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Written by Willy Russell, the author of a number of hit plays including Shirley Valentine, the play tells the story of Rita, a brash, young hairdresser with a free spirit who is hungry to improve her lot in life. When she enrols at the local university, she discovers a passion for literature and turns her boozy and burnt-out professor’s life upside down. Educating Rita is a unique take on a classic story people may recognize from George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion or perhaps My Fair Lady. Educating Rita offers its stars two of the finer roles in theatre and Valley Summer Theatre is delighted to feature Nova Scotia’s own Andrea Lee Norwood as Rita and Ottawa based actor Todd Duckworth as Frank. Pamela Halstead returns to Valley Summer Theatre for her fourth season to direct. Educating Rita runs from July 26 to August 18 at Wolfville’s Al Whittle Theatre. Tickets for the preview performance on July 26th are only $18 for adults and $15 for students. There are also special opening weekend prices with tickets for the performances from July 27th to 29th selling for just $25 for adults and $20 for students. After opening weekends the prices will be $30 for adults and $23 for students. All prices include HST. Tickets can be purchased at the Box of Delights Bookshop Wolfville; by calling toll free to 1-877-845-1341 or online from ticketpro.ca
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Two Planks and a Passion Theatre’s Lysistrata, Temptress of the South Two Planks and a Passion’s new adaptation of the classic comedy by Aristophanes has begun at the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts. Adapted by Ken Schwartz, Lysistrata is the story of a group of women who, frustrated by an interminable war, decide to withhold all romantic contact with their husbands and lovers until their men agree to lay down their weapons for good. Originally written and performed in Athens during the Peloponnesian war, Lysistrata has been embraced in many different periods of history as an inspiring call for the empowerment of women and the aggressive pursuit of peace. In this new adaptation, Lysistrata leads women on both sides of
the American Civil War in an effort to bring their men home and re-unify their country. “It’s the ultimate comic fantasy that, underneath the laughter, has something profound to say some 2500 years after it was first performed” says Artistic Director Ken Schwartz. “At a time when the Occupy Movement became a phenomenon and our country continues to be engaged in combat thousands of miles away, Lysistrata increasingly felt more current than ever. There are few comedies that survive from this period- and yet it’s impossible not to recognize ourselves in these characters from 400 B.C. some things never change.”
Lysistrata marks the 6th season of Two Planks and a Passion Theatre’s Theatre Off The Grid series, which presents a combination of new Canadian drama and Canadian adaptations of classic work outdoors on the grounds of the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts. The company has been the recipient of 14 Merritt Awards since 2008 for its Off The Grid Productions, including three for Outstanding Production. For more information: Ken artisticdirectors@ twoplanks.ca / twoplanks.ca / see the Theatre section on page 6
Student Volunteer Recognition Awards Two very deserving local students were each presented with a White Rock Community Association Student Volunteer Recognition Award on June 27, 2012, by Joel Sheffield, President, White Rock Community Association. This years recipients were: Lacey Stevenson and Lawrence Meldrum. Congratulations Lacey and Lawrence and best wishes in all your future endeavors.
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he Kings Regional Development Agency, in partnership with the Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce, is developing programs of training for local businesses and other organizations. Some of these programs may also be in partnership with the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education. Our goal is to help foster the growth of capabilities and knowledge in the local workforce. An important part of this planning process is finding out what topics and training structures are of greatest need in our area. Therefore, we need your input to identify your needs. This research is being conducted by Nova Insights on behalf of AVCC in partnership with the
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he Wolfville Farmers’ Market invites you to its annual Tastes of the Valley event on Saturday, July 28, 8:30am1pm. Tastes of the Valley is a culinary celebration of fresh local food and wine where chefs from local restaurants join regular market vendors and use Valleyfarmed ingredients to make $3 taste concoctions to tantalize your taste buds. “Come hungry! This is an event that showcases the Valley in its culinary splendour”, says Kelly Marie Redcliffe, Manager, Wolfville Farmers' Market. “We are in a culinary hub with impressively talented farmers, chefs, and winemakers. When they all work together...it’s marvellous. If you didn’t know it already, buying local is not only possible, it’s very, very tasty!”
The chefs have an opportunity to win one of two awards: The People’s Pick (you can vote for your favourite) and The Panel’s Pick. Both awards will be given out a 12:30pm. As well as the featured chefs, there will be live music from Mike Aubé and the event will occur in the midst of our weekly market which is home to 70 vendors. The market resides in its permanent space in the DeWolfe Building, 24 Elm Ave, Wolfville. Regular, year-round markets run every Saturday from 8:30am-1pm and on Wednesdays from 4-7pm from June-December. For more info: Scott Lewin, Assistant Manager, Wolfville Farmers’ Market 697.3344 / assistant@ wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca / wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca
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every night of the week! Most of these events however can't happen without the support of many local organizations and businesses. Please mention an event you've been proud to support (in the past, currently or upcoming) and tell us why you've chosen to get involved with it. Alternatively, feel free to draw attention to a sponsor you've noticed is a champion of local events.
What's the Buzz Barber Shop
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"You grow it, we'll mow it."
For the past nine years, Joyce Marshall-Scott's 'working-dog' has been as relaxed sitting in the corner as he is attentive when announcing a new arrival. Laddie serves as companion and meeter/greeter for What's the Buzz, the little barber shop on Central Ave. that has been keeping Wolfville a handsome place to live in since 1994.
Originally a hairdresser, Joyce's focus became barbering in '79 because of a chance conversation in England. She can tell you all about it the next time you need a trim.
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Harbourside Drive (Railtown) Wolfville, 542-7790 / boso.ca • boso enjoys contributing to all artistic endeavours - from school productions, to CentreStage and the Blues Fest. David and I would like to thank all the local sponsors of The Annapolis Valley Short Film Fest and to all those who came out to support. It was a huge success!
Bluenose II Company Store – 121 Bluenose Drive on Lunenburg’s waterfront, 634-1963 / www.bluenose2.ns.ca • The narrowest point of our province is between Windsor and Chester. We’re a short 35km south of Chester. Clothing for all, books, DVDs, CDs by local artists, pictures, rope, unique gifts, pieces of Bluenose II wood.
ns.sympatico.ca • Linda is a board member at CentreStage Theatre and has acted with: CentreStage, Stage Prophets, Quick As a Wink Theatre and Wolfville's Gravely Ghost Walk. Tim has been known to help with set construction.
Farmers Market, and a 15-year member of the Wolfville Farmers Market Co-op. Thanks to the local farmers' markets which are bringing free live music to our communities every week!
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16 Elm Ave. Wolfville, 542-3431 / atlanticlightingstudio.com • Atlantic Lighting Studio is proud to support live theatre through: program ads, company sponsorships and donations as well as giving employee Mike Butler time off to act in a lot of local productions! All the world's a stage and we like to see it well lit!
Highway 358 Greenwich, 670-7897 / tkdvictory@hotmail.com • Classes available for all ages. Kick your way into shape this summer!
Front St. Wolfville, 542-YOGA / innersunyoga.ca • CentreStage is a wonderful volunteer-run theatre, offering great plays and summer theatre camps. I have been moved to laughter and to tears...both good for the soul.
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Canning, 582-3842 / artscentre. ca / Chris@artscentre.ca • You did it! We had an extraordinary opportunity to double community investment in Ross Creek & Two Planks before July 1st, and you rose to the challenge! Every dollar you gave up to $15,000 was doubled by the donor’s family. We are very grateful to our donor’s family and to you for taking up the challenge!
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Main Street, Wolfville, 542-3486 / wolfville.ca • The Town of Wolfville is currently seeking food vendors for the Mud Creek Music Fest & Street Dance on Sat. July 28th, 3-10pm. Please contact Robin, rcampbell@wolfville.ca by July 20th.
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/ harwoodhouse.com • The Deep Roots Music Festival has been the recipient of our support for the past 7 years. We have very much enjoyed the eventful weekends and meeting the always-colourful performers that stay with us.
