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It's Winter: Let's Celebrate! BEAR RIVER WINTER CARNIVAL The fourth annual Bear River Winter carnival plans are well underway with a team of organizers making sure that this will be another amazing event. While the times and dates for each event have yet to be released, the Carnival will run from

FEBRUARY 10 - 13 and feature activities for all ages. Look forward to the snow and ice contests, the cross country ski trip and clinic, kid's sledding hill and adult luge run, kid's scavenger hunt, ATV snowmobile follow me run, the extremely popular 5 cate-gory food contest, and the Bear (brrr) River 5 k fun run. And of course, the FIREWORKS...yea!

VALENTINE’S DANCE FEBRUARY 12—BEAR RIVER LEGION

UNITED CHURCH LADIES PRESENT A VALENTINE’S TURKEY DINNER

FEBRUARY 12—BEAR RIVER FIREHALL

So strap on your skis, skates and boots and meet your friends at the

BEAR RIVER WINTER CARNIVAL. For more information about the events and how you can participate, call Sue Comeau at 467-3258.

OAKDENE Looking for some indoor ideas to keep active?

SATURDAY MORNINGS AT 10:30 AT OAKDENE CENTRE,

JOIN JULIE PALMER WITH DANCE AND YOGA ACTIVITIES…

no experience is necessary and it just takes a free will offering for Oakdene. The Saturday sessions will continue until the end of March.

And there's that JAZZ/BALLET/DANCE CLASS WITH JANE KINGSTON ON

TUESDAYS AT 7 AT OAKDENE CENTRE.

467-0989.

Something completely different: DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE

is looking for musicians to participate. This is a devotional tradition of the world, using simple movements and tra-ditional phrases, helping to cultivate an expression of your own relationship with the divine. Call Emily Allen, 638-8212 for more information. Emily Allen is also interested in forming a singing circle; all you need is a will-ing voice! Call 638-8212, for info.

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HISTORICAL SOCIETY VARIETY SHOW

Some of the best musicians in town will be getting together to perform on

FEB. 11 AT 7:30 AT THE REBECCA HALL,

to raise funds for the Bear River Histori-cal Society. Included in the all-star ros-ter are Bob Snider, Corey Peck, Noelle Lucas, Taylor Express, Beck Merrit, Tom Berry, Gary and Gwen Wilson.

Refreshments will be available. Help keep the Bear River Heritage Museum open and have a great evening all at the same time. Admission just $10.

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Volume II Issue 2

February 2011

DID YOU KNOW? In 1872 Bear River held first place in Western Nova Scotia for it's lumber export at 6 million feet, 2 thousand cords of wood and 2 hundred thou-sand feet of pilings totaling $100 000 a year . This industry employed 200 men

And for the real History buffs, here's a quick quiz....

What year did the RCAF first land a plane in Bear River? See next month's Bear River Tides for the story.

RECORDS OF SNOW IN BEAR RIVER

TWO MOMENTS IN TIME: SAME VIEW

100 YEARS APART

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS:

Belated Birthday wishes to Shayla Harris, Jan. 23, George Sloane, Jan. 29.

February Birthdays… Burton Greene, Feb 1 Wanda Trimper, Feb 2 Bruce Snell, Feb 4 Angela Fetter, Feb 4 Neil Ellis, Feb 5 Carol Anne Sampson, Feb 8 Vi Harlow Feb 11 Nigel Rollo, Feb 11 Margie Reid, Feb 12 Tammy Frost , Feb 16 Rick Mc Mullen, Feb 16 Karlee Milbury, Feb 16 Steven St. Louis, Feb 16 Ruby Porter, Feb 17 Marion Cuthill, Feb 17 Bev Morine, Feb 19 Gary Wambolt, Feb 22 Erin Schopfer, Feb 26 Laurel Shiskov, Feb 29 Paula Saccente, Feb 29

Birthdays coming up in early March: Tracy Perkins, March 2 Susan Friend, March 3

CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to Marion and Richard Milbury who celebrate their 62st wed-ding anniversary on Feb. 7th.

