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1 THE PAR ARTICIP TICIPAPER AN INVERNESS COUNTY PERIODICAL The Particiaer Page 1 Vol 26, No.5 View from the Editor s living room window March Will we have a white Christmas this year? November/December 2005

2 Page 2 FROM THE DIRECTOR S DESK INVERNESS COUNTY RECREATION, TOURISM, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE INVERNESS COUNTY ON THE MOVE...BE WINTER-ACTIVE! In conjnction with the Inverness Conty On the Move Program, the Inverness Conty Recreation/Torism Deartment will again assist commnities by offering Winter Active or Winter Carnival activities - giving Conty residents a chance to articiate in indoor and otdoor recreational events. This 50/50 grant is available to any commnity in the conty to hel offset the costs involved. The idea is to encorage individals and entire families to articiate, to be hysically active and most of all to have fn!! For more information on how to get involved, give the Recreation office a call. Donna or Anna Lee can be reached at or CROSS COUNTRY SKIS & SNOWSHOE RENTAL PROGRAM The Recreation/Torism Deartment rovides a rental service for cross-contry skis and snowshoes. Varios sizes are available. Rental is on first come, first served basis. Cost to rent a set (skis, oles, & boots) is $3/day or $5/weekend. A damage deosit is reqired at time of ick- and will be retrned when eqiment is retrned in satisfactory condition. Eqiment is stored at the Mnicial Bilding in Port Hood. For more information call /3508 or WINTER/SPRING BROCHURE Watch for or 2006 Winter/Sring events brochre de to be distribted early in the new year to mailboxes throghot the Conty. The brochre incldes listings for sers, dances, card games, bingo, ceilidhs, arena contacts, otdoor events, and hockey schedles. Everyone is encoraged to get, get ot and sort these activities sonsored by or local organizations. If yor non-rofit organization wold like to know more abot how we can hel yo romote yor events and activities throghot the year, lease give or office a call at , 3507 or REMINDER TO FESTIVAL AND EVENT ORGANIZERS The 2006 isse of The Snset Side of Cae Breton, Inverness Conty s own Visitor s Gide, will be going to rint in early 2006 and we are dating or listings for or website: These are free romotional oortnities - don t miss ot! If yo haven t sent in yor festival and events dates for 2006 lease call Donna MacDonald at or her at dmacdonald@invernessco.com as soon as ossible. Director s Desk contines on age 31 The Particiaer Editor, Grahic Design and Pre-Press Prodction Marie Acoin PO Box 43, Cheticam, NS, B0E 1H0 Phone: (902) m.acoin@ns.symatico.ca (for sbscrition reqests see below) The Particiaer is blished five times a year by the Inverness Conty Deartment of Recreation and Torism: John Cotton, Director. Contribtions of information and articles, hotos and artwork are welcome. We also welcome yor letters and comments. This blication is a service for the residents of Inverness Conty. Others may sbscribe at the following rates (ostage inclded): $8.00/yr in Canada or $9:00/yr in the US. Send sbscrition reqest, with ayment, to the attention of: Marie Cameron Recreation and Torism Deartment PO Box 179, Mnicial Bilding Port Hood, NS, B0E 2W0 mcameron@invernessco.com Coyright All rights reserved. No art of this eriodical may be sed or rerodced in any manner whatsoever withot the written ermission of the Pblisher. Printed by: The Picto Advocate Vol 26, No. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Director s Desk... Page 2 Ancestors Unlimited... Page 3 A Christmas Story... Page 5 CAP In Inverness Conty... Page 8 No Need to Derive Yorself!... Page 13 Some Recies for Christmas... Page 15 Meet the Inv Conty On the Move Team... Page 16 Part 3 of the CED Udates... Page 18 Healthy Eating Dring the Holidays... Page 24 Trails Contacts... Page 28 Programmers Contact Nmbers... Page 29 ECRL... Page 30 Mnicial Contact Information... Page 31 The Particiaer is in its twenty-sixth year of blication and is distribted free of charge, as a service to residents of the Mniciality of Inverness Conty. Non-commercial advertising is acceted for blication at no charge. DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE PARTICIPAPER IS JANUARY 6, 2006 The Particiaer

3 ANCEST NCESTORS UNLIMITED I. PUBLICATIONS: a) A nmber of Inverness Conty families have claimed descent from eole who came to North America on the shi the Mayflower in 1620, or the next vessel the Seedwell. A recent blication will assist eole in confirming their connection with these early immigrants. Pblished by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, The Pilgrim Migration, by Robert Clarke Anderson, is available for $49.95(US), ls shiing charges, from the Society throgh their website at NewEnglandAncestors.org. Or, by mail: 101 Newbry St., Boston, Massachsetts Other residents of Plymoth in that early eriod are inclded in this well-researched and docmented blication. b) The Nova Scotia Genealogist fall 2005 edition, blished by the Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia in Halifax, contains a nmber of items of interest to eole in Inverness Conty. 1. Notice of records at the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (Pblic Archives) concerning the Acadians on line nsarm/virtal/deortation - Records of the Deortation and Le Grand Dérangement, Records of Nova Scotia Strays, from a nmber of laces in Canada, as comiled by Ken Yong of Ontario. 3. Recent Genealogical and Local History Acqisitions at the Reference Deartment of the Sring Garden Road Memorial Pblic Library. This collection of materials, blications and eriodicals is in a very sefl location, articlarly when the blic Archives(NSARM) is not oen. 4. Marriages and Deaths of Nova Scotians Residing in the Magdalen Islands/Gasé Areas of Qebec, by Byron Clark, incldes notice of the marriage of John David Bck of Port Hastings to Ada Mad Trnbll of Grindstone Island on l4 Aril 188l. HELP ELPING TO FIND YOUR INVERNESS COUNT OUNTY ROO OOTS By Dr. Jim St. Clair c) Historical Atlas of the Maritime Provinces, With an introdction by Joan Dawson, blished by Nimbs. Cost is $ The blication is available at a nmber of local otlets. This is a rerint of the atlas of 1878 in color and contains a fine ma of Inverness Conty with reresentation of many roads not now in se. A treat for local historians and ma bffs. II. The Federation of Nova Scotian Heritage will hold a worksho on 17 Febrary 2006 at the Aikens Aditorim at NSARM to assist local msem eole to imrove their skills in cataloging collections according to the standards reqired by Nova Scotia Msem. The rocess of accessioning items into a msem collection and of identifying objects and docments will be the main focs of this one-day worksho. Contact the Federation via its website: or fhsh@hfx.andara.com or by hone III. QUERIES: a) Descendants are searching for information regarding the descendants of Henry Williams, whose children are recorded on the 1831 School Register for Whycocomagh. Their names are given as John Williams, age 10; George Williams age 8; Tabe(?) Williams age 6; Isabel Williams, age 5. Williams a native of Antigonish was of Loyalist descent. One of the descendants is said to have been a well-known oliceman in New York City in the late 1800s. b) Who was John MacIntyre, the blind ier of PEI and Cae Mabo? He is said to have had a sister Ssan who married a Donald MacKinnon. c) Who has information regarding Roderick MacKeigan of Whycocomagh Montain (near Lewis Mtn.)? According to his death certificate of 1870, he was born in North Uist abot d) Descendants are looking for information abot Contined next age...ancestors The Particiaer Page 3

4 Contined from revios age...ancestors Daniel MacDonald born abot 1846, ossibly in Whycocomagh or Little Narrows, a son of James MacDonald and Christine MacAskill. He was married in 1879 to Kathleen LeGrandais of Newfondland. He may have been a shi catain. IV. MACKINNON BROOK In rearation of material concerning the residents of MacKinnon Brook, letters, hotograhs or descritions of the hoses and store that formerly stood in that commnity, are being reqested. Please send these to Paline MacLean at Nova Scotia Highland Village, 4119 Highway 223, Iona, NS, B2C 1A3 or to me, Jim St. Clair, c/o The Particiaer, P. O. Box 179, Port Hood, NS, B0E 2W0. According to the 1871 censs, the names of the resident farm families that extended from Cae Mabo to the Beinn Bhiorach, were MacPhees, Beatons, and MacKinnons. V. REMINDER: Membershi in the Nova Scotia Genealogical Society shold be renewed as of the lst of Janary Des are $25.00 er year and may be sent to: GANS, Box 641, Station Central, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T3. Membershi brings the qarterly blication of the society and a rocedre for connecting with other eole interested in research in secific families, ossibly throgh electronic means or by means of a blication t ot every two years. VI. RESEARCH RESOURCE: a collection of Inverness Conty School Paers may be fond at the JINGLE BELL WALK Page 4 NSARM (Pblic Archives). Many names of early 1800s teachers are on docments from the Inverness Conty School Board as well as recordings of the names of stdents, their ages and their arents in a nmber of school districts. The docments are far from comlete, bt are very valable in giving an insight into a nmber of commnities. For examle, the reort of the School district no. 29, Whykokomah, lists the names of thirty-one stdents who attended school that year. Their fathers names are given as well, ls the amont that each hosehold contribted to the salary of the teacher, Archibald Cambell. The names of the families reresented on this docment are: McPhadden, Cambell, Carmichael, McLean, McDonald, Matheson, and Williams. The stdents ranged in age from fiveyears-old to nineteen. The salary of the teacher is shown as 40 onds in British crrency ls an additional 10 onds for boarding exense. Also, the reort states that 10 onds was raised to ay the exense of maintaining the school hose and roviding firewood. The names of the trstees are given as Henry Williams, Donald Cambell and Alexander Cambell, who state they find the work of the teacher satisfactory and his condct withot falt. This collection is of great interest. It wold be excellent if somebody wold ndertake to list all of the docments and rovide an index of the names and locations to assist researchers. In whatever way commnities come together to greet the holiday season, Inverness Conty On the Move wants to be there with bells on! Some commnities across Inverness Conty are lanning a short fifteen-minte walk on a secial holiday evening, with bells of all shaes and sizes in hand. Some will have caroling, some will have cider, and still others will be keeing the kids moving arond and warm ntil Santa arrives to light the tree. Bt ALL will be jingling! Watch local media for details on commnity celebrations, and BYOB Bring Yor Own BELLS that is... Of corse we ll have a few extra to share, if yors are still acked away from last year. Inverness Conty On the Move thinks that a good lan is one that accomlishes a nmber of objectives the Jingle Bell Walk will hel s get a bit of exercise ls it will get eole ot and bring them together for a bit of fn and foolishness. For the next six months we will be here for eole who jst need a little encoragement, or have qestions abot how to trn a good idea for healthy living into reality. If yo are interested in getting a Jingle Bell Walk going in yor commnity this year give s a call, we ll be hay to hear from yo! Inverness Sothwest Ardi MacEachern, Jdiqe: / Inverness Sotheast Wanda Chandler, Stewartdale: Inverness North Carole Acoin, Chéticam: Inverness Central Caroline Cameron, Strathlorne: / 2616 The Particiaer

