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Flag-Raising
Ceremony 1:30
pm. on August 31st 2011 The Mayors here in St. Catharines and also in Port of Spain will be holding a simultaneous flag-raising ceremony
at the flag poles in front of City Hall. The event is to commemorate the ongoing twinning of the two cities. In St. Catharines
our local steel band, P.K. Hummingbird, will be there to play Trinidadian music for us. During the ceremony the Mayors will
raise the flags of their sister-city. We would like to have as many citizens of St. Catharines come to attend. So, all are
welcome. Come and enjoy the music.
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| P. K. Hummingbird Steel Orchestra |
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FEBRUARY 2011 TRIP
BY TWINNING MEMBERS.
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Allison, Helen Heyko, Doug Gibbs, June
Gibbs, Helen Atteck, Ken Joseph. Bust -
Captain A.A. Cipriani which was sculpted by Sybil Atteck.
The photo above was taken on the balcony at Port of Spain City Hall when some visitors from
St. Catharines paid a courtesy call on the present mayor of Port of Spain, His Worship, Louis Lee Sing.
The weather
was great, and the Port of Spain Twinning Association members were wonderful, kind hosts. We were taken sightseeing,
climbed up inside the Queen’s Royal College clock tower, toured the botanical gardens, shopped at modern shopping malls,
visited two pan yards and several mas’ camps, drove South to spend a day visiting two marvellous Hindu Temples, see
some mud volcanoes, lunch at a food court in a shopping mall, and take the boat into the Caroni Bird Sanctuary to enjoy the
sight of the scarlet ibis and white egret flying in to settle on the mangrove for the night.
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In honour of the
signing of the mundialization agreement between St. Catharines and Port of Spain, Mayor Brian McMullan held a flag
raising ceremony last year on Monday August 30th,2010. The incoming Port of Spain Mayor, Mayor Louis Lee Sing
agreed to do the same in Port of Spain. Our City sent a St. Catharines flag to fly in Port of Spain. Mayor
McMullan will also participated in a live radio interview with the new Mayor and the outgoing Port of
Spain Mayor, Mayor Murchison Brown, the day before on Trinidad station i95.5 FM.
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| Mayor Brian McMullan and Brock University student Mathew Chang Kit from Trinidad. |
| PK Hummingbird Steel Orchestra |
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| Back in 2008 we celebrated our 40th Anniversary. |
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| Montebello Park looking towards the new West Jet stage. |
| Stella & Winston |
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| Happy Faces. |
| Mrs. Ruth McMullen |
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| Enjoying the afternoon. |
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| Connie Chamberlain & Anne Roscoe |
| The ladies chat. |
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| Connie Chamberlain & Renate Hodges |
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| Mayor Brian McMullan and his assistant Cindy. |
| 2008 Grape King being intervewed. |
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| Falls TV newscaster and Grape King, Lou Puglisi. |
| Anyone say cheese ? |
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| Cindy's great smile. |
| 1971 Grape King |
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| William Vaughn |
| Rick Dykstra M.P. |
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| Rick chatting with a friend. |
| Some of our guests from Trinidad. |
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| Enjoying the conversation and light fare. There are a few empty glasses? |
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| Mayor McMullan (left), Rick Dykstra M.P. (centre) with friends. |
REGIONAL & CITY NEWS
Volunteers Wanted:
www.twinning.ca is are looking for one or more foreign correspondants to write short articles and photograph civic good news
happenings in Trinidad & Tobago. If you are an amateur digital photographer who has an interest in writing,
please apply. The volunteer postitions are open to students and adults alike. Please submit your resume with references
to info@twinning.ca Who knows, this may be your chance at international
fame!
Only those successful candidates will be contacted.
| Visit Linzey at the Market Square - St. Catharines |
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| Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays behind City Hall - St. Catharines |
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| Photo courtesy Bob Armstrong. |
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| Mrs. Helen Atteck and Lloyd Farnum |
| Photo courtesy Bob Armstrong. |
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| Mrs. Atteck addresses the public. |
| August 30, 2010 - Photo courtesy Bob Armstrong. |
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| LLoyd Farnum, Dawn Jacklin, Helen Atteck, Mayor McMullan |
| Mayor Brian McMullan & Elvin Edwards |
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| Mayor McMullan presents key to the City to Mr, Elvin Edwards. |
Mayor Brian McMullen of St. Catharines presents the key to the City to sister City Port
of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The key was received on behalf of the City of Port of Spain by Elvin Edwards, Information
Attache' at the Trinidad and Tobago High Commission in Ottawa. He accepted the key on behalf of Port of Spain Mayor Murchison
Brown who was unable to attend the 40th Anniversary of the Twinning Association in 2008. Photo courtesy
mephoto/ea & Mosaic Edition
| Mayor Brian McMullan & Ms. Dawn Jacklin |
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Mayor Brian McMullan of St. Catharines receives the 40th Anniversary Commemorative book
of Twinning between the cities of St. Catharines and Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The book was presented by the President
of the St. Catharines Twinning Association, Dawn Jacklin. Photo courtesy of mephoto/ea & Mosaic Edition
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| Phil, Helen, Fina & Dawn |
| 40th Anniversary Book |
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| Twinning 40th Anniversary Book on display, |
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| Mayor Brian McMullan and Mr. Phil Atteck |
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| Cindy speaks with Mr. Elvin Edwards. |
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| Helen & Phil Atteck with Ken Joseph. |
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| Walt Lastewka & Kevin Hodges. |
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| Janet Chamberlain - VIP |
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| Our favourite Trinidadian student at Brock University. |
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| Ken and Cindy chatting. |
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| Renate and Walt. |
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| Connie Chamberlain and our Uncle Bill. |
Twinning Hosts Required
The
St. Catharines and Regional Niagara Twinning Association is looking for hosts for billets. Guests from Trinidad will
be requiring accomodations for an approximate two week stay. This will take place in late September / early October.
Please contact Dawn Jacklin 905-934-9781 or Helen Atteck 905-935-3087 or e-mail info@twinning.ca for more information.
OTHER LOCAL EVENTS A Folk Arts Festival takes place in St. Catharines each May. The following organizations are members of the Folk Arts
Council of St. Catharines; African Association of Niagara, Armenian Community,
Bosnian Canadian Islamic Society, Buddhist Meditation Centre, Canadian Pakistan Assoc. of Niagara, Canadian Polish Society,
Chinese Cultural Assoc., Club Cultural Latino-Americano, Club Heidelberg, Le Club Lasalle, Club Roma, Club Sardegna, Club
the Netherlands, the Croatian National Centre, Filipino Canadian Assoc., Global Village Steelband Assoc., Greek Community,
Islamic Society of St. Catharines, India Canada Assoc., Irish Club, LINCA, Niagara Regional Native Centre, Scottish Club,
Slovenian Lipa Park of Niagara, St. Catharines Estonian Society, Sudanese Canadian Community, Sudanese Women's Assoc., Trinidad
& Tobago Assoc., Ukrainian Canadian Congress and more. All are welcome to post their events on this web site.
ADD YOUR
LOCAL EVENT
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have a local event that you would like promoted on our web site ? Just fill out the form below. Event
submissions are subject to verification. Not all event submissions may be posted. The Twinning Association reserves the right
to edit the event submission for length and content.
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