Profile of Lillian Simmons

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• Retired rural veterinarian Andrew Peacock recounts...
  By Lillian Simmons SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAM Andrew Peacock was there the day scientist Jon Lien, founder of the Whale Research Group at Memorial ...
• Whiteway gears up for sixth annual Spring Hare
  It’s spring cleaning time and in Trinity South the dust is flying. A small group of energetic residents have again rolled up their sleeves to ...
• Old bandmates reunite for new album
  It’s been 40 years since Lloyd Thornhill and Glenn Simmons zipped up their platform boots and strapped on guitars at the Bella Vista to play ...
• Painter offers her work on Facebook
  Keli-Ann Pye-Beshara is handing out prizes on Facebook. “There’s a contest up and everybody can submit one photo of what “Home Means to ...
• Hearts of gold, nerves of steel
  Just two weeks after they opened a small thrift shop in Bay Roberts, three Conception Bay North women are amazed by the support coming in. If it ...
• Counsellor taps into coaching tool technique
  When she first heard about emotional freedom technique (EFT), Phyllis Reardon was skeptical, to say the least. Her son, a holistic personal ...
• From angst to zen, pathos to peace
  Brent Beshara’s spiritual take on empowering your life sounds downright practical. It involves preparation, strategy and the ability to see ...
• Ken Tizzard returns with Bad Intent
  From Toronto’s Air Canada Centre to the “dark cabarets in Northern Russia,” Ken Tizzard has performed at diverse venues in his more than 15 years ...
• Digging deeper
  For the archeology team at Cupids, the ground must seem as giving as the sea did when Europeans first fished there. “You can pretty much dig ...
• Making the most of time
  In October 1612 John Guy and a crew of 13 headed out from Cupids to Trinity Bay in the vessel “Indeavour.” Alongside them was a smaller vessel, a ...
• Newfoundland author, filmmaker seeking help with...
  "They say if you turn around in a supermarket in Los Angeles and say to the guy next to you, 'How's your script going?' he'll say 'I'm having ...
• Smooth sailing
  Jerry Veitch is one of those Newfoundlanders who could put an arse in a catamaran. But his specialty is sailboats. And if sailboats could be ...
• Wrenmaker and moonshiner
  The only black eye John Ryan ever got happened in 1951, before he was even born. While his mom was going through the pangs of labour inside the ...
• A free hand makes a sharp point
  The cushion Jane Prior picks up from a window seat in her kitchen is cased in a colourful, finely stitched pattern. “This is petit point canvas ...
• Not quite as mad as a March Hare …
  “He’s as mad as a March hare!” That phrase, in use since at least the mid-16th century, alludes to the unpredictable antics and loony behaviour ...
• In the Presence of Absence
  For much of his life, Clifford George has felt the lure of distant images, whispering echoes calling to him over the expanse of time.His upcoming ...
• Young mom's song to be used in cancer-awareness...
  When Dana Cox sings “No Time For You,” people cry. The young mother of three wrote it while on her way home one day from a radiation ...
• Artist avoids influence
  Wayne George has done hundreds of paintings over the past 25 years, yet a visit to his Whiteway studio turns up no trace of any of them.Only ...
• New book tackles church history
  Burton K. Janes began work on his first book, "A Russian Adventure," after winning a trip to the Soviet Union back in 1978. Then 21, he had heard ...
• ‘Messiah’ celebrates 25 years at the Basilica
  Christmas is all about celebrating traditions between families, friends and community.One long-standing event that has heralded Christmas in the ...
• Newfoundland women recognized for excellence in crafts
  The Crafts Council of Newfoundland and Labrador has recognized four Newfoundland women with awards for excellence. The awards were presented in ...
• Songwriter inspired by Mom, the ’60s and the Old...
  Identifying yourself by just one name makes it difficult for other people to put a label on exactly who you are. That’s one of the reasons ...
• Up and down the scale
  Aside from hosting a weekly songwriters’ showcase in downtown St. John’s, he’s a singer/songwriter, performer, Memorial University student, kids’ ...
• Herbal magic
  Jeremy Rice, lead vocalist, rhythm guitar player and songwriter for The Thymes, describes the band’s sound as having a “classic rock feel with ...
• Newfoundland teens compete on reality TV show
  Two Newfoundland teenagers spent their summer racing around North America with 16 other Canadian kids and returned no worse for wear. In fact, ...
• Many facets, one art
  Whatever the age, whatever the mood, the 21st edition of the Festival of New Dance, presented by Neighbourhood Dance Works, will have something ...
• C.B.S. couple collects a cool $21 million
  Linton and Olga Barnes of Conception Bay South boogied their way onto the concert stage on George Street in St. John’s Thursday to accept a giant ...
• Energy Internet key to kicking fossil fuel habit:...
  Tom Rand believes if we don’t wean ourselves off coal, oil and gas and “do things right, by 2050 we'll be committed to a future climate in which ...
• Kudos for kindergarten
  Thousands of children in the province left their homes this week to embark on an adventure that will help shape their lives for at least the next ...
• Sound treatment
  During the past three years, Susan LeMessurier Quinn has sat at the bedside of many children at the Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation ...