A great big round of applause for those who participated in or attended the Festival in the Cove on Aug. 20 and 21st! It was a great start to what is sure to be an interesting and fun annual event. We had an artisan and flea market, Scouts were there with a BBQ, karaoke was a fun evening event and followed up the following day with an awe-inspiring author's reading and drum circle. Thanks go out to Danny, Debbie and Davey, Shirley, Mabel, Trisha, Pat and Joanna, Basma, Sheila and Harold, the summer crew from the States, Mac Bisop for use of the school, Kristy for helping, CJLS which paid us a visit and left snacks, Wayne and company and each and every person who came to the event.
THEY SAID IT COULDNT BE DONE!! We showed 'em. We showed em that a festival on Digby Neck CAN happen, it can be successful, and it can be done with a good spirit.
Looking ahead to the next year, we hope to improve upon the last and keep doing so every year. This was the first year. And nothing will be perfect in the second year. Or the third. Or more. Imperfection is normal, and it takes getting used to when you see it in others (smile). It is a fallacy to think that any event will be perfect when it involves the participation of any other people, and each one of us has a different view of what is perfect, and there will always be someone who says it wasn't perfect-according to them.
But perfect can be the establishment of a festival on the Neck. Perfect can mean that more than one person had a table at the market. Perfect, or more than perfect, can mean that 20 people went to karaoke! Perfect can mean the image-evoking words- in public- of a young person who said she was too shy to do this and yet did, perfect can mean the echo of your heartbeat in an African drum, and perfect can mean the happy smile of a Scout just barely clearing the top of the counter where he was serving refreshments to visitors. Perfect was the generousity of a walking stick carver when he gave away his creative work at the end of the day, and perfect was the generousity of the hookers who took the time to talk about their work and show it, when some weren't even selling it, and perfect was the ease with which both particpants and visitors spoke, joked and laughed with each other and began to build relationships- I saw their smiles, I saw them talking with each other and laughing and I saw people buying each others' work or items for sale.
I SAW THIS EVENT AS PERFECT! It all depends on what "place" you are coming from.
Many many thanks to all of you!! from, I believe, many of us.
Kathleen
Onwards and upwards to next year!!
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Digby Councils Poised to Quash Local Small Businesses
Digby area councils are poised to quash local small businesses, as retired bank manager alters wheelchair transportation service which he has for years used the public purse to fund.
Man with agenda has declared to this blogger that he has no intention of restricting his doings to the disabled or the elderly, and has told council that he cannot determine who is disabled or needing the service the society originally received and keeps receiving subsidies for in fulfilling the intended purpose and spirit of that organization.
And this retired bank manager has requested even more funding from councils and a variety of organizations to turn himself into a subsidized shuttle business.
There are three taxi businesses who provide transportation services, and at least two shuttle businesses who would lose from this.
Who can compete with somebody who is subsidized? They get their expenses paid for and therefore only have half the costs.
The man and his subsidized organization aren't even local.
Do I have an opinion? YES!
Do you?
I hope so. Please write even a note to your council members or to Linda Gregory or the town mayor -Ben Cleveland- expressing your thoughts.
Even write a letter to the newspaper.
Blogger
Man with agenda has declared to this blogger that he has no intention of restricting his doings to the disabled or the elderly, and has told council that he cannot determine who is disabled or needing the service the society originally received and keeps receiving subsidies for in fulfilling the intended purpose and spirit of that organization.
And this retired bank manager has requested even more funding from councils and a variety of organizations to turn himself into a subsidized shuttle business.
There are three taxi businesses who provide transportation services, and at least two shuttle businesses who would lose from this.
Who can compete with somebody who is subsidized? They get their expenses paid for and therefore only have half the costs.
The man and his subsidized organization aren't even local.
Do I have an opinion? YES!
Do you?
I hope so. Please write even a note to your council members or to Linda Gregory or the town mayor -Ben Cleveland- expressing your thoughts.
Even write a letter to the newspaper.
Blogger
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Posting to this Blog
Please DO NOT send me scanned PDF files. These will not be posted and only result in frustration to the person who in good spirit would want to publish your information. Send me a Word file, text file or an email sent to kathleen1954@auracom.com
Monday, June 13, 2011
Update from the Rowes on the Community Supper
Looking forward to seeing everyone at
The Digby Neck Community Pot Luck Supper
Tuesday June 14, 6 p.m.
