THE ROOTS of HOCKEY FUNDRAISING DINNER by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 The 6th annual Pond Hockey Classic tournament, hosted by 436 Squadron, CFB Trenton, in support of Wounded Warriors Canada and the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation, took place from February 3 to 5, 2017. A gala Puck Drop Dinner complete with […]
THE RCMP MUSICAL RIDE by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 Who has never heard of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride? Well, to my astonishment, apparently a number of people that I talked to. Which perhaps is another good reason for the RCMP performances in 40 communities this year, from May […]
ExecuTrek – A Day at 8 Wing Trenton – by BARNEY MOORHOUSE It definitely was not a typical day at the office. Although I arrived at 7.00 a.m., the appointed hour, I was late as 31 other civilian invitees had begun arriving at 6:30 a.m. for some insight of activity at Canada’s largest air base. […]
THE BATAWA LIONS’ NATURAL PLAYGROUND by BARNEY MOORHOUSE We’ve come a long way from the days when we were out the door to play with our friends at first light and home by dark. As kids we had vast acres of wildlands to explore. A length of rope tied through a car tire made a […]
BEECH BARK DISEASE by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 Recently I spent some time with Doug Thain of Lakeside Forestry wandering through a beech grove examining trees suffering from Beech Bark Disease. Landowners may not be up to speed on this most destructive beech ailment. When all is said and done the […]
THE LIFE OF ARMIN QUICKERT by BARNEY MOORHOUSE I first met Armin Quickert at the CFB Trenton Pond Hockey Classic in 2013. He was observing the official “puck drop” by then Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay. The tournament is a fund raiser for The Military Families Fund which helps support military members and […]
BEACHWOOD RESORT by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Writing, for the most part, is a solitary life style compensated often by the people one meets and the places one goes in quest of a story. And so when an opportunity arises to join other writers for a professional development retreat it doesn’t usually require a lot of reflection. […]
FRANK MEYERS – A Tale of Irony? by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Frank Meyers was born on April 10, 1928 in the 150 year old house across the highway from the comfortable brick bungalow that he and his wife Marjorie call home. He built the bungalow himself in 1964. “I built all of the buildings on my […]
Managing Wildlife Hunting regulations in British North America date to 1762 when General Thomas Gage, military governor of Montreal, proclaimed a closed season on “partridges” (as ruffed grouse were commonly called) at that time, and to-day for that matter, from March 15 to July 15, “during which time they were not to be hunted, taken […]
DANGEROUS TREE REMOVAL Safely used by respectful, knowledgeable individuals, chain saws can be useful tools. They make a good servant but a terrible master. An acquaintance who teaches chain saw safety was driving in to his hunt camp when he had to pass a mound of logs. Perched atop was a man wearing a bathing […]
