End of week 6

Hey everyone,

This week started on a good note and continued to be fairly busy. On Wednesday, I photographed a local poet who will be involved in a poetry tour that will have 6 poets from Montreal and Toronto canoeing down the Grand River, stopping at different locations and sharing poetry. April Bulmer is Cambridge's poet that will be out sharing her work. After I met with her, I headed to McDougall Cottage to take a photo of one of the quilts they have on display until Labour Day.

April Bulmer, a local poet will be the Cambridge poet for the poetry canoe tour taking place on the Grand River on Aug 14. Bulmer has lived in Cambridge for 14 years and has three Masters Degrees in creative writing and theology.

http://www.cambridgetimes.ca/community/article/860221--connecting-words-with-river

Michelle Rozad, a teacher/interpreter at McDougall Cottage in downtown Galt displays the quilt by Vicki Mitchell, of Paxton, Scotland as part of the “2010 Wee Quilt Challenge”.  This quilt won best in show for this year and will be displayed with the rest until Labour Day weekend.

Thursday, I went to west Galt right near Southwood to photograph a man in his home as he got his new Peak Saver thermostat installed. John Jackson has spent approximately $40,000 on home upgrades to make his home more energy efficient and with a program offered by the government, he and his wife received around $2600 back, each. I will be writing a story about it on Monday and will post the link once it's online. For the rest of the photos, the links will be below them.

Ryan Parkinson of Delta Air Systems Ltd. shows John Jackson how to use his new Peak Saver thermostat after it was installed. This thermostat is part of Jackson’s efforts to make his home more energy efficient.

http://www.cambridgetimes.ca/community/article/861646--reeping-the-benefits



Today, I went to the YMCA before 9 a.m. to take a photo of an aquafit class knitting for a woman named Sue Sturdy's cause. With all my photos submitted and plans to set up stories on Monday, I get to leave early today to head to Port Dover with Eric on his bike. I've never been but I think it'll be really fun :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

  Members of Sue Sturdy’s aqua fit class at the YMCA help her knit for her upcoming project that will take place in September. Sturdy will cover one of the bridges over the Grand River starting September 9. After it is removed on September 26, some of the knitted panels will be made into scarves and auctioned off to help the YWCA, the food bank, and the Cambridge Centre for the Arts. Other pieces will be given to the Cambridge homeless shelter for people in need.