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May Flowers by Jessica Canning

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HRM Recognizes Community Volunteers


Volunteers play an extraordinary role
in making life better for everyone on
the Eastern Shore. Every year, HRM,
the Mayor, and Regional Council hold
a special ceremony to recognize the
contributions of individuals and
groups across the city. At the ceremony on April 13, one organization
and 12 individuals in District 2
(PrestonChezzetcookEastern
Shore) won awards for their work in
2015.

Harold Bakera 20-year member of


the Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lions Club who spends at least 20
hours a week organizing club activities.
Mary Stienburg--volunteers with
Eastern Shore Ringette, Eastern Shore
Hockey, Porters Lake Soccer, Girl
Guides, at local schools and helps out
in many other ways.

Eric Taithas been involved with


many community groups, including
The Marine ATV Riders Club was an
Porters Lake Soccer, Orenda Canoe
organizational winner for its work on
Club, and various local schools, just to
maintaining and developing 120 km of name a few places.
public shared-use recreational trails.
Rod Lewisvolunteers with the PorThe award cited the club for bringing
significant value to Nova Scotia trails ters Lake Community Services Association
as this group maintains and operates
the only fully shared multi-modal sec- Art Keeblevolunteers at
tion of the Trans Canada Trail in the
Memory Lane Heritage VilProvince. The clubs work is ground lage in Lake Charlotte since
breaking and is seen as a model for
2003, bringing old machines
Nova Scotia trails and other jurisdicback to life, interpreting the
tions across Canada.
gold mine complex, and making a 1930 shingle mill operaTwo members of the Marine Riders
tional
ATV Club also won individual volunteer awards, Richard Martin, the
George Abboudactive
clubs Director of Trails Maintenance, member of the Main St. Busiand Paul Campbell, Director of Trails
ness Association, the Porters
Expansion, who was cited for his work Lake Community Services
on developing the business case for
Association (PLCSA), the
addressing public safety issues.
Freemasons, and most recently as a volunteer translaOther District 2 individual winners
tor for Syrian refugees comwere:
ing to Canada.
April Scudderfounder of the LawJeff Crowellvolunteers
rencetown-Cole Harbour Trail Connector Association, recognized for her with the Musquodoboit Harbour and District Lions Club.
work in planning and developing the
Old Lawrencetown Road-Greenway
Gail Marlene Martinuses
Trail.
social media to promote and
inform residents and expatriDonna GibbonsDirector and supporter of the Lake and Shore Commu- ates about Eastern Shore
nity Recreation Centre since its open- events, especially through
her web site at http://
ing day.
www.highway7.com.

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TOP:
Left to Right
Richard Martin
Richard Ward
Paul Campbell
District 1 winner from Musquodoboit
Valley Kathryn Gillespie Belzer has
devoted herself to the community in
many ways but Kathryn considers the
most valuable to be bringing the arts

BOTTOM:
Marine Riders
Community
Group Winner

experience to the youth of the community.

Thank You to All The Volunteers


in the Community!

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Environmental Group Gets Federal Money


for Gold Mine Study

Birches Update from the Board of Directors

By Richard Bell

Continuing with our commitment to keep the community informed about ongoing
efforts to renew/replace the current Birches Nursing Home, the Board of Directors is
pleased to provide the following update.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment


Agency has granted more than $12,000
to the Eastern Shore Forest Watch Association to study the anticipated effects
related to surface water and ground water around the proposed gold mine operations at Beaver Dam and ore processing at Moose River.
Atlantic Gold, a Canadian-owned company with Australian roots, has proposed
opening a mine and complete ore processing facility in Moose River. When that
mine is exhausted in roughly five years,
the company then wants to mine a deposit at Beaver Dam and ship the ore by
truck 37km to be processed at Moose
River.
To the best of our knowledge the hydrology of these areas has not been
mapped and is not well-understood,
according to Forest Watch co-chair Barbara Markovits. We need more scientific
information about how the water flows
above and below ground. When water
is contaminated by toxic mine tailings,
this information becomes crucial.
Eastern Shore Forest Watch has been
working on issues related to gold mining
since 2007 because of the groups work
getting approval for the Ship Harbour
Long Lake Wilderness Area.

We are particularly worried that the water flowing through the Ship Harbour
Long Lake (SHLL) Wilderness Area is vulnerable to pollution, Markovits explained. The Moose River gold mine will
discharge effluent just 200 meters north
of Scraggy Lake, the top of SHLL. Forest
Watch will retain a professional hydrogeologist to study the water situation at
the two mining sites.

Processing gold ore generates huge


amounts of waste. Water pollution from
acid mine drainage from gold mines has
been common in the past. In the U.S., the
federal Environmental Protection Agency
has estimated that 40% of western U.S.
watersheds are affected by mining pollution.
The Canadian Environmental Assessment
Agency makes grants to individuals, nonprofits, and Aboriginal groups to allow
them to participate in federal environmental assessments. According to the
CEAA website, Participating in federal
environmental assessments helps to ensure that concerns from the public and
Aboriginal groups are taken into consideration during an environmental assessment process.

