Te folks at Pennybrook Folk have

been busy this summer, running a

concert series at the West Dublin
Hall and preparing for the fourth
annual Pennybrook Festival of
Music and Creative Arts.
Te two remaining shows in the
concert series are:
Saturday July 26, 8pm:
Vince Morash, Ann Fearon
and James Crouse
Stunning three-part harmonies and
guitar brilliance.
Saturday August 9, 8pm:
Craig Werth
All the way from New Hampshire,
Craig will charm and delight
you with his songs, stories and
musicianship.
Saturday August 23, 1pm9pm
The Pennybrook Festival
Performers include Lucas Reeves
and the Lunar Skyline, Dan
MacCormack, Steve Keith, Denise
Aspinall & Aran Silmeryn and
more! Tere will be non-music
workshops and demonstrations as
well as activities for kids.
Te festival organizers, Jude Pelley,
Charlie Wilson and Alex Hickey
are actively recruiting volunteers to
help with festival set-up, clean-up
and trafc control. Please call Alex
at 693-2142 or email her at Alex@
AlexSings.ca if you'd like to help.
PennybrookFestival.ca
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 1 JULY 2014 Uniting the South Shore LaHave River Communities
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Rebecca Roher,
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dskeeters nd bees
Read out loud. You'll get it right
on your second or third try...
twonce pohna toime
twas skeeters roamed free
tweren't no crops
'n tweren't no bee
skeeters poll-in-oi-ted
da' few nay-tive fowers
'n suckt up t'blood
as d' woild-life cowers
tweren't much here
but dey awwll lived good
cuz dey wozn't jealous
'n no one had good food
den come t'bees
'n t'swamps fll' in
'n t'new crops grew
needin' poll-in-ay-shun
a lot more horses
meant a lot more blood
so all lived better
'til d'fsh ran owt
wit' all dat land
growin' crops not critter
'n'deir swamps flled in
some skeeters got bitter
"dem bees took our jobs
polloinatin' dem crops
dem horses 's gone
so we got less blood"
"widout d'fsh dere's
fewer out 'n boats
'n we can't get dem
'cuz dey got good coats"
dey had much more
dan dey had in d'day
yet so many resented
d' "Come-From-Away"
dem bees, dey said,
made dem look like crud:
"them workin' so hard,
'n suckin' no blood"
"and dem humans", said dey,
"growin' strange new crops
from Spain and Japan
which bees like but we do not"
d' humans moved on
'n few played skeeter
dey were mostly like d'bees
or t'seal or t'beaver
quite a few adapted
farmin' eels or scallop
sellin' 'em to Tokyo
fore a fat cash wallop
quite a few more
realized dey woz rich
dem "weeds" in t'garden
bein' herbs to cook with
dere was stuf t'eat
dat never dey dreamed
fried dandelion fowers
'n fresh beach greens
"we's richer dan we were
in d'Bluenose I days
'n'even three-ton rudders
won't make us lose our way"
even dem what chose
to abandon deir homes
could get out in style
'cuz of C-F-A loans
so we kept just d'best
dem wit' helpin' hands
'n lost d'disgruntled
t' far west wastelands
but still a few
took deir cue from a skeeter
'n not from d'bee
'n not from d'beaver
just a few skeeters lef
talkin' gossip 'n trash
resentin' dem folks
wot happened here last
now y'kin choose t'be a bee
or choose t'be a beaver
y'kin choose t'be an otter
or t'be none neither
but if y'cain't stop trashin'
folks just for where they're from
den yer still playin' skeeter
so expect d' slap-'n'-run!
Craig Hubley
I remember seeing these handmade
shoes in a crafer's booth at
Northern Lights Festival Boreal,
Sudbury Ontario in 1982 (or
maybe '83) and I had to have them.
Tey were the most lovely pair of
shoes I had ever seenjust my
kind of footwear. More than 30
years ago, it's hard to remember
the exact date or even to be sure of
the crafsperson, afer all this time.
