acknowledged having heard this rumor ldquoI always do a

talk at the start of the meengrdquo McLaughlin explained

ldquoItrsquos the same speech every year

We want more people out using our trails but without

helping with maintenance hikers slowly loving theirtrails to death And I end my talk by saying that if you

donrsquot volunteer you wonrsquot have trails Someone must

have mis-heard me and thought I was talking about a

specic trail the Musquodoboit trail rdquo

Stan Van Dyke the head of the Musquodoboit Trailways

Associaon conrmed that the trail was just ne ldquoOur

trail is in very good condionrdquo Van Dyke said ldquoIn fact

itrsquos beer than it has been in years Wersquove nished the

resurfacing of the main trail and the back country trails

are in good condionrdquo

Van Dyke and McLaughlin both emphasized the

importance of volunteers in keeping trails in workable

condion ldquoWhat we really need are eyes and earsrdquo Van

Dyke said ldquoIf you see a problem on our trails please tell

us right awayrdquo

7

Four Harbours Legion amp Cizens on Patrol would like to thank all who parcipated in the Roadside Cleanupproject on Saturday May 7 of Highway 7 from Mooseland Road to Ship Harbour A total of 21 kgs and 66 bags

of garbage and large items were collected Great job ALL Please keep our highways clean DONrsquoT LITTER

In the latest skirmish over how Halifax should deal

with the increasingly contenous legacy of its founder

Edward Cornwallis Halifax Regional Council defeated a

moon on May 10th to study the issue by a vote of 8-7

Up-and-coming District 7 Councillor Waye Mason

introduced the moon asking for a sta report on

seng up a public engagement process ldquoto review

and advise Council regarding possible changes to the

commemoraon of Edward Cornwallis on municipal

assets including Cornwallis Park and Cornwallis Streetrdquo

Cornwallis who founded Halifax in 1749 has come

into increasingly great disrepute because of his oer of

bounes for the scalps of MirsquoKmaq men women andchildren In 2011 the Halifax Regional School Board

vote to rename Cornwallis Junior High In 2015 Premier

Stephen McNeil removed a sign for the Cornwallis

River aer a request from a MirsquoKmaq elder And calls

have been mounng for renaming Cornwallis Park and

removing the parkrsquos statue of Cornwallis

Eastern Shore Councillor David Hendsbee has been a

consistent opponent of moving the Cornwallis statue

In an interview Hendsbee said that ldquoCornwallis may

not have been perfect but we canrsquot deny that basically

Cornwallis was our founder We canrsquot change that factrdquo

Far from geng rid of the statute Hendsbee favours

moving it down to a more prominent locaon on the

cityrsquos waterfront to emphasize where Cornwallis came

ashore to found the city

Council Leaves Cornwallis Alone

By Richard Bell

Musquodoboit Harbour Trail in Great Shape

By Richard Bell

For more informaon about the Musquodoboit Rail

Trail and the ve backcountry trails contact the

Musquodoboit Trailways Associaon at mtansca

gmailcom

McLaughlin who also runs the trail maintenance rm

Cobequid Trail Consulng is happy to talk to anyone

about trails anywhere in the province His email is

cobequidconsulng1gmailcom

Hello

I am a long me member of the Eastern ShoreCommunity I recently started a fundraiser for my

mother Maryann Purvis who has been baling

cancer on and o over the last 16 years Most recently

she was diagnosed with breast cancer and on March

24th 2016 she had her right breast removed Two

days before she was scheduled to have surgery she

was called to return to her summer cleaning job

and is now unable to work Maryann is a wife of 30

years mother of ve and grandmother My goal is

$3000 and I currently have over $1500 raised

I am asking all local businesses for support in

reaching our goal I am asking for cash or item

donaons that will be used for auconing purposes

food donaons that will be used for a fundraising

barbeque andor any assistance you are willing and

able to provide

I am planning to host an aucon at the Porters

Lake Pub and a Walk-A-Thon where we will start

in Musquodoboit Harbour and end at Inkerrsquos Lairin Jeddore Dates will be announced Any and all

support is greatly appreciated Thank you for your

me and I look forward to speaking with you

PS Maryannrsquos story and all donaons can be found

at wwwgofundmecom

HopeForMaryann

Sincerely

Amanda Purvis

902-818-6897 or

amandajepurvisgmailcom

Thank You from John Kennedy

Letter to the Editor

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Sports8

Eastern Shore Mariners (Atom B) one of six teams from

across Canada to win $5000 grand prize for their Minor

Hockey Associaon

Musquodoboit Harbour NSndashndash Imperial Oil announced

today the winners of the Esso Medals and Cercates

of Achievement 20152016 Esso Medals Score BigContest Eastern Shore Minor Hockey Associaon was

one of six associaons chosen from over 15000 entries

and will be presented with $5000 An addional $1000

donaon will be presented to the Mariners

President Gary Towill is grateful for the recognion

nong that the prize will be helpful in strengthening

the teamrsquos eorts ldquoThe Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon Musquodoboit Harbour Nova Scoa is very

grateful in hearing that our Atom B Mariners Hockey

Team and the ESMHA have been selected by the EssoMedals of Achievement as recipients of $1000 for the

Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon wins Esso Medals ofAchievement Score Big contest

Team and $5000 for the ESMHArdquo said Towill ldquoThis is

a signicant amount of money that will benet our

Associaon in many ways The ESMHA is thankful for the

funding from Esso Medals of Achievement and plans to

use the moneys eecvely to improve our game on the

Shorerdquo

Each year minor hockey teams (age 6 to 18) fromacross Canada are invited to register to receive three

Esso Medals of Achievement - most dedicated most

improved and most sportsmanlike - and 18 cercates

for their team

ldquoOn behalf of Imperial Oil I would like to thank all the

teams that registered for the Esso Medals Score Big

contest this year and congratulate the winners of the

$5000 Grand Prizerdquo said Sco Neufeld Markeng

Strategic and Sponsorship Advisor Imperial Oil ldquoThe

Esso brand has been a proud sponsor of hockeyin Canada since 1936 and has been commied to

supporng grassroots hockey for over 30 years We look

forward to connuing that support into the futurerdquo

Proceeds from the Medals of Achievement will be used

for development and educaon at all levels which has

costs associated such as ice rental and trainers Along

with a focus on the growth of Female Hockey which

ESMHA has been promong at the Introductory Level

Outhie Moriarity Award Winner Keigan OrsquoGrady

Eastern Shore Midget C

Duncan MacMillan High School Boys Team

ESDHS Girls Rubgy Capital Region Champs

Tanya Malay

ESDHS Bluenose 5K Runners

Schooners Ulmate Frisbee Team 2016

ESDHS - NSSAF (some of the Track and Field stars)

S t

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with an installed Heat Pump from Taylor Timber Mart

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Cools and Dehumidies in the summer

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all while saving up to 50 on your energy costs

Home comfort for less

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Musquodoboit Harbour NS

B0J 2L0

(902) 889-3639 Ask Will for a free estimate

SUMMER

9Sports

Itlsquos that me of year again when

the gloves bats and cleats come

out

With the kick o to many summer

outdoor sports and acvies

comes an increase in many

common sports related injuries

Sprains strains contusions and

tendonis are some of the most common so ssue

sports related injuries

These so ssue injuries fall into two basic categories

Acute injuries and overuse injuries Acute injuries are

caused by a sudden trauma usually a fall twist or blowto the body Common acute injuries are sprains strains

and contusions Overuse injuries occur gradually over

me when an athlec or other acvity is repeated so

oen that the body does not have enough me to heal

Tendonis and bursis are common overuse injuries

Acute injuries can vary in type and severity and inial

treatment including the RICE Protocol (rest ice

compress and elevate) is usually very eecve within

the rst 24-48 hours Once yoursquove passed the acute

phase you can ease gently back into acvity and begin

carefully stretching and strengthening the injured area

Strengthening exercises will help return original muscle

tone and protect the injured structures making it less

likely to be re-injured

A Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) can guide

you through the enre post injury process As health

professionals RMTs can assess the extent of so ssue

damage treat the injured area and give you advice on

home care in the acute subacute and chronic phases

of your injury Prompt treatment of an injury followedby home care exercises will go a long way in reducing

your healing me geng back your range of moon

and prevenng further injury to the area

If you have any injury quesons contact your local

Registered Massage Therapist Play Hard and Safe

Sports-Related Injuries and Massage Therapy

By Tanya Murphy Registered Massage Therapist

Jump Energy From Porters Lake

Graham Creighton Girls Soball Team

C it10

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Community10

On Saturday April 30th the 2741 Musquodoboit

Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets held their 53rd

Annual Ceremonial Review at Eastern Shore District

High School under the Command of Cadet CWO Dusn

Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

Captain JF Mahoney CD Regional Expedion Training

Ocer and DCO Argonaut Cadet Training Centre was

the Reviewing Ocer

There were many dignitaries special guests and families

in aendance to watch the Cadets on parade

The Green Stars performed ldquoThe Power of Commandrdquo

LCpl Nicholas Nadeau LCpl Tyler Avery LCpl Mahew

Mitchell LCpl Gwyneth Pepas and LCpl Jordan Leslie

each had a turn calling commands

The Drill Team performed a display of drill movementsunder the command of MWO Grainger

The highlight of the day was the ancipaon of the

awards The Cadets work extremely hard all year and

there is strong compeon for the many awards that are

handed out Congratulaons to all the award winners

Awards presented were the following

Top Green Star Trophy ndash LCpl Jordan Leslie

Top Red Star Trophy ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

The Dennis LaFrance Memorial Trophy for Top Silver

Star ndash MCpl Kayla Higney

The Boomer Trophy for Top Gold Star ndash WO DJ Shuman

Best All Round Junior Cadet ndash MCpl Desirae Bone

2741 Musquodoboit Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets AnnualCeremonial Review

Submied by CWO Dusn Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

The John Dickson Memorial Trophy for Best All Round

Senior Cadet ndash CWO Dusn Baker

WH Pushie Trophy for Most Improved Cadet ndash MCpl

Travis Brown

The Dean Whitenect Memorial Trophy for Best Turned

out Cadet ndash MCpl Nicole Tucker

Harland Dooks Memorial Trophy for Top Instructor ndash

CWO Stevie-Lee McGregor

The Gaetz Trophy for Excellence in Field and Bushcra

ndash MWO Warren Bone

Calvert Dunphy Memorial Trophy for Spirit and

Dedicaon ndash Cpl Jaclyn Oliver amp LCpl Jack Harvey-Wolfe

The Andre Saindon Memorial Junior Cizenship Trophy

ndash Cpl Jessica Young-Smith

Top Junior Marksman ndash LCpl Mahew Mitchell

Top Senior Marksman ndash MWO Warren Bone

Top Target ndash MWO Warren Bone amp MCpl Kayla Higney

Top Biathlete ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

Parade Commanders Trophy ndash CWO Dusn Baker

Commanding Ocer Commendaon ndash Captain Adam

Weatherbee

The Legion Medal of Excellence is awarded by the

Royal Canadian Legion to Cadets who have displayed

excellence in Cizenship both inside and outside the

Cadet program This years recipient is MWO JessicaLevy

The Lord Strathcona Medal is the highest award

which can be bestowed upon a Cadet in recognion of

exemplary performance in physical and military training

This years recipient is MWO Issac Grainger

NSE knives were presented to the following CWO

Dusn Baker MWO Nolan Ellio MWO Jessica Levy

MWO Warren Bone MWO Isaac Grainger and WO

Melanie Baneld

MCpl Travis Brown was presented with his BronzeDuke of Edinburgh Award pin and cercate The Duke

of Edinburgh Award is not a Unit award but has been

earned by an individual in our unit on their own accord

MCpl Brown has put a great deal of his own me and

eort into achieving this recognion the rst of three

possible levels This recognion is designed to recognize

those individuals who are involved in their community

work on their physical tness and have experienced a

variety of outdoor acvies

Captain Christopher Marshall was presented with theCanadian Forces Decoraon This award is presented to

a member of the Canadian Forces who has aained 12

years of military service

I would like to congratulate all of the Cadets for doing

an outstanding job To the winners of the awards

congratulaons you worked hard all year and were

recognized for it For those of you who did not get

presented with an award today just remember that

while individual awards are great itrsquos a collecve eortfrom all of you that makes our unit what it is

Congratulaons on a job well done As RSM I am

extremely proud of all of you and you should all be

extremely proud of yourselves

We train on Wednesday evenings from 630 ndash 900

pm at Gaetz Brook Junior High School If yoursquore

between the ages of 12ndash18 and are interested in

becoming a Cadet you really should join us

A few of things we oer are Leadership skills

Marksmanship Biathalon Orienteering Drill Fall amp

Winter Training Exercises Summer Training Camp

Advanced Training at Rocky Mountain Naonal Army

Cadet Summer Training Center Regional Naonal and

Internaonal Exchanges We also serve at local dinners

parcipate in the Musquodoboit Harbour Parade of

Lights and so much more

Our training year is wrapping up and will be starngagain in midndashSeptember and we look forward to seeing

you

11Comm nit

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Over 40 years Experience serving the Eastern Shore Specializing in Drilled wells Pump installs

Clean and surge processes for all Drilled and Dug Wells and trouble-shooting all well problems

ldquoWhen Well Driller A provides you with a quote that is much lowerthan Well Driller B you might think you are getting a great deal

but a great deal does not necessarily equal great valuerdquo

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Email BluenosewelldrillinghotmailcomWebsite bluenosewelldrillingca

11Another successful session of ldquoLeading Readersrdquo at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library

just nished up with a showcase and party for the parcipang children volunteer

teens and their family members

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo is a library program that pairs teen volunteers with elementary-

aged school children to read together and play fun literacy-based games once a

week Teen volunteers and their partners form lots of wonderful connecons and

relaonships This program also provides youth in high school the opportunity to gainvaluable leadership and volunteer experience There is a showcase of their amazing

accomplishments at the end of each session for parents caregivers and family

members

The success of the program is due in part to the close proximity of the high school

which allows students to walk to the library to help out aer school and enjoy a light

snack and conversaon with their peers prior to the children arriving each week

The Leading Readers program at MH Library is proudly supported by grants from

Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Capital Health and generous donaons from the

Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lionrsquos Club Special thanks to the sta of EasternShore District High School for their connued support of the program and liaison with

students

The next session of Leading Readers will start up again in the fall

For more informaon contact the Musquodoboit Harbour Library at 902-889-2227

wwwhalifaxpubliclibrariesca Twier hfxpublib and

Facebook wwwfacebookcomhfxpublib

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo Brings Teens and Kids Together

By Mary Senburg

Julie MacDougall

Community

80s Dance in Porters Lake

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

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For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

bull Have you had an EI claim formaternal or parental benefits withinthe past 5 years and remained outof the work force

bull Do you want to re-enter the workforce by creating a job for yourself

Do You Dream of Starting

Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

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bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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For more information and to arrange a personalized tour

contact Mary Ann Bunker Lifestyle Consultant at

902 444 8900 or mbunkershannexcom

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Parkland at the Lakes - Phase 2 bull 122 Baker Drive DartmouthParklandRetirementLivingcom

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News

New polices for employment service

organizaons at the Department of

Labour and Advanced Educaon (LEA)

will force the Watershed AssociaonDevelopment Enterprise (WADE) to

close its doors on July 1 2016 ending

the organizaonrsquos 36 years of serving the

communies of Cherry BrookLake Loon

Lake Major North Preston East Preston

and the Dartmouth African Nova Scoan

Community

According to WADE board member

Brenton Sparks the organizaonrsquosboard is pursuing mulple avenues to

keep the doors open ldquoAer 36 years

we know our communies beer than

anyonerdquo Sparks said ldquoWersquove wrien

leers to the Premier the Minister and

the Deputy Minister Wersquove held a press

conference Wersquore talking with an MLA

about introducing special legislaon to

keep our funding goingrdquo

WADErsquos troubles grew out of thefederal governmentrsquos 2009 decision to

turn employment services over to the

provinces Vicki Ellio-Lopez Execuve

Lead with Careers Nova Scoa led the

DLEArsquos eort to deal with what she

said was ldquoa patchwork system with no

standards in place and inequitable access

to service In some areas of the province

there were a number of organizaons

in other areas none And out of the

$23 million budget 53 was going

to administraon and infrastructure

to people not involved in direct client

service deliveryrdquo

Ellio-Lopez emphasized that the

decision to reorganize employment

services ldquowas never a cost-cung

exercise We wanted to insure that

money was directed to providing high

quality services in the right places with

equitable access to all services across

the provincerdquo

Ellio-Lopez said that the department

conducted extensive consultaons with

all 51 of the exisng groups including

a road show engaging a consulng rm

to do in-depth interviews and one-on-

one site visits The goal was to get the

groups in each of 18 regions to come

up with a plan where one organizaon

would be the ldquoagreement holderrdquo

organizaon administering that area

with the remaining groups developingpartnerships with the agreement

holding group Under this arrangement

there would be fewer administrave

personnel and more people delivering

front-line services

According to Sparks ldquoWhat Labour told

us was there were 3 areas within HRM

Halifax-Dartmouth Sackville and the

area including WADE Cole Harbour

Porters Lake and Sheet Harbour Cole

Harbour didnrsquot want to work with us

so we submied a proposal with WADEas the hub Musquodoboit Harbour as

the agreement holder and Porters Lake

as a satellite We thought that geng 3

of the 4 groups together would win the

contractrdquo

But DLEA rejected their proposal and

announced that the YMCA in Dartmouth

would be in charge of providing

employment services instead Sparkssays that WADE was stunned by this

development ldquoThe YMCA wasnrsquot even

in the group that we were talking withrdquo

In an interview on CTV Atlanc soon

aer the YMCA announcement Sparks

called DLEArsquos decision ldquoa clear aack

of systemic racism Wersquove been dealing

WADE Fights for Survival

By Richard Bell

with it for years and wersquove had enoughrdquo

In the same CTV Atlanc story DLEA

Minister Kelly Regan strongly rejected

Sparksrsquo accusaon claiming ldquoThat is not

accurate at all This is about providing

good services to Nova Scoans making

sure they get good quality services theydeserve and are entled tordquo

Sparks said that WADE is encouraging

people to stop by their oces to sign a

peon asking DLEA to connue funding

the group He said that the WADE board

was sll hopeful that DLEA would respond

to their appeal but that the board was

prepared to increase pressure on DLEA

as the July 1 deadline gets closer

According to the following statement

from DLEA all the other employment

agencies on the Eastern Shore were able

to negoate partnership agreements

with an agreement holder

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With site selecon now

completed for the new P-12

school in Sheet Harbour the

School Board will soon bestarng a steering commiee to

work on the design of the new

school which will consolidate

Duncan MacMillan High

School Eastern Consolidated

Elementary School Lakefront

Consolidated Elementary

School and Sheet Harbour

Consolidated School

Halifax Regional School Board

District 1 member Bridget

Ann Boulier welcomed the

conclusion of the long site

selecon process The new

school will be built at the site of

Duncan MacMillan High School

Duncan MacMillan Moves Ahead Peon Filed to Replace ESDH

By Richard BellldquoWersquoll be geng the steering

commiee ready this yearrdquo

Boulier said ldquoand then people

can get down to the basics of

deciding what people want inthe new schoolrdquo

Eastern Shore District High

In a display of support for

replacing both ESDH and Gaetz

Brook the society Community

Campus Vision Associaon

(CCVA) submied a peon

in early May to the legislaturewith 1276 signatures gathered

from supermarkets and door-

to-door peoning The

peon calls on the provincial

government ldquoto immediately

replace Eastern Shore District

High School (ESDH) and Gaetz

Brook Junior High School (GBJH)

with a single modern facilityrdquo

The peon cites several major

concerns about the high schoolincluding aging infrastructure

and underfunded maintenance

outdated classroom

conguraons new housing

developments with more

children lack of potable water

polluon of coastal waters the

presence of asbestos and the

inadequacy of recent ldquoBand-

Aidrdquo cosmec changes at ESDH

Boulier said that the Board

was aware of how old the high

school was and had already

taken ocial acon to start the

replacement process ldquoESDH

is the oldest high school in the

Halifax Regional School Boardrdquo

Boutlier said She pointed that

in response to a request for

capital investments for the nextthree years from the provincial

Department of Educaon and

Early Childhood Educaon

(EECD) the Board voted on

March 30 2016 to include ESDH

on its list of 10 capital projects

But the Board hedged its bet

asking for funds for either a

ldquoNew School or Addion amp

Alteraonrdquo The Boardrsquos capitalprojects list did not include

Gaetz Brook Junior High School

Boulier explained that Board

had submied this eitheror

request for ESDH so that if the

EECD turns down replacing the

high school ldquothe Province can

sll do renovaons Right now

the decision is in the provincial

governmentrsquos hands to decidewhat they want to dordquo

MLA Murphy called for a new

high school in the summer of

2014 with his proposal for a

ldquocampusrdquo where he wanted

to move ESDH The Birches

nursing home and recreaonal

facilies to a shared site in the

Eastern Shore Industrial ParkCCVA is no longer wedded to

Murphyrsquos proposed Eastern

Shore Industrial Park locaon

but the organizaon remains

commied to the campus

concept with the school as

the cung-edge instuon

As CCVA society chair Jeanne

McKenna explained in a leer

to the Chronicle Herald onDecember 9 2015 CCVA had

ldquobeen advocang for a campus

facility to share services among

a seniorsrsquo home a juniorsenior

high school and a recreaon

facility The school replacement

issue is at the forefront of this

eortrdquo

As to what will happen next

Boulier cauoned against

expecng a quick provincial

decision on the Boardrsquos EHDS

recommendaon ldquoWersquove

voted on itrdquo she said ldquoand

thatrsquos where it stands The

Board is on the boom of the

totem pole The power is in the

federal government and theprovincial government Itrsquos not

something that might happen

today or tomorrowrdquo

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7896 Highway 7 Musquodoboit Harbour

(directly across from the Railway Museum)

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Interested in historygeologypeople or just happy to learn

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Editorial

DENISE E ZARESKIBARRISTER amp SOLICITOREMAIL denisezareskilawca

MICHAEL BRINEBARRISTER amp SOLICITOREMAIL michaelzareskilawca

7782 HWY 7 MUSQUOD OBOIT HARBOURNOVA SCOTIA B0J 2L0TEL 902 889 3437 FAX 902 889 3541EMAIL adminzareskilawca

wwwzareskilawca

Like a lot of Canadians Irsquom

geng completely fed up with

the Trump thing going on below

the border

This seemingly endless and

most oen mindless charade

grates on the very basics of what

reasonable public polical

debate The name calling and

insulng and moronic behaviour

by what is supposed to be

the best polical contenders

that America can oer for the

highest oce in their country

reects sadly on all that is good

in the American way

The sheer nasness at the

debates and the behind the

scenes dirty tricks would make

even dear old Richard ldquoI am

not a crookrdquo Nixon blush And

now that this long rst stage

is coming to a close fromhere unl November we can

look forward to nothing but a

Thumbs Down on Dirty Tricks

By Wyn Jones

TrumpClinton bashing match

By comparison our federal

elecon last October was a

model of an elecon held in themost democrac circumstances

There were a few blows that

were a lile under the polical

belt but on the whole we

should be proud of the way the

whole process was conducted

by all the pares The televised

debates were sharp but well

within the boundaries of

acceptable debate behaviour

There have been elecons here

that have suered from the

inuence of the style imported

from the US These negave

elecons have invariably led

to the following parliamentary

sessions being lled with all the

reected and residual bierness

le over with a corresponding

inability to reach policalcompromise to get important

legislaon enacted

Professional polical operators

are all in favour of dirty tricks

They fully maintain that

such shenanigans work in a

candidatersquos favour And the pros

are right Such taccs can work

extremely well but only at thecost of throwing democrac

principles on the trash heap of

history

We have come to expect

nasness and morally

fraudulent behaviour in

elecons parcularly from our

immediate neighbour to the

south But right here at home

we are unfortunately seeing

how such methods can trickle

down to even the lower levels

of the polical spectrum like

the Halifax Regional Council

Halifax Regional Councillor

Linda Mosher has decided

to get down and dirty even

though local elecons are sll

some months away She is thelady who put in so much eort

on that most important of

5

middot

y=9 Nancy Lobban CPA CGA- Cha rte red Professional Accou nta nt

Tel 902-476-8765

Fax 902-889-3363Emailnlobbaneastlinkca

Office and Mailing Address 8005 Highway 7 Musquodoboit Harbour NS B0J 2L0

ldquoJob Search Services currently falls

under Halifax Regional CAP Associaon

and these locaons in Cole Harbour and

Sheet Harbour will fall under the YMCAagreement The Halifax Regional CAP

Associaon will connue to oversee

mulple CAP sites in the Hal ifax region

Metro Works Musquodoboit Valley will

fall under the YMCA agreement Metro

Works also called HRDA Enterprises

Ltd has other business lines that will

connue as wellrdquo

WADE Fights forSurvival contrsquod Featuring Halifaxs own

The Stanfields Acoustic

Showcasing musical artists from the

Eastern Shore and beyond including

Mitch Roberts VEEV Loose Cannons

Raeleigh Doyle Kyle Mischiek

Ostrea Lake Dave Roberts Katie Gaetz

Zach Stephen and the Outliers

Stephanie Anderson and more

Also featuring beer garden firefightersobstacle course ball tournament

childrenrsquos activities and skateboard park

For a detailed schedule of events and performers visit our website

httptrunk7musicfestivalcomAdvanced tickets available at wwwticketproca and locally

at RBC and Superstore Tickets also available at the gate

The Eastern Shores

Premier Music Festival

July 22 and 23at the peace park

Musquodoboit Harbour NS

issues---the ocial recognion

of the Donair as our regional

food dish

Mosher is running for re-

elecon this coming fall

in District 9 (Halifax WestArmdale) and is likely to face

a challenger named Shawn

Cleary Mosher must be feeling

her job is threatened because

she has taken the me the

eort and money to buy up the

domain names of ldquoshawncleary

comrdquo and ldquoshawnclearycardquo

a move that took candidate

Cleary by surprise to say the

least

When quesoned by the news

media about the ethics of

her URL purchases Mosher

eecvely blamed it on

the advice of her campaign

manager

This fallrsquos upcoming municipal

elecons are our closest

encounter with the workings

of democracy The contenders

are people many of us knowAs elected ocials they will

be dealing with local issues

that directly aect our daily

lives We want the candidates

to understand that we reject

campaign dirty tricks as

unbecoming demeaning and

andemocrac What we

want from our candidates is

a straighorward and honest

public debate on real issues

Letrsquos leave all the tackiness to

Mr D Trump Hersquos beer at it

than anybody else and he will

surely be shovelling out plenty

of it

We are a community paper and we needyou to help us tell your stories

Please send us your submissions via

email phone snail mail or online Our

contact info is on page 14

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News

Eastern Shore Mental Health (ESMH) is responding

to the recent call for acon by local youth to improve

services and resources for youth mental health on the

Eastern Shore

The iniave will happen in phases beginning with

the survey launched May 7th at ESMHrsquos Mental Health

Fair amp Forum at the Old School The survey aimed atresidents aged 16-29 will give youth a voice in shaping