5 And the Silent Shall Seak A Christmas Story by Jim St. Clair In those days, no social services were available. Nor were there RCMP in or area. No telehone service, with an oerator to find the telehone nmbers of officials who cold hel in a crisis. In those days, we lived in isolation with only the telegrah and the mail service for long-distance commnication. In those days, commnities fond ways to meet the needs of individals and families. Hel in times of loss or need cold only be gathered throgh the awareness of all that no other soltions were resent. Ths, when a nearly nconscios woman, lashed to a large homemade raft, washed on the rocky beach below or hose, we knew we had to care for her as best we cold. The doctor was smmoned from Mary s Cove. Bt as there was no hosital within two hndred miles, the care of this nknown stranger so mysteriosly arrived on or beach, now came to s and to or neighbors. The doctor sggested that she had been involved in some terrible event, erhas a shiwreck. A srvivor, erhas lashed to the raft as a way of saving her life when someone with her cold hold on no longer. Bt, althogh the woman retrned to consciosness after several weeks of bed rest and of lacing water in her moth by droer, she did not seem caable of seaking. The doctor cold find no other disability or injry. There was no instittion to bring her to, nor any hosital that cold hel her - it seemed that we, as a family, were to become her caregivers. We called her Peregrina - from the word for wanderer. Her eyes indicated that she heard s as we tried to commnicate with her in several langages - English, Gaelic, French, and Danish. She made no resonse, bt stroked or arms as we broght her food and heled her to begin to stand. Or yongest sister, Rachel Amelia, seemed to have the closest commnication with Peregrina. She sat with her and sang to her in her high for-year-old voice. She even broght her toys. Peregrina gradally came to sit in a chair and welcomed Rachel Amelia to sit with her. She stroked her hair and eventally began to comb the yong child s tangled crls. In those days or lives were very bsy, as we lived in the newly bilt railway station on the main line between Sydney and the Strait of Canso. At least six trains a day arrived here with mch freight to be loaded and nloaded. Or living qarters were located on the second and third stories of the large bilding so we were always resent when the trains came from either direction. Often, we had to hel assengers with their lggage or even rovide meals as eole waited for relatives to come from a distance to meet them. Althogh we had learned to se the telegrah to commnicate with other stations on the railway line, and with offices in Moncton, Sydney and Halifax, we had no access to any government deartments. However, we sent messages abot the stranger who had arrived in sch a crios way. Bt, we received no resonse or information abot shis lost at sea or any other shiing disasters. So gradally, Peregrina came to be art of or daily lives. Or neighbors broght her clothes and food and even took her for rides in their bggies. Bt she seemed nervos when away from s so she always retrned Contined next age...the SILENT The Particiaer Page 5

6 Contined from revios age...the SILENT fairly qickly. She always wished to sit with Rachel and to stroke her arm. Once there were seven of s in the family, and now with Peregrina there were eight. We always made certain that Rachel Amelia and Peregrina were far from the tracks when the trains were coming in - Rachel becase she had little fear and Peregrina becase we weren t qite sre that she nderstood abot the danger. Smmer assed into fall and fall into early winter. Gradally, Peregrina began to do small tasks she even learned to knit. And, eventally the rearations for Christmas began with fritcakes being baked and arcels arriving from far away laces. We lanned or Christmas evening dinner to take lace after the arrival and deartre of the evening train from Halifax to Sydney. The telegrah told s that it was a long train with a nmber of assengers who were going to get off the train at Pleasantdale, or station. In those days, kerosene lanterns hng on the otside walls of the station and also stood near the edge of the latform to light the way for eole as they alighted from the train. We also had several lanterns that we took with s in the evening when we went to the barn to see to or milk cows and horses and chickens. The barn was abot a hndred feet from the station. This night we t those lanterns on the latform as well so that there was lenty of light in those days before electricity. On Christmas Eve, or mother and or ant had reared a large meal to be served in the dining room on the second floor of the bilding, over the baggage room of the station. Or bedrooms were on the third floor and eole were coming and going looking for dishes and setting more laces than were reqired for or own family; as we exected visitors off the train, who were waiting for their friends and relatives to come from distances ot in the contry. Althogh we had taken Peregrina to the barn with s several times and were teaching her to milk the cows and feed the horses, she never went on her own. Rachel Amelia, as the yongest family member, had been cationed to never go to the barn alone. And she was a good child who wanted to lease. That Christmas Eve was a bsy evening with many eole arriving with their bggies and sleighs, for there had been a bit of snow earlier in the day. They were assing the time as they waited for the train with the telling of old stories. Or great-ncle Simon who lived way ot in the contry had lots of old tales and was resent as he waited for his daghter to arrive from New York with her new hsband. Uncle Simon was a favorite of Rachel s so she sat in his la as he told her a story abot how the animals soke to one another each Christmas Eve at the stroke of midnight. C est vrai, he said, as if by confirming the story in French, Rachel wold believe him. She asked how he knew and he said his father had told him. As he finished his story, Paa came into the room and Rachel annonced to him, Paa, the animals seak so we can hear them at midnight as they did when the baby Jess was born. And she smiled at him and reeated her statement to Peregrina who came into the room at the same time. Paa smiled at Rachel and stroked her hair and said, Uncle Simon knows lots of stories that seem tre. Bt I am not sre this one is exactly tre. Yes, it is, said Rachel, Uncle Simon told me in French and I believe him. Peole smiled, and Peregrina s moth seemed to trn at the corners jst a little bit, for the first time since we fond her on the shore. Bt the noise of the telegrah key interrted Page 6 Contined next age...the SILENT The Particiaer

7 Contined from revios age...the SILENT any frther comments from Paa who went to receive the message and resond to it. The train was late coming from the Strait of Canso and it was well after 1l:30.m. before it arrived. It was a good twenty mintes before it dearted again with great gsts of steam from the engine. There were greetings of Merry Christmas and Noël between the dearting assengers and the eole on the latform, inclding or Paa who was a genial station-master indeed, and eole thanked or mother and ant for the tea and cold meat and cookies that had been set ot for them in long trays on the dining room table. In those days, we cold hear the noise as the trains annonced their arrival at Smith s crossing two miles away - and it was a long whistle indeed which echoed over the contryside Bt finally, the sond assed away and all we cold hear was or sisters and or ant singing Christmas carols as they gathered arond the arlor m organ, which or ant layed with great gsto. Or mother annonced the feast was ready and we shold all come to the dining room. It was then that we noticed, all at once, that neither Rachel Amelia nor Peregrina was anywhere to be seen. Where cold they be? It was not like either one of them to be away from the main activity. Had they gotten on the train by mistake? Cold they be aslee? We looked bt there was no sign of either of them stairs or downstairs, in the baggage room, or in the assenger waiting room. Peole called bt there was no resonse. Where were Rachel Amelia and Peregrina - the child and the stranger withot the ower of seech? Or brother Aaron came in breathless and said that he had noticed that one of the lanterns, which shold have been on the edge of the station latform, was missing. And then he said from the doorway as he looked otside, Look at the footrints - they go toward the barn. As we heard the great clock on the landing of the stairs begin to annonce the hor of twelve midnight on Christmas Eve, we hastened ot the back door toward the home of the animals. Paa swng oen the great door of the barn. There, seated on the hay looking toward the cow stalls and the horse stable were Rachel Amelia and Peregrina. They were both smiling. Rachel, the little girl of faith said, It is vrai, it is tre. Peregrina and I heard them seak, Paa. They said Noël, Noël! And, before anyone cold answer - from the long silent lis of the mte stranger - came a sond, Noël, Noël, as from the deths of her inner self. On that evening of those days so long ago, we went back to the hose, knowing that a little child had led s, and that a silent erson cold indeed seak - on that Christmas Evening at midnight - a time of faith and hoe and miracles. Merry Christmas The Particiaer Page 7

8 Commnity Access Program in Inverness Conty - Real Commnity, Real Access By Virginia MacIsaac CAP - or C@P - stands for Commnity Access Program; the key comonent in the federal government s initiative Connecting Canadians, which began in This year we celebrate the 10th year of CAP, and or Inverness Conty CAP gros have a lot to be rod of what they have accomlished dring the time they ve existed. The goal of Indstry Canada, the deartment that sorts CAP sites, was to have blic Internet access sites in 10,000 rral, remote, and rban commnities across Canada. In 2003 the initiative was directly focsed on addressing the so-called digital divide, a term which described those who faced challenges in nderstanding and sing Internet Technology (IT) In Inverness Conty there are 16 oints of access for sers. Forteen of these are rn by indeendent commnity societies or organizations, and two are oerated by the Eastern Conties Regional Library. That s a total of fifteen gros in the conty, working to rovide yo with an affordable lace to get basic comter instrction inclding word-rocessing, access to the Internet, and rinting. Working is the oerative word here, becase the theory behind the Commnity Access Program is that volnteers do the work. The Eastern Conties Regional Library, as a artner in CAP, volnteers its staff and eqiment to assist sers. Three of the commnity gros - located in Port Hood, Chéticam, and Whycocomagh - are art of Service Canada. Therefore, a aid emloyee at each of these CAP sites rovides technical assistance to sers to retrieve government forms and/or information on federal services sch as Emloyment Insrance. For the remainder of the work, the CAP sites rely heavily on volnteers to kee them oen. These volnteers ndertake many different tasks from learning the technology; caring for the eqiment; writing roosals; doing aerwork; aying bills; instrcting; romoting commnity rojects; coordinating and working on secific CAP rojects; attending meetings; and, being active members of the Inverness Conty CAP Network Society (ICCNS). The volnteers at all of the indeendent sites take on these resonsibilities. To assist in the oeration of CAP sites, Indstry Canada, throgh the Office of Economic Develoment in Halifax, offers sstainability fnding. Sites in Inverness Conty received from $0 direct dollars some years to $4200 in others. The fnding reaches the sites throgh the Inverness Conty CAP Network Society. According to the agreement with the Office of Economic Develoment, sites may se the fnding in three areas: Overhead - which incldes rent, ower, hone, internet, snow removal, janitorial, and heat; Eqiment and software related to Internet Technology; and Hman Resorces. Several years ago, Jack Tilsley and the committee at the Scotsville /Lake Ainslie site sed this fnding to rchase a satellite system to bring high-seed service to the site; something which wold otherwise have been a long time coming to the small commnities in the area. The Inverness Conty CAP Network Society also coordinates the Yoth Internshi Fnding that comes to the region from Indstry Canada. The CAP site gros are exected to aly for federal and rovincial smmer stdent fnding rograms and, if nsccessfl, may aly for the Regional fnding. Many high school stdents in Inverness Conty have volnteered at CAP sites, some of them are sbseqently hired for smmer work after gradation, and some come back to se the facilities as niversity stdents over the holidays. The Jdiqe and Port Hood sites were stdied by a former stdent worker as rimary sorce of Contined next age...cap Page 8 The Particiaer

9 Contined from revios age...cap information for an honors thesis on how eole adat to, learn, and se Information Systems. An interesting fact was ncovered dring this rocess. That is, that the more sccessfl a CAP site is - sch as, when a client learns how to se a comter and access the Internet they sally move on to rchase their own system - the sites qickly lose their sers. This is where the Digital Divide kicks in and CAPs retain their vale for those who are least likely to rchase a comter system or don t have access to high seed service. Challenges de to of lack of edcation, low emloyment oortnities, geograhy, langage, or hysical disabilities can often be overcome with artnershis and the se of CAP sites. The CAP site at St-Joseh-d-Moine is located in the Centre de la Mi-Carême. Several of the CAP sites are located in mlti-se facilities sch as this one. Some site managers are interested in new technology, and this also hels kee sers of the CAP sites interested. Some sites artner with organizations that have ongoing technical rojects, for examle, the SAERC commnity cable TV station led by teacher John Stb. Many stdents who have been associated with CAP learn early on abot careers and oortnities in the IT sector and go on to rse a career in that field. Adlt volnteers get basic training and can contine to teach themselves abot many asects of comters while at the sites. Many self-taght eole learn abot the inner comonents of a comter; networking comters; secial software featres of hoto-editing or video-editing; data-basing; or web design. It deends on what aeals to them. Fortnately, learning these things doesn t have to be a lonely rsit. The Inverness Conty CAP Network Society is offering free workshos at local CAP sites. The roject, named, Rn with I.T., is coordinated by Bernadette MacDonald and sonsored by Service Canada (formerly HRSDC). Workshos on MS Excel 2003 Basics, MS Word 2003 Basics, Downloading Msic Legally, and Setting PC Home Networks are being offered. Most workshos are two or three hors long. Yo can sign- for them by visiting yor local CAP site to add yor name to the list, call Bernadette at , or e- mail iccns_rnwithit@yahoo.ca. Where in Inverness Conty can yo find a CAP site? Chéticam offers two searate locales. Lisette Cormier, who knows the CAP rogram well says, Or CAP site is located in or cltral centre, Les Left and right hotos: Yong eole sing the comters at the CAP site in Glendale. Contined next age...cap The Particiaer Page 9

