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Scope and Content: Photograph of Simon Fraser University biology professor Peter Frankboner examining a pair of giant clams native to the South Pacific atolls. "It is believed that unless killed by some outside cause, the giant clams live forever. Frankboner hopes to gain information about aging from the clams."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 1980

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 19 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-433

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Simon Fraser University biology professor Peter Frankboner examining a pair of giant clams native to the South Pacific atolls. "It is believed that unless killed by some outside cause, the giant clams live forever. Frankboner hopes to gain information about aging from the clams."

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers; Animals

Names: Simon Fraser University; Frankboner, Peter

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "SOME CLAM, SOME CHOWDER...SFU biology professor Peter Frankboner examines a pair of giant clams native to the South Pacific atolls. The clams, which he describes as 'miraculous creatures' grow to 4 1/2 feet and can weigh 1,000 pounds. It is believed that unless killed by some outside cause, the giant clams live forever. Frankboner hopes to gain information about aging from the clams."

Geographic Access: University Drive

Street Address: 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Biology professor Peter Fankboner, April 1980 thumbnail

Burnaby Central Railway sign

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14021

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1988

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of sign for Burnaby Central Railway located at the Burnaby Village Museum.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of sign for Burnaby Central Railway located at the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Names: Burnaby Village Museum; BC Society of Model Engineers (BCSME)

Accession Code: BV020.5.1049

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1988

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Oct-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Burnaby Central Railway sign, 1988 thumbnail

Burnaby Lake Show / originals

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91683

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1962-1995

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 71 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle,…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1962-1995

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 71 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle, muskrat, Canadian goose, beaver, wood duck, bullrushes, yellow and white waterlilies, yellow iris, and loosestrife. Also included in the slideshow are photographs of the BC Wildlife rescue and fisherman working in the Brunette River.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds; Animals; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.; Chapman, Fred

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from sheets slides; Photographs contents are identified on many of the slide cases within the file.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Burnaby Lake Show / originals, 1962-1995 thumbnail

Burnaby Lake slide show

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91684

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976-1999

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 85 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for slideshow presentations about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the painted turtle, heron, American coot, coyote, barn owl, rainbow fry, Canadian goose, and beaver, as well as a v…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976-1999

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 85 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for slideshow presentations about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the painted turtle, heron, American coot, coyote, barn owl, rainbow fry, Canadian goose, and beaver, as well as a variety of scenic photographs of the Burnaby Lake shoreline with mountains and the Metrotown skyline in distance. Also included in file are photographs of people canoeing, kayaking, feeding geese, and participating in conservation activities including fencing trees and testing water levels. Photographs also depict the pipeline leading into Burnaby Lake, lake dredging equipment, and an oil slick.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds; Animals; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Note in black ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-002-1 : 618-002-9 originally housed in read: "Burnby Lake Slideshow"; Note in black ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-002-10 : 608-002-19 originally housed in read: "Burnaby Lake / Rejects (My Fav!)"; Photographs contents are identified on many of the slide cases within the file.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Burnaby Lake slide show, 1976-1999 thumbnail

Burnaby Lake wildlife

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91577

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1991-1997

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 51 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of Burnaby Lake and its wildlife. Wildlife species depicted include: heron, geese, mallards and bufflehead mallards, fuzzy green bullfrogs, a red-tailed hawk, and barn owl. Also included in the file are photographs of Cariboo Dam and purple loosestrife.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1991-1997

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 51 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 605-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of Burnaby Lake and its wildlife. Wildlife species depicted include: heron, geese, mallards and bufflehead mallards, fuzzy green bullfrogs, a red-tailed hawk, and barn owl. Also included in the file are photographs of Cariboo Dam and purple loosestrife.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds; Animals; Geographic Features - Forests

Names: Lawson, Doreen A.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Wildlife species are identified on slide cases

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Burnaby Lake wildlife, 1991-1997 thumbnail

Coyote on Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97878

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a coyote.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-079

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of a coyote.

Subjects: Animals

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Coyote on Burnaby Mountain, [1995] thumbnail

Cross spider on a leaf on Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97857

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1994

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cross spider on a leaf.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1994

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-058

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cross spider on a leaf.