April 26, 2016

In December 2015, the Board of Directors met with the Director of Infrastructure
Management, Department of Health and Wellness. He informed us that, rather than
issuing a Request For Proposals (RFP) as originally planned, the six nursing homes
earmarked for replacement would first undergo a review process. This would involve
looking at a range of options before considering total replacement, such as renovation and addition to the existing facility.
It is our understanding that the following categories are being used in updating assessments that were conducted in 2011:
1) Functional Review: The facility will be assessed with an eye to determine what
the most pressing functional issues are for the delivery of care.
2) Physical Assessment: The condition of the physical building.
3) Future need for long term care services in the location (e.g. population/demand
projections).
This past February and March, The Birches was assessed for categories 1 and 2.
We were informed that a report involving the assessments for the six nursing homes
will be submitted by the Office of the Director of Infrastructure to the Provincial
Cabinet by the end of March 2016. We will keep you informed once we learn anything following Cabinets deliberations on this matter.
Thank you.
Board of Directors
The Birches Nursing Home
7702 Highway #7
Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia B0J 2L0

Editorial - Welcome Move Away from Biomass Electricity


By Richard Bell
The provincial governments announcement in April of regulatory changes for
the operation of the Port Hawkesbury
Biomass plant is a much-needed step towards both a more sustainable forestry
policy and a more sustainable renewable
energy policy.
In 2013, the province adopted must run
regulations for the Port Hawkesbury Biomass plant. A must-run electricity generation plant must produce as much electricity as it can, all the time. Although the
plant was supposed to be burning only
waste wood, the operators had generated increasing opposition to the plant by

using primary forest biomass, putting


pressure on the hardwood industry and
driving up firewood prices.

criticism of the previous policy. This is a


good and necessary first step in addressing the issue of forest biomass.

Energy Minister Michel Samson offered a


graceful explanation of the change:
"These regulations placed unnecessary
constraints on optimum electricity system planning and management. Today,
more flexibility is possible, and needed,
to produce electricity as economically as
possible."

To call it green energy is a fundamentally fraudulent claim. There is nothing


environmentally friendly about cutting
down and burning our forests to generate highly expensive and terribly inefficient electricity. Primary harvesting for
forest biomass does nothing to reduce
our greenhouse gas emissions, is adding
significant damage to our already highly
stressed forest ecosystems and it needs
to be dialed way back.

Ray Plourde, Wilderness Coordinator for


the Ecology Action Centre, also welcomed the change, but was blunt in his

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New School at the Old School


By Karen Schlick
New paint, new electrical wiring, new
kitchen, new storage, new house concert
series, new coffee house format, new
display area in the big room. . .lots of
news to shout about, bursting the seams
at the Old School Community Gathering
Place. Thanks to grants from ACOA, the
Province, and the HRM, the school is taking another leap forward!
Notice the spiffy paint job on the front,
the new accessible ramp, and the new
accessible washroom upstairs. Notice
the new electrical upgrades - one of the
best items on the list. Wiring makes
many things possible: theatre and performance lighting, running multiple appliances, having working light switches and
programmable heating thermostats. Bonus!
There will be a kitchen counter serving
area in the big multipurpose room, and
another new food preparation area behind the office area. Lots of new storage,

upstairs and down, which will mean a


functioning art room downstairs in the
appropriately named Van Gogh Room.
New entertainment is here! No need to
drive to town, the brand new house concert series features professional musicians, in the middle of every month, June
through November. Our first concert
June 17th is with Breeze and Wilson, a
British acoustic duo touring in Nova Scotia.
Changes to the coffee house now means
a new featured musician each month, as
well as the occasional jam sessions; open
mic will continue. The last Friday of the
month brings great entertainment with
tea, coffee and treats. Coffee house
nights will now also host board games
downstairs for teens. Check out the
schedule online for a list of featured performers.
The Community Art Exhibit, open to all

HRM Reschedules Porters Lake


C&D Hearing

ages and levels of ability, is looking for


participants. Art work needs to be submitted during the first week of June. Contact us if youre interested in participating. Come to the opening, and the Old
Schools AGM, on June 12th. The art
works will be up for viewing until the Natal Day weekend.

And for the latest events, like us on FaceBook (Old School Community Gathering
Place News). And dont forget our art
gallery opening for the 2016 season on
Saturday afternoon, May 28th.
Note: Karen Schlick is a member of the
board of the Old School Gathering Place.

Coming in July, well be celebrating gardens! Come see the Eastern Shore Garden Club flower exhibit, take a watercolour workshop, learn flower arranging;
stay in touch as our Petals and Paint
weekend unfolds with new
events.
We are getting an upgrade in
cyberspace as well. When you
visit our web page youll see a
whole new look. Visit us at
TheOldSchool.ca to see our
online makeover and discover
volunteer opportunities.