the scope and delivery methods of these vital services

So far the survey has had wonderful response Young

people are encouraged to parcipate by going to

ESMHrsquos website and clicking on the survey link www

easternshorementalhealthca

The second phase of the project will likely include

development of an online plaorm specically created

by youth for youth along with important partnerships

that are already in development

between service providers and IWK

Mental Health

If you are between the ages of 16-29

please parcipate in the survey and add

your voice to the conversaon today

Improve Youth Mental HealthServices Take an Online Survey

The always fraught relaonship between the Provincial

Legislature and Halifax Regional Council has taken

a stunning turn for the worse in the latest twist in

the struggle over the cityrsquos relaonship with the

communies around the Oer Lake solid waste landll

site

In a move that took all but two city councillors and

council sta by surprise Timberlea-Prospect MLA Ian

Rankin introduced a private memberrsquos bill that sets

legal binding limits on the cityrsquos solid waste disposal

operaon at Oer Lake

Back in 1999 the city struck what the communies

around the Oer Lake waste disposal site were led tobelieve was a binding agreement on the total number

of waste disposal cells and the height of the waste to

be allowed on those cells Since then the cityrsquos eorts

to make various changes in its waste disposal policies in

the name of cost-savings have set o alarm bells The

Oer Lake communies interpreted the cityrsquos proposed

changes as potenal violaons of the agreement such

as increasing the height of the waste cells

The city councillor and MLA representave for the

Oer Lake area are a father and son team District 12

Councillor Reg Rankin and his son MLA Ian Rankin MLA

Rankin private memberrsquos bill Bill 176 the Oer Lake

Landll Act places legal limits on the total number of

cells and the height of those cells

The bill was headed for its 3rdreading and nal passage

before the Council got wind of it (The bill passed on 3rd

Legislature Grabs Control of Halifax Landll Policy

By Richard Bell

reading on May 13th by voice vote)

ldquoWe got blindsidedrdquo Hendsbee said in an interview

ldquoThis bill is nothing but polical posturing by the local

city councillor and the local MLA [Reg Rankin and Ian

Rankin] A bill like this should have gone through the

Ministry of Environment with me for the cityrsquos sta

to study the potenal nancial impact MLA Rankin and

Councillor Rankin and Steve Adams knew about the bill

but they didnrsquot let us know I didnrsquot nd out about this

bill unl Saturday I canrsquot remember a bill that moved

through the Legislature faster than this one This is an

orchestrated bill to handcu and limit the municipality

over the future of the siterdquo

Council held an unusual special hearing on Wednesday

May 18 where all councillors except Rankin and Adam

expressed their dismay at the Legislaturersquos high-handed

move Mayor Savage aempted to dampen concerns

about the possibility of having to open another landll

elsewhere in HRM arguing that Oer Lake sll had at

least 10 years to go and that there would undoubtedly

be improvements in the technologies used to handle

waste

At the conclusion of the hearing the Council voted

15-2 (Rankin and Adams voted no) to have the Mayor

a leer to the Legislature protesng the lack of formal

consultaon with the city concern of the potenal

nancial implicaons for the city and disrespect for the

Councilrsquos work over the years to manage the city rsquos solid

waste problem

Some of you may wonder why use NO MORE DUMPS

on the protest signs for a proposed C amp D 2 processingfacility

Considerable discussion went into the wording on

the signs There is debris on the site that is currently

under a rezoning applicaon so materials have been

dumped there and there is a dump in North Preston

In addion to those two sites there are a number of

places within these communies where people have

dumped garbage of various kinds and ldquoNo Dumpingrdquo

signs have been posted in those locaons Sincerezoning applicaon 19800 was submied and our

eorts to stop it began a number of residents have

come forward with informaon on other locaons

So to many residents there is no queson of whether

or not the word ldquodumpsrdquo should be used

Why NO MORE DUMPS Signs

6

Preliminary data suggest that the number of diagnosed

cases of Lyme disease in Nova Scoa grew dramacally

in 2015 Black-legged cks (or deer cks) the species of

ck that carries Lyme disease can now be found almost

everywhere in Nova Scoa HRM is a hot spot

Lyme disease produces an array of symptoms Early

treatment with anbiocs can prevent serious harm

But untreated Lyme disease can produce debilitang

symptoms like fague pain or joint and muscle aches

For more on the increasing danger to public health

and techniques on how to protect yourself your family

and your pets check out the arcle on our webpage at

hpwwweasternshorecooperatorca

Lyme Disease Infecons Accelerang

By Richard Bell

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News

Contrary to what you may have heard the Musquodoboit

Trail is in great shape for this seasonrsquos hiking The

Cooperator has tracked down a rumor that Garnet

McLaughlin president of Hike Nova Scoa had told

HNSrsquos annual general meeng that the Musquodoboit

Rail Trail might be closed for public access unless more

volunteers showed up

When we contacted McLaughlin he laughed and

acknowledged having heard this rumor ldquoI always do a

talk at the start of the meengrdquo McLaughlin explained

ldquoItrsquos the same speech every year

We want more people out using our trails but without

helping with maintenance hikers slowly loving theirtrails to death And I end my talk by saying that if you

donrsquot volunteer you wonrsquot have trails Someone must

have mis-heard me and thought I was talking about a

specic trail the Musquodoboit trail rdquo

Stan Van Dyke the head of the Musquodoboit Trailways

Associaon conrmed that the trail was just ne ldquoOur

trail is in very good condionrdquo Van Dyke said ldquoIn fact

itrsquos beer than it has been in years Wersquove nished the

resurfacing of the main trail and the back country trails

are in good condionrdquo

Van Dyke and McLaughlin both emphasized the

importance of volunteers in keeping trails in workable

condion ldquoWhat we really need are eyes and earsrdquo Van

Dyke said ldquoIf you see a problem on our trails please tell

us right awayrdquo

7

Four Harbours Legion amp Cizens on Patrol would like to thank all who parcipated in the Roadside Cleanupproject on Saturday May 7 of Highway 7 from Mooseland Road to Ship Harbour A total of 21 kgs and 66 bags

of garbage and large items were collected Great job ALL Please keep our highways clean DONrsquoT LITTER

In the latest skirmish over how Halifax should deal

with the increasingly contenous legacy of its founder

Edward Cornwallis Halifax Regional Council defeated a

moon on May 10th to study the issue by a vote of 8-7

Up-and-coming District 7 Councillor Waye Mason

introduced the moon asking for a sta report on

seng up a public engagement process ldquoto review

and advise Council regarding possible changes to the

commemoraon of Edward Cornwallis on municipal

assets including Cornwallis Park and Cornwallis Streetrdquo

Cornwallis who founded Halifax in 1749 has come

into increasingly great disrepute because of his oer of

bounes for the scalps of MirsquoKmaq men women andchildren In 2011 the Halifax Regional School Board

vote to rename Cornwallis Junior High In 2015 Premier

Stephen McNeil removed a sign for the Cornwallis

River aer a request from a MirsquoKmaq elder And calls

have been mounng for renaming Cornwallis Park and

removing the parkrsquos statue of Cornwallis

Eastern Shore Councillor David Hendsbee has been a

consistent opponent of moving the Cornwallis statue

In an interview Hendsbee said that ldquoCornwallis may

not have been perfect but we canrsquot deny that basically

Cornwallis was our founder We canrsquot change that factrdquo

Far from geng rid of the statute Hendsbee favours

moving it down to a more prominent locaon on the

cityrsquos waterfront to emphasize where Cornwallis came

ashore to found the city

Council Leaves Cornwallis Alone

By Richard Bell

Musquodoboit Harbour Trail in Great Shape

By Richard Bell

For more informaon about the Musquodoboit Rail

Trail and the ve backcountry trails contact the

Musquodoboit Trailways Associaon at mtansca

gmailcom

McLaughlin who also runs the trail maintenance rm

Cobequid Trail Consulng is happy to talk to anyone

about trails anywhere in the province His email is

cobequidconsulng1gmailcom

Hello

I am a long me member of the Eastern ShoreCommunity I recently started a fundraiser for my

mother Maryann Purvis who has been baling

cancer on and o over the last 16 years Most recently

she was diagnosed with breast cancer and on March

24th 2016 she had her right breast removed Two

days before she was scheduled to have surgery she

was called to return to her summer cleaning job

and is now unable to work Maryann is a wife of 30

years mother of ve and grandmother My goal is

$3000 and I currently have over $1500 raised

I am asking all local businesses for support in

reaching our goal I am asking for cash or item

donaons that will be used for auconing purposes

food donaons that will be used for a fundraising

barbeque andor any assistance you are willing and

able to provide

I am planning to host an aucon at the Porters

Lake Pub and a Walk-A-Thon where we will start

in Musquodoboit Harbour and end at Inkerrsquos Lairin Jeddore Dates will be announced Any and all

support is greatly appreciated Thank you for your

me and I look forward to speaking with you

PS Maryannrsquos story and all donaons can be found

at wwwgofundmecom

HopeForMaryann

Sincerely

Amanda Purvis

902-818-6897 or

amandajepurvisgmailcom

Thank You from John Kennedy

Letter to the Editor

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Sports8

Eastern Shore Mariners (Atom B) one of six teams from

across Canada to win $5000 grand prize for their Minor

Hockey Associaon

Musquodoboit Harbour NSndashndash Imperial Oil announced

today the winners of the Esso Medals and Cercates

of Achievement 20152016 Esso Medals Score BigContest Eastern Shore Minor Hockey Associaon was

one of six associaons chosen from over 15000 entries

and will be presented with $5000 An addional $1000

donaon will be presented to the Mariners

President Gary Towill is grateful for the recognion

nong that the prize will be helpful in strengthening

the teamrsquos eorts ldquoThe Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon Musquodoboit Harbour Nova Scoa is very

grateful in hearing that our Atom B Mariners Hockey

Team and the ESMHA have been selected by the EssoMedals of Achievement as recipients of $1000 for the

Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon wins Esso Medals ofAchievement Score Big contest

Team and $5000 for the ESMHArdquo said Towill ldquoThis is

a signicant amount of money that will benet our

Associaon in many ways The ESMHA is thankful for the

funding from Esso Medals of Achievement and plans to

use the moneys eecvely to improve our game on the

Shorerdquo

Each year minor hockey teams (age 6 to 18) fromacross Canada are invited to register to receive three

Esso Medals of Achievement - most dedicated most

improved and most sportsmanlike - and 18 cercates

for their team

ldquoOn behalf of Imperial Oil I would like to thank all the

teams that registered for the Esso Medals Score Big

contest this year and congratulate the winners of the

$5000 Grand Prizerdquo said Sco Neufeld Markeng

Strategic and Sponsorship Advisor Imperial Oil ldquoThe

Esso brand has been a proud sponsor of hockeyin Canada since 1936 and has been commied to

supporng grassroots hockey for over 30 years We look

forward to connuing that support into the futurerdquo

Proceeds from the Medals of Achievement will be used

for development and educaon at all levels which has

costs associated such as ice rental and trainers Along

with a focus on the growth of Female Hockey which

ESMHA has been promong at the Introductory Level

Outhie Moriarity Award Winner Keigan OrsquoGrady

Eastern Shore Midget C

Duncan MacMillan High School Boys Team

ESDHS Girls Rubgy Capital Region Champs

Tanya Malay

ESDHS Bluenose 5K Runners

Schooners Ulmate Frisbee Team 2016

ESDHS - NSSAF (some of the Track and Field stars)

S t

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with an installed Heat Pump from Taylor Timber Mart

3 Brands to choose from

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5 and 10 year warranties

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One easily installed device

Cools and Dehumidies in the summer

Heats in the winter

all while saving up to 50 on your energy costs

Home comfort for less

Taylor Timber Mart

7480 Highway 7

Musquodoboit Harbour NS

B0J 2L0

(902) 889-3639 Ask Will for a free estimate

SUMMER

9Sports

Itlsquos that me of year again when

the gloves bats and cleats come

out

With the kick o to many summer

outdoor sports and acvies

comes an increase in many

common sports related injuries

Sprains strains contusions and

tendonis are some of the most common so ssue

sports related injuries

These so ssue injuries fall into two basic categories

Acute injuries and overuse injuries Acute injuries are

caused by a sudden trauma usually a fall twist or blowto the body Common acute injuries are sprains strains

and contusions Overuse injuries occur gradually over

me when an athlec or other acvity is repeated so

oen that the body does not have enough me to heal

Tendonis and bursis are common overuse injuries

Acute injuries can vary in type and severity and inial

treatment including the RICE Protocol (rest ice

compress and elevate) is usually very eecve within

the rst 24-48 hours Once yoursquove passed the acute

phase you can ease gently back into acvity and begin

carefully stretching and strengthening the injured area

Strengthening exercises will help return original muscle

tone and protect the injured structures making it less

likely to be re-injured

A Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) can guide

you through the enre post injury process As health

professionals RMTs can assess the extent of so ssue

damage treat the injured area and give you advice on

home care in the acute subacute and chronic phases

of your injury Prompt treatment of an injury followedby home care exercises will go a long way in reducing

your healing me geng back your range of moon

and prevenng further injury to the area

If you have any injury quesons contact your local

Registered Massage Therapist Play Hard and Safe

Sports-Related Injuries and Massage Therapy

By Tanya Murphy Registered Massage Therapist

Jump Energy From Porters Lake

Graham Creighton Girls Soball Team

C it10

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Community10

On Saturday April 30th the 2741 Musquodoboit

Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets held their 53rd

Annual Ceremonial Review at Eastern Shore District

High School under the Command of Cadet CWO Dusn

Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

Captain JF Mahoney CD Regional Expedion Training

Ocer and DCO Argonaut Cadet Training Centre was

the Reviewing Ocer

There were many dignitaries special guests and families

in aendance to watch the Cadets on parade

The Green Stars performed ldquoThe Power of Commandrdquo

LCpl Nicholas Nadeau LCpl Tyler Avery LCpl Mahew

Mitchell LCpl Gwyneth Pepas and LCpl Jordan Leslie

each had a turn calling commands

The Drill Team performed a display of drill movementsunder the command of MWO Grainger

The highlight of the day was the ancipaon of the

awards The Cadets work extremely hard all year and

there is strong compeon for the many awards that are

handed out Congratulaons to all the award winners

Awards presented were the following

Top Green Star Trophy ndash LCpl Jordan Leslie

Top Red Star Trophy ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

The Dennis LaFrance Memorial Trophy for Top Silver

Star ndash MCpl Kayla Higney

The Boomer Trophy for Top Gold Star ndash WO DJ Shuman

Best All Round Junior Cadet ndash MCpl Desirae Bone

2741 Musquodoboit Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets AnnualCeremonial Review

Submied by CWO Dusn Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

The John Dickson Memorial Trophy for Best All Round

Senior Cadet ndash CWO Dusn Baker

WH Pushie Trophy for Most Improved Cadet ndash MCpl

Travis Brown

The Dean Whitenect Memorial Trophy for Best Turned

out Cadet ndash MCpl Nicole Tucker

Harland Dooks Memorial Trophy for Top Instructor ndash

CWO Stevie-Lee McGregor

The Gaetz Trophy for Excellence in Field and Bushcra

ndash MWO Warren Bone

Calvert Dunphy Memorial Trophy for Spirit and

Dedicaon ndash Cpl Jaclyn Oliver amp LCpl Jack Harvey-Wolfe

The Andre Saindon Memorial Junior Cizenship Trophy

ndash Cpl Jessica Young-Smith

Top Junior Marksman ndash LCpl Mahew Mitchell

Top Senior Marksman ndash MWO Warren Bone

Top Target ndash MWO Warren Bone amp MCpl Kayla Higney

Top Biathlete ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

Parade Commanders Trophy ndash CWO Dusn Baker

Commanding Ocer Commendaon ndash Captain Adam

Weatherbee

The Legion Medal of Excellence is awarded by the

Royal Canadian Legion to Cadets who have displayed

excellence in Cizenship both inside and outside the

Cadet program This years recipient is MWO JessicaLevy

The Lord Strathcona Medal is the highest award

which can be bestowed upon a Cadet in recognion of

exemplary performance in physical and military training

This years recipient is MWO Issac Grainger

NSE knives were presented to the following CWO

Dusn Baker MWO Nolan Ellio MWO Jessica Levy

MWO Warren Bone MWO Isaac Grainger and WO

Melanie Baneld

MCpl Travis Brown was presented with his BronzeDuke of Edinburgh Award pin and cercate The Duke

of Edinburgh Award is not a Unit award but has been

earned by an individual in our unit on their own accord

MCpl Brown has put a great deal of his own me and

eort into achieving this recognion the rst of three

possible levels This recognion is designed to recognize

those individuals who are involved in their community

work on their physical tness and have experienced a

variety of outdoor acvies

Captain Christopher Marshall was presented with theCanadian Forces Decoraon This award is presented to

a member of the Canadian Forces who has aained 12

years of military service

I would like to congratulate all of the Cadets for doing

an outstanding job To the winners of the awards

congratulaons you worked hard all year and were

recognized for it For those of you who did not get

presented with an award today just remember that

while individual awards are great itrsquos a collecve eortfrom all of you that makes our unit what it is

Congratulaons on a job well done As RSM I am

extremely proud of all of you and you should all be

extremely proud of yourselves

We train on Wednesday evenings from 630 ndash 900

pm at Gaetz Brook Junior High School If yoursquore

between the ages of 12ndash18 and are interested in

becoming a Cadet you really should join us

A few of things we oer are Leadership skills

Marksmanship Biathalon Orienteering Drill Fall amp

Winter Training Exercises Summer Training Camp

Advanced Training at Rocky Mountain Naonal Army

Cadet Summer Training Center Regional Naonal and

Internaonal Exchanges We also serve at local dinners

parcipate in the Musquodoboit Harbour Parade of

Lights and so much more

Our training year is wrapping up and will be starngagain in midndashSeptember and we look forward to seeing

you

11Comm nit

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Over 40 years Experience serving the Eastern Shore Specializing in Drilled wells Pump installs

Clean and surge processes for all Drilled and Dug Wells and trouble-shooting all well problems

ldquoWhen Well Driller A provides you with a quote that is much lowerthan Well Driller B you might think you are getting a great deal

but a great deal does not necessarily equal great valuerdquo

2371 Lawrencetown Road Lawrencetown NSPhone 902-829-2474 Fax 902-829-2795

Email BluenosewelldrillinghotmailcomWebsite bluenosewelldrillingca

11Another successful session of ldquoLeading Readersrdquo at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library

just nished up with a showcase and party for the parcipang children volunteer

teens and their family members

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo is a library program that pairs teen volunteers with elementary-

aged school children to read together and play fun literacy-based games once a

week Teen volunteers and their partners form lots of wonderful connecons and

relaonships This program also provides youth in high school the opportunity to gainvaluable leadership and volunteer experience There is a showcase of their amazing

accomplishments at the end of each session for parents caregivers and family

members

The success of the program is due in part to the close proximity of the high school

which allows students to walk to the library to help out aer school and enjoy a light

snack and conversaon with their peers prior to the children arriving each week

The Leading Readers program at MH Library is proudly supported by grants from

Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Capital Health and generous donaons from the

Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lionrsquos Club Special thanks to the sta of EasternShore District High School for their connued support of the program and liaison with

students

The next session of Leading Readers will start up again in the fall

For more informaon contact the Musquodoboit Harbour Library at 902-889-2227

wwwhalifaxpubliclibrariesca Twier hfxpublib and

Facebook wwwfacebookcomhfxpublib

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo Brings Teens and Kids Together

By Mary Senburg

Julie MacDougall

Community

80s Dance in Porters Lake

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

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Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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News

New polices for employment service

organizaons at the Department of

Labour and Advanced Educaon (LEA)

will force the Watershed AssociaonDevelopment Enterprise (WADE) to

close its doors on July 1 2016 ending

the organizaonrsquos 36 years of serving the

communies of Cherry BrookLake Loon

Lake Major North Preston East Preston

and the Dartmouth African Nova Scoan

Community

According to WADE board member

Brenton Sparks the organizaonrsquosboard is pursuing mulple avenues to

keep the doors open ldquoAer 36 years

we know our communies beer than

anyonerdquo Sparks said ldquoWersquove wrien

leers to the Premier the Minister and

the Deputy Minister Wersquove held a press

conference Wersquore talking with an MLA

about introducing special legislaon to

keep our funding goingrdquo

WADErsquos troubles grew out of thefederal governmentrsquos 2009 decision to

turn employment services over to the

provinces Vicki Ellio-Lopez Execuve

Lead with Careers Nova Scoa led the

DLEArsquos eort to deal with what she

said was ldquoa patchwork system with no

standards in place and inequitable access

to service In some areas of the province

there were a number of organizaons

in other areas none And out of the

$23 million budget 53 was going

to administraon and infrastructure

to people not involved in direct client

service deliveryrdquo

Ellio-Lopez emphasized that the

decision to reorganize employment

services ldquowas never a cost-cung

exercise We wanted to insure that

money was directed to providing high

quality services in the right places with

equitable access to all services across

the provincerdquo

Ellio-Lopez said that the department

conducted extensive consultaons with

all 51 of the exisng groups including

a road show engaging a consulng rm

to do in-depth interviews and one-on-

one site visits The goal was to get the

groups in each of 18 regions to come

up with a plan where one organizaon

would be the ldquoagreement holderrdquo

organizaon administering that area

with the remaining groups developingpartnerships with the agreement

holding group Under this arrangement

there would be fewer administrave

personnel and more people delivering

front-line services

According to Sparks ldquoWhat Labour told

us was there were 3 areas within HRM

Halifax-Dartmouth Sackville and the

area including WADE Cole Harbour

Porters Lake and Sheet Harbour Cole

Harbour didnrsquot want to work with us

so we submied a proposal with WADEas the hub Musquodoboit Harbour as

the agreement holder and Porters Lake

as a satellite We thought that geng 3

of the 4 groups together would win the

contractrdquo

But DLEA rejected their proposal and

announced that the YMCA in Dartmouth

would be in charge of providing

employment services instead Sparkssays that WADE was stunned by this

development ldquoThe YMCA wasnrsquot even

in the group that we were talking withrdquo

In an interview on CTV Atlanc soon

aer the YMCA announcement Sparks

called DLEArsquos decision ldquoa clear aack

of systemic racism Wersquove been dealing

WADE Fights for Survival

By Richard Bell

with it for years and wersquove had enoughrdquo

In the same CTV Atlanc story DLEA

Minister Kelly Regan strongly rejected

Sparksrsquo accusaon claiming ldquoThat is not

accurate at all This is about providing

good services to Nova Scoans making

sure they get good quality services theydeserve and are entled tordquo

Sparks said that WADE is encouraging

people to stop by their oces to sign a

peon asking DLEA to connue funding

the group He said that the WADE board

was sll hopeful that DLEA would respond

to their appeal but that the board was

prepared to increase pressure on DLEA

as the July 1 deadline gets closer

According to the following statement

from DLEA all the other employment

agencies on the Eastern Shore were able

to negoate partnership agreements

with an agreement holder

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With site selecon now

completed for the new P-12

school in Sheet Harbour the

School Board will soon bestarng a steering commiee to

work on the design of the new

school which will consolidate

Duncan MacMillan High

School Eastern Consolidated

Elementary School Lakefront

Consolidated Elementary

School and Sheet Harbour

Consolidated School

Halifax Regional School Board

District 1 member Bridget

Ann Boulier welcomed the

conclusion of the long site

selecon process The new

school will be built at the site of

Duncan MacMillan High School

Duncan MacMillan Moves Ahead Peon Filed to Replace ESDH

By Richard BellldquoWersquoll be geng the steering

commiee ready this yearrdquo

Boulier said ldquoand then people

can get down to the basics of

deciding what people want inthe new schoolrdquo

Eastern Shore District High

In a display of support for

replacing both ESDH and Gaetz

Brook the society Community

Campus Vision Associaon

(CCVA) submied a peon

in early May to the legislaturewith 1276 signatures gathered

from supermarkets and door-

to-door peoning The

peon calls on the provincial

government ldquoto immediately

replace Eastern Shore District

High School (ESDH) and Gaetz

Brook Junior High School (GBJH)