However, a friend of mine recently
told me she is sure that they were
made by Barbara Holzmark of
Nova Scotia because she bought
(and still has) a pair of her shoes
too. And her memory is better than
mine.
Tese shoes were worn for a few
years almost daily and eventually
I wore the soles very thin and
decided to retire them before I put
a hole right through but never to
throw them away. I thought, some
day I will have them re-soled. I
haven't, kept them in a box in my
closet until recently.
On the occaision of my recent
birthday, my friend (with Barbara's
shoes and the good memory)
posted a Facebook photo of me at
that 1980s festival wearing those
shoes. Tat got us talking about
them and because I was in the
process of moving to Florida at the
time, I found them as I was packing
up all my worldly treasures.
I took them out and tried them
on again. Tey still ft and still
feel as good as I rememberthat
smooth, sof feeling, as if you really
have nothing on your feetonly
better!
Te soles will still need some
help if I want to wear them again
(and I do!) and I hear there's a
good leather repair crafsman in
my new hometown who I plan to
recruit for this task soon. Tere is
a little wear on the embroidery but
not so noticeable that it matters.
I still love these shoes and feel 30
years younger when I put them on.
Maybe there is magic in them! I
tried to fnd a contact for Barbara
to thank her for her wonderful
crafsmanship but I haven't had
any luck. By sharing my story with
the Monitor, I hope she sees it and
fnds out where her creation ended
up, and continues to live. I'm sure
it would bring a smile and the
rewarding feeling that all artisans
appreciate.
Mikell Herrick, Dunedin, FL
Antiques Shoes? Maybe collectibles?
At least something old and awesome!
Mikell and baby in 1983.
Photo by Leslie Thompson
Barbaras shoes. Photo by Mikell Herrick
Musician Craig Werth
Andrea in the Grass Louise Reimer, www.TobinLouiseReimer.com
Teres a dollar stuck
to the foor, says Laura
Pitts, bakery girl. Its been
there for as long as I can
remember and no one has
been able to pick it up yet.
She says that kids and adults
alike sometimes spend a
very long time trying to get
at that loonie. She always
tells them to keep trying
and also that there is a
portal to another dimension
under the counter. Tis
reporter talked to another
bakery girl, who confrmed
the portal is real.
RR
Ask A LaHave
Bakery Girl
Laura Pitts
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A new sea kayak, yoga &
wilderness adventure company
has opened up on the Dublin
Shore this summer. Cape LaHave
Adventures is now ofering daily
and multi-day guided sea kayak
tours and paddling clinics around
the LaHave Islands, in addition
to yoga. Beginning in August,
they will also host a monthly
Yoga Paddle, where guests kayak
to a beautiful sandy beach to
practice yoga with a certifed yoga
instructor. Together, owners Sarah
Hrdlicka & Scott McCormack
bring decades of guiding and
teaching experience from around
the world back home to Nova
Scotia, to what they consider the
most beautiful places to paddle.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Clinic: Paddle Canada Skills -
Basic Sea Kayak
An introduction to sea kayaking
for beginners, this day-long course
covers basic skills and safety
considerations for paddling along
calm shorelines. Sat July 19, Aug
9 & Aug 21 $150 + tax. 9am-5pm
(Please arrive at 8:45am). Includes:
kayak, gear, instructor & lunch.
Excludes: personal gear, snacks.
Clinic: Paddle Canada Skills - Sea
Kayak Level 1
Activities focus on safety and
gaining paddling skills for a day
trip within a large bay or sheltered
shoreline. Issues of mutual safety
between paddling partners and
judgements of sea conditions
throughout the day and out of
sight along the shore are included.
Paddlers will deal with the
concerns for packing a kayak, the
gear necessary for a comfortable
day trip and solving problems
in the feld. Aug 2-3 & Sept 6-7.
$300 + tax. 9am-5pm Sat & Sun.
