Profile of Burton K. Janes

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• Backyard bullies
  "Once a man, twice a child." It's been a while since I read a children's book, a tradition I recently broke when I read a book about a grave ...
• Parks powering area economy
  It's a Saturday afternoon in late August and the main entrance to Drover's Store in Whiteway is a virtual revolving door. People are standing in ...
• Wishing upon a star
  BURTON K. JANESWhen five-year-old Nick Wall of Brigus placed his pre-Christmas order for a guitar, little did he know that before August was out ...
• North to adventure
  BURTON K. JANES After three-and-a-half weeks of retrofitting at Jackson's Boatyard in Whiteway, the Ocean Alliance was scheduled to set course ...
• Mending broken hearts
  BURTON K. JANES When she was 18, Louise Nippard made a gut-wrenching decision: she gave up her child for adoption at birth. Now, the 53-year-old ...
• 'We're basically dysfunctional'
  The provincial government's $200-million, multi-year solid waste management strategy is suffering from what the mayor of Bay de Verde describes ...
• Heavy workload, lack of support
  An obstetrician/gynecologist with a stellar reputation has resigned from his position at the Carbonear General Hospital, effective at the end of ...
• Landing the Cable
  BURTON K. JANESThe world cheered as the undersea communications cable connecting North America and Europe was finally hauled ashore at Heart's ...
• Courageous Greta
  BURTON K. JANESThe Port de Grave resident misses many things about the past. One of them is sawing and chopping her own wood, something she did ...
• Restless retiree
  BURTON K. JANESThough Philip J. Warren is thoroughly enjoying his retirement, after a lifetime in the public square, he's not using it as an ...
• Assessment of chitin plant delayed
  BURTON K. JANES An environmental assessment of a proposal by Quinlan Brothers Limited to construct and operate a chitin/chitosan production ...
• New Perlican heritage day draws biggest crowd ever
  The designation of Anderson's shed as a heritage site was one of the highlights of this year's New Perlican Heritage Day on July 9. It was the ...
• Littlejohn wins Progressive Conservative nomination...
  Progressive Conservatives in the Port de Grave district have chosen Bay Roberts resident Glenn Littlejohn to represent the party in the Oct. 11 ...
• Outgoing president has sobering message
  The outgoing president of Bay Arena minor hockey gave a sobering assessment of the association's future during its annual general meeting in Bay ...
• Soberly accessing minor hockey
  Earlier this month, Perry Mercer officially stepped down as president of the Bay Arena minor hockey association in Bay Roberts. In his final and ...
• Tilton development going ahead
  Despite the apparent lack of activity at the proposed Veterans Memorial Business Park in Spaniard's Bay, plenty is happening, even if it's all ...
• An enthusiastic Enid
  A cancer patient in her senior years is sitting in the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre in St. John's, waiting to see her doctor and struggling ...
• Empty seats a good sign at graduation
  There was plenty of pride and satisfaction on display at the Princess Sheila NaGeira Theatre in Carbonear June 15 as graduates from the College ...
• Alone, but not lonely
  Jack Hambling can easily sing a line from Johnny Cash's song, "Of travel I've had my share, man." The 83-year-old has been around, but ...
• Soccer pitch opening on track
  The Bay Roberts soccer pitch/walking track is unofficially slated to open near the end of June. And not a day too soon, say town officials and ...
• Funding secured for water project
  A major water system upgrade planned for the Town of Bay de Verde is a step closer to becoming reality. The town's previous struggle to come up ...
• Struggling through the pain
  Maurice Mason was a natural as a stoneworker. He had the ability and ... well, he had the name. But about 15 years ago, carpal tunnel syndrome ...
• Campground quarrel
  A Clarke's Beach woman took extraordinary measures last week to protest the expansion of Mountainview RV Park, while the park ...
• A graveyard mystery solved ... almost
  For two years, 86-year-old Walter Smith of South River has been seeking to answer a question that has plagued him day and night: who placed the ...
• A surge in softball
  Softball in the Town of Bay Roberts is experiencing a surge in popularity, the likes of which hasn't been witnessed in recent memory.There's such ...
• A graveyard mystery in Clarke's Beach
  To say that Walter Smith of South River is mystified is an understatement. The 86-year-old has been proactively seeking the answer to a question ...
• Not your typical war story
  It's December 1990 and a young Duane Morgan of Port de Grave listens attentively as his teacher at Coley's Point Elementary, Gordon Stone, is ...
• Water woes and more in Cupids
  After basking in the national spotlight for a full year in 2010, the Town of Cupids is now facing a harsh reality as concerns about water quality ...
• What's in a name?
  Imagine this conversation unfolding in an Upper Island Cove neighbourhood.Visitor: "I'm looking for Harold Mercer. Can you please help ...
• To Egypt and back
  Wendy Mugford of Clarke’s Beach enjoyed planning what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in Egypt. After all, she’s no novice ...