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SIDEROADS Of Dufferin County is published 4 times a year by The Orangeville Banner A division of Metroland Printing, Publishing & Distribution Ltd. | |
| Welcome to Sideroads of Dufferin Couunty  VOLUME 5 ISSUE 4, WINTER 2008. |
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| Freelance photographer and regular contributor Carla Buckingham had this to say about the photo she shot for the front cover: "Whether or not you claim to love the winter, when living in Dufferin County it is inevitable. I braved the cold on this particular day to photograph the latest accumulation. It may be anyone's barn on any number of farms in this beautiful county. I challenge my fellow 'winter haters' to defy the cold on a winter morning and experience the splendor of a fresh snowfall. You can always follow your adventure with a cup of tea!" |
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Skating on memories and family traditions By N. Glenn Perrett As I grow older, happy memories become increasingly important to me. I enjoy, and find it comforting, thinking back to the wonderful childhood I had growing up in Montréal, Sarnia and Thornhill. Some of my fondest memories |
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DARE to play in Field's dream By Karen Martin-Robbins Marilyn Field was teaching at an elementary school in Scarborough; an inner-city school with a plethora of at-risk students. She’d arrive at the school to start her day around 7a.m., and already there’d be a few |
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Fall Splendour By Tracey Duguay With temperatures hovering in the mid-20s on Thanksgiving weekend, I couldn’t resist rounding up a friend and exploring the hills of Dufferin County. Having lived here for just over three months, I was looking forward to seeing spectacular |
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Rock on at the Shelburne Curling Club By Len Rich Winters are long and cold in Dufferin County, and perhaps it is the need for social intercourse during this season that has caused the sport of curling to become one of the Shelburne community’s most popular pastimes for young |
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Reduce, reuse, recycle... regift? By Ashley Goodfellow Everyone’s doing it, but no one really talks about it. Maybe it’s because we feel some degree of guilt over it. Or maybe, it’s because we don’t want to get caught. I admit that I do it all |
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Birds play a symbolic role in Christmas lore By Andrew Hind Gift giving need not necessarily be limited to humankind. This holiday season why not make a seedy and nutritious gift for the birds? When hung on a fence, wall, or other outdoor structure, a birdseed wreath attracts feathered friends |
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Keep summer alive all winter long By Trish Symons Don’t give me roses, their beauty is so fleeting. As a young woman it was fun having them delivered to my office when Bill was courting. All the gals were a-twitter. So was I. Now as comfortable |
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Christmas entertainment for young and old By N. Glenn Perrett Reading with young children is important and fun. For young children (ages 3+ as there are small parts) there is Christmas is Coming! A Pop-up Celebration (Scholastic Canada), which sees Mrs. Mouse gathering treats, decorations and gifts for |
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Cat Shelter: A labour of love By Nancy O'Rourke It started with one stray cat. Soon there were 10, and more homeless cats continued to arrive. When Tish Walshe worked as a receptionist in various veterinary clinics she was horrified by the number of people who euthanized |
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