I have been watching the news for 18 days now. And checking my tweets on twitter quite regularly. Last night I was disgusted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's broadcast to his people. After almost three weeks of peaceful protest (for the most part, and we know who started the killing!) everyone in Tahrir Square, Cairo was being misled by government media outlets that their president was finally preparing to leave.
Instead, halfway into his speech he mentioned he was staying until September and that's when the celebratory mood went sour. Very sour. The ultimate insult, peaceful protesters began to wave their shoes in the air. Not a good sign.
The girls have no school today so I slept in. The first thing I did was check my iPod for any news on what was happening. I couldn't believe my eyes. Mubarek had FINALLY announced that he was stepping down as president. WOW!
At first I was skeptical. I checked more messages and kept reading them as they came in. I went onto my laptop to get updates from the internet. IT WAS TRUE!
It all started with a 28 year old young man by the name of Khaled Said who was brutally murdered by Egyptian police. They lied about him, saying he had swallowed a bag of drugs when they found him. Instead he was brutally beaten and murdered. This became apparent when photos of his body began to leak out.
So a Google exec by the name of Wael Ghonim began a Facebook page and began posting information of other individuals being tortured and/or killed by the Egyptian Police. An English version of the page was created with a different person serving as administrator. The goal was to have a peaceful protest on January 25th, what is called Police Day in Egypt. The people came and the rest is now history. Hosni Mubarak is no longer President. Woohoo!
- Carole
- I am married to Glen, we have five beautiful daughters, and we live in a small town of approximately 12,500 people.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
BEAUMONT BUZZ - Visit to a Radio Station
Last night our 2nd Beaumont Wolf Cub Pack visited the radio station for 630CHED/Cool 880/CISN COUNTRY/Joe FM as part of a requirement to earn the Blue Star. We had a tour of the whole facility and the boys even got to go on live with Mike McGuire for a small portion of the CISN COUNTRY broadcast last night. I have proof! He made a CD recording of that portion and gave it to me to share with the boys.
We also got to record our voices and see what they looked like on the computer when being played back. Our host explained how such files can be edited to cut out the umms an ahs to make news reports sound better. All in all we had a great time and learned a lot about how radio serves the community.
We also got to record our voices and see what they looked like on the computer when being played back. Our host explained how such files can be edited to cut out the umms an ahs to make news reports sound better. All in all we had a great time and learned a lot about how radio serves the community.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
BEAUMONT BUZZ - Seeking Support of Town Council
Here's an update on how the new Beaumont & District Heritage Society is doing. Right now we are preparing to make a presentation to Town Council at their next official meeting on Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 at 7 p.m. in council chambers. I say that just in case you might like to be there to show your support.
We are a registered delegation so we will be speaking somewhere at the beginning of the meeting. This is the only time that members of the public can speak to council. It is our intention to ask that the town officially agrees to collaborate with our society to save the home of Marie St. Jacques from demolition. We would like to use this home for a creative year-round program that promotes and shares the town's French heritage and flair, as referred to in the Town Strategic Plan for 2010-2015.
In order for this to happen we would like the town to donate a portion of park land that we can move the home onto. The developer is willing to give us the house for free but only if we move it. We are asking members of the public to consider writing and/or signing letters of support and delivering them to the town office.
If council chooses to become an official partner with the society our next task will be fundraising. We estimate that the cost of arranging for utilities to be connected to the home could be as much as $25,000 and it will cost another $25,000 to build a full basement. Moving the home will run between $20 to $25,000. So we may as well set our goal at raising $100,000. We have less than a year to do that.
A number of years ago the former historical society tried to purchase/save the Napoleon Berube home, across the street from St. Vital Church. They had raised about $100,000, I suspect through provincial grant money, but it was not enough to buy the home. The new owner of the property offered to give the home to the society for free if they could find a place to move it. They were unsuccessful, the home was destroyed and the grant money was gone.
In 2005 the town was hoping to built an amphitheater in Four Seasons park for a centennial project. The town and province had agreed to pay a total of $450,000 to build it but unfortunately the tenders for the construction came in significantly higher and so the project was abandoned. Once again the grant money was not used.
Perhaps this third attempt will be more successful. If anyone is interested in writing a letter to council showing your support we encourage you to do so. It should be handed in to the town office by Wednesday, February 2nd so that we can be sure it will be included in the agenda.
Who knows, if all goes well we may have something historical to celebrate in the year 2012 - the hundredth birthday of the oldest building still standing in Beaumont. The Marie St. Jacques House.
We are a registered delegation so we will be speaking somewhere at the beginning of the meeting. This is the only time that members of the public can speak to council. It is our intention to ask that the town officially agrees to collaborate with our society to save the home of Marie St. Jacques from demolition. We would like to use this home for a creative year-round program that promotes and shares the town's French heritage and flair, as referred to in the Town Strategic Plan for 2010-2015.
In order for this to happen we would like the town to donate a portion of park land that we can move the home onto. The developer is willing to give us the house for free but only if we move it. We are asking members of the public to consider writing and/or signing letters of support and delivering them to the town office.
If council chooses to become an official partner with the society our next task will be fundraising. We estimate that the cost of arranging for utilities to be connected to the home could be as much as $25,000 and it will cost another $25,000 to build a full basement. Moving the home will run between $20 to $25,000. So we may as well set our goal at raising $100,000. We have less than a year to do that.
A number of years ago the former historical society tried to purchase/save the Napoleon Berube home, across the street from St. Vital Church. They had raised about $100,000, I suspect through provincial grant money, but it was not enough to buy the home. The new owner of the property offered to give the home to the society for free if they could find a place to move it. They were unsuccessful, the home was destroyed and the grant money was gone.
In 2005 the town was hoping to built an amphitheater in Four Seasons park for a centennial project. The town and province had agreed to pay a total of $450,000 to build it but unfortunately the tenders for the construction came in significantly higher and so the project was abandoned. Once again the grant money was not used.
Perhaps this third attempt will be more successful. If anyone is interested in writing a letter to council showing your support we encourage you to do so. It should be handed in to the town office by Wednesday, February 2nd so that we can be sure it will be included in the agenda.
Who knows, if all goes well we may have something historical to celebrate in the year 2012 - the hundredth birthday of the oldest building still standing in Beaumont. The Marie St. Jacques House.
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