Congratulations to Barry and Wanda Trimper who celebrate 30 years to-gether on Valentine's day.

CONDOLENCES

to the family and friends of James Mowry who recently passed away.

SOCIAL NEWS:

- We send a hearty welcome to Paul Goodyear who arrived here in Decem-

ber from California to join his wife, Sharon Trueman. - Dave and Lorena Milbury are enjoy-ing the company of daughter Kim from Millet, Alberta, who is visiting while recuperating from total knee replace-ment surgery. - A fabulous New Year's Eve party was held at the home of Mike Corbett. - Flora Doehler thanks everyone who has visited her blog in the past three years. She has started another blog that will detail her artistic endeavors, and the processes involved. - Thanks to the help of the community in their time of need, the Tim Wilson family were able to get a huge Christ-mas tree, and all those who saw it claim it was the best tree they have ever seen. - Elford and Sharon visited with friends and family in Ontario over the Christmas holidays and are glad to be back home. - Welcome home to Max and Glen-dean Parker. We knew they wouldn’t be able to stay away!

- Jeff Knorek-Onysko traveled to To-ronto to spend a few days with the Nikitin clan, and reports that they are all doing well.

- Earl Waterman is recovering well from a recent fall resulting in a broken leg and surgery. Pat assures us he is returning to his old self. - The television program that features the Bear River First Nation's reserve, One with Nature, is now being aired on APTN in the mid afternoons and evenings. until the end of March. - Francois Bellefontaine says "Hola" to all his amigos in Bear River, as he lays on a beach in Mexico soaking up some sun and whatever else comes to hand.

BOARD OF TRADE NEWS:

The Annual General Meeting of the Bear River Board of Trade was not held in January as required by the by-laws. The AGM will be held on

March 14 at 7:30, upstairs at the Fire hall.

The next meeting of the B of T will be held Feb. 21 at 7:30 at the Fire hall.

Anyone joining at the February meet-ing will be able to vote at the AGM. However, remember, you don't have to be a current member to get elected to office. A "code of conduct" is being prepared by Don Rice for new member s t o read and s ign . Plans are underway to reclaim and fill the Municipal land (formerly the Irving property) beside Cherry Brook grocery store so that it can be used as a park-ing lot/festival and event vendor space. The Committee explained that the development of this space is a relatively small and affordable pro-ject, but the location is very high pro-file and will greatly enhance the visitor experience and first impressions of Bear River. It was determined that the project could be completed for under $10,000. Proposed project completion date is March 2011. The Municipality of Digby has agreed to allow the Board of Trade to use this property.

Read more about the activities of the Board of Trade at thebearriver-tides.com. Thanks to all our supporters!

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BEAR RIVER LEGION'S LADIES AUX. meeting will be held at 3 pm, for the Feb. 3rd meeting only.

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REGULAR MEETINGS AND EVENTS

BREDS: The Bear River Economic Development So-ciety meets the first Wed. each month at 7:30. at the Legion. All welcome!

BEAR RIVER AND AREA CLINIC: BOARD meets first Tuesday each month at 7:00. New Members needed.

OAKDENE CENTRE: CARD PARTIES Tuesdays and Fridays at 7p.m.

LEGION LADIES' AUX: 1st Thurs. each month in Aux room at Legion at 7:30 (see above)

DARTS AT THE LEGION – Thursday’s 7pm All welcome

BEAR RIVER BOARD OF TRADE MEETINGS:- 3rd Monday each month at 7:30 pm at the Fire Hall. All Welcome.

TOPS, Thursday nights: at the Fire Hall— weigh in 6:30, meeting 7:00-7:30—Everyone welcome.

Bear River New Horizons is open every Tuesday 1—4 for tea and a chat!! Kid’s Play group: Oakdene. Wednesday Mornings.

THE BEAR RIVER TIDES

Thanks to all the supporters of The Bear River Tides. There continues to be an overwhelming number of visits to the site, with thousands registered again this month. Why? Because it is the one place where you get to read the real story of what is going on in town and who is doing what.

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