10 Contined from revios age...cap Trois Pignons. We have slit the nmbers of machines we have between or visitor information brea and the commnity area of the centre. We are very fortnate to have an emloyee at or Service Canada site who hels ot with the CAP site. We also have a satellite site at LePortage Golf Corse. Being an Acadian commnity, we have to ensre that all of or information is in both official langages and that any staff we hire is bilingal. As well as working closely with or RWG, we also get some assistance from the rovincial RWG [Résea PAC], working secifically with the Acadian commnities across the rovince. With their assistance, we will be able to hire a erson for a 12-week eriod (Janary to March 2006). This will hel s offer more rogramming to the commnity. (The Inverness Conty CAP Network Society is the Regional Working Gro (RWG). Every CAP site in the conty is a member with one reresentative on the board, who is sally the chair of the commnity organization, or a reresentative of the chair.) The Glendale CAP is located in the Fr. John Angs Rankin Cltral Centre. Glendale s reresentative is the ICCNS resident, Marina MacIntyre. Glendale CAP has several comters for sers, and has jst received high-seed internet connectivity throgh a satellite system as art of the Rn with I.T. roject. Marina says, Use of the Glendale CAP site s comters and software made it ossible for the Glendale Gaelic & Historical Society to blish a genealogy book, Cis is Bain: A Genealogical History of Glendale and Neighboring Commnities, in This roject emloyed two eole and ran for one year. Now a art of or cltral and family history is reserved in an eight-hndred and forty-five-age book for generations to come. The Inverness CAP site has had a few homes, bt right now it is located in the brand new Visitor Information Centre on the main street. Francis MacDonald is the ICCNS reresentative for this site. He was also one of the technicians who worked on creating an informative website last year for the ICCNS and its CAP members. Jdiqe s CAP site is downstairs in the Jdiqe Commnity Centre where it is easy to get to. Dring the daytime, Monday throgh Friday, the site is sally oen, ls two evenings a week on Monday and Thrsday, dring Bingo and dring Cadet night the centre is oen. Stdents withot access to a comter or the Internet can work on school rojects, do research, scan, and rint. The commnity of Jdiqe was added to the Aliant-ALIN broadband roject, and the local gro recently rchased a high-seed accont. Several video and adio rojects have been done here. DVDs have been made at the CAP site, video school rojects, and a web site with lots of Jdiqe information is always being worked on. Mabo has two comters available to the blic in the lobby of Mabo Commnications on the main street. Calm MacDonell is the new Yoth Liason (Soth) for ICCNS and will be working here for the next few months. If yo re new to comters, bt The Glendale CAP site is located in the Fr. John Angs Rankin Cltral Centre. Page 10 Roxane Haché, Project Yoth Coordinator for North Inverness want to learn, a lesson can be set for yo at the Contined next age...cap The Particiaer

11 Contined from revios age...cap site. Margaree has two gros looking after CAP sites and, althogh both are located in the Drs. Coady & Tomkins Library, one is located in the library stairs and the other is downstairs. The Eastern Conties Regional Library oerates the one in the library location and the Margaree Develoment Association rns the other. Northern I.T. Technician, Jeff Brke, will be working ot of here at times, and will also be of service to the CAP sites in the northern half of the conty. The Meat Cove CAP site is in the very caable hands of Derrick MacLellan. Meat Cove CAP was reborn after a fire two years ago rined their comters. We re and rnning now, Derrick says. Althogh, we re still doing constrction on or bilding. Meat Cove has one of the bsiest centres in the conty dring the visitor season. They have also recently hooked to high-seed throgh a satellite system, art of ICCNS s latest roject, and he finds it great. It s been working really well for s, he told me. The CAP site at Pleasant Bay is located in the Family Resorce Centre and Library. Anna Moore, President of the association, mentions a recent working-bee, Many eole in the commnity came ot to hel s exand or library to an adjoining room in order to be able to hose or CAP comters more effectively and rovide a better overall exerience. Several of the comters were located in a resorce area otside of the library, making it qite inconvenient for the workers and sers. The Pleasant Bay Volnteer Fire Deartment will also benefit from this move becase they will have more room in their area as well. We have to thank George Fraser, the manager of the Whale Interretive Centre, for offering his office to s in order to be The Pleasant Bay CAP site is located in the lower level of the Whale Interretive Centre. The CAP site in Jdiqe is easy to access. It is located downstairs in the Commnity Centre. able to do the renovation in the first lace. The library and Fire Deartment are located in the lower level of the Whale Interretive Centre. Having the CAP site does hel give residents access to the Internet. Unfortnately, high-seed has not reached this area yet, bt comter technology still serves the commnity and individals in many other ways. Port Hawkesbry has two CAP locations to serve the blic and stdents of the area. One is in the SAERC/Eastern Conties Regional Library and is oen after school and in the evening. In smmertime, the CAP site is oen mainly in the SAERC -TV sace. The Port Hood CAP site is sitated conveniently in the middle of the commnity beside the Post Office. They have a ram installed at the rear for accessibility and have several comters for the blic s se. Port Hood s CAP site is also a Service Canada site, therefore, has a fll-time emloyee - Diana Hawley. Lots of commnity artnershis are ndertaken in this bilding, inclding JUMP Cable TV and a digital video roject - a docmentary on Angs L. MacDonald. Scotsville /Lake Ainslie s site is located inside the former school bilding now oerated by the Scotsville School of Crafts and the Lake Ainslie Weavers Association. Jack Tilsley and Verna MacMillan actively volnteer here and the centre has become a linchin in this commnity. Jack was voted the ICCNS volnteer for the region and attended the 10-Year Anniversary Celebration of CAP in Halifax this year. The St. Joseh d Moine CAP site is at Centre Lemoine. Projects here have inclded Saint-Joseh-d- Moine: 125 years, a book comiled and written by Rosie Acoin- Grace, and, , A Recie Book, Contined next age...cap The Particiaer Page 11

12 Contined from revios age...cap described on the website as Une merveillese collection de reas traditionels ainsi qe de novelles srrises. Un otil essentiel dans la cisine!/a wonderfl collection of traditional dishes and new favorites. A mst for any kitchen! This book was comiled by Rosie Acoin-Grace and Valerie LeBlanc. And the Whycocomagh CAP site is located in the Whycocomagh Edcation Centre and it is also a Service Canada site. Merryl Bstin is the ICCNS reresentative for the site and Melinda MacPhail works in the Service Canada osition. Each site also has web-cams and the ability to set conferencing adio. Using these means meetings cold be held by going to yor local CAP site, ths redcing time and energy wasted on travel, esecially on cold winter nights. [Ed note: This cold be an excellent resorce for conty Commnity Develoment organizations to kee in toch with one another.] Thanks to the Labor Market develoment roject carried ot by ICCNS last year, and coordinated by Ssan Brooks Frank, there s a very informative and sefl website at htt:// A resorce CD is also available. It is fll of information, technical tis, and commnity links. A screen saver of beatifl sights in Inverness Conty, and a bsiness directory database at htt:// bsinessdir/main.h are also art of this intensive roject that had team members sharing skills and knowledge with each other, with the blic, and with the CAP volnteers. As the website says.all CAP sites rovide basic wordrocessing, rinting, access to the Internet, and basic comter lessons. Many CAP sites offer mch more! If yo are interested in ways Internet Technology can hel yo commnicate better, start a bsiness, take on-line corses, learn comter skills, or learn more abot yor commnity, the CAP sites are a good lace to start. For more information, contact ICCNS coordinator Brenda Beaton at iccnscoordinator@yahoo.ca or There are also brochres with local CAP information available at the sites. Page 12 Plan For Fn Dring the Holidays - Be Active! Planning the holidays Be active, get yor family and/or friends involved in the chores and decorating. Give active gifts this Christmas: skis, toboggans, sorts, gift certificates for gyms or other activities. Sort all age dances, activities and social events in yor commnity. Find new walking rotes for all ages to share. Plan hysical activities to inclde ALL ages from children to seniors. Enjoying the holidays Have Fn Be Active! Take walks by moonlight, do some skiing and then end a fn day with a otlck ser. Try a sledding arty followed by a Christmas dance. For landowners - get a Christmas tree the oldfashioned way, find one in yor woods! Plan an otdoor Christmas scavenger hnt. Go caroling arond the neighborhood. This will be a secial treat for those neighbors who are hosebond. Tor the Christmas Lights on foot with friends and family. For the New Year Reclaim Snday afternoon for otings with family or friends, choose something active sch as a walk, invite someone secial to come along. Plan a new family hysical activity: snow shoeing, skiing, skating, hiking. Trn off the TV, comter and video games, get hysical - rediscover fn activities while enjoying yor family and friends. Teach by examle - nrtre a ositive attitde abot hysical activity by setting an examle. t t t t t The Particiaer

