Today is the day of the laying of the memorial in honor of the Hebron Relocates.
Weather looks fine at the moment; most locals are up in Hebron at this time.
Some went by boats of differing sizes and some went by plane, and some went by boat and plane, about 10 people were on a boat that had to turn back to Nain due to engine problems.
To the uninitiated the people who fly in [fixed wing] have to fly to Saglek then transfer to boats for the final leg to Hebron. Well not all folks, some fly in fixed wing to Sagalek then fly rotary to Hebron.
Actually August 10 does not seem to have any significant connection with the closure of Hebron.
The real anniversary of Hebron’s closure is October 5th 1959, the day the last people left.
The Moravian minister left Hebron on August 13th, a feast day in the Moravian cycle. The first Inuit families left in early July to get to their char camps.
Perhaps it is to accommodate certain people schedules.
The politicians fly in today one would presume, can’t have a memorial laying without them can we.
Team Nain is getting closer to the left coast in the Small Steps Big results walk across Canada challenge.
Way out in front would not be an understatement. Then with 52 members Team Nain is way larger than the 8 members of the second placed team.
It’s a good thing the registration closed before more people became aware of the challenge; there are many people who walk 10,000 plus steps in the every day course of their lives up here. Not everyone is benefiting from the ‘new’ economy.
2 comments:
It's so good to see Nain kicking butt in this challenge.
A small factoid courtesy of my pops, who is addicted to walking. An active lifestyle is built around 10,000 steps a day. A lot of people in Nain and many other small communities easily do that, so it's good for people to think about how just going about their day is good activity. What you want to aim for, however, is the gold standard of the Amish housewife. According to one study, an Amish housewife puts in between 14,000 and 20,000.
I/we are not too far off the 12 grand mark, 18 I will leave for the converted.
The gold standard around here is for the shinning light ministry folk to drive around town in vehicle or four wheeler with silly grin and waving at all and sundry.
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