Earl Cote is the new president of the Northern Lights Festival Boreal board of directors. He is joined by vice-president Mike Yawney, secretary Pat Mertl, treasurer John Hreljac and members Bernie Melanson, Ross Kelly, Kevin Shaginash, Michael Bellmore, Dave Rodgers, Joanne Beck, Roger Theriault, and Raija Doucette.
On Feb. 2, Canadian folk legend Valdy will perform at St Andrew?s Place at 7 pm. This is the second annual Out of the Cold benefit concert. Every penny from ticket sales will go directly to the Out of the Cold hot meal program. This program serves a hot meal every Friday night to anyone in need and it runs from November until the end of April. Tickets are now on sale for $15 at Black Cat Too!, downtown Sudbury.
This month?s Our Own Soiree will be held Saturday, Jan. 18, at 8 pm at the Sudbury Arts Council art space, 124 Cedar St. Confirmed literary speakers include poet Melanie Marttilla, Bill Bayley, a literary adventurer and essayist, and Linda M. Bayley, a short story writer.
Marc and Rob Provencher, who have been hosting success workshops for the past two years, invite people to attend a session on goal setting, this Saturday at the Wellness Centre on Durham Street. The cost is $39 and all profits go to charity. If you are interested in learning how to make and keep your New Year?s resolutions, phone 691-3287 or 566-0111 to register.
Approximately 46,000 Canadians will receive Queen?s Jubilee Medals including the following Sudburians:
Gerald Bradley, James Hinds, MacGregor Sinclair, Gerry Lougheed Jr., Jean Warwick, Lt.-Col. Gerald Vitali, Meho Halimich, Robert Fontaine, Mary Bartolucci, Louise Paquette, Police Chief Ian Davidson, Rick Yallowega, Robert Fontaine, Rev. John Caswell, Robin McArthur, John Corsi, Mike Ouelette and Dr. Gerry Bakker.
These citizens were nominated by Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci. They will receive their medals Jan. 22 at the Cine+ theatre on Frood Road at 7:30 pm.
Northern Life managing editor Vicki Gilhula will be teaching a course on how to write memoirs at the Older Adult Centre starting Wednesday, Jan. 22. Gilhula is the founding president of the Sudbury Writers? Guild and has taught numerous courses on writing. The cost is $30 for Older Adult Centre members and $35 for non-members.
For more information, contact the Older Adult Centre at 673-6227.
John Harvey is the new assistant chaplain and registrar of the Thorneloe School of Theology.
In his work as chaplain, Harvey will provide pastoral care to the members of Thorneloe and share in the work of Laurentian University?s Spiritual Life Services. He will also lead the weekly chapel services. As registrar to Thorneloe?s School of Theology, Harvey will act as an instructor and academic advisor, and will undertake curriculum review and development for the associate in theology and bachelor in theology programs.
Harvey comes to Thorneloe from Edmonton, where he was lay associate of Christian Formation at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, and where he was teaching at Newman Theological College. Harvey spent two years in rural Nigeria as academic dean of Mambilla Baptist Theological Seminary.
La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario is proud to present, from Jan. 11 to Feb. 22 , the residency and exhibition project Dance of the Blue People by local artist, Michel Galipeau. During the residency, the artist will be creating on site in the GNO space. The residency starts on Jan. 11 and ends with a reception Feb. 1 at 2 pm. The exhibition will continue until Feb. 22.
Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti has been named campus dean for NOMS-West, the site of the Northern Ontario Medical School (NOMS), based at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay.
Francescutti has a wealth of experience as a medical educator, administrator and clinician. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alberta?s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. He also works as an emergency physician at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the Northeast Community Health Centre emergency department in Edmonton.
He is an internationally-known expert in the fields of public health and injury control. He developed the original award-winning multimedia injury-prevention program for teenagers called Heroes, and has been a national health columnist for CBC television and radio.
