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Skating into Rollodrome history

The Rollodrome has been a family operation since its beginning. According to the business’s website, the building started out as “Fortin Bowlodrome” in 1947 offering state-of-the-art bowling with automatic pin setting. It began its long history as a mecca for roller skating when Alice Mailhot, her son Donald Larrivee, his wife, Pauline, and other family […]

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Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the town — Fancy knots, underwater ghosts and my bathing habits

Don’t get yourself in a twist So, for the past week or so, I’ve been reacquainting myself with all the useful knots I used to know. I’m talking Tautline, Bowline and Buntline hitches tied in every single thing in my house that resembles rope, up to and including extension cords, spaghetti strands and my wife’s […]

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12 basic calls in square dancing

Here are 12 basic calls for square dancing. Circle left: All eight dancers join hands and walk in a left circle. Allemande left: Everyone faces their corner, takes a left forearm with their corner and circles around until they are facing their partners again, drop arms. Do si do: Face your partner, step past each […]