Introducing Frank Berg

Frank Berg is a Music For Young Children teacher with a studio in downtown Huntsville. He is also the musical director for Church Muskoka Style and the director of the Muskoka Music Men barbership choir, a husband and father to three little girls.

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Introducing Debbie Kirwin

Debbie Kirwin moved to Huntsville four years ago with her husband Ross. Since a car accident 16 years ago, she has used a wheelchair to get around. Debbie sits on the town and district accessibility advisory committees and was active on the bid and organizing committees for the 2006 Paralympic Games in Huntsville.

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Introducing Joseph Reijnen

Joseph Reijnen is the owner of Muskoka Jewellery Design on Main Street in Huntsville. After completing one apprenticeship in Holland and another in Germany and emerging as a master silversmith, he decided to come to Canada in 1976. He and his family moved to Huntsville in 1988.

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Introducing Kay Shutt

Now 86, Kay Shutt came to Canada as a war bride. After being treated for two kinds of cancer in the 1970s, Kay became an active volunteer with the Huntsville chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society, a group that still benefits from her time and energy.

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Brian Smith

Brian Smith is an area musician who originally came from the Bahamas. His unusual work hours allowed him to be a stay-at-home dad for his two kids.

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Introducing Freda Healey

Freda Healey is an active member of the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital Ladies’ Auxiliary. She witnessed firsthand the importance of a good hospital when her husband was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2004, and she signed on as a volunteer about six months after his death.

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Introducing Mark Lupton

Mark Lupton has been the owner of Mark's Muskoka Maple since 1976. He spends his summers selling his wares at five Muskoka farmers' markets and the rest of the time working his sugar bush on Britannia Road.

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Introducing Catherine Wyle

Catherine Wyle, manager of Huntsville's Coles bookstore since 1994, is passionate about literacy. She supports the Muskoka Literacy Council, her company's Love of Reading foundation, and works hard to make her store accessible to everyone. Catherine also loves art, water, and learning of all kinds.

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Introducing Andy Bartle

Andy Bartle, the production manager for the Muskoka Roastery Coffee Company, came to Huntsville from England five years ago. He and his wife are both active in Muskoka's theatre community, and they love spending time on their 25 acres north of Huntsville.

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Introducing Doris Gonder

Since retiring to her Menominee Lake cottage with her husband in 1986, Doris Gonder has volunteered countless hours to a variety of organizations in Huntsville, most notably Fairvern Nursing Home, several churches in Baysville, the Baysville Autumn Leaves, Muskoka Seniors, the Canadian Cancer Society and Baysville Horticultural Society.

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