with a single modern facilityrdquo

The peon cites several major

concerns about the high schoolincluding aging infrastructure

and underfunded maintenance

outdated classroom

conguraons new housing

developments with more

children lack of potable water

polluon of coastal waters the

presence of asbestos and the

inadequacy of recent ldquoBand-

Aidrdquo cosmec changes at ESDH

Boulier said that the Board

was aware of how old the high

school was and had already

taken ocial acon to start the

replacement process ldquoESDH

is the oldest high school in the

Halifax Regional School Boardrdquo

Boutlier said She pointed that

in response to a request for

capital investments for the nextthree years from the provincial

Department of Educaon and

Early Childhood Educaon

(EECD) the Board voted on

March 30 2016 to include ESDH

on its list of 10 capital projects

But the Board hedged its bet

asking for funds for either a

ldquoNew School or Addion amp

Alteraonrdquo The Boardrsquos capitalprojects list did not include

Gaetz Brook Junior High School

Boulier explained that Board

had submied this eitheror

request for ESDH so that if the

EECD turns down replacing the

high school ldquothe Province can

sll do renovaons Right now

the decision is in the provincial

governmentrsquos hands to decidewhat they want to dordquo

MLA Murphy called for a new

high school in the summer of

2014 with his proposal for a

ldquocampusrdquo where he wanted

to move ESDH The Birches

nursing home and recreaonal

facilies to a shared site in the

Eastern Shore Industrial ParkCCVA is no longer wedded to

Murphyrsquos proposed Eastern

Shore Industrial Park locaon

but the organizaon remains

commied to the campus

concept with the school as

the cung-edge instuon

As CCVA society chair Jeanne

McKenna explained in a leer

to the Chronicle Herald onDecember 9 2015 CCVA had

ldquobeen advocang for a campus

facility to share services among

a seniorsrsquo home a juniorsenior

high school and a recreaon

facility The school replacement

issue is at the forefront of this

eortrdquo

As to what will happen next

Boulier cauoned against

expecng a quick provincial

decision on the Boardrsquos EHDS

recommendaon ldquoWersquove

voted on itrdquo she said ldquoand

thatrsquos where it stands The

Board is on the boom of the

totem pole The power is in the

federal government and theprovincial government Itrsquos not

something that might happen

today or tomorrowrdquo

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Editorial

DENISE E ZARESKIBARRISTER amp SOLICITOREMAIL denisezareskilawca

MICHAEL BRINEBARRISTER amp SOLICITOREMAIL michaelzareskilawca

7782 HWY 7 MUSQUOD OBOIT HARBOURNOVA SCOTIA B0J 2L0TEL 902 889 3437 FAX 902 889 3541EMAIL adminzareskilawca

wwwzareskilawca

Like a lot of Canadians Irsquom

geng completely fed up with

the Trump thing going on below

the border

This seemingly endless and

most oen mindless charade

grates on the very basics of what

reasonable public polical

debate The name calling and

insulng and moronic behaviour

by what is supposed to be

the best polical contenders

that America can oer for the

highest oce in their country

reects sadly on all that is good

in the American way

The sheer nasness at the

debates and the behind the

scenes dirty tricks would make

even dear old Richard ldquoI am

not a crookrdquo Nixon blush And

now that this long rst stage

is coming to a close fromhere unl November we can

look forward to nothing but a

Thumbs Down on Dirty Tricks

By Wyn Jones

TrumpClinton bashing match

By comparison our federal

elecon last October was a

model of an elecon held in themost democrac circumstances

There were a few blows that

were a lile under the polical

belt but on the whole we

should be proud of the way the

whole process was conducted

by all the pares The televised

debates were sharp but well

within the boundaries of

acceptable debate behaviour

There have been elecons here

that have suered from the

inuence of the style imported

from the US These negave

elecons have invariably led

to the following parliamentary

sessions being lled with all the

reected and residual bierness

le over with a corresponding

inability to reach policalcompromise to get important

legislaon enacted

Professional polical operators

are all in favour of dirty tricks

They fully maintain that

such shenanigans work in a

candidatersquos favour And the pros

are right Such taccs can work

extremely well but only at thecost of throwing democrac

principles on the trash heap of

history

We have come to expect

nasness and morally

fraudulent behaviour in

elecons parcularly from our

immediate neighbour to the

south But right here at home

we are unfortunately seeing

how such methods can trickle

down to even the lower levels

of the polical spectrum like

the Halifax Regional Council

Halifax Regional Councillor

Linda Mosher has decided

to get down and dirty even

though local elecons are sll

some months away She is thelady who put in so much eort

on that most important of

5

middot

y=9 Nancy Lobban CPA CGA- Cha rte red Professional Accou nta nt

Tel 902-476-8765

Fax 902-889-3363Emailnlobbaneastlinkca

Office and Mailing Address 8005 Highway 7 Musquodoboit Harbour NS B0J 2L0

ldquoJob Search Services currently falls

under Halifax Regional CAP Associaon

and these locaons in Cole Harbour and

Sheet Harbour will fall under the YMCAagreement The Halifax Regional CAP

Associaon will connue to oversee

mulple CAP sites in the Hal ifax region

Metro Works Musquodoboit Valley will

fall under the YMCA agreement Metro

Works also called HRDA Enterprises

Ltd has other business lines that will

connue as wellrdquo

WADE Fights forSurvival contrsquod Featuring Halifaxs own

The Stanfields Acoustic

Showcasing musical artists from the

Eastern Shore and beyond including

Mitch Roberts VEEV Loose Cannons

Raeleigh Doyle Kyle Mischiek

Ostrea Lake Dave Roberts Katie Gaetz

Zach Stephen and the Outliers

Stephanie Anderson and more

Also featuring beer garden firefightersobstacle course ball tournament

childrenrsquos activities and skateboard park

For a detailed schedule of events and performers visit our website

httptrunk7musicfestivalcomAdvanced tickets available at wwwticketproca and locally

at RBC and Superstore Tickets also available at the gate

The Eastern Shores

Premier Music Festival

July 22 and 23at the peace park

Musquodoboit Harbour NS

issues---the ocial recognion

of the Donair as our regional

food dish

Mosher is running for re-

elecon this coming fall

in District 9 (Halifax WestArmdale) and is likely to face

a challenger named Shawn

Cleary Mosher must be feeling

her job is threatened because

she has taken the me the

eort and money to buy up the

domain names of ldquoshawncleary

comrdquo and ldquoshawnclearycardquo

a move that took candidate

Cleary by surprise to say the

least

When quesoned by the news

media about the ethics of

her URL purchases Mosher

eecvely blamed it on

the advice of her campaign

manager

This fallrsquos upcoming municipal

elecons are our closest

encounter with the workings

of democracy The contenders

are people many of us knowAs elected ocials they will

be dealing with local issues

that directly aect our daily

lives We want the candidates

to understand that we reject

campaign dirty tricks as

unbecoming demeaning and

andemocrac What we

want from our candidates is

a straighorward and honest

public debate on real issues

Letrsquos leave all the tackiness to

Mr D Trump Hersquos beer at it

than anybody else and he will

surely be shovelling out plenty

of it

We are a community paper and we needyou to help us tell your stories

Please send us your submissions via

email phone snail mail or online Our

contact info is on page 14

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News

Eastern Shore Mental Health (ESMH) is responding

to the recent call for acon by local youth to improve

services and resources for youth mental health on the

Eastern Shore

The iniave will happen in phases beginning with

the survey launched May 7th at ESMHrsquos Mental Health

Fair amp Forum at the Old School The survey aimed atresidents aged 16-29 will give youth a voice in shaping

the scope and delivery methods of these vital services

So far the survey has had wonderful response Young

people are encouraged to parcipate by going to

ESMHrsquos website and clicking on the survey link www

easternshorementalhealthca

The second phase of the project will likely include

development of an online plaorm specically created

by youth for youth along with important partnerships

that are already in development

between service providers and IWK

Mental Health

If you are between the ages of 16-29

please parcipate in the survey and add

your voice to the conversaon today

Improve Youth Mental HealthServices Take an Online Survey

The always fraught relaonship between the Provincial

Legislature and Halifax Regional Council has taken

a stunning turn for the worse in the latest twist in

the struggle over the cityrsquos relaonship with the

communies around the Oer Lake solid waste landll

site

In a move that took all but two city councillors and

council sta by surprise Timberlea-Prospect MLA Ian

Rankin introduced a private memberrsquos bill that sets

legal binding limits on the cityrsquos solid waste disposal

operaon at Oer Lake

Back in 1999 the city struck what the communies

around the Oer Lake waste disposal site were led tobelieve was a binding agreement on the total number

of waste disposal cells and the height of the waste to

be allowed on those cells Since then the cityrsquos eorts

to make various changes in its waste disposal policies in

the name of cost-savings have set o alarm bells The

Oer Lake communies interpreted the cityrsquos proposed

changes as potenal violaons of the agreement such

as increasing the height of the waste cells

The city councillor and MLA representave for the

Oer Lake area are a father and son team District 12

Councillor Reg Rankin and his son MLA Ian Rankin MLA

Rankin private memberrsquos bill Bill 176 the Oer Lake

Landll Act places legal limits on the total number of

cells and the height of those cells

The bill was headed for its 3rdreading and nal passage

before the Council got wind of it (The bill passed on 3rd

Legislature Grabs Control of Halifax Landll Policy

By Richard Bell

reading on May 13th by voice vote)

ldquoWe got blindsidedrdquo Hendsbee said in an interview

ldquoThis bill is nothing but polical posturing by the local

city councillor and the local MLA [Reg Rankin and Ian

Rankin] A bill like this should have gone through the

Ministry of Environment with me for the cityrsquos sta

to study the potenal nancial impact MLA Rankin and

Councillor Rankin and Steve Adams knew about the bill

but they didnrsquot let us know I didnrsquot nd out about this

bill unl Saturday I canrsquot remember a bill that moved

through the Legislature faster than this one This is an

orchestrated bill to handcu and limit the municipality

over the future of the siterdquo

Council held an unusual special hearing on Wednesday

May 18 where all councillors except Rankin and Adam

expressed their dismay at the Legislaturersquos high-handed

move Mayor Savage aempted to dampen concerns

about the possibility of having to open another landll

elsewhere in HRM arguing that Oer Lake sll had at

least 10 years to go and that there would undoubtedly

be improvements in the technologies used to handle

waste

At the conclusion of the hearing the Council voted

15-2 (Rankin and Adams voted no) to have the Mayor

a leer to the Legislature protesng the lack of formal

consultaon with the city concern of the potenal

nancial implicaons for the city and disrespect for the

Councilrsquos work over the years to manage the city rsquos solid

waste problem

Some of you may wonder why use NO MORE DUMPS

on the protest signs for a proposed C amp D 2 processingfacility

Considerable discussion went into the wording on

the signs There is debris on the site that is currently

under a rezoning applicaon so materials have been

dumped there and there is a dump in North Preston

In addion to those two sites there are a number of

places within these communies where people have

dumped garbage of various kinds and ldquoNo Dumpingrdquo

signs have been posted in those locaons Sincerezoning applicaon 19800 was submied and our

eorts to stop it began a number of residents have

come forward with informaon on other locaons

So to many residents there is no queson of whether

or not the word ldquodumpsrdquo should be used

Why NO MORE DUMPS Signs

6

Preliminary data suggest that the number of diagnosed

cases of Lyme disease in Nova Scoa grew dramacally

in 2015 Black-legged cks (or deer cks) the species of

ck that carries Lyme disease can now be found almost

everywhere in Nova Scoa HRM is a hot spot

Lyme disease produces an array of symptoms Early

treatment with anbiocs can prevent serious harm

But untreated Lyme disease can produce debilitang

symptoms like fague pain or joint and muscle aches

For more on the increasing danger to public health

and techniques on how to protect yourself your family

and your pets check out the arcle on our webpage at

hpwwweasternshorecooperatorca

Lyme Disease Infecons Accelerang

By Richard Bell

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News

Contrary to what you may have heard the Musquodoboit

Trail is in great shape for this seasonrsquos hiking The

Cooperator has tracked down a rumor that Garnet

McLaughlin president of Hike Nova Scoa had told

HNSrsquos annual general meeng that the Musquodoboit

Rail Trail might be closed for public access unless more

volunteers showed up

When we contacted McLaughlin he laughed and

acknowledged having heard this rumor ldquoI always do a

talk at the start of the meengrdquo McLaughlin explained

ldquoItrsquos the same speech every year

We want more people out using our trails but without

helping with maintenance hikers slowly loving theirtrails to death And I end my talk by saying that if you

donrsquot volunteer you wonrsquot have trails Someone must

have mis-heard me and thought I was talking about a

specic trail the Musquodoboit trail rdquo

Stan Van Dyke the head of the Musquodoboit Trailways

Associaon conrmed that the trail was just ne ldquoOur

trail is in very good condionrdquo Van Dyke said ldquoIn fact

itrsquos beer than it has been in years Wersquove nished the

resurfacing of the main trail and the back country trails

are in good condionrdquo

Van Dyke and McLaughlin both emphasized the

importance of volunteers in keeping trails in workable

condion ldquoWhat we really need are eyes and earsrdquo Van

Dyke said ldquoIf you see a problem on our trails please tell

us right awayrdquo

7

Four Harbours Legion amp Cizens on Patrol would like to thank all who parcipated in the Roadside Cleanupproject on Saturday May 7 of Highway 7 from Mooseland Road to Ship Harbour A total of 21 kgs and 66 bags

of garbage and large items were collected Great job ALL Please keep our highways clean DONrsquoT LITTER

In the latest skirmish over how Halifax should deal

with the increasingly contenous legacy of its founder

Edward Cornwallis Halifax Regional Council defeated a

moon on May 10th to study the issue by a vote of 8-7

Up-and-coming District 7 Councillor Waye Mason

introduced the moon asking for a sta report on

seng up a public engagement process ldquoto review

and advise Council regarding possible changes to the

commemoraon of Edward Cornwallis on municipal

assets including Cornwallis Park and Cornwallis Streetrdquo

Cornwallis who founded Halifax in 1749 has come

into increasingly great disrepute because of his oer of

bounes for the scalps of MirsquoKmaq men women andchildren In 2011 the Halifax Regional School Board

vote to rename Cornwallis Junior High In 2015 Premier

Stephen McNeil removed a sign for the Cornwallis

River aer a request from a MirsquoKmaq elder And calls

have been mounng for renaming Cornwallis Park and

removing the parkrsquos statue of Cornwallis

Eastern Shore Councillor David Hendsbee has been a

consistent opponent of moving the Cornwallis statue

In an interview Hendsbee said that ldquoCornwallis may

not have been perfect but we canrsquot deny that basically

Cornwallis was our founder We canrsquot change that factrdquo

Far from geng rid of the statute Hendsbee favours

moving it down to a more prominent locaon on the

cityrsquos waterfront to emphasize where Cornwallis came

ashore to found the city

Council Leaves Cornwallis Alone

By Richard Bell

Musquodoboit Harbour Trail in Great Shape

By Richard Bell

For more informaon about the Musquodoboit Rail

Trail and the ve backcountry trails contact the

Musquodoboit Trailways Associaon at mtansca

gmailcom

McLaughlin who also runs the trail maintenance rm

Cobequid Trail Consulng is happy to talk to anyone

about trails anywhere in the province His email is

cobequidconsulng1gmailcom

Hello

I am a long me member of the Eastern ShoreCommunity I recently started a fundraiser for my

mother Maryann Purvis who has been baling

cancer on and o over the last 16 years Most recently

she was diagnosed with breast cancer and on March

24th 2016 she had her right breast removed Two

days before she was scheduled to have surgery she

was called to return to her summer cleaning job

and is now unable to work Maryann is a wife of 30

years mother of ve and grandmother My goal is

$3000 and I currently have over $1500 raised

I am asking all local businesses for support in

reaching our goal I am asking for cash or item

donaons that will be used for auconing purposes

food donaons that will be used for a fundraising

barbeque andor any assistance you are willing and

able to provide

I am planning to host an aucon at the Porters

Lake Pub and a Walk-A-Thon where we will start

in Musquodoboit Harbour and end at Inkerrsquos Lairin Jeddore Dates will be announced Any and all

support is greatly appreciated Thank you for your

me and I look forward to speaking with you

PS Maryannrsquos story and all donaons can be found

at wwwgofundmecom

HopeForMaryann

Sincerely

Amanda Purvis

902-818-6897 or

amandajepurvisgmailcom

Thank You from John Kennedy

Letter to the Editor

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Sports8

Eastern Shore Mariners (Atom B) one of six teams from

across Canada to win $5000 grand prize for their Minor

Hockey Associaon

Musquodoboit Harbour NSndashndash Imperial Oil announced

today the winners of the Esso Medals and Cercates

of Achievement 20152016 Esso Medals Score BigContest Eastern Shore Minor Hockey Associaon was

one of six associaons chosen from over 15000 entries

and will be presented with $5000 An addional $1000

donaon will be presented to the Mariners

President Gary Towill is grateful for the recognion

nong that the prize will be helpful in strengthening

the teamrsquos eorts ldquoThe Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon Musquodoboit Harbour Nova Scoa is very

grateful in hearing that our Atom B Mariners Hockey

Team and the ESMHA have been selected by the EssoMedals of Achievement as recipients of $1000 for the

Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon wins Esso Medals ofAchievement Score Big contest

Team and $5000 for the ESMHArdquo said Towill ldquoThis is

a signicant amount of money that will benet our

Associaon in many ways The ESMHA is thankful for the

funding from Esso Medals of Achievement and plans to

use the moneys eecvely to improve our game on the

Shorerdquo

Each year minor hockey teams (age 6 to 18) fromacross Canada are invited to register to receive three

Esso Medals of Achievement - most dedicated most

improved and most sportsmanlike - and 18 cercates

for their team

ldquoOn behalf of Imperial Oil I would like to thank all the

teams that registered for the Esso Medals Score Big

contest this year and congratulate the winners of the

$5000 Grand Prizerdquo said Sco Neufeld Markeng

Strategic and Sponsorship Advisor Imperial Oil ldquoThe

Esso brand has been a proud sponsor of hockeyin Canada since 1936 and has been commied to

supporng grassroots hockey for over 30 years We look

forward to connuing that support into the futurerdquo

Proceeds from the Medals of Achievement will be used

for development and educaon at all levels which has

costs associated such as ice rental and trainers Along

with a focus on the growth of Female Hockey which

ESMHA has been promong at the Introductory Level

Outhie Moriarity Award Winner Keigan OrsquoGrady

Eastern Shore Midget C

Duncan MacMillan High School Boys Team

ESDHS Girls Rubgy Capital Region Champs

Tanya Malay

ESDHS Bluenose 5K Runners

Schooners Ulmate Frisbee Team 2016

ESDHS - NSSAF (some of the Track and Field stars)

S t

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with an installed Heat Pump from Taylor Timber Mart

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Cools and Dehumidies in the summer

Heats in the winter

all while saving up to 50 on your energy costs

Home comfort for less

Taylor Timber Mart

7480 Highway 7

Musquodoboit Harbour NS

B0J 2L0

(902) 889-3639 Ask Will for a free estimate

SUMMER

9Sports

Itlsquos that me of year again when

the gloves bats and cleats come

out

With the kick o to many summer

outdoor sports and acvies

comes an increase in many

common sports related injuries

Sprains strains contusions and

tendonis are some of the most common so ssue

sports related injuries

These so ssue injuries fall into two basic categories

Acute injuries and overuse injuries Acute injuries are

caused by a sudden trauma usually a fall twist or blowto the body Common acute injuries are sprains strains

and contusions Overuse injuries occur gradually over

me when an athlec or other acvity is repeated so

oen that the body does not have enough me to heal

Tendonis and bursis are common overuse injuries

Acute injuries can vary in type and severity and inial

treatment including the RICE Protocol (rest ice

compress and elevate) is usually very eecve within

the rst 24-48 hours Once yoursquove passed the acute

phase you can ease gently back into acvity and begin

carefully stretching and strengthening the injured area

Strengthening exercises will help return original muscle

tone and protect the injured structures making it less

likely to be re-injured

A Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) can guide

you through the enre post injury process As health

professionals RMTs can assess the extent of so ssue

damage treat the injured area and give you advice on

home care in the acute subacute and chronic phases

of your injury Prompt treatment of an injury followedby home care exercises will go a long way in reducing

your healing me geng back your range of moon

and prevenng further injury to the area

If you have any injury quesons contact your local

Registered Massage Therapist Play Hard and Safe

Sports-Related Injuries and Massage Therapy

By Tanya Murphy Registered Massage Therapist

Jump Energy From Porters Lake

Graham Creighton Girls Soball Team

C it10

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Community10

On Saturday April 30th the 2741 Musquodoboit

Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets held their 53rd

Annual Ceremonial Review at Eastern Shore District

High School under the Command of Cadet CWO Dusn

Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

Captain JF Mahoney CD Regional Expedion Training

Ocer and DCO Argonaut Cadet Training Centre was

the Reviewing Ocer

There were many dignitaries special guests and families

in aendance to watch the Cadets on parade

The Green Stars performed ldquoThe Power of Commandrdquo

LCpl Nicholas Nadeau LCpl Tyler Avery LCpl Mahew

Mitchell LCpl Gwyneth Pepas and LCpl Jordan Leslie

each had a turn calling commands

The Drill Team performed a display of drill movementsunder the command of MWO Grainger

The highlight of the day was the ancipaon of the

awards The Cadets work extremely hard all year and

there is strong compeon for the many awards that are

handed out Congratulaons to all the award winners

Awards presented were the following

Top Green Star Trophy ndash LCpl Jordan Leslie

Top Red Star Trophy ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

The Dennis LaFrance Memorial Trophy for Top Silver

Star ndash MCpl Kayla Higney

The Boomer Trophy for Top Gold Star ndash WO DJ Shuman

Best All Round Junior Cadet ndash MCpl Desirae Bone

2741 Musquodoboit Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets AnnualCeremonial Review

Submied by CWO Dusn Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

The John Dickson Memorial Trophy for Best All Round

Senior Cadet ndash CWO Dusn Baker

WH Pushie Trophy for Most Improved Cadet ndash MCpl

Travis Brown

The Dean Whitenect Memorial Trophy for Best Turned

out Cadet ndash MCpl Nicole Tucker

Harland Dooks Memorial Trophy for Top Instructor ndash

CWO Stevie-Lee McGregor

The Gaetz Trophy for Excellence in Field and Bushcra

ndash MWO Warren Bone

Calvert Dunphy Memorial Trophy for Spirit and

Dedicaon ndash Cpl Jaclyn Oliver amp LCpl Jack Harvey-Wolfe

The Andre Saindon Memorial Junior Cizenship Trophy

ndash Cpl Jessica Young-Smith

Top Junior Marksman ndash LCpl Mahew Mitchell

Top Senior Marksman ndash MWO Warren Bone

Top Target ndash MWO Warren Bone amp MCpl Kayla Higney

Top Biathlete ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

Parade Commanders Trophy ndash CWO Dusn Baker

Commanding Ocer Commendaon ndash Captain Adam

Weatherbee

The Legion Medal of Excellence is awarded by the

Royal Canadian Legion to Cadets who have displayed

excellence in Cizenship both inside and outside the

Cadet program This years recipient is MWO JessicaLevy

The Lord Strathcona Medal is the highest award

which can be bestowed upon a Cadet in recognion of

exemplary performance in physical and military training

This years recipient is MWO Issac Grainger

NSE knives were presented to the following CWO

Dusn Baker MWO Nolan Ellio MWO Jessica Levy

MWO Warren Bone MWO Isaac Grainger and WO

Melanie Baneld

MCpl Travis Brown was presented with his BronzeDuke of Edinburgh Award pin and cercate The Duke

of Edinburgh Award is not a Unit award but has been

earned by an individual in our unit on their own accord

MCpl Brown has put a great deal of his own me and

eort into achieving this recognion the rst of three

possible levels This recognion is designed to recognize

those individuals who are involved in their community

work on their physical tness and have experienced a

variety of outdoor acvies

Captain Christopher Marshall was presented with theCanadian Forces Decoraon This award is presented to

a member of the Canadian Forces who has aained 12

years of military service

I would like to congratulate all of the Cadets for doing

an outstanding job To the winners of the awards

congratulaons you worked hard all year and were

recognized for it For those of you who did not get

presented with an award today just remember that

while individual awards are great itrsquos a collecve eortfrom all of you that makes our unit what it is

Congratulaons on a job well done As RSM I am

extremely proud of all of you and you should all be

extremely proud of yourselves

We train on Wednesday evenings from 630 ndash 900

pm at Gaetz Brook Junior High School If yoursquore

between the ages of 12ndash18 and are interested in

becoming a Cadet you really should join us

A few of things we oer are Leadership skills

Marksmanship Biathalon Orienteering Drill Fall amp

Winter Training Exercises Summer Training Camp

Advanced Training at Rocky Mountain Naonal Army

Cadet Summer Training Center Regional Naonal and

Internaonal Exchanges We also serve at local dinners

parcipate in the Musquodoboit Harbour Parade of

Lights and so much more

Our training year is wrapping up and will be starngagain in midndashSeptember and we look forward to seeing

you

11Comm nit

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Over 40 years Experience serving the Eastern Shore Specializing in Drilled wells Pump installs

Clean and surge processes for all Drilled and Dug Wells and trouble-shooting all well problems

ldquoWhen Well Driller A provides you with a quote that is much lowerthan Well Driller B you might think you are getting a great deal

but a great deal does not necessarily equal great valuerdquo

2371 Lawrencetown Road Lawrencetown NSPhone 902-829-2474 Fax 902-829-2795

Email BluenosewelldrillinghotmailcomWebsite bluenosewelldrillingca

11Another successful session of ldquoLeading Readersrdquo at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library

just nished up with a showcase and party for the parcipang children volunteer

teens and their family members

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo is a library program that pairs teen volunteers with elementary-

aged school children to read together and play fun literacy-based games once a

week Teen volunteers and their partners form lots of wonderful connecons and

relaonships This program also provides youth in high school the opportunity to gainvaluable leadership and volunteer experience There is a showcase of their amazing

accomplishments at the end of each session for parents caregivers and family

members

The success of the program is due in part to the close proximity of the high school

which allows students to walk to the library to help out aer school and enjoy a light

snack and conversaon with their peers prior to the children arriving each week

The Leading Readers program at MH Library is proudly supported by grants from

Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Capital Health and generous donaons from the

Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lionrsquos Club Special thanks to the sta of EasternShore District High School for their connued support of the program and liaison with

students

The next session of Leading Readers will start up again in the fall

For more informaon contact the Musquodoboit Harbour Library at 902-889-2227

wwwhalifaxpubliclibrariesca Twier hfxpublib and

Facebook wwwfacebookcomhfxpublib

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo Brings Teens and Kids Together

