Doctor Appreciation
by Jim Wheelan
Dr John Semotok
On January 26th at the North Kawartha Health Centre Reeve Jim Whelan presented a certificate of appreciation and a gift from the residents of North Kawartha to Dr. John Semotok.
Dr. Semotok is a dentist at the Centre, and this is his 25th year of service to the people of North Kawartha and the surrounding area. The Reeve stated that North Kawartha was fortunate to have such a dedicated professional and hoped Dr. John would be in Apsley for years to come. Dr. John said it has been a great 25 years and is looking forward to a little more space in the newly renovated Centre. Thanks again Dr. John we appreciate your service to the community.
Passport Clinic
Member of Parliament for Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes & Brock, Barry Devolin hosted a Passport Clinic in Apsley on March 3rd. The clinic was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce
What you need to obtain a passport:
Two current and identical passport photos
Taken within the past 12 months
One photo must be signed by a guarantor
Your original birth certificate or proof of citizenship,
no copies, these original documents must be in good
condition and not altered in any way
A secondary piece of Identification, original or photocopy, this piece of identification may be photocopied and submitted with your passport application form, but it must be signed by the same guarantor that signed your photos and your application form.
The secondary piece of identification must be issued by a federal, provincial or municipal authority and include the bearer’s name and signature.
Quotes on Canada
Canadians have been so busy explaining to the Americans that we aren't British, and to the British that we aren't Americans that we haven't had time to become Canadians.
Helen Gordon McPherson
StarBooks
Apsley’s unique coffee nook sponsored by the North Kawartha’s Lifelong Learning Centre (LLC), can be found at the front of the Apsley library where regulars, local citizens along with visitors are welcome to purchase a coffee, tea, hot
chocolate or homemade Muffins.
It's a place where you can sit and spend a quiet moment during library hours.
by Jim Wheelan
Dr John Semotok
On January 26th at the North Kawartha Health Centre Reeve Jim Whelan presented a certificate of appreciation and a gift from the residents of North Kawartha to Dr. John Semotok.
Dr. Semotok is a dentist at the Centre, and this is his 25th year of service to the people of North Kawartha and the surrounding area. The Reeve stated that North Kawartha was fortunate to have such a dedicated professional and hoped Dr. John would be in Apsley for years to come. Dr. John said it has been a great 25 years and is looking forward to a little more space in the newly renovated Centre. Thanks again Dr. John we appreciate your service to the community.
Passport Clinic
Member of Parliament for Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes & Brock, Barry Devolin hosted a Passport Clinic in Apsley on March 3rd. The clinic was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce
MP Barry Devolin - photo by Bill Johnston
____________What you need to obtain a passport:
Two current and identical passport photos
Taken within the past 12 months
One photo must be signed by a guarantor
Your original birth certificate or proof of citizenship,
no copies, these original documents must be in good
condition and not altered in any way
A secondary piece of Identification, original or photocopy, this piece of identification may be photocopied and submitted with your passport application form, but it must be signed by the same guarantor that signed your photos and your application form.
The secondary piece of identification must be issued by a federal, provincial or municipal authority and include the bearer’s name and signature.
Quotes on Canada
Canadians have been so busy explaining to the Americans that we aren't British, and to the British that we aren't Americans that we haven't had time to become Canadians.
Helen Gordon McPherson
StarBooks
Apsley’s unique coffee nook sponsored by the North Kawartha’s Lifelong Learning Centre (LLC), can be found at the front of the Apsley library where regulars, local citizens along with visitors are welcome to purchase a coffee, tea, hot
chocolate or homemade Muffins.
It's a place where you can sit and spend a quiet moment during library hours.
More Doctor Appreciation ...
Dr Wag Rayes
On January 27th 2005 at the Lions Club of Apsley dinner Reeve Jim Whelan presented Dr. Wag Rayes with a certificate of appreciation and a gift from the residents of North Kawartha. Dr. Wag has his office at the North Kawartha Health Centre, but as residents know he has been on call 24 hours a day for nearly 30 years now. Dr. Wag also travels to Keene on Thursdays to mentor the Nurse Practitioners there but this trip will soon be replaced by a new Tele-Medical unit which will be installed by the Ontario Gov’t at the Health Center by April 1st.
In his acceptance Dr. Wag thanked the Health Task Force for their work and looks forward to working in the renovated Centre that will be going out for tender in the next few weeks.
Thank you again Dr. Wag from everyone in North Kawartha.
Just a Thought
by Gord Johnston
When you hurt someone, and it makes you feel good about yourself, the heart has gone cold and the ego has been inflated.
But when you help someone for no personal gain, just to sincerely help. There is a feeling of peace and warmth. For this to happen the ego has been deflated and the heart becomes warm.
If more people’s actions came from the heart rather than the ego, wouldn’t the world be a warmer place to live.
by Gord Johnston
When you hurt someone, and it makes you feel good about yourself, the heart has gone cold and the ego has been inflated.
But when you help someone for no personal gain, just to sincerely help. There is a feeling of peace and warmth. For this to happen the ego has been deflated and the heart becomes warm.
If more people’s actions came from the heart rather than the ego, wouldn’t the world be a warmer place to live.
The Apsley Bard
Winter Weirdness - 2005
What in hell is doing, when you can go snowshoeing, while the mercury is high
When it’s two below and instead of snow you get rain from hip to thigh
Then comes a change of day and the sky gives way to sun and freezing cold
The trees they snap from the frozen sap and snow’s crust a truck will hold
From knee to foot you wear snow boots to walk the icy floes
From waist to hair, the air’s so fair you put sunscreen on your nose
When the next days come, you could turn full numb from the change that suddenly
Goes from what was fine in this Apsley clime to a day for a brass monkey
Bob Service told, “Talk of your cold, it stabbed like a driven nail”,*
One day we freeze, next a warm soft breeze causing most of us to ail
With colds and grippe, our noses drip, there’s a plague of influenza
And I ask, nay pray, will there come a day, when this winter finally end-za
As I sadly peer at the dial I fear that I should hastily be fleeing
To where every day is mild as May not ten months of
%*@#) skiing
© Barrie P. Richardson
*from “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by R.W. Service
Winter Weirdness - 2005
What in hell is doing, when you can go snowshoeing, while the mercury is high
When it’s two below and instead of snow you get rain from hip to thigh
Then comes a change of day and the sky gives way to sun and freezing cold
The trees they snap from the frozen sap and snow’s crust a truck will hold
From knee to foot you wear snow boots to walk the icy floes
From waist to hair, the air’s so fair you put sunscreen on your nose
When the next days come, you could turn full numb from the change that suddenly
Goes from what was fine in this Apsley clime to a day for a brass monkey
Bob Service told, “Talk of your cold, it stabbed like a driven nail”,*
One day we freeze, next a warm soft breeze causing most of us to ail
With colds and grippe, our noses drip, there’s a plague of influenza
And I ask, nay pray, will there come a day, when this winter finally end-za
As I sadly peer at the dial I fear that I should hastily be fleeing
To where every day is mild as May not ten months of
%*@#) skiing
© Barrie P. Richardson
*from “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by R.W. Service