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Ron Chalmers

Recorded Music

Ron Chalmers lives in Edmonton, in the Mill Creek neighbourhood where his family's roots go back almost 100 years. He attended the University of Alberta and Stanford University, attends a tonne of theatre every year, listens to lots of music and is a terrible bridge player. He has covered diverse beats for the Edmonton Journal, for 27 years, and now writes in the Business section.

Dorothy Field

Architecture

Dorothy Field is Head of the Heritage Survey Program, Heritage Resource Management, Alberta Community Development.

Laurie Greenwood

Former independent bookstore owner Laurie Greenwood is well-known in Alberta for her book reviews and commentaries on CBC. We are pleased to launch her regular column.

Sid Marty

The View from the Wheelhouse

Sid Marty is an author, journalist and former park warden who lives near the Crowsnest Pass. His most recent book is Switchbacks: True Stories of the Canadian Rockies.

Gordon Morash

Morash on Books

Gordon Morash juggles writing (fiction, essays and arts journalism), editing (books, Web sites and educational materials) and teaching (creative, non-fiction and food writing). He is currently working on The Taste From Right Here, a collection of food essays.

Patricia Myers

Food

Patricia Myers is a writer and historian living in Edmonton. As well as writing the food column for Legacy, Pat has published in the fields of women’s history, aviation history, and the visual arts. She collects Canadian heritage cookbooks and food literature, and can often be found prowling antique malls and shows pouncing on gems to add to her collection.

Paula Simons

Waking Up in a New Alberta

Paula Simons is a freelance journalist and a columnist for the Edmonton Journal. Her regular column for Legacy, "Waking Up in a New Alberta," appears in every issue.

Johanne Yakula

Heritage Home Advice

Heritage home consultant Johanne Yakula own From Times Past in Edmonton and focuses on products and services for restoring and decorating older homes.

Winter 2009
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After 14 years, Winter 2009 is our 56th issue of Legacy and our last.

As Legacy's publisher/editor/owner, I have been fortunate to work with remarkable people. My sincere thanks to our thoughtful associate publisher Gurston Dacks and encouraging business psychiatrist/music columnist Ron Chalmers. To talented, remarkable designer Mark Dutton. To patient general managers Mary Oakwell, Liz Grieve, and Yoko Sekiya; and determined ad sales manager Andrea Kopylech. And to two of the best, most sensitive associate editors, Eva Radford and Naomi Lewis. Thank you, also, to the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation for supporting school subscriptions and to Enbridge, Elly de Jongh, and Melcor Developments for public library subscriptions. To the Alberta Foundation for the Arts for editorial support. And to our committed advertisers and many loyal readers.

I have looked forward each issue to wonderfully written columns by Paula Simons, Sid Marty, Ron Chalmers, Laurie Greenwood, Johanne Yakula, Dorothy Field, Gordon Morash, and Patricia Myers. And to beautifully crafted prose and poetry by well-known and emerging writers alike.

But I have decided that Legacy's own story will conclude now. Indeed, it has been fun. Thank you all beyond words.

Barb Dacks, Publisher