By Mary Senburg

Julie MacDougall

Community

80s Dance in Porters Lake

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

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Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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With site selecon now

completed for the new P-12

school in Sheet Harbour the

School Board will soon bestarng a steering commiee to

work on the design of the new

school which will consolidate

Duncan MacMillan High

School Eastern Consolidated

Elementary School Lakefront

Consolidated Elementary

School and Sheet Harbour

Consolidated School

Halifax Regional School Board

District 1 member Bridget

Ann Boulier welcomed the

conclusion of the long site

selecon process The new

school will be built at the site of

Duncan MacMillan High School

Duncan MacMillan Moves Ahead Peon Filed to Replace ESDH

By Richard BellldquoWersquoll be geng the steering

commiee ready this yearrdquo

Boulier said ldquoand then people

can get down to the basics of

deciding what people want inthe new schoolrdquo

Eastern Shore District High

In a display of support for

replacing both ESDH and Gaetz

Brook the society Community

Campus Vision Associaon

(CCVA) submied a peon

in early May to the legislaturewith 1276 signatures gathered

from supermarkets and door-

to-door peoning The

peon calls on the provincial

government ldquoto immediately

replace Eastern Shore District

High School (ESDH) and Gaetz

Brook Junior High School (GBJH)

with a single modern facilityrdquo

The peon cites several major

concerns about the high schoolincluding aging infrastructure

and underfunded maintenance

outdated classroom

conguraons new housing

developments with more

children lack of potable water

polluon of coastal waters the

presence of asbestos and the

inadequacy of recent ldquoBand-

Aidrdquo cosmec changes at ESDH

Boulier said that the Board

was aware of how old the high

school was and had already

taken ocial acon to start the

replacement process ldquoESDH

is the oldest high school in the

Halifax Regional School Boardrdquo

Boutlier said She pointed that

in response to a request for

capital investments for the nextthree years from the provincial

Department of Educaon and

Early Childhood Educaon

(EECD) the Board voted on

March 30 2016 to include ESDH

on its list of 10 capital projects

But the Board hedged its bet

asking for funds for either a

ldquoNew School or Addion amp

Alteraonrdquo The Boardrsquos capitalprojects list did not include

Gaetz Brook Junior High School

Boulier explained that Board

had submied this eitheror

request for ESDH so that if the

EECD turns down replacing the

high school ldquothe Province can

sll do renovaons Right now

the decision is in the provincial

governmentrsquos hands to decidewhat they want to dordquo

MLA Murphy called for a new

high school in the summer of

2014 with his proposal for a

ldquocampusrdquo where he wanted

to move ESDH The Birches

nursing home and recreaonal

facilies to a shared site in the

Eastern Shore Industrial ParkCCVA is no longer wedded to

Murphyrsquos proposed Eastern

Shore Industrial Park locaon

but the organizaon remains

commied to the campus

concept with the school as

the cung-edge instuon

As CCVA society chair Jeanne

McKenna explained in a leer

to the Chronicle Herald onDecember 9 2015 CCVA had

ldquobeen advocang for a campus

facility to share services among

a seniorsrsquo home a juniorsenior

high school and a recreaon

facility The school replacement

issue is at the forefront of this

eortrdquo

As to what will happen next

Boulier cauoned against

expecng a quick provincial

decision on the Boardrsquos EHDS

recommendaon ldquoWersquove

voted on itrdquo she said ldquoand

thatrsquos where it stands The

Board is on the boom of the

totem pole The power is in the

federal government and theprovincial government Itrsquos not

something that might happen

today or tomorrowrdquo

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Editorial

DENISE E ZARESKIBARRISTER amp SOLICITOREMAIL denisezareskilawca

MICHAEL BRINEBARRISTER amp SOLICITOREMAIL michaelzareskilawca

7782 HWY 7 MUSQUOD OBOIT HARBOURNOVA SCOTIA B0J 2L0TEL 902 889 3437 FAX 902 889 3541EMAIL adminzareskilawca

wwwzareskilawca

Like a lot of Canadians Irsquom

geng completely fed up with

the Trump thing going on below

the border

This seemingly endless and

most oen mindless charade

grates on the very basics of what

reasonable public polical

debate The name calling and

insulng and moronic behaviour

by what is supposed to be

the best polical contenders

that America can oer for the

highest oce in their country

reects sadly on all that is good

in the American way

The sheer nasness at the

debates and the behind the

scenes dirty tricks would make

even dear old Richard ldquoI am

not a crookrdquo Nixon blush And

now that this long rst stage

is coming to a close fromhere unl November we can

look forward to nothing but a

Thumbs Down on Dirty Tricks

By Wyn Jones

TrumpClinton bashing match

By comparison our federal

elecon last October was a

model of an elecon held in themost democrac circumstances

There were a few blows that

were a lile under the polical

belt but on the whole we

should be proud of the way the

whole process was conducted

by all the pares The televised

debates were sharp but well

within the boundaries of

acceptable debate behaviour

There have been elecons here

that have suered from the

inuence of the style imported

from the US These negave

elecons have invariably led

to the following parliamentary

sessions being lled with all the

reected and residual bierness

le over with a corresponding

inability to reach policalcompromise to get important

legislaon enacted

Professional polical operators

are all in favour of dirty tricks

They fully maintain that

such shenanigans work in a

candidatersquos favour And the pros

are right Such taccs can work

extremely well but only at thecost of throwing democrac

principles on the trash heap of

history

We have come to expect

nasness and morally

fraudulent behaviour in

elecons parcularly from our

immediate neighbour to the

south But right here at home

we are unfortunately seeing

how such methods can trickle

down to even the lower levels

of the polical spectrum like

the Halifax Regional Council

Halifax Regional Councillor

Linda Mosher has decided

to get down and dirty even

though local elecons are sll

some months away She is thelady who put in so much eort

on that most important of

5

middot

y=9 Nancy Lobban CPA CGA- Cha rte red Professional Accou nta nt

Tel 902-476-8765

Fax 902-889-3363Emailnlobbaneastlinkca

Office and Mailing Address 8005 Highway 7 Musquodoboit Harbour NS B0J 2L0

ldquoJob Search Services currently falls

under Halifax Regional CAP Associaon

and these locaons in Cole Harbour and

Sheet Harbour will fall under the YMCAagreement The Halifax Regional CAP

Associaon will connue to oversee

mulple CAP sites in the Hal ifax region

Metro Works Musquodoboit Valley will

fall under the YMCA agreement Metro

Works also called HRDA Enterprises

Ltd has other business lines that will

connue as wellrdquo

WADE Fights forSurvival contrsquod Featuring Halifaxs own

The Stanfields Acoustic

Showcasing musical artists from the

Eastern Shore and beyond including

Mitch Roberts VEEV Loose Cannons

Raeleigh Doyle Kyle Mischiek

Ostrea Lake Dave Roberts Katie Gaetz

Zach Stephen and the Outliers

Stephanie Anderson and more

Also featuring beer garden firefightersobstacle course ball tournament

childrenrsquos activities and skateboard park

For a detailed schedule of events and performers visit our website

httptrunk7musicfestivalcomAdvanced tickets available at wwwticketproca and locally

at RBC and Superstore Tickets also available at the gate

The Eastern Shores

Premier Music Festival

July 22 and 23at the peace park

Musquodoboit Harbour NS

issues---the ocial recognion

of the Donair as our regional

food dish

Mosher is running for re-

elecon this coming fall

in District 9 (Halifax WestArmdale) and is likely to face

a challenger named Shawn

Cleary Mosher must be feeling

her job is threatened because

she has taken the me the

eort and money to buy up the

domain names of ldquoshawncleary

comrdquo and ldquoshawnclearycardquo

a move that took candidate

Cleary by surprise to say the

least

When quesoned by the news

media about the ethics of

her URL purchases Mosher

eecvely blamed it on

the advice of her campaign

manager

This fallrsquos upcoming municipal

elecons are our closest

encounter with the workings

of democracy The contenders

are people many of us knowAs elected ocials they will

be dealing with local issues

that directly aect our daily

lives We want the candidates

to understand that we reject

campaign dirty tricks as

unbecoming demeaning and

andemocrac What we

want from our candidates is

a straighorward and honest

public debate on real issues

Letrsquos leave all the tackiness to

Mr D Trump Hersquos beer at it

than anybody else and he will

surely be shovelling out plenty

of it

We are a community paper and we needyou to help us tell your stories

Please send us your submissions via

email phone snail mail or online Our

contact info is on page 14

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News

Eastern Shore Mental Health (ESMH) is responding

to the recent call for acon by local youth to improve

services and resources for youth mental health on the

Eastern Shore

The iniave will happen in phases beginning with

the survey launched May 7th at ESMHrsquos Mental Health

Fair amp Forum at the Old School The survey aimed atresidents aged 16-29 will give youth a voice in shaping

the scope and delivery methods of these vital services

So far the survey has had wonderful response Young

people are encouraged to parcipate by going to

ESMHrsquos website and clicking on the survey link www

easternshorementalhealthca

The second phase of the project will likely include

development of an online plaorm specically created

by youth for youth along with important partnerships

that are already in development

between service providers and IWK

Mental Health

If you are between the ages of 16-29

please parcipate in the survey and add

your voice to the conversaon today

Improve Youth Mental HealthServices Take an Online Survey

The always fraught relaonship between the Provincial

Legislature and Halifax Regional Council has taken

a stunning turn for the worse in the latest twist in

the struggle over the cityrsquos relaonship with the

communies around the Oer Lake solid waste landll

site

In a move that took all but two city councillors and

council sta by surprise Timberlea-Prospect MLA Ian

Rankin introduced a private memberrsquos bill that sets

legal binding limits on the cityrsquos solid waste disposal

operaon at Oer Lake

Back in 1999 the city struck what the communies

around the Oer Lake waste disposal site were led tobelieve was a binding agreement on the total number

of waste disposal cells and the height of the waste to

be allowed on those cells Since then the cityrsquos eorts

to make various changes in its waste disposal policies in

the name of cost-savings have set o alarm bells The

Oer Lake communies interpreted the cityrsquos proposed

changes as potenal violaons of the agreement such

as increasing the height of the waste cells

The city councillor and MLA representave for the

Oer Lake area are a father and son team District 12

Councillor Reg Rankin and his son MLA Ian Rankin MLA

Rankin private memberrsquos bill Bill 176 the Oer Lake

Landll Act places legal limits on the total number of

cells and the height of those cells

The bill was headed for its 3rdreading and nal passage

before the Council got wind of it (The bill passed on 3rd

Legislature Grabs Control of Halifax Landll Policy

By Richard Bell

reading on May 13th by voice vote)

ldquoWe got blindsidedrdquo Hendsbee said in an interview

ldquoThis bill is nothing but polical posturing by the local

city councillor and the local MLA [Reg Rankin and Ian

Rankin] A bill like this should have gone through the

Ministry of Environment with me for the cityrsquos sta

to study the potenal nancial impact MLA Rankin and

Councillor Rankin and Steve Adams knew about the bill

but they didnrsquot let us know I didnrsquot nd out about this

bill unl Saturday I canrsquot remember a bill that moved

through the Legislature faster than this one This is an

orchestrated bill to handcu and limit the municipality

over the future of the siterdquo

Council held an unusual special hearing on Wednesday

May 18 where all councillors except Rankin and Adam

expressed their dismay at the Legislaturersquos high-handed

move Mayor Savage aempted to dampen concerns

about the possibility of having to open another landll

elsewhere in HRM arguing that Oer Lake sll had at

least 10 years to go and that there would undoubtedly

be improvements in the technologies used to handle

waste

At the conclusion of the hearing the Council voted

15-2 (Rankin and Adams voted no) to have the Mayor

a leer to the Legislature protesng the lack of formal

consultaon with the city concern of the potenal

nancial implicaons for the city and disrespect for the

Councilrsquos work over the years to manage the city rsquos solid

waste problem

Some of you may wonder why use NO MORE DUMPS

on the protest signs for a proposed C amp D 2 processingfacility

Considerable discussion went into the wording on

the signs There is debris on the site that is currently

under a rezoning applicaon so materials have been

dumped there and there is a dump in North Preston

In addion to those two sites there are a number of

places within these communies where people have

dumped garbage of various kinds and ldquoNo Dumpingrdquo

signs have been posted in those locaons Sincerezoning applicaon 19800 was submied and our

eorts to stop it began a number of residents have

come forward with informaon on other locaons

So to many residents there is no queson of whether

or not the word ldquodumpsrdquo should be used

Why NO MORE DUMPS Signs

6

Preliminary data suggest that the number of diagnosed

cases of Lyme disease in Nova Scoa grew dramacally

in 2015 Black-legged cks (or deer cks) the species of

ck that carries Lyme disease can now be found almost

everywhere in Nova Scoa HRM is a hot spot

Lyme disease produces an array of symptoms Early

treatment with anbiocs can prevent serious harm

But untreated Lyme disease can produce debilitang

symptoms like fague pain or joint and muscle aches

For more on the increasing danger to public health

and techniques on how to protect yourself your family

and your pets check out the arcle on our webpage at

hpwwweasternshorecooperatorca

Lyme Disease Infecons Accelerang

By Richard Bell

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News

Contrary to what you may have heard the Musquodoboit

Trail is in great shape for this seasonrsquos hiking The

Cooperator has tracked down a rumor that Garnet

McLaughlin president of Hike Nova Scoa had told

HNSrsquos annual general meeng that the Musquodoboit

Rail Trail might be closed for public access unless more

volunteers showed up

When we contacted McLaughlin he laughed and

acknowledged having heard this rumor ldquoI always do a

talk at the start of the meengrdquo McLaughlin explained

ldquoItrsquos the same speech every year

We want more people out using our trails but without

helping with maintenance hikers slowly loving theirtrails to death And I end my talk by saying that if you

donrsquot volunteer you wonrsquot have trails Someone must

have mis-heard me and thought I was talking about a

specic trail the Musquodoboit trail rdquo

Stan Van Dyke the head of the Musquodoboit Trailways

Associaon conrmed that the trail was just ne ldquoOur

trail is in very good condionrdquo Van Dyke said ldquoIn fact

itrsquos beer than it has been in years Wersquove nished the

resurfacing of the main trail and the back country trails

are in good condionrdquo

Van Dyke and McLaughlin both emphasized the

importance of volunteers in keeping trails in workable

condion ldquoWhat we really need are eyes and earsrdquo Van

Dyke said ldquoIf you see a problem on our trails please tell

us right awayrdquo

7

Four Harbours Legion amp Cizens on Patrol would like to thank all who parcipated in the Roadside Cleanupproject on Saturday May 7 of Highway 7 from Mooseland Road to Ship Harbour A total of 21 kgs and 66 bags

of garbage and large items were collected Great job ALL Please keep our highways clean DONrsquoT LITTER

In the latest skirmish over how Halifax should deal

with the increasingly contenous legacy of its founder

Edward Cornwallis Halifax Regional Council defeated a

moon on May 10th to study the issue by a vote of 8-7

Up-and-coming District 7 Councillor Waye Mason

introduced the moon asking for a sta report on

seng up a public engagement process ldquoto review

and advise Council regarding possible changes to the

commemoraon of Edward Cornwallis on municipal

assets including Cornwallis Park and Cornwallis Streetrdquo

Cornwallis who founded Halifax in 1749 has come

into increasingly great disrepute because of his oer of

bounes for the scalps of MirsquoKmaq men women andchildren In 2011 the Halifax Regional School Board

vote to rename Cornwallis Junior High In 2015 Premier

Stephen McNeil removed a sign for the Cornwallis

River aer a request from a MirsquoKmaq elder And calls

have been mounng for renaming Cornwallis Park and

removing the parkrsquos statue of Cornwallis

Eastern Shore Councillor David Hendsbee has been a

consistent opponent of moving the Cornwallis statue

In an interview Hendsbee said that ldquoCornwallis may

not have been perfect but we canrsquot deny that basically

Cornwallis was our founder We canrsquot change that factrdquo

Far from geng rid of the statute Hendsbee favours

moving it down to a more prominent locaon on the

cityrsquos waterfront to emphasize where Cornwallis came

ashore to found the city

Council Leaves Cornwallis Alone

By Richard Bell

Musquodoboit Harbour Trail in Great Shape

By Richard Bell

For more informaon about the Musquodoboit Rail

Trail and the ve backcountry trails contact the

Musquodoboit Trailways Associaon at mtansca

gmailcom

McLaughlin who also runs the trail maintenance rm

Cobequid Trail Consulng is happy to talk to anyone

about trails anywhere in the province His email is

cobequidconsulng1gmailcom

Hello

I am a long me member of the Eastern ShoreCommunity I recently started a fundraiser for my

mother Maryann Purvis who has been baling

cancer on and o over the last 16 years Most recently

she was diagnosed with breast cancer and on March

24th 2016 she had her right breast removed Two

days before she was scheduled to have surgery she

was called to return to her summer cleaning job

and is now unable to work Maryann is a wife of 30

years mother of ve and grandmother My goal is

$3000 and I currently have over $1500 raised

I am asking all local businesses for support in

reaching our goal I am asking for cash or item

donaons that will be used for auconing purposes

food donaons that will be used for a fundraising

barbeque andor any assistance you are willing and

able to provide

I am planning to host an aucon at the Porters

Lake Pub and a Walk-A-Thon where we will start

in Musquodoboit Harbour and end at Inkerrsquos Lairin Jeddore Dates will be announced Any and all

support is greatly appreciated Thank you for your

me and I look forward to speaking with you

PS Maryannrsquos story and all donaons can be found

at wwwgofundmecom

HopeForMaryann

Sincerely

Amanda Purvis

902-818-6897 or

amandajepurvisgmailcom

Thank You from John Kennedy

Letter to the Editor

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Sports8

Eastern Shore Mariners (Atom B) one of six teams from

across Canada to win $5000 grand prize for their Minor

Hockey Associaon

Musquodoboit Harbour NSndashndash Imperial Oil announced

today the winners of the Esso Medals and Cercates

of Achievement 20152016 Esso Medals Score BigContest Eastern Shore Minor Hockey Associaon was

one of six associaons chosen from over 15000 entries

and will be presented with $5000 An addional $1000

donaon will be presented to the Mariners

President Gary Towill is grateful for the recognion

nong that the prize will be helpful in strengthening

the teamrsquos eorts ldquoThe Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon Musquodoboit Harbour Nova Scoa is very

grateful in hearing that our Atom B Mariners Hockey

Team and the ESMHA have been selected by the EssoMedals of Achievement as recipients of $1000 for the

Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon wins Esso Medals ofAchievement Score Big contest

Team and $5000 for the ESMHArdquo said Towill ldquoThis is

a signicant amount of money that will benet our

Associaon in many ways The ESMHA is thankful for the

funding from Esso Medals of Achievement and plans to

use the moneys eecvely to improve our game on the

Shorerdquo

Each year minor hockey teams (age 6 to 18) fromacross Canada are invited to register to receive three

Esso Medals of Achievement - most dedicated most

improved and most sportsmanlike - and 18 cercates

for their team

ldquoOn behalf of Imperial Oil I would like to thank all the

teams that registered for the Esso Medals Score Big

contest this year and congratulate the winners of the

$5000 Grand Prizerdquo said Sco Neufeld Markeng

Strategic and Sponsorship Advisor Imperial Oil ldquoThe

Esso brand has been a proud sponsor of hockeyin Canada since 1936 and has been commied to

supporng grassroots hockey for over 30 years We look

forward to connuing that support into the futurerdquo

Proceeds from the Medals of Achievement will be used

for development and educaon at all levels which has

costs associated such as ice rental and trainers Along

with a focus on the growth of Female Hockey which

ESMHA has been promong at the Introductory Level

Outhie Moriarity Award Winner Keigan OrsquoGrady

Eastern Shore Midget C

Duncan MacMillan High School Boys Team

ESDHS Girls Rubgy Capital Region Champs

Tanya Malay

ESDHS Bluenose 5K Runners

Schooners Ulmate Frisbee Team 2016

ESDHS - NSSAF (some of the Track and Field stars)

S t

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with an installed Heat Pump from Taylor Timber Mart

3 Brands to choose from

In-store nancing available

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5 and 10 year warranties

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One easily installed device

Cools and Dehumidies in the summer

Heats in the winter

all while saving up to 50 on your energy costs

Home comfort for less

Taylor Timber Mart

7480 Highway 7

Musquodoboit Harbour NS

B0J 2L0

(902) 889-3639 Ask Will for a free estimate

SUMMER

9Sports

Itlsquos that me of year again when

the gloves bats and cleats come

out

With the kick o to many summer

outdoor sports and acvies

comes an increase in many

common sports related injuries

Sprains strains contusions and

tendonis are some of the most common so ssue

sports related injuries

These so ssue injuries fall into two basic categories

Acute injuries and overuse injuries Acute injuries are

caused by a sudden trauma usually a fall twist or blowto the body Common acute injuries are sprains strains

and contusions Overuse injuries occur gradually over

me when an athlec or other acvity is repeated so

oen that the body does not have enough me to heal

Tendonis and bursis are common overuse injuries

Acute injuries can vary in type and severity and inial

treatment including the RICE Protocol (rest ice

compress and elevate) is usually very eecve within

the rst 24-48 hours Once yoursquove passed the acute

phase you can ease gently back into acvity and begin

carefully stretching and strengthening the injured area

Strengthening exercises will help return original muscle

tone and protect the injured structures making it less

likely to be re-injured

A Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) can guide

you through the enre post injury process As health

professionals RMTs can assess the extent of so ssue

damage treat the injured area and give you advice on

home care in the acute subacute and chronic phases

of your injury Prompt treatment of an injury followedby home care exercises will go a long way in reducing

your healing me geng back your range of moon

and prevenng further injury to the area

If you have any injury quesons contact your local

Registered Massage Therapist Play Hard and Safe

Sports-Related Injuries and Massage Therapy

By Tanya Murphy Registered Massage Therapist

Jump Energy From Porters Lake

Graham Creighton Girls Soball Team

C it10

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Community10

On Saturday April 30th the 2741 Musquodoboit

Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets held their 53rd

Annual Ceremonial Review at Eastern Shore District

High School under the Command of Cadet CWO Dusn

Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

Captain JF Mahoney CD Regional Expedion Training

Ocer and DCO Argonaut Cadet Training Centre was

the Reviewing Ocer

There were many dignitaries special guests and families

in aendance to watch the Cadets on parade

The Green Stars performed ldquoThe Power of Commandrdquo

LCpl Nicholas Nadeau LCpl Tyler Avery LCpl Mahew

Mitchell LCpl Gwyneth Pepas and LCpl Jordan Leslie

each had a turn calling commands

The Drill Team performed a display of drill movementsunder the command of MWO Grainger

The highlight of the day was the ancipaon of the

awards The Cadets work extremely hard all year and

there is strong compeon for the many awards that are

handed out Congratulaons to all the award winners

Awards presented were the following

Top Green Star Trophy ndash LCpl Jordan Leslie

Top Red Star Trophy ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

The Dennis LaFrance Memorial Trophy for Top Silver

Star ndash MCpl Kayla Higney

The Boomer Trophy for Top Gold Star ndash WO DJ Shuman

Best All Round Junior Cadet ndash MCpl Desirae Bone

2741 Musquodoboit Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets AnnualCeremonial Review

Submied by CWO Dusn Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

The John Dickson Memorial Trophy for Best All Round

Senior Cadet ndash CWO Dusn Baker

WH Pushie Trophy for Most Improved Cadet ndash MCpl

Travis Brown

The Dean Whitenect Memorial Trophy for Best Turned

out Cadet ndash MCpl Nicole Tucker

Harland Dooks Memorial Trophy for Top Instructor ndash

CWO Stevie-Lee McGregor

The Gaetz Trophy for Excellence in Field and Bushcra

ndash MWO Warren Bone

Calvert Dunphy Memorial Trophy for Spirit and

Dedicaon ndash Cpl Jaclyn Oliver amp LCpl Jack Harvey-Wolfe

The Andre Saindon Memorial Junior Cizenship Trophy

ndash Cpl Jessica Young-Smith

Top Junior Marksman ndash LCpl Mahew Mitchell

Top Senior Marksman ndash MWO Warren Bone

Top Target ndash MWO Warren Bone amp MCpl Kayla Higney

Top Biathlete ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

Parade Commanders Trophy ndash CWO Dusn Baker

Commanding Ocer Commendaon ndash Captain Adam

Weatherbee

The Legion Medal of Excellence is awarded by the

Royal Canadian Legion to Cadets who have displayed

excellence in Cizenship both inside and outside the

Cadet program This years recipient is MWO JessicaLevy

The Lord Strathcona Medal is the highest award

which can be bestowed upon a Cadet in recognion of

exemplary performance in physical and military training

This years recipient is MWO Issac Grainger

NSE knives were presented to the following CWO

Dusn Baker MWO Nolan Ellio MWO Jessica Levy

MWO Warren Bone MWO Isaac Grainger and WO

Melanie Baneld

MCpl Travis Brown was presented with his BronzeDuke of Edinburgh Award pin and cercate The Duke

of Edinburgh Award is not a Unit award but has been

earned by an individual in our unit on their own accord

MCpl Brown has put a great deal of his own me and

eort into achieving this recognion the rst of three

possible levels This recognion is designed to recognize

those individuals who are involved in their community

work on their physical tness and have experienced a

variety of outdoor acvies

Captain Christopher Marshall was presented with theCanadian Forces Decoraon This award is presented to

a member of the Canadian Forces who has aained 12

years of military service

I would like to congratulate all of the Cadets for doing

an outstanding job To the winners of the awards

congratulaons you worked hard all year and were

recognized for it For those of you who did not get

presented with an award today just remember that

while individual awards are great itrsquos a collecve eortfrom all of you that makes our unit what it is

Congratulaons on a job well done As RSM I am

extremely proud of all of you and you should all be

extremely proud of yourselves

We train on Wednesday evenings from 630 ndash 900

pm at Gaetz Brook Junior High School If yoursquore

between the ages of 12ndash18 and are interested in

becoming a Cadet you really should join us

A few of things we oer are Leadership skills

Marksmanship Biathalon Orienteering Drill Fall amp

Winter Training Exercises Summer Training Camp

Advanced Training at Rocky Mountain Naonal Army

Cadet Summer Training Center Regional Naonal and

Internaonal Exchanges We also serve at local dinners

parcipate in the Musquodoboit Harbour Parade of

Lights and so much more

Our training year is wrapping up and will be starngagain in midndashSeptember and we look forward to seeing

you

11Comm nit

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Over 40 years Experience serving the Eastern Shore Specializing in Drilled wells Pump installs

Clean and surge processes for all Drilled and Dug Wells and trouble-shooting all well problems

ldquoWhen Well Driller A provides you with a quote that is much lowerthan Well Driller B you might think you are getting a great deal

but a great deal does not necessarily equal great valuerdquo

2371 Lawrencetown Road Lawrencetown NSPhone 902-829-2474 Fax 902-829-2795

Email BluenosewelldrillinghotmailcomWebsite bluenosewelldrillingca

11Another successful session of ldquoLeading Readersrdquo at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library

just nished up with a showcase and party for the parcipang children volunteer

teens and their family members

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo is a library program that pairs teen volunteers with elementary-

aged school children to read together and play fun literacy-based games once a

week Teen volunteers and their partners form lots of wonderful connecons and

relaonships This program also provides youth in high school the opportunity to gainvaluable leadership and volunteer experience There is a showcase of their amazing

accomplishments at the end of each session for parents caregivers and family

members

The success of the program is due in part to the close proximity of the high school

which allows students to walk to the library to help out aer school and enjoy a light

snack and conversaon with their peers prior to the children arriving each week

The Leading Readers program at MH Library is proudly supported by grants from

Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Capital Health and generous donaons from the

Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lionrsquos Club Special thanks to the sta of EasternShore District High School for their connued support of the program and liaison with

students

The next session of Leading Readers will start up again in the fall

For more informaon contact the Musquodoboit Harbour Library at 902-889-2227

wwwhalifaxpubliclibrariesca Twier hfxpublib and

Facebook wwwfacebookcomhfxpublib

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo Brings Teens and Kids Together

By Mary Senburg

Julie MacDougall

Community

80s Dance in Porters Lake

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

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easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

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Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

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Arts amp Entertainment 15

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For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

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Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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Editorial

