Belated birthday greetings go out to Richard Brennan, Donat Ranger, Madeleine Coghlin, Karen Keon and Janet Gleason who celebrated last week.
Birthday greetings and best wishes go out to Raymond Morris who celebrated his birthday on June 2, also to Kaitlyn Vellenga on June 4, Kevin Picard on June 6 and to Rebecca Gagnon Morin and Ray Walker on June 9.
Congratulations to Sherry Duval of Pembroke, Ont. who won the Residence Meilleur 50/50 May draw. The lucky winner got to take home $4,800 and the same amount went to Residence Meilleur. The next draw will be on June 26.
An article about the Raptors published in the Washington Post mentions Sheenboro, Que.
James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, was born in Almonte, a small town that works hard to honour his legacy while embracing the rise of the Toronto Raptors. Karen Gleason of Sheenboro, Quebec, her sister Cathy and two friends stumbled upon the bronze piece while window-shopping during a weekend getaway. The four women recognized Naismith’s local ties but were more interested in gushing about the Raptors’ success.
As a Christmas present, Gleason treated her 15-year-old son, Abram, to a 12-hour round trip to Toronto in February to see the return of DeMar DeRozan, a former Raptors guard traded last year to San Antonio. Abram wore a Raptors hat, multiple Raptors jerseys on top of a Raptors T-shirt, Raptors underwear, Raptors pyjama pants and Raptors socks.
Just a reminder the Chapeau RA will be celebrating spring with a community yard sale on June 8. CWL members of Chapeau have until June 5 to purchase their ticket for dinner on June 11. Laetitia Peacock and myself are also members.
The Sheen Book club will meet on June 6 at Mary Jane Carroll’s. The book for discussion is “This Is How It Always Is” by author, Laurie Frankel. It was an interesting read.
Due to the flooding on Hudson Bay Road our land line has been out of order and now cancelled. I can be reached at 819-650-2413.
