Cornwall ON - So you’re at a garage sale and you come across a box of glass negatives.  Hmm…you lift a few to the light to check them out and you give the person $45 after bargaining them down from $70.    Imagine finding out they were the work of Legendary Photographer Ansel Adams?

That’s exactly what happened to Rick Norsigian and after officially verifying them has had them valued at over $200 Million dollars!   Now that’s a lottery ticket!

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Cornwall ON – Veteran Canadian actor Maury Chaykin has passed away at the age of 61 due to Kidney issues.  Mr. Chaykin had actually been born in Brooklyn NY, but made his home and fame from Toronto where one of his earliest roles was on the King of Kensington CBC series with Al Waxman.

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Although Dances With Wolves was one of his most famous roles Mr. Chaykin played many and diverse roles in film, television, and stage.

He’s survived by his wife Susannah Hoffmann, and daughter, Rose.

RIP Maury Chaykin July 27, 1949 – July 27, 2010

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Cornwall ON - There’s a lot of buzz over The Sounds of Buskerville which takes place Saturday July 24th all over Cornwall which is fast becoming the musical hotbed of Eastern Ontario.

Seawayradio.com and The Cornwall Free News are proud sponsors of Buskerville’s First Annual Festival.   Check out our coverage this weekend!

Lamoureux Park – Shelby the Tarot Card Reader, and Kerry Helmer and his drum cyrkle

Limelight Music Academy – Brandon O’Flaherty

Poppy’s Pawn Shop- Joel Ouelette

also the parkette beside Moe Schulmans there will be Acapelics Annonymous, crafts , goodies face painting and so much more.

Some artists will be playing at different venues after their first set is done.

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Cornwall ON - If you love to write this group is for you if you’re in the Cornwall area.   From novices to the more experienced there’s nothing like being in a room full of creative people to get you going in the right direction.

Here is a blurb from Lorna Foreman whom you can contact for more info.   I’ll be there myself this coming Monday night.

The Cornwall and Regional Writers Society welcomes new people.

The meetings are held once a month on the third Monday of each month (barring holidays) at 6:15PM at the Cornwall Library.    ( Next meeting is Monday, July 19, 6:15 – 8:15)

A small, informal  and enthusiastic group, monthly topics are allocated, serving to push ourselves out of our our normal writing genre and style.

We encourage writers to read anything  they have written (or parts of) and give feedback when requested.

Whether published, unpublished or wanna be published – all are welcome.

Call Lorna Foreman at (613) 933-5265 for further information.

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“When I was in grade 2 the idea of going to the National Gallery as Madame Fortin’s class did would never have crossed the mind of my teacher.”

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Acts of Kindness fulfill Dreams! by Jacqueline Milner

Cornwall ON - The Upper Canada Champions for Kids Foundation was formed in January 2008.  The goal of this non profit organization is to level the playing field for area children of struggling families.  This organization helps children with medical requirements such as glasses and allows children to participate in sporting events, the arts and other fun activities which may be out of reach due to their current circumstances.

And so the current fundraising project ‘Celebration of the Arts Event’ was born.  Area students have donated their artwork to this event which is currently on display at The Cornwall Public Library until the 24^th of June.  The organizers asked members of The Focus Art Association to select ten pieces from this show to be featured at a Celebration Dinner & Art Auction, June 25^th, 2010 at the Ramada Hotel & Conference Centre.

Join the Champions for Kids Foundation for an evening of fun and to celebrate the accomplishments of the young artist’s work which will be auctioned on this evening.  Hors d’oeurves will be served while guests have the opportunity to view our area students’ work and talk with the artists about their creative process. This will be followed by a gourmet buffet dinner. The artwork donated by our areas talented and generous students will be auctioned off live by local Trustee, David McDonald.  This will be followed by a live performance by the Edsels and capped off with the sounds of ‘Crazy Daves DJ Service’.

Join us for a celebratory evening of talent, food, fun and dance.  All proceeds will go to the Upper Canada District School Board Champions for Kids Foundation.  For more information about this organization go to http://championsforkids.ucdsb.on.ca Tickets are available through Eamer’s Corners Public School (933-0644) at an investment of $50.00 per ticket.  Your investment…your act of kindness will fulfill dreams for our community children.

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Pictured above is L-R, Co-Chairs of the Celebration of Arts Committee Leesa Jarvo and Karen Murray with donated artwork by area Student Artists Nick Thaler, Glengarry District High School and Bonita Bondar, Rothwell-Osnabruck School.

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Sherbrooke QC - Students from Sherbrooke Elementary School sang, danced and acted up a storm for a one-night-only show that music teacher Tracey Rivette guaranteed would make a difference.

