Manager's Message

Prince Andrew’s visit, see page 2Spring edition May 15, 2006Table of ContentsManager’s Message .......................................................................2Volunteer Profile – Carole Ziegler...................................................3Prodigal Canoe...............................................................................3Songs of the Paddle .......................................................................4Education Report ............................................................................6Report from the Board ....................................................................6Perssonal Reflections on the Collection .........................................7Notices and Events.........................................................................8Letter to the Editor ..........................................................................8The Widgeon, see page 7

PAGE 2 CanewS SPRING 2006Manager’s Messageby Janice GriffithThe big newshas been thevisit by HRHPrince Andrew,the Duke of Yorkon May 11, hisagreement to beour Royal Patron,and theacquisition of three Royal Family Canoesinto our collection on long term loan.A lot goes into a project like this andthanks are due to many people whohelped make it happen. Terry Guest andDon Ross were instrumental in the ideataking hold. Don Curtis was of great helpin the overall planning and organization ofthe day, as was Verne McKay’s steadyleadership. Thanks are due to the CanadianMilitary for bringing the Royal Canoesfrom Great Britain to Trenton.McWIlliams Moving and Storage volunteeredto transport them – 600 poundcrates and all to the Museum.Kim Watson and Jeremy Ward andvolunteers in the artisan area worked longhours in unloading, uncrating and preparingthe canoes for exhibit on a very tighttime frame.Mike Paterson, our new volunteergoodwill ambassador worked with theExaminer to prepare copy for the fourpageinsert May 3.Tina Meiklejohn was in charge of gettingthe invitations printed and out andvolunteers at the front desk did the stuffingand stamping. When it became apparentthat many of our invitations hadnot arrived in a timely manner, Tina organizeda telephone blitz.Ralph Green did a special cleaningand waxing to make the floors shine.Kenner students helped direct traffic inthe parking lot. Peter Southall of thePublic Works Department provided trafficbarriers and had the boulevard in front ofthe museum reseeded.Security was provided by the RCMPand the Lakefield Peterborough Police.BJ Curtis and her hospitality committeetook care of the cake and tea. NeilBroadfoot donated one of his originalwatercolours as a gift from the Museumto HRH.Mike Cullen was our official photographer.John Mariasine took on the role ofbriefing and managing the media duringthe visit.Barry Diceman and Kim Watsonmanned the security check-in and MarkLamb helped place people in their respectivepositions to meet HRH. Verneand Pat McKay along with myself, actedas hosts to HRH during his visit.Carolyn Hyslop and her team of animatorsalong with students from the MillbrookHome School Collective demonstratedEducation programs.Freshwater Trade played the NationalAnthem and the drummers and singersfrom Curve Lake entertained.And the largest vote of thanks goes, ofcourse, to the Duke of York, for making itPhoto: Mike Cullenpossible for the canoes to come to us andfor visiting our Museum and giving all ofus a tremendous boost.While it would be hard to top thePrince’s visit, there are many more excitingthings coming up this spring andsummer. June 2 we host David Breretonan anthropologist who will be giving alecture. Once again our friends fromKenner Collegiate will be running theKawartha Family Fun Day on June 3 –paddle from Lakefield to Peterborough,plus much more. A new feature in thisevent will be the first annual cardboardcanoe race – sure to be memorable!On June 11 we will open what is shapingup to be a very thoughtful, and poignantexhibit on canoe safety featuring thePère Lallemant – one of four canoes involvedin the 1978 tragedy on LakeTemiskaming that resulted in the loss of13 young lives (see article on page opposite).Please be sure to check the upcomingevents section on page 8.