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/ sisterlotus.com • We're excited that the Herb Fair is happening at the Irving Botanical Gardens in Wolfville Sunday, July 22nd! Come hear Angie Oriana Jenkins speak on "The Joy of Herbal Body Care". There will also be other knowledgeable Nova Scotian herbalists & plant enthusiasts! For more info: herbalns.org
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Kentville, 678-2298 / info@kingsrda.ca / kingsrda.ca • The Kings RDA, in partnership with the Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce, is developing programs of training for local businesses and other organizations. An important part of this planning process is finding out what topics and training structures are of greatest need in our area. Please fill out survey: surveys.novainsights. ca/s/ProfDevSurvey/
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628, Acadia U. Students' Centre, Wolfville, 542-4422 / 698-2332 / applevalleydriving.ca • As early as age 15, we accept students into our Driver Education classroom program. Dates are: Monday, July 30th through Thursday, August 2nd. 9am - 3:30pm at Acadia ($220).
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WEEKLY EVENTS THURSDAYS: Spitfire Arms Alehouse (Windsor): Open Jam w/Kevin Myers (19th), w/Mike Aube (26th), w/Kevin Myers (2nd) 7pm Le Caveau (Grand Pre): Martinis, Mojitos & Tapas w/Sheva (19th), Swingology (26th), Paul Marshall & Carter Lake (2nd) 7pm Paddy’s Pub (Kentville): Beer In The Headlights (19th), The Hupman Brothers (26th, 2nd) 9pm Mud Creek Grill (Wolfville): Karaoke (19th, 26th, 2nd) 9pm Anvil (Wolfville): DJ (19th, 26th, 2nd) 9pm Library Pub (Wolfville): Samurai Nights w/Ed McNally or Groovy Avalon (19th, 26th, 2nd) 9pm Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Trivia (19th, 26th, 2nd) 9:30pm Westside Charlie’s (New Minas): DJ MC Squared (19th, 26th, 2nd) 10pm
FRIDAYS: Blomidon Inn (Wolfville): Jazz Mannequins (20th, 27th) 6:30 – 9:30pm Spitfire Arms Alehouse (Windsor): The Studebakers (20th), Paul Marshall & The Croaking Toads (27th) 8pm The Port Pub (Port Williams): Mike Redden (20th) 8:30pm, Caribbean Patio Party w/The Lost Tourists (27th) 3pm
Union Street Café (Berwick): Open Mic w/The Worry Birds (20th), w/Mike Aube (27th) 8:30pm Mud Creek Grill (Wolfville): Ed McNally (20th, 27th) 9pm Stoneroom Lounge (Kentville): Open Mic w/Justin Wood (20th, 27th) 9pm Westside Charlie’s (New Minas): DJ Fade (20th, 27th) 10pm Dooly’s (New Minas): Matt Balsor: Keeping It Country (20th), DJ Gizmo (27th) 10:30pm
SATURDAYS: Farmer’s Market (Wolfville): Rio Samaya Band (21st), Mike Aube (28th) 10am-1pm T.A.N. Coffee (Windsor): Open Jam w/Alyre Berlemont & Wray Schofield (28th) 5-7pm Spitfire Arms Alehouse (Windsor): Jim Cochrane 1-5pm, Hal Bruce 7-11pm (21st) & Margie Brown Duo (28th) 7pm Lew Murphy’s (Coldbrook): TBA (28th) 8:30pm Paddy’s Pub (Kentville): Brian Baker (28th) 9pm Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Rio Samaya (21st), Al King (28th) 9pm Mud Creek Grill (Wolfville): Uncle Mark's Trio (28th) 9pm
Anvil (Wolfville): DJ (21st, 28th) 9pm Library Pub (Wolfville): Leo Boudreau (21st, 28th) 9pm
Babies & Books Drop In — Wolfville Memorial Library 10-11am. Newborn to 2 years. INFO: 542-5760 / valleylibrary. ca
Westside Charlie’s (New Minas): Margie Brown Duo 7pm, Good Feeling Band 10pm (21st), DJ MC Squared (28th) 10pm
Cochrane’s Walk & Talk — Pharmasave, Wolfville 10am A Heart & Stroke walkabout program. Also on Tuesdays. TIX: no charge INFO: 542-3972
SUNDAYS: Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Irish Music Session (22nd, 29th) 8pm
MONDAYS: Paddy’s Pub (Wolfville): Open Mic w/Stephen Fisher (23rd) w/Andy & Ariana (30th) 8pm
TUESDAYS: The Port Pub (Port Williams): Open Mic w/Aaron Lund (24th), Mark Riley (31st) 7:30pm Paddy’s Pub (Kentville): Irish Music Session (24th, 31st) 8pm T.A.N Coffee (Wolfville): Open Mike & Donna (24th, 31st) 8pm
WEDNESDAYS: Farmer’s Market (Wolfville): The Chimney Swifts (25th), Karen Warner (1st) 4-7pm Westside Charlie’s (New Minas): Karaoke & Open Mic w/Margie & James (25th, 1st) 9pm
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In the Round Knitting Group — Gaspereau Valley Fibres. 1-5pm. Also Tuesdays 6-9pm INFO: 542-2656 / brenda@ gaspereauvalleyfibres.ca Seniors Afternoon Out — Wickwire Place, Wolfville 1:304:30pm. An attractive, supervised and friendly environment and spend time engaged in a social afternoon with peers. Also on Wednesdays. INFO: 698-6309 Berwick Farmers' Market — Town Hall, 236 Commercial St. 3-6pm INFO: 375-2387 / berwickfarmersmarket@gmail. com / facebook Tailgate Market — Oakview Farm & Greenhouse, 7 Longspell Road, Kingsport. 4-7pm INFO: 582-7454 / oakview@xcountry. tv
Fridays Yoga For Everyone (Community Yoga) — Farmers’ Market, Wolfville 12-1pm All-levels yoga (mats available). Also on Wednesdays. W/Carol Fellowes TIX: $5 donation drop-in
Saturdays Wolfville Farmers' Market — DeWolfe Building, Elm Ave. Wolfville 8:30am-1pm July 21st Music: Rio Samaya Band July 28th Music: Mike Aubé Theme: Tastes of the Valley. INFO: wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca Windsor Farmers' Market — Coach House, Waterfront 9am-1pm INFO: windsorfarmersmarket@gmail.com
Meet Jennifer MacDonald (our new chef) at Taste of the Valley, Wolfville Farmers' Market, July 28th
Peace Vigil — Post Office, Wolfville. 12-1pm Weekly West African Drumming Workshop — Wolfville Baptist Church. 1-3pm
Sundays Wolfville Trail Runners — Join on Facebook for afternoon run times (4pm normal). Meet at Trail Shop on Main St. INFO: 697-3115
Tuesdays Chaoyi Fanhuan Qigong (CFQ) Practice Group — St. Francis of Assissi Church Hall basement, Wolfville, 7-8:30 pm Open to all who have taken CFQ Level 1 TIX: free will donation INFO: roche@eastlink.ca Book in the Nook — Wolfville Memorial Library 10-10:30am. Suggested age range: 3-5 INFO: 542-5760 / valleylibrary.ca Scottish Country Dance Classes — Legion, Wolfville 7:30-9:30pm No partner needed, beginners welcome. TIX: $6 per class, $60 per term. INFO: 542-5320 45’s Card Parties — Community Centre, White Rock 7:30pm TIX: $2 INFO: 542-3109
Wednesdays Kentville Farmers’ Market — Centre Square, Kentville 10am-2pm. INFO: kentvillefarmersmarket.ca Home Schooling Play Group — 10am, all ages welcome. Email for location. TIX: no charge INFO: Alisa @ nguyenalisa1@gmail.com Wolfville Farmers’ Market — DeWolfe Building, Elm Ave. Wolfville 4-7pm. Featuring Community Market Suppers! July 25th Music: Chimney Swifts Theme: Mud Creek Fun & Chocolate Night August 1st Music: Karen Warner Theme: TBA. INFO: wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca
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Wingfield's Progress — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville. Nightly shows until July 21st, 8-10pm, Saturday Matinee, July 21st, 2pm • The spectre of urban development looms. Can Walt Wingfield save the day? The first sequel to Letter From Wingfield Farm. TIX: $30 Adult, $25 Student, subscription rates available. INFO: 1-877-845-1341 / info@valleysummertheatre.com Lysistrata, Temptress of the South — Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning. Daily shows (not Mondays) until Aug.11th, 6-8pm. Matinees every Sunday 1pm • This Aristophanes classic comedy (involving a warstopping sex strike) has been re-imagined by Ken Schwartz (director) to a American Civil War setting. See article page 2.All tickets must be pre-ordered. TIX: $25 adults. Discounts available for: students, seniors, family, military INFO: 582-3073 / boxoffice@twoplanks.ca Wolfville’s Gravely Ghost Walks — ClockTower, Main Street Thursday, July 26th, 8:30pm • Back for a 5th season, meet Jerome the Gravekeeper the host of this theatrical history lesson. Family friendly. TIX: $13 adult, $8 student INFO: 692-8546 /
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valleyghostwalks.com Educating Rita — Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville July 26th, 8pm (preview show), Tuesdays through Saturdays, July 27th Aug. 18Th, 8pm. Sundays, 2pm. Saturday matinees, July 28th & Aug. 18Th, 2pm • Valley Summer Theatre’s second play of 2012 will be the award winning comedy Educating Rita, by Willy Russell. A brash young hairdresser enrols at the local university, discovers a passion for literature and turns her boozy and burnt-out professor's life upside down. See page 1. TIX: $18 Adults, $15 Students (Preview Show), $30 Adults, $23 Students (Regular Shows) @ Box of Delights & ticketpro.ca INFO: 1-877-845-1341 / info@ valleysummertheatre.com Same Time Next Year — CentreStage Theatre, Kentville. Fridays & Saturdays until Sept. 1St, 8pm. Sunday Matinees Aug. 12Th & 26th, 2pm • A comedy by Bernard Slade about a man and a woman who, through chance and an impulsive gesture, meet and discover a compelling attraction for each other TIX: $12 adults, $10 students/seniors INFO: 678-8040 / centrestagetheatre. ca
