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Flexer-Harrison Family News |
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| Summer 2002 |
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It's a go! The Flexer-Harrison family is moving south of the border to Northern California. A BIG move after 14 years in Quebec...A fond farewell to all of you who made us so welcome in Shawinigan...
We are moving to Benicia, a small town on the sea 22 miles north of Berkeley..it means NO MORE SNOW, a mediterranean climate where irrigation is the watchword in the summer. Stephen will be working for EDA and Limtech, and Riva will be translating and being a mother (as usual).
New schools, new house... |
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April 2002 |
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| The Mauricie track team took first place in the Quebec/Chaudi�re-Appalache indoor meet at Laval university. on Saturday, April 6. Results |
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Well, Aaron's basketball team, the SHS Demons took home the banner for the Juvenile Boys Central Mauricie Basketball after a knuckle-clenching game against Seminaire Ste-Marie - 42-42 Congratulations!!
They played in the regional final against E.S. Chavigny.They lost by 14 points, but acquitted themselves well, in spite of terrible referee calls. |
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| March 2002 |
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| The Mauricie track team is first in the Quebec Schools provincial indoor championships. Madeleine brought home silver in the 60m and 150m! Results |
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| Madeleine ran in the Quebec provincial indoor championships at Claude Robillard Arena in Montreal on March 2 and 3 - brought home bronze! Results |
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| Stephen's Div. 2 indoor soccer team, FC Shawinigan, has made the finals...he plays at 5 p.m. on March 10 for first or second place! He plays defense, but has 3 goals to his name. Good Luck! (UPDATE - they made second place) |
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| February 2002 |
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| Madeleine's gymnastic team participated in the Quebec Games in Louiseville. They made it into the papers! |
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| Stephen's father had a heart attack at the beginning of the month, so Stephen flew over on short notice to be with his parents. His father is doing much better now, and has been fitted with a pacemaker. In the next couple of months he will be able to resume his busy schedule of community care volunteer activities - he's in great demand as a driver! |
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| Aaron's team the SHS Demons, have qualified for the Anderson-Bailly Small Schools Tournament in Quebec City on the weekend of Feb 16-18. So off they go, missing a day of school! Good Luck, boys and girls! |
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| Madeleine ran in the Corsaire Chaparral at Claude Robillard Arena in Montreal on Feb. 7. She did well! Results |
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| January 2002 |
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| While Madeleine was running all weekend and Aaron was playing soccer and bowling, Stephen and I were skiing in Banff, at Sunshine, and visiting old friends in Calgary, and family in Fort McMurray. It was wonderful to finally see Suzanne and Alistair and really meet their children Toby and Meredith, not to mention the dogs and cats (especially our old cat Abico, who is now 13 years old!). We also dropped in on Danielle Cloutier, AKA Le Chocolatier, in Canmore, and spent a night at Carolyn Pim's new house. Calgary was wonderfully dynamic, the MEC had a great selection of clothes and the mountains called...skiing at Sunshine was good (for us Easterners), the hot tub at the Inns of Banff was everything it was supposed to be and Riva got a chance to visit Will and Gaylene up in Fort McMurray! It was fascinating to see the oil sands, and she even had a tour of the area on very short notice courtesy of Will's neighbour Fraser MacDonald (Thanks so much!). Fort Smith is only 503 km north...! |
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Madeleine ran in her first indoor track meets for 2002 on Saturday, January 19 in Quebec City at Laval University and on Sunday, January 20 in Sherbrooke.
It was a very busy weekend for her!
More details |
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HOLIDAY GREETINGS 2001 MEILLEURS VOEUX 2001
Riva and Stephen's home page
1999 photos
Jack 'n'Deb's wedding and Photos
(yes, I know it's old news, but the photos are back) |
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| November 2001 |
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Madeleine ran in her first indoor track meet, and took a bronze in the 60m final in her category, Benjamin girls. Her team also took the Benjamin 60m relay!
More details |
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| October 2001 |
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Avra, daughter of our cousins Mark Selick and Gloria Chaim, became bat-mitzvah on October 20, 2001 in Toronto. We drove down and met the family!
We also had a chance to catch up with Brigid and Peter and their children, It was a WONDERFUL trip! |
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| August/September 2001 |
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Stephen was asked to join Groupe �nergie inc., a regional industrial organisation promoting the energy and technology opportunities of the Mauricie. Looks like he's arrived! |
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Riva went cycling for 8 days in the Charlevoix/Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region during the second week of August. She had a wonderful time, and still dreams about the Charlevoix hills...
In 2000 she rode from Quyon, on the Ottawa River, up to Maniwaki and down through the Laurentians, a voyage through the northerly reaches cottage country. Photos |
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| Stephen's parents were here for 6 weeks this year, from Aug. 21 to September 30. We never take enough pictures, but we had the extended family over for Roshashana. Here are the photos. |
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Madeleine's soccer team won the Division 3 Peewee finals of the Albatros soccer tournament Aug. 24. She plays sweeper, and moves like greased lightning in front of the goals... |
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| Track and Field News Summer 2001 |
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Madeleine has begun running (sprinting) and it's going very well!
In fact her team, �quipe �nergie, won their first banner ever, and it was for the Benjamin Girls. Have a look! |
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June 2, 2001 |
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| Congratulations to Madeleine! Her perseverance awards are certainly merited. She wanted contact lenses, and since she is starting high school in September, we went to the optometrist to see what was involved. Seems that you can try the soft lenses for a week, so that is what she is doing. And try is the operative word - she comes home after school to practice putting them on and taking them off. |
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March 28-April 1, 2001 |
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| Stephen went to San Francisco for business and Riva for R&R. Details HERE. |
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March 9-11, 2001 |
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Aaron's basketball team, the SHS Demons, won the AA Midget banner at the Bob Vallieres Invitational Classic, Second Edition, held at Shawinigan High School. He even got a chance to play!
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January 28, 2001 |
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Aaron and Madeleine were recently honoured by the local Optimist Club, and received awards for participation in music and gymnastics respectively.
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November 27, 2000 |
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In her role as Community Correspondent for CBC in the Mauricie, Riva spent Election Night at the Press Room in the Prime Minister's riding on the night of the Nov. 27, 2000 Canadian Federal election. Her impressions are now on line.
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September 24, 2000 |
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Yes, Jack and Deb finally got married! BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! Over 200 guests from all over the world, a superb band, exquisite food and we all had FUN! |
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