DENISE E ZARESKIBARRISTER amp SOLICITOREMAIL denisezareskilawca

MICHAEL BRINEBARRISTER amp SOLICITOREMAIL michaelzareskilawca

7782 HWY 7 MUSQUOD OBOIT HARBOURNOVA SCOTIA B0J 2L0TEL 902 889 3437 FAX 902 889 3541EMAIL adminzareskilawca

wwwzareskilawca

Like a lot of Canadians Irsquom

geng completely fed up with

the Trump thing going on below

the border

This seemingly endless and

most oen mindless charade

grates on the very basics of what

reasonable public polical

debate The name calling and

insulng and moronic behaviour

by what is supposed to be

the best polical contenders

that America can oer for the

highest oce in their country

reects sadly on all that is good

in the American way

The sheer nasness at the

debates and the behind the

scenes dirty tricks would make

even dear old Richard ldquoI am

not a crookrdquo Nixon blush And

now that this long rst stage

is coming to a close fromhere unl November we can

look forward to nothing but a

Thumbs Down on Dirty Tricks

By Wyn Jones

TrumpClinton bashing match

By comparison our federal

elecon last October was a

model of an elecon held in themost democrac circumstances

There were a few blows that

were a lile under the polical

belt but on the whole we

should be proud of the way the

whole process was conducted

by all the pares The televised

debates were sharp but well

within the boundaries of

acceptable debate behaviour

There have been elecons here

that have suered from the

inuence of the style imported

from the US These negave

elecons have invariably led

to the following parliamentary

sessions being lled with all the

reected and residual bierness

le over with a corresponding

inability to reach policalcompromise to get important

legislaon enacted

Professional polical operators

are all in favour of dirty tricks

They fully maintain that

such shenanigans work in a

candidatersquos favour And the pros

are right Such taccs can work

extremely well but only at thecost of throwing democrac

principles on the trash heap of

history

We have come to expect

nasness and morally

fraudulent behaviour in

elecons parcularly from our

immediate neighbour to the

south But right here at home

we are unfortunately seeing

how such methods can trickle

down to even the lower levels

of the polical spectrum like

the Halifax Regional Council

Halifax Regional Councillor

Linda Mosher has decided

to get down and dirty even

though local elecons are sll

some months away She is thelady who put in so much eort

on that most important of

5

middot

y=9 Nancy Lobban CPA CGA- Cha rte red Professional Accou nta nt

Tel 902-476-8765

Fax 902-889-3363Emailnlobbaneastlinkca

Office and Mailing Address 8005 Highway 7 Musquodoboit Harbour NS B0J 2L0

ldquoJob Search Services currently falls

under Halifax Regional CAP Associaon

and these locaons in Cole Harbour and

Sheet Harbour will fall under the YMCAagreement The Halifax Regional CAP

Associaon will connue to oversee

mulple CAP sites in the Hal ifax region

Metro Works Musquodoboit Valley will

fall under the YMCA agreement Metro

Works also called HRDA Enterprises

Ltd has other business lines that will

connue as wellrdquo

WADE Fights forSurvival contrsquod Featuring Halifaxs own

The Stanfields Acoustic

Showcasing musical artists from the

Eastern Shore and beyond including

Mitch Roberts VEEV Loose Cannons

Raeleigh Doyle Kyle Mischiek

Ostrea Lake Dave Roberts Katie Gaetz

Zach Stephen and the Outliers

Stephanie Anderson and more

Also featuring beer garden firefightersobstacle course ball tournament

childrenrsquos activities and skateboard park

For a detailed schedule of events and performers visit our website

httptrunk7musicfestivalcomAdvanced tickets available at wwwticketproca and locally

at RBC and Superstore Tickets also available at the gate

The Eastern Shores

Premier Music Festival

July 22 and 23at the peace park

Musquodoboit Harbour NS

issues---the ocial recognion

of the Donair as our regional

food dish

Mosher is running for re-

elecon this coming fall

in District 9 (Halifax WestArmdale) and is likely to face

a challenger named Shawn

Cleary Mosher must be feeling

her job is threatened because

she has taken the me the

eort and money to buy up the

domain names of ldquoshawncleary

comrdquo and ldquoshawnclearycardquo

a move that took candidate

Cleary by surprise to say the

least

When quesoned by the news

media about the ethics of

her URL purchases Mosher

eecvely blamed it on

the advice of her campaign

manager

This fallrsquos upcoming municipal

elecons are our closest

encounter with the workings

of democracy The contenders

are people many of us knowAs elected ocials they will

be dealing with local issues

that directly aect our daily

lives We want the candidates

to understand that we reject

campaign dirty tricks as

unbecoming demeaning and

andemocrac What we

want from our candidates is

a straighorward and honest

public debate on real issues

Letrsquos leave all the tackiness to

Mr D Trump Hersquos beer at it

than anybody else and he will

surely be shovelling out plenty

of it

We are a community paper and we needyou to help us tell your stories

Please send us your submissions via

email phone snail mail or online Our

contact info is on page 14

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News

Eastern Shore Mental Health (ESMH) is responding

to the recent call for acon by local youth to improve

services and resources for youth mental health on the

Eastern Shore

The iniave will happen in phases beginning with

the survey launched May 7th at ESMHrsquos Mental Health

Fair amp Forum at the Old School The survey aimed atresidents aged 16-29 will give youth a voice in shaping

the scope and delivery methods of these vital services

So far the survey has had wonderful response Young

people are encouraged to parcipate by going to

ESMHrsquos website and clicking on the survey link www

easternshorementalhealthca

The second phase of the project will likely include

development of an online plaorm specically created

by youth for youth along with important partnerships

that are already in development

between service providers and IWK

Mental Health

If you are between the ages of 16-29

please parcipate in the survey and add

your voice to the conversaon today

Improve Youth Mental HealthServices Take an Online Survey

The always fraught relaonship between the Provincial

Legislature and Halifax Regional Council has taken

a stunning turn for the worse in the latest twist in

the struggle over the cityrsquos relaonship with the

communies around the Oer Lake solid waste landll

site

In a move that took all but two city councillors and

council sta by surprise Timberlea-Prospect MLA Ian

Rankin introduced a private memberrsquos bill that sets

legal binding limits on the cityrsquos solid waste disposal

operaon at Oer Lake

Back in 1999 the city struck what the communies

around the Oer Lake waste disposal site were led tobelieve was a binding agreement on the total number

of waste disposal cells and the height of the waste to

be allowed on those cells Since then the cityrsquos eorts

to make various changes in its waste disposal policies in

the name of cost-savings have set o alarm bells The

Oer Lake communies interpreted the cityrsquos proposed

changes as potenal violaons of the agreement such

as increasing the height of the waste cells

The city councillor and MLA representave for the

Oer Lake area are a father and son team District 12

Councillor Reg Rankin and his son MLA Ian Rankin MLA

Rankin private memberrsquos bill Bill 176 the Oer Lake

Landll Act places legal limits on the total number of

cells and the height of those cells

The bill was headed for its 3rdreading and nal passage

before the Council got wind of it (The bill passed on 3rd

Legislature Grabs Control of Halifax Landll Policy

By Richard Bell

reading on May 13th by voice vote)

ldquoWe got blindsidedrdquo Hendsbee said in an interview

ldquoThis bill is nothing but polical posturing by the local

city councillor and the local MLA [Reg Rankin and Ian

Rankin] A bill like this should have gone through the

Ministry of Environment with me for the cityrsquos sta

to study the potenal nancial impact MLA Rankin and

Councillor Rankin and Steve Adams knew about the bill

but they didnrsquot let us know I didnrsquot nd out about this

bill unl Saturday I canrsquot remember a bill that moved

through the Legislature faster than this one This is an

orchestrated bill to handcu and limit the municipality

over the future of the siterdquo

Council held an unusual special hearing on Wednesday

May 18 where all councillors except Rankin and Adam

expressed their dismay at the Legislaturersquos high-handed

move Mayor Savage aempted to dampen concerns

about the possibility of having to open another landll

elsewhere in HRM arguing that Oer Lake sll had at

least 10 years to go and that there would undoubtedly

be improvements in the technologies used to handle

waste

At the conclusion of the hearing the Council voted

15-2 (Rankin and Adams voted no) to have the Mayor

a leer to the Legislature protesng the lack of formal

consultaon with the city concern of the potenal

nancial implicaons for the city and disrespect for the

Councilrsquos work over the years to manage the city rsquos solid

waste problem

Some of you may wonder why use NO MORE DUMPS

on the protest signs for a proposed C amp D 2 processingfacility

Considerable discussion went into the wording on

the signs There is debris on the site that is currently

under a rezoning applicaon so materials have been

dumped there and there is a dump in North Preston

In addion to those two sites there are a number of

places within these communies where people have

dumped garbage of various kinds and ldquoNo Dumpingrdquo

signs have been posted in those locaons Sincerezoning applicaon 19800 was submied and our

eorts to stop it began a number of residents have

come forward with informaon on other locaons

So to many residents there is no queson of whether

or not the word ldquodumpsrdquo should be used

Why NO MORE DUMPS Signs

6

Preliminary data suggest that the number of diagnosed

cases of Lyme disease in Nova Scoa grew dramacally

in 2015 Black-legged cks (or deer cks) the species of

ck that carries Lyme disease can now be found almost

everywhere in Nova Scoa HRM is a hot spot

Lyme disease produces an array of symptoms Early

treatment with anbiocs can prevent serious harm

But untreated Lyme disease can produce debilitang

symptoms like fague pain or joint and muscle aches

For more on the increasing danger to public health

and techniques on how to protect yourself your family

and your pets check out the arcle on our webpage at

hpwwweasternshorecooperatorca

Lyme Disease Infecons Accelerang

By Richard Bell

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News

Contrary to what you may have heard the Musquodoboit

Trail is in great shape for this seasonrsquos hiking The

Cooperator has tracked down a rumor that Garnet

McLaughlin president of Hike Nova Scoa had told

HNSrsquos annual general meeng that the Musquodoboit

Rail Trail might be closed for public access unless more

volunteers showed up

When we contacted McLaughlin he laughed and

acknowledged having heard this rumor ldquoI always do a

talk at the start of the meengrdquo McLaughlin explained

ldquoItrsquos the same speech every year

We want more people out using our trails but without

helping with maintenance hikers slowly loving theirtrails to death And I end my talk by saying that if you

donrsquot volunteer you wonrsquot have trails Someone must

have mis-heard me and thought I was talking about a

specic trail the Musquodoboit trail rdquo

Stan Van Dyke the head of the Musquodoboit Trailways

Associaon conrmed that the trail was just ne ldquoOur

trail is in very good condionrdquo Van Dyke said ldquoIn fact

itrsquos beer than it has been in years Wersquove nished the

resurfacing of the main trail and the back country trails

are in good condionrdquo

Van Dyke and McLaughlin both emphasized the

importance of volunteers in keeping trails in workable

condion ldquoWhat we really need are eyes and earsrdquo Van

Dyke said ldquoIf you see a problem on our trails please tell

us right awayrdquo

7

Four Harbours Legion amp Cizens on Patrol would like to thank all who parcipated in the Roadside Cleanupproject on Saturday May 7 of Highway 7 from Mooseland Road to Ship Harbour A total of 21 kgs and 66 bags

of garbage and large items were collected Great job ALL Please keep our highways clean DONrsquoT LITTER

In the latest skirmish over how Halifax should deal

with the increasingly contenous legacy of its founder

Edward Cornwallis Halifax Regional Council defeated a

moon on May 10th to study the issue by a vote of 8-7

Up-and-coming District 7 Councillor Waye Mason

introduced the moon asking for a sta report on

seng up a public engagement process ldquoto review

and advise Council regarding possible changes to the

commemoraon of Edward Cornwallis on municipal

assets including Cornwallis Park and Cornwallis Streetrdquo

Cornwallis who founded Halifax in 1749 has come

into increasingly great disrepute because of his oer of

bounes for the scalps of MirsquoKmaq men women andchildren In 2011 the Halifax Regional School Board

vote to rename Cornwallis Junior High In 2015 Premier

Stephen McNeil removed a sign for the Cornwallis

River aer a request from a MirsquoKmaq elder And calls

have been mounng for renaming Cornwallis Park and

removing the parkrsquos statue of Cornwallis

Eastern Shore Councillor David Hendsbee has been a

consistent opponent of moving the Cornwallis statue

In an interview Hendsbee said that ldquoCornwallis may

not have been perfect but we canrsquot deny that basically

Cornwallis was our founder We canrsquot change that factrdquo

Far from geng rid of the statute Hendsbee favours

moving it down to a more prominent locaon on the

cityrsquos waterfront to emphasize where Cornwallis came

ashore to found the city

Council Leaves Cornwallis Alone

By Richard Bell

Musquodoboit Harbour Trail in Great Shape

By Richard Bell

For more informaon about the Musquodoboit Rail

Trail and the ve backcountry trails contact the

Musquodoboit Trailways Associaon at mtansca

gmailcom

McLaughlin who also runs the trail maintenance rm

Cobequid Trail Consulng is happy to talk to anyone

about trails anywhere in the province His email is

cobequidconsulng1gmailcom

Hello

I am a long me member of the Eastern ShoreCommunity I recently started a fundraiser for my

mother Maryann Purvis who has been baling

cancer on and o over the last 16 years Most recently

she was diagnosed with breast cancer and on March

24th 2016 she had her right breast removed Two

days before she was scheduled to have surgery she

was called to return to her summer cleaning job

and is now unable to work Maryann is a wife of 30

years mother of ve and grandmother My goal is

$3000 and I currently have over $1500 raised

I am asking all local businesses for support in

reaching our goal I am asking for cash or item

donaons that will be used for auconing purposes

food donaons that will be used for a fundraising

barbeque andor any assistance you are willing and

able to provide

I am planning to host an aucon at the Porters

Lake Pub and a Walk-A-Thon where we will start

in Musquodoboit Harbour and end at Inkerrsquos Lairin Jeddore Dates will be announced Any and all

support is greatly appreciated Thank you for your

me and I look forward to speaking with you

PS Maryannrsquos story and all donaons can be found

at wwwgofundmecom

HopeForMaryann

Sincerely

Amanda Purvis

902-818-6897 or

amandajepurvisgmailcom

Thank You from John Kennedy

Letter to the Editor

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Sports8

Eastern Shore Mariners (Atom B) one of six teams from

across Canada to win $5000 grand prize for their Minor

Hockey Associaon

Musquodoboit Harbour NSndashndash Imperial Oil announced

today the winners of the Esso Medals and Cercates

of Achievement 20152016 Esso Medals Score BigContest Eastern Shore Minor Hockey Associaon was

one of six associaons chosen from over 15000 entries

and will be presented with $5000 An addional $1000

donaon will be presented to the Mariners

President Gary Towill is grateful for the recognion

nong that the prize will be helpful in strengthening

the teamrsquos eorts ldquoThe Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon Musquodoboit Harbour Nova Scoa is very

grateful in hearing that our Atom B Mariners Hockey

Team and the ESMHA have been selected by the EssoMedals of Achievement as recipients of $1000 for the

Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon wins Esso Medals ofAchievement Score Big contest

Team and $5000 for the ESMHArdquo said Towill ldquoThis is

a signicant amount of money that will benet our

Associaon in many ways The ESMHA is thankful for the

funding from Esso Medals of Achievement and plans to

use the moneys eecvely to improve our game on the

Shorerdquo

Each year minor hockey teams (age 6 to 18) fromacross Canada are invited to register to receive three

Esso Medals of Achievement - most dedicated most

improved and most sportsmanlike - and 18 cercates

for their team

ldquoOn behalf of Imperial Oil I would like to thank all the

teams that registered for the Esso Medals Score Big

contest this year and congratulate the winners of the

$5000 Grand Prizerdquo said Sco Neufeld Markeng

Strategic and Sponsorship Advisor Imperial Oil ldquoThe

Esso brand has been a proud sponsor of hockeyin Canada since 1936 and has been commied to

supporng grassroots hockey for over 30 years We look

forward to connuing that support into the futurerdquo

Proceeds from the Medals of Achievement will be used

for development and educaon at all levels which has

costs associated such as ice rental and trainers Along

with a focus on the growth of Female Hockey which

ESMHA has been promong at the Introductory Level

Outhie Moriarity Award Winner Keigan OrsquoGrady

Eastern Shore Midget C

Duncan MacMillan High School Boys Team

ESDHS Girls Rubgy Capital Region Champs

Tanya Malay

ESDHS Bluenose 5K Runners

Schooners Ulmate Frisbee Team 2016

ESDHS - NSSAF (some of the Track and Field stars)

S t

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SUMMER

9Sports

Itlsquos that me of year again when

the gloves bats and cleats come

out

With the kick o to many summer

outdoor sports and acvies

comes an increase in many

common sports related injuries

Sprains strains contusions and

tendonis are some of the most common so ssue

sports related injuries

These so ssue injuries fall into two basic categories

Acute injuries and overuse injuries Acute injuries are

caused by a sudden trauma usually a fall twist or blowto the body Common acute injuries are sprains strains

and contusions Overuse injuries occur gradually over

me when an athlec or other acvity is repeated so

oen that the body does not have enough me to heal

Tendonis and bursis are common overuse injuries

Acute injuries can vary in type and severity and inial

treatment including the RICE Protocol (rest ice

compress and elevate) is usually very eecve within

the rst 24-48 hours Once yoursquove passed the acute

phase you can ease gently back into acvity and begin

carefully stretching and strengthening the injured area

Strengthening exercises will help return original muscle

tone and protect the injured structures making it less

likely to be re-injured

A Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) can guide

you through the enre post injury process As health

professionals RMTs can assess the extent of so ssue

damage treat the injured area and give you advice on

home care in the acute subacute and chronic phases

of your injury Prompt treatment of an injury followedby home care exercises will go a long way in reducing

your healing me geng back your range of moon

and prevenng further injury to the area

If you have any injury quesons contact your local

Registered Massage Therapist Play Hard and Safe

Sports-Related Injuries and Massage Therapy

By Tanya Murphy Registered Massage Therapist

Jump Energy From Porters Lake

Graham Creighton Girls Soball Team

C it10

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Community10

On Saturday April 30th the 2741 Musquodoboit

Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets held their 53rd

Annual Ceremonial Review at Eastern Shore District

High School under the Command of Cadet CWO Dusn

Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

Captain JF Mahoney CD Regional Expedion Training

Ocer and DCO Argonaut Cadet Training Centre was

the Reviewing Ocer

There were many dignitaries special guests and families

in aendance to watch the Cadets on parade

The Green Stars performed ldquoThe Power of Commandrdquo

LCpl Nicholas Nadeau LCpl Tyler Avery LCpl Mahew

Mitchell LCpl Gwyneth Pepas and LCpl Jordan Leslie

each had a turn calling commands

The Drill Team performed a display of drill movementsunder the command of MWO Grainger

The highlight of the day was the ancipaon of the

awards The Cadets work extremely hard all year and

there is strong compeon for the many awards that are

handed out Congratulaons to all the award winners

Awards presented were the following

Top Green Star Trophy ndash LCpl Jordan Leslie

Top Red Star Trophy ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

The Dennis LaFrance Memorial Trophy for Top Silver

Star ndash MCpl Kayla Higney

The Boomer Trophy for Top Gold Star ndash WO DJ Shuman

Best All Round Junior Cadet ndash MCpl Desirae Bone

2741 Musquodoboit Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets AnnualCeremonial Review

Submied by CWO Dusn Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

The John Dickson Memorial Trophy for Best All Round

Senior Cadet ndash CWO Dusn Baker

WH Pushie Trophy for Most Improved Cadet ndash MCpl

Travis Brown

The Dean Whitenect Memorial Trophy for Best Turned

out Cadet ndash MCpl Nicole Tucker

Harland Dooks Memorial Trophy for Top Instructor ndash

CWO Stevie-Lee McGregor

The Gaetz Trophy for Excellence in Field and Bushcra

ndash MWO Warren Bone

Calvert Dunphy Memorial Trophy for Spirit and

Dedicaon ndash Cpl Jaclyn Oliver amp LCpl Jack Harvey-Wolfe

The Andre Saindon Memorial Junior Cizenship Trophy

ndash Cpl Jessica Young-Smith

Top Junior Marksman ndash LCpl Mahew Mitchell

Top Senior Marksman ndash MWO Warren Bone

Top Target ndash MWO Warren Bone amp MCpl Kayla Higney

Top Biathlete ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

Parade Commanders Trophy ndash CWO Dusn Baker

Commanding Ocer Commendaon ndash Captain Adam

Weatherbee

The Legion Medal of Excellence is awarded by the

Royal Canadian Legion to Cadets who have displayed

excellence in Cizenship both inside and outside the

Cadet program This years recipient is MWO JessicaLevy

The Lord Strathcona Medal is the highest award

which can be bestowed upon a Cadet in recognion of

exemplary performance in physical and military training

This years recipient is MWO Issac Grainger

NSE knives were presented to the following CWO

Dusn Baker MWO Nolan Ellio MWO Jessica Levy

MWO Warren Bone MWO Isaac Grainger and WO

Melanie Baneld

MCpl Travis Brown was presented with his BronzeDuke of Edinburgh Award pin and cercate The Duke

of Edinburgh Award is not a Unit award but has been

earned by an individual in our unit on their own accord

MCpl Brown has put a great deal of his own me and

eort into achieving this recognion the rst of three

possible levels This recognion is designed to recognize

those individuals who are involved in their community

work on their physical tness and have experienced a

variety of outdoor acvies

Captain Christopher Marshall was presented with theCanadian Forces Decoraon This award is presented to

a member of the Canadian Forces who has aained 12

years of military service

I would like to congratulate all of the Cadets for doing

an outstanding job To the winners of the awards

congratulaons you worked hard all year and were

recognized for it For those of you who did not get

presented with an award today just remember that

while individual awards are great itrsquos a collecve eortfrom all of you that makes our unit what it is

Congratulaons on a job well done As RSM I am

extremely proud of all of you and you should all be

extremely proud of yourselves

We train on Wednesday evenings from 630 ndash 900

pm at Gaetz Brook Junior High School If yoursquore

between the ages of 12ndash18 and are interested in

becoming a Cadet you really should join us

A few of things we oer are Leadership skills

Marksmanship Biathalon Orienteering Drill Fall amp

Winter Training Exercises Summer Training Camp

Advanced Training at Rocky Mountain Naonal Army

Cadet Summer Training Center Regional Naonal and

Internaonal Exchanges We also serve at local dinners

parcipate in the Musquodoboit Harbour Parade of

Lights and so much more

Our training year is wrapping up and will be starngagain in midndashSeptember and we look forward to seeing

you

11Comm nit

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Over 40 years Experience serving the Eastern Shore Specializing in Drilled wells Pump installs

Clean and surge processes for all Drilled and Dug Wells and trouble-shooting all well problems

ldquoWhen Well Driller A provides you with a quote that is much lowerthan Well Driller B you might think you are getting a great deal

but a great deal does not necessarily equal great valuerdquo

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Email BluenosewelldrillinghotmailcomWebsite bluenosewelldrillingca

11Another successful session of ldquoLeading Readersrdquo at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library

just nished up with a showcase and party for the parcipang children volunteer

teens and their family members

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo is a library program that pairs teen volunteers with elementary-

aged school children to read together and play fun literacy-based games once a

week Teen volunteers and their partners form lots of wonderful connecons and

relaonships This program also provides youth in high school the opportunity to gainvaluable leadership and volunteer experience There is a showcase of their amazing

accomplishments at the end of each session for parents caregivers and family

members

The success of the program is due in part to the close proximity of the high school

which allows students to walk to the library to help out aer school and enjoy a light

snack and conversaon with their peers prior to the children arriving each week

The Leading Readers program at MH Library is proudly supported by grants from

Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Capital Health and generous donaons from the

Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lionrsquos Club Special thanks to the sta of EasternShore District High School for their connued support of the program and liaison with

students

The next session of Leading Readers will start up again in the fall

For more informaon contact the Musquodoboit Harbour Library at 902-889-2227

wwwhalifaxpubliclibrariesca Twier hfxpublib and

Facebook wwwfacebookcomhfxpublib

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo Brings Teens and Kids Together

By Mary Senburg

Julie MacDougall

Community

80s Dance in Porters Lake

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

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For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

bull Have you had an EI claim formaternal or parental benefits withinthe past 5 years and remained outof the work force

bull Do you want to re-enter the workforce by creating a job for yourself

Do You Dream of Starting

Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

Benefits Program Can Help

bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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News

Eastern Shore Mental Health (ESMH) is responding

to the recent call for acon by local youth to improve

services and resources for youth mental health on the

Eastern Shore

The iniave will happen in phases beginning with

the survey launched May 7th at ESMHrsquos Mental Health

Fair amp Forum at the Old School The survey aimed atresidents aged 16-29 will give youth a voice in shaping

the scope and delivery methods of these vital services

So far the survey has had wonderful response Young

people are encouraged to parcipate by going to

ESMHrsquos website and clicking on the survey link www

easternshorementalhealthca

The second phase of the project will likely include

development of an online plaorm specically created

by youth for youth along with important partnerships

that are already in development

between service providers and IWK

Mental Health

If you are between the ages of 16-29

please parcipate in the survey and add

your voice to the conversaon today

Improve Youth Mental HealthServices Take an Online Survey

The always fraught relaonship between the Provincial

Legislature and Halifax Regional Council has taken

a stunning turn for the worse in the latest twist in

the struggle over the cityrsquos relaonship with the

communies around the Oer Lake solid waste landll

site

In a move that took all but two city councillors and

council sta by surprise Timberlea-Prospect MLA Ian

Rankin introduced a private memberrsquos bill that sets

legal binding limits on the cityrsquos solid waste disposal

operaon at Oer Lake

Back in 1999 the city struck what the communies

around the Oer Lake waste disposal site were led tobelieve was a binding agreement on the total number

of waste disposal cells and the height of the waste to

be allowed on those cells Since then the cityrsquos eorts

to make various changes in its waste disposal policies in

the name of cost-savings have set o alarm bells The

Oer Lake communies interpreted the cityrsquos proposed

changes as potenal violaons of the agreement such

as increasing the height of the waste cells

The city councillor and MLA representave for the

Oer Lake area are a father and son team District 12

Councillor Reg Rankin and his son MLA Ian Rankin MLA

Rankin private memberrsquos bill Bill 176 the Oer Lake

Landll Act places legal limits on the total number of

cells and the height of those cells

The bill was headed for its 3rdreading and nal passage

before the Council got wind of it (The bill passed on 3rd

Legislature Grabs Control of Halifax Landll Policy

By Richard Bell

reading on May 13th by voice vote)

ldquoWe got blindsidedrdquo Hendsbee said in an interview

ldquoThis bill is nothing but polical posturing by the local

city councillor and the local MLA [Reg Rankin and Ian

Rankin] A bill like this should have gone through the

Ministry of Environment with me for the cityrsquos sta

to study the potenal nancial impact MLA Rankin and

Councillor Rankin and Steve Adams knew about the bill

but they didnrsquot let us know I didnrsquot nd out about this

bill unl Saturday I canrsquot remember a bill that moved

through the Legislature faster than this one This is an

orchestrated bill to handcu and limit the municipality

over the future of the siterdquo

Council held an unusual special hearing on Wednesday

May 18 where all councillors except Rankin and Adam

expressed their dismay at the Legislaturersquos high-handed

move Mayor Savage aempted to dampen concerns

about the possibility of having to open another landll

elsewhere in HRM arguing that Oer Lake sll had at

least 10 years to go and that there would undoubtedly

be improvements in the technologies used to handle

waste

At the conclusion of the hearing the Council voted

15-2 (Rankin and Adams voted no) to have the Mayor

a leer to the Legislature protesng the lack of formal

consultaon with the city concern of the potenal

nancial implicaons for the city and disrespect for the

Councilrsquos work over the years to manage the city rsquos solid

waste problem

Some of you may wonder why use NO MORE DUMPS

on the protest signs for a proposed C amp D 2 processingfacility

Considerable discussion went into the wording on

the signs There is debris on the site that is currently

under a rezoning applicaon so materials have been

dumped there and there is a dump in North Preston

In addion to those two sites there are a number of

places within these communies where people have

dumped garbage of various kinds and ldquoNo Dumpingrdquo

signs have been posted in those locaons Sincerezoning applicaon 19800 was submied and our

eorts to stop it began a number of residents have

come forward with informaon on other locaons

So to many residents there is no queson of whether

or not the word ldquodumpsrdquo should be used

Why NO MORE DUMPS Signs

6

Preliminary data suggest that the number of diagnosed

cases of Lyme disease in Nova Scoa grew dramacally

in 2015 Black-legged cks (or deer cks) the species of

ck that carries Lyme disease can now be found almost

everywhere in Nova Scoa HRM is a hot spot

Lyme disease produces an array of symptoms Early

treatment with anbiocs can prevent serious harm

But untreated Lyme disease can produce debilitang

symptoms like fague pain or joint and muscle aches

For more on the increasing danger to public health

and techniques on how to protect yourself your family

and your pets check out the arcle on our webpage at

hpwwweasternshorecooperatorca

Lyme Disease Infecons Accelerang

By Richard Bell

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News

Contrary to what you may have heard the Musquodoboit

Trail is in great shape for this seasonrsquos hiking The

Cooperator has tracked down a rumor that Garnet

McLaughlin president of Hike Nova Scoa had told

HNSrsquos annual general meeng that the Musquodoboit

Rail Trail might be closed for public access unless more

volunteers showed up

When we contacted McLaughlin he laughed and

acknowledged having heard this rumor ldquoI always do a

talk at the start of the meengrdquo McLaughlin explained

ldquoItrsquos the same speech every year

We want more people out using our trails but without

helping with maintenance hikers slowly loving theirtrails to death And I end my talk by saying that if you

donrsquot volunteer you wonrsquot have trails Someone must

have mis-heard me and thought I was talking about a

specic trail the Musquodoboit trail rdquo

Stan Van Dyke the head of the Musquodoboit Trailways

Associaon conrmed that the trail was just ne ldquoOur

trail is in very good condionrdquo Van Dyke said ldquoIn fact

itrsquos beer than it has been in years Wersquove nished the

resurfacing of the main trail and the back country trails

are in good condionrdquo

Van Dyke and McLaughlin both emphasized the

importance of volunteers in keeping trails in workable

condion ldquoWhat we really need are eyes and earsrdquo Van

Dyke said ldquoIf you see a problem on our trails please tell

us right awayrdquo

7

Four Harbours Legion amp Cizens on Patrol would like to thank all who parcipated in the Roadside Cleanupproject on Saturday May 7 of Highway 7 from Mooseland Road to Ship Harbour A total of 21 kgs and 66 bags

of garbage and large items were collected Great job ALL Please keep our highways clean DONrsquoT LITTER