EASTERN SHORE LAW CENTRE


1653 Ostrea Lake Road, Musquodoboit Harbour, NS

School Location Sheet Harbour & Area

HRMs Planning Department has selected Saturday May


7th at Lake Echo Rec Centre for its second Open House
meeting on the proposal to rezone a parcel of land on
Route 7 in Porters Lake for use as a construction &
demolition debris (C&D) recycling plant. The rezoning
application was submitted by Kiann Management,
owned by Lawrence Bellefontaine.
Residents can sign up for a guided tour by calling 902490-4472 to book an appointment time. The times are
10am, 11am, 12 pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm Representatives of the Planning Department and Lawrence Bellefontaine and his consultants will be present to review
the rezoning application and answer questions.
If you are unable to attend this Open House, you can
still provide your input to the head planner, Thea
Langille, by calling 902-490-7066. The Planning website
for this rezoning application, Case 19800, is at this address: http://www.halifax.ca/planning/applications/
documents/19800FAQ.pdf
The citizens group Concerned Residents of Porters
Lake, Lake Echo, Preston, and Mineville, which opposes
the rezoning application, has a page on Facebook and a
website at http://nodumponhwy7.org.

The area is one step closer to a new school with the announcement on April 26, that the location chosen for the new P-12
will be the current site of Duncan McMillan High School. A
school steering committee will soon be established to work with the design team, school board and various Provincial Departments.

WADE in Preston Loses Provincial Funding


The Watershed Association Development Enterprises and its employees will
lose it funding on July 1 of this year. The Provincial government announced
that it is restructuring its funding programs. The Cole Harbour YMCA will
now receive the funds to cover the area. Since 1984, residents in North &
East Preston, Cherry Brook and Lake Loon have relied on WADE to help find
jobs.

Old School Art Gallery Reception


The Committee for the Old School Art Gallery is pleased to announce the
opening of the new season on Saturday May 28th from 2 till 5pm with a
wine and cheese reception. The Gallery is beginning its third season as a
venue to showcase the diverse work of local artists, particularly from the
Eastern Shore.
Drop by for a celebration of local talent in the beautiful gallery pace at the
Old School Community Gathering Place in Musquodoboit Harbour.

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We are always looking for articles, stories, poems, pictures,
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age.
Please send us your submissions, via email, web site,
phone or snail mail.
Our contact info is on page 2.

Arts & Entertainment

5th Annual Vday on the Shore


By Michele Graveline
The 5th Annual VDay on the Shore took place on April 16,
2016 at the Old School Gathering Place in Musquodoboit
Harbour.
A grassroots event built from a global movement
(www.vday.org), VDay on the Shore began in 2012 with a
group of local women looking to address violence against
women and girls. Speakers and performers present an art
& variety show to raise awareness and funding for services and programming for affected women and girls on
the Eastern Shore.
Performers ranging from ages 13 to 60+ gathered to sing,
dance, read poetry, perform spoken word, and tell stories, many of which are original works. A few years ago,
organizers added an art show to the event, decking the
walls in art by local women.
VDay on the Shore is a powerful catalyst for women to
find their voices and tell their own stories. Other participants rallied as activists, offering up creative ways to

support and empower girls and women. Overall the evening was well rounded with a mix of serious and silly -expressions of sorrow, as well as roaring laughter. It's a
wonderful show for all women -- mothers, daughters,
sisters, grandmothers -- and supportive brothers (men)
too.
This is a great time to be supporting VDay on the Shore.
Keep your eyes out for upcoming posters and other promotions; consider sharing a piece in the show, volunteering behind the scenes, or just attending as an audience member. It's guaranteed to be a deeply moving
experience for all involved.

Karen Schlick: Mandalas and Archetypes


By Deirdre Dwyer
Artist, poet, teacher, art educator, and events programmer
extraordinaire at The Old
School Community Gathering
Place, Karen Schlick wears
many artistic hats. Now retired
from teaching art in the school
system, she is busy finding
ways to bring more of the arts
to Musquodoboit Harbour, as
well as working as an art consultant and artist.
Karen says that growing up
there was always art in the
home. With pen, ink, and paints, she was always drawing and creating things. She started writing in high
school, where she contributed to the creation of a literary magazine, Parnassus. She dropped out of university
and hacked around, as she says, working for a while.
She spent one summer hitchhiking to California, and
then came back east to Maine to live in a garret.
At university in Maine, a professor introduced her to the
works of psychologist Carl Jung. She immersed herself in
Jungs world of archetypes and the collective unconscious. She says it was a different way of seeing the
world. In her Masters thesis, Art and Healing: A Perspective for Art Education, she wrote, As I read Jungs
worksomething woke in meI recognized for the first
time that art could come from an inner reality, that it
was like a light shining in the darkness, a reflection and a
magical opening into another realm.

