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Table of Contents
Volume 20, Number 115, June/July 2017

STORIES
Fire and Ice - Paddling Down the Yukon River by Lesley Rowe		1
Sally’s Father’s Farm by Dawn Thompson		3
Waiting Out the Storm by Fay Herridge		4
Spiralling Downward by John Trott		8
Boyo Moving On by Alan MacLeod		10
By the Fireside by Valerie Adolph		11
The Old Man by Harry Kuhn		12
Homeless by Anna C. Lemon		13
Flower Talk by Ellen B. Ryan		14
The Diamond - 1968 by Ruth Latta	Featured Story	15
A Stranger Comes to Town by Elaine Durst		19
Dad’s Shadow by Susan Burdett		22
Passion for Sports by John Wesley Andrews		23
Emergency! Sewing Up the Softball At School by Bob Patmore		26
Two Stories: Good Samaritan and Boblo Bliss by Peter C. Joyce		27
Room Without A View by Glen Eker		29
Selling A Home, Not A House by Melissa Armstrong		30
A Moving Event by Marilyn Scoville		31
Spring Delights by Hilda J. Born		31
Water in Winter and Ice in Summer by Susanna Voth Wiebe		32
POETRY
It’s Fun To Be Old by Bob Patmore	Featured Poem	34
Falling of the Light by JoAnn Stone		35
Jennie by JoAnn Stone		36
On The Passing of My Father by Lorna Wilson		36
Let Me Lead by Elaine Durst		37
The Devil’s Bridge by JoAnn Stone		38
Simple Times by Lorna Wilson		39
Edgar Eagle Invites Me To Ride by Jack Brian Phalen		39
Sam The Trapper by Joyce Gagnon		40
Mourning Me by Jack Brian Phalen		40
Success is Everything by Lorna Wilson		41
The Little Shepherd’s Cloak by Jack Brian Phalen		41
The Naughty Chair and Cycle of My Wonderful Women’s Love by Jack Brian Phalen		42
I See Without Sight by Jack Brian Phalen		43
MORE STORIES
An Elephant Ride by Elaine Durst		43
A Small Town Tale by Lorna Wilson		44
Re-Admission by Kay Parley		44
Weather and The People! by Bob Patmore		46
Some Rich Guys are People Too by Donald M. Lugers		46
A Desire From Youth by Dianne J. Ferris		50
The Homecoming by Loreen Adams-Haldenby		51
CELEBRATING CANADA’S SESQUICENTENNIAL
William Wilfred Campbell: Poet of the Lake Region by James Deahl		53
Canada by Robert Palm		55
Afghanistan by John Corvese		56
BOOK REVIEWS
I Chose the 1970 Ford by Ed Janzen		58
Thirty Short Stories About An Old Car by Ed Janzen		59
COLUMNS
Bruno’s Column by Bruno Penner		60
From Peter’s Pen by Peter C. Joyce		61
Ruth’s Ruminations by Ruth Latta		61
Marie’s Musings by Marie Minaker		62
90TH PHOTO STORY CONTEST
At the End of a Perfect Fence by Lorraine Feldberg		62
Fence to Nowhere by Sheila Jecks		63
The Endless Fence by G. Woldenga		64
Fences, Always Fences by Marilyn Scoville		64
Fence Line to Infinity by Peter C. Joyce		65
An Unexpected Gift by Lin Johns		66
Just a Fence by Fay Herridge		67
LETTERS		67
Editor’s Postscript		72
2017 Contest		73
Bed & Breakfast Inns, Photo Contest		Back Cover