Marilyn emailed me later on to say she had another personal connection with the book. A picture of Ron Riley, a handyman for Marilyn and her first husband, Drew Shouldice, appears on page 26. He looked after their cottage on Bass Lake, near Lombardy, for about 25 years. Ron passed away last year from cancer, but he still has a warm spot in Marilyn’s heart. She was delighted to see his face, just the same, but a whole lot younger.
What a treat it was to hear photo journalist, Rod MacIvor, speak about his photos and his time as the personal photographer of the Trudeau family. The CFUW/Kanata History group arranged for him to speak at St. John’s Church today. I was honoured to be asked to give one of my books to him as a thank you gift. After he had given a delightful presentation, his wife, Marilyn started to look through my book. It turns out she used to teach at W. Erskine Johnston School in Kanata, as did I in the 1980s. We had both taught with a number of teachers, including Linda Preston, whose story is on page 7. Linda used one of Rod’s pictures on the cover of her latest book.
Marilyn emailed me later on to say she had another personal connection with the book. A picture of Ron Riley, a handyman for Marilyn and her first husband, Drew Shouldice, appears on page 26. He looked after their cottage on Bass Lake, near Lombardy, for about 25 years. Ron passed away last year from cancer, but he still has a warm spot in Marilyn’s heart. She was delighted to see his face, just the same, but a whole lot younger.
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