Digby Neck Consolidated School
Sandy Cove
The Digby Neck Community Pot Luck Supper
Tuesday June 14, 6 p.m.
Digby Neck Consolidated School
Sandy Cove
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Aquaculture Coments via Digby Courier
Comments on the Digby Courier online:
Daniel Mills - June 12, 2011 at 12:01:50 Based on past dealings with Mr.Belliveau, and his reassurances that giant wind-catchers would "have no effect on the environment", i.e. to say, the people of Waterford,Rossway,and Gullivers Cove on Digby Neck, it is laughable that he would expect us to accept that there will be "no adverse effects on the environment" in the Baie Ste Marie or the Bay of Fundy because, as he say's: "I believe in the science." (I used to believe in Fairy Tales when I was little; didn't most of us? But in time we learned that they are not true...Mr. Belliveau and Aesop seem to be coming from a similiar place and appear to hold the monopoly on myth,) It is even more interesting that Mr.Haise would say: " The last thing we want is for people in the communities to be pitted against one another" and a claim that they have been Nova Scotia for a long time. Mr. Haise cannot have had his eyes and ears wide open.....or else his head buried in the sand. That's exactly how politics is done in Nova Scotia: small town/district Municipal Councils courting all and any business that comes around behind closed doors, and when the consumation has transpired, the commercial embryo is imposed and inflicted on an unsuspecting public, to be followed by lip-service consultations of a sort which effectively mean nothing....while sides are taken,lies are spoken, and false promises for countless jobs which never happen. Those in the line of fire naturally will react negatively because there are so many unanswered questions, while those who will not see or feel the effects jump on board.......and another war begins. Divide and Conquer is the name; profits for corporations from afar and beyond haul in the dollars.
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moya murphy - June 12, 2011 at 11:57:46 The Minister of the Environment is short sighted (once again) re the salmon farms. The effluent from this is disgusting, lice is rampant. Despite what they say about jobs they will be temporary with just one or two people throwing pellets into the cages. Cooke's aquaculture were refused permission to put in such huge farms in New Brunswick which is why they turned to Nova Scotia. I don't understand how they can lease part of the ocean, surely the ocean belongs to everyone. A sad day for the residents of the Islands and the Digby Neck. Moya
Daniel Mills - June 12, 2011 at 12:01:50 Based on past dealings with Mr.Belliveau, and his reassurances that giant wind-catchers would "have no effect on the environment", i.e. to say, the people of Waterford,Rossway,and Gullivers Cove on Digby Neck, it is laughable that he would expect us to accept that there will be "no adverse effects on the environment" in the Baie Ste Marie or the Bay of Fundy because, as he say's: "I believe in the science." (I used to believe in Fairy Tales when I was little; didn't most of us? But in time we learned that they are not true...Mr. Belliveau and Aesop seem to be coming from a similiar place and appear to hold the monopoly on myth,) It is even more interesting that Mr.Haise would say: " The last thing we want is for people in the communities to be pitted against one another" and a claim that they have been Nova Scotia for a long time. Mr. Haise cannot have had his eyes and ears wide open.....or else his head buried in the sand. That's exactly how politics is done in Nova Scotia: small town/district Municipal Councils courting all and any business that comes around behind closed doors, and when the consumation has transpired, the commercial embryo is imposed and inflicted on an unsuspecting public, to be followed by lip-service consultations of a sort which effectively mean nothing....while sides are taken,lies are spoken, and false promises for countless jobs which never happen. Those in the line of fire naturally will react negatively because there are so many unanswered questions, while those who will not see or feel the effects jump on board.......and another war begins. Divide and Conquer is the name; profits for corporations from afar and beyond haul in the dollars.
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moya murphy - June 12, 2011 at 11:57:46 The Minister of the Environment is short sighted (once again) re the salmon farms. The effluent from this is disgusting, lice is rampant. Despite what they say about jobs they will be temporary with just one or two people throwing pellets into the cages. Cooke's aquaculture were refused permission to put in such huge farms in New Brunswick which is why they turned to Nova Scotia. I don't understand how they can lease part of the ocean, surely the ocean belongs to everyone. A sad day for the residents of the Islands and the Digby Neck. Moya
Aquaculture and Jonathan Riley
Published on June 11, 2011
Published on June 11, 2011
Jonathan Riley As Simple as That
The people and communities of Digby Neck and Islands have challenges, including a lack of health care and policing, a declining population, closing schools and a ferry service that sometimes leaves you stranded.
