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KIWANIS & LEGION NEWS

KIWANIS CLUB OF TWEED
Early Bird draw winners are:
$600 Bush Furniture Gift Certificate: Carol Genereaux (sold by Jack Robinson)
$500 Cash: Ron Ellis (sold by Bob Sills)
Thanks to everyone who supported the sale of these tickets, we are sold out
again this year!

KIWANIS CLUB OF TWEED
It’s been a couple of years since our last world famous
community pancake breakfast- we won’t be doing it in
February this year, but fingers crossed that we can do it later
in 2022!

VICE ADMIRAL (RET’D) DUNCAN “DUSTY” MILLE
Born in the United Kingdom, Duncan “Dusty” Miller immigrated to Canada in 1954. At the age of 15 and with a strong desire
to join the Navy, Miller went to the recruiting centre but could not be accepted until the following year, given his young age.
He went on to attend Bishop’s University in Lennoxville. He would eventually enlist and go on to enjoy a 38‐year career
punctuated by a stint in the Middle East as the Canadian Naval Task Group Commander aboard HMCS Athabaskan during
the Gulf War. In addition he became the Allied Combat Logistics Commander overseeing the activities of some 60 Allied
Warships. It was an incredibly volatile time.
After 100,000 Iraqi soldiers invaded Kuwait on 2 August 1990,
the United Nations condemned the attacks almost immediately.
Soon after, a Coalition of over 35 countries, including Canada,
came together to stand up for Kuwait’s freedom.
By late August, two Canadian destroyers—HMCS Terra Nova and
HMCS Athabaskan—would deploy to the Middle East along with
the supply ship, HMCS Protecteur, to join the Coalition fleet that
would secure the waters off Iraq and occupied Kuwait. They
also carried five Sea King helicopters whose operations were
instrumental in the success of interdictions against enemy

forces and the protection of allied shipping. Vice Admiral Miller remembers fondly the day the Canadian ships pulled out of
Halifax Harbour. “There were thousands and thousands (of people) lining the jetties as we went out on a sunny day, and
hundreds of boats that were following us as we were going out, to wish us good sailing, fair winds, following seas.” It was
not long after they left port that it dawned on Miller and many of the others on board that some in the crowd thought they
might not return.
“They think we might not make it back,” was the talk among sailors. “And we might not have come back if we hadn’t done
the right things at the right time or had the right training,” Miller says. “And it wasn’t because we didn’t go into harm’s way,
we were in it.” To read the full story go to: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/they-
proudly-served/duncan-miller