SPRING 2006 CanewS PAGE 3Volunteer Profile – Carole Zieglerby Gwyneth HoyleIf you are sitting behind the reception deskat the Canadian Canoe Museum and seesomeone dart out of the gift shop with speedand purpose, eyeglasses on a cord aroundher neck, the chances are very good that it isCarole Ziegler. With the help of a great rosterof volunteers, Carole has been runningthe gift shop for the past five years. Althoughshe is too modest to admit to being in charge,whenever there is a question to be answeredor a knotty problem to be solved, the usualresponse is “Ask Carole”.Carole began helping out in the very basicgift shop that was tucked around the cornerfrom the first reception desk on the MonaghanRoad side of the building, when theMuseum opened its doors to the public in1997. She and her husband, Don, moved toProdigal CanoeA canoe that was lost has been found.And a very special new exhibit to this prodigalcraft is being dedicated on Sunday, June11 th , 2006. The canoe, a 22-foot Selkirkmodel made by the Chestnut Canoe Company,was one of four involved in the 1978St. Johns School tragedy on LakeTemiskaming. Immediately following thecoroner’s inquest into the tragedy, all fourcanoes effectively disappeared. Word wasthat they had been destroyed by the schoolbecause they were unseaworthy or for fear oflitigation. But unbeknownst to almost anyone,Andy andBarb Greaney,who lost their13-year-oldson, Davie,in the tragedy,askedfor, and weregiven the canoetheir son had been paddlingin on the last day of his life.For twenty-seven years, the bigblue canoe, named Père Lallemant, wastucked away in a shed in Port Carling, waitingfor the day that its story might be told.Peterborough twenty-four years ago fromUnionville where Carole had been running agift shop in a senior’s home. Don,whose work at Quaker Oats wasin sales and marketing, hasplayed a quietly effective role asadviser in the gift shop, as wellas using his wood-working skillsto build display cabinets in thecurrent store.A visit to the gift shop makesa wonderful conclusion to a tourof the museum, as well as attractingshoppers who are lookingfor something special forChristmas or birthdays. The merchandize iscarefully chosen to complement the theme ofthe museum and is attractively displayed.That day came not so long ago when theGreaneys decided to donate Père Lallemantto the Canadian Canoe Museum, to be thecenterpiece of a new exhibit that opens onthe 28 th anniversary of the tragedy.The Remembering Temiskaming exhibithas three main themes: the first is to quietlyremember those who died; the second is todisplay a remarkable example of one of thelast canvas-covered canoes for group paddlingto be made at the Chestnut CanoeCompany plant in Oromocto,New Brunswick;third, and perhaps most important,is that this canoe marks a majorturning point in thinking aboutcanoe safety, particularly therisks of cold water, for paddlers and educatorsacross Canada and around the world.The St. Johns tragedy was a turning point inhow people thought about risk and canoes.Carole has a great eye for what will pleasecustomers, enjoys choosing stock, and withDon as chauffeur, sheand as many of the storevolunteers as possibleattend the two major giftshows held in Torontoeach year. Her preferenceis to buy from Canadianartists and suppliers,and from localartists whenever possible.The gift shop providesa valuable source ofrevenue, and Carole and Don both get greatsatisfaction from the contribution of their volunteerwork to the life of the museum.“From that moment on, everybody takingvoyages would look twice at standards ofsafety”, said Canoe Museum founder, KirkWipper.Following broad consultation with peoplefrom all walks of life who responded to abroadly circulated open invitation for input tothe development process from museummanager, Janice Griffith, the exhibit wasdesigned by educator James Raffan, authorof Deep Waters: Courage,Character, and the LakeTemiskaming CanoeingTragedy.The dedication and openingof this powerful new exhibit willinclude the premier of a songwritten especially for theLallemant canoe, along withcomments from the Greaney family, and aspecial performance by the Lakefield CollegeSchool Choir under the direction of musicmaster John Kraus. The public is invited toattend the event on the Grand Portage at theCanadian Canoe Museum on Sunday, June11 th , 2006 at 2:30 in the afternoon.Admission is the regular price, with refreshmentsto follow.Photo: Mike Cullen