Lucas Porter in Concert A
n opportunity not to be missed is happening at the Wolfville Baptist Church on Wednesday, July 25th at 7pm. Lucas Porter, a local pianist who just graduated from the Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto this past May, will be the featured artist attended by special guest vocalist Sahara Sloan (also a recent graduate). Lucas has a following in this area since a young lad due to his remarkable talent and his love of piano and performing. This fall he hopes to continue his studies toward a Masters in Piano Performance. You may read more about him and his future performances at lucasporter.com. On August 24 Lucas will be performing in Stratford, Ontario at a special celebration of the life of Glenn Gould. Lucas has also been approached by Jeunesses Musicales Canada who promote
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the best in Canadian artists to perform with them during the 2013-2014 season. Tickets are $12 for seniors and students and $15 for adults and may be purchased at Box of Delights (Wolfville), the Wolfville Baptist Church, Porters Farm Market (Belcher Street, Port Williams),Chisholm's Stationery and Books (Kentville), from Bev Richardson (681-3258) and at the door if available. A small reception will be held following giving you an opportunity to meet Lucas and Sahara. Anyone interested in joining "Friends of Lucas" and financially assisting him over the next two years should contact Bev Richardson. This is a fundraiser for the Wolfville Baptist Church which is celebrating 100 years in the same building.
Art Festival Wolfville — Robie Tufts Nature Centre, Wolfville. Sat. July 28th, 9am-6pm • Art Festival Wolfville is an Art Show and Sale sponsored by the Evangeline Artists' Cooperative. All artwork by local artists in many different mediums. A great opportunity to find original artwork and meet the artists who create it. TIX: no charge INFO: 542-1213 Working Between the Tides: Doug Guildford — Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning. Until August • Taking his cues from the seashore, he creates drawings, makes prints, and obsessively crochets giant sculptures which reflect and interpret the world around him. INFO: 582-3842 / programs@ artscentre.ca / artscentre.ca Geographically Incorrect — Copper Fox Gallery, Hall's Harbour. Until Aug., 15th • An exhibition of the new artworks of Monika Wright and Fabienne Leydecker. INFO: 679-7073 / copperfoxgallery@hotmail.com Charlene Swift-McCullough — Captain Hall's Treasure Chest, Hall's Harbour • Featured artist is with the Paints and Pots Creative Artist group. INFO: 678-3855 / paintsandpots. tripod.com
Earth Skins: Three Decades of Drawing by Susan Wood — Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville. Until August 11th • This retrospective exhibition embodies the idea of finitude, reflecting on mortality and loss. Inspired by various stages of women’s corporeal experiences. INFO: 585-1373 / artgallery@ acadiau.ca Folk Art Exhibition — Charles Macdonald Concrete House, Centreville 7-9pm • The exhibition will be running the full month of July. TIX: no charge INFO: 678-3177 Valley Visual Narratives — Jack’s Gallery, Wolfville, until August 26th • An exhibit of work from local artists: Judith Leidl, Shelley Crowe, Eileen Boyd, Carl Snyder. INFO: jacksgallerywolfville@gmail.com Marina Costain — CentreStage Theatre, Kentville • INFO: 542-4758 / mmcostain@ ns.sympatico.ca / centrestagetheatre.ca D.L.Day — T.A.N. Windsor • Inspired by her worldly travels and spirituality, Ms. Day creates paintings with depth and beauty perfectly paired with marvelous colour and texture. INFO: katie@ tancoffee.com
FULLER LECTURE SERIES Call for Submissions: September 25th at Ross Creek Centre for the Arts
Topic: “A History”
Textbook history, changing history, fabricated history, family history. For the past four years throughout the summer, we've been hosting an evening of presentations in Halifax. The Lecture Series is held with the intention of bringing people together to share stories and experiences while building connections within the community. In the name of growing and forging new connections, we have decided to host lectures in communities across Nova Scotia and are happy to announce a lecture at Ross Creek on Tuesday September 25th at 9pm. Presentations do not have to be lectures! Presentations can be fact, fiction, essays, show and tells, artist talks, puppet shows, experiences, explanations, excuses...feel free to use your imagination! Interested parties are asked to submit a proposal of their presentation for review. Presentations must be a maximum of 15 minutes in length. A podium, sound equipment, and digital projector are available for use. For more information or to submit a proposal, email fullershowandtell@ gmail.com. Deadline for submissions is August 1st, 2012. Ella Tetrault & Bethany Riordan-Butterworth
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raids. It goes on and on once one starts to think of it,” reminisces Fourdraine.
ver the years, Acadia has had to come up with innovative strategies to accommodate increasing numbers of students. Today, there are 12 residences in use on campus (Chase Court, Chipman House, Christofor Hall, Crowell Tower, Cutten House, Dennis House, Eaton House, Raymond House, Roy Jodrey Hall, Seminary House, War Memorial House (Barracks), Whitman House (Tully)), but the University’s living quarters had modest beginnings.
Built in 1887, the 2nd Horton Academy Residence burnt down in a 1915 fire
Horton Academy students (a classical high school founded on Acadia’s site in 1829) were housed in a one-storey, yellow farmhouse situated on present-day Main Street in front of what is now University Hall. According to Tom Sheppard’s Historic Wolfville, the Academy Boarding House was built to accommodate 50 students, the principal, his family, and other administrators. When the first College (University) Hall was built in 1843, it had residence rooms on the upper floors. With no central heating, students had to use stoves to keep warm.
“New residence space was obviously urgently required,” writes Roger Prentice in his book, A Child of Providence, so War Memorial -- affectionately called “Barrax” —was built. Buildings at Camp Aldershot were rented to house married students. The Evangeline Inn, located where Clock Park is on Wolfville’s Main Street, was leased for three years to serve as a men’s residence (ask resident Bob Brown about the adventures with the Baptist Church Bell). The inn was torn down in the 1960s and replaced by a service station.
In 1875, the first residence, Chipman Hall, opened on the site of present-day Chipman House. Seminary House followed in 1878 and a newer Academy Boarding House in 1887 (near the current War Memorial Gymnasium). Seminary House was built to support growing interest among the Baptist founders in women’s education.
Commitment to remain residential university
Throughout student expansion, Acadia has retained its commitment to be a residential university. According to Barry Moody’s history of Acadia, Give us an A, up until 1902 College women shared accommodations with women in Seminary or had to board in town. Acadia College women wanted to be distinguished from Seminary women, so in 1902, the College women sent a petition to the Board requesting a separate residence. In 1909, the former president’s residence, Trotter House became the first women’s college residence. Affectionately called the “Crow’s Nest”, it was located where Manning Memorial Chapel stands today. Major fires in 1914 and 1915 destroyed the Academy Boarding House and Chipman Hall, and necessitated replacements. In 1915, Willett House was built for men and Tully (Whitman House) for women – both residences still stand. After World War II, The federal government agreed to pay the educational costs of returning servicemen. The resulting influx of students necessitated further residence construction.