13 No Need to Derive Yorself at Christmas!!! by Caroline Cameron, Inverness Conty on the Move...Coordinator If yo've decided to adot a healthy and active lifestyle, one way to hel yo stick with it is to allow yorself to slrge once in a while. If yo do, jst remember - everything in moderation, INCLUDING moderation! So, if yo lan to go ahead and really enjoy getting into the treats at Christmas, it will hel to go at it with a basic strategy! Here are some ideas to hel yo get throgh Christmas withot overindlging. To begin, I feel I have to debnk a favorite eating myth - that is, that eating healthy is not really indlgent. I say indlge in the good things. Since this is the time to t a little extra thoght into secial foods, yo can t a little extra thoght into Christmas treats that yo can eat with bravado. I had a revelation last Christmas not of the religios sort, bt a clinary one. I showed at a gathering with a frit tray and it was the FIRST late to be emtied. We love to get together and indlge, bt the Christmas scene is so loaded with sgar that we soon get trned off by a big sread of sweets and sqares - esecially when we think of how it s going to take effect when the sgar hits the children s blood systems. I woldn t think of sggesting a sgar-free holiday, bt there are a lot of ways to ti the sgar balance to the healthy side withot sacrificing taste. Strategy #1 - Go for frit-based desserts and add a simle seasonal toch. For examle, try these for dessert - A baked ale with a bit of candied frit, raisins and nts. How abot fried bananas (jst slice and fry in a tiny bit of btter) srinkle with cinnamon before serving. Stewed dried frits sch as aricots, or try canned frits warmed with a bit of sice (cinnamon, ntmeg, cloves) lxrios! Jello in festive colors with any combination of canned or fresh frit (bt remember, ineale is a no-no - for some reason Jello will not gel with ineale added). Jello is really easy and refreshing maybe add a dash of whied cream or ice cream to make it holiday secial. For arty treats try tting lots of frit ot with the cheese tray. Here's a knock-ot combination - slrge a bit - se fresh ineale, graes, orange slices, try different tyes of ales and ears (srinkle them well with lemon jice so they don t brown). All of these go nbelievably well with a whole assortment of cheeses (go easy on the cheeses, or serve more of the low-fat than fll-fat tyes). Try this simle recie: Baked Brie with frit bake a iece of brie cheese for degrees, remove from oven and srinkle almond slivers over it and serve with frit. Ymmy! For a healthy frit di try a c of lain yogrt seasoned with an eighth of a teasoon each of cinnamon and ntmeg and aroximately a teasoon of male syr. Make yor own trail mix by sing all of yor favorite nts and seeds sch as, snflower seeds, brazil nts, walnts, ecans, almonds, mkin seeds, and hazelnts (only add eants if yo are sre those who will be eating the mix has no allergies. Some eole are also allergic to almonds.) For dried frits add banana chis, cranberries, raisins, crrants, dates, aricots, ale. Strategy # 2 - Go for sbstance and go easy on the sgar don t forget how mch eole love the old standards. For examle, in the desserts category ale cris always comes a winner. For the toing add some qick rolled oats and dress it with a bit of frit, nts and sice. Instead of ale cris, try ear and cranberry cris and add some slivered almonds to the toing with the qick oats. How abot trying Cranberry sqares jst sbstitte the filling for date sqares with cranberry sace, ale slices, canned frit, add raisins and/or nts. Dress rice dding in holiday style add raisins or cranberrries! For Savory snacks Get fancy with veggies! The standard veggie tray is always welcome a small amont of low-fat cream cheese will thicken lain yogort to diing consistency jst add dill, garlic, or a dry herb mix. Use sliced ccmber or celery stalk as a base for a iece of rich ble cheese, or to with a Contined next age...deprive The Particiaer Page 13

14 Contined from revios age...deprive iece of avocado, a yogort-dill di, a sardine slice, or a smoked oyster. Cherry tomato halves sit nicely on a iece of cheddar cheese. Be creative! Bear in mind that nts are fatty, bt they are gooood for yo better snacks than chis! Strategy #3 Be mercifl! Don t kee food right nder eole s noses all day. Let eole bild a healthy aetite for a good meal, do yor art to hel yor friends and family stay healthy! Have a good mix of foods, lots of healthy stff, small ortions of the rich stff. This lets eole really enjoy a range of treats. Don t t enormos amonts of food ot it doesn t have to be a feeding frenzy! As for drinks, don t forget abot warm sicy ciders, eggnog, smoothies, frit nches and try adding a srinkle of cinnamon to the coffee gronds before brewing. Some recies to hel yo get throgh the holiday season while still sticking to a healthy lifestyle. Recies Baked Ale: Core and eel for ales, lace them in a baking an with a half c of water in the bottom. Fill centres with a mixtre of nts, raisins and brown sgar. Bake at 375 for 30 mintes. Page 14 Lemon Snow: 1 tablesoon gelatin, nflavored, granlated 1/2 c water, cold 1 tablesoon lemon zest, grated 1/4 c lemon jice, fresh 1 1/4 cs water, boiling 1/2 c sgar 2 egg whites (medim) 1/4 teasoon vanilla extract 1/4 teasoon lemon extract Lemon zest, grated, for garnish Soak gelatin in cold water. Meanwhile, combine lemon zest, jice, and boiling water in a bowl. Add softened gelatin and sgar; mix well. Chill ntil it is the consistency of nbeaten egg whites. Next, add nbeaten egg whites, vanilla extract, and lemon extract. Beat with a rotary beater ntil it is very flffy and holds its shae. Pile into 6 arfait glasses. To with a little extra grated lemon zest. Yogrt Frit Di: Take 175g of yogrt (any flavor) and mix it with 1 small container of Light Cool Whi. This can be served with fresh frit. Delicios! Veggie Dis Crry Veggie Di 1/2 c lain yogrt 1 ts crry owder 1 ts sgar a dash of black eer Mexican Veggie Di 3/4 c lain yogrt 1/2 ts lemon/lime jice 2 tbs. mild salsa. Cranberry Pear Cris Cranberries have been rated as one of the tonotch antioxidant containing frits. And in this dessert, it s dobly good with both fresh or frozen and dried ones inclded. Together with the heart healthy erks of oats, it s a fibre-acked tasty dessert. Serves 6 Toing: 3/4 c qick-cooking rolled oats 2 tablesoons whole-wheat flor ¼ c brown sgar 2 tablesoons choed, toasted nts, 1 teasoon cinnamon inch salt 2 tablesoons soft non-hydrogenated margarine Filling: 3 fresh or canned ears eeled, cored and thinly sliced 1 ½ cs fresh or frozen cranberries (if sing frozen, do not defrost) ½ c choed dried cranberries ½ c brown sgar 1 tbs all-rose flor Preheat oven to 375 F /190 C. Grease an 8 x 8-inch an Combine oatmeal, whole-wheat flor, brown sgar, nts and cinnamon in a bowl and mix well. With a fork or fingertis, work in margarine ntil the dry ingredients are moistened. Set aside. In reared baking dish, combine ears and cranberries; toss with brown sgar and flor to coat frit evenly. Srinkle oatmeal mixtre evenly over frit. Bake for abot 40 mintes, or ntil frit is soft and the toing is golden brown. Contined next age...recipes The Particiaer

15 Contined from revios age...deprive Easy Cranberry-Chocolate Cookies 2 /3 c margarine 1 c brown sgar 1 egg, slightly beaten 1 tbs water 1 c whole-wheat flor 1 c oat bran 1 /4 c wheat germ 1 ts baking soda 1 ts baking owder 1 c choed dried cranberries, raisins, or choed dates 1 /2 c chocolate chis or choed nts In large bowl, cream margarine, brown sgar, egg, and water together thoroghly. Add flor, oat bran, wheat germ, baking soda, and baking owder; mix well. Stir in dried cranberries and chocolate chis. Dro batter by soonfls onto lightly greased baking sheets; flatten slightly with flored fork. Bake in 350 F/180 C oven for mintes or ntil light golden. Makes abot 3 dozen cookies. Ale Cider Heat Ale cider and add a srinkle of cinnamon. Eggnog Beat well together (er erson): 1 egg ¼ ts vanilla 1 c milk 1 inch ntmeg 1 ts sgar Cold Pizza Take one Pillsbry Pizza dogh and stretch it ot on a slightly greased cookie sheet and cook for 8-10 mintes according to ackage. Let Cool! While izza is cooking, mix ½ c of Light Miracle Whi with 4 oz. of room softened Light cream cheese. Add ½ a ackage of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing (This is dry and other flavors in the series can be sbstitted for Ranch). Once the izza crst is cooled sread the mix on to. To with whatever choed vegetables yor hosehold likes - onions, fresh mshrooms, eers (red and green are nice for the holidays) and tomatoes. Grate some cheddar and mozza cheese. Ct into bite size ieces and serve cold. Smoothies - blender frit drinks Yo can se a base of bananas for a creamy consistency, or yogort, if yo re not a banana fan. Ice cbes give it an extra chill. From here on in, it's to yo to choose whatever frit yo like - frozen, canned, jammed or fresh strawberries, ineale, oranges, cranberries, rasberries, mango, eaches, ears. Then thin a bit with water or jice. Use aroximate measres to taste: for two servings start with 1 banana, 6 ice cbes, abot a half-c of frit and a half c water or jice. Citrs Sangria Drink (An Elegant Christmas drink) 1 lime 1 lemon 1 orange 1 bottle white grae jice 1 bottle soda water Crshed ice cbes Ct lime, lemon, and orange in half. Sqeeze jice from one half of each; ct remaining halves into thin slices. In large itcher, combine grae jice, soda water, citrs slices and jice. Fill wineglasses one-qarter fll with crshed ice. Por in sangria and a slice of citrs. Makes 8-1 c servings. Rasberry Pnch from the Whycocomagh & Area Volnteer Fire Deartment Ladies Axiliary 2004 Cookbook. 3 cans of frozen rasberry jice 1 c each slices 1 lime, thinly sliced 1 kg of frozen rasberries 1 can of frozen lemonade 3 cs of Srite or 7-U 1 750ml bottle of chamagne Mix all together and enjoy. Yo can also se vodka or rm or jst omit the alcohol. Cris or Chewy Cookies. Which do yo refer? For a very cris cookie, se btter; for slightly less cris, se soft margarine. Using a redced-fat sread will rodce a soft, chewy cookie. DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE PARTICIPAPER IS JANUARY 6, 2006 The Particiaer Page 15

16 Inverness Conty on the Move... Meet the Team! by Caroline Cameron, Project Coordinator The Inverness Conty on the Move roject now consists of a team of for, each one dedicated to a region of the Conty. Carole Acoin of Chéticam looks after Inverness North and Caroline Cameron of Strathlorne, the Project Coordinator, also covers Inverness Central. The contact for Inverness Sothwest is Ardi MacEachern of Jdiqe and has been with the roject since its incetion. Or newest addition is Wanda Chandler of Stewartdale, who will be taking care of Inverness Sotheast. We owe a debt of gratitde to Leslie McDaniel, Donna LeBlanc and Ardi MacEachern, who initially got the roject and rnning. They were also resonsible for the creation of those beatifl Inverness Conty On The Move... osters hanging throghot or commnities. Or gro brings many different exeriences and ersectives to the roject. We are active in varios ways, and jst like so many other Inverness Conty residents, we too face challenges in being active. Therefore, we are always on the lookot for activities that will work, not Pictred l - r: Carole Acoin, Ardi MacEachern, Wanda Chandler, Caroline Cameron only for or fellow residents, bt also for s. We are looking forward to the ftre of this roject and the ensing reslts with excitement and energy. Here s to getting everyone in Inverness Conty On The Move Most of s know what we shold be doing to lead a healthy lifestyle, bt mch too often we allow other things to become a riority. Between hectic schedles, social gatherings, frozen foods, and fastfood restarants, it reqires major focs and self-control to lead a healthy lifestyle. Of corse, it shold be a to riority for all of s at all times. I m one of those eole who tend to be active in srts. I ll make a major effort to eat healthily and inclde hysical activities on a daily basis, and then slowly, I retrn to my not-so-healthy ways. I really like the fact that Inverness Conty on the Move is romoting organized family activities sch as monthly walks. It encorages eole of all ages to do things together, from small children to seniors. I m hoing these efforts will encorage some of s to articiate and get in the habit of doing so reglarly. - Carole Acoin Field Worker, Inverness Conty North What s most imortant to me abot being hysically active is that every time I am, I feel like I m doing the right thing it feels good - hysically and mentally. I don t have a reglar schedle of hysical activity, and often won t take the time to enjoy activity becase I m too bsy. I need to be reminded that it is a really valable way to send my time, and that it benefits me. Contined next age...meet Free Ttoring for Adlts The Inverness Conty Literacy Concil has volnteer ttors in yor area who are available and willing to assist adlts to become better readers. If yo, or someone yo know needs hel, call Adlt Ugrading Classes Adlt grading classes (inclding rearation for writing the G.E.D. exam) are being offered throghot Inverness Conty. Classes are free. If yo wold like more information, lease call Page 16 The Particiaer