“We are giving something, we are doing something to touch the hearts of those we are singing to,” says Rivette.

‘Together We Can Change the World’ is the story of young Peter Pessimism, who’s feeling down because he has no purpose in life.

“A sport is instant fun. But when you pick up an instrument, a couple of weeks into it it’s not fun anymore, it’s work. You don’t always want to practice… you might want to go outside and play, but you have to practice, because you don’t want to let your team down.”

Rivette began teaching but only 20 per cent of her time went to music lessons.  Time and lobbying eventually led to her becoming a full-time music-teacher at Sherbrooke Elementary.

“It’s pretty cool.” There’s pop and rock, but no heavy metal, Rivette sheepishly admits, though she tries to find value in every style of music (she’s from Cornwall and grew up with country music, and was classically trained in voice at McGill University, but loves Celtic and folk, and also plays the guitar)..

Cornwall Ontario City Councilor and very proud Papa Andre Rivette is mighty proud!

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Cornwall ON – There are a lot of talented artists in the Cornwall Ontario region.  We share some musical talents on Seawayradio.com and of course via the Art Court program which Lorna Foreman is going to spear head, but I thought it would be interesting to publish some short works occasionally that pass through the Writer’s Group that meet once per month at the Library.

Each meeting usually has a theme or focus to work on and last night’s was about being an Insect, particularly an insect that lived in a vehicle.   Here are some of the efforts from members of the group.

Annabelle’s Adventure

By Lisa Etherington-Runions

I come from a species that is as old as time.  No I am not a bug or insect, but a member of the Araneae family.  My ancestral name is Annabelle Arachnida.  My ancestors have spun their webs on the thrones of kings, in the quiet recesses of ancient tombs and libraries, on ships spanning the oceans wide, why even my great-great grandmother Charlotte once spun her web in a barn.  My uncle Edward found his niche on the warm sun-filled back dash of a 59 Caddy, making its way across the arid Nevada desert.  For thousands of years, all of us, big or small, have intricately spun webs as a display of our artistic talents.  Each strand so carefully spun, and replicated over and over.

I have two body parts and a narrow waist.  With my eight legs I travel the earth, and every day is a new adventure.  Recently I found a home in the door frame of a car that sits under the shade of an old Maple on Parkhill Rd.  It is a pleasant spot.  Today however I find myself in an awkward position.  My home is suddenly moving.  I scurry behind the left view mirror.  There its shadows give me protection as the breeze fights my gravitational pull. I hang on in hopes that this ride will soon be over.

My life can be a precarious one, with danger lurking around every corner.  Not many mammals like my species, and the human kind are all too ready to annihilate me.  The boy who rides in the back seat, equipped with magnifying glass enjoys his hobby of collecting bugs.  I have luckily escaped his clutches more than once.  He plays with bugs, studies bugs, and sometimes dissects them.  “It’s all in the name of science” he explains as he chases his little sister Jane across the yard, spider in hand.

The car suddenly stops.  I take a peek from behind the mirror in hopes that Tommy won’t notice me.  The sun is reflecting in his eyes.  I am safe.  I slowly creep out not making any majestic movements.  The car is parked under a shady tree.  The wisteria is soothing.  High above me in the tree there is another spider spinning her web.  We are by the ocean, and the breeze is refreshing.  The children spend the day swimming, and building sand castles, and Tommy collects even more specimens for his collection.

By sundown, the family loads into the car and then all is quiet.  I spin a new web inside an old log, which is buried in the sand dunes.  At the breaking of a new day, my web, laboriously spun under the waning crescent of the moon, glistens with dew.  I wonder what adventures I will encounter today.

And

MOVING DAY

By Linda Kuno

“Hang on kids, Charlie finally sold this old clunker.”

“Where are we going, Mom,” asked Wiggy.

“I don’t know, but watch your sister don’t fall out.”

“Where are you going? You can’t leave us alone,” said Earma.

“I’m not going far. Your dad was out prowling somewhere last night. I have to see if he made it back inside.”

“Maybe he took a nap along the way. He’s been so tired lately,” said Earma.

“Stay in the corner with me. Mom will be back before you know it.”

“It sure is noisy out there. I’m glad we quit shaking,” said Earma. “Mom is taking a long time.”

“I know but she should be back soon. Here nibble on this leaf I left in the corner yesterday.”

“Thanks Wiggy. I was getting hungry, but what are you and Mom going to eat?”

“Mom will find something. She always does.”

“I’m going to miss living at Charlie’s. Remember all the hours we played in the bicycle frame. A real maze, Mom could never find us,” said Earma.

“I sure do. I will miss it too. The kids were always leaving toys in the yard that we could hide under.”

