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Each month the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce organizes an After Business gathering. This month, it was hosted by Querney’s Office Plus office supply. You can read about John and Bill Querney in their About segment of their website. I would just like to say that I am happy they have reinvented their family business and given us a more local opportunity to obtain our office supplies. If you attended the event and would like some of the photos I made, go to my Community events pages, register (if you,re a newbie), click on Chamber Events and Querneys, then click on the thumbnail to enlarge and just drag and drop the hi res images to your desktop.
One of the great things about most of our After Business gatherings is the food. This was no exception, except maybe the food was exceptionally good… and where did such delights come from? From the hand of Susan Koutsoukis of Culpeppers. I can also tell you from first hand experience that the restaurant food is every bit as good as the catered goodies. Well done Susan. Really liked the smoked salmon and those little grilled wraps.

I am pretty diligent in my shopping to try buying as local as possible. Mind you, the business has to earn my loyalty. When I bought my first Mac, I went shopping. There was one established local dealer, plus the Big Box dealer. I visited the local dealer with my “tire kicking” questions, but the owner couldn’t even be bothered to get out of his chair to greet me. Instead, he let his summer student son, who new no more than I did, “service” me. I left, went home and ordered directly from Apple online. What did that cost them? I have since heard many negative stories ( and no positive ones after their best service tech retired a few years ago) I have also discovered that Laurentian University has a very competent and responsive little store on campus. Pat Dussiaume services the Apple community, and does it with class. Guess where I go for repairs and new stuff now ? ! I like shopping local, especially when it’s time to require service of some sort. And the good stores understand what good service can do.
So what are your experiences with shopping local vs the web? Leave a comment please.
BTW, Querney’s has also given me another outlet to display my Fine Art photographic images. If you are interested in seeing some of the originals, drop in to the store at 67 Elm Street, Sudbury, ON.

Many thanks to all who participated in this very successful event to raise money for the Irish Heritage club‘s support of organ transplants at Sixth Avenue Golf & Country Club in Lively. Special thanks to Reggie White and his team for all the work they put into this very worthy cause. It was really inspiring to see money donated to worthy recipients and also to hear Sudbury Councilor Russ Thompson relate the story of his successful kidney transplant. Thanks Russ. Big thanks also to Councilor Jacques Barbeau for his great support. I can’t begin to tell you how much he contributed to this event… and always does.

Have you signed your organ donor card? I have!
Does your family know your wishes? Mine does!

None of us is in a hurry to become organ donors, but we don’t know what tomorrow holds. And maybe, just maybe, someone will live on even if I don’t. Just as a note of information, I have a sister-in-law who is a double lung transplant recipient. She is having a tough time right now, but she has survived long enough (six years) to see one of her life’s goals achieved… living long enough to see her two children grow up.

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Thanks so much for visiting. You can check out the other sections while your here, and I would be especially pleased if you visit my Fine Art gallery… it’s what I believe I do best… and I love doing it.
Garth

Figuring it out… with a little help from my friends and the online help desk.

The Anderson Farm Tree Lighting for 2009 is finally up and working. Sorry for my non-geek status… but then again, I hope I make up for the shortfall in one area with my ability to “get the picture”. Enjoy.  As they say… click here