I began to paintJung was my mentor, my first real art


teacher.
Her study of Jungs ideas freed her from making representational art, and instead she delved into symbolism
and mandalas, which were cryptograms reflecting the
state of the self which were presented anew to me each
day. In them I saw the Selfthat is my whole being
actively at work.
She went back to school to study ceramics at the Nova
Scotia College of Art (NSCAD), but soon switching to
printmaking, where she could continue making images
connected to her inner world. She graduated from
NSCAD with first a Bachelor in Fine Arts, followed later
with a Bachelor in Art Education, and finally a Masters in
Art Education.
Later she would use the philosophy of connecting with
the whole self, including the unconscious, in her art
teaching. At 29, Schlick had the sudden realization that it
was not enough for me to sit in my private world and
create art. I had to teach others what I knew about making art. In 1996 she won a national award for Excellent
and Innovation in Art Education for her original approach to teaching art. She was a major contributor to
the new Visual Arts 7-9 Curriculum being created by the
Nova Scotia Department of Education.
In addition to the volunteer programming work at the
Old School (where she has served as chair of the board),
Karen is also a writer and artist. She works in air-dried
clay, creating masks and jewelry. She has been shown in
several galleries, including a group show of masks at the

Mary Black Gallery in Halifax.


My masks are connected with my inner world of personal myth and dreams, Karen says. They are expressions of the currents and streams that flow beneath the
surface of everyday life.
She is an artist, mythmaker and teacher in the true
sense, connecting and integrating her inner life and experiences that are her own rich myths in her creations.
Her latest creative adventure is a flower-arranging business called Wild Eden Flowers, specializing in locally
sourced flowers and informal arrangements as well as
Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging.
You can contact Karen Schlick at schlickstudio.com or at
902-889-2339 to discuss anything art related, including
flowers.

Community

Discovering Your Style of Conflict Resolution


By Bethana Sullivan
Dealing with conflicts is one of the big ways for
learning the lessons about what makes us fully
human, about what works and what doesnt in
learning about change. And although there are
a variety of theories of conflict, there are some
common principles, starting with the inevitability of conflict in social life. We know that patterns of conflict tend to perpetuate themselves,
and that conflicts affect the relationships of all
the parties involved. And although conflicts
may appear chaotic, we can understand many
of the elements.
One model that I have found useful is looking at
5 different types of conflict management styles.
Knowing these styles can be helpful in understanding how you deal with conflict, and what
style might work best depending on the conflict
and the people involved.
Tiger represents the Competitor,
the most aggressive style, the
"my way or the highway. Tigers
get their way through power
over, role power, or threats. It achieves its goal
at the risk of relationship, causing a flight or
fight response in others. It can be useful in
emergencies and crises.
Turtle represents the avoiding
style. Neither the relationship
nor the situation affects this
style. The turtle likes to keep
things as they are even to the
extent of being in denial of what is happening
and likes to avoid decisions and confrontations.
The power lies in silence and lack of cooperation. It may serve you if the situation is
unimportant or if there is a risk of harm or if
you need a staying time to think about what to
do. But using this style can lead to conflicts becoming explosive; issues can go underground
and spread like the dreaded goutweed, becoming a problem for others too.
Bear represents the accommodating approach, more of a teddy
bear than a grizzly. Bear likes relationship over resolution. Its
voice says, "ok, we'll do it your
way, whatever you say goes!
Their own needs are considered less important
than the other.

Flitting Fox represents the


Compromising Style: OK, Ill
meet you half way! It is moderate on relationship and on
resolution. The focus is on everyone having a voice and getting a share resulting in everyone winning and losing. The power
in this style of conflict management comes
from moderation and reasonableness. This style
is good for quick solution or when time is a factor. However, both parties may feel that they
lost, and does not deal with the underlying issues.
Wise Owl represents the Collaborating Style. Owl values
both goal and relationship.
The Owl is very assertive,
clearly stating its own needs
and goals but also actively listening to the others. Owls seek to understand
the needs and values of all. The risks with this
style includes fatigue, the use of too much time,
concern that no solution is in sight, and distraction from other tasks. The power comes from
openness, clarity, and cooperation.
Of the five styles, the Owl might appear to be
the fairest, since it does the least harm, builds
relationships, and generates long-lasting resolutions. But you have to look at each situation
before deciding which style would work best.
So the Tiger style may work well in emergencies
when harm is imminent. The Avoiding Turtle
works well when you need time to work on the
best approach, thus avoiding an escalation of
the situation or if there is risk of harm. And the
Compromising Fox works in the short-term
when there is no movement or energy for collaboration, giving time to build up resources
both inner and outer.
For a quick take on which of these conflict resolution styles you are most comfortable with, go
to this website and take the short quiz. http://
academic.engr.arizona.edu/vjohnson/
ConflictManagementQuestionnaire/
ConflictManagementQuestionnaire.asp

Submissions Deadline is May 15


escsubmissions@eastlink.ca

Surfs Up

Community Clean Up held in Porters Lake at Exit 19 & 20

Finally a location for the new P-9 school in Sheet Harbour same site as the current Duncan MacMillan High School

Bell Park Academic Centre in Lake Echo has been announced


to be a new hub site for the provinces SchoolPlus program. It
will support 8 other schools.

