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Women of local churches get together

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Judy Backus

EMC Lifestyles -Marmora - Several times each year, on the first Monday of the month, women from the five local churches gather for time together. Whether they involve a speaker, music, food, or all three, as was the case on January 30, the meetings provide...

Festival of Trees donates $15,000 to youth groups

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Scott Pettigrew

EMC Lifestyles -Tweed - Representatives from 15 different youth groups and organizations gathered in the municipal council chambers to accept a donation from the Tweed Festival of Trees steering committee January 24. Committee chair Barb Gunning...

Frostfest fun for the family at Batawa

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Kate Everson

EMC Lifestyles -Quinte West - The sixth annual Frostfest will be fun for the whole family this weekend, February 3 and 4. Special events co-ordinator Colleen Vickers-Kleywegt says the fun starts Friday night with $15 lift tickets at Batawa Ski Hill...

Tallon takes library Journey to Learning

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC News

EMC Lifestyles -Stirling - A crowd of about 50 people gathered at the Eugene Burrell Hall to take a Journey to Learning last week with children's entertainer Jerry Tallon. In celebration of Family Literacy Day, the free concert was presented by...

Lions issue weight loss challenge

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Richard Turtle

EMC Lifestyles -Stirling - Members of the Stirling and District Lions Club are issuing a weight loss challenge where one determined loser will carry home a lighter load and a significant cash prize. Money raised through the challenge will be donated...

It's show time

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Dan Clost

EMC Lifestyles -Those of us in the trade have been scuttling about the countryside visiting the various trade shows and congresses peculiar to our industry. The largest Canadian event is Landscape Ontario's Congress. The next offering is the Green Trade...

Aging gracefully

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Sheila Wray Gregoire

EMC Lifestyles - My husband is now on the wrong side of forty and recently I started noticing that when he was reading, he would push the book further away. As a woman who has required glasses since she was a young girl, I decided to make the most of...

A delightful day trip to Havana

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By John M. Smith

EMC Lifestyles - While my wife and I were spending a week in Cuba's beautiful beach area, Varadero, we decided to take a day trip to Havana, and this was definitely a highlight of our vacation. We left our resort in the early morning, and stopped...

Quilts will make a difference to babies in Guatemala

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Judy Backus

EMC Lifestyles -Marmora - Missionaries for the past 15 years, Hector and Ruth Aragon, spend much of the year in Guatemala, but since November have been back in Ontario where they visit Pentecostal churches to raise awareness about the plight of many...

Terrific Kids assembly

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Judy Backus

EMC Lifestyles -Marmora -Each month the Sacred Heart School community celebrates with a Good News Assembly, the most recent one being held in the gym on January 26. Each month a theme is highlighted, some examples being hope, respect, empathy and conscience....

Terrific Kids rewarded for their perseverance

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Scott Pettigrew

EMC Lifestyles -Tweed - "When I think about perseverance a fable comes to mind about the tortoise and the hare and their race and the challenge they had between the two of them," said St. Carthagh School teacher Michelle Vader who addressed the school's...