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February 2012 Almanac
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Leap Year is the legendary time when women can feel free to pop the question to their men. It is an Irish legend that tells us St. Bridget complained to St. Patrick that women were having to wait far too long for a marriage proposal. So he proclaimed February 29 as the day women could get down on one knee and ask a man to pledge his love eternal. Since the opportunity only comes around every four years, … Read entire article »
More to Recycle in 2012!
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By now you should have received a copy of the 2012 Bruce Area Solid Waste Recycling flyer and a number of *NEW* items have been added to the list! Added to the list of packaging you can now recycle are: Spiral Boxboard – aka Pringle tubes and paper coffee cans. Do not remove metal ends and place inside your blue box. Aluminum foil and trays – please rinse. Empty aerosol and metal paint cans – ensure that aerosol cans … Read entire article »
January 2012 Almanac
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January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year’s Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where … Read entire article »
What It Means to Eat Today
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By: Erika Inglis The world of food is a huge market that is rapidly growing and changing. What it means to eat today is very different from what it meant to eat 50 years ago. Our food is no longer solely developed in the fields, but also in laboratories. Genetically engineered foods have become as integrated into society as eating. While there are some benefits with production at the field level, the direct and indirect ingestion … Read entire article »
December 2011 Almanac
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December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. December’s flower is the narcissus or holly. December’s birthstones are turquoise, lapis lazuli, zircon, topaz (blue), or tanzanite. In Latin, decem means “ten”. December was also the tenth month in the Roman calendar until a monthless winter period was divided between January and February. December is the month with the shortest daylight … Read entire article »
A Change in The Weather?
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Well, that was a bit of a rude awakening! Anyone trying drive on the highways last night and early this morning might have wondered if skates would have worked better than snow tires! But it is that time of year and the old-timers tell me we have had snow a lot earlier than this year. But what has changed is predicting when and where we will get our winter weather this year. “It’s almost as if you … Read entire article »
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Close Encounter – No Deep Impact
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You see it in the movies – a massive planet killing asteroid hurtling towards earth while Bruce Willis and his intrepid team drill madly to place the nuclear charges that will blow the beasty out of the sky. For good measure we have Tea Leoni standing on the beach pensively watching as the tsunami from ‘Deep Impact‘ prepares to wash her away into the closing credits. Tonight if you look up you might just catch a … Read entire article »
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Putting Time on The Other End of the Blanket
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There is an old Native American saying, “Only a white man would cut a foot off the bottom of a blanket, sew it on the top and think the blanket was longer”. Overnight Saturday we get to put that hour back on the bottom of the blanket as the clock rolls back from Daylight to Standard time. But for all the yaying and naying about the value of Daylight Savings Time it is actually not a … Read entire article »
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Today’s Events
February 7, 2012 – Quilt Tying Group - 9:30 am
February 7, 2012 – Reach Out & Learn - 7:00 pm
Coming Events
- February 7, 2012 – Quilt Tying Group - 9:30 am
- February 7, 2012 – Reach Out & Learn - 7:00 pm
February 8, 2012 – Recycling - Mildmay - All Day- February 9, 2012 – Teeswater Pipe Band - 7:30 pm
February 10, 2012 – Youth Curling - 6:00 pm- February 13, 2012 – South Bruce Business Information Meeting - 7:30 pm
February 14, 2012 – Valentine's Day - All Day- February 14, 2012 – Recycling - Teeswater/Formosa - 8:00 am
- February 14, 2012 – Quilt Tying Group - 9:30 am
- February 16, 2012 – Teeswater Pipe Band - 7:30 pm
- February 17, 2012 – Youth Curling - 6:00 pm
- February 21, 2012 – Quilt Tying Group - 9:30 am
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