ALMAGUIN NEWS, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - Page 7

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DUE TO HIGHWAY EXPROPRIATION THEFOLLOWING INVENTORY MUST BE SOLD!

2002 Chevrolet Malibu . . . . . .$4,3502000 Buick Century . . . . . . . .$4,9001999 Pontiac Grand Am . . . .$3,9001999 Pontiac Sunfire . . . . . . .$3,4002000 Chevrolet Silverado . . . .$5,650

1998 Chevrolet CheyenneClub Cab . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,375

1996 GMC Jimmy SL . . . . . .$2,9752002 Dodge Grand Caravan . .$6,7502000 Ford Windstar SEL . . . .$4.975

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EVERYTHING MUST GO!

Thank YouWe would like to thank everyone fortheir kindness and prayers in our time ofsorrow.Many thanks to our friends and neighbours for theirgenerous contributions of food to our home and to theluncheon at the Legion, and for the numerous cards, flowersand monetary donations to our family and various charities onbehalf of Mike.Thanks to the Legion for donating the hall for the luncheonafter the funeral and to Dave and Jill Langerud for organizingit and everyone that helped with it.Thank you to Lisa and the Opatovsky Funeral Home forbeing so helpful in making things as easy as possible.Your kindness will not be forgotten.

~ Cathy, Michelle & Rod, A.J., Ryan and Nicole Cutrara

WHAT’S NEW AT

204 Main St. North, Powassan, ON 705-724-1313www.knowltonridgeequestrian.com

PONY CLUBFriday, May 30 – 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Friday, June 13 and 205:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Annual Summer Trillium ShowSat., June 28 & Sun., June 29

See some of the top young riders in Central andNorthern Ontario

at our Provincial Trillium Summer

Show.Spectators welcome.

Free admission.

For more information call Bobbie or Susan at 724-1313

The ordeal of getting the boat in the water

After trying for two months, I have finally got my big boat in the water. The problems really started last fall — or that was when I found out that I had a problem. The last things I do in the fall include changing the oil in the lower end of the motor and changing the engine oil.

Imagine my surprise when I took off the cowing and found a bunch of fried wires coming from my volt-age regulator. Things had got so hot

under there that it had melted the paint off the side of the motor cover. It was a wonder that we never had a fire under there.

By then, snow was starting to pile up on the ground so I just built a snow shed over the boat and put the thing away until the spring.

Some time in late March — after much digging and some choice words — I dug the boat out of the snow bank. It then sank down to the axles in the sea of mud that my drive-way had turned into.

Early one frosty morning before the sun came up I jacked up the boat trailer and put a long plank under the wheels. I hooked up the truck, put the thing in four-wheel drive and

pulled that sucker down the drive and up onto the road.

From there it went to the boat doctor. Mister fix-it thought he just might have the parts on hand to get things back up and running. He did, until his new helper cleaned up the shop and pitched out a bunch of boxes of junk stored in the back of the garage.

It took a while for my parts to come in, so I picked up the boat one week before Victoria Day.

Last year I also had a small leak in the boat so this spring we thought we would look for it before launching. We took the garden hose and filled the boat with so much water that we almost flattened the tires on the

boat trailer with the weight. It never leaked a drop.

The next day, after draining out the water, I stuck the hose into the drain where the water flows out through the side of my boat from the live wells. Water squirted all over the place.

Turns out a squirrel had chewed off one of the hoses on the drain pipe. Looked like an easy fix.

Maybe it would have been if you had three hands and an eyeball on the end of a stick! Turns out that if you turn upside down and work with one hand you can get the hose clamps off.

I just could not get the hose off the fitting that went through the hull

of the boat. I couldn’t, that was, until it snapped off and left me with an inch and a half hole through the side of my boat. Good job it did snap off, it was cracked more than half way around and needed to be replaced.

The parts came just the other day so we took a trip out on the lake Sun-day. Seems things are looking up. We didn’t find any more leaks and every-thing checked out just fine.

We even got a fish on our first trip out this season. It was a big honking bass that we thought was a lake trout until we got to see it. Had to throw it back, but at least we got our string stretched a bit.

Maybe we will have better luck next time out.

Fish Talesby Bill Eden

PHOTO BY ROB LEARN

BARGAIN BLOOMS: It didn’t take long to clear out the plant and bake sale held by the Emsdale Agricultural Society on Saturday, May24 at the local community centre. People were lined up before the doors open to get their potted plants and sweet treats. Here, Gail Taunton pays Yvonne Bush for one of the few remaining green treasures.

Dart players will take aim at Kearney legion June 6

Is it spring yet? I can’t believe how cold it was last week. I packed away my win-ter coat and nearly froze.

I see the hummingbirds are back. It always amazes me how they remember where the feeder was last year. We took the feeder down for the winter and they came back to the same spot looking for it. That’s how I know it’s time to hang it back up.

Over 20 parishioners from the Anglican parishes of Almaguin and the par-ish of the Good Shepherd in Emsdale were in attendance at the Cathedral Church of Saint Luke, Sault Ste. Marie for the ordination to the priesthood of the Reverend Patrick McManus on Mon-day, May 12.