In the latest skirmish over how Halifax should deal

with the increasingly contenous legacy of its founder

Edward Cornwallis Halifax Regional Council defeated a

moon on May 10th to study the issue by a vote of 8-7

Up-and-coming District 7 Councillor Waye Mason

introduced the moon asking for a sta report on

seng up a public engagement process ldquoto review

and advise Council regarding possible changes to the

commemoraon of Edward Cornwallis on municipal

assets including Cornwallis Park and Cornwallis Streetrdquo

Cornwallis who founded Halifax in 1749 has come

into increasingly great disrepute because of his oer of

bounes for the scalps of MirsquoKmaq men women andchildren In 2011 the Halifax Regional School Board

vote to rename Cornwallis Junior High In 2015 Premier

Stephen McNeil removed a sign for the Cornwallis

River aer a request from a MirsquoKmaq elder And calls

have been mounng for renaming Cornwallis Park and

removing the parkrsquos statue of Cornwallis

Eastern Shore Councillor David Hendsbee has been a

consistent opponent of moving the Cornwallis statue

In an interview Hendsbee said that ldquoCornwallis may

not have been perfect but we canrsquot deny that basically

Cornwallis was our founder We canrsquot change that factrdquo

Far from geng rid of the statute Hendsbee favours

moving it down to a more prominent locaon on the

cityrsquos waterfront to emphasize where Cornwallis came

ashore to found the city

Council Leaves Cornwallis Alone

By Richard Bell

Musquodoboit Harbour Trail in Great Shape

By Richard Bell

For more informaon about the Musquodoboit Rail

Trail and the ve backcountry trails contact the

Musquodoboit Trailways Associaon at mtansca

gmailcom

McLaughlin who also runs the trail maintenance rm

Cobequid Trail Consulng is happy to talk to anyone

about trails anywhere in the province His email is

cobequidconsulng1gmailcom

Hello

I am a long me member of the Eastern ShoreCommunity I recently started a fundraiser for my

mother Maryann Purvis who has been baling

cancer on and o over the last 16 years Most recently

she was diagnosed with breast cancer and on March

24th 2016 she had her right breast removed Two

days before she was scheduled to have surgery she

was called to return to her summer cleaning job

and is now unable to work Maryann is a wife of 30

years mother of ve and grandmother My goal is

$3000 and I currently have over $1500 raised

I am asking all local businesses for support in

reaching our goal I am asking for cash or item

donaons that will be used for auconing purposes

food donaons that will be used for a fundraising

barbeque andor any assistance you are willing and

able to provide

I am planning to host an aucon at the Porters

Lake Pub and a Walk-A-Thon where we will start

in Musquodoboit Harbour and end at Inkerrsquos Lairin Jeddore Dates will be announced Any and all

support is greatly appreciated Thank you for your

me and I look forward to speaking with you

PS Maryannrsquos story and all donaons can be found

at wwwgofundmecom

HopeForMaryann

Sincerely

Amanda Purvis

902-818-6897 or

amandajepurvisgmailcom

Thank You from John Kennedy

Letter to the Editor

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Sports8

Eastern Shore Mariners (Atom B) one of six teams from

across Canada to win $5000 grand prize for their Minor

Hockey Associaon

Musquodoboit Harbour NSndashndash Imperial Oil announced

today the winners of the Esso Medals and Cercates

of Achievement 20152016 Esso Medals Score BigContest Eastern Shore Minor Hockey Associaon was

one of six associaons chosen from over 15000 entries

and will be presented with $5000 An addional $1000

donaon will be presented to the Mariners

President Gary Towill is grateful for the recognion

nong that the prize will be helpful in strengthening

the teamrsquos eorts ldquoThe Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon Musquodoboit Harbour Nova Scoa is very

grateful in hearing that our Atom B Mariners Hockey

Team and the ESMHA have been selected by the EssoMedals of Achievement as recipients of $1000 for the

Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon wins Esso Medals ofAchievement Score Big contest

Team and $5000 for the ESMHArdquo said Towill ldquoThis is

a signicant amount of money that will benet our

Associaon in many ways The ESMHA is thankful for the

funding from Esso Medals of Achievement and plans to

use the moneys eecvely to improve our game on the

Shorerdquo

Each year minor hockey teams (age 6 to 18) fromacross Canada are invited to register to receive three

Esso Medals of Achievement - most dedicated most

improved and most sportsmanlike - and 18 cercates

for their team

ldquoOn behalf of Imperial Oil I would like to thank all the

teams that registered for the Esso Medals Score Big

contest this year and congratulate the winners of the

$5000 Grand Prizerdquo said Sco Neufeld Markeng

Strategic and Sponsorship Advisor Imperial Oil ldquoThe

Esso brand has been a proud sponsor of hockeyin Canada since 1936 and has been commied to

supporng grassroots hockey for over 30 years We look

forward to connuing that support into the futurerdquo

Proceeds from the Medals of Achievement will be used

for development and educaon at all levels which has

costs associated such as ice rental and trainers Along

with a focus on the growth of Female Hockey which

ESMHA has been promong at the Introductory Level

Outhie Moriarity Award Winner Keigan OrsquoGrady

Eastern Shore Midget C

Duncan MacMillan High School Boys Team

ESDHS Girls Rubgy Capital Region Champs

Tanya Malay

ESDHS Bluenose 5K Runners

Schooners Ulmate Frisbee Team 2016

ESDHS - NSSAF (some of the Track and Field stars)

S t

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SUMMER

9Sports

Itlsquos that me of year again when

the gloves bats and cleats come

out

With the kick o to many summer

outdoor sports and acvies

comes an increase in many

common sports related injuries

Sprains strains contusions and

tendonis are some of the most common so ssue

sports related injuries

These so ssue injuries fall into two basic categories

Acute injuries and overuse injuries Acute injuries are

caused by a sudden trauma usually a fall twist or blowto the body Common acute injuries are sprains strains

and contusions Overuse injuries occur gradually over

me when an athlec or other acvity is repeated so

oen that the body does not have enough me to heal

Tendonis and bursis are common overuse injuries

Acute injuries can vary in type and severity and inial

treatment including the RICE Protocol (rest ice

compress and elevate) is usually very eecve within

the rst 24-48 hours Once yoursquove passed the acute

phase you can ease gently back into acvity and begin

carefully stretching and strengthening the injured area

Strengthening exercises will help return original muscle

tone and protect the injured structures making it less

likely to be re-injured

A Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) can guide

you through the enre post injury process As health

professionals RMTs can assess the extent of so ssue

damage treat the injured area and give you advice on

home care in the acute subacute and chronic phases

of your injury Prompt treatment of an injury followedby home care exercises will go a long way in reducing

your healing me geng back your range of moon

and prevenng further injury to the area

If you have any injury quesons contact your local

Registered Massage Therapist Play Hard and Safe

Sports-Related Injuries and Massage Therapy

By Tanya Murphy Registered Massage Therapist

Jump Energy From Porters Lake

Graham Creighton Girls Soball Team

C it10

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Community10

On Saturday April 30th the 2741 Musquodoboit

Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets held their 53rd

Annual Ceremonial Review at Eastern Shore District

High School under the Command of Cadet CWO Dusn

Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

Captain JF Mahoney CD Regional Expedion Training

Ocer and DCO Argonaut Cadet Training Centre was

the Reviewing Ocer

There were many dignitaries special guests and families

in aendance to watch the Cadets on parade

The Green Stars performed ldquoThe Power of Commandrdquo

LCpl Nicholas Nadeau LCpl Tyler Avery LCpl Mahew

Mitchell LCpl Gwyneth Pepas and LCpl Jordan Leslie

each had a turn calling commands

The Drill Team performed a display of drill movementsunder the command of MWO Grainger

The highlight of the day was the ancipaon of the

awards The Cadets work extremely hard all year and

there is strong compeon for the many awards that are

handed out Congratulaons to all the award winners

Awards presented were the following

Top Green Star Trophy ndash LCpl Jordan Leslie

Top Red Star Trophy ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

The Dennis LaFrance Memorial Trophy for Top Silver

Star ndash MCpl Kayla Higney

The Boomer Trophy for Top Gold Star ndash WO DJ Shuman

Best All Round Junior Cadet ndash MCpl Desirae Bone

2741 Musquodoboit Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets AnnualCeremonial Review

Submied by CWO Dusn Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

The John Dickson Memorial Trophy for Best All Round

Senior Cadet ndash CWO Dusn Baker

WH Pushie Trophy for Most Improved Cadet ndash MCpl

Travis Brown

The Dean Whitenect Memorial Trophy for Best Turned

out Cadet ndash MCpl Nicole Tucker

Harland Dooks Memorial Trophy for Top Instructor ndash

CWO Stevie-Lee McGregor

The Gaetz Trophy for Excellence in Field and Bushcra

ndash MWO Warren Bone

Calvert Dunphy Memorial Trophy for Spirit and

Dedicaon ndash Cpl Jaclyn Oliver amp LCpl Jack Harvey-Wolfe

The Andre Saindon Memorial Junior Cizenship Trophy

ndash Cpl Jessica Young-Smith

Top Junior Marksman ndash LCpl Mahew Mitchell

Top Senior Marksman ndash MWO Warren Bone

Top Target ndash MWO Warren Bone amp MCpl Kayla Higney

Top Biathlete ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

Parade Commanders Trophy ndash CWO Dusn Baker

Commanding Ocer Commendaon ndash Captain Adam

Weatherbee

The Legion Medal of Excellence is awarded by the

Royal Canadian Legion to Cadets who have displayed

excellence in Cizenship both inside and outside the

Cadet program This years recipient is MWO JessicaLevy

The Lord Strathcona Medal is the highest award

which can be bestowed upon a Cadet in recognion of

exemplary performance in physical and military training

This years recipient is MWO Issac Grainger

NSE knives were presented to the following CWO

Dusn Baker MWO Nolan Ellio MWO Jessica Levy

MWO Warren Bone MWO Isaac Grainger and WO

Melanie Baneld

MCpl Travis Brown was presented with his BronzeDuke of Edinburgh Award pin and cercate The Duke

of Edinburgh Award is not a Unit award but has been

earned by an individual in our unit on their own accord

MCpl Brown has put a great deal of his own me and

eort into achieving this recognion the rst of three

possible levels This recognion is designed to recognize

those individuals who are involved in their community

work on their physical tness and have experienced a

variety of outdoor acvies

Captain Christopher Marshall was presented with theCanadian Forces Decoraon This award is presented to

a member of the Canadian Forces who has aained 12

years of military service

I would like to congratulate all of the Cadets for doing

an outstanding job To the winners of the awards

congratulaons you worked hard all year and were

recognized for it For those of you who did not get

presented with an award today just remember that

while individual awards are great itrsquos a collecve eortfrom all of you that makes our unit what it is

Congratulaons on a job well done As RSM I am

extremely proud of all of you and you should all be

extremely proud of yourselves

We train on Wednesday evenings from 630 ndash 900

pm at Gaetz Brook Junior High School If yoursquore

between the ages of 12ndash18 and are interested in

becoming a Cadet you really should join us

A few of things we oer are Leadership skills

Marksmanship Biathalon Orienteering Drill Fall amp

Winter Training Exercises Summer Training Camp

Advanced Training at Rocky Mountain Naonal Army

Cadet Summer Training Center Regional Naonal and

Internaonal Exchanges We also serve at local dinners

parcipate in the Musquodoboit Harbour Parade of

Lights and so much more

Our training year is wrapping up and will be starngagain in midndashSeptember and we look forward to seeing

you

11Comm nit

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Over 40 years Experience serving the Eastern Shore Specializing in Drilled wells Pump installs

Clean and surge processes for all Drilled and Dug Wells and trouble-shooting all well problems

ldquoWhen Well Driller A provides you with a quote that is much lowerthan Well Driller B you might think you are getting a great deal

but a great deal does not necessarily equal great valuerdquo

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Email BluenosewelldrillinghotmailcomWebsite bluenosewelldrillingca

11Another successful session of ldquoLeading Readersrdquo at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library

just nished up with a showcase and party for the parcipang children volunteer

teens and their family members

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo is a library program that pairs teen volunteers with elementary-

aged school children to read together and play fun literacy-based games once a

week Teen volunteers and their partners form lots of wonderful connecons and

relaonships This program also provides youth in high school the opportunity to gainvaluable leadership and volunteer experience There is a showcase of their amazing

accomplishments at the end of each session for parents caregivers and family

members

The success of the program is due in part to the close proximity of the high school

which allows students to walk to the library to help out aer school and enjoy a light

snack and conversaon with their peers prior to the children arriving each week

The Leading Readers program at MH Library is proudly supported by grants from

Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Capital Health and generous donaons from the

Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lionrsquos Club Special thanks to the sta of EasternShore District High School for their connued support of the program and liaison with

students

The next session of Leading Readers will start up again in the fall

For more informaon contact the Musquodoboit Harbour Library at 902-889-2227

wwwhalifaxpubliclibrariesca Twier hfxpublib and

Facebook wwwfacebookcomhfxpublib

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo Brings Teens and Kids Together

By Mary Senburg

Julie MacDougall

Community

80s Dance in Porters Lake

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

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For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

bull Have you had an EI claim formaternal or parental benefits withinthe past 5 years and remained outof the work force

bull Do you want to re-enter the workforce by creating a job for yourself

Do You Dream of Starting

Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

Benefits Program Can Help

bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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News

Contrary to what you may have heard the Musquodoboit

Trail is in great shape for this seasonrsquos hiking The

Cooperator has tracked down a rumor that Garnet

McLaughlin president of Hike Nova Scoa had told

HNSrsquos annual general meeng that the Musquodoboit

Rail Trail might be closed for public access unless more

volunteers showed up

When we contacted McLaughlin he laughed and

acknowledged having heard this rumor ldquoI always do a

talk at the start of the meengrdquo McLaughlin explained

ldquoItrsquos the same speech every year

We want more people out using our trails but without

helping with maintenance hikers slowly loving theirtrails to death And I end my talk by saying that if you

donrsquot volunteer you wonrsquot have trails Someone must

have mis-heard me and thought I was talking about a

specic trail the Musquodoboit trail rdquo

Stan Van Dyke the head of the Musquodoboit Trailways

Associaon conrmed that the trail was just ne ldquoOur

trail is in very good condionrdquo Van Dyke said ldquoIn fact

itrsquos beer than it has been in years Wersquove nished the

resurfacing of the main trail and the back country trails

are in good condionrdquo

Van Dyke and McLaughlin both emphasized the

importance of volunteers in keeping trails in workable

condion ldquoWhat we really need are eyes and earsrdquo Van

Dyke said ldquoIf you see a problem on our trails please tell

us right awayrdquo

7

Four Harbours Legion amp Cizens on Patrol would like to thank all who parcipated in the Roadside Cleanupproject on Saturday May 7 of Highway 7 from Mooseland Road to Ship Harbour A total of 21 kgs and 66 bags

of garbage and large items were collected Great job ALL Please keep our highways clean DONrsquoT LITTER

In the latest skirmish over how Halifax should deal

with the increasingly contenous legacy of its founder

Edward Cornwallis Halifax Regional Council defeated a

moon on May 10th to study the issue by a vote of 8-7

Up-and-coming District 7 Councillor Waye Mason

introduced the moon asking for a sta report on

seng up a public engagement process ldquoto review

and advise Council regarding possible changes to the

commemoraon of Edward Cornwallis on municipal

assets including Cornwallis Park and Cornwallis Streetrdquo

Cornwallis who founded Halifax in 1749 has come

into increasingly great disrepute because of his oer of

bounes for the scalps of MirsquoKmaq men women andchildren In 2011 the Halifax Regional School Board

vote to rename Cornwallis Junior High In 2015 Premier

Stephen McNeil removed a sign for the Cornwallis

River aer a request from a MirsquoKmaq elder And calls

have been mounng for renaming Cornwallis Park and

removing the parkrsquos statue of Cornwallis

Eastern Shore Councillor David Hendsbee has been a

consistent opponent of moving the Cornwallis statue

In an interview Hendsbee said that ldquoCornwallis may

not have been perfect but we canrsquot deny that basically

Cornwallis was our founder We canrsquot change that factrdquo

Far from geng rid of the statute Hendsbee favours

moving it down to a more prominent locaon on the

cityrsquos waterfront to emphasize where Cornwallis came

ashore to found the city

Council Leaves Cornwallis Alone

By Richard Bell

Musquodoboit Harbour Trail in Great Shape

By Richard Bell

For more informaon about the Musquodoboit Rail

Trail and the ve backcountry trails contact the

Musquodoboit Trailways Associaon at mtansca

gmailcom

McLaughlin who also runs the trail maintenance rm

Cobequid Trail Consulng is happy to talk to anyone

about trails anywhere in the province His email is

cobequidconsulng1gmailcom

Hello

I am a long me member of the Eastern ShoreCommunity I recently started a fundraiser for my

mother Maryann Purvis who has been baling

cancer on and o over the last 16 years Most recently

she was diagnosed with breast cancer and on March

24th 2016 she had her right breast removed Two

days before she was scheduled to have surgery she

was called to return to her summer cleaning job

and is now unable to work Maryann is a wife of 30

years mother of ve and grandmother My goal is

$3000 and I currently have over $1500 raised

I am asking all local businesses for support in

reaching our goal I am asking for cash or item

donaons that will be used for auconing purposes

food donaons that will be used for a fundraising

barbeque andor any assistance you are willing and

able to provide

I am planning to host an aucon at the Porters

Lake Pub and a Walk-A-Thon where we will start

in Musquodoboit Harbour and end at Inkerrsquos Lairin Jeddore Dates will be announced Any and all

support is greatly appreciated Thank you for your

me and I look forward to speaking with you

PS Maryannrsquos story and all donaons can be found

at wwwgofundmecom

HopeForMaryann

Sincerely

Amanda Purvis

902-818-6897 or

amandajepurvisgmailcom

Thank You from John Kennedy

Letter to the Editor

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Sports8

Eastern Shore Mariners (Atom B) one of six teams from

across Canada to win $5000 grand prize for their Minor

Hockey Associaon

Musquodoboit Harbour NSndashndash Imperial Oil announced

today the winners of the Esso Medals and Cercates

of Achievement 20152016 Esso Medals Score BigContest Eastern Shore Minor Hockey Associaon was

one of six associaons chosen from over 15000 entries

and will be presented with $5000 An addional $1000

donaon will be presented to the Mariners

President Gary Towill is grateful for the recognion

nong that the prize will be helpful in strengthening

the teamrsquos eorts ldquoThe Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon Musquodoboit Harbour Nova Scoa is very

grateful in hearing that our Atom B Mariners Hockey

Team and the ESMHA have been selected by the EssoMedals of Achievement as recipients of $1000 for the

Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon wins Esso Medals ofAchievement Score Big contest

Team and $5000 for the ESMHArdquo said Towill ldquoThis is

a signicant amount of money that will benet our

Associaon in many ways The ESMHA is thankful for the

funding from Esso Medals of Achievement and plans to

use the moneys eecvely to improve our game on the

Shorerdquo

Each year minor hockey teams (age 6 to 18) fromacross Canada are invited to register to receive three

Esso Medals of Achievement - most dedicated most

improved and most sportsmanlike - and 18 cercates

for their team

ldquoOn behalf of Imperial Oil I would like to thank all the

teams that registered for the Esso Medals Score Big

contest this year and congratulate the winners of the

$5000 Grand Prizerdquo said Sco Neufeld Markeng

Strategic and Sponsorship Advisor Imperial Oil ldquoThe

Esso brand has been a proud sponsor of hockeyin Canada since 1936 and has been commied to

supporng grassroots hockey for over 30 years We look

forward to connuing that support into the futurerdquo

Proceeds from the Medals of Achievement will be used

for development and educaon at all levels which has

costs associated such as ice rental and trainers Along

with a focus on the growth of Female Hockey which

ESMHA has been promong at the Introductory Level

Outhie Moriarity Award Winner Keigan OrsquoGrady

Eastern Shore Midget C

Duncan MacMillan High School Boys Team

ESDHS Girls Rubgy Capital Region Champs

Tanya Malay

ESDHS Bluenose 5K Runners

Schooners Ulmate Frisbee Team 2016

ESDHS - NSSAF (some of the Track and Field stars)

S t

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with an installed Heat Pump from Taylor Timber Mart

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Cools and Dehumidies in the summer

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all while saving up to 50 on your energy costs

Home comfort for less

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Musquodoboit Harbour NS

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(902) 889-3639 Ask Will for a free estimate

SUMMER

9Sports

Itlsquos that me of year again when

the gloves bats and cleats come

out

With the kick o to many summer

outdoor sports and acvies

comes an increase in many

common sports related injuries

Sprains strains contusions and

tendonis are some of the most common so ssue

sports related injuries

These so ssue injuries fall into two basic categories

Acute injuries and overuse injuries Acute injuries are

caused by a sudden trauma usually a fall twist or blowto the body Common acute injuries are sprains strains

and contusions Overuse injuries occur gradually over

me when an athlec or other acvity is repeated so

oen that the body does not have enough me to heal

Tendonis and bursis are common overuse injuries

Acute injuries can vary in type and severity and inial

treatment including the RICE Protocol (rest ice

compress and elevate) is usually very eecve within

the rst 24-48 hours Once yoursquove passed the acute

phase you can ease gently back into acvity and begin

carefully stretching and strengthening the injured area

Strengthening exercises will help return original muscle

tone and protect the injured structures making it less

likely to be re-injured

A Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) can guide

you through the enre post injury process As health

professionals RMTs can assess the extent of so ssue

damage treat the injured area and give you advice on

home care in the acute subacute and chronic phases

of your injury Prompt treatment of an injury followedby home care exercises will go a long way in reducing

your healing me geng back your range of moon

and prevenng further injury to the area

If you have any injury quesons contact your local

Registered Massage Therapist Play Hard and Safe

Sports-Related Injuries and Massage Therapy

By Tanya Murphy Registered Massage Therapist

Jump Energy From Porters Lake

Graham Creighton Girls Soball Team

C it10

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Community10

On Saturday April 30th the 2741 Musquodoboit

Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets held their 53rd

Annual Ceremonial Review at Eastern Shore District

High School under the Command of Cadet CWO Dusn

Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

Captain JF Mahoney CD Regional Expedion Training

Ocer and DCO Argonaut Cadet Training Centre was

the Reviewing Ocer

There were many dignitaries special guests and families

in aendance to watch the Cadets on parade

The Green Stars performed ldquoThe Power of Commandrdquo

LCpl Nicholas Nadeau LCpl Tyler Avery LCpl Mahew

Mitchell LCpl Gwyneth Pepas and LCpl Jordan Leslie

each had a turn calling commands

The Drill Team performed a display of drill movementsunder the command of MWO Grainger

The highlight of the day was the ancipaon of the

awards The Cadets work extremely hard all year and

there is strong compeon for the many awards that are

handed out Congratulaons to all the award winners

Awards presented were the following

Top Green Star Trophy ndash LCpl Jordan Leslie

Top Red Star Trophy ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

The Dennis LaFrance Memorial Trophy for Top Silver

Star ndash MCpl Kayla Higney

The Boomer Trophy for Top Gold Star ndash WO DJ Shuman

Best All Round Junior Cadet ndash MCpl Desirae Bone

2741 Musquodoboit Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets AnnualCeremonial Review

Submied by CWO Dusn Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

The John Dickson Memorial Trophy for Best All Round

Senior Cadet ndash CWO Dusn Baker

WH Pushie Trophy for Most Improved Cadet ndash MCpl

Travis Brown

The Dean Whitenect Memorial Trophy for Best Turned

out Cadet ndash MCpl Nicole Tucker

Harland Dooks Memorial Trophy for Top Instructor ndash

CWO Stevie-Lee McGregor

The Gaetz Trophy for Excellence in Field and Bushcra

ndash MWO Warren Bone

Calvert Dunphy Memorial Trophy for Spirit and

Dedicaon ndash Cpl Jaclyn Oliver amp LCpl Jack Harvey-Wolfe

The Andre Saindon Memorial Junior Cizenship Trophy

ndash Cpl Jessica Young-Smith

Top Junior Marksman ndash LCpl Mahew Mitchell

Top Senior Marksman ndash MWO Warren Bone

Top Target ndash MWO Warren Bone amp MCpl Kayla Higney

Top Biathlete ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

Parade Commanders Trophy ndash CWO Dusn Baker

Commanding Ocer Commendaon ndash Captain Adam

Weatherbee

The Legion Medal of Excellence is awarded by the

Royal Canadian Legion to Cadets who have displayed

excellence in Cizenship both inside and outside the

Cadet program This years recipient is MWO JessicaLevy

The Lord Strathcona Medal is the highest award

which can be bestowed upon a Cadet in recognion of

exemplary performance in physical and military training

This years recipient is MWO Issac Grainger

NSE knives were presented to the following CWO

Dusn Baker MWO Nolan Ellio MWO Jessica Levy

MWO Warren Bone MWO Isaac Grainger and WO

Melanie Baneld

MCpl Travis Brown was presented with his BronzeDuke of Edinburgh Award pin and cercate The Duke

of Edinburgh Award is not a Unit award but has been

earned by an individual in our unit on their own accord

MCpl Brown has put a great deal of his own me and

eort into achieving this recognion the rst of three

possible levels This recognion is designed to recognize

those individuals who are involved in their community

work on their physical tness and have experienced a

variety of outdoor acvies

Captain Christopher Marshall was presented with theCanadian Forces Decoraon This award is presented to

a member of the Canadian Forces who has aained 12

years of military service

I would like to congratulate all of the Cadets for doing

an outstanding job To the winners of the awards

congratulaons you worked hard all year and were

recognized for it For those of you who did not get

presented with an award today just remember that

while individual awards are great itrsquos a collecve eortfrom all of you that makes our unit what it is

