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June 28, Landsdale Area Neighbourhood Association declared a cleanup day in J.C. Beemer Park and three churches in the neighbourhood. There was supposed to be a yard sale, and Judith and I planned to rent a table and get rid of some stuff. But at 2 a.m., there was a ferocious thunderstorm and in the morning a dreary, socked-in rain. So the tables were cancelled, but the cleanup went on Judith and I helped a classy and indefatigable woman named Bea weed and plant the garden at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian on Tisdale. Afterwards, we had classic hot dogs, just like at the CNE in my childhood, at J.C. Beemer Park.

Next week is the annual LANA Summer in the Park even at J.C. Beemer, with lots of entertainment (that I’m helping to organize) and the delayed lawn sale.

Right after the LANA cleanup, we went west to where the Beasley neighbourhood was having their 2nd annual barbeque in Beasley Park. The highlight, apart from the tent over the hot dogs almost blowing away, was the Hamilton Youth Steel Orchestra, playing with wonderful precision and clarity, despite the wind that kept sending sheet music skittering away.