Now along comes a company from New Brunswick, a company that calls itself “the largest fully integrated and independent salmon farming company in North America.”
And they say, “we have the answers, we have jobs.”
And as it turns out, the people of the Islands, don’t have any choice but to accept those farms and any extra challenges that come with them.
More than 80 per cent of the population out there signed a petition against the new salmon leases for Cooke Aquaculture. Eighty per cent is a clear majority, a resounding definite ‘No thanks.’
Despite that, despite articulate and persistent opposition from the people of the Islands, Sterling Belliveau, Nova Scotia’s minister of fisheries approved the leases.
Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the Islands is the paternalistic attitude of the provincial government. Any hope that the NDP would be different has vanished only two years into their government.
Now I don’t pretend to know more about fishing or the ocean or aquaculture or even big business than Belliveau does. He’s got me there.
The big difference between Sterling Belliveau and me is I went down the Islands to talk to the people there about their concerns. Belliveau said it was “more convenient” to meet in Digby.
It wasn’t easy for me to get down there either. I haven’t got a car yet and had to borrow one from a friend, cause I thought the story was that important. I’m pretty sure the minister has a car.
Like Belliveau, when he met them in Digby, I couldn’t give the fishermen and concerned citizens down there any answers. But I went back to Digby and asked those questions to Cooke Aquaculture and to the minister.
They are getting me the answers, they say. Cooke Aquaculture has offered me a trip out to see the site in Grand Passage for myself. I can’t wait.
But let’s get back to the challenges facing Digby Neck and Islands. The people there aren’t sitting around with their hands open, begging for help. They too are working towards solutions, looking for answers, trying to figure out their future.
They see in their community a lot of potential, a lot of positives, a lot of strengths. One of those strengths is a clean productive marine environment that has provided for their community for generations.
The minister says there is 13,000 km of coastline in Nova Scotia and lots of room for everyone. So it shouldn’t be a problem to find another site. He says the ‘proponent’ (Cooke Aquaculture) chose the site. Tell them to choose to another site.
It would have been as easy as that.
Published on June 11, 2011
Jonathan Riley As Simple as That
The people and communities of Digby Neck and Islands have challenges, including a lack of health care and policing, a declining population, closing schools and a ferry service that sometimes leaves you stranded.
Now along comes a company from New Brunswick, a company that calls itself “the largest fully integrated and independent salmon farming company in North America.”
And they say, “we have the answers, we have jobs.”
And as it turns out, the people of the Islands, don’t have any choice but to accept those farms and any extra challenges that come with them.
More than 80 per cent of the population out there signed a petition against the new salmon leases for Cooke Aquaculture. Eighty per cent is a clear majority, a resounding definite ‘No thanks.’
Despite that, despite articulate and persistent opposition from the people of the Islands, Sterling Belliveau, Nova Scotia’s minister of fisheries approved the leases.
Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the Islands is the paternalistic attitude of the provincial government. Any hope that the NDP would be different has vanished only two years into their government.
Now I don’t pretend to know more about fishing or the ocean or aquaculture or even big business than Belliveau does. He’s got me there.
The big difference between Sterling Belliveau and me is I went down the Islands to talk to the people there about their concerns. Belliveau said it was “more convenient” to meet in Digby.
It wasn’t easy for me to get down there either. I haven’t got a car yet and had to borrow one from a friend, cause I thought the story was that important. I’m pretty sure the minister has a car.
Like Belliveau, when he met them in Digby, I couldn’t give the fishermen and concerned citizens down there any answers. But I went back to Digby and asked those questions to Cooke Aquaculture and to the minister.
They are getting me the answers, they say. Cooke Aquaculture has offered me a trip out to see the site in Grand Passage for myself. I can’t wait.
But let’s get back to the challenges facing Digby Neck and Islands. The people there aren’t sitting around with their hands open, begging for help. They too are working towards solutions, looking for answers, trying to figure out their future.
They see in their community a lot of potential, a lot of positives, a lot of strengths. One of those strengths is a clean productive marine environment that has provided for their community for generations.
The minister says there is 13,000 km of coastline in Nova Scotia and lots of room for everyone. So it shouldn’t be a problem to find another site. He says the ‘proponent’ (Cooke Aquaculture) chose the site. Tell them to choose to another site.
It would have been as easy as that.
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