Surfs Down

Scout Camp on the Mineville Road has had garbage


dumped on their property on average of once a month

No Lake N Shore Days this year in Porters Lake

Liberal Government has closed WADE employment centre in


Preston

Vandalism at Ecole des Beaux Marais in Porters Lake - windows broken and racial slurs scratched on another window

Local Sports

Eastern Shore High School Sports Scene


Visit the ESDH website under athletics calendar for a weekly schedule
www.esdh.ednet.ns.ca
Track and Field, Rugby and Dodge ball are all under way.
May 19 Music Show at 7pm
May 26 Dance Show at 7pm
June 2 Academic Awards 7pm
PICTURES TO THE RIGHT:
ESDH Students participated in Earth Day Clean
Ups around the school and at the Musq. Hbr
Railway Museum.

Local children
participating in
Taekwondo.
There was a large
tournament in
Porters Lake in
April.
Photos by Julie
MacDougall

PICTURES ABOVE :
Gaetz Brook Junior
High and ESDH Students and Coaches
attending the NSSAF
(NS School Athletic
Federation) awards.
MIDDLE:
ESDH Dodge ball and Girls Rugby
teams
BOTTOM:
Mr. ESDH winner SAM CRIMP.
2nd runner up was Andrew Abriel
3rd runner up was Jacob Cosman

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Active Lifestyles
Leaf Out Pain This Spring
Ashley Bellefontaine, Physiotherapist
Its that time of year again to pack away
snow shovels and get out the rakes and
gardening tools. While raking and gardening can be a good way to enjoy moderate exercise, too much twisting, reaching, bending, lifting and carrying can
place excess load on your spine, resulting
in sprain or strain type injuries.

Summer Employment
Opportunity
Orenda Canoe Club - Coach
To apply for this opportunity and
for more info, please send your
resume to orendacanoe@gmail.com
on or before May 11th, 2016 by
4:00 p.m.. Applications received
after this date will be considered
late.

Fortunately, these injuries can be prevented by following a few guidelines.


Physiotherapists recommend pacing the
activity, using good posture and body
mechanics and adopting a good technique for raking. They can help walk you
through stretching exercises and warm
up, instruct on proper body mechanics
and will advise you to break up big jobs
into smaller, more manageable loads. It
is important to be proactive with the care
of your body-stay fit, stay active and engage in regular exercise so that spring
cleanup wont take as much of a toll. If
you have any pre-existing medical concerns, consult your doctor or physiotherapist before raking.

Raking Tips___________________________________

Warm up with some light exercises for larger muscle groups


before all yard work.

Wear well fitting shoes with good soles. They will prevent
slipping and give your back better support.

Hold the rake handle close to your body to help maintain


good posture while raking

Keep one hand near the top for better leverage and use
your arms and legs more than your spine.

Change sides frequently and avoid twisting from the waist

Pace yourself and take frequent breaks.

When bagging leaves, lift manageable loads, keep your back


straight and use legs to do the lifting.

Dont pile too many leaves in one bag, especially if they are
wet it will be heavy and awkward to lift.

When finished for the day, take a few minutes to cool down
with some light stretches.

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A Woman in the World of Information Technology

Springtime Holistic Health

By Jane Warner

By Gwen Williams

What do you think of when someone tells


you that they work in IT or work with
computers? Do you think of a nerdy
guy sitting behind a computer programming code all day? Or do you think of the
ones who come and fix your computer
after placing a call with the Helpdesk?
Well, working in
the Information
Technology sector means so
much more than
that, and Im here
to tell you what
that means as a
woman working
in this predominately male industry.
When I decided to study Information
Technology as my degree after graduating high school, I will admit, I knew nothing about computers. However, at that
time the industry was growing and that
meant the chances of me getting a job
once I completed my degree was high
So I enrolled in the IT program at Mount
Saint Vincent University.

The class size was small and the number


of women enrolled in the program was
even smaller. I thought to myself what
am I doing here? I know nothing about
computers and I felt lost among the
guys discussing servers and networking.
But I worked hard through my four years,
met some wonderful friends, and by the
time I graduated, there were about 10
women left in the program who graduated with me. I felt hopeful that I would
find a great job in the IT world without
feeling like I had become an IT nerd.
Once I landed my first job working in the
IT department of a mid-size company, I
realized that working on a Helpdesk and
helping users with their computer problems is so much more than just IT. You
do need some understanding of how
things like IP addresses and firewalls
work. But if you have people skills and
can problem solve while thinking outside
the box, you too can work in the IT field.
I love my job and I still explain what I do
to people by saying I work with computers because sometimes its easier
and thats still how people most people
see IT from outside the field.

Just as we are part of nature and our environment, what is outside us is also
within us. Spring correlates to the wood
element in nature and to the liver and
gallbladder inside us. In nature wood
controls the earth and is the mother of
fire. Inside us the liver controls the
spleen/stomach and is the mother of the
heart. The liver stores blood, controls the
tendons, open to the eyes, houses anger,
manifests courage and is the spirit of the
Hun.

Spring is in slow motion here in Nova Scotia. It would be prudent to relax a bit and
gather your energy before tackling those
big projects this season. So as the snow
melts, days start to get longer, and you
wear out the pages on that seed catalogue, dont forget to plan for a little extra
Spring-Cleaning this year in the holistic
sense by:

Good health is all about balance in all


areas of our life. It is also about being
synchronized with nature and the seasons. If in balance, you will be determined, focused, feel supple, resilient, and
able to move like a tree when the winds
of change blow. If not, you may lose sight
of your goals, lack motivation, feel stuck,
irritable, achy, and find yourself fighting
obstacles.

