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BY TIM JAQUES

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Dalhousie - There was everything from recipes for bannock to long-gone department stores on offer, as Dalhousie Middle School hosted this year's District 15 Regional Heritage Fair. Thirty students from Dalhousie Middle School, Jacquet River School, Superior Middle School of Bathurst, and Alaqsite'w Gitpu School of Listuguj, Que. came with their heritage projects in hand. Campbellton Middle School did not participate.

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Heidi Scott, 13, daughter of Irving and Shirley Scott of Bathurst, was the overall winner at the District 15 Heritage Fair held at Dalhousie Middle School on May 7. The Superior Middle School student's project was on the former W. J. Kent and Co. store, where her mother once worked. It included artifacts such as a brass cylinder used to transport money by air pressure through an intricate tubing system. Heidi now gets to attend the National Heritage Fair in Victoria, B.C later this year.

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Superior Middle School student Jessica Russell got to explain her project, "Mi'kmaq!", to Speaker of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly Roy Boudreau at the District 15 Heritage Fair held at Dalhousie Middle School on May 7.

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Brent Narvie, left, and Keanu Pictou looked at a bound volume of The Campbellton Graphic from 1918 which was part of The Tribune display at the District 15 Regional Heritage Fair held in Dalhousie on May 7 at Dalhousie Middle School.

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Winners posed with two RCMP officers. Front, from left, Kaylyne Martin, Heidi Scott, Cody Gallie, Lacey Hope Barnaby, Heather Anne Caldwell, and Thomas Richard. Second row, Const. Eric Ouellette, Luke Jessop, Troy Scott, Troy Kennah, Jessica Lavigne, Mitchell Furlotte, Robyn Hickey, Alexa Metallic, and Const. Ariane Forget.

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Dalhousie mayor Clem Tremblay got some pointers on making bannock from Lacey Hope Barnaby of Alaqsite'w Gitpu School in Listuguj. Lacey's project was on Mi'gmaq heritage, for which she won the RBC Foundation Award for the Celebration of Aboriginal Heritage.

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The Tribune and La Voix du Restigouche displayed old bound volumes of newspapers, books of local history, and copies of old photographs of the area.

After setting up, the students had a first round where they explained their projects to the judges. They then attended heritage lectures put on by the Restigouche Regional Museum and the Campbellton Centennial Library, before returning and speaking to the judges again. Later, the exhibits were viewed by visiting parents, and by the students of DMS.

The Tribune hosted a table of old bound volumes of The Tribune, The Dalhousie News, and The Campbellton Graphic, as well as some old books of local history and a wall of copies of old photographs of the area.

Campbellton MLA and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Roy Boudreau told the students that he felt confident the future was in good hands after seeing the quality of the projects and conversing with the students.

The overall winner was Heidi Scott, 13, of Superior Middle School, for her project on the former W. J. Kent and Company department store of Bathurst, of which many on the North Shore have fond memories. She had several artifacts from the store including one of the brass cylinders by means of which money was moved around the store via brass piping, propelled by air pressure. Although too young to remember the elegant old shop herself, Heidi said that her mother had worked there. She will now go on to the National Heritage Fair in Victoria, B. C.

The winners of the juried awards were: The Honourable Laurier L. PaPierre Award, O. C. Medal, sponsored by the Historica Foundation, Thomas Richard, JRS, project "Lobster Fishing", presented by Roy Boudreau; The New Brunswick Historic Places Award, sponsored by Heritage Branch, Robyn Hickey, JRS, project "Mining", presented by Scott Finley; The New Brunswick St. Croix 2004 Award, sponsored by Intergovernmental Affairs, Alexa Metallic, AGS, project "My Heritage", presented by Lionel Harquail; The New Brunswick Museum Award of Merit, sponsored by the New Brunswick Museum, Luke Jessop, SMS, project "McCain — Fries", presented by RCMP Const. Ariane Forget; Nancy's Award, sponsored by the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Troy Kennah, SMS, project "What's in Grandma's Basement?", presented by Molly Arpin; The RBC Foundation Award for the Celebration of Aboriginal Heritage, Lacey Hope Barnaby, AGS, project "Mi'gmaq Heritage", presented by Bill Grey; The Archival Award of New Brunswick, sponsored by the Council of Archives New Brunswick, Emily Pitre, SMS, project "Famous Five", presented by Eric Smith; The 2008 East Coast Music Spirit Award, Heather Anne Caldwell, JRS, project "Bagpipes", presented by Jacques Allard for Jean-Claude D'Amours, MP; The Sport Legacy Award, sponsored by the New Brunswick Hall of Fame, Mitchell Furlotte, SMS, project "Bathurst Papermakers Hardy Cup", presented by Calum McPhee.

Jessica Lavigne, SMS, earned the Mayor's Award, presented by Mayor Clem Tremblay of Dalhousie. Medals were also presented by Mary Smissaert to Heidi Scott; Luke Jessop; Cody Gaillie of DMS (project, "Stompin' Tom"); and Kaylyn Martin of AGS (project, "Salmon Fishing").

Organizer Mike Cotterell of Campbellton said he was pleased with how the event progressed, and thanked all students, judges, speakers, and presenters for their participation. He particularly thanked Mike O'Toole's video crew from Sugarloaf Senior High School, who filmed the event.