PAGE 4 CanewS SPRING 2006 SPRING 2006 CanewS PAGE 5Songs of the Paddleby Dwayne JamesIf you’ve ever been on a canoetrip where there was a campfireand a guitar, then you alreadyknow full well that folk music andcanoeing is a match made in, well,Algonquin.The producers of the two CDvolumes of Canoesongs are fullyaware of this connection as well,and have taken this relationship toits logical end by compiling animpressive collection of musicdrawing from, and inspired by, thecanoe experience. The launchparty for Volume 2 of Canoesongson April 8 th at the Canoe Museumcaps a labour of love that actuallyspans several years.As author James Raffan tellsthe story, the idea for a compilationof canoe-themed music came tohim many years ago (at the time,he was thinking about a vinyl record),but he didn’t have the abilityor the know-how to execute it. So,the idea stuck with him over theyears, and became more and more prominentin his mind every time he would hear a songabout a canoe.As luck would have it, one day he wasintroduced to preeminent Canadian musicproducer Paul Mills at a party, and he told PaulJames Raffan and Paul Millsall about his canoe music idea. Althoughnothing came of it immediately, Paulremembered James when the two happened tomeet again several years later (James positsthat their first meeting likely stood out in Paul’smemory because of the fact that JamesThe Canoesongs performers from left to right: James Raffan, Paul Mills, René Archibald, David Archibald, Lorraine McDonald, Dave Hadfield, Shelley Posen, NancyWhite, Jerry Vandiver, Bob Johnston.happened to be carrying a life-sized cardboardcut-out of Dolly Parton at the time—I guess itreally is important in the music business to beseen with the right people). Paul asked ifanything had ever come of the idea, and whenit was clear that nothing had, the two decided togo into business together. They formedPortage Productions, and started discussingwhat songs to include on the CD. Jamesalready had a list in mind (he had after all beenformulating it for years), but there was one bigproblem—there were too many songs tochoose from. Right from the start, it was clearthat more than one release was needed to dothe theme justice, so they decided to take achance, and call this CD CanoesongsVolume I, and began to solicit suggestions forthe next compilation even as the first one wasgoing out the door in spring of 2004.This search for future material was aided nodoubt by the fact that Volume I quickly becamea hit! Not only did it sell well, but there were somany requests for the sheet music to the songs,that a companion song book for both Volumesis slated to be published this fall by OFC Publicationsin Ottawa.For Volume 2, James and Paul gatheredmore songs from many of the same artists whomade the first CD such a success, and includeda few more. They gathered materialfrom many different regions in Canada, andsought to embrace several different musicalvariations as well (Although it was decided thatthe songs had to have “folk” roots, this fact wasa matter of some consternation especiallywhen it came to the discussion over whether toinclude Gordon Lightfoot’s Canary Yellow Canoe.Considering Lightfoot’s status as a Canadianfolk music legend, the inclusion shouldhave been a given if it weren’t for the fact thatthe song was decidedly, and uncharacteristicallyfor Lightfoot, too “rock and roll”). Althoughthe two producers had a lot of pre-existing materialto choose from, 8 of the 14 tracks on Volume2 were actually recorded specifically for itsrelease (five of them in Paul’s Millstream studioin Toronto).So, on April 8 th , James and Paul brought ahandful of performers to the museum for Volume2’s release party. The event was very wellattended, and the museum was quite literallyfilled to the rafters with over two hundred audiencemembers spilling over from the seats andonto the steps that lead up to the Grand Portageand beyond.The performers for the evening includedDave Hadfield (who works for Air Canada inbetween musical gigs), Lorraine McDonald(who is actually credited for introducing Jamesand Paul), David Archibald (who sang a verytouching duet with his daughter), Jerry Vandiver(a well known song-writer from Nashvillewho had heard about the compilation andwanted to contribute), Shelley Posen (a curatorfrom the Museum of Civilization whoseamusing song about first experiences in a canoewas the breakaway hit of the first release),and Nancy White (well known for her morecomical fare, White turned poignant with hertouching portrait to Pierre Trudeau in Volume 1,but returned to slightly more identifiable territorywith her highly amusing contribution to Volume2).The concert was hosted by James who introducedeach performer, gave alittle back-story on them, and keptthings light. Paul showed his versatilityas a musician and modestlyplayed a variety of stringed instrumentsto support the singers. Theperformance was interrupted for theawarding of door prizes (generouslydonated by both the Hudson’s BayCompany and Andy Convery atEcho Paddles) and the presentationof a financial contribution from PortageProductions in the form of acombination guitar/paddle with acheque affixed to its back. Afterwards,all of the performers gatheredon stage for a rousing singalongwith the audience of someclassic Canadian camp fire songs.Now, how about some numbers to give youan idea of what this project as a whole hasmeant for the museum? Revenue from concertadmissions along with the donation from PortageProductions approached $4,000, meaningthat the total money raised so far by the projectis over $7,000!! Thank you James and Paul,and everyone else at Portage Productions forthe incredible effort!You’re no doubt wondering: will there be athird volume? Well, according to www.canoesongs.com,James and Paul are still looking forideas, so take that as a good sign!