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Strong community
The Baby Boom generation of the 1960’s and ‘70s again caused Acadia to study its educational and residence capacity. Quick fixes were needed while permanent residences were being built. Blomidon Inn was purchased as an auxiliary off-campus residence in 1960 and in 1962, “Blomidon House” became a men’s residence. Between 1965 and 1969 it was a women's residence. Lynn Whyte and Sonja Fourdraine were residents of Blomidon House. Because of its distance from campus, a shuttle bus ferried the girls to and from classes -- often with little time to spare. “It would honk its horn and leave in three minutes,” says Whyte. “The honk often woke me up and, in winter, I'd throw a coat on over my nightgown and go to my first class. I took my rollers out on the way!” The ride also gave students lots of time to catch up on everyone's doings. “One day, en route, two of us found out one guy was trying to date us both!” says Whyte. Although female students often felt isolated living away from campus, they developed a strong community. “Sharing clothes; making Kraft dinner in the kitchen; staying up late and talking in each other's rooms; stretching those good-nights with our dates on the front veranda as long as possible; turning the sofas around in the reception room for smooching privacy; pouring a wastebasket of water out the window on the head of some fellow trying to climb into his girlfriend's window; panty
Through the years, other buildings in town or on campus, some of which are no longer standing, served as residences: Kent Lodge, the oldest home in Wolfville, was used as a residence in the 1920s); Hebb House, where the Beveridge Arts Centre sits, was a male residence in the 1960s; Sawyer Hall by the present library was a female residence around 1958; Suthern House, located on the corner of Acadia Street and Highland Avenue, was a residence in the early 1960s; and Horton Hall, now home to the Psychology Department and Research and Graduate Studies, was a men’s residence. Some of these buildings are found on the accompanying campus map from 1958. Since then, more residences have popped up on campus and are still being used today, including: Dennis House, the second Chipman House, Chase Court, Eaton House, and Crowell Tower. Cutten House, Roy Jodrey Hall and Christofor Hall were the last residences to be built.
Specialty residences, too
There are also two “specialty” residences on campus. The French House was formerly in Hayward House but now operates in Raymond House (above the print shop). Matthew Guy, Assignments Coordinator for Residence Life, says there are “10 students who speak French and cook and prepare a weekly meal together.” New to campus is the Eco-House. Located on Westwood Avenue, it accommodates five students who work with the campus Sustainability Coordinator, the Acadia Students’ Union and Residence Life on environmental issues. “They aim,” says Guy, “to live in the most sustainable manner possible in the house, eating local and using sustainable cleaning products.” Acadia continues to provide up-to-date housing through an on-going maintenance and upgrade plan. Cutten House, for example, built in 1975 was recently renovated to repair severe water damage. Through a blend of well-maintained residences and additions, Acadia continues to meet the needs of a growing student population, faithful to its original purpose of being a residential university. By Laura Churchill Duke Note: This article was originally printed in the Acadia Bulletin in the Fall of 2011.
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What's Happening from July 19 - August 2, 2012 Send your event listings to grapevine.wolfville@gmail.com for publishing in this list
THURSDAY, 19 Are you Creative enough to be Optimistic? —
Memorial Library, Wolfville 7pm • An exploration of the ideas of American economist and statesman, Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr., presented by Meredith Hayes, When official leadership fails, it falls to the citizenry to take up the slack. Challenge yourself. INFO: 514-578-1245 / meredithjhayes@ gmail.com
Community Development Meeting — Wolfville Town Hall
7-9pm • All are welcome. INFO: 542-5767
FRIDAY, 20 Canning Days! — Glooscap District Arena, Canning 6-10:30pm • Opening Ceremonies, Crowning Little Miss Canning, Live Rockin' Blues Music by The Bandits, Fireworks! TIX: no charge INFO: 582- 3727 Dinner Theatre: Can't Buy Me Love — Between the
Bushes Restaurant, Centerville 6pm (also, Saturday, July 28th, 6pm) • Fantastic three course meal by Chef Steve with a 1960’s musical theatre performance by the Edalene Theatre cast members. TIX: $36.50 per person INFO/ Reserve: 582-3648 / mbrown@ mycountrymagic.com
Free Summer Concert Series — Lockhart and Ryan
Memorial Park, New Minas 7-8:30pm. (also July 27th)• New Minas Recreation hosts a free concert every Friday until August 31st. July 20th, The Likes of Us. July 27th, The Bernie Zinck Band TIX: no charge INFO: 681-2399 / newminas.com.
Waterfront Concert Series
— Waterfront, Windsor 7-8:30pm • Featured artists: Ced, Marty and John. Bring a chair and enjoy the sounds of summer on the waterfront! TIX: no charge INFO: 798-6679 / town.windsor.ns.ca
Concert: TorQ Percussion Seminar Finale — Festival
Theatre, Acadia 7:30-9:30pm • A
plethora of works of percussion directed by TorQ Percussion Quartet and Mark Adam. TIX: donation INFO: 585.1778 / mark. adam@acadiau.ca
SATURDAY, 21 Muddy Blomidon Biodiversity — Provincial
Park, Blomidon 9-10am. Also July 25th, 1:30-2:30pm • The tidal mudflats are full of biodiversity: fascinating plants, animals and other organisms all doing very interesting and weird things. Walk and talk with Dr. Sherman Boates and discover first hand, the Fundy tides, intertidal life, and what you can do to help. All ages. Meet at beach parking lot. TIX: no charge INFO: 582-7319 / BlomidonPark@ gov.ns.ca
Make a Kite on Parks Day
— Provincial Park, Blomidon 10am12pm • A kite making workshop for parents and children of all ages. Materials are supplied free. Meet at Camp Ground Host Site. TIX: no charge INFO: 582-7319 / BlomidonPark@gov.ns.ca
Acadian Days Public Talks
— Grand-Pré National Historic Site, 10am-6pm • 10-11am, Carmen d’Entremont: Humour à PubnicoOuest, le répertoire de blagues d’un conteur acadien. 11Am-noon, Marielle Cormier Boudreau: La médecine traditionnelle acadienne. 1-2pm, press conference for the UNESCO designation. 2-3pm, Paul Delaney: Winslow’s List Explained. 3-4pm, Marc Robichaud: The role of the Deportation in identity building among young Acadians. 4:30-6pm, reception celebrating the designation w/music by the three cultures represented . TIX: $8 for lunch INFO: 542-1952 / grndpre@gmail.com / grand-pre. com
Concert: Inuksuit — Clock
Park, Wolfville, 11am-12:30pm • Atlantic Canada Premiere of Alaskan composer John Luther Adams' lauded work. Featuring the faculty and participants of the TorQ Percussion Seminar. TIX: no charge INFO: 585-1778 / mark. adam@acadiau.ca
Giant Yard Sale — Royal Canadian Legion, Wolfville 12-4pm • Rain or shine! Contact to book a table. TIX: $5 for a table, no charge to attend INFO: David 697-2318 / dacsterkennedy@yahoo.ca Parade — Royal Canadian Legion, Canning 12:30-2pm • 2nd annual Canning Days Fair Parade. Canning Aboiteau road through Main Street. TIX: no charge INFO: 582-7947 / jgsmitth@ns.sympatico.ca Forest Fire Fighting with Smokey — Provincial Park,
Blomidon 1:30-2:30pm • Meet Smokey the Bear and Nova Scotia Forest Fire Fighters. Meet at the campground host site. TIX: no charge INFO: Webster 679-6097 / andrewwa@gov.ns.ca
Strawberry Supper — Fire Hall, Greenwich 4-6:30pm • Serving a Cold Plate Supper with Strawberry Shortcake Dessert and more. Kinette Club of Kentville fundraiser. TIX: $10 Adults, $5 Ages 5-12, Free under 5 INFO: 6781171 / kstarratt@ns.sympatico.ca Acadian Days — Grand-Pré
National Historic Site 6-8pm • Marielle Cormier Boudreau, coauthor of La cuisine traditionnelle en Acadie, presents a brief exposé on traditional Acadian cuisine (in French). TIX: no charge INFO: 542-1952 / grndpre@gmail.com / grand-pre.com
Metal Concert: Black Moor, Orchid's Curse & More —
Acadian Days — Grand-Pré
National Historic Site 10:45am3:30pm • 10:45 am, welcome by Stan Surette. 11Am-noon, Mass in French (under the large tent) w/two choirs. 1pm-2pm, music w/ UNISSON from Baie Ste-Marie. 2:05pm-2:25pm, Christophe Rivet speaks about Grand-Pré as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 2:30-3:30pm, music w/Monique Poirier. TIX: no charge INFO: 542-1952 / grndpre@gmail.com / grand-pre.com