Congratulaons on a job well done As RSM I am

extremely proud of all of you and you should all be

extremely proud of yourselves

We train on Wednesday evenings from 630 ndash 900

pm at Gaetz Brook Junior High School If yoursquore

between the ages of 12ndash18 and are interested in

becoming a Cadet you really should join us

A few of things we oer are Leadership skills

Marksmanship Biathalon Orienteering Drill Fall amp

Winter Training Exercises Summer Training Camp

Advanced Training at Rocky Mountain Naonal Army

Cadet Summer Training Center Regional Naonal and

Internaonal Exchanges We also serve at local dinners

parcipate in the Musquodoboit Harbour Parade of

Lights and so much more

Our training year is wrapping up and will be starngagain in midndashSeptember and we look forward to seeing

you

11Comm nit

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Over 40 years Experience serving the Eastern Shore Specializing in Drilled wells Pump installs

Clean and surge processes for all Drilled and Dug Wells and trouble-shooting all well problems

ldquoWhen Well Driller A provides you with a quote that is much lowerthan Well Driller B you might think you are getting a great deal

but a great deal does not necessarily equal great valuerdquo

2371 Lawrencetown Road Lawrencetown NSPhone 902-829-2474 Fax 902-829-2795

Email BluenosewelldrillinghotmailcomWebsite bluenosewelldrillingca

11Another successful session of ldquoLeading Readersrdquo at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library

just nished up with a showcase and party for the parcipang children volunteer

teens and their family members

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo is a library program that pairs teen volunteers with elementary-

aged school children to read together and play fun literacy-based games once a

week Teen volunteers and their partners form lots of wonderful connecons and

relaonships This program also provides youth in high school the opportunity to gainvaluable leadership and volunteer experience There is a showcase of their amazing

accomplishments at the end of each session for parents caregivers and family

members

The success of the program is due in part to the close proximity of the high school

which allows students to walk to the library to help out aer school and enjoy a light

snack and conversaon with their peers prior to the children arriving each week

The Leading Readers program at MH Library is proudly supported by grants from

Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Capital Health and generous donaons from the

Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lionrsquos Club Special thanks to the sta of EasternShore District High School for their connued support of the program and liaison with

students

The next session of Leading Readers will start up again in the fall

For more informaon contact the Musquodoboit Harbour Library at 902-889-2227

wwwhalifaxpubliclibrariesca Twier hfxpublib and

Facebook wwwfacebookcomhfxpublib

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo Brings Teens and Kids Together

By Mary Senburg

Julie MacDougall

Community

80s Dance in Porters Lake

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

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For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

bull Have you had an EI claim formaternal or parental benefits withinthe past 5 years and remained outof the work force

bull Do you want to re-enter the workforce by creating a job for yourself

Do You Dream of Starting

Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

Benefits Program Can Help

bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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Sports8

Eastern Shore Mariners (Atom B) one of six teams from

across Canada to win $5000 grand prize for their Minor

Hockey Associaon

Musquodoboit Harbour NSndashndash Imperial Oil announced

today the winners of the Esso Medals and Cercates

of Achievement 20152016 Esso Medals Score BigContest Eastern Shore Minor Hockey Associaon was

one of six associaons chosen from over 15000 entries

and will be presented with $5000 An addional $1000

donaon will be presented to the Mariners

President Gary Towill is grateful for the recognion

nong that the prize will be helpful in strengthening

the teamrsquos eorts ldquoThe Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon Musquodoboit Harbour Nova Scoa is very

grateful in hearing that our Atom B Mariners Hockey

Team and the ESMHA have been selected by the EssoMedals of Achievement as recipients of $1000 for the

Eastern Shore Minor Hockey

Associaon wins Esso Medals ofAchievement Score Big contest

Team and $5000 for the ESMHArdquo said Towill ldquoThis is

a signicant amount of money that will benet our

Associaon in many ways The ESMHA is thankful for the

funding from Esso Medals of Achievement and plans to

use the moneys eecvely to improve our game on the

Shorerdquo

Each year minor hockey teams (age 6 to 18) fromacross Canada are invited to register to receive three

Esso Medals of Achievement - most dedicated most

improved and most sportsmanlike - and 18 cercates

for their team

ldquoOn behalf of Imperial Oil I would like to thank all the

teams that registered for the Esso Medals Score Big

contest this year and congratulate the winners of the

$5000 Grand Prizerdquo said Sco Neufeld Markeng

Strategic and Sponsorship Advisor Imperial Oil ldquoThe

Esso brand has been a proud sponsor of hockeyin Canada since 1936 and has been commied to

supporng grassroots hockey for over 30 years We look

forward to connuing that support into the futurerdquo

Proceeds from the Medals of Achievement will be used

for development and educaon at all levels which has

costs associated such as ice rental and trainers Along

with a focus on the growth of Female Hockey which

ESMHA has been promong at the Introductory Level

Outhie Moriarity Award Winner Keigan OrsquoGrady

Eastern Shore Midget C

Duncan MacMillan High School Boys Team

ESDHS Girls Rubgy Capital Region Champs

Tanya Malay

ESDHS Bluenose 5K Runners

Schooners Ulmate Frisbee Team 2016

ESDHS - NSSAF (some of the Track and Field stars)

S t

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with an installed Heat Pump from Taylor Timber Mart

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Cools and Dehumidies in the summer

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all while saving up to 50 on your energy costs

Home comfort for less

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Musquodoboit Harbour NS

B0J 2L0

(902) 889-3639 Ask Will for a free estimate

SUMMER

9Sports

Itlsquos that me of year again when

the gloves bats and cleats come

out

With the kick o to many summer

outdoor sports and acvies

comes an increase in many

common sports related injuries

Sprains strains contusions and

tendonis are some of the most common so ssue

sports related injuries

These so ssue injuries fall into two basic categories

Acute injuries and overuse injuries Acute injuries are

caused by a sudden trauma usually a fall twist or blowto the body Common acute injuries are sprains strains

and contusions Overuse injuries occur gradually over

me when an athlec or other acvity is repeated so

oen that the body does not have enough me to heal

Tendonis and bursis are common overuse injuries

Acute injuries can vary in type and severity and inial

treatment including the RICE Protocol (rest ice

compress and elevate) is usually very eecve within

the rst 24-48 hours Once yoursquove passed the acute

phase you can ease gently back into acvity and begin

carefully stretching and strengthening the injured area

Strengthening exercises will help return original muscle

tone and protect the injured structures making it less

likely to be re-injured

A Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) can guide

you through the enre post injury process As health

professionals RMTs can assess the extent of so ssue

damage treat the injured area and give you advice on

home care in the acute subacute and chronic phases

of your injury Prompt treatment of an injury followedby home care exercises will go a long way in reducing

your healing me geng back your range of moon

and prevenng further injury to the area

If you have any injury quesons contact your local

Registered Massage Therapist Play Hard and Safe

Sports-Related Injuries and Massage Therapy

By Tanya Murphy Registered Massage Therapist

Jump Energy From Porters Lake

Graham Creighton Girls Soball Team

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Community10

On Saturday April 30th the 2741 Musquodoboit

Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets held their 53rd

Annual Ceremonial Review at Eastern Shore District

High School under the Command of Cadet CWO Dusn

Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

Captain JF Mahoney CD Regional Expedion Training

Ocer and DCO Argonaut Cadet Training Centre was

the Reviewing Ocer

There were many dignitaries special guests and families

in aendance to watch the Cadets on parade

The Green Stars performed ldquoThe Power of Commandrdquo

LCpl Nicholas Nadeau LCpl Tyler Avery LCpl Mahew

Mitchell LCpl Gwyneth Pepas and LCpl Jordan Leslie

each had a turn calling commands

The Drill Team performed a display of drill movementsunder the command of MWO Grainger

The highlight of the day was the ancipaon of the

awards The Cadets work extremely hard all year and

there is strong compeon for the many awards that are

handed out Congratulaons to all the award winners

Awards presented were the following

Top Green Star Trophy ndash LCpl Jordan Leslie

Top Red Star Trophy ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

The Dennis LaFrance Memorial Trophy for Top Silver

Star ndash MCpl Kayla Higney

The Boomer Trophy for Top Gold Star ndash WO DJ Shuman

Best All Round Junior Cadet ndash MCpl Desirae Bone

2741 Musquodoboit Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets AnnualCeremonial Review

Submied by CWO Dusn Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

The John Dickson Memorial Trophy for Best All Round

Senior Cadet ndash CWO Dusn Baker

WH Pushie Trophy for Most Improved Cadet ndash MCpl

Travis Brown

The Dean Whitenect Memorial Trophy for Best Turned

out Cadet ndash MCpl Nicole Tucker

Harland Dooks Memorial Trophy for Top Instructor ndash

CWO Stevie-Lee McGregor

The Gaetz Trophy for Excellence in Field and Bushcra

ndash MWO Warren Bone

Calvert Dunphy Memorial Trophy for Spirit and

Dedicaon ndash Cpl Jaclyn Oliver amp LCpl Jack Harvey-Wolfe

The Andre Saindon Memorial Junior Cizenship Trophy

ndash Cpl Jessica Young-Smith

Top Junior Marksman ndash LCpl Mahew Mitchell

Top Senior Marksman ndash MWO Warren Bone

Top Target ndash MWO Warren Bone amp MCpl Kayla Higney

Top Biathlete ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

Parade Commanders Trophy ndash CWO Dusn Baker

Commanding Ocer Commendaon ndash Captain Adam

Weatherbee

The Legion Medal of Excellence is awarded by the

Royal Canadian Legion to Cadets who have displayed

excellence in Cizenship both inside and outside the

Cadet program This years recipient is MWO JessicaLevy

The Lord Strathcona Medal is the highest award

which can be bestowed upon a Cadet in recognion of

exemplary performance in physical and military training

This years recipient is MWO Issac Grainger

NSE knives were presented to the following CWO

Dusn Baker MWO Nolan Ellio MWO Jessica Levy

MWO Warren Bone MWO Isaac Grainger and WO

Melanie Baneld

MCpl Travis Brown was presented with his BronzeDuke of Edinburgh Award pin and cercate The Duke

of Edinburgh Award is not a Unit award but has been

earned by an individual in our unit on their own accord

MCpl Brown has put a great deal of his own me and

eort into achieving this recognion the rst of three

possible levels This recognion is designed to recognize

those individuals who are involved in their community

work on their physical tness and have experienced a

variety of outdoor acvies

Captain Christopher Marshall was presented with theCanadian Forces Decoraon This award is presented to

a member of the Canadian Forces who has aained 12

years of military service

I would like to congratulate all of the Cadets for doing

an outstanding job To the winners of the awards

congratulaons you worked hard all year and were

recognized for it For those of you who did not get

presented with an award today just remember that

while individual awards are great itrsquos a collecve eortfrom all of you that makes our unit what it is

Congratulaons on a job well done As RSM I am

extremely proud of all of you and you should all be

extremely proud of yourselves

We train on Wednesday evenings from 630 ndash 900

pm at Gaetz Brook Junior High School If yoursquore

between the ages of 12ndash18 and are interested in

becoming a Cadet you really should join us

A few of things we oer are Leadership skills

Marksmanship Biathalon Orienteering Drill Fall amp

Winter Training Exercises Summer Training Camp

Advanced Training at Rocky Mountain Naonal Army

Cadet Summer Training Center Regional Naonal and

Internaonal Exchanges We also serve at local dinners

parcipate in the Musquodoboit Harbour Parade of

Lights and so much more

Our training year is wrapping up and will be starngagain in midndashSeptember and we look forward to seeing

you

11Comm nit

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ldquoWhen Well Driller A provides you with a quote that is much lowerthan Well Driller B you might think you are getting a great deal

but a great deal does not necessarily equal great valuerdquo

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Email BluenosewelldrillinghotmailcomWebsite bluenosewelldrillingca

11Another successful session of ldquoLeading Readersrdquo at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library

just nished up with a showcase and party for the parcipang children volunteer

teens and their family members

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo is a library program that pairs teen volunteers with elementary-

aged school children to read together and play fun literacy-based games once a

week Teen volunteers and their partners form lots of wonderful connecons and

relaonships This program also provides youth in high school the opportunity to gainvaluable leadership and volunteer experience There is a showcase of their amazing

accomplishments at the end of each session for parents caregivers and family

members

The success of the program is due in part to the close proximity of the high school

which allows students to walk to the library to help out aer school and enjoy a light

snack and conversaon with their peers prior to the children arriving each week

The Leading Readers program at MH Library is proudly supported by grants from

Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Capital Health and generous donaons from the

Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lionrsquos Club Special thanks to the sta of EasternShore District High School for their connued support of the program and liaison with

students

The next session of Leading Readers will start up again in the fall

For more informaon contact the Musquodoboit Harbour Library at 902-889-2227

wwwhalifaxpubliclibrariesca Twier hfxpublib and

Facebook wwwfacebookcomhfxpublib

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo Brings Teens and Kids Together

By Mary Senburg

Julie MacDougall

Community

80s Dance in Porters Lake

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

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For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

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Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

Benefits Program Can Help

bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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with an installed Heat Pump from Taylor Timber Mart

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One easily installed device

Cools and Dehumidies in the summer

Heats in the winter

all while saving up to 50 on your energy costs

Home comfort for less

Taylor Timber Mart

7480 Highway 7

Musquodoboit Harbour NS

B0J 2L0

(902) 889-3639 Ask Will for a free estimate

SUMMER

9Sports

Itlsquos that me of year again when

the gloves bats and cleats come

out

With the kick o to many summer

outdoor sports and acvies

comes an increase in many

common sports related injuries

Sprains strains contusions and

tendonis are some of the most common so ssue

sports related injuries

These so ssue injuries fall into two basic categories

Acute injuries and overuse injuries Acute injuries are

caused by a sudden trauma usually a fall twist or blowto the body Common acute injuries are sprains strains

and contusions Overuse injuries occur gradually over

me when an athlec or other acvity is repeated so

oen that the body does not have enough me to heal

Tendonis and bursis are common overuse injuries

Acute injuries can vary in type and severity and inial

treatment including the RICE Protocol (rest ice

compress and elevate) is usually very eecve within

the rst 24-48 hours Once yoursquove passed the acute

phase you can ease gently back into acvity and begin

carefully stretching and strengthening the injured area

Strengthening exercises will help return original muscle

tone and protect the injured structures making it less

likely to be re-injured

A Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) can guide

you through the enre post injury process As health

professionals RMTs can assess the extent of so ssue

damage treat the injured area and give you advice on

home care in the acute subacute and chronic phases

of your injury Prompt treatment of an injury followedby home care exercises will go a long way in reducing

your healing me geng back your range of moon

and prevenng further injury to the area

If you have any injury quesons contact your local

Registered Massage Therapist Play Hard and Safe

Sports-Related Injuries and Massage Therapy

By Tanya Murphy Registered Massage Therapist

Jump Energy From Porters Lake

Graham Creighton Girls Soball Team

C it10

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Community10

On Saturday April 30th the 2741 Musquodoboit

Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets held their 53rd

Annual Ceremonial Review at Eastern Shore District

High School under the Command of Cadet CWO Dusn

Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

Captain JF Mahoney CD Regional Expedion Training

Ocer and DCO Argonaut Cadet Training Centre was

the Reviewing Ocer

There were many dignitaries special guests and families

in aendance to watch the Cadets on parade

The Green Stars performed ldquoThe Power of Commandrdquo

LCpl Nicholas Nadeau LCpl Tyler Avery LCpl Mahew

Mitchell LCpl Gwyneth Pepas and LCpl Jordan Leslie

each had a turn calling commands

The Drill Team performed a display of drill movementsunder the command of MWO Grainger

The highlight of the day was the ancipaon of the

awards The Cadets work extremely hard all year and

there is strong compeon for the many awards that are

handed out Congratulaons to all the award winners

Awards presented were the following

Top Green Star Trophy ndash LCpl Jordan Leslie

Top Red Star Trophy ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

The Dennis LaFrance Memorial Trophy for Top Silver

Star ndash MCpl Kayla Higney

The Boomer Trophy for Top Gold Star ndash WO DJ Shuman

Best All Round Junior Cadet ndash MCpl Desirae Bone

2741 Musquodoboit Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets AnnualCeremonial Review

Submied by CWO Dusn Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

The John Dickson Memorial Trophy for Best All Round

Senior Cadet ndash CWO Dusn Baker

WH Pushie Trophy for Most Improved Cadet ndash MCpl

Travis Brown

The Dean Whitenect Memorial Trophy for Best Turned

out Cadet ndash MCpl Nicole Tucker

Harland Dooks Memorial Trophy for Top Instructor ndash

CWO Stevie-Lee McGregor

The Gaetz Trophy for Excellence in Field and Bushcra

ndash MWO Warren Bone

Calvert Dunphy Memorial Trophy for Spirit and

Dedicaon ndash Cpl Jaclyn Oliver amp LCpl Jack Harvey-Wolfe

The Andre Saindon Memorial Junior Cizenship Trophy

ndash Cpl Jessica Young-Smith

Top Junior Marksman ndash LCpl Mahew Mitchell

Top Senior Marksman ndash MWO Warren Bone

Top Target ndash MWO Warren Bone amp MCpl Kayla Higney

Top Biathlete ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

Parade Commanders Trophy ndash CWO Dusn Baker

Commanding Ocer Commendaon ndash Captain Adam

Weatherbee

The Legion Medal of Excellence is awarded by the

Royal Canadian Legion to Cadets who have displayed

excellence in Cizenship both inside and outside the

Cadet program This years recipient is MWO JessicaLevy

The Lord Strathcona Medal is the highest award

which can be bestowed upon a Cadet in recognion of

exemplary performance in physical and military training

This years recipient is MWO Issac Grainger

NSE knives were presented to the following CWO

Dusn Baker MWO Nolan Ellio MWO Jessica Levy

MWO Warren Bone MWO Isaac Grainger and WO

Melanie Baneld

MCpl Travis Brown was presented with his BronzeDuke of Edinburgh Award pin and cercate The Duke

of Edinburgh Award is not a Unit award but has been

earned by an individual in our unit on their own accord

MCpl Brown has put a great deal of his own me and

eort into achieving this recognion the rst of three

possible levels This recognion is designed to recognize

those individuals who are involved in their community

work on their physical tness and have experienced a

variety of outdoor acvies

Captain Christopher Marshall was presented with theCanadian Forces Decoraon This award is presented to

a member of the Canadian Forces who has aained 12

years of military service

I would like to congratulate all of the Cadets for doing

an outstanding job To the winners of the awards

congratulaons you worked hard all year and were

recognized for it For those of you who did not get

presented with an award today just remember that

while individual awards are great itrsquos a collecve eortfrom all of you that makes our unit what it is

Congratulaons on a job well done As RSM I am

extremely proud of all of you and you should all be

extremely proud of yourselves

We train on Wednesday evenings from 630 ndash 900

pm at Gaetz Brook Junior High School If yoursquore

between the ages of 12ndash18 and are interested in

becoming a Cadet you really should join us

A few of things we oer are Leadership skills

Marksmanship Biathalon Orienteering Drill Fall amp

Winter Training Exercises Summer Training Camp

Advanced Training at Rocky Mountain Naonal Army

Cadet Summer Training Center Regional Naonal and

Internaonal Exchanges We also serve at local dinners

parcipate in the Musquodoboit Harbour Parade of

Lights and so much more

Our training year is wrapping up and will be starngagain in midndashSeptember and we look forward to seeing

you

11Comm nit

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Over 40 years Experience serving the Eastern Shore Specializing in Drilled wells Pump installs

Clean and surge processes for all Drilled and Dug Wells and trouble-shooting all well problems

ldquoWhen Well Driller A provides you with a quote that is much lowerthan Well Driller B you might think you are getting a great deal

but a great deal does not necessarily equal great valuerdquo

2371 Lawrencetown Road Lawrencetown NSPhone 902-829-2474 Fax 902-829-2795

Email BluenosewelldrillinghotmailcomWebsite bluenosewelldrillingca

11Another successful session of ldquoLeading Readersrdquo at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library

just nished up with a showcase and party for the parcipang children volunteer

teens and their family members

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo is a library program that pairs teen volunteers with elementary-

aged school children to read together and play fun literacy-based games once a

week Teen volunteers and their partners form lots of wonderful connecons and

relaonships This program also provides youth in high school the opportunity to gainvaluable leadership and volunteer experience There is a showcase of their amazing

accomplishments at the end of each session for parents caregivers and family

members

The success of the program is due in part to the close proximity of the high school

which allows students to walk to the library to help out aer school and enjoy a light

snack and conversaon with their peers prior to the children arriving each week

The Leading Readers program at MH Library is proudly supported by grants from

Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Capital Health and generous donaons from the

Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lionrsquos Club Special thanks to the sta of EasternShore District High School for their connued support of the program and liaison with

students

The next session of Leading Readers will start up again in the fall

For more informaon contact the Musquodoboit Harbour Library at 902-889-2227

wwwhalifaxpubliclibrariesca Twier hfxpublib and

Facebook wwwfacebookcomhfxpublib

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo Brings Teens and Kids Together

By Mary Senburg

Julie MacDougall

Community

80s Dance in Porters Lake

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

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For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

bull Have you had an EI claim formaternal or parental benefits withinthe past 5 years and remained outof the work force

bull Do you want to re-enter the workforce by creating a job for yourself

Do You Dream of Starting

Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

Benefits Program Can Help

bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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Community10

On Saturday April 30th the 2741 Musquodoboit

Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets held their 53rd

Annual Ceremonial Review at Eastern Shore District

High School under the Command of Cadet CWO Dusn

Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

Captain JF Mahoney CD Regional Expedion Training

Ocer and DCO Argonaut Cadet Training Centre was

the Reviewing Ocer

There were many dignitaries special guests and families

in aendance to watch the Cadets on parade

The Green Stars performed ldquoThe Power of Commandrdquo

LCpl Nicholas Nadeau LCpl Tyler Avery LCpl Mahew

Mitchell LCpl Gwyneth Pepas and LCpl Jordan Leslie

each had a turn calling commands

The Drill Team performed a display of drill movementsunder the command of MWO Grainger

The highlight of the day was the ancipaon of the

awards The Cadets work extremely hard all year and

there is strong compeon for the many awards that are

handed out Congratulaons to all the award winners

Awards presented were the following

Top Green Star Trophy ndash LCpl Jordan Leslie

Top Red Star Trophy ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

The Dennis LaFrance Memorial Trophy for Top Silver

Star ndash MCpl Kayla Higney

The Boomer Trophy for Top Gold Star ndash WO DJ Shuman

Best All Round Junior Cadet ndash MCpl Desirae Bone

2741 Musquodoboit Harbour Royal Canadian Army Cadets AnnualCeremonial Review

Submied by CWO Dusn Baker Regimental Sergeant Major

The John Dickson Memorial Trophy for Best All Round

Senior Cadet ndash CWO Dusn Baker

WH Pushie Trophy for Most Improved Cadet ndash MCpl

Travis Brown

The Dean Whitenect Memorial Trophy for Best Turned

out Cadet ndash MCpl Nicole Tucker

Harland Dooks Memorial Trophy for Top Instructor ndash

CWO Stevie-Lee McGregor

The Gaetz Trophy for Excellence in Field and Bushcra

ndash MWO Warren Bone

Calvert Dunphy Memorial Trophy for Spirit and

Dedicaon ndash Cpl Jaclyn Oliver amp LCpl Jack Harvey-Wolfe

The Andre Saindon Memorial Junior Cizenship Trophy

ndash Cpl Jessica Young-Smith

Top Junior Marksman ndash LCpl Mahew Mitchell

Top Senior Marksman ndash MWO Warren Bone

Top Target ndash MWO Warren Bone amp MCpl Kayla Higney

Top Biathlete ndash Cpl Erin Ellio

Parade Commanders Trophy ndash CWO Dusn Baker

Commanding Ocer Commendaon ndash Captain Adam

Weatherbee

The Legion Medal of Excellence is awarded by the

Royal Canadian Legion to Cadets who have displayed

excellence in Cizenship both inside and outside the

Cadet program This years recipient is MWO JessicaLevy

The Lord Strathcona Medal is the highest award

which can be bestowed upon a Cadet in recognion of

exemplary performance in physical and military training

This years recipient is MWO Issac Grainger

NSE knives were presented to the following CWO

Dusn Baker MWO Nolan Ellio MWO Jessica Levy

MWO Warren Bone MWO Isaac Grainger and WO

Melanie Baneld

MCpl Travis Brown was presented with his BronzeDuke of Edinburgh Award pin and cercate The Duke

of Edinburgh Award is not a Unit award but has been

earned by an individual in our unit on their own accord

MCpl Brown has put a great deal of his own me and

eort into achieving this recognion the rst of three

possible levels This recognion is designed to recognize

those individuals who are involved in their community

work on their physical tness and have experienced a

variety of outdoor acvies

Captain Christopher Marshall was presented with theCanadian Forces Decoraon This award is presented to

a member of the Canadian Forces who has aained 12

years of military service

I would like to congratulate all of the Cadets for doing

an outstanding job To the winners of the awards

congratulaons you worked hard all year and were

recognized for it For those of you who did not get

presented with an award today just remember that

while individual awards are great itrsquos a collecve eortfrom all of you that makes our unit what it is

Congratulaons on a job well done As RSM I am

extremely proud of all of you and you should all be

extremely proud of yourselves

We train on Wednesday evenings from 630 ndash 900

pm at Gaetz Brook Junior High School If yoursquore

between the ages of 12ndash18 and are interested in

becoming a Cadet you really should join us

A few of things we oer are Leadership skills

Marksmanship Biathalon Orienteering Drill Fall amp

Winter Training Exercises Summer Training Camp

Advanced Training at Rocky Mountain Naonal Army

Cadet Summer Training Center Regional Naonal and

Internaonal Exchanges We also serve at local dinners

parcipate in the Musquodoboit Harbour Parade of

Lights and so much more

Our training year is wrapping up and will be starngagain in midndashSeptember and we look forward to seeing

you

11Comm nit

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Over 40 years Experience serving the Eastern Shore Specializing in Drilled wells Pump installs

