From the Editor and Paul's Smiles Travelling on highway 401 last week we witnessed one dreaded sight - two transport trucks loaded with SKIDOOS . . . Paul Reichert's two special cartoons, and more. Susan W. Smith
Alexandria Bay's 47th Annual Vintage Boat Show in Pictures As you might expect, this boat show had no shortage of gleaming mahogany and bright smiles. Larry Asam
Interesting Islanders: The Picture Man Some children inherit their father's eyes. Jim Montanus inherited his father's camera. Michael Laprade
Waterfront Wheat: The Short Life of Prescott’s First Grain Elevator For three decades, a massive grain elevator loomed over the waterfront at Prescott, Ontario—and then was gone . . . Craig I. Stevenson
Responsible Energy What happens after we discover that we have created a chemical that apparently has no intention of ever leaving. Fortunately, there is a local company . . . Michael Laprade
Passing Along a Love of Place Perhaps what made this summer so meaningful was the opportunity to see the Thousand Islands through so many different lenses . . . Kelly Picunas
Maybe Katydid . . . But Maybe She Didn’t If you’ve never seen a katydid, that’s not surprising, as they are active mainly at night. But you might have heard them . . . Paul Hetzler
Madeleine Casali's Visit and her Poetry! Madeleine is a writer. She has written a number of poems about the lakes, freighters, loons, the cold weather, and the great outdoors . . . Rick Casali
Half Moon Bay, the Start In the 1880s, Lonely Bay was a wilderness. Decayed logs, stones, and debris of all kinds choked the inner part, making navigation impossible beyond the central bend . . . Karen Wand
A Lasting Legacy: Honoring Louise Birkhead and the Birkhead Lecture For nearly two decades, the Guthrie & Louise Birkhead Lecture has brought members of the Thousand Islands community together to explore the history . . . Terra Bach
Oven Roasted Tomatoes One year, I ended up with a bumper crop of small cherry tomatoes – too many to eat all at once . . . Enter the idea to roast them . . . Elspeth Naismith
Sudokus #312-#316 We start with a Sudoku puzzle in progress, where it appears that there are no more obvious or not-so-obvious clues. Can you find the hidden clue? Dan LeKander