Scott Brison MP Summer BBQ — Kip's Beach, Cheverie
3-6pm • Everyone is welcome to the non-partisan event w/ musician Josh Macumber. TIX: Free will. INFO: 1-888-585-0550 / kings.hants@ns.sympatico.ca
MONDAY, 23 Town Council Meeting —
Wolfville Town Hall 7:30-11pm • All are welcome. INFO: 542-5767
TUESDAY, 24 Blomidon Nature Club
— Provincial Park, Blomidon 9am3pm • Come explore the park w/ naturalist Charlane Bishop. Hike the trails, listen for birds, hunt for butterflies, swoop for insects, learn the plants, search for signs of life under the mudflats, beachcomb for amethyst, and make some nature art. Ages 8-12 TIX: no charge INFO/Reg: 5827319 / charlanebishop@gmail.com
Wild Animal Puppet Show Recreation Centre, Kentville 7-11pm — Memorial Library, Wolfville 10:30• The metal bands are back in the 11am • Crikey! There are critters in Valley to tear it up with locals: our midst! Come down to see an Minion and Doom Machine! TIX: $7 advance @ Fanfare (New Minas), amazing collection of wild animals from near and far. Ages 1-7. $10 @ door INFO: 365-8180 / TIX: no charge INFO: 542-5760 / mettalworx@gmail.com valleylibrary.ca
SUNDAY, 22
HANS 10th Annual Herb Fair — Irving Botanical Gardens,
Acadia 8:30am-5pm • Herbalist Association of NS presents facilitators such as: Michelle Summer Fike, Michele Haddal, Oren Hercz, Angie Oriana Jenkins & more. TIX: $40 (members), $65 (non-members) INFO: admin@ herbalns.org / herbalns.org
Slow Yoga this summer Monday 5:30pm and Wednesday WOLFVILLE•NOVA SCOTIA 9:00am
Bubbles and Games — Memorial Library, Wolfville 1pm. Ages 7-10 • Learn to make the biggest bubble maker and a bubble snake maker. Crafts and games will take place regardless of the weather. TIX: no charge INFO: 5425760 / valleylibrary.ca Fundama — Memorial Library, Wolfville 2:30pm • Learn www.innersunyoga.ca 542-YOGA (9642)
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July 19 - August 2, 2012
Valley Event Ticket Giveaway: Chance to win 2 tickets to: Boxwood Concert at Evergreen Theatre, Margaretsville, Aug 3rd Draw date: July 29. Enter at valleyevents.ca/win how to build great games out of everyday items, providing hours of entertainment. Ages 10-13 TIX: no charge INFO: 542-5760 / valleylibrary.ca
WEDNESDAY, 25
Mud Creek Days Begin!
Summertime Storytime
— Memorial Library, Wolfville 1011am • Celebrate summer with summery stories, songs and activities. Ages 3-5 TIX: no charge INFO: 542-5760 / valleylibrary.ca
Life in the Mud — Provincial Park, Blomidon 1:30pm • The tidal mudflats of Blomidon Beach are teaming with biodiversity: fascinating plants, animals and other organisms all doing very interesting and weird things. Meet at the beach parking lot. TIX: no charge INFO/Reg: 582-7319 / charlanebishop@gmail.com Artist & Curator Conversation — Acadia Art
Gallery 2pm • Join artist Susan Wood and curator Susan Gibson Garvey for a discussion of Earth Skins: Three Decades of Drawing. TIX: no charge INFO: artgallery@ acadiau.ca
Lucas Porter in Concert — Wolfville Baptist Church, Wolfville 7pm • Piano concert, with special guest soloist, Sahara Sloan. Fundraiser for the church. See article page 6. TIX: $15 Adults, $12 Students/Seniors INFO: Bev 681-3258 / main.office@ wolfvillebaptist.ca
THURSDAY, 26 Mud Creek Days: The Mayor's Garden Party —
Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens, Wolfville 3pm • Join Mayor Robert Stead at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens for afternoon tea. Enjoy fresh lemonade and sample a serving of delicious strawberry shortcake! Donations to the Mudley Fund. TIX: donation INFO: 542-3019 / recreation@ wolfville.ca
Botany For Beginners —
Provincial Park, Blomidon, 10am • Discover the history of plants from
fossil to flower. Learn to recognize the native and not so native plants we breathe in everyday. Meet at Park office. TIX: no charge INFO: 582-7319 / charlanebishop@gmail. com
International Cooperative Dinner — Muir Murray Estate
Winery, Wolfville 7-9pm • Chefs from Vermont work together with the chefs from Nova Scotia to prepare a lovely four course meal using local food and wine. TIX: $49.99 (plus HST & gratuity) INFO/Reserve: 542-0343 ext: 2 / muirmurraywinery.com
FRIDAY, 27 31st Annual Acadia Alumni Golf Tournament
— Ken-Wo Golf Club, New Minas 12:30pm shotgun start • Fiveperson teams, help support awards for incoming Acadia students. Rain or shine, 30 teams max, register by July 20th. TIX: $100 per person (non-members), $80 per person (members and recent grads), price includes dinner. INFO/Register: Melanie 585-1930 / melanie. jackson@acadiau.ca
Mud Creek Days: Parade
— Wolfville 5:30pm • Teams participating in the Mud Challenge will be rallying for your support as they are escorted along Main Street to Willow Park by the Wolfville Volunteer Fire Department, RCMP, and K-Rock Cruiser. TIX: no charge INFO: 5423019 / recreation@wolfville.ca
Mud Creek Days: BMO's Mud Challenge — Willow
Park, Wolfville 6pm • In support of Shinerama and the Mudley Fund, teams will compete in a number of muddy challenges including our annual obstacle course relay race. Team prizes awarded for: most funds raised for charities, most team spirit, and the ultimate winner (the coveted Mudley Trophy)! TIX: no charge INFO: 5423019 / recreation@wolfville.ca
Mud Creek Days: Movie In The Park — Recreation
Centre, Wolfville 9:30pm • Relax under the stars as you enjoy The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Popcorn,
beverages, and other treats will be available. TIX: no charge INFO: 542-3019 / recreation@wolfville.ca
SATURDAY, 28 Mud Creek Days: Pancake Breakfast — Lions Club,
Wolfville 7-10am • TIX: $6 Adults, $3 10 and under INFO: 542-4508
Mud Creek Days: Tennis Tournament — Wolfville
Tennis Courts, Saturday & Sunday • Registration closes July 24th, 8pm. Mens, ladies, juniors, singles, doubles& mixed doubles. INFO: Connor 300-1882 / wolfvilletennisclub@gmail.com
Mud Creek Days: Tastes of the Valley — Farmers Market,
Wolfville 8:30am-1pm • See article page 3. TIX: $3/taste INFO: 6973344 / wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca
Myths and History — Provincial Park, Blomidon 1:30pm • Cape Blomidon has gone by many names, each with a unique story of time and place. Take a stroll through the park with Lucas McCamon and ponder the legends that seek to explain this profound geological form and its inhabitants. Meet at Park Office. TIX: no charge INFO: 582-7319 / charlanebishop@ gmail.com Mud Creek Days: Mudley’s Birthday Party — Willow
Park, Wolfville 11:30am • Games & activities in celebration of Mudley’s 119th birthday. Live music by Andy & Ariana, a soap slide, bouncy castle, face painting, birthday cake, lunch-time BBQ, & much more! BBQ proceeds are in support of Shinerama. TIX: no charge (except BBQ) INFO: 5423019 / recreation@wolfville.ca
Mud Creek Days: Music Fest & Street Dance —
Central Ave., Wolfville 3-10pm • In cooperation with Deep Roots, the Wolfville Farmer’s Market, and the WBDC, listen to local artists: Mike Aube, Laura Roy, The Funtime Brigade & dance at 8pm with TripALady. Food and merchandise vendors throughout the day. TIX: no charge INFO: 542-3019 / recreation@wolfville.ca
power everything. wisely. •
Atlantic Poetry Prize Nominees — Art Gallery, Acadia
University 7pm • Nominees will read from their books and discuss the art of poetry. Including: Sue Goyette (nominated for outskirts), Warren Heiti (Hydrologos), and Anne Simpson (Is). TIX: no charge INFO: 585-1373 / writers.ns.ca
Mud Creek Dance — Royal Canadian Legion, Wolfville 9pm-12:30am • Country Heat will be performing. (Ages 19+) TIX: $5 INFO: 697-2318 / dacsterkennedy@yahoo.ca Mud Creek Days: Light Up The Night — Wolfville 9:30-
10pm • Get out your glow sticks, flashlights, and headlamps and put on your brightest and lightest gear for this unforgettable run, walk, and wheel event! Register at 9pm at the Shopper's Drug Mart parking lot. Approx. 3km route through Town. All ages welcome. TIX: free will donation for the Mudley Fund INFO: 542-3019 / recreation@wolfville.ca
Mud Creek Days: Fireworks! — Waterfront Park,
Wolfville 10pm • A Mud Creek Days tradition, Mudley’s birthday fireworks are a sight to see! TIX: no charge INFO: 542-3019 / recreation@wolfville.ca
SUNDAY, 29 Mud Creek Days: Book Signing & Walking Tour
— Randall House Museum 2pm • Meet John Whidden author of Wolfville's Architecural Heritage. TIX: $15 for book, tour of museum & walking tour of town INFO: 5827882 / randallhouse@live.ca
