Thank You

The family of Dorothy Dorey would like to extend a thank you to the staff at the Vermilion Hospital for their care of Dorothy during her stay. We would also like to thank Creech’s Funeral Services, Rev. Anne McGrath, the lunch cater’s, Meagan Rokos for the lovely video presentation, Maureen Smith for her heartfelt delivery of the eulogy, and all who were in attendance to share our final farewell to Dorothy.

Dorothy’s family on some wild adventure of destruction and mayhem, as was his custom. Turning, I glanced at my healthy fern and moved to fetch the water bottle. In this heat, it surely needed a drink.

Grabbing the mister from beneath the sink, I applied it generously, shining beads of moisture lingering on each lush green leaf. But wait! What was that smell? Why was the nose-wrinkling scent of Javex suddenly floating on the afternoon air? I lifted the bottle and took a whiff. Bleach?

“CHRISTOPHER!” I hollered out the door as I charged past with the fern. Plunking the poor thing into the tub, I started the shower. Maybe the poisonous effects could be rinsed away. Meanwhile, Chris appeared behind me with a carefully constructed look of innocence. He didn’t know why he’d been summoned, but applying his look of innocence was the safest bet until he figured it mixture while beating. In a separate bowl sift together the cake flour, 1 cup of sugar, the salt and baking powder. Add the flour mixture into the egg yolk mixture a quarter at a time. Continue beating until well blended. In a separate bowl beat the egg whites until foamy. Add the cream of tartar. Continue to beat until very soft peaks. Slowly add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and continue to beat, all the while ensuring that the egg whites are at the soft peak stage (the peak flops over). Gently stir one third of the egg white mixture into the egg yolk batter, until just blended. Gently fold the remaining egg white mixture into the egg yolk batter, add the poppy seeds. Pour into a tube pan and bake for 60-70 minutes. Invert the pan while cooling and allow cooling completely before removing from the pan. Frost with a slightly thinned vanilla butter cream icing. It would be pretty to garnished the cake with fresh wild rose petals, which by the way are edible. out.

“Why have I just misted my favorite plant with bleach?” I ground out between clenched teeth.

Jauntily, he began answering back, “I don’t know. Why have y—” until I fixed him with my own look, known to my kids as “the look of death.” He fell silent and took a sudden interest in his shoes. “Well, it might be because I put some in there to kill ants on the sidewalk,” he finally mumbled.

“WHAT?” I roared, and he scampered out the door, wisely not returning till suppertime when I’d cooled down.

In any case, the fern died, and that was the last one I grew. Just didn’t have the heart for it anymore. Give me a geranium or a nice succulent, even a hoya, and I’m good to go. Just keep those poor bloody ferns in Boston. To contact Helen or to learn more about her stories and books go to helentoews.com the publisher.

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Craig Baird Columnist

The year 1929 was an important year for Vermilion. After all, this was the year that the community received one of the top rural hospitals in the entire province.

On Nov. 23, 1929, another big event happened when a large meeting was held in the community with some very important guests.

The Lt. Governor of Alberta, William Egbert, had arrived the day previous in the community. He had served as the Lt.

AIRPORT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS

Held at Town hall in council chambers.

Wed. Mar. 22 1 pm – 7 pm Sat. Apr. 15 1 pm – 5 pm

Members of the public are encourage to attend two public engagements regarding the potential construction at the airport.

Look for the online survey on the Town website and social media starting March 20, 2023.