Clean and surge processes for all Drilled and Dug Wells and trouble-shooting all well problems

ldquoWhen Well Driller A provides you with a quote that is much lowerthan Well Driller B you might think you are getting a great deal

but a great deal does not necessarily equal great valuerdquo

2371 Lawrencetown Road Lawrencetown NSPhone 902-829-2474 Fax 902-829-2795

Email BluenosewelldrillinghotmailcomWebsite bluenosewelldrillingca

11Another successful session of ldquoLeading Readersrdquo at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library

just nished up with a showcase and party for the parcipang children volunteer

teens and their family members

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo is a library program that pairs teen volunteers with elementary-

aged school children to read together and play fun literacy-based games once a

week Teen volunteers and their partners form lots of wonderful connecons and

relaonships This program also provides youth in high school the opportunity to gainvaluable leadership and volunteer experience There is a showcase of their amazing

accomplishments at the end of each session for parents caregivers and family

members

The success of the program is due in part to the close proximity of the high school

which allows students to walk to the library to help out aer school and enjoy a light

snack and conversaon with their peers prior to the children arriving each week

The Leading Readers program at MH Library is proudly supported by grants from

Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Capital Health and generous donaons from the

Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lionrsquos Club Special thanks to the sta of EasternShore District High School for their connued support of the program and liaison with

students

The next session of Leading Readers will start up again in the fall

For more informaon contact the Musquodoboit Harbour Library at 902-889-2227

wwwhalifaxpubliclibrariesca Twier hfxpublib and

Facebook wwwfacebookcomhfxpublib

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo Brings Teens and Kids Together

By Mary Senburg

Julie MacDougall

Community

80s Dance in Porters Lake

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

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For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

bull Have you had an EI claim formaternal or parental benefits withinthe past 5 years and remained outof the work force

bull Do you want to re-enter the workforce by creating a job for yourself

Do You Dream of Starting

Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

Benefits Program Can Help

bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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Over 40 years Experience serving the Eastern Shore Specializing in Drilled wells Pump installs

Clean and surge processes for all Drilled and Dug Wells and trouble-shooting all well problems

ldquoWhen Well Driller A provides you with a quote that is much lowerthan Well Driller B you might think you are getting a great deal

but a great deal does not necessarily equal great valuerdquo

2371 Lawrencetown Road Lawrencetown NSPhone 902-829-2474 Fax 902-829-2795

Email BluenosewelldrillinghotmailcomWebsite bluenosewelldrillingca

11Another successful session of ldquoLeading Readersrdquo at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library

just nished up with a showcase and party for the parcipang children volunteer

teens and their family members

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo is a library program that pairs teen volunteers with elementary-

aged school children to read together and play fun literacy-based games once a

week Teen volunteers and their partners form lots of wonderful connecons and

relaonships This program also provides youth in high school the opportunity to gainvaluable leadership and volunteer experience There is a showcase of their amazing

accomplishments at the end of each session for parents caregivers and family

members

The success of the program is due in part to the close proximity of the high school

which allows students to walk to the library to help out aer school and enjoy a light

snack and conversaon with their peers prior to the children arriving each week

The Leading Readers program at MH Library is proudly supported by grants from

Eastern Shore Musquodoboit Capital Health and generous donaons from the

Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lionrsquos Club Special thanks to the sta of EasternShore District High School for their connued support of the program and liaison with

students

The next session of Leading Readers will start up again in the fall

For more informaon contact the Musquodoboit Harbour Library at 902-889-2227

wwwhalifaxpubliclibrariesca Twier hfxpublib and

Facebook wwwfacebookcomhfxpublib

ldquoLeading Readersrdquo Brings Teens and Kids Together

By Mary Senburg

Julie MacDougall

Community

80s Dance in Porters Lake

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

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For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

bull Have you had an EI claim formaternal or parental benefits withinthe past 5 years and remained outof the work force

bull Do you want to re-enter the workforce by creating a job for yourself

Do You Dream of Starting

Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

Benefits Program Can Help

bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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DISTRICT 1048626 COUNCILLORrsquoS COMMUNIQUEJUNE 1048626104862410486251048630 983085 ISSUE 983075 10486261048626983091 983085 HAPPY FATHERrsquoS DAY

Councillor David Hendsbee

District 1048626

Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

Work 1048633104862410486261048632104863210486331048627104862910486291048627

Cell 1048633104862410486261048628104863210486271048624104863110486241048629

Fax 1048633104862410486261048632104862610486331048627104863010486261048624

davidhendsbeehalifaxca

davidhendsbeensca

wwwhendsbeensca983091 1048625 1048625

HRM COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

The HRM Community Grants Program awards annual cashgrants to registered non-profit organizations located with-in our Municipality The focus of these grants is primarily theprovision of modest financial assistance to community-basedvolunteer initiatives The 983090983088983089983094 Community Grants Programreceived a total of 983089983088983092 applications for a combined total of

983076983089983088983096983094983097983097983094983094983090 in funding requests However due to limitedfunds only 983094983088 awards for a combined total of 983076983076983092983093983095983094983093983089 wasrecommended In our own particular district the following or-ganizations were approved for grant awards Nature Conservancy of Canada Atlantic Division A grant of983076983090983093983088983088983088 towards Land Acquisition for the Musquodoboit Har-bour Outer Estuary Project amp Musquodoboit River Project

Sheet Harbour Rockets SocietyA grant of 983076983090983088983088983088983088 for ballfield clubhouse structural improve-ments

MusGo Rider Cooperative LimitedA grant of 983076983089983096983093983088983088 towards the purchase of a vehicle for rural

transit service

Orenda Canoe Club - Lake EchoA grant of 983076983089983093983088983088983088 for the installation of a new heating systemfor the clubhouse

Lake Charlotte Area Heritage SocietyA grant of 983076983089983088983088983088983088 towards the structural stabilization of theNorman Hutt Boat Shop at Heritage Village

Eastern Shore Wildlife Association ndash Sheet Harbour A grantof 983076983089983088983088983088983088 for the replacement of exterior doors and partialfunding towards washroom accessibility upgrades

Lawrencetown Community Centre

A grant of 983076983093983088983088983088 towards replacement flooring

Sheet Harbour amp Area Chamber of Commerce A grant of983076983092983097983097983097 for the installation of boat moorings in a coastal ma-rina project

The Deanery Project Co-op ndash Lower Ship HarbourA grant of 983076983092983088983088983088 for new propane stove

Moser River amp Area Historical SocietyA grant of 983076983089983090983088983088 for the purchase of building materials forminor repairs to McMann House CURBSIDE GIVEAWAY JUNE 983092th amp 983093TH

Residents are encouraged to participate in HRM`s Curbside

Give Away Weekends ndash June 983092th amp 983093th and again on October983089983093th amp 983089983094th There are some rules to follow if you wish to par-take Please go to this link for more information about how andwhen to put out your stuff wwwhalifaxcarecycleCGAWphp Discover the ldquoHidden Treasuresrdquo in your neighbourhoodand our communities Share your curbside finds on Twitter at983075hfxcurbside or send in comments by e-mail at WasteLessHalifaxca or on FacebookcomHalifaxRecycles or hfxgov

GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS

At this time I wish to congratulate the Class of 983090983088983089983094 for allHigh School Community College and University Students Mayeach of you have many life successes and best of luck in yourfuture endeavours Be sure to have a Safe Grad

983090983088983089983094 STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Each year HRM presents a Citizenship Award to outstandingGrade 983097 students throughout the Municipality The recipientsare chosen based on qualities of leadership in their school andcommunity and commendable performance in the courses inwhich they are enrolled In 983090983088983089983094 the following students fromour District were bestowed with this honour

Kaitlyn Hiltz ndash Duncan MacMillan High SchoolMaxwell Bauer ndash Gaetz Brook Jr High SchoolKatie Gaetz ndash Oyster Pond AcademyRobyn Pike ndash Ross Road SchoolGreat job by these outstanding students

ENVIRONMENT WEEK JUNE 983093-983089983089TH During Environment Week there are many special dedicateddays to heighten the awareness of various environmental caus-es World Environment Day (June 983093th) Clean Air Day (June983092th) and World Oceans Day (June 983096th) For more informationand details about Canadian Environment Week (CEW) visitwwwecgccasce-cew or on Twitter - 983075enviroweek983090983088983089983094During CEW and throughout the year we are urged to reflecton the many ways we can take action to protect and preserve

our natural surroundings Following CEW is ldquoRivers to OceansWeekrdquo which is an opportunity to work together to create anunderstanding of watersheds our connection to fresh andsalt-water environments and what everyone can do to protectthem

MOBILE FOOD MARKET SERVICE

Beginning May 983089983092th the Mobile Food Market will launch as a983090983089-week pilot with deliveries of fresh produce to the com-munities of North Preston East Preston North End HalifaxFairview and Spryfield ndash communities selected because theyhave a higher proportion of people who often struggle withfood access including seniors immigrants single parents andlow-income families Another consideration was proximity andaccessibility to a grocery store The food will be sold at prices

comparable to discount grocery stores and will be deliveredevery two weeks via a Halifax Transit bus directly to theseneighbourhoods The Mobile Food Market was made possiblethrough funding provided by the United Way Halifax Nova Sco-tia Department of Health and Wellness Evergreen CityWorksand Doctors Nova Scotia The Mobile Food Market is a part-nership between Partners for Care Public Health (Nova ScotiaHealth Authority) Halifax Regional Municipality and the Ecolo-gy Action Centre and is supported by local community organi-zations and businesses including United Way Halifax Loblaws Atlantic Superstore and Elmridge Farm Ltd The following com-munity partners are providing leadership to the project in thepilot communities East Preston United Baptist Church Healthand Wellness Committee Women with a Vision Veith HouseFairview Community Association and the YWCA of Halifax The

market is a real community affair with all of the local organiza-tions helping to make it happen People can shop for nutritiousfood visit with their neighbours get information on health andwell-being and try out new food

Dates for the Mobile Food Market are Saturdays June 983089983089th983090983093th July 983097th 983090983091rd Aug 983094th 983090983088th Sept 983089983095th and Oct983089st Itwill be at the East Preston Recreation Centre 983090983092 Brooks Drivefrom 983097983091983088-983089983089983088983088 AM and then up to the North Preston Com-munity Centre 983092983092 Simmonds Road from 983089983089983091983093 AM-983089983088983093 PMFor more details go to wwwmobilefoodmarketca or https wwwfacebookcommobilefoodmarket

FREE SWIMMING LESSONS BY HRM HRM is offering free swimming lessons Bronze MedallionBronze Cross and junior lifeguard programs at HRMrsquos super-vised outdoor beaches for the upcoming summer sessionRegistration is required in order to take part in these classesRegistration will start at 983089983088 AM on June 983089983088th and will continueuntil classes are filled You can register online at HRMrsquos ldquoRecConnectrdquo httpseservices983090halifaxcarecconnectActivities ActivitiesAdvSearchasp or call 983092983097983088-983094983094983094983094 Lifeguard super-vision is from July 983090nd to August 983091983089st HRM has a variety ofbeaches lakes and outdoor pools Our district has six locationsOrenda Beach in Lake Echo Kinap Beach in West Porters LakePleasant Drive in Gaetz Brook Old Government Wharf in WestPetpeswick Musquodoboit Harbour Webberrsquos Beach in LakeCharlotte Upper Lakeville and Malay Falls Beach in LochaberMines Sheet Harbour All of these have some level of HRM su-pervision including daily maintenance and weekly water test-ing For more information please call the HRM Beach Line 983092983097983088-983093983092983093983096 or go online to wwwhalifaxcarecBeacheshtml Havefun in the sun and be safe when in the water

DONrsquoT LEAVE ANIMALS IN HOT CARS

With the hot weather finally upon us motorists are reminded

that the interiors of trucks and cars can quickly heat up makingit intolerable for pets An animal can be overwhelmed by heatin as little as ten minutes The temperature in a parked vehi-cle - even in the shade with partly open windows - can reach alevel high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet If youfind an animal in a vehicle that appears to be in distress followthese steps- Look for the owner of the car Go to nearby stores and have

the owner paged- Attempt to provide shade or water for the animal- Call 983097983089983089 or the RCMP detachment in your area- Stay at the car until the police officer arrives- File a report with the Nova Scotia SPCA online or by calling

983089-983096983096983096-983095983088983091-983095983095983090983090

INPUT ON COMMUNITY HEALTHPLAN

One of the duties of our local Community Health Boards (CHB)is to submit a community health plan to the Nova Scotia HealthAuthority (NSHA) The community health plan lets NSHAknow about the health of our people communities partnersand community service providers Our health is impacted byso many things Here are some indicators from earlier healthplans Health inequities (such as poverty racism and otherbarriers) Mental health Physical activity amp healthy eating weights Access to services and information Stress Sense ofbelonging Chronic health conditions and Addictions or drugdependency Our community health plan depends on hearingfrom as many people as possible There is an online opportuni-ty to provide input It would be appreciated if you can take thetime to complete this survey with only 983089983092 questions Takingpart in this survey is your choice and you do not have to answer

any questions you donrsquot want to All of the information provid-ed is confidential Some of the information may be used in thecommunity health plan but you will not be identified Howeverit will help to lead discussion about the communitiesrsquo priori-ties and how we can create a healthier community The 983090983088983089983094survey can be found at either of these two online links http surveynshealthcaTakeSurveyaspx or wwwchbhealthsurveyca Thanks for your input

Deadline for July issue is June 15

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

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For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

bull Have you had an EI claim formaternal or parental benefits withinthe past 5 years and remained outof the work force

bull Do you want to re-enter the workforce by creating a job for yourself

Do You Dream of Starting

Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

Benefits Program Can Help

bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

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ONGOING EVENTS

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wednesday 130pm Porterrsquos

Lake Community Centre

Contact Ruth 902 827-2814

TOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly)

St James Hall Jeddore meets

every Tues evening at 7pm

The Eastern Shore Players

A community theatre groupopen to all ages For more info

wwweasternshoreplayersca

Sheet Harbour Lions Centre

Bingo every Monday

730pm 183 Pool Rd

Wool Fibre Work Group

Lawrencetown Comm Centre

Thursdays 9am-3pm $5dayContact 902-404-7095 or

sammadoutlookcom

The Alzheimerrsquos Support Group

Meets every third Thursday of

the month in the Twin Oaks

Boardroom from 7-9 pm

Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-

2429 for more informaon

Royal Canadian Legion Branch58 Sheet Harbour

Tuesdays at 730 pm ndash Senior rsquos

45rsquos with open bar $300

admission

Wednesdays 630 pm - Cadets

Thursdays - Bingo Earlybird at

645pm main books at 730pm

Thursday and Friday Nights

7-10pm Pool night 9-ball

Open bar no admission

Fridays - Chase The Ace

Lil Diamond 45rsquos Card Party

730pm every 2nd and 3rd

Sunday of each month

Musquodoboit Harbour

Farmers MarketSundays June 5 12 19 amp 26

from 9am-1pm unl December

67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the

Rink) For info or book a table

wwwmhfarmersmarketca

call 902-220-9114 or email

infomhfarmersmarketca

Royal Canadian Legion

Centennial Br 160 and K of C

Council 13987Chase The Ace Every Friday

from 430-7pm Draw at

800 pm Tickets and draw at

RCL Br 160 703 Main St Dart

Eastern Shore Garden Club

Meets 2nd Tuesday of every

month Lions Club 89 East

Chezzetcook Road at 7pm For

more info contact eastern-

shoregardencluboutlookcom

ONE OFF EVENTS

June 3

730pm St Annersquos GIANT

Merchandise Bingo Lake Echo

Community Centre canteen

available

June 49am-1pm Yard Sale with Bake

Table and Canteen St Davidrsquos

United Church Lake Echo

Rain or shine event

June 4 amp 5

Eastern Shore Cold Waters

Seafood Fesval

11am-5pm Memory Lane

Heritage Village

1-877-287-0697 or

wwwcoldwatersfesvalca

The Old School MH would

like you to parcipate in acommunity art exhibit open

to all ages and levels of ability

Please contact by June 4

indicang your interest in

parcipang For info email

OldSchoolMHoutlookcom

June 11

1230-6pm Bicycle Carnival

The Deanery Project

751 West Ship Harbour RoadFor info 902-845-1888 or

infothedeaneryprojectcom

June 11 and 12

Flea Market St Annersquos Church

3293 7 Highway

Sat June 11 9am-12pm

Sun June 12 10am-6pm

Canteen available

June 12

St Annersquos Church Lake Echo

Childrenrsquos Parade and Fair

1pm Childrenrsquos Games Cake

Walk Pick5 Fancy Table

General Store Quilt Tickets

Canteen

330-6pm Lobster Supper

Adults $2200 Children

$1100 Ham Adults $12

Children $6 Take out available

June 12

Old School Musq Hbr AGM

3pm

June 17

Breeze and Wilson (vising

Brish Acousc Duo) 8-10pm

Old School Musq Hbr

Tickets $10-$20

June 24

Featuring Susie Eisan Coun-

tryside Fiddlers (Down East

Fiddling) 7-9pm

Old School Musq Hbr

June 25 amp 26

Annual Loop Yard Sale Ostrealake West Jeddore Pleasant

Point Head Jeddore and area

June 26

Musquodoboit and Area

Community Associaon AGM

2-3pm Old School Musquodo-

boit Harbour

June 27

The Birches Nursing HomeAGM 7pm

July 1

Celebrate Canada Day

Petpeswick Yacht Club

1-5pm All Welcome for the

Fesvies For info call Paula

902-889-2435

yescsubmissionseastlinkca

Please note that the puzzle will resume in the July issue

The winner for the May puzzle is Donna Mahews Ship Harbour

History14

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History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

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httpslidepdfcomreaderfulljune-2016-esc 1516

For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

bull Have you had an EI claim formaternal or parental benefits withinthe past 5 years and remained outof the work force

bull Do you want to re-enter the workforce by creating a job for yourself

Do You Dream of Starting

Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

Benefits Program Can Help

bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

7262019 June 2016 ESC

httpslidepdfcomreaderfulljune-2016-esc 1616

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7262019 June 2016 ESC

httpslidepdfcomreaderfulljune-2016-esc 1416

History14

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is deeply anchored in the

Tangier community In 1840 a lile Church of England

called All Saints was built in Popes Harbour (originally

called Southampton Harbour) serving the residents

of Spry Bay Spry Harbour Popes Harbour Tangier and

Shoal Bay All Saints membership also came from the

inhabited islands Gerards Island Tangier Island and

Borgals Island

Rev Robert Jamison came to the Eastern Shore of Nova

Scoa in 1840 and recorded his work in the Tangier

area Jamison wrote in his reports that he would like

to see churches built in these places but the people

were very poor and would not be able to build a church

without some outside help He wrote that there wasalways good aendance in Popes Harbour despite the

distance people had to come around the bays and

headlands and on rough roads

However the old saying ldquoGod will providerdquo worked

in Tangier In 1860 it was no less than an economic

miracle when Capt Peter Mason found gold on his

property When it was assayed in Halifax it was found

to be pure gold So a gold rush began resulng in 2000

men descending on Tangier The reputaon of the gold

mines became so well known that a French Prince and

Prince Alfred brother of King Edward VII came to visit

the mines Upon Prince Albertrsquos arrival the government

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Tangier Celebrates 150 years of Local History

By Bernice Logan

superintendent William Anderson had rocks bored with

holes and lled with gun powder and when Andersongave the signal the charges in the rocks went o one by

one to welcome the Prince

Aer Holy Trinity Church was built in Tangier in 1866

the lile church in Popes Harbour was torn down Rev

Jamisonrsquos records indicate that the average aendance

in Tangier was 96 worshipers In 1883 Tangier separated

from Ship Harbour and the Parish of Tangier was formed

with Holy Trinity becoming the parish church

Church archives provide fascinang historical data

on the cost of labour materials transportaon and

maintenance In 1883 the Reed Organ had to be sent to

Halifax for repair The cost to take the organ to the wharf

for shipping was 25 cents Other expenses recorded that

year were 30 cents for a gallon of oil for lamps (in those

days an imperial gallon no doubt) 2 cents for wicks for

the lamps and 10 cents for shades for the lamps A

chord of wood cost 50 cents and 50 cents for hauling

the wood to the church

The Bishop visited the parish in 1890 300 people came

to see him and 13 people were conrmed In 1891

Holy Trinity gave a donaon to building of St Andrewrsquos

Church in Spry Harbour This same year Rev Ball resigned

from the parish because he did not agree with all night

dancing that went on aer church funcons A meeng

was held and the congregaon agreed to give up allnight dancing if the minister would stay He agreed to

stay unl he le for another parish in 1905

It is appropriate during our celebraon of our 150th

anniversary that we remember and honour all the

rectors who served in the parish over the years Rev

Frederick Rice Rev Wilfred Bradbury Rev Cooper

Alywin Rev William Drield Rev Adam Currie Rev

George Ebsary Rev William Chard Rev Ronald Parsons

Rev David Boston Rev James Purchase Rev Langley

MacLean Rev Peter Harris Rev Robert Richmond Rev

Tom Kerr Rev Katherine Tait and present rector Rev

Lorraine Oo

Over 150 people enjoyed a wonderful evening of music

and entertainment from local talent along the shore

From ddlers to improve the variety show had a bit ofeverything

The Refugee Sponsorship Commiee made up of

church members from St Philip Neri and First United

Church in Musquodoboit Harbour organized the variety

show to raise money for the Syrian refugee family who

will be arriving any day now The event brought in over

$3200

The crowd was also asked to vote for their favouriteperformer of the evening which was dicult given the

quality of the arsts The Peoplersquos Choice winner was

Kae Gaetz with friends Megan Anderson and Victoria

Benoit (pictured) There were also ckets available to

purchase to win a ldquoHouse Concertrdquo with Jim Henman

We Are the Shore Variety Show

By Gina Dunn(founding member of Canadian music group April

Wine) The winner was Dr Wayne Brown All proceeds

go directly to assist the selement of the refugee family

in Musquodoboit Harbour

Eastern Shore Cooperator

escooperator

easternshorecoooperator

wwweasternshorecooperatorca

902-281-2345

The Eastern Shore Cooperator is published by The

Eastern Shore Cooperator Publicaons Cooperave Ltd

Managing EditorDistribuon

Gina Dunn escsubmissionseastlinkca

Senior WriterEditor

Richard Bell richardbelldchotmailcom

Adversing Manager

Jacqueline Sanford escadseastlinkcaTobbi Dyer

Arts amp Entertainment 15

7262019 June 2016 ESC

httpslidepdfcomreaderfulljune-2016-esc 1516

For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

bull Have you had an EI claim formaternal or parental benefits withinthe past 5 years and remained outof the work force

bull Do you want to re-enter the workforce by creating a job for yourself

Do You Dream of Starting

Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

Benefits Program Can Help

bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

7262019 June 2016 ESC

httpslidepdfcomreaderfulljune-2016-esc 1616

Page 15: June 2016 ESC

7262019 June 2016 ESC

httpslidepdfcomreaderfulljune-2016-esc 1516

For more information contact Sheila Spicer Self Employment Benefits Coordinator

at CBDC Blue Water 902-827-5564 or toll free 1-800-565-2773

Are You Currently

Unemployed

bull Do you have a current EI claim orone that ended within the last 3years

bull Have you had an EI claim formaternal or parental benefits withinthe past 5 years and remained outof the work force

bull Do you want to re-enter the workforce by creating a job for yourself

Do You Dream of Starting

Your Own Business orCreating Your Own Job

bull Do you need informationentrepreneurial training and help todevelop a business plan

bull Can you devote at least 35 hours aweek to develop and carry out yourbusiness plan

bullCan you demonstrate a personalfinancial investment in thebusiness

The Self Employment

Benefits Program Can Help

bullOffers support for a new business oran existing one (in which you haveno prior ownership)

bullProvides up to 40 weeks of fundingto help cover personal livingexpenses during the start-up stageof your business (78 weeks forthose with disabilities)

Arts amp Entertainment 15

Stephen Sekerak is an extraordinary

woodworker and furniture maker His

work has graced restaurant bars and

church altars If yoursquove spent me in

Halifax chances are yoursquove seen at least

one of Sekerakrsquos larger works

Sekerak learned woodworking from his

father His rst piece of woodworking at

the age of ve was a toy He remembers

using broom handles and hockey

scks for their wood and learning

the characteriscs of hardwood and

sowood He connued working in

wood during his school years and aerhigh school apprenced with Belton

Lumberin the early 1960rsquos in Ontario

Sekerak took breaks from his

woodworking to do some serious

traveling Seizing an opportunity he le

Ontario and he took o to Florida and the

Bahamas to crew on a charter boat The

Mysc He later traveled to New Zealand

Australia and South Africa But he always

returned to woodworking and came to

Nova Scoa to study woodworking at the

NS College of Art amp Design where he got

a BA in Environmental Design and later

taught

Stephen Sekerak amp The Dancer in the Wood

By Deirdre Dwyer

Sekerak now lives in East Jeddore in a

church he renovated which looks out

to sea where he and his partner can

watch shing boats return to port or

watch as a stately pheasant teases his

cat Parker sing on the windowsill her

tail twitching

When Sekerak describes how he

approaches his work he falls back on the

dance classes he took during the 1980s

In an interview with Cathy Shaw in the

Chronicle Herald in 1990 Sekerak said

ldquoTherersquos a thing that dancers have when

they standrdquo He explained that dancers

can pick a hair out of the middle of their

head and just li themselves by it ldquoThere

is a beauful upwardsness to it At the

same me they have a downwardsness

by lowering the shouldershellipthat gives

them the feeling of being grounded on

the oor as well as being light on the

feetrdquo

Sekerakrsquos boxes cabinets tables and

chairs all have that groundedness and

lightness in their elegance and simple

clean lines He shows me a picture of

a cabinet made by the Russian-born

Swedish woodworker James Krenov and

I can hear the reverence in his voice He

studied with Krenov near MendocinoCalifornia for 10 months in 1982

Sekerak has made many large pieces

for dierent instuons in Halifax

a pulpit altar and a credence table

for the Atlanc School of Theology a

chancellorrsquos chair and a ceremonial

mace at the Technical University of Nova

Scoa a street faccedilade for the Seahorse

Tavern and a desk for the movie The

Scarlet Leer His work is showcased in

the book the Art of Worship The Vision

and Cra of Contemporary Nova Scoan

Arsts by Kate Langan where Sekerak

says that ldquoOne of the happiest things Irsquove

done is the processional cross for Pius X

in Halifaxrdquo Stephen made the cross in

1992 of curly maple and rosewood

You donrsquot need to commission a bar or an

altar to own one of Sekerakrsquos works The

Old School Art Gallery oers a number

of his smaller pieces And if you want to

see larger pieces you can nd his studio

on East Jeddore across from Bakerrsquos Fish

Plant contact Stephen Sekerak at 902-

845-2519

7262019 June 2016 ESC

httpslidepdfcomreaderfulljune-2016-esc 1616

Page 16: June 2016 ESC

7262019 June 2016 ESC

httpslidepdfcomreaderfulljune-2016-esc 1616