Includes: kayak, gear, instructor
& lunch. Excludes: personal gear,
snacks, accommodations
Wednesday Evening Yoga Paddles
Come experience the ultimate in
coastal rejuvenation! Kayak out to
a quiet sand beach in the LaHave
Islands for an outdoor yoga session
with our certifed yoga teacher
& guide. No previous experience
required, suitable for all levels. $50/
session, or two sessions for $80.
Includes: sea kayak, paddling gear
& guide/instructor
Every Wed from 6:159pm,
starting July 23. (Note: subject
to daylight hours, weather &
bookings) Other time & dates
available upon request. Outdoor
yoga sessions can also be added to
our half-day and full-day guided
sea-kayak trips.
Contact: 902.693.2023,
Info@CapeLaHaveAdventures.ca
CapeLaHaveAdventures.ca
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Our Awesome
South Shore
We live in an awesome community
and we do a lot of awesome stuf.
Maybe you have a great idea but
need a bit of funding to get it of
the ground. Check out Awesome
South Shore!
Te Awesome Foundation isnt
your average Foundation... We are
not a charity or a not for proft.
Were a group of local citizens who
believe the world and specifcally
the South Shore could use more
awesome. And we are opening our
own wallets to make that happen,
says Andrew Button, Trustee of
Awesome South Shore.
Tis new group wants to give
you $1000 for your awesome idea.
Maybe you want to have a new
play area at the community hall,
maybe you want to fx bikes to lend
to tourists while they are camping,
maybe you just want to take one
day and give away ice cream at the
beach; no matter what the idea we
want to hear about it. Nothing is
too outrageous or too kooky.
Every month we give away
$1000 to a group or individual with
an awesome idea. We are new so
the word is just getting out. So far
we have funded the Community
Garden in Lunenburg and signage
for the Rural Arts Life Tour on the
Cornwall Road. But we want to see
a lot more awesomeness! Dont be
shy be bold be diferent and send
us your submissions.
To fnd out more check out
www.AwesomeSouthShore.ca for
all the details and how you can
apply. Its easy, its fun and its a
$1000 worth of awesomeness. We
want to hear your pitch!
Bernadette Jordan, Trustee
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Beachboys
Fun & Games
Well, my dear friends and
oceanside dwellers.. It's time again
for summer funas soon as we get
out of the fog...
I'm sitting down, always a safe
move, to be close to the earthmy
fave: beachsand. It's warmed by
the sun's unsure rays, fogbound,
peaking through. Chirping flling
the air from all sides...birds don't
care a wit, they just chirp and sing,
whatever may be happening on
earth. True artists at life.
Gazing across the foggy waves,
soccer plays on the mind's screen.
World Championship. You know,
it's one of the truly loved world
sports, played by every poor kid,
or rich, on 80 % of the globe. Te
love of the masses. A great game.
As is the way of the 1%, however,
like FIFA Inc., they use it for
billions of proft. And how. Turning
it against poor people, forced en
mass out of their homes to make
way for stadiums. Workers unpaid
and killed on unsafe construction
sites. Police forces in Brazil are
turned into military death squads,
occupying favelas (ghettos) with
heavy weapons, drones, even tanks.
All paid by the people who
get hit with it. And it stays that
wayafer the 'war' is over. 'Soccer'
changed their lives for worse.
Toughluck for the people. Well,
it's a sign of these times, I'm
afraid unbelievable moves against
poor(er) people (us) are seen
everywhere. With amazing balls,
the worlds richest CEOs are trying
to get a separate universe for
themselves in secret deals called
'Trade Agreements". "Hey, that's
not bad, eh?" Look again, m'dear.
Plans are underway to have a
private world court for themselves,
stafed with 9 of their own lawyers!
Trans-Pacifc Partnership (TPP).
Outside the common justice
system for the rest of us. No
appeals possible. And even nations
would have to knuckle under and
pay, if the corps claim 'potential
loss of proft'like, hey, I could've
made billions with my poison,
if you didn't interfere with your
health laws, so pay me, or else.
NAFTA is a tiny version of it, and
we know how bad that went in the
last twenty years.