PAGE 6 CanewS SPRING 2006Education Reportby Carolyn HyslopWell, as the school year comes to a closethere is much to report. Let’s start with MarchBreak Camp. It was a booming successagain this year. We ran two workshops eachday of the week and almost all of the sessionswere at their capacity. In total, about 150 studentsvisited the Canoe Museum in 5 days forsomething fun to do on their March Break.Our education programs received Royalrecognition when they were highlighted toHRH Prince Andrew and the crowds of privateguests on May 11th, by a small group ofstudents from Millbrook’s HomeschoolingCollective. The students were very excitedabout being part of the visit and almost all ofthem spoke with Prince Andrew about theactivity that they were doing. One studentgathered up enough courage to give thePrince her watercolour painting! Specialthanks goes to our amazing group of Animatorsthat really made this event successful forboth the students and HRH Prince Andrew.Speaking of Animators, I would like to welcomeJen Pattinson to our Animating staff.She comes to us having just completed herReport from the Boardby Barry Diceman – Vice-Chair and SecretaryThe CCM Board and staff participatedin a Strategic Planning Session on Apr.1,2006. The report from the moderator hasbeen received for review by the Board.The Annual General Meeting was heldApril 19, 2006 with the release of the firstCCM Annual Report. Thanks to DwightBoyd for the production of a very impressive2005 Annual Report (members willhave received their copy of it along withthis newsletter). The AGM was well attendedwith 33 members present and 9members submitting proxies. The Chairand Manager reviewed the events of the2005 and announced upcoming dates ofsignificance. Overall 2005 was a verypositive year for the museum.The five directors who were up for reelectionall elected to remain on the Board,so following is your CCM Board of Directors:• Aldrich, Philip• Boyd, Dwight• Burrows, Ed – Treasurer• Cartmell, Mollie• Curtis, Don – Past Chair• Diceman, Barry – Vice Chair/ Secretary• Duckworth, George• Hall, Bob – City of Peterboroughappointee• Jennings, John• Matthews, Jack - Honorary Chair• McKay, Verne – Chair• Ross, Donald• Stewart, JimBachelor of Education at Lakehead Universitywith her teachables being Outdoor Educationand History. What a great combination for ourMuseum!We’ve had a number of teacher candidatesand students join the Education Departmentfor placement experience over the last fewmonths. In March, Erin Crowe from the Outdoorand Experiential Education programwithin the Faculty of Education at Queen’sUniversity joined us. And then in April, WendyMitchell and six students from the EnvironmentalLeadership Program at Centre HastingsSecondary School came by for a 4-dayplacement. And in May, we had Hilary Watts,a Bachelor of Education candidate from TrentUniversity. It has been valuable and enrichingto have these people in the Museum, thanksto them for their hard work.Looking ahead to June, it will be a verybusy month for Animators and the many supportstaff that help make the Education programsrun. We have every day in Junebooked and some double if not triple booked!And to top off the successful year in Education,I am very pleased to announce the expansionof the Education Department intoSummer Day Camp! Canoe Museum KidsDay Camp is summer day camp unlike anyother. Campers will take part in hands-on,interactive activities, a day of canoeing andquite likely an overnight in the Museum! Visitthe website for dates and registration information.Registration is open.This summer, not only can your childrenand grandchildren get on the water in a canoebut so can you! Back by popular demand,the Summer Institute for Teachers.This is a 5 day canoeing course hosted bythe Canadian Canoe Museum and the OntarioRecreational Canoeing Association thatwill grant participants their ORCA FlatwaterInstructors certification. This important certificationallows teachers and educators to certifytheir own students in ORCA’s Flatwaterprogram. The course is running from August14-18 and costs $575. We can only take 10participants, so register now! You can findinformation on the website or call the Museum705.748.9153.Raffle winner!Congratulations to Rodney MichaelHeines of Rome, New York, the winnerof our latest canoe raffle.On April 28, Michael became theproud new owner of a proud old canvascovered canoe made locally by the CanadianCanoe Company in the 1930’s,and valued at $3,500.Thanks to everyone who participatedin the raffle!