17 Contined next age...meet Inverness Conty on the Move brings this message to the commnity level. We have to look after orselves, we have to make sre or children and seniors have every oortnity to be active and healthy. I don t think it takes a lot of money to kee or commnities well. I think it takes a lot of what we already have lenty of - commnity-mindedness and comassion, so I really look forward to seeing what we can accomlish. - Caroline Cameron Project Coordinator and Field Worker, Inverness Central I feel that there are so many hysical, mental and social benefits to being active, and this rogram makes s more aware abot being active and eating healthily. Moving back to Cae Breton two years ago has made me areciate even more the beatifl natral resorces we have for hysical activities. Bt or rral areas have very few financial resorces to work with, and as a reslt, if we want something in or area we become very creative and do a lot of fndraising. From what I read in the last Particiaer secial edition, Inverness Conty On The Move, there are a lot of great eole ot there with great ideas. Hats off to all of those who hel gros and individals get going. Jst seeing what other commnities are doing is a great resorce in itself. Sharing those ideas with others is a great way to get motivated. Wanda Chandler, Field Worker, Inverness Sotheast We have all heard abot diets and exercise rotines that are hard to live with and may or may not work. The thing I like abot Inverness Conty On The Move is that yo are encoraged to be active - yor way. Whether it s taking a walk, getting yor winter s wood, or going for a skate with the kids, it s all good. It makes sense to do things yo enjoy and make them art of yor rotine. Ardi MacEachern, Field Worker, Inverness Sothwest. [Ed note: Take advantage of the oortnities being offered throgh the Inverness Conty on the Move... rogram over the next few months. Contact the field worker in yor area for hel getting started if yor goal is living a healthier lifestyle.] CONTEST Inverness Conty On The Move... Active Yor Way, Every Day - Enter individally or as a family or gro - Tell s in 500 words or less how yo are active yor way on a daily basis - Be creative, have fn and think Win! - The winner will be notified and selected stories will be blished in an isse of The Particiaer - Deadline for entries is Febrary 1, Send yor story to activeyorway@yahoo.ca or fax it to or mail it to Categories: Adlt, Yoth, French and English The winners will have a choice of rizes valed at aroximately $100. In the yoth category there is a choice of a Bike, Bear Paw Snowshoes or snowboard. In the adlt category there is a choice of Snowshoes, Sorts otfit or two ronds of golf at Le Portage Golf Corse in Chéticam OIDHICHE CHALUINN ANNS A BHRÀGH! GLENDALE S OLD-FASHIONED NEW YEAR S EVE DANCE AND CEILIDH December 31st, m - 2 am $20 er erson / Government I.D. reqired Sonsored by: Glendale Area Commnity Co- Oerative Ltd The Particiaer Page 17

18 Udate From Conty Commnit nity Develoment eloment Organiz anizat ations Par art t 3 of a 3 Par art t Ser eries ies Or commnity develoment volnteers devote many hors to the goal of imroving life for everyone in Inverness Conty. Reresentatives of the 17 develoment organizations met this ast sring with Concillors and staff of the Mniciality for an exchange of information. Or revios isses contained reorts from the Chéticam, Glendale, Jdiqe, Inverness, Lake Ainslie, St. Joseh d Moine, Mabo and Marble Montain Develoment Associations. In this the third of or three art series on commnity develoment associations across the Conty, we resent reorts from the remaining organizations on their develoment activities from the revios year (2004) and lans in rogress for The Margaree Area Develoment Association is very involved in making imrovements to their area and reorted the following disbrsements made by them in the year 2004: $ to Soth West Margaree Recreation Association; $ to Belle Côte Commnity Centre (Sign); $ for MADA Torism Committee for Signs; $ for Park Develoment at Margaree Forks (this inclded fencing and a machine for bilding a Maze), Sring laygrond installation, and lantings at the Library gronds; $ North East Margaree Firemen and $ Commnities-in-Bloom For a total of $10, The medical bilding is well sed and there were exenses incrred in 2004 with the rovision of the following services to the commnity: 1. Doctors Clinic 2. Blood Lab Clinic 3. Well Baby Clinic 4. Margaree Smmer Festival 5. Terry Fox Rn 6. Nova Scotia Clean U Program 7. Election Polling Station 8. Christmas Light U 9. Dr. Dnn, Chiroractic Clinic 10. GED Program MADA lans for 2005 inclde the following: Contined imrovements to Welcome to Margaree signage and the ark area. $ will be sent to assist with the Commnity Centre Project ls another $ will be allocated to assist the Belle Côte Commnity Centre. $ will go to the Soth West Recreation Association for Jly 1 fireworks show. And finally, fnding will be soght for ongoing maintenance and constrction of the area Trails system. The Meat Cove Develoment Association resented a smmary of Projects comleted in 2004 and roosed rojects for Reresentatives reorted that, in 2004, the Welcome Centre increased its caacity in order to accommodate the increasing nmbers of visitors they receive each year. A Tearoom was oened within the Centre. It served an all day breakfast which roved to be a hge sccess with the torists, camers and residents of Meat Cove. The Centre is also home to a blic access internet site, a service which was greatly areciated by the more than 4500 eole who signed the gest book last smmer. This large nmber of visitors exceeded the Association s wildest exectations. And, althogh leased with the obvios sccess their efforts at increasing torism to the area have had, it did t some strains on the Centre s water system. This is something which will have to be addressed before next smmer s torist season begins. De in large art to the high cost of insrance, heat, lights, snow removal, telehone and Internet, the Welcome Centre cannot be oened fll time in the off-season. An otdoor stage was bilt adjacent to the Welcome Centre to accommodate the eole who come to the tearoom. Here they can sit otdoors and have tea/coffee, and read a newsaer while listening to the babbling brook and birds before setting off a on a daily trek over the excellent trail system arond the Meat Cove area. One of the last rojects worked on in 2004 was the constrction of an otdoor storage bilding. This bilding now hoses some of the emergency Contined next age...development ASSOCIATIONS Page 18 The Particiaer

19 Contined from revios age...development ASSOCIATIONS eqiment reqired for the area. The Develoment Association s roosed lans for inclde the following: 1. Finish the walkway from the Centre to the beach. This will allow access to the hiking trails, camgrond, fishing areas and beach. 2. Constrction of a second washroom at the Centre to accommodate the increasing nmber of visitors. 4. Imrovements to the water system. 5. Installation of two large doors at the back of the of the Centre to make the deck and stage wheel-chair accessible. 6. Installation of signage arond the Cabot Trail romoting the Welcome Centre, Tearoom and Internet Site. 7. Increased arking area for the Centre to establish it as the beginning and ending oint for hiking, exloration, and beach access at Meat Cove. 8. Maintenance of trails, inclding clearing away debris, installation of new signs and bilding a change hose along the trail system. The Meat Cove reresentative stated that they hoed to contine working closely with the Mniciality and members of the commnity to make Meat Cove a lace of interest and a lace where eole from all over the world can come to exerience and enjoy the scenery and lifestyle. The Orangedale Imrovement Association (OIA) reorted on their year 2004 and lans for Their reresentative reorted that the Association had received fnding arovals to engage a consltant to comlete a Feasibility Stdy/ Bsiness Plan for the establishment of an Atlantic Priority Yoth Centre (roosed location Stoney Point, Inverness Conty.) The stdy was comleted December 14, They stated that the Yoth Centre is an innovative roject that wold address the rehabilitation of yoth at risk in the 16 to 18 age gro in the Atlantic Region. Many are yong eole from small, rral commnities and geograhically remote First Nations who have left their home areas and have not coed well with life in large cities. Others have remained in their home commnities far away from major rban centres bt have fallen into nrodctive and dysfnctional lifestyles. The objective of the roosed Atlantic Priority Yoth Centre is to redirect these yong eole and hel them achieve growth throgh develoment by way of the following rogram comonents: Edcation; occational skills; commnity living skills; life skills. From the research it is clear that the Centre is reqired; the rosective client nmbers are, nfortnately, mch larger than we wold wish. The jstice and social safety net systems increasingly favor treatment of riority yoth in the manner roosed by the Atlantic Yoth Priority Centre otion. The oortnity exists here to rovide for a strong rogram which will hel trobled yoth get back on track to a rodctive and healthy lifestyle. The obvios benefit to the target clientele is well-recognized, however, Reresentatives of local Develoment Associations met with mnicial concillors the Centre wold also in Jdiqe last Sring Contined next age...development ASSOCIATIONS The Particiaer Page 19

20 Contined from revios age...development ASSOCIATIONS bring with it a sbstantial level of investment and emloyment. For examle: Emloyment: In a facility servicing 48 clients, aroximately 26 to 30 staff members wold be reqired to staff it. Polation imact: staff wold be ermanent and some of them wold relocate to the immediate area. This wold hel stabilize and enhance olation nmbers in the area. Prchase of goods and services: the facility wold rchase goods and services at a level of abot one million dollars annally, in addition to ayroll. This is a sbstantial sm which wold hel stabilize the the economy of the area. Constrction vale: bildings and eqiment wold cost in the order of seven million dollars, for a caacity of 48 clients, living in 8 hoses. That figre incldes common areas, classrooms, administration sace and infrastrctre. This wold bring a sbstantial constrction roject to the area; ongoing maintenance of the hysical lant will also reqire local services for bilding kee and reair. The roosal is to oerate the Centre as a notfor-rofit entity comlete with a Board of Directors. The Board of Directors wold inclde reresentation from (bt not be limited to) Orangedale, First Nations, University College of Cae Breton (UCCB), YMCA, bsiness, and other inflential sectors and artners interested in the facility. Some of the foregoing organizations cold develo a artnershi in other resects with the Centre. For examle, UCCB cold develo a cooerative rogram from which their social sciences stdents wold benefit. The next stes are to seek ot sort and fnding for the Centre and to establish its identity. This initiative will reqire exlaining the rogram concet and establishing a legal entity to rovide strctre. Start fnding will be reqired to rovide for rofessional staff ersonnel, sorted by secialist exertise and clerical hel, to rse fnding and frther the develoment of Page 20 the Centre. Research has been condcted to identify a broad range of otential fnding oortnities to sort the develoment of the Priority Yoth Centre. The OIA reresentative thanked the Steering Committee involved with this roject and said that Over the ast two years the Steering Committee has erformed an excellent role in giding the roject to becoming a meaningfl and otentially doable oortnity for the benefit of or "yoth at risk". The active members of the Steering Committee were named as: Dr. Elizabeth Beaton, CBU; Blaine Gillis, SHRDA; John Meagher, YMCA; Rev. Aaron Billard; Beatrice Bckland, NS Commnity Services; Randy MacDonald, OIA; Donnie Deveax, Port Hawkesbry RCMP. The OIA reresentative contined the resentation by otlining the Association s lans for He said that Phase Two of the Atlantic Priority Yoth Develoment roject will reqire fnding for two key ositions. The individals hired for these ositions will take the lead role in romoting and fostering the roosed Atlantic Priority Yoth Develoment to commnities in Atlantic Canada and will also be reqired to meet with all otential fnding artners - Government, Fondations, Cororate Canada, and the Pblic Sector to solicit financial and other sort. Also in 2005, the OIA will be roviding mch needed renovations and reair to the Smith Commnity Centre and Orangedale Wharf. The entire sm of $5,000 from the Mniciality Conty of Inverness will be reqired for these activities with OIA also investing in excess of $5,000. The Pleasant Bay Commnity Develoment Association reresentative reorted on the activities of that gro for the year 2004 and lans for His oening statement was, With a olation of less than 300, or oerations ale in comarison with other larger commnities. However, by the time he finished reorting the activities of the Association to those at the meeting, it was clear that they are a very bsy and hardworking gro Contined next age...development ASSOCIATIONS The Particiaer

