HERSELF THE ELF

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Open your heart and turn your eyes to the little details where happiness lies

1958
was
a special
year ...

In the Year 1958

Re-elected with 208 seats, John Diefenbaker's Conservatives claim largest majority in Canadian history.
Canada's own jet, the Avro Arrow, breaks the sound barrier in test flight.
James Gladstone, a status native Indian, is appointed to the Canadian senate.
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet Premier.
America launches its first satellite, the "Explorer I".
Canadian content regulations set in new Broadcasting Act.
The 44.5 carat Hope diamond is valued at $1.5 million.
John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-born economist, writes The Affluent Society.

Sports

The Canadian Football League is founded.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeat Hamilton Tiger Cats 35-28 in Grey Cup.
Fredericton native Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins becomes first black player in NHL.
George Knudson, Canadian golfer, wins eight pro tournaments.

Arts & Entertainment

Film: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elizabeth Taylor; Gigi, Academy Award; Me and the Colonel, Danny Kaye.
Literature: Pierre Burton's The Klondike; Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's. Soviet Boris Pasternak coerced into refusing Nobel Prize for literature for Dr. Zhivago.
Music: Catch a Falling Star

The Birth of

Canadian hero, Terry Fox … and …

Stacy Lynn Hird

I was born in,  Manitoba,  Canada.
     I grew up near Barrie,  Ontario,  Canada.
          I have lived in Ottawa,  Ontario,  Canada since 1980.

Academically, I graduated Waterloo University with a Bachelor of Environmental Studies.
          I am always thrilled by the challenges of my academic odyssey,  but have learned that temperance,
               is a necessary balance to both my academic and life's adventure.
                    Accordingly,  I alternate academic work with time off.

My favourite work experiences include plant and animal husbandry;
     caring for children,  Seniors,  and,  the physically challenged;
          and,  sewing costumes (museum & theatre).
               Sewing,  reading (fantasy genre),  crafts,  music/dance,  a daily exercise regime,  home-made culinary habits
                    (time permitting),  and,  an esprit de corps with nature complement my work schedule.

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