“Hey we stopped. Most of the noise is gone too,” said Earma.

“Thanks for delivering that old clunker, Bill. It looks to be in bad shape, but it’s still fixable. You won’t know it once I restore it. You don’t see many Dodge Darts anymore. It will be worth a mint when I’m done.”

“I believe you Frank. I saw the mustang you did last year.”

“Earma! You hear that? We have to get out of here,” said Wiggy.

“Not without Mom. What’s taking her so long?”

“Listen! I hear something,” said Wiggy.

“Wiggy! Earma! Are you okay?”

“Yes, Mom we’re fine,” said Earma, all brave now that she was back. “Wiggy even fed me.”

“Mom, you didn’t find dad?” said Wiggy.

“I found him. Earma was right. He stopped to take a nap and never woke up.”

“Mom we have to get out of here Charlie sold this clunker to Frank the restorer. If he rips this door apart we are dead,” said Wiggy.

“I know, I heard them talking. I left a sunflower petal that I was planning on having for lunch beside your Dad. It will make a good travois to carry your dad out of here.”

“We don’t even know what is out there,” said Earma. “The air smells real nice, but I’m not sure, what I’m smelling.”

“It’s is beautiful out there. I took a peek when I heard Frank and Bill talking. Bill parked this clunker next to Frank’s Body Shop. The good news is that his body shop is in a restored barn in the country. There are fields and fields of flowers. There are rocks to sunbath on and an old fallen tree for our new home.”

“Great, Mom! Dad would have loved it here,” said Wiggy.

“Yes, he would’ve. That’s why we can’t leave him behind in this old clunker. So let’s get moving we have a long ways to go and a heavy load to carry. You know how your dad loved to eat.”

“Wiggy, do you think there is any kids here?”

“I’m sure there is Earma. I’m sure there is.”

THE END

And finally.

Personal Log of A.P. Waddlesworth

“New Life of the B.C. Spider”

“Well…I suppose…considering you speak spider…I could spare some time to speak with you… Mr. Um er?”

“Arnus P. Waddlesworth the 373^rd at your service Madam Spider!”

“Oh heavens!” she waves four front legs in an ‘oh pishaw’ manner.  “Call me Mama everyone does!”  “May I ask..uhmm…what exactly are you?”

“The humans call my type ‘Rmadilla’ I just call myself One of the Family.”

“I understand… they refer to my kind as ‘aaaahhh a spider!’ or ‘eeeek a spider!’ or ‘quick kill it, it’s a spider!’ so its easier to say spider than using the proper name for my kind …but I like that…what you said, I’m just One of the Family too! What can I do for you Arnus?”

“I was wondering if you had any stories in connection with humans’? I know you must have many horrific tales but I am more interested in the type of stories regarding interactions with them other than the killing of family members and the destruction of our nature homes.”

“I do have a tale you may be interested in…”

“You see this isn’t my ‘nature home’ as you call our spaces, oh it is now but I wasn’t hatched here…

I was hatched in place of hard sharp ‘man structures and rolling man structures, man structures everywhere! When it was time for me to find a safe place to nest so I could hatch my brood, I chose the security of a cave space (the side view mirror) in a rolling structure. You get used to the moving and stopping, moving and stopping, in all it’s a very safe place from the ones who will eat us.

I had nested up quite well laying my eggs in peace; I patiently spun as my babies grew.

After a bit of commotion my home was on the move again as usual but on this day the stopping and starting seemed to be much less frequent than on other days. The next day was more of the same.

The strangest thing began to happen to me… I was growing hair! I became the furry spider you see before you today! I was concerned as it was becoming colder! I began spinning and spinning my nestlings needed more warmth! I lost track of the days… I finally came out to secure a small catch web…I caught, ate and returned inside to sleep.

When I awoke my nest sack was becoming restless and I knew I would soon have many hungry little mouths to feed. I was very excited as this was my first hatching, a typical brooding new mother to be!

I reluctantly left the cave-nest and went out to spin the biggest, best catching webs I could create to catch juicy morsels’ for my wee ones….

I tell you Arnus I could not believe my eyes! For a bit I was too shocked to weave! I got down to business soon enough but I tell you my eyes were not on my work!

Do you see the treed ‘man structures over there on the far side of meadow?” she points with four legs to some log cabins.

“Yes I see them.”

“Well I didn’t! All I could see was this expansive meadow covered in white surrounded by tree-land!  There was not one single thing I could see that was familiar to me, except my moving home! I wondered if I had died in my sleep… was this is the place we go when we die?

I spun my webs, bundled my catches and took food back to the cave. I was waiting to see if my little ones would hatch or if indeed I had died. I had a long wait. I know now… it’s the cold that slows down the growing and hatching processes you see.

