Posted on August 6, 2009 by kfarbridge
Last Friday, I signed the contract for the new Organics Processing Facility. We still need Ministry approval to proceed but the signing was the culmination of two years of intensive work to get this facility reopened.
Sometimes it is easy to get so involved in the detailed due diligence and technical work that you lose sight [...]
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Posted on August 5, 2009 by kfarbridge
August – Hopi Snake Dance (Aboriginal) – this dance requires two weeks of ritual preparation and snakes are gathered and kept watch over by children. Teh dancers then take an emetic and dance with the snakes in their mouths, with an Antelope Priest in attendance. After the dance, the snakes are released to carry their [...]
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Posted on August 4, 2009 by kfarbridge
Councillor Leanne Piper, a member of the organizing committee for John Galt Day, gave the following interesting address at the opening of festivities:
Why Do We Celebrate John Galt?
Yesterday morning, during a multi-denominational Kirking Ceremony at St. Georges, Dr. Kevin James from the University of Guelph described a bit about John Galt – the man. He [...]
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