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The dark cloud that descended on
Belleoram this month when three local fishermen drowned at
sea, is still lingering over the Fortune Bay town and though
it will take a long time for the sky to clear, small rays of
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The town of Harbour Breton is looking for
any information about tools stolen from a project site in the
early hours of December 9th.
ACOA supervisor Dan Bath,
says a new mitre saw and a chainsaw were stolen from inside a
locked shed at the Mile Pond project site.
“It’s about
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Star Search, political edition |
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Canada has now been long known as
Hollywood North, with countless numbers of big-time
productions being shot all over the country, including
Newfoundland, every year.
And never before has there
been such a huge, heralded crop of international stars hailing
from Canada as in the past few decades. In fact, so many
network and silver screen personalities are from up here we
hardly realize who’s who anymore.
It was inevitable
that glitter effect would seep into other parts of our society
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Warriors settle for second in season
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The King Academy 3A senior boys'
volleyball team's dream of winning the 2005-2006 3A provincial
banner came to an end on Saturday, December 3. The Warriors’
season ended with the team wining a silver medal in the
tournament hosted by King Academy.
Teams from Baie
Verte, Wesleyville, Glovertown, Port Aux Choix and Piccadilly
also participated in the six team event. The teams were
competing for the 3A Island title and the right to compete in
the provincial 3A volleyball tournament scheduled for Labrador
City in December. |
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Fortune Bay danced presented Belleoram Mayor Steward May
with $150 for the Belleoram memorial fund. The fund was
set up to help the families of Eric Savoury, A.J. Poole
and Timmy Cox who were lost at sea on November
22. |
Chérie Wheeler
The
Coaster
The dark cloud that
descended on Belleoram this month when three local fishermen
drowned at sea, is still lingering over the Fortune Bay town
and though it will take a long time for the sky to clear,
small rays of kindness have been coming in.
According
to Mayor Steward May, the deaths of Eric Savoury, Timmy Cox
and A.J. Poole have resonated with the whole province and the
families have received letters of support from towns such as
Carbonear, Upper Island Cove and Grand Falls-Windsor.
“[The families] have gotten about 30 letters from all
over the province and a lot of people say they have been in a
similar situation,” he says. “It seems like a lot of people
have been really touched by this.”
In a province
surrounded by salt water and built upon the fishery, Mr. May
thinks this tragedy tapped into a deep rooted fear of losing
loved ones at sea.
“There are so many fishermen in
this province and people think about the dangers that are out
there,” he says. “I remember something like this happening in
Musgrave Harbour a few years back and it was the same sort of
thing. The support and the letters came in from everywhere.”
He also says the age of the victims may have made an
impact on a lot of parents with children working on the sea.
“Two of the victims were teenagers,” he says. “A.J.
Poole was only 18 and Timmy Cox was only 17. They still had so
much to live for.”
At the funerals of Mr. Savoury and
Mr. Poole, the mayor says the church was crowded with people
from all over the region.
“There were over 750 people
at the funeral,” he says. “We had to add chairs to the
church.”
The body of Mr. Cox still hasn’t been
recovered and the case has gone from a search and rescue
operation to a missing persons file with the RCMP.
In
addition to words of encouragement, people are sending in
donations to the memorial fund set up by the town for the
bereaved families. With donations accepted at any CIBC bank,
Mr. May says they’ve received contributions from private
citizens as well as organizations.
At the annual
Fortune Bay dance held in St. John’s this month, Mr. May was
presented with $150 from the organizing committee to go into
the trust fund.
Mr. May says other towns have been
holding fundraisers specifically for their cause.
“Rencontre East had a dance with the proceeds
going to the memorial fund,” he says.
Though the
encouragement and support and helped the community comes to
terms with their loss, Mr. May says coming into the community
still feels like a funeral home.
“Everyone is still in
mourning here,” he says. “And it will be like this for a
while.”
But Mr. May adds he encourages everyone to
talk about the tragedy instead of bottling it up and he says
the town is taking actions to help with that.
“We’ve
already had counseling to anyone who needed it but we’re
planning on having more,” he says.
Though Mr. May
says, “the cloud is still there,” he says with time and
prayers they will get through this together.
Donations
for the Belleoram memorial fund can be made at any CIBC bank
or sent directly to the town of Belleoram.
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The Power of
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Sometimes ideas come to us in the
middle of the night. Sometimes they waddle into our minds
throughout the course of the day. Other times they pounce upon
us at pulse-racing net-speed, inspiring us to immediate
action.
The truth is everybody conceives ideas, and
while they aren’t always developed, it does not mean they
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