Apropos drones: Did you know
they're we help make them in
Lunenburg. Finally, some chiefs
woke up, and warn the world: Hey,
what if all countries start this crap
of drone murder, wouldn't we have
a mess?? I'm gonna get one, too...
hahaha, but a small, tiny one with
a camera, no bombsno,no,no.
So I can spy on my girlfriend...just
kiddin, babe!)
Well, you can see, I just have
a dirty mind, somehow...always
something to yap about, but I
can't fnd much going in the right
direction on the world scene
of leadersif it weren't for the
amazing, true hearts of the '99%'
people everywherelike AVAAZ.
org actions who still fght the
good fght. I'm with them. Never
give up, I say. My motto: Dancing
in resistance! Fight evil with joy,
but fght. Rain.
BeachBoy @ Creative Works
Til the Cows Come Home
K walking his cows. Monika Benker, Hilltop-Farm.ca
Our cat Little Boy loves
the catnip patch here
on Ratphish Farm!
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LEARNT WISDOM
COMMUNITY EVENTS
MARKET West Dublin Market: West Dublin Hall, 10 Huey Lake Rd. Every Saturday except the 3rd Saturday of
the month through Nov 1, 9am1pm. Brunch, Laughing Whale cofee, home-baked bread, farm produce, local
meat, clothing, second hand books, live music and a variety of other products and services. New vendors welcome
MARKET At the Port Grocer: 1615 Medway Rd, Port Medway. Saturdays, 9am-1pm. Farm fresh produce, local
craf, live music, family fun. New vendors welcome
YOGA At the Port Grocer: 1615 Medway Rd, Port Medway. Monday evenings, 6:15-7pm, by donation
MUSIC Pennybrook Festival Summer Concerts: West Dublin Hall, 10 Huey Lake Rd. July 26- Vince Morash and
friends, Aug 9- Craig Werth, Aug 23 Pennybrook Festival. 8pm, $10
MUSIC 13th Riverport Rum Runners Sea Derby & Community Festival: Kraut Point Wharf, Riverport, Aug 1-3.
RUNNING/WALKING 23nd Annual Cherry Hill Fun Run: Patrick Love, a wood worker and designer in
Vogler's Cove has created hundreds of "woodallions" for anyone who fnishes the Saturday Aug 2 Fun Run. Each
one was created from wood, labeled and sealed before being hung out to dry with a fnal coat of Verathane. Many
races give "fnisher" medallions to people who complete the event. Te Cherry Hill Fun Run continues the tradition
which honours those who complete the 10km course. It also recognizes the wood working traditions of the United
Communities of Broad Cove, Cherry Hill, and Vogler's Cove. More info http://www.UCFD.ca/Fun-Run/
MUSIC Rockabilly Time in Broad: Get out your dancing shoes, your hula hoop and your Brylcream! Join us on
Sunday Aug 3, 2-6pm for the 2nd annual Rockabilly Picnic in downtown Broad Cove. Dance to the award winning
Chris Martin Trio, play bocce or beach volleyball. Enjoy a hamburger, milkshake and cotton candy. Take part in
the hula hoop contest, enjoy the vintage cars or bid on some great silent auction items and pie auction. We will
even have a dunk tank this year! Event goes rain or shine. $12 for adults, $6 for youth 6-12 years. Kids under 5 are
free. Bring a lawn chair and your dancing shoes. Separate bar area for those 19+. More info check us out on FB at
Broad Cove Rockabilly Picnic or email frier@eastlink.ca
KIDS CAMP Makery Kids Week: Aug 48. 228 Lincoln St. Full details at LunenburgMakery.com
MUSIC Erin Costelo at Petite Rivire Vineyards:
Fri, Aug 1. Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8pm. Tickets $20.
1290 Italy Cross Rd, Crousetown. Join us for an exciting
evening with the recent ECMA winnery for R&B Soul
Recording of the year. More at ErinCostelo.com and
PetiteRiviereVineyards.ca/events