QCCR / Pulse of Queens County

School is on. Yes, after a gorgeous summer it’s back-to-school for students in Queens County.

The South Queens Junior High, Wickwire Academy and Liverpool Regional open today.

So drive carefully as more kids are on the road.

The line ups were large and busy these last few days at the Seaside Seafoods ice cream take out.

Many customers were sampling everything from milkshakes to banana splits. Yum.

Queenslife.ca is back.  The website about life in the county is back under new ownership.  Gone is Mark Roberts and in is John Winters.

“We’re back,” says Winters who plans do have more in depth coverage of stories in the county such as Queens Place.

Winters lives in Western Head.

Gino Wong

Brookyn just had their Seafest Days and while it’s a little early to say but it is one of the best ever.

Sun just scorched over the event and everything just just about  went according to plan.

But, 10 or more years ago, there was no Seafest or Marina and up stepped Gino Wong.

“I thought it was a great thing for the area.  I lived in Brookyn then and myself and others taught we could do something,” he told the PULSE.

He was worker at Bowaters at the time and Brookyn was a separate entity.   The Marina came slowly almost piece by piece with work done “by a lot of people”, says Wong.

But, the clubhouse was done in 33 hours.  “The community got together and we put up that clubhouse in 33 hours and that was something else,” says Wong.

Today, Gino sit backs and thinks of the early days of when the Marina and the park were just piece of land or even water.  “It’s turned out very well. Very well indeed,” he says.

Electrician Wade Everette

Electrician Wade Everette of Hunts Points installed proper power to the QCCR transmitter.

It is one of the final stages in getting QCCR ready to broadcast from Great Hill.

Finally, some news that may effect Liverpool and other tourism outlets next summer.

West Nova MP Greg Kerr confirmed that the Conservative government is going lease the former CAT ferry terminal to the Yarmouth Area Industrial Commission, allowing the commission to negotiate a new ferry service with eight prospective ferry operators.

“This is the best news I’ve heard  in quite some time,” said Argyle MLA Chris d’Entremont. “I commend Greg Kerr and Federal Transport Minister Chuck Strahl for clearing the red tape on this file and bringing hope back to this region.”

d’Entremont has been an outspoken critic of the NDP government’s decision to cancel the CAT ferry service last December. He says that many jobs have been lost this year because of that decision.

“It will be a long time before the people in Yarmouth County forget what Darrell Dexter did to this region,” said d’Entremont. “However, today is a new day for the people here – that’s what I’m focused on.”

d’Entremont continued his praise for the efforts made to push this decision through Transport Canada.“My understanding is that a project like this could easily take a year or more to complete,” added d’Entremont. “This is an example of the right people working to solve a major issue in this community. I am really pleased and delighted with this decision.”

Minister Strahl is expected to officially sign the transfer papers sometime this month.

Preparations are underway for the fund raising efforts at the Seaside Recreation Centre in Beach Meadows.

The year the weekend set aside for the Annual Craft Fair, Quilt Fair and Chowder Lunch is September 18 and 19th.

Summerville beach filled with sunbathers

On what could be the hottest day of the year (Tuesday) plenty came to Summerville Beach.

The Liverpool Royal Canadian Air Cadets will be starting up the 2010-11 year on Wednesday September 8th at Milton Hall at 6:30 pm. Any youth between the ages of 12 – 18 years of age interested in learning more or joining the program are more than welcome.

There is no cost to joining the cadet program and there are many great opportunities, like learning to fly. If you have questions about the program or would like to learn more please contact Scott Lomond at  350 -0400 or visit the web site www.cadets.ca.

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It was revealed yesterday that a male was found apparently drowned on the west side of the Mersey River.  The RCMP would only say that he was found at 8:30 am.  While they would not release his name the PULSE is told by several sources that it is Douggie Roy a long time resident of Liverpool.

No further details are available at this time.

This was taken on Sunday afternoon at the Superstore parking lot.

The driver of the car was from Oxford, Nova Scotia.

He was down for a Classic Car meeting held at the Best Western.

The gentleman was driving a 55 Chevrolet.

This is a shot of a scrambling baby caught by our photographer on Beach Meadows.  She is 13 months old.

Graham Steele, the Minister of Finance, will be the guest  speaker of the South Queens Chamber of Commerce.  This will take place at a luncheon to be held on September 7th at the Best Western.  Registration is set for noon time and the dinner is slated for 12:30.

Tickets cost $25. are available to the general public.  For further information contact Susan MacLeod at 354-5939 or Barry Tomalin at 350-2929.

Unlike last year, this time the weather was not a factor in Seafest 2010.

Fom the opening ray of sunshine on Friday morning through the end of the Planked Salmon supper on Sunday, Seafest was awash with nothing but sunshine.

“This is just terrific and fantastic,” said one of the organizers.  “Look at all the people it’s terrific.”

Every event went on as planned and thousands of people showed up for the last official event of the summer.