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Graham Turnbull
A year after Garth and Janine Watkins moved
to Canada from South Africa, they bought their first Canadian home next
door to Graham Turnbull. They got to know Graham well soon after moving
in when Garth discovered a leak in his roof... <MORE> |
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Various Neighbourhood Heroes
This column is about a number of
different Neighbourhood Heroes... <MORE> |
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Keith Pattinson
A story appeared in last week's paper reporting that the British
Columbia Automobile Association is encouraging parents to consider
alternate forms of transportation to their cars as their children return
to school... <MORE> |
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Harewood's Hidden Heroes Wall of Fame
Last Wednesday afternoon the South Side Teen Club, part of the Fifth
Street Boys and Girls club, was crowded wall to wall with Neighbourhood
Heroes and their friends... <MORE> |
| Bill Hicks
Less than a year ago, an offhanded
comment from a neighbour changed Bill Hick's life dramatically... <MORE> |
| Misty Duifhuis and The Hardy's
Nanaimo’s
neighbourhoods are bubbling over with Neighbourhood Heroes most of whom
we never hear about. Let me tell you why I say that... <MORE> |
| "Neighbourhood" Heroes
When I answered the door
last Easter morning, Sarah Stashuk, Mike Ward and their baby Sienna
greeted me with an Easter gift, a basket full of candy nestled around a
small beautifully hand-painted rabbit on a rock... <MORE> |
| Tom and Joyce Huck
Imagine yourself flipping
through the newspaper and suddenly ... surprise! ... you see your
photograph and a column describing you as a Neighbourhood Hero, an
exemplary friend, workmate, neighbour, child, parent, or grandparent. It
would probably take you a few minutes to recover from the shock.
Well, Tom and Joyce Huck are just now starting that recovery
process... <MORE> |
| Parnell Walsh
Parnell Walsh and his wife, Lindy,
visited Nanaimo several times over the past 5 or 6 years before they
finally decided to take early retirement and settle among us... <MORE> |
| Len Daynes
Hey Len Daynes ... surprise! Ruth Merner, one of your neighbours, has
nominated you as today's Neighbourhood Hero and your wife, Wendy, has
known about it for weeks. She keeps good secrets doesn't she? <MORE> |
| Jeff Hunter
This week and the next two, I'm going
to write about special neighbours and encourage you to think about the
people in your neighbourhood you've always though should be
acknowledged...
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| Caroline Isles
Caroline Isles, the Community
School Coordinator at Georgia Avenue Community School, is committed to
making a difference in her neighbourhood but she'd prefer to do it
quietly, in the background, with little ... let's make that no ...
fanfare...
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| Roxanne Allen and Barbara Henoch
No matter where
you live, if you want to change your neighbourhood for the better,
Roxanne Allen has some tips for you...
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| "John Wayne"
John Wayne is alive and well and
helping his neighbours whenever he can... <MORE> |
| Anonymous Asset Builder
I was going through my
old files recently and came across a story that Carolyn Iles had
submitted to a province-wide, Asset Building For Youth newsletter. It's
well worth retelling... <MORE> |
| Dan Lay
This column is about one Neighbourhood
Hero who joined forces with a second Neighbourhood Hero. Then, over the
next few weeks, working with their partners, they found and began to
organize 30 more Neighbourhood Heroes ... and they've only just begun...
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| Chas Clayton
We have all been surrounded by
Neighbourhood Heroes throughout our lives. Think of your parents,
grandparents, other relatives and their friends, many of whom have long
since passed away...
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| White Rapids Summer Swim Club
"How was the meet?
How did you do?" Those were the first questions Eric Robinson asked his
granddaughter as she walked through the door... <MORE> |
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Mom and her Neighbours
They were friends and neighbours and
if it hadn't been for their support, my mother would not have been able
to spend the last years of her life living in her own home and enjoying
her independence, something that was of utmost importance to her... <MORE>
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Peggy Lake
Don't mess with Peggy Lake. She's a woman on a
mission.
Peggy is committed to empowering people who are living in poverty --
people like her. She is also committed to empowering people who are
living with mental illness -- people like her... <MORE>
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Barb Jubinville
Kathy Reynes is a single parent with no close
relatives living nearby. Thankfully, she has Barb Jubinville as a
friend, the kind of friend every single parent should have... <MORE>
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