Subjects: Animals; Plants

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Handwritten note on slide reads: "Cross Spider Araneus Diadematus Burnaby Mt."; stamp on slide reads: "94-10-25."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Cross spider on a leaf on Burnaby Mountain, 1994 thumbnail

Deer Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91707

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1994-1996

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 55 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of scenic photographs of Deer Lake and Deer Lake Park, including closeup photographs of the lake and landscape photographs with the lake in the foreground and mountains and skyline visible in the distance. The photographs capture Deer Lake in the fall, winter, and spring. Also inclu…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1994-1996

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 55 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-025

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of scenic photographs of Deer Lake and Deer Lake Park, including closeup photographs of the lake and landscape photographs with the lake in the foreground and mountains and skyline visible in the distance. The photographs capture Deer Lake in the fall, winter, and spring. Also included in the file are four photographs of Deer Lake Park signs.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Plants - Trees; Geographic Features - Mountains; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Names: Burnaby Art Gallery

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

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Four-spotted skimmer dragonfly on a plant stem on Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97906

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1994

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a four-spotted skimmer dragonfly.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1994

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-107

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of a four-spotted skimmer dragonfly.

Subjects: Animals

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Wheately, Michael

Notes: Handwritten notes on slide read: "Dragonfly" and "Copyright Michael Wheately"; stamp on slide reads: "03-26-94."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Four-spotted skimmer dragonfly on a plant stem on Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97907

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a four-spotted skimmer dragonfly.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-108

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of a four-spotted skimmer dragonfly.

Subjects: Animals

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Wheately, Michael

Notes: Handwritten notes on slide read: "Dragon F" and "Copyright Michael Wheately."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Four-spotted skimmer dragonfly on a plant stem on Burnaby Mountain, [1995] thumbnail

Garter snake on Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97908

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a garter snake being held in the grass.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-109

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of a garter snake being held in the grass.

Subjects: Animals

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Handwritten note on slide reads: "Snake"; stamp on slide reads: "7 OCT."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Garter snake on Burnaby Mountain, [1995] thumbnail

Graham Ford

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79466

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 28, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 22 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Graham Ford, director of wildlife care at Wildlife Rescue Association, with two orphaned coyote pups.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 28, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 22 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0397

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Graham Ford, director of wildlife care at Wildlife Rescue Association, with two orphaned coyote pups.

Subjects: Animals

Names: Ford, Graham; Wildlife Rescue Association

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Langdeau, Brian

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby B 2110 / Bby - 5 57%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Grocery store

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52859

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1983

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified grocery store.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1983

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 483-103

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2008-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified grocery store.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Johnston, Harold H.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Harvestman on a trillium on Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97856

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a harvestman spider on a purple trillium flower.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-057

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of a harvestman spider on a purple trillium flower.

Subjects: Animals; Plants - Flowers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Wheately, Michael

Notes: Handwritten notes on slide read: "Harvestman on Trillium Burnaby Mt. BC" and "Copyright Michael Wheately"; stamp on slide reads: "04-09-92."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Harvestman on a trillium on Burnaby Mountain, 1992 thumbnail

Jimmy Chow holding a prop snake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19207

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1987]

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of property master Jimmy Chow holding a prop of a snake while working on a film production.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Series: Property master photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of property master Jimmy Chow holding a prop of a snake while working on a film production.

Subjects: Industries - Film; Animals; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"

Accession Code: BV022.21.51

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1987]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Hipman "Jimmy" Chow also used the name "James H. Chow" as a propety master in the film industry and was often credited by this name

Images

Jimmy Chow holding a prop snake, [1987] thumbnail

Lady bug pupa on a leaf on Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97904

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1994

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a lady bug pupa on a leaf.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1994

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-105

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of a lady bug pupa on a leaf.

Subjects: Animals; Plants

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Handwritten note on slide reads: "Lady Bug E.25.1"; stamp on slide reads: "09-01-04."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Lady bug pupa on a leaf on Burnaby Mountain, 1994 thumbnail

Lillian Mann's property

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46242

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 23.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lillian Mann's property, with signs which read such things as; "Forced Sale", "Expropriation Sale!" and Demolition Sale!" posted up along the front yard, and nailed to the large Cedar tree.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 23.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1130

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lillian Mann's property, with signs which read such things as; "Forced Sale", "Expropriation Sale!" and Demolition Sale!" posted up along the front yard, and nailed to the large Cedar tree.

Subjects: Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "READY TO MOVE ... Lillian Mann, the Burnaby homeowner who waged a lengthy but unsuccessful battle against expropriation of her Cameron Street home, is ready to move. But she hasn't lost her spark, as the terse messages on her front lawn indicate. The property is to become a parking lot for the Cameron Public Library."