MONDAY, 30 Blood Donor Clinic — Fire Hall, Kentville 1-3pm & 5-8pm. Also Tues., July 31st • Book your appointment to save a life! Sponsored by the Kentville Lions Club TIX: no charge INFO: 1-888236-6283 Events Con't on page 15
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ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Acro-Yoga is a relatively new physical discipline. According to a description I read on a flyer in Santa Cruz, it "blends the spiritual wisdom of yoga, the loving kindness of massage, and the dynamic power of acrobatics." I'd love to see you work on creating a comparable hybrid in the coming months, Aries -- some practice or system or approach that would allow you to weave together your various specialties into a synergetic whole. Start brainstorming about that impossible dream now, and soon it won't seem so impossible.
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For the week of July 19th noticeable while you're living in the midst of them from day to day. Then there are those rare times when the way everything fits together mutates pretty quickly. Relationships that have been evolving in slow motion begin to speed up. Long-standing fixations melt away. Mystifying questions get clear answers. I think you're at one of these junctures now, Cancerian. It's not likely you'll be too surprised by anything that happens, though. That's because you've been tracking the energetic build-up for a while, and it will feel right and natural when the rapid ripening kicks in.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Unless you grow your own or buy the heirloom variety at farmer's markets, you probably eat a lot of tasteless tomatoes. Blame it on industrial-scale farming and supermarket chains. They've bred tomatoes to be homogenous and bland -- easy to ship and pretty to look at. But there's a sign of hope: A team of scientists at the University of Florida is researching what makes tomatoes taste delicious, and is working to bring those types back into mainstream availability. I think the task you have ahead of you in the coming weeks is metaphorically similar, Taurus. You should see what you can to do restore lost flavor, color, and soulfulness. Opt for earthy idiosyncrasies over fake and boring perfection.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lately
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It'll be a humming, murmuring, whispering kind of week -- a time when the clues you need will most likely arrive via ripplings and rustlings and whirrings. Here's the complication: Some of the people around you may be more attracted to clangs and bangs and jangles. They may imagine that the only information worth paying attention to is the stuff that's loudest and strongest. But I hope you won't be seduced by their attitudes. I trust you'll resist the appeals of the showy noise. Be a subtlety specialist who loves nuance and undertones. Listen mysteriously.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The painter Philip Guston loved to express himself creatively. He said it helped him to get rid of his certainty, to divest himself of what he knew. By washing away the backlog of old ideas and familiar perspectives, he freed himself to see the world as brand new. In light of your current astrological omens, Virgo, Guston's approach sounds like a good strategy for you to borrow. The next couple of weeks will be an excellent time to explore the pleasures of unlearning and deprogramming. You will thrive by discarding stale preconceptions, loosening the past's hold on you, and clearing out room in your brain for fresh imaginings.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Most change is slow and incremental. The shifts happen so gradually that they are barely
you've been spending time in both the off-kilter parts of paradise and the enchanting areas of limbo. On one notable occasion, you even managed to be in both places simultaneously. How'd you do that? The results have been colorful but often paradoxical. What you don't want and what you do want have gotten a bit mixed up. You have had to paw your way out of a dead-end confusion but have also been granted a sublime breakthrough. You explored a tunnel to nowhere but also visited a thrilling vista that provided you with some medicinal excitement. What will you do for an encore? Hopefully, nothing that complicated. I suggest you spend the next few days chilling out and taking inventory of all that's changed.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Nineteenth-century author
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Charles Dickens wrote extensively about harsh social conditions. He specialized in depicting ugly realities about poverty, crime, and classism. Yet one critic described him as a "genial and loving humorist" who showed that "even in dealing with the darkest scenes and the most degraded characters, genius could still be clean and mirth could be innocent." I'm thinking that Dickens might be an inspirational role model for you in the coming weeks, Libra. It will be prime time for you to expose difficult truths and agitate for justice and speak up in behalf of those less fortunate than you. You'll get best results by maintaining your equanimity and good cheer.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): For many years, ambergris was used as a prime ingredient in perfumes. And where does ambergris come from? It's basically whale vomit. Sperm whales produce it in their gastrointestinal tracts to protect them from the sharp beaks of giant squid they've eaten, then spew it out of their mouths. With that as your model, Scorpio, I challenge you to convert an inelegant aspect of your life into a fine asset, even a beautiful blessing. I don't expect you to accomplish this task overnight. But I do hope you will finish by May of 2013. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21): "Interruption" will be a word of power for you in the coming days. No, really: I'm not being ironic, sarcastic, or satirical. It is possible that the interruptions will initially seem inconvenient or undesirable, but I bet you will eventually feel grateful for their intervention. They will knock you out of grooves you need to be knocked out of. They will compel you to pay attention to clues you've been neglecting. Don't think of them as random acts of cosmic whimsy, but rather as divine strokes of luck that are meant to redirect your energy to where it should be.
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qualities. You already know all that stuff, of course; in light of this week's assignment, I just wanted to remind you. And what is that assignment? To be profoundly attractive and alluring without being obvious about it. With that as your strategy, you'll draw to you the exact blessings and benefits you need. So do you have any brilliant notions about how to proceed? Here's one idea: Be utterly at peace with who you really are.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I brazenly predict, my dear Aquarius, that in the next ten months you will fall in love with love more deeply than you have in over a decade. You will figure out a way to exorcise the demons that have haunted your relationship with romance, and you will enjoy some highly entertaining amorous interludes. The mysteries of intimacy will reveal new secrets to you, and you will have good reasons to redefine the meaning of "fun." Is there any way these prophecies of mine could possibly fail to materialize? Yes, but only if you take yourself too seriously and insist on remaining attached to the old days and old ways. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Be alert for fake magic, and make yourself immune to its seductive appeal. Do not, under any circumstances, allow yourself to get snookered by sexy delusions, enticing hoaxes, or clever mirages. There will in fact be some real magic materializing in your vicinity, and if you hope to recognize it you must not be distracted by the counterfeit stuff. This is a demanding assignment, Pisces. You will have to be both skeptical and curious, both toughminded and innocently receptive. Fortunately, the astrological omens suggest you now have an enhanced capacity to live on that edge.
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You Heard About the Nerds? Mike Uncorked Have ave you seen the Nerd Mobile? That little red bug splashed with 'Nerds On Site' on the side. It has caught my eye numerous times and makes me smile every time I see it; so naturally, I had to get the scoop on the business behind the Nerd Mobile! (I’m from Kentville and I’m nosey, enough said!)
