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Canada: Birthplace of Hockey, Hawaiian Pizza, and Perka Buildings

Canada: Birthplace of Hockey, Hawaiian Pizza, and Perka Buildings

“O Canada! Our home and native land!” These words comprise the first line in the English version of Canada’s ...
Father’s Day

Father’s Day

Guess what? Father’s Day (as it is celebrated in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada) is held ...
Flag Day

Flag Day

Did you know that trying new things can help you overcome your fears, boost your levels of creativity, curiosity ...
Trying New Things

Trying New Things

Did you know that trying new things can help you overcome your fears, boost your levels of creativity, curiosity ...
How to succeed at the waiting game.

How to succeed at the waiting game.

Happy Easter! As we enter this time of remembrance and new growth, we are humbled and honored to recollect what ...
Loving, Living, Leading and Giving Locally

Loving, Living, Leading and Giving Locally

Chances are high that you have been viewing signs, ads, and commercials telling you to “buy local” or partner with ...
Barn Raising Parties, Perka Style !

Barn Raising Parties, Perka Style !

Back in the “old days”, whenever farmers were faced with some daunting task, like gleaning an entire field or ...
Ahead of Success

Ahead of Success

Former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has been attributed to saying, “Success is not final; ...
NEW ROOF OR MUSH ROOMS?

NEW ROOF OR MUSH ROOMS?

What do you call a room that has no walls and no roof, in the middle of a rainstorm? A mush-room! *insert groan ...
The elevator to success is broken,use the stairs, one step at a time.

The elevator to success is broken,use the stairs, one step at a time.

As I was at work one morning this quote by none other than Zig Ziglar was just bouncing around in my head. ...
Valentine’s Day Recipes

Valentine’s Day Recipes

By Olivia Truesdale (Martial Thevenot  Editor) Before we get to today’s article, we have a question: Do you ...
Building Dreams

Building Dreams

Every year our family and friends remember and celebrate a man who “had a dream”. This holiday, observed the ...