Moving Day
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Add comment June 19th, 2009
Pugwash, Nova Scotia Ice Storm - March 2009
These were emailed to me - photographer unknown. Click the picture to see all 8 photos…
Add comment March 6th, 2009
Immigration timeline, the Finale
Date/Event
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10/10/2008 - N400 and $675 mailed in
10/14/2008 $675 check cashed
10/17/2008 Receipt of N400 received
10/25/2008 Fingerprint appointment for 11/5 received
11/5/2008 Fingerprints Taken
11/10/2008 Letter for Initial Appointment dated
11/17/2208 Letter for Initial Appointment received for 1/8/2008
1/8/2009 Did Citizenship test/interview. Swearing in set for “in a few months” after “background checks complete”
2/10/2009 Got letter for the Oath taking ceremony
2/20/2009 Oath ceremony - now an American!
Total time: 4 months, ten days
Money: $675, + $8 for passport photos + 101.05 for passport app
Travel: 2 trips to the Cleveland Federal Building, 1 to the Federal Courthouse
Time (excluding time to fill out forms): 3 hours, 50 minutes
3 comments February 20th, 2009
Naturalization Timeline, part 5
Date/Event
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10/10/2008 - N400 and $675 mailed in
10/14/2008 $675 check cashed
10/17/2008 Receipt of N400 received
10/25/2008 Fingerprint appointment for 11/5 received
11/5/2008 Fingerprints Taken
11/10/2008 Letter for Initial Appointment dated
11/17/2208 Letter for Initial Appointment received for 1/8/2008
1/8/2009 Did Citizenship test/interview. Swearing in set for “in a few months” after “background checks complete”
2/10/2009 Got letter for the Oath taking ceremony
2/20/2009 Oath ceremony scheduled
Total time: almost 3 months
Money: $675, + $8 for passport photos
Travel: 2 trips to the Cleveland Federal Building
Time (excluding time to fill out forms): 2 hours, 20 minutes
Add comment February 10th, 2009
Naturalization timeline, part 4
Did the citizenship Interview…questions are not all that hard, took about 5 minutes. But what they didn’t say on the letter was that I needed two passport style photos - so I went down to get some after the interview, and had to wait an additional 2 hours after that.
Date/Event
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10/10/2008 - N400 and $675 mailed in
10/14/2008 $675 check cashed
10/17/2008 Receipt of N400 received
10/25/2008 Fingerprint appointment for 11/5 received
11/5/2008 Fingerprints Taken
11/10/2008 Letter for Initial Appointment dated
11/17/2208 Letter for Initial Appointment received for 1/8/2008
1/8/2009 Did Citizenship test/interview. Swearing in set for “in a few months” after “background checks complete”
Total time: almost 3 months
Money: $675, + $8 for passport photos
Travel: 2 trips to the Cleveland Federal Building
Time (excluding time to fill out forms): 2 hours, 20 minutes
Add comment January 8th, 2009
Jed
Donald Gerald Melvin “Jed” Ritcey
The Truro Daily News
Donald Gerald Melvin “Jed” Ritcey, 65, Truro, passed away at home on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008.
Born in Halifax, Jed was the son of the late Gerry and Mary (MacPhee) Ritcey.
He moved to Truro at a young age and attended school there. He graduated from Dalhousie University in 1968 with a B. Commerce degree and returned to Truro as vice-president, Bentley’s Ltd. Upon its closing he became general manager (Maritimes) of Rothsay Ltd. (a member of Maple Leaf Foods) until his retirement in 2000. Sports were Jed’s passion, especially hockey and golf. He coached various levels of hockey, was past president, Truro and Area Minor Hockey; past president, Hockey Nova Scotia and vice chair at large Hockey Canada (first Nova Scotian in 47 years to be elected to Hockey Canada board of directors). He was also a member of the World Junior Executive Committee, 2003; past chairman, United Way business campaign; past president, Truro Sport Heritage Society; past president, Truro Schools Band Auxiliary and held various positions at St. Andrew’s United Church. Most recently he was the chair, Colchester East Hants Health Authority; vice-president, Maritime Junior A Hockey League and a member of Truro Golf Club. He was awarded the Hockey Canada Order of Merit and both the Hockey Canada and Hockey Nova Scotia Volunteer of the Year Award. In 2005 the Hockey Nova Scotia Volunteer of the Year award was named after him. In the same year Jed was honoured as a life member for his hard work and dedication to the development of the game of hockey in Nova Scotia as well as throughout Canada over the years. On Nov. 7 in front of many friends and family, he was inducted into the Colchester County Sports Hall of Fame. Jed loved spending time with his family and friends and was always there when needed.
He is survived by his wife of 43 years Betty Ann Kirsten Johnsen, sons Jerry (Martha), Lakewood, Ohio; David (Amber), Truro; his adored granddaughter Addison; sister, Isobel (Harold) Cream; nieces Mary, Lisa, Jennifer; nephews Greg and Ryan; several cousins; his uncle Ken, New Hampshire and aunt Elizabeth, Dartmouth. He will also be missed by his grand dog, Neely.
He was predeceased by his parents;
brother Kirk, and his longtime best friend Perry Whittle.
Visitation will be held in Colchester Community Funeral Home on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008 from 7 to 9 p.m. with a memorial service on Sunday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. in St. Andrew’s United Church, 55 King St., Rev. Jay Ettinger officiating. Interment at a later date in Robie Street Cemetery, Truro. Family flowers only. If you wish to make a donation it may be made to the Colchester Regional Hospital Foundation, 207 Willow St., Truro, N.S. B2N 5A1 or St. Andrew’s United Church, 55 King St., Truro, N.S. B2N 3K8
Online condolences may be made at www.colchestercommunity.com
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Jed’s sports Hall of Fame story
Add comment December 24th, 2008
Daily Proverb
There are three reasons not to plagiarize…
Your college professor can Google as easily as you can.
Writing has it’s own fingerprints, and it’s obvious when you are wearing words that are not your own.
Every time you plagiarize, a kitten dies.
Add comment December 4th, 2008
Recession
On the one hand, no annual Christmas party this year. On the other hand, we found some Christmas lights for our cubes.
Add comment December 3rd, 2008
Daily Proverb
If you are ever in Washington, D.C., and was hoping to see what a newspaper framed on a wall looks like, try the Newseum.
Add comment December 1st, 2008
Signs of the times?
At S-bucks, reading newspapers when I noticed a fellow coffee drinker. In addition to a laptop, she had the perhaps more energy efficient system of notepads and pens. She was taking so many notes and writing it made me think for a bit I’m wasting in my time in not noting down my thoughts - such as they are - through the day and instead trusting my aging memory. Perhaps in a nod to the times, she was making phone call after phone call that always sounded the same…
“Hello, I am inquiring if you have any openings in food service positions?……thank you” (after what was presumably a no. Call after call went the same way. Of course I’m only getting a tiny snipper of the story - is she a writer looking for part time work til she can get published? A social worker looking for work for her clients? A mom trying to find work for a kid? Just another person looking hard for any job they can find? Not being able to see what she was writing, I can’t say if she was keeping a log of disappointments or writing on another subject entirely whilst trying to find work.
Add comment November 19th, 2008