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Well, I was delighted to learn that Gabriel Both was the man behind the Bug! Gabriel was born in Victoria, BC, his family is originally from the Frankfurt area of Germany, and he moved to Wolfville when he was young. I have known Gabriel and his family for many years so it was a reunion of sorts. Gabriel is currently going into his final year at Acadia in the Computer Science program and he was very eager to talk about this fun business with the brilliant company car! Nerds On Site is a global IT brand consisting of 600 plus independent Nerds worldwide who work together collaboratively to provide IT service and technology solutions for small and medium enterprises as well as residential clients. They are not affiliated in any way with Staples, Futureshop, Geeksquad, or any big-box retail companies. Instead, they are local business owners who are bred globally with a universal reach. There is no technology problem they say no to! Gabriel works together with his colleague Mauricio Duarte covering the Annapolis Valley from Windsor to Annapolis Royal, as well as side communities along the way. Gabriel knew Mauricio through his dad, Acadia Professor Christoph Both, and decided to join the Nerds On Site team. Gabriel says that he’s always wanted to be an entrepreneur and the freedom, flexibility, and long term possibilities and opportunities that being an entrepreneur offers, far outweigh the risks for him.
The winner of last issue's crossword is Tammy Millett!
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CAMPS: Summer Performing Arts Programs: Music &
Theatre Intensive: July 30thAug. 10th - Can be taken as stand-alone weeks or as a 2-week program (Ages 6-16yrs). INFO/ Reg: Karen, 697-2799 / info@ stagepowerschool.com / stagepowerschools.com
Art Camp: Textures &
Materials: w/ Margaret Forsey. July 23rd-27th, 9am-4pm @ Acadia University Art Gallery Art Education Studio. Focus on fibre arts (felting, paper making and lanterns). All materials provided. Max 10 participants, ages 7-12. TIX: $165 gallery members / $175 non-members INFO/Reg: 5851373 / artgallery@acadiau.ca
Bug Fantastic: July 23rd-
27th, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning. Calling all bug artists! Kids discover the best crawling insects and see, hear, and touch creepy crawlies before making art from a bug’s perspective! Ages 5-8. (Space still available for our intermediate and senior camps). TIX: $275 for the week INFO/Reg: 582-3842 / mail@artscentre.ca
Brigadoon Village:
camps for children with: celiac, cardiac, asthma, learning disabilities, bereavement, kidney, cancer, crohns and colitis, arthritis, and an open family camp. INFO: brigadoonvillage.org
Camp O/Camp Odonata: Aug. 20th-23rd, 8:30am-
4pm @ Wolfville Curling Club. For children 5-12 years old who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Applications requested before the end of July. See page 14 TIX: no charge INFO: Nancy, 542-2141 / campodonata.ca
CLASSES: Music Lessons: Have FUN
making MUSIC! Private Music Lessons in New Minas: VOICE, PIANO & DRUMS! Individual weekly instruction available for all ages, levels & styles! Come sing & play with experienced, fun,
family-oriented music teachers, with over 10 years of experience! Start now or register for the Fall (Limited spaces available). INFO: Kelly, 365-6141 / coastalmusicstudio@hotmail.com
Music Instruction (Voice & Piano): Private
instruction (for children & adults) with Susan Dworkin, over 22 years of teaching experience. Classes begin Sept 10th. INFO: 542-0649 / susan_dworkin@ hotmail.com
Fall Fitness Fun: Every
Wed. and Sat. from 10:3011:30am, Sept. 15Th – Dec. 5Th @ the White Rock Community Centre. Proceeds to help pay cost of lights and heat for the hall’s use. Please pre-register by Sept. 10th. TIX: $2 per class, $26 for thirteen classes , $52 for all 26 classes. INFO/Reg: Pat, 542-2730 / wrfitnessfun@gmail.com / whiterockhall.ednet.ns.ca
Voice & Piano Lessons:
Starting Sept. 10th. Does your child like to sing? Are you an adult who craves to play piano? Private instruction with Susan Dworkin. Over 22 years teaching experience. Book now to reserve your place. INFO: 542-0649 / susan_ dworkin@hotmail.com
WORKSHOPS: Netflix/Online TV:
Memorial Library, Wolfville July 25th, 10-11am. How to use Netflix and other online sources to find online entertainment. Limited seating. TIX: no charge INFO: 542-5760 / valleylibrary.ca
Ebooks & Audiobooks:
front of Lake Pesaquid, downtown Windsor. Winner of the Irving Energy Clean Team Contest, we're looking for community members to help make the area more beautiful. Lunch provided to all who help and there's a chance to win one of several $100 Irving gas cards. INFO/Reg: irvingenergy. com/join-clean-team / Heather 472-4367 / HENS.Uniforms@ eastlink.ca
Billets Needed: Do you like good music? Perhaps you would like to billet one or more musicians during the Deep Roots Music Festival, Sept 28th-30th. You'll only need to provide a bed and breakfast for one or more musicians for the weekend. INFO: Jill 542-5567 / jill.davies@ acadiau.ca Crossing Canada for Katimavik Volunteer Needed: This national relay
starting in Iqaluit and passing through 50 Katimavik host communities across Canada hopes to inform and engage Canadians to support the reinstatement of Federal funding for Katimavik. We are in need of a volunteer to take our package from Wolfville to Moncton. INFO/Get Involved: katimacan@gmail.com / katimacan.com
Probiotics Study: Seeking
participants for a research study investigating the effects of probiotics on anxiety and depressive symptoms and associated psychological and physiological factors. Ages 18-50 in the Wolfville area. Chance to win a Blackberry PlayBook & gift certificates. INFO: Zoë 097539h@acadiau.ca / probioticstudy.com
Memorial Library, Port Williams July 26th, 6:30-8pm. We'll answer your questions and demonstrate just how easy it is to download new reading material. TIX: no charge INFO: 542-3005 / valleylibrary.ca
HIRE:
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work from Wolfville to Coldbrook. References available. TIX: Starting at $15 per day INFO: Tracy Casselman, 542-7282 / tlsc2007@ yahoo.ca
Clean Up Lake Pesaquid: July 24th, @ the water-
Painting & Lawn Care: I am flexible, adaptable, and handy. INFO: Justin, 300-0605
Pet & House Sitter: I can
GENERAL: Little Piggies at the Market!: Every second
Saturday starting July 14th at The Wolfville Farmer's Market reflexologist Marie Jardine offers 15-minute rubs and scrubs for your hands and feet. Helps with the pain of: arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis. TIX: $15 INFO: 681-5633 / littlepiggiesreflexology@gmail.com
Off the Hook – Community Fishery: Atlantic
Canada's first community-supported fishery focusing on linecaught ground fish (cod, haddock, hake). 8 weekly deliveries with 10 subscribers needed to make it fly. Choices of: whole fish or fillets, whole, half, or small shares. INFO/Reg: 442-0999 / info@offthehookcsf.ca / offthehookcsf.ca
Local Speakers for Fuller Terrace Lecture Series: Intention of bringing
people together to share stories and experiences while building connections within the community. Share with us on Sept. 25th at Ross Creek. Looking for (up to) 15-minute fact or fiction lectures, essays, show and tells, artist talks, puppet shows, etc. with a focus on local history. Feel free to use your imagination! Submission deadline is Aug. 1st. INFO: Ella fullershowandtell@gmail.com
Call-out to Artists:
Phoenix Hollow B&B invites you to Paint Windsor! Sculptors, painters, jewellers, singers and all talented artists will be creating in the streets of Windsor while their works are for sale at Phoenix Hollow. The event happens Sunday, Sept. 9Th, registration ends soon. INFO/Reg: paintwindsor.com
OBITUARY: Daniel DeMatteis: Raised in Wolfville, he was a celebrated chef and a good friend to many. He attended King's College and moved to Toronto about a decade ago. He passed away on Wed. July 4th. His funeral was held Tues. July 10th, in Toronto.
Enjoy an intimate lunch or afternoon tea in elegant surroundings. 'A Special Place for Every Occasion' GOODCHILD'S TEA ROOM 1942 Highway 359, CENTREVILLE, NS (902) 678 4333.
