Dave Ogilvie
If you’re travelling to Winnipeg for medical treatment and need a place to stay, the Medical Assistance Program of the Manitoba and Northwest Ontario Lions Foundation welcomes you to stay at the Lions Manor on Sherbrook Street.
Billed as “Your home while away from home,” the complex offers three fully-furnished apartments for just $75 per night.
All bed linens, kitchen utensils, cable television, telephone, and parking are included.
Your stay at the Lions Manor also includes lunch and dinner for two people.
The building is close to downtown Winnipeg and is on a major bus route, with pharmacies, hospitals and commercial services nearby.
The manor provides a cozy lounge area, a computer area with Internet, a hair salon, library, shuffleboard, and a rooftop garden for your enjoyment.
The dining room is open from 5-6 p.m. and the coffee shop from 7:30 a.m-3 p.m.
If you need a place to stay while in Winnipeg for a medical visit, call Ann Ostby at 274-3109 for more information or to book a suite.
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Former Emo resident and author Elizabeth Adam (nee Klug), who writes and speaks out of a passion to share the power of true love, has two books for sale this Christmas: “Mother Love: Portraits of its Power” and “Great Expectation: An Inspirational Pregnancy.”
Adam’s desire is to touch hearts, minds, and souls through the words she’s been given, whether written or spoken.
Her books can be purchased on her website (http://www.elizabethadam.com), which has been updated and includes television interviews from 100 Huntley Street and Full Circle on the “Speaking” page.
Visitors to the site also are invited to share their hearts on the “Coffee Corner” page.
Adam’s books also are available around the district.
Between now and Christmas, books purchased at Emo Drugs will include a bonus gift.
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Off Lake Covenant Church will be holding its annual Christmas turkey supper this Sunday (Dec. 11) at 5 p.m.
A free-will offering will be collected, and everyone is welcome.
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District author Elaine Wilson will have copies her popular book, “At Home on the Trapline,” for sale for $15 each at Quality Custom Sewing & Upholstery and Betty’s in Fort Frances, as well as the Emo Public Library, Cloverleaf Grocery, and Tompkins Home Hardware in Emo.
Copies also are available at Dalseg’s and Monique’s Lawg Caybun in Nestor Falls.
If you missed the chance to purchase a copy at “Holly Daze” in Emo last weekend, make sure you pick up one in the coming weeks.
