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March 7, 2016

Johanna Dyck, born December 25, 1923 in Warwarowka, Ukraine

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This post is part of a new series of biography writing by students in Joel Warkentin’s Religious Studies class at UMEI Christian High School in Leamington, Ontario. Look for a new biography every Monday morning or view the entire series here. January 3rd, 2016 A. Epp, student biographer Johanna Dyck was born on December 25, […]

Article by Candace Nast / Filed Under: Stories Then / Tagged With: Johanna Dyck, Ukraine, UMEI, UMEI biography

January 8, 2016

Snacks for 39

Headline article, January 4, 1945: "Heavy Snowstorm Ushers in New Year"

It never fails that if John H. Dick catches my ear at coffee hour, he’s got a story or two for me. This week being the first week of the new year, he was reminded of the start of a new year 71 years ago… On New Year’s Day 1945, he’d been out visiting his fiancee […]

Article by Candace Nast / Filed Under: Stories Now / Tagged With: Coffee Hour, food, John H. Dick, Life on Pickwick, snow

November 8, 2015

Balalaika Music

During my last visit to the Mennonite Heritage Centre on Pickwick Avenue in Leamington, Ontario, John Dick came by, along with his son Edward Dick. Edward is an accomplished luthier with a school of lutherie in Denver, Colorado where he builds and repairs string instruments and teaches others to do the same. While Edward was in town visiting his […]

Article by Candace Nast / Filed Under: Stories Now / Tagged With: John H. Dick, music

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