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Beggarow Barbecue Pork
From Jenny Osburn of Union Street Cafe • www.localfoodlover@blogspot.com
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y Grandmother Osburn is a fabulous cook, but that's not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of her. I think of Beggarow, her home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, an ancient house and acreage steeped in family lore and memories. My Grandmother snipped recipes from magazines and newspapers and had a huge collection of cards containing handwritten recipes passed down the generations. She fried scrapple and new potatoes on an old gas stove. She snipped herbs from her garden to make a sauce for her poached salmon and brewed iced tea to drink on the creeping-thymeperfumed terrace. At her table I learned to love asparagus and wilted lettuce salad and potato chips fried in lard. My grandparents ate their most elaborate meal at lunch and then had something simple for supper, which I found tremendously exotic. A few years ago our extended family met at Beggarow for one last time. My sister and I volunteered to cook a celebratory meal and searched through Grandmother's recipes for something to please a crowd. This pork, cooked until fall-apart-tender, was so well received by our family that we started making it into Pulled Pork Sandwiches for the Cafe. I recommend a heaping pile of coleslaw and potato chips on the side, preferably the kind fried in lard! • 3 lb. Rolled Boneless Pork Shoulder
The Rub:
• 2 tablespoons Paprika (smoked if you can find it) • ¼ C. Sugar • ½ teaspoon Cayenne Pepper • 1 tablespoon Salt • 1 ½ teaspoons ground toasted Cumin • 1 ½ teaspoons freshly ground Black Pepper
The Baste:
• ½ C. Apple Cider Vinegar • ½ C. Apple Cider or 1 T. Maple Syrup
Combine the rub ingredients in a small bowl. Place the pork in a roasting pan and rub all over with the mixture, and sprinkle any remaining into the pan. Place in a 300° oven and roast until the center of the meat reaches 180°, about three to four hours. Every hour, or when you think of it, baste with the cider and vinegar mixed together. Let the meat rest until cool enough to handle, pour off the drippings and then shred the meat with two forks or your hands. Mix the sauce ingredients up, add the drippings and combine with the meat.
The Sauce:
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Camp to Help A Grieving Child Remember, and Still Have Fun
Children who are grieving, upset or worried after a death close to them, may not talk to their families about how they feel, because they don’t want to worry them. Camp “O”/Camp Odonata recognizes this. It helps these
children feel more comfortable in talking about feelings, hearing how others feel, and remembering the person who has died. Crafts and music, as well as doing projects together, help. The Camp wouldn’t work if children didn’t want to be there, so a wide variety of outdoor and indoor activities are planned, to provide a balance. Campers work on a closing ceremony for their families, held the final evening.
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Parents and caregivers are welcomed to stay for coffee or tea upstairs in the mornings, while the children begin their activities downstairs. There are resource books, and staff or other parents to talk to. All staff are screened, and have experience in counseling, palliative care, or working with children. The Camp is free, for 5-12 year olds, because of support from local service clubs, businesses
and individuals. Places are still available for the 2012 Camp, with applications requested before the end of July. Dates: Monday August 20th through Thursday 23rd, 8:30 am to 4pm at the Wolfville Curling Club. For camper applications and further information: Gail 678-4535, Nancy 542-2141, campodonata@gmail.com / campodonata.ca
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Who's Who: SAMANTHA WHYNOT: Our Crowned Jewel!
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amantha Whynot makes me feel old! I know I’m not THAT old, it’s just an expression, but I have known Sam since she was very, very young and I’ve watched her grow up, achieve many things, had the privilege of working with her and cannot express how honoured I’ve been to know her. It was no surprise when I heard Sam had been crowned Queen Annapolisa for the 80th Apple Blossom Festival. Her good nature, her talent, her inner and outer beauty and her genuine attitude all but sealed the deal. You are about to read about a very special young woman!
Samantha Whynot has lived in the Annapolis Valley for her entire life with her mom Cathy (of Casa Bella fame), dad Dwight and her sister Morgan, and she loves the beauty and close knit feel the valley provides. After graduating from Horton High School, Sam headed to Carleton University where she just wrapped up her first year studying Commerce, concentrating on International Business. Once she’s completed her undergraduate degree she
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TUESDAY, 31 Summertime Storytime
— Memorial Library, Wolfville 1011am • Lets celebrate with some summery stories, songs and activities! Kids age 3-5. TIX: No charge INFO: 542-5760
Musique Royale Presents: Ensemble Caprice — Manning Memorial
Chapel, Wolfville 7:30pm • A small, internationally-known group, presenting innovative
would like to continue her studies to obtain a combined Masters of Business Administration and Law Degree. This summer you can find Sam at the Wolfville Tourist Bureau by Willow Park, offering up the best the area has to offer to our visitors.
Okay, now the good stuff... Sam loves music and it has played a huge part in her life. Sam’s beautiful voice has been a part of many musical productions including Horton’s 42nd Street, Horton’s Choir and Glee Club, the Annapolis Valley Honour Choir, and Edelane Theatre’s Footloose, Wedding Singer and Little Shop of Horrors productions. Working with Sam on Little Shop of Horrors was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. It was only my second show, I was thrown into this mix of grossly talented singers and dancers and Sam made me feel very welcome and was a huge support to me as a mature newcomer. Thanks Sam! You always have a special place in Mr. Mushnik’s heart! When Sam’s name was called as Queen Annapolisa, she was interpretations of baroque music. TIX: $20 general, $10 students @ the door INFO: 582-3933 / burbidsn@xcountry.tv
WEDNESDAY, 1 Drop-In Crafts — Wolfville Memorial Library 10am-2pm • Geared towards ages 6-10 but all are welcome TIX: no charge INFO: 542-5760 / valleylibrary.ca
THURSDAY, 2 4H Joint Achievement Days — Kings Mutual Century Centre, Berwick 9am • Club
in utter shock! When she was little, Sam was awed by the beautiful princesses and dreamt of being in their place one day but never realised the work and the responsibility that came with the gown and the tiara. She is now, as she has been before the crown, a role model for young girls and the perfect representative for this beautiful valley and I speak for many when I say, we’re in good hands! Sam says the experience is overwhelming but she is so honoured to represent the place she calls home and be a part of the rich history as many have before her. Sam has made such wonderful friendships with the other Princesses and looks forward to the time that they will spend together. During the Apple Blossom Festival and the beginning of her reign, she has developed a greater appreciation of this area and the people who make up the communities. I have to say someone as nice as Sam deserves this once in a lifetime experience! Congratulations Queen Annapolisa, you fill so many lives with sunshine... displays and achievements of the local 4-Her's. Thursday and Friday will be packed with livestock shows, project displays and competitions. TIX: no charge INFO: 538-9070 / brittanybrydon@hotmail.com
Nature Counts Hike —
Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens, Wolfville 12-1pm • Join us on weekly monitoring walks to see what's in bloom and learn about the flora and fauna of the Acadian Forest. Meet at the main entrance to the Gardens. TIX: no charge INFO: 585-1917 / botanicalgardens.acadiau.ca
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I felt my heart pitter patter this morning. My son Ethan and I were biking to the store with Ethie in front. We were riding on the sidewalk as there is no paved shoulder and the road is quite busy with car traffic. He's 4 now, but is quite competent on a bike, having learned to ride without training wheels at age 2. We approached an elderly couple walking toward us and I was about 20 feet back. The couple stepped off the sidewalk to let Ethie
pass and, as he rode by, he said 'Thank-you' to them. I couldn't believe the delight in their faces and their astonishment & gratitude. They were so thrilled that their small gesture of consideration was noticed, appreciated and thanked by a little kid. That is how our species will survive, through small, sincere gestures of consideration and appreciation. I teared up as we continued to the store. ~ Michael, Lunenburg, NS
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Tide Predictions at Cape Blomidon
Source: Canadian Fisheries & Oceans www.waterlevels.gc.ca
July 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 August 01 02
Low High 1:36pm** 7:22am 8:03am 2:17pm 8:44am 2:59pm 9:27am 3:43pm 4:29pm 10:12am 5:18pm 10:59am 6:11pm 11:51am 7:07pm 12:46pm 1:46pm 7:38am 2:48pm 8:40am 3:52pm 9:43am 4:53pm 10:45am 5:51pm 11:43am 12:37pm 1:28pm*
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* Highest High: 43.0 feet ** Lowest High: 38.1 feet
Please note, there are normally two high and low tides a day
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