21 Contined from revios age...development ASSOCIATIONS who have accomlished mch over the years. He did cation that over the ast cole of years the organization had seen its share of volnteer brnot, and as a reslt, a slow down in activity. Nevertheless, they somehow managed to carry on with a nmber of rojects in He reorted the following rojects were ndertaken: Reair and installation of a new water system to sly the Professional centre and local United Chrch. Petitioned the rovincial government on the delorable conditions of local roads and Cabot Trail. Also the lack of highway directional signage in the commnity. Organized the annal Canada Day family celebrations, which has become very olar over the years, and attracts families from different commnities in northern Cae Breton. Sorted the varios commnity gros hosting the Bay of Whales Festival in Agst. Held or annal commnity Christmas arty, an event well received by the entire commnity. The largest roject the association was involved with in 2004, was the enhancement of the lower level of the Whale Centre. This area is now sed by the local fire deartment as a commnity centre and clb, and also contains or library and C@P site. The Association invested $ to to the Conty's donation of S The $ was sed to install a new dro ceiling and make other reairs at the Centre. The organization also worked with other gros in the commnity assisting them wherever ossible. The Association reresentative stated that they see 2005 as a eriod of renewal and have identified a nmber of rojects that they want to carry ot dring that eriod. He said there has been renewed co-oeration with the varios commnity gros and all are agreed in the direction they want develoment to take. He listed a nmber of rojects being considered, one of which wold mean a major investment in the commnity: Installation of a fence along a dangeros cliff and ossible constrction of a foot bridge at the Pioneer cemetery to link it with the new cemetery. Annal Canada Day family celebrations More involvement in the Bay of Whales Festival Work with the Pleasant Bay Library and Whale Centre to exand the commnity s Celtic Colors rogram in October. Create a commnity brochre to hel visitors better nderstand the commnity and all it has to offer. Contine to lobbying the government to do something abot the roads! Form a Working Committee with reresentation from each commnity gro. This gro wold meet reglarly to discss ideas or roblems that may arise at any given time. Whale Interretive Centre Enhancement Project. The Port Hastings Develoment Association reresentatives reorted their activities for 2004 inclded work at the Port Hastings Commnity Clb. This consisted of removal and clean- of the existing otfield fence and lotting of new fence and baseline dimensions for softball and minor leage Baseball fields. Also, in order to increase the deth of right field from 190 feet to 230 feet, they excavated, trcked and rchased landscae materials ls removed the existing backsto and fencing which was relaced by a reglation size backsto, comlete with cement footer. Costs associated with the general kee and maintenance of the Clb, inclded electricity, roane for the frnace, and liability insrance. They also installed signage for the Gt of Canso Msem. Planned rojects for 2005 were otlined. These inclde work to be ndertaken at the Port Hastings Commnity Clb: Comletion of fencing on backsto; landscaing of the backsto area; rchase and relacement of the otfield fence, right to left comlete with gates; tosoil and sodding of field extensions; shingles and aint on the clbhose; Liability Insrance. And, for the Gt of Canso Contined next age... DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS The Particiaer Page 21

22 Contined from revios age...development ASSOCIATIONS Msem: Roof and gtter reairs; sealing and ainting of windows; interior/exterior aint; arking lot extension; imrovements to hiking trails; imrovements to lawn and garden area; fence reairs; and, signage. The Port Hood Area Develoment Society (PHADS) reresentative stated that, PHADS is a non -rofit, economic develoment organization established in 1979, which is committed to working for the betterment of the commnity. Or goal is to develo or commnity so the residents are rod of or history, cltre and heritage and also the beatifl area in which we live. We continosly work to imrove or commnity and sort varios organizations in their efforts. Or $5000 Commnity Develoment Fnding heled sort arena restoration and other grades that have enhanced or commnity. The Board of Port Hood and Area Develoment Society is made of aroximately 15 members drawn from local bsiness owners, members of other non-rofit organizations, retirees, and an accontant, jst to name a few. The Exective Board consists of or President, Ssan Mallette, a commnity activist; Vice- President, Charles MacDonald, bsiness owner; Secretary, Darlene Watts, bsiness owner; and Treasrer, Diana Hawley, a Service Canada emloyee. All of the board members bring with them a wealth of sort and exertise in different fields. PHADS accomlishments over the years have inclded the following: Establishment of the local commnity cable TV Station, JUMP TV; Provincial Day Park and Boardwalk; Weekly Tesday Night Bingos; new Street Lights; Entrance to Port Hood Signage; Interretative Signage Project for the Day ark; Commnities-in-Bloom; Volnteer Recognition Night; Christmas Tree Lighting; Fraser Street Park Clean. The Society also sorts the following: The Al Maclnnis Sorts Centre; the Port Hood Harbor Athority; The Fneral Home Committee; the RV Camgrond Idea, (Crrently held by the Al Maclnnis Sort Centre: Camgrond Committee); High Seed Connectivity initiative. Page 22 Accomlishments in 2004: Beatification Street Light Project Phase 1 - This hase emloyed local bsiness and rovided enhanced lighting on Main Street and made the area more secre and attractive to both residents and visitors. Interretative Sign Project - On Coordinator was emloyed by this roject which allowed the emloyee to gain new skills to add to her ortfolio when seeking frther emloyment. Provincial Day Park Boardwalk - This roject created job oortnities for local stdents and has rovided skills develoment for them over the ast several years. JUMP TV, commnity cable station, manager - This initiative rovides bsinesses, in both local and srronding areas, a vene for advertising. Also, the olar Tesday Night Bingos generate revenes to hel fnd commnity imrovement initiatives ndertaken by PHADS. Projects lanned for 2005: Beatification Street Light Project Phase 2 - Proosal to be sbmitted to ECBC, Province of NS, and Mniciality for the Second Phase of this ongoing roject. Plans for the second hase inclde installation and restoration of sidewalks and installation of fifty-eight street lights. Angs L. MacDonald Video Docmentary - Creation of a rofessional Video Docmentary local historical figre Angs L. MacDonald. Prodction of a brochre and ost cards featring Angs L. MacDonald and the Port Hood Area. This roject wold emloy three local residents who wold gain new skills in video rodction, video eqiment, and varios comter software rograms, sch as imovie, Photosho, etc. Day Park/Boardwalk Projects - PHADS received fnding for an grade of water and sewer at the Boardwalk. This Project will emloy local residents and entrereners. Boardwalk Restoration and reairs - Contined next age...development ASSOCIATIONS The Particiaer

23 Contined from revios age...development ASSOCIATIONS A Proosal has been sbmitted for fnding throgh HRSDC for Job Creation for the Boardwalk Restoration and reairs. Old School Board Bilding - Ongoing roject to decide ftre ses for this historical bilding. Possible emloyment oortnities and restoration are being considered. Reresentatives from West Bay reorted that, dring 2004, residents of the commnity volnteered their time and donated money to carry ot extensive renovation work to the Commnity Hall. The kitchen was moved from the basement to the main floor. This involved altering the old floor lan and existing bathrooms to accommodate kitchen sace. The roject inclded new framing, dry walling, wiring, lmbing, new doors and fixtres, etc. The renovations also inclded making the site wheelchair accessible. A new water m was installed and broken windows were relaced where reqired. For 2005, they hoe to make the following imrovements to the Centre - Reshingle Roof Relace 5 Windows Relace Wheelchair Ram & Decking Paint Exterior of Bilding Install Vinyl fascia vents, Eavestroghing & Downsots Relace Frnace, oil line and Tank Install two Street Lights Landscae bilding gronds Pave Commnity Hall Parking Lot The Centre is very imortant to the commnity and is sed on a recrring basis for many activities inclding the following - Chrch meetings Seniors clb meetings Commnity clb meetings Wedding showers Wedding recetions and dances Baby showers Birthday Parties Retirement arties and banqets Fellowshi (following fnerals) Snday School Canada Day Party Children's Halloween arty Children's Christmas arty Weekly family resorce centre for children (ages 0-6 yrs old) Annal Remembrance Day ceremony and tea Official olling station for Mnicial, Provincial and Federal elections Weekly card lays Senior card lays Weekly dart leage Yoga/Massage The West Bay Road Commnity Gro reorted that the Fire Deartment and Ladies Axiliary hold actions, a weekend-long Fall fair, sers, Remembrance Day fnction, and other events at the commnity Fire hall and that the Catholic and United Chrches also hold events there. They said that keeing the hall going in a rral commnity is very challenging considering the cometition and ressre faced by having Port Hawkesbry jst down the road. They said that it is difficlt to attract yong eole to stay in the commnity when schools and other recreational events are all centered in the town. However, the gro contines to work hard to make their rral area thrive. Plans for 2005 inclde encoraging yonger eole to become more involved in their commnity. They also hoe to work with srronding commnities to imrove rral life for all residents of the the area. They feel that it imortant to form strategic alliances with neighboring organizations and gros, that everyone wold benefit and more cold be achieved by working together. They said that there are too few eole doing too mch work and many of them are feeling brnedot. By forming alliances with other gros, they cold also share their ool of volnteers, relieving those who are overworked. The Whycocomagh Develoment Commission meets monthly at the Whycocomagh Edcation Centre. In 2004 they had a total of 38 members, which inclded 24 bsinesses, 11 individals and 3 organizations. Dring 2004 they worked on the following initiatives: Contined age 26...DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS The Particiaer Page 23

24 Healthy Eating Dring the Christmas Holidays! By Norma Cambell, P.Dt. Christmas is a time of joy, fn, relaxation and celebration. For many however, it is also a time of excses, overindlgence, and abandonment of any effort at healthy eating! While no one wants to miss ot on all of the delicios foods of the holiday season, by keeing a few tis in mind and making conscios choices, yo can enjoy all the great tastes the season has to offer and hoeflly avoid any nwanted weight gain or other health concerns come the New Year. The following are some easy tis to kee yo on track dring Christmas arties, Christmas day, and even at the trkey dinner! Give them a try; yo ll thank yorself Janary 1 st! When attending a Christmas arty (or several) this holiday season, remember there is no need to overindlge on high calorie foods to have a good time. Take this oortnity to mingle and catch with family and friends, jst don t do it next to the food table! When we stand next to a Cheese an frit tray. Go easy on the cheese and fill on frits! bffet and chat, we tend to ick at the trays of aetizers and sweets withot realizing how mch we have been consming. Yor best bet is to fill yor late once. Taste what yo like, jst don t over do it. If there are frit and vegetable trays, fill yor late with choices from these. Try to limit yor intake of anything wraed in bacon or astry, or swimming in a rich and creamy sace. Yor best defense to avoid overeating at holiday arties is to have a healthy meal before yo go. This way, yo won t be starving when yo arrive. If yo are the host or hostess of the arty, yo have the final say regarding what is being served! Yor health-conscios gests will thank yo for offering lighter choices, and everyone else won t even notice a difference! Fresh frit and vegetable trays with lower fat dis are a olar otion. If yo lan to serve baked goods, try adjsting recies to make them lower in fat and/or sgar. If yo do this, be sre to try the recies in advance to make sre they taste all right. Otherwise, search ot low fat/low sgar recies from roven sorces. Once the arty is over, t away any leftovers romtly so that yo are not thoghtlessly mnching while cleaning! Holiday arties are only a art of the Christmas season. For many eole, the main event comes on Christmas Day the trkey dinner! Again, keeing a few things in mind can allow yo to enjoy the wonderfl tastes of Christmas while keeing calorie intake in check. Try to start the day with a good, healthy breakfast. If yo aren t starving throghot the day, yo will be less temted to ick at chocolate, shortbreads and other snacks while waiting for yor trkey dinner. If yo do get hngry before yor big dinner, snack on a iece of fresh frit. Clementines, graes, and other fresh frit are lentifl dring the holidays. If yo are rearing the trkey dinner, adjst some of the recies to make them healthier. If yo make yor bread stffing with a non-hydrogenated, soft-tb margarine instead of btter yo can save yorself lots of nnecessary satrated fat. Yo can even ct down on the amont of margarine yo se. Mix a little margarine with chicken stock, this way the stffing will be moist bt healthy, it doesn t have to be driing with fat! Try making yor mashed otatoes with skim milk and margarine. This makes for a nice, creamy, and healthier mashed otato. When serving vegetables, why not serve them fresh cooked and lain? Gests can add margarine or gravy at the table. Seaking of gravy, when rearing it, t the an driings from the trkey in the fridge to allow them to harden for a few mintes. Take it ot, scrae the fat layer off and throw it away. Use the remaining jice to thicken and season yor gravy. Yo will still get lots of flavor with a lot less fat! After indlging in a delicios feast, it s not really necessary to Contined next age...healthy Page 24 The Particiaer