SPRING 2006 CanewS PAGE 7Perssonal Reflections on the Collectionby Dick PerssonA treasure – hidden in plain sight!In the museum’s exhibit “It wasn’t all work”the hull of the decked sailing canoe Widgeonhas been exhibited for many years. I have toadmit I have not given this canoe muchthought or study before. However, I recentlyhad reason to take a closer look at the craftand its provenance. I realized that there is astory hidden here that ought to be told. Athorough search of the museum’s storageturned up the parts which were believedlost; the sliding seat, masts, the modifiedNorwegian tiller system, the cockpitsplashguard, the rudder and the centreboard. Unfortunately, Widgeon came tothe museum collection without the sailrigs.It is believed that this canoe was builtby the Wm. English Canoe Co. in partbecause it is known that the WmEnglish built many of the MacKendrickfamily’s canoes. Additionally, there areno builder’s marks on it that I have foundto date. However, this canoe has anumber of construction details which point tothe N. Gilbert Boat Building Co. in Gananoque,Ontario.Nelson Gilbert’s first decked sailing canoeof note was C.E. Archibald’s Mab (shown).Her construction was well documented inseveral articles in the 1890’s. Many more ofthe same design were built over the next 20years.It is most likely, that Widgeon is a sister ofthis successful racing canoe. Future research,smart-scan and a comparison ofWidgeon’s lines to those of other Gilbert builtdecked sailing canoes will tell us more aboutexactly what we have. It is my hope that thisexciting canoe exhibit could be expanded toinclude the additional artifacts which weredonated along with the canoe. The exhibitmight also include the story of itsowners, the famousMacKendrick family.The canoe is whatis known as a 16-30 decked sailingcanoe and wasdonatedby Ms. N. MacKendrick in 1980. Researchindicates that the donor’s father wasJ. N. MacKendrick, one of the threeMacKendrick brothers,John, Will and Harry,competitive canoeistswith a long list ofchampionships to theirnames. They competedfor The Toronto CanoeClub and were early oninvolved with the AmericanCanoe Associationas well as holdingvarious board positionsand executive offices.What is a 16-30 decked sailing canoeTo understand just what a decked sailingcanoe is, one must go back to late 1880’sand early 1890’s and a man named PaulButler. Prior to Butler’s time, sailing canoesactually looked much like everyday cruisingcanoes, about 15 to 16 feet long, halfdecked,and with modest sailing rigs. Inthose early days the canoes had no selfdraining cockpit; it was often unmanageableafter an upset and carried only about sixtysquare feet of sail, with the sailor sitting onthe cockpit edge. Butler, to overcome thedisadvantage of his scant 110-poundweight, devised first the sliding seat to givethat weight greater leverage, the crossheadtiller so he could steer while out on the endof his sliding seat, next the automatic cleatto tend his sheets until he came inboardsand a self-bailing shallow cockpit to keepthe seas out of her.The effects of these inventions beganto be felt from about 1890. At thattime there was practically no limit toany element of the decked sailingcanoe with the exception of lengthand beam. The standard sizes were16 feet overall length and 30 inchesextreme beam; hence the class name16-30. Normally, two sails were carriedwith a total area of about 130 square feetbut in some cases up to around 180 squarefeet were tried.Since that time, rigs have changed andrules have been rewritten, but to this day,Paul Butler’s four innovations; the hikingseat, the crossheadtiller, the automatic cleatand the self bailingcockpit are the distinguishingfeatures of thedecked sailing canoe.I am told that noother type of boat offerssuch thrilling and enjoyablesailing! Imagine -flying at 12 knots, suspendeda foot abovethe waves, four or fivefeet out from your boat on the hiking seatand watching her leap through the seas -keen pleasure indeed!Thank you to D. Miller, J. Summers, andR. MacGregor for contributing information.Other sources quoted; “Canoeing Under Sail”by M.D. Wilt and “Champion Canoes of Today”by R.B. Burchard.

