It has been a very interesting week with two young girls from who are related to folks in Pontiac graduating from St. Peter’s High School in Orleans, Ont. One was my granddaughter, Emily MacDonald (McGee) who graduated with honours and the other was Brianna Tremblay. Brianna is the granddaughter of Larry Coleman and Diane Pirie-Coleman. She received the OECTA Sylvester Quinn Memorial Scholarship with $600. We are so proud of these two young ladies. The graduation was in Ottawa and it was beautiful.

Congratulations to my brother Neil and his wife Margaret who have been married for 56 years.
Another person who has been furthering his education is my son-in-law, Sean MacDonald. He has been taking a management course at Algonquin College and wrote his last exam on the same day his daughter was graduating. He got 100 per cent on his exam and 91 per cent in his course. I always respect people who go back to school to better themselves.
Shawville put on a very nice Canada Day parade with many horses and floats. Happy Canada Day 150.
Don’t forget to get out there and pick your strawberries as it will soon be over.
It has been very busy this last week with renovations in our basement, a new pump put in our well that has been there for 20 years. The same person that installed the old pump came back to put in the new one, what a coincidence.
My daughter has her mother-in-law visiting from BC and her granddaughter and they are leaving for Toronto to visit some relatives there.
I would also like to give my son praise as he is taking an apprenticeship with Facidfix in Ottawa to become a plumber. He has also been working hard at turning his life around and I am so proud of him.
Remember if you have any news please call me but you have to let me know by Sunday night as I have to have the notes in by Monday morning.