Connecting to nature to clear the mind


and feel grounded

To protect spring energy reserves, it


helps to continue to dress warmly, wear
a scarf as protection from the wind, and
hold off on raw salads, cool drinks and
fast cooked BBQ foods. Continue to nourish yourself with immune boosting herbs
and slower-cooked warming stews until
you feel you are ready.

Mad! Flying Air Canadas Not-So-Friendly Skies

Practicing healthy eating to clear out


waste and toxins

Finishing loose ends on To-Do lists to


clear mental chatter

Examining obsessions or unhelpful


behaviours to clear emotional blockages

Adopting acceptance and nonjudgment to avoid psychological drama

Letting go of the past, negative


thoughts or people to clear a path to happiness
Choosing a grateful outlook to make
space for love and our spirit to grow
Gwen Williams BSc. (Hons) DAc. RAc., Registered
TCM Acupuncturist, Certified AromaTouch Therapist and Owner of Eastern Shore Holistic Acupuncture in Musquodoboit Harbour

By Wyn Jones
I find that writing a short piece for this
lovely little paper each month, gives me
the chance to allow my secret inner Don
Quixote to tilt at whichever windmill
catches my attention. This month, I
would like to have a go at our very own
National Airline.
Back in the day when Air Canada was actually owned by Canadians, it had the
well-deserved reputation as one of the
worlds best airlines. Not anymore.
Im not talking about lost luggage. Sadly,
that happens everywhere. What drives
me mad is Air Canadas niggling dont
give a damn attitude. Let me do a recent
flight-to-flight comparison. Coming back
from a holiday in Ecuador a few days ago,
I flew on the Ecuadorian airline Copa
from Quito to Panama City, a flight of less
than two hours.

Flying on a clean Airbus 319, five very


smartly dressed cabin attendants served
us fresh, warmed croissant sandwiches, a
choice of either chicken or ham, and
freshly brewed coffee. Later on, I got a
cold, full can of ginger ale that came with
an empty glass. All this served with grace
and a smile.. and at no extra cost.
At Panama City, I transferred to an Air
Canada flight to Toronto for a five and a
half hour flight. No TV, and an outdated
selection of movies, with an extra fee for
earphones. The food was from a menu at
outrageous prices, and most of the listed
items were unavailable. For example, a
small bowl containing seventeen cashew
nuts was $3.00, the same price as for a
small bowl of Kringle chips. The three
attendants had to cope with a full Airbus
319 that had already spent five and a half

hours in the down trip from Toronto.


They were understandably frazzled and
looking very much their age and worse
for wear
Perhaps what Air Canada needs is a little
competition. Mr. Calin Rovinescu has
been the President and CEO of Air Canada since 2009. One of his first actions
was to drastically raise ticket prices,
which he kept raising as the price of oil
kept climbing.
Then last year, the bottom fell out of the
oil market. But when Mr. Rovinescue was
asked recently when the ticket prices
would be coming down a little, he replied
in no uncertain terms that there would
not be any price reductions in the foreseeable future. The airline made a whopping $531 million profit last year, and
that was before the oil prices started to

decline. His present remuneration at


$7,000,000 annually will not be decreasing either.
So Im mad. In fact Im madder than hell
and I want to say that I just cant take it
any more.. but unfortunately, I guess
Ill have to because I have very little
choice!
We need an airline owned and operated
by the people from the Eastern Shore.
Musquodoboit/Air would have a stylized
flying lobster as its logo and a motto that
says, Fly the friendly skies the East Coast
Way. Nuts and chips would be free!

MUSGO AIR

www.easternshorecooperator.ca

Community

A Nail That Sticks out


By Maelissa Watson
When I was first introduced to Mushabooms Brian Edwards about 12 years ago, he stood out. He reminded
me of the Japanese proverb, The nail that sticks out will
be hammered down. And Brian did stand out: his
beard, his dress, his values. He was skeptical of authority
and organizational structure. But as we talked, I got the
distinct impression that while Brian stood out, he was
not going to be hammered down.
An antique dealer introduced
me to Brian, who genuinely
likes antiques, not necessarily for their resale value but
for their intrinsic workmanship and design. The dealer
had benefited from Brians
artistic restorative carpentry
and welding metal skills-repairing old lamps and iron
gates. He was the ultimate
recycler and preservationist
before either concept became popular or mainstream. Several of his metal
sculptures originated from materials salvaged from the dump.
When I asked Brian where he
got his many talents, he said he
got them from his Italian father.
Brian was self-educated on Italian and folk art from educational TV and art books from
garage sales and library closeouts. He has a permanent collection of coffee table size
books that he continually studies. He loves Victorian architecture and old houses and
can reproduce
shingle designs
without patterns
or plans from his
creative mind.
I have been selfsupporting since
my teenage
years, Brian explained. I acquired a knowledge and appreciation for different trees,
hardwoods and softwoods when I worked in the forests.
I noted their grain, texture, knots, mounds, and growth
patterns, and I could imagine a bear, a horse, a fish, or a
fisherman. Some of my co-workers thought I was crazy,
but when they witnessed the finished carving there was
disbelief.

