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Some $75,000 is still available from Lambton’s Creative County Fund to help organizers cover up to half the cost of cultural, arts and heritage projects. Applicants must consult with county staff about their ideas by Thursday, Feb.

Sarnia is installing signs at six public toboggan hills to help ward off potential lawsuits. Centennial, Len, Wiltshire, Tecumseh and Hollands parks will get the warning signage, as well as the hill at the Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park.

A third and final public meeting to discuss the future of Sarnia arenas will be held Tuesday, Feb. 24. The drop-in open house at the Kinsmen Centre, 656 Lakeshore Rd., begins at 6:30 p.m., with a presentation at 7 p.m. and discussion to follow.

Sarnia-area residents will soon be able to have passports processed more easily. Ottawa said last week that passport receiving agents will begin working out of the Service Canada Centre on March 2.

Cathy Dobson The longtime owner of Sarnia Lazer Blast has high hopes that adding a rock climbing attraction will take his venture nowhere but up. “I think it will give new life to the business,” says Fred Herbert.

Susan Roberts Special to The Journal There are things Sarnia residents can do to help get through the winter blues, local health advocates say.

Journal Staff Business and civic leaders from Sarnia and London have teamed up in a bid to increase international exports and lure foreign investment.

Cathy Dobson When Susan left an abusive relationship she and her children arrived at the Women’s Interval Home in Sarnia with little more than some clothing and bed sheets.

1. In what city does Batman (Bruce Wayne) reside? 2. Friday, Feb. 20 th marks the 20 th anniversary of what major fundraiser for Bluewater Health? 3. How many lines are in a Haiku, a Japanese poem? 4.

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