“Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Journalist”, edited by Stephen W. Hines
c.2007, University of Missouri Press $34.95
330 pages, includes index

Remember the days before computers?

Photo: Dominique Routhier

Last Friday night, the St. Lawrence AAA Women’s Basketball team set a new benchmark for their program by beating the Volontaires de Sherbrooke by a score of 104-71. This win confirmed the participation of the team in the Provincial Championships for the first time in the program’s history.

The St. Andrew’s soloists are set to perform their chamber music at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in old Quebec on Saturday, February 23 at 8 p.m. Entitled Seasons at St. Andrew’s, the concert will be a musical panorama featuring the works of Beethoven, Kreisler, Shostakovich and Schumann.

LAROQUE-MARTIN, Alexandra (Sandy) — On December 3, 2008, at the age of 56, in Gibson, B.C., passed away peacefully after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Quebec City councillor Raymond Dion praised “the quality and the pride of the Simons family - it’s a trademark.” He congratulated the family on their “environmental efforts.”

The 17th annual fundraising brunch for the Fondation de l’autisme de Quebec will take place on Sunday, February 17, from 10 to 1 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Ancienne-Lorette, 1300 Rue de la Hutte, Ancienne-Lorette. The honourary president is Andre Gagne, chair of the board of directors of la Caisse populaire Desjardins des Chutes Montmorency.

The Chalmers-Wesley United Church congregation is about to begin searching for a new minister.

Reverend George MacDonald, who had been out on extended sick leave, recently asked for his name to be placed on the United Church’s discontinued service list in January.

Some time ago (months, really), an article in Le Soleil caught my eye and did something to my blood pressure. The reporter had written something about the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec intending to erect some new buildings to exhibit yet more paintings; accompanying the text was a blank area, indicating what and where any such buildings would be.

Several Central Québec School Board commissioners were unimpressed at having to fork out over $2,000 to rent space at the Base Valcartier sports centre for their annual basketball tournament.
The tournament, which changes facilities each year, was hosted by Dollard-des-Ormeaux School, located on the base.  

Photo: Jeaneth Welstead

Captain David Blair’s BonjourQuébec.com ice canoe team forged its way to the front of the line to pick up first place in the sport category of Sunday’s annual Winter Carnival race on the icy St. Lawrence River.