He continued smiling. Im a Jack of


all trades. To earn
a living in winter
months, I tinkered
with cars and
trucks, fixing
them. Then after
working in a body
shop, I learned to
weld. Later I decided I could restore, refinish and paint
cars.
I asked how he managed to straighten out automobiles
without mechanical equipment. Easy he replied. I
would attach the car to a tree with a heavy rope, start
the motor and gently and repeatedly pull it until it was
straight. Thats a commonsense old fashioned natureassisted method.
Brians life is one of creativity and originality, and he has
made a very special artistic contribution to the Eastern
Shore and to Dartmouth and Halifax gardens and front
yards, where his chainsaw wood sculptures bring a smile
to the face of the owners and passersbys alike. We all
are glad that his unique talents were not hammered
down.

11

History

13

The Future of Tourism on the Shore


By Richard Bell
Getting more tourists to visit the Eastern
Shore took another step forward in April
with the completion of the
Musquodoboit Harbour-Sherbrooke
STEP Strategic Plan. At the release of
this plan in Ship Harbour on April 7, MLA
Kevin Murphy and NS Minister of Natural
Resources Lloyd Hines also announced a
total of $25,000 from provincial agencies
for the next phase of the plan.
The parent of this initiative is the business development agency ACOA (Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency), whose
tourism development program is called
STEP (Strategic Tourism Expansion Program). Back in 2014, ACOA agreed that
the coastal area between Musquodoboit
Harbour and Sherbrooke would benefit
from STEP. Working through the provincial tourism body DEANS (Destination
Eastern & Northumberland Shores Tourism Association), ACOA put together a
coalition of some 17 local businesses and
organizations and two municipal units to

develop a plan.
The final plan is based on extensive consultations with local businesses and a
series of public meetings. The official vision of this coalition is the following:

Musquodoboit HarbourSherbrooke is internationally


recognized as a sustainable
one-of-a-kind Canadian
coastal nature-based destination offering outstanding
touring, outdoor, cultural and
culinary experiences.
The plan (with its appendices) is 51 pages
along, and provides a state-of-the-art-oftourism look at strategies for turning a
beautiful but largely unknown and undeveloped part of Nova Scotia into a significant tourist destination.

Shore Sudoku Puzzle


Fill in the grid with digits in such a manner that every row,
every column and every 3x3 box accommodates the
digits 1-9, without repeating any.

9
7

2
8

8
4
5

1
3

6
4

7
3

1
9

8
1

5
9

2
4

8
4

Like so many other industries before it,


tourism has developed its own jargon, so
there is talk about findings ways to
align and evolve with the Unique
Selling Proposition of Canada and the
Positioning of Tourism Nova Scotia.

But there is also good common sense advice about the


need to develop the physical
infrastructure to support
more tourists, from restaurants and
motels to more outdoor adventures.
In the world of tourism planners, every
word counts. So while the report recognizes the potential value of the hundreds
of protected wild islands just offshore,
the authors warn that In Canadian and
North American touristic terminology,
the ideas of positioning the destination
area as an archipelago or as wild islands,
is unusual. It is generally unfamiliar

tourism language. But the authors then


encourage promoters of the Shore not to
shy away from this challenge of changing the predictability of tourism language. By way of example, there is an
appendix on how the tourism industry
tackled a similar language challenge in
Ireland, in the form of Western Irelands
Wild Atlantic Way.
For all the details, you can download a
copy of the plan for free from the Department of Tourism: https://tourismns.ca/
sites/default/files/musquodoboithbrsherbrooke-step-strategic_planapril2016.pdf.

Send completed puzzle for chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate from
McKays Restaurant in Porters Lake
Deadline May 15
Mail To:
Eastern Shore Cooperator
14 Earl Court
Porters Lake, NS
B3E 1H8

April Winner is
Doris Butler
Moser River

14

Community
Budding Artists Featured at Childrens Art Show
Families and community members turned out in droves to celebrate
the Eastern Shores youngest artists, at Eastern Shore Family Resource
Associations first annual Childrens Art Show held at the East Chezzetcook Lions Hall on April 9.
The Hall was transformed into an Art Gallery and Caf, where young
artists delighted in searching the displays to find their art work and
sharing their creations with their adoring fans.
The brainchild of an ESFRA participant and board member in 2015,
the project truly took flight when ESFRA program facilitators enhanced their weekly programs, already focused on literacy, creativity
and personal expression, to include more guided art projects and exploration. Artwork was created throughout the year, in all programs,
from the babes in arms at New Parents Group, to the busy preschoolers in KinderBears and Bookworms. With over two hundred pieces
installed in the Gallery, the result was a breathtaking showcase of the
childrens creativity, and a wonderful celebration of ESFRAs programs.
Through donations, caf sales and the silent auction of the collective
art pieces, $1455 was raised for ESFRA programs.

