Yearly Archives: 2023

Ceto Reid Returns Home

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                                               The Local, November 22, 2023 It’s been almost 14 months since Ceto Reid, a 20 year veteran…

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Looking Back, Looking Forward

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                                                                Part One – Looking Back at Love in…

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Honouring Daniel Brown

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                                                 The Local, October 20,2023 There was a sense of anticipation as the emcee of the concert…

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Can I get an Amen?

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                                                                          The Local, Sept.25…

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Quarter Century of Deeply Rooted Friendship

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                                                                        The Local, Sept. 3,…

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Honouring the Living and Lives Lost

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  The Local, July 3, 2023 The story opens with Malaika, a little girl in the Caribbean, who awakens from her sleep after a dream of a flying man carrying a basket of fruit – peaches, apples, and cherries –…

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Over a Half Century of Pickin’ and Grinnin’

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        The Local, June 26/2023   Fifty years ago I shared a stage with a number of local musicians for a childrens camp fundraiser organized by John Wiebe at St.Catharines United Mennonite Church. I was especially excited to…

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Grocery Store Chat Lead to Treasured Friendships

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  Niagara on the Lake Local, June 22, 2023 It was an appreciative congregation who met on Sunday night for the second last Caribbean Workers Outreach Project church service of the season. Hosted by Bethany Mennonite Church for decades it…

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Looking Back: Caribbean Workers Outreach Program

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  Building Bridges instead of Barriers It started out with a simple list of errands for Barbara Somerwil one summer day in 1992. A vision check was not on her agenda but by the end of the day Barbara viewed…

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Cherry Platz

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Line a 9×16″ cake pan or 2 smaller ones with parchment paper. Mix dry ingredients together: 2 1/2 C. flour 3 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 C sugar Cut in 3/4  cup or shortening….

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Lighting the Way

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The Local, Dec.27, 2022 Last weeks storm was one for the books. Thanks to the howling wind and plummeting temperatures my memories of it will be frozen as solid as the water buckets in my chicken coop. Christmas preparations were…

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