25 Contined from revios age...healthy serve a high-calorie, high-fat dessert. Why not try something lighter like a fresh frit salad with angel food cake and light whied toing? If yo are going ot for yor trkey dinner at the home of friends or family, eat a healthy snack rior to leaving, and remember, yo only have to eat what yo are comfortable eating. Don t be forced into eating second and third helings, esecially if yo are not that hngry! Don t forget the holidays can also be a wonderfl time to get in some extra hysical activity. After dinner bndle and head ot for a brisk walk to enjoy the fresh snowfall and beatifl lights. These are jst a few sggestions to hel yo kee hay and healthy over the holidays. Everything can fit into a healthy eating lan bt moderation is the key. Will yor Christmas be any more enjoyable if yo have 3 ork ies instead of jst 1? I don t think so! [Many thanks to Norma who wrote this aricle for s and rovided the recies on this age. Norma is the Dietician, at the Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hosital.] The recie for the Cranberry Pear Cris icted above aears on age 14 of this isse FUDGY BROWNIES Makes brownies 1/3 c (75 ml) semi-sweet chocolate chis 3 tablesoons (45 ml) soft non-hydrogenated margarine (sch as Becel) 1 c (250 ml) all-rose whole wheat flor 3/4 teasoon (4 ml) baking owder 1/3 c (75 ml) cocoa Pinch salt 1/2 c (125 ml) granlated sgar 1 large egg ls 2 egg whites 1/2c (125 ml) nsweetened alesace 1 teasoon (5 ml) vanilla extract Prearation Preheat oven to 350 F/180 C. Preare an 8 inch/20 cm sqare baking dish by sraying with nonstick vegetable oil sray. Set aside. Melt chocolate chis and margarine in a small sacean over low heat; allow to cool. Set aside. Sift together flor, sgar, cocoa, baking owder and salt in a medim bowl. In a large bowl, mix together egg, egg white, alesace, vanilla and melted chocolate mixtre. Add dry ingredients and stir ntil well combined. Por batter into reared an and srinkle nts on to of batter; bake on the middle rack of the oven for 20 to 25 mintes, deending on the moistness desired. Bake 20 mintes for fdgier brownies and 25 mintes for more cake-like ones. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Ntritional Information Ntritional information er brownie: Calories: 109 Protein: 2 g Fat: 4 g Inverness Conty On the Move...Coordinators Inverness North - Carole Acoin, Cheticam Inverness Central - Caroline Cameron, Strathlorne / 2616 Inverness Sothwest - Ardi MacEachern, Jdiqe / Inverness Sotheast - Wanda Chandler, Stewartdale Satrated Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 13 mg Carbohydrate: 16 g Dietary Fibre: 1 g Sodim: 54 mg CHRISTMAS PUNCH Combine eqal arts light cranberry jice with soda water. Throw in some sliced orange or lime on to of bowl. The Particiaer Page 25

26 Contined from age 23...DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS Environmental School - In Febrary 2004 members of the board met with the School Board Serintendent; reresentatives of the Deartment of Edcation, St. F.X. University; and Rodney MacDonald MLA, to determine a ftre for this roject. They felt fortnate to have Barry Waldman attend as well. He did the initial work on the roject when he was with the develoment association from At his own exense he did some frther work this year, bt de to time constraints was nable to comlete a written roosal for fnding. Since the School Board will not rovide fnding for reqired ersonnel, other fnding sorces had to be identified and aroached. Seniors Hosing - They contine to exlore ossibilities for aartment nits in the village of Whycocomagh. Otions being investigated inclde cooerative hosing or the constrction and oeration of a bilding by a rivate contractor. S.S. Sailing Society - In December 2004 the Society received a grant from Enterrise Cae Breton Cororation for Phase One of the work lanned for the Whycocomagh wharf. The Develoment Commission sed the five thosanddollar caital grant from the Mniciality toward this roject. Whycocomagh and Area Consolidated Recreation Association - The Develoment Commission worked with the Recreation Association to obtain a grant of $124,000 from the Strategic Commnity Investment Fnd of Enterrise Cae Breton for Inverness Conty On the Move! Active living rovides many health benefits both hysical and mental. Living an active and healthy lifestyle benefits individals, families, and commnities. Peole arond the conty are kicking it a notch! From lans for new ball fields to commnity beatification, making trails, raising sails, driving nails, lifting bales! They are steing the ace and loving it! Inverness Conty residents living an active life can thrive (think of how or ancestors did it). Let s do it let s get bsy and get healthy and active together!! renovations to the arena. The Develoment Commission is administering the fnding and they hoe that grades to the facility will allow it to be sed to a greater extent throghot the year ths increasing its contribtion to the economy of the area. Whycocomagh Provincial Park - Oortnities for enhancements to the Park that wold increase se by both locals and torists were discssed with Park staff. The Commission wrote to the Minister of Natral Resorces sggesting imrovements sch as interretative signage for the Salt Montain Trails and the installation of landry facilities. Althogh we did receive a rely from the Minister there was no commitment made regarding the imlementation of or sggestions. Commnity Beatification - With the assistance of the Inverness Conty Torism and Recreation Deartment s rogram Commnities-in-Bloom ls a 50/50 grant, we hired a worker who did an excellent job ctting grass along the roadways in the village. Flowers were also lanted at the intersection of Highway 105 and the village road and at both chrches. Sidewalk Constrction - Rodney MacDonald MLA, arranged to have the Deartment of Transortation fnd the land srvey for sidewalk constrction on the Village Road. The srvey was comleted in the early smmer and we reviewed it at or fall meeting. Winter Active - The Develoment Commission and the Whycocomagh Lions Clb organized winter activities dring one weekend in March. The activities were well attended and inclded sleigh rides, snowshoeing and cross-contry skiing at the Provincial Park. Fnds to assist with this roject were rovided by the Recreation and Contined next age...development ASSOCIATIONS Page 26 The Particiaer

27 Contined from revios age...development ASSOCIATIONS Torism deartment of the Mniciality. Sring Clean U - With assistance from the Deartment of Transortation and the Resorce Recovery Board, in May we organized a volnteer highway clean for Aberdeen, Bles Mills, Skye Glen and Whycocomagh. Local bsinesses donated rizes, which were sed as an incentive, and over 60 eole articiated and gathered tons of garbage! On less than one kilometer of highway throgh the village there were over tens bags of garbage and two bags of recyclables gathered. They hoe to make this an annal event and that more yong eole can be encoraged to articiate. For 2005 the Association has indicated that their lans inclde: Commnity Beatification - With the addition of Keltic Qay, the new Conference Center/Resort, in the village of Whycocomagh, they anticiate an increased nmber of visitors to the area. In order to make the village as esthetically leasing as ossible they lan to do a major clean. This will inclde tree ctting and trimming in overgrown areas, clean of the brook behind the firehall and installation of a small bridge over it to oen the area for walking. They also hoe to t icnic tables in strategic locations and rovide signage at the comer of the village road and highway 105 that wold indicate the services that are available on the village road. With the 50/50 Grant and the Commnities-in-bloom rogram they will contine to lant flowers in strategic locations and to have the grass ct along the roadways and blic areas in the village. They lan to contine with the following initiatives in 2005: Environmental School - In artnershi with the Whycocomagh Edcation Center they will contine to work on the lans for an environmental center at the school. They had received a very ositive recetion for the concet from MLA Rodney MacDonald. A roosal for fnding has been sbmitted to the aroriate government deartments/agencies for consideration. Whycocomagh Provincial Park - In Febrary members of the Commission met with Richard Hrlbrt, Minister of Natral Resorces, and Rodney MacDonald MLA and Minister of Torism, to discss imrovements for the Provincial Park. They discssed the need for landry facilities, tree ctting and trimming to imrove viewscaes, trail signage and the constrction of a walkway along the water. Their hoe is that this year will see the addition of landry facilities at the ark and next year some flly serviced caming sites. They will contine to investigate the ossibility of assisting the ark in the installation of directional and interretative signage for the Salt Montain hiking trails. Sidewalk Constrction - They await frther information regarding the cost of constrction and the fnding arrangement for a sidewalk along the village road. Once they have this information in hand they lan to conslt the homeowners for their int. Seniors Hosing - The Develoment Commission stated that they were leased that the annoncement of shared Federal-Provincial fnding for affordable hosing has created interest from the rivate sector, with resect to constrction of Seniors hosing in the village of Whycocomagh. In the interim they lan to contine to exlore otions and assist those interested in sch a roject in whatever way they can. The Develoment Commission thanked the Mniciality for their sort and stated that the Commnities-in-Bloom and 50/50 grant rograms have heled them kee their area looking attractive dring the Contined next age... DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS THE PARTICIPAPER ACCEPTS (IN FACT ENCOURAGES) READERS TO SUBMIT UNSOLICITED ARTICLES AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO INVERNESS COUNTY. WE ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN THE ARTWORK, POETRY AND SHORT FICTION OF OUR LOCAL CREATIVE ARTISTS. OTHER WORK DEEMED TO BE OF A NON-COMMERCIAL NATURE AND OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO INVERNESS COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION. CONTACT THE EDITOR FOR MORE INFORMATION. The Particiaer Page 27