ESFRA Art Show & Wee Bears Spring Walk


Photos by Julie MacDougall
Email your photos or send via facebook or snail
mail us your old photos - we will mail back
ASAP.

May 2016
Ongoing Events & Groups

Calvin United Church

The Eastern Shore Players is a commu-

Wednesday 1:30pm Porter's Lake Community Centre.


Music, games, etc. Everyone welcome!
Contact: Ruth 902 827-2814.

nity theatre group open to all ages. New


members are welcome.. For more info
www.easternshoreplayers.ca.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)


Group Meeting
St. James Hall, Dolby Hill, Jeddore, meets
every Tuesday evening.
Weigh-in is from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m.
Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.

Lawrencetown Comm. Center, Thursdays


9-3, $5/d, rug hook, felt, spin, knit, etc.
Old School Musquodoboit Harbour
bring your projects & friends, contact 404- May 27 7-9pm Coffee House featuring
7095, samma.d@outlook.com
lake Echo Singers
May 28 Art Gallery Opening

Musquodoboit Harbour
Farmers Market

Starts weekly in May open 9-1pm until


Royal Canadian Legion Branch #58
December
Sheet Harbour
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Tuesdays at 7:30 pm Seniors 45s with
67 Park Road (Bingo hall at the Rink)
open bar, $3.00 admission
For info or book a table
Wednesdays 6:30 pm - Cadets
www.mhfarmersmarket.ca ,
Thursdays - Bingo - Earlybird at 6:45, main
call 902-220-9114, or
books at 7:30. $5/book, $1 specials,
email info@mhfarmersmarket.ca
toonie jar, canteen.
Thursday and Friday Nights, 7:00 10:00
pm. Pool night, 9-ball. Open bar, no admission fee.
Fridays Chase The Ace
Lil Diamond 45s Card Party 7:30pm
Every 2nd and 3rd Sunday of each month

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #58


Sheet Harbour
May 28 at 1:30 PM
Diamond Lil Merchandise Bingo
May 29 at 2:00 PM
Jamboree Held the 4th Sunday afternoon
of every month. Donations at the door,
Open bar, Featured Band is Roy and Lou
Wamboldt and Special Guests.

Emergency Preparedness Jamboree at BLUEGRASS JAM Bring your instruments


or just sit and listen
Superstore, Porters Lake
May 8
Ecole Des Beaux-Marais (French School)
# 7 Hwy, Porters Lake,
A Very Special Old Fashioned
Across from the Superstore. 12:30 - 5:00
Mother's Day Tea!
for more information, Please call
May 7 2 - 4 PM
St Barnabas Church Hall, Head of Chezzet- Carol 902-827-2604
cook. $8 Adults $3 Child (10 and under
free).
DEADLINE
May 7 10am 1pm

For June Issue is May 15

Saint Genevieve Parish Church

May 29 at 3:30 6pm LOBSTER Supper


723 E Chezzetcook Rd

Sheet Harbour Ground Search and


Rescue
June 4 21st Annual Fish Derby
Open to all ages. No license required.
Registration at 7am and the fishing begins
at 8 am on June 4th 2016. Really great
prizes. A food truck is available. Tickets
are $10. adult and $5 for youth.
The event is on the Highway #374 just
past Locharbor Mines.

The Eastern Shore Cooperator requires an


Advertising Salesperson to join our team.

The Alzheimers Support Group

For those caring for patients with dementia and Alzheimers meets every third
Thursday of the month at the Twin Oaks
Boardroom at 7 to 9 pm. The next meeting is May 20.
Sheet Harbour Lions Centre
No costall are welcome, and we can
Bingo every Monday @ 7:30 held 183 Pool provide information and caring support to
Rd. Books 5.00, specials 1.00, cookie jar
those challenged with caring for a loved
2.00, jackpot and Bonanza.
one. Call Dee Dwyer at 902-889-2429.
Canteen and gift cards.

Petpeswick Yacht Club

May 14 11-12:30pm Spring Fling, Penny & May 29 50th Anniversary Fundraiser
Silent Auction, Cake Walk, Canteen
Viewing: 6:00pm Dinner: 7:00pm sharp
3795 Lawrencetown Road
$35 per person (advance sales only)
Tickets: Paula @ (902) 889 2435
$ Donations: Cathy @ (902) 229 5449
Petpeswick Yacht Club
Auction Items: Karen @ (902) 818 8519
May 14 11:30 - 1:30pm Coffee Party
Tickets & Info Marilyn 902-889-2764

Porters Lake Seniors Group

Wool Fibre Work Group

Deadline May 15
escsubmissions@eastlink.ca

W
A
N
T
E
D

You are community minded, personable and passionate


about the Eastern Shore.
You possess excellent communication skills and can provide
genuine, professional customer service.
You have sales or marketing experience and are comfortable
addressing a group, giving presentations and attending community events.
You can work independently, but value teamwork, collaboration and good communication.
A car, an internet connection and good desktop skills are
also required for this commissioned sales position.

Please send an expression of interest to


escsubmissions@eastlink.ca

Now Open

7907 Highway 7, beside the bank

(902)889-3322

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