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Three-year-old Cameron Williams sits with her sister two-year-old Taylor Williams at the Quatsino Hall dinner celebrating athletes in the community.

Photo gallery from Seafest, Musicfest, and Artfest, which was held July 28-30 in Alert Bay.

At one time everyone knew The Merry Widow, a precocious lady to say the least, with her store of precious metals hung about her. You have to talk to some of the North Island old timers to get her whole story. They remember her alright; during the days of the mine at Benson Lake she lured them all with her alpine treasures until a mine was eventually started on her slopes.

Now that we are in the heat of our growing season, many of us head for the shade.

A few years ago, on my usual July hunt for fireweed scenes, nostalgia hit me right between the eyes. I remembered when clear-cuts were still very clear and on your way down island, turning a corner, you would sometimes see an entire valley bathed in various shades of pink and mauve. Remember that? The effect was almost surrealistic as you floated along in your car through what seemed like a garden of colour.

The North Island Gazette’s Smile of the Week this week is the Tri-Port Wild organization! From left to right, Amy Tapp, Lynne Wilson, Kaitlyn Wilson, Ashley Tapp, Sonja Walkus, Crystal Tapp, and Jeremy Browne were holding a barbecue fundraiser for female minor hockey at the Rumble on the Runway races at the Port McNeill Airport on Saturday.

“No injuries were reported.”

Tall Tree Festival offers exchange ticket for fans with cancelled Pemberton tickets.