Patrick Kennedy

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Advertisement 1Violet was born in 1919, while Robert Borden was Canada's prime minister, Charlie Chaplin was the biggest star on the silver screen and Jack Dempsey was the heavyweight boxing champ  •  Article content“Happy birthday,” a visitor from the fourth estate greets Violet Storck, who has just returned from chowing down on a birthday lunch of liver and onions and sticky toffee pudding at a West Kingston eatery. Longtime friend Linda Crook — they go back 40 years — treated “Vi” to lunch.

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•  Article contentIn March 1963, Rod Bassett arrived in Kingston to begin work at Robert J. Reid & Sons funeral home. The 20-year-old Carleton Place resident had learned some of the ins-and-outs of the business while working part-time at his undertaker uncle’s funeral parlour back home. He wasn’t sure he’d made the right decision to leave his hometown and start life anew in the Limestone City, yet he vowed to stick it out for a year.

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Advertisement 1  •   •  Article contentSt. Patrick’s Day, as we know it today, is a byproduct of savvy American advertising and promotion. It’s billed the world over as a day to celebrate Irish culture and heritage with parades, parties and varying quantities of beer, some of it green. Brilliant. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.

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Advertisement 1  •  Article contentIn the late spring of 1971, Richard Cherry bumped into his friend Richard Dodds. “Richard”? Only their mothers used that front name, as did Richard Cherry’s famous hockey-commentator brother Don; to others they were simply “Dick.” The two old pals reminisced briefly on their time as student teachers at Queen’s University and the summer they worked together at Kingston Parks and Recreation. They also updated one another on their current standing.

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Dick Cherry remembered as 'true gentleman and an inspiration'Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Mark Howard, left, and Const. Todd Sparkes, right, salute as Don Cherry and his brother Dick step back after placing a wreath on the gravestone of their late grandfather, John T. Cherry, who was one of the original 300 members of the Northwest Mounted Police. A ceremony Wed., Nov. 16, 2011 at St. Mary's Cemetery in Kingston, Ont. dedicated a regimental stone in his name.