Other spiders, ones hatched here, claim I am not right in my mind…they say growing/hatching times are as they always were. I know better Arnus I remember. You know I’ve lived a very long time much, much longer than other spiders’ I’m sure. Again I believe the cold has something to do with my long life.

I eventually saw the ‘man structures but was shocked to find only those here…no more…

When I brought my hatchlings out the cold-white had gone away in some places… the sun was warmer… my babies jumped right out and into this new world with no hesitation! I knew for sure that I was still living!

Over time I managed to make my way all the way to this wonderful elder tree, deep in this forest. I’ve nested in this hollow for countless generations.

My tale is ended…you can make of it what you will. I know some might say the humans’ destroyed my existence but I believe these humans’ gave my life to me.

The ones living here exist in peace with all of us. They give food out in the cold white times for the four legs to eat. They have taken good care of nature home here. They don’t kill any of us unless it is by accident. I’ve even heard tell they put my kind out of their home place instead of killing us. Its weird I know but that is how it is. I am content and pleased to be at my life here. So tell me Arnus what sort of tale brings you here?”

(Excerpt from The Personal Log of Arnus P. Waddlesworth the 373^rd transcribed by the Human W. M. Hackler©1996)

You don’t have to be Margaret Atwood, or Stephen King to enjoy the benefits of creative writing.

If you love to write this group is for you if you’re in the Cornwall area.   From novices to the more experienced there’s nothing like being in a room full of creative people to get you going in the right direction.

Here is a blurb from Lorna Foreman whom you can contact for more info.   I’ll be there myself this coming Monday night.

The Cornwall and Regional Writers Society welcomes new people.

The meetings are held once a month on the third Monday of each month (barring holidays) at 6:15PM at the Cornwall Library.    ( Next meeting is Monday, June 21, 6:15 – 8:15)

A small, informal  and enthusiastic group, monthly topics are allocated, serving to push ourselves out of our our normal writing genre and style.

We encourage writers to read anything  they have written (or parts of) and give feedback when requested.

Whether published, unpublished or wanna be published – all are welcome.

Call Lorna Foreman at (613) 933-5265 for further information.

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Cornwall ON - If you love to write this group is for you if you’re in the Cornwall area.   From novices to the more experienced there’s nothing like being in a room full of creative people to get you going in the right direction.

Here is a blurb from Lorna Foreman whom you can contact for more info.   I’ll be there myself this coming Monday night.

The Cornwall and Regional Writers Society welcomes new people.

The meetings are held once a month on the third Monday of each month (barring holidays) at 6:15PM at the Cornwall Library.    ( Next meeting is Monday, April 19, 6:15 – 8:15)

A small, informal  and enthusiastic group, monthly topics are allocated, serving to push ourselves out of our our normal writing genre and style.

We encourage writers to read anything  they have written (or parts of) and give feedback when requested.

Whether published, unpublished or wanna be published – all are welcome.

Call Lorna Foreman at (613) 933-5265 for further information.

please visit our sponsors:

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Cornwall ON - The second Rock for Charity is Friday April 16th 2010 @ Cafe Connectionz in Cornwall Ontario – All Ages/6:30pm load-in/7pm music starts/$5.

Bands/Musicans playing acoustic sets:

-Lost in Production
(featuring Gregory Floyd Poapst, Denis Andre, Brendan Mason)
http://www.myspace.com/dieinruins

-Winston Marley
(featuring Marc Brault, Joel Plamondon)
http://www.myspace.com/winstonmarleymusic

-Jason Setnyk
http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Jason-Setnyk

-Second Label
(featuring Jory Seguin, Rebecca Runions)
http://www.myspace.com/secondlabelband

-Ewen McIntosh
http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Ewen-McIntosh

Come early to see the legendary musican Ewen McIntosh and stay late for more great music!

The second Rock for Charity is a benefit for the Agape which helps clothe and feed Cornwall’s less fortunate. A guest speaker from the Agape is going to speak briefly at the show.

Rock for Charity is a monthly event created by Jason Setnyk to raise money and awareness for different local charities and non-profit organizations each month.

How does the fundraising work? 50% of the five dollar admission goes towards the charity, the other 50% goes towards the venue/pa. If you wanted to donate more than five dollars, 100% of any amount above the $5 minimum will go towards the charity. I hope that makes sense.

Come out and enjoy acoustic music, help a local charity, and enjoy great coffee and desserts at Cafe Connectionz! Hope to see you on Friday April 16th

We will be broadcasting live on Seawayradio.com from 7:30 PM – drop by and enjoy some music and remember to say hello!

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