Summer darts at the Kearney legion will resume on Friday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

Evergreen Heights Edu-cation Centre in Emsdale will be holding their third annual art show on Mon-day, June 9 from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. Student visual art will be displayed at the school for the community to enjoy. Community artists are also welcome to partici-pate. If you wish to exhibit any works of art, please call the office at 636-5955 and leave your name and phone number for Mrs. Lacey. If you wish to volunteer, they would appreciate help set-ting up the art for display. The set-up date is Friday, June 6. Let Mrs. Lacey know if you are available.

The Seniors’ Friendship Club in Sprucedale will be having a rummage sale every Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. throughout the summer. For more infor-mation call Marie at 685-7679.

Happy birthday on June 1 to Carol Sharp and Orma Tilley on June 3.

Elsie McCormick is home from the hospital.

Condolences to the fam-ily of Therese (Teresa) Men-ard from Kearney on her recent passing and also to Brian Donnelly and his fam-ily on the recent passing of his mother Grace.

Some more new books at the Kearney library are: Eco-holic: Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information Products and Services in Canada by Adria Vasil, Green Housekeepingby Ellen Sandbeck, Under-tow by Sydney Bauer, Sacred Stone by Clive Cussler and The Alibi Man by Tami Hoag.

Thursday, May 15 card results in Sprucedale are: men’s first and most lone hands, Bill Dodds; second, Jerry Farina; third, Gary Hartford; women’s first and 50/50 draw, Barb Greig; sec-ond, Marie Farina; third, Joan Brellinger; door prize, Gerry Bosker; two skunks, Arlene Dodds and Bev Carvelle.

Tuesday afternoon, Sprucedale May 20 card results: first, Issy McAughey; second, Nancy Osborne; third and most lone hands, Pat McClean and Nancy Nix; low, Dorothy Wass; door prize, Pat McClean; 50/50 draw, Merle Wicks.

Thursday, May 22 card results: men’s first, Arlene Dodds; second, Jeff Ashby; third, Gary Hartford; wom-en’s first, Marianna Bosker; second, Rita Van Duzen; third, Jean Brellinger; skunks, Bob and Barb Greig; 50/50 draw, Jerry Farina; door prize, Barb Greig.

If you have anything that you would like to share with the community you can reach me at 636-0451 or by fax at the same number. Please try to reach me by 6 p.m. on the Sunday.

Try to stay warm and dry. Have a great week.

YOUR REGIONAL NEWS

South Almaguincovering Kearney, Emsdale,Sprucedale and Novar

by Denise Gawley

Soup and sandwich lunch this Friday

Sympathy is extended to the family of Frederick Busch of Powassan who passed away on May 22 following a lengthy illness. Fred served on municipal council of South Himsworth Township and the Municipality Powas-san.

Drop-in euchre winners at the Royal Canadian Legion, Powassan Branch 453 on May 23 were Reg Topham, first; Kevin Topham, second; and Carl Van Mierlo, third.

Euchre winners at the Golden Sunshine Club, Pow-assan, on May 22 were Doris Topham, ladies’ high; Noel Gauthier, men’s high; Mad-eline Weiler, ladies’ low; and Carl Van Mierlo and Ed Weiler (tied), men’s low.

Cribbage winners on May 21 at the Trout Creek Seniors Club were Rose McKenzie and Reg Whitehead. Euchre winners on May 22 were Ver-non Lamb, men’s high; Ber-nice Thomson, ladies’ high; Edith Blackmore, men’s low; and Clara Young, ladies’ low.

Euchre winners at the Restoule Community Centre on May 20 were Helen Nich-ols, high lady; John Peever, high man; Vera Grawbarger,

low lady; Helen Nichols and John Peever, lone hand.

The Powassan United Church will hold a soup and sandwich lunch on Friday, May 30, from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.

The Commanda Commu-nity Centre, 4009 Hwy. 522, will be hosting its 11th annual talent and treasure auction at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 31. Viewing starts at 10:30 a.m.

The Callander legion Ladies Auxiliary will hold a garage and treasure sale at the legion on Lansdowne Street, on Saturday, May 31, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dona-tions are welcome. Call 752-3773 or 472-4688.

The Powassan and Dis-trict Union Public Library will host an authors’ night on Tuesday, June 3, at 6:30 p.m. Special Guests will be local authors, Doug Mackey and Astrid Taim.

St. Joseph’s CWL is hosting a dessert, tea and bake sale on Wednesday, June 11, from 1 until 3 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church Hall.

The Restoule Legion is holding a burger, wings and fish and chips night each Fri-day from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Everybody welcome.

If you have a news item, contact me at 724-2601, e-mail to mary.bob@efni.com, mail to Box 258, Powassan, P0H 1Z0, or drop it off at my residence, 367 Edward Street South in Powassan.

YOUR REGIONAL NEWS

Powassan & Areacovering Trout Creek, Chisholm,Astorville, Callander, Nipissing,Commanda & Restoule

by Mary Heasman