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Chinook helicopter makes surprise Friday landing at Gore Bay schoolyard, teacher honoured for military support

June 12, 2024

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rcaf coin jefkins43 — RCAF HONOURS GORE BAY TEACHER—Lieutenant Colonel Richard Harris presents a Royal Canadian Armed Forces ‘100 Coins to 100 Canadians’ coin to Charles C. McLean teacher Heather Jefkins at a special visit he and other members of the RCAF made to the school last Friday for the special presentation.

Heather Jefkins, armed forces advocateGORE BAY—Charles C. McLean Public School teacher Heather Jefkins was in tears well before a Royal Canadian Armed Forces Chinook helicopter even landed at the school’s playground last Friday, and this was before she was deservedly presented with a special RCAF Centennial Coin. She believed the helicopter’s arrival was a surprise […]

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Tom Sasvari https://www.manitoulin.com

Tom Sasvari serves as the West Manitoulin news editor for The Expositor. Mr. Sasvari is a graduate of North Bay’s Canadore College School of Journalism and has been employed on Manitoulin Island, at the Manitoulin West Recorder, and now the Manitoulin Expositor, for more than a quarter-century. Mr. Sasvari is also an active community volunteer. His office is in Gore Bay.