Bob Boulton Some days, I wonder if what I learned at school had much value. I still struggle with long division. Then I remember Mr. Davis. Before they replaced Johnson Memorial, my old school, Mr. Davis was our crossing guard at Russell near Talfourd. My world then was in apple-pie order. My mother walked me… Read more »
Reader saddened to see another woodlot targetted Sir: While curiously reading the Nov. 26 article entitled “Point Spread,” I was disappointed and saddened to see yet another stand of trees is falling victim to development. The Venetian Boulevard woodlot is home to the Butler’s garter snake – an endangered species in Ontario – and many… Read more »
For me, the letdown was like ordering a bestselling book and getting just the first chapter in the mail. A good start, but nothing close to what I wanted. Local mental health workers probably felt the same after the Ontario government announced last week Sarnia is getting a temporary, 12-bed residential facility for residents to… Read more »
Tom St. Amand The area of north Sarnia today, home to Tyrie Drive, looked vastly different in the 1940s, says Illa Bullock, 85. “It was just a large grassy field then, dotted with some oak trees, and at the east end near what is now St. Giles Church property were large bushes,” she recalled. “And… Read more »
Marg Johnson Christmas can mean different things. It can be the worst day of the year, full of gift disappointment, unfulfilled dreams, loneliness, anger, sibling rivalry, and any combination of the above. Or it can be a day filled with such joy and amazement you can’t hold it all. When I was a child,… Read more »
Carrier’s kind act will help widower get through Christmas Sir: On Oct. 17 I lost my wife to COPD after a long battle. We loved to sit together on our front porch and watch people going by, and one of the things we enjoyed was a grandfather and his granddaughter delivering the Sarnia Journal. They… Read more »
Knock knock. “Why, hello Jimmy.” “Hi, Mr. Jackson. Here’s your OxyContin. Mrs. Jackson’s Percodan is in the bag too.” Though hard to imagine such a scene today, boys all over Sarnia delivered prescription medications for drug stores when the 1960s began. We did it after school, on our bikes. My buddy Doug Dunn and I… Read more »
In praise of free speech, religious protection Sir: Regarding the Oct. 22 story about Dr. Chantal Perrot, medically assisted death, and the subsequent letters. I would like to add my thoughts. First and foremost, I’m VERY thankful to live in Canada where we have freedom of religion, and therefore diversity. Letter writer Mary Mitro stated… Read more »
Bob Boulton “Whatcha got there, Beany?” That question came to mind the other day as I drove by the old office of Dr. J. Telford Biehn. The good doctor’s eye examination room was on the first floor of a Victorian brick house on Wellington Street, within walking distance of my childhood home. The house… Read more »
The village of Villers-au-Bois lies 11 kilometres northwest of the French city of Arras, and just outside the village sits a cemetery. The cemetery holds the grave of a Sarnia-Lambton war hero. He is a patriot still revered today at the University of Alberta (U of A), and a man who should be much better… Read more »