28 Contined from revios age...development ASSOCIATIONS torist season. They also said that the se of the $5000 grant as seed fnding has meant that a nmber of commnity gros have been able to obtain additional fnding from other levels of government for rojects that have benefitted their commnities both economically and socially. This is the last of what has been a three-art series of Commnity Develoment Association reorts that have aeared in this and two revios isses. Dring the meetings of this ast sring, many of the association reresentatives exressed a desire for more oortnities to meet with one another and/or exchange information. We hoe that, by blishing these reorts, we have heled in some small way to flfill at least art of that reqest. We hoe that or readers have also fond the reorts informative. In ftre isses we hoe to bring or readers interesting articles on commnity develoment. We encorage or develoment organizations to se the ages of this blication to kee in toch with each other and or readers. We also encorage readers who have innovative or creative ideas on commnity develoment to dro s a note. The address is: Editor, The Particiaer, 936 Chéticam Back Road, PO Box 43, Chéticam, NS, B0E 1H0. HOT OFF THE PRESS!! THE NOVA SCOTIA TRAILS 2006 CALENDAR IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE The 16-month Nova Scotia Trails 2006 calendar is available in select retail establishments for jst $11.95 ls tax. It may also be rchased directly from the NS Trails Association, or any of or articiating member gros at $10.00 (no tax). Once again the calendar featres high qality hotos of trail settings from across the rovince. Making these calendars a nice Christmas or birthday gift! Many thanks to sonsors - Bowater; Health Promotion (Province of Nova Scotia); Maritimes & Northeast Pieline; and McCrdy and Reed Canoes. Withot them, the Nova Scotia Trails 2006 Calendar wold not be the sccessfl fndraising roject for recreational trail develoment that is has been. Page 28 INVERNESS COUNTY TRAIL CONTACTS: Inverness Conty Trails Federation - John Astin Ceilidh Coastal Trails Association - Allan MacDonald Male Ridge Rnners - ATV - Bernie MacNeil - Creignish Jdiqe Flyer Trails Association - Blaise MacEachern West Mabo Trails - Nadine Hnt Cae Mabo Trail System - Ian Sherman Whycocomagh Develoment Assn Office Margaree & Area Develoment Assoc. Gordon Larence Margaree Lifestyles Association - Brooks Hart Cae Breton Highlands National Park Meat Cove Trails - Derrick MacLellan SNOWMOBILE CLUBS: Aline Snowmobile Clb - Leonard Tobey Margaree Highlanders Snowmobile Clb - Larie Cranton Highland Snowmobile Clb, Cheticam - Marcel Levert Inverness Caers Snowmobile Clb - Jerome MacEachern Cae Clear Snowmobile Clb - John Astin H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S The Particiaer

29 If yo want to make dietary changes to imrove yor health and need hel getting started, an excellent resorce available to all residents of Inverness Conty are the dieticians based in or commnities. Contact them Monday throgh Friday at the following nmbers: Heather Mrhy Chéticam hosital, call: Norma Cambell Inverness hosital, call: Mary Jessome, Whycocomagh - Her contact nmbers: Tesday & Wednesday, 9 am to 4 m at the Wagmatcook Health Centre (902) Thrsday, 9 am to 4 m at the Waycobah Health Centre (902) Want to change yor lifestyle bt need some hel getting started? Contact the Inverness Conty on the Move... ersonnel in yor local area: Caroline Cameron - Project Coordinator Inverness Central /2616 Wanda Chandler - Field Worker Inverness Sotheast Carol Acoin - Field Worker Inverness North Ardi MacEachern - Field Worker Inverness Sothwest / Programmers - Inverness Conty Chéticam: Clifford Maillet PO Box 900, Chéticam NS, B0E 1H0 Phone: (902) (w)/ (902) (h) Belle Cote/ St. Joseh D Moine Jlia Tomkins PO Box 651, Margaree Forks NS, BOE 1A0 Phone: (902) Glendale: Marion Gillis RR1 West Bay Road NS, B0E 3L0 Phone: (902) Inverness: Anna Lee MacEachern PO Box 546, Inverness NS, B0E 1N0 Phone: (902) Jdiqe: Eileen Smith Jdiqe NS, B0E 1P0 Phone: (902) Mabo: Eddie MacNeil PO Box 68, Mabo NS, B0E 1X0 Phone: (902) The Margarees (NE Margaree, Margaree Centre, Margaree Valley) Rachel Maginley PO Box 118, Margaree Centre NS, B0E 1Z0 Phone: (902) Meat Cove: Derrick MacLellan General Delivery Meat Cove NS, B0E 1E0 Phone: (902) Pleasant Bay: Cheryl Timmons 214 Pleasant Bay Road Pleasant Bay NS, B0E 2P0 Phone: (902) (h)/ (902) (library) Port Hood: Leona Gillies PO Box 8, Port Hood NS, B0E 2W0 Phone: (902) Scotsville: Verna MacMillan 3054 Rote #395 East Lake Ainslie NS, B0E 3M0 Phone: (902) vernamac@ns.symatico.ca Valley Mills/ River Denys Arlene MacDonald RR 2, River Denys NS, B0E 2YO Phone: (902) West Bay/ West Bay Road Alesia MacDonald PO Box 128, Cleveland NS, B0E 1J0 Phone: (902) Yor local rogrammer is also an excellent resorce for information on health and/or fitness corses in yor area. Anna Lee MacEachern, Program Coordinator, Inverness Conty Recreation/Torism Deartment PO Box 179, Port Hood, NS, BOE 2WO, Tel: (902) , Fax:(902) amaceachern@invernessco.com The Particiaer Page 29

30 REGIONAL LIBRAR IBRARY NEWS WS BOOKS BY MAIL AND VISITING LIBRARY SERVICE: We rovide a free mail-ot service for library books for ersons who live in the more rral areas of the Conty. Jst call or s yor reqest. Also, for ersons who cannot easily leave their home, we will bring or mail to yo a selection of reading materials chosen by or staff to reflect yor references. Call s to register! WHAT'S NEW AT THE LIBRARY? Check ot or website at ecrl.library.ns.ca for or new and imroved online cataloge and start yor wish list! Comlete with listings of recommended books and best sellers, book cover grahics, excerts, and book reviews for many books, or new virtal cataloge is sre to lease! Also new to or website is the Chilton Do It Yorself Ato Reair Gide, for many older car models (2000 and revios). Pls, or newest What Do I Read Next? is a sefl addition to the site. This on-line gide will hel yo choose yor next book! We've got lenty of new books, DVDs and adio books arriving daily so visit s soon or order online and arrange for ick at a Branch or Libr@ry Link site near yo. Staff are now sing or new cataloge system and thank yo for yor atience as they learn the new rotines associated with the system. INVERNESS PATRONS NOTE: Inverness Patrons Note: The Inverness Libr@ry Link site is now located at the Inverness Academy. Visits are every second Thrsday from 2:00-5:30 m; 6:00-8:00 m. See schedle below for coming dates. For frther information, lease contact Eastern Conties Regional Library headqarters, by telehone: , info@nsme.library.ns.ca or visit or Website BRANCHES: SUMMER HOURS: DECEMBER 1, FEBRUARY 28, 2006 MARGAREE FORKS Tel/Fax: Monday 1:30-4:30 & 6:30-8:30 Tesday & Wednesday 6:30-8:30 Thrsday 10:00-12:00 1:30-4:30 & 6:30-8:30 Friday 1:30-4:30 Satrday 1:30-4:00 MULGRAVE Tel: Fax: Monday 10:30-12:30 & 2:00-6:00 Tesday & Wednesday 2:30-7:30 Thrsday 1:00-4:00 Friday CLOSED PT HAWKESBURY Tel/Fax Monday-Friday 3:00-8:00 Satrday 11:00-2:00 HOURS: LIBR@RY LINKS: DECEMBER 1, FEBRUARY 28, 2006 INVERNESS ACADEMY (every 2 weeks) Thrsday 2:00-5:30 & 6:00-8:00 December 1, 15 Janary 12, 26 Febrary 9, 23 MABOU, DALBRAE ACADEMY (every 2 weeks) Wednesday 3:45-5:30 & 6:00-8:00 December 7 Janary 4, 18 Febrary 1, 15 JUDIQUE COMMUNITY CENTRE (every 4 weeks) Wednesday 4:30-5:30 & 6:00-7:30 December 14 Janary 25 Febrary 22 ST. JOSEPH DU MOINE/ (every 2 weeks) CENTRE SAINT-JOSEPH Thrsday 12:00-5:15 & 6:00-8:00 December 8 Janary 5, 19 Febrary 2, 16 PORT HOOD RESOURCE CENTRE (every 4 weeks) Tesday 3:30-5:30 & 6:00-7:30 December 6 Janary 17 Febrary 14 WHYCOCOMAGH EDUCATION CTR (every 4 weeks) Wednesday 3:30-5:30 & 6:00-8:00 Janary 11 Febrary 8 Page 30 The Particiaer

31 MUNICIPALITY OF THE COUNTY OF INVERNESS DIRECTORY MAIN SWITCHBOARD Fax - All Deartments BUILDING INSPECTOR: Port Hawkesbry Port Hood ENGINEERING & PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT: Administration Water Utilities Emergency Sewer & Water Maintenance 24 Hrs EXECUTIVE OFFICES: Warden Chief Administrative Clerk CAO Secretary FINANCE DEPARTMENT: Director Tax Collector Acconting Data Processing INVERNESS COUNTY HOME CARE Mnicial Homes: Foyer Père Fiset Inverary Manor PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT: Divisions: Bilding Insector: Port Hawkesbry Bilding Insector: Port Hood Develoment Control Policy: MDP Office RECREATION AND TOURISM Director, Recreation & Torism Director, Commnity Develoment & Cltre Assistant /Recreation & Torism Adlt Edcation & School Program Coordinator Torism Toll-Free COMMUNITY SERVICES Toll-Free Strait Highlands Regional Develoment Agency (SH-RDA) Port Hawkesbry OUR WEBSITE & ADDRESSES ARE: recreation@invernessco. com The Particiaer cover ages are rinted in the mnicial colors of ble and yellow. However, the Christmas isse is rinted with a red cover in celebration of that season. Director s Desk contined from age 2... FREE ADULT UPGRADING AND TUTORING AVAILABLE Inverness Conty Literacy Concil, nder the direction of the Recreation/Torism Deartment, is available to hel adlts with grading classes or one-on-one ttoring. For more information yo can contact s toll-free SPRING RECREATION & CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS 2006 Registration week is schedled for Febrary. Febrary is walk-in registration and mail-in registration is Febrary Commnity and school rogrammers are rearing now for the coming sring session. New instrctors are always welcome as are new ideas for corses and workshos. CALL YOUR LOCAL PROGRAMMER TODAY WITH YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW COURSES AND PROGRAMS! (See age 29 for list of rogrammers.) For more information call Anna Lee MacEachern at LOOKING AHEAD TO YEAR EAR EAR 2006 ACTIVITIES IN INVERNESS COUNTY WinterActive: Janary to Aril Registration for Recreation & Adlt Ugrading Programs: Febrary Inverness Conty High School Drama Festival: Aril Inverness Conty Volnteer Recognition Ceremony: Aril Inverness Conty Senior Games: Jne 2006 Smmer & Fall Events Brochre Deadline: May 2006 Smmer & Fall Events Brochre delivered to Conty Mailboxes: Jne Ed Note: On age 24 of the Jn/Jl 2005 isse, I incorrectly identified the Mi Kmaq maritime nation as the Mi kma ki, this shold have read Mi kma ki sans the article. My aologies. The Particiaer Page 31

32 From the Warden, Concillors and Staff of the Mniciality Merry Christmas and Hay New Year! Pictred above: Front row l - r: Alice MacKay, Helen Cambell, Adrian Dermody, Annalee MacEachern, Heather Perry. Back row l - r: Phyllis Matheson, Loise Delisle, Francene Hawley, Beverly Ehler, Adrey Brke, Michael Gillis. This ast November 15th, at the Scotsville School of Crafts, Michael Gillis (ably assisted by his wife Karen) held a worksho on wreath-making. As yo can see (above) it was a wellattended event and those who articiated went home with a beatifl creation. This is the third time that this olar worksho has been offered. Althogh the worksho is not normally t on every year, a few eole have already made inqiries abot articiating in the next one. If there is to be one, it will be advertised in the Agst/Setember 2006 isse of The Particiaer, watch for it then! Joyex Page 32 Noël et Herese Année! The Particiaer