PAGE 8 CanewS SPRING 2006Notices and EventsPlease note:The membership computer has crashed and has been replaced.There are still some “bugs” to be worked out, so please be patient and let us know of any errors in our back-up data.Friday, June 2Lecture POSTPONED.Saturday, June 39:00 AM to 3:00 PM,Johnson PropertySunday, June 112:30 p.m. Grand Portage.Thursday, June 15TorontoFriday, July 76:00 PM, Fraserville, ONAugust 14-18Landscape and Experience: The Work of Lewis Henry MorganDerek Brereton’s lecture will be rescheduled for sometime in the fall.Kawartha Fun Day & CanoeathonPaddle from Lakefield to Peterborough, Volleyball Tournament, boat rides on Little Lake and much more. CCM friends fromKenner Collegiate once again are organizing this fun day. Dwayne James is organizing the First Annual Cardboard CanoeRace – all taking place from the Johnson Property on Little Lake (that’s just North of Beavermeade park).Opening and Dedication, Remembering Temiskaming ExhibitSee article on page 3 for more details.Cocktail Party and FundraiserAnyone in the area interested in attending, call Jim Stewart at (416) 944-9562 or email him at jfcs.cvcc@sympatico.caChairman’s BarbecueFollowing last year’s terrific event, Verne & Pat McKay will again host a barbecue at their barn. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvresstart at 6:00 and the dinner begins at 7:00. A dance will follow. Tickets $100 per person ($60 of which can be used as a taxreceipt). Get your tickets at the Canoe Museum.Summer Institute for TeachersGet your ORCA Flatwater Instructors certification. See Education Report on page 6 for more details.Letter to the EditorTo the Editor:I never was a huge fan of Frank Sinatra but eversince reading Dick Persson's article in the Winter 2006issue of your newsletter ("Perssonal Reflections on theCollection) I can't get one of the famous ditties by "OldBlue Eyes” out of myhead…"Regrets I'vehad a few, but thenagain, too few tomention.. . "I'd like to mentionone regret that hit melike a whack on theside of the head afterreading Persson's fullpage article about thehistory of theStephenson canoesof Peterborough:I met Gerry andMary Stephenson in the mid 1970s' through my wife,Kris. We continued to enjoy a three decade-long friendshipwith the Peterborough couple who were avid cottagersand canoeists, especially on Lake Chandos andAnstruther Lake. Gerry taught me the J-stroke in 1974when I didn't know the front end from the back end of acanoe. As a young buck, I probably thought a J-strokewas a method of cleaning a canoe with a J-cloth!Gerry passed away on September 17, 2003 and Krisand I still keep in regular touch with Mary, but I regret thatI never questioned Gerry for more details about hisMary and Gerry Stephenson canoeing at theirAnstruther Lake cottage in 1979.family's canoe-building history. It is now a missed opportunity.I once asked an elderly gentleman if he had anyregrets in his life and he said, "Yes. Just one. I wish Ihad been more curious." And that's just how I feel now,nearly three yearsafter Gerry's death.But, thankfully,Dick Persson'scolumn waspublished in yournewsletter and Ilearned new detailsof the family history,especially about tworare canoes thatGerry donated to theCanoe Museum. Onewas made by Gerry'sgrandfather, John S.Stephenson, who was once described by the PeterboroughExaminer as "the Father of the Peterboroughcanoe." The other artifact is a 17-foot canvascoveredcanoe made by Gerry’s uncle, George R.Stephenson.Among the many fascinating things I learned in Persson'sarticle was the fact that John Stephenson inventeda paddle-making machine that reduced much of thehand-work in the process of paddle making. Also,George Stephenson produced more than 500 boats andcanoes until his death in 1945. I did not know that! Imight have, had I been more curious and asked morequestions during our visits to Mary and Gerry's cottageat Anstruther Lake, and more recently at their vacationhome in Lagoon City.In November 1987, Gerry wrote a 24-page pamphletthat was published by the Peterborough HistoricalSociety titled, "John Stephenson and the famousPeterborough Canoes. " I recall scanning the bookletnearly 20 years ago, and more recently I was honouredto receive a complimentary copy from Mary, atGerry's funeral on September 20, 2003. But it took DickPersson's fascinating article to pique my interest inlearning more about Gerry's family history of canoemaking. Regrettably, Gerry is no longer with us, so Icannot get any more first-hand information from my oldfriend and canoe teacher, but I have now becomesomething that Lewis Carroll wrote in Alice Through theLookrng Glass: curiouser and curiouser.In his 1987 pamphlet, Gerry noted that his grandfatherwas born 103 years before him. He wrote, "I hadno opportunity to ask him questions of the fascinatinghappenings during his times." Gerry was born a mere13 years before me and I had the opportunity to askhim a lot more than I did about his family's history. Youcan bet I'll be re-reading his booklet and watching formore canoe stories by Dick Persson in your newsletter.Thanks for publishing his article.Sincerely,Dennis McCloskeyRichmond Hill, Ontario