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    1. OFF TOPIC -- Queens Resident - Ambassador to Kingdom of Cambodia
    2. Muriel M. Davidson
    3. To all:- Below is the site of a great online newspaper and included is a special announcement re a resident of Queens County -- also mentioned is Summerville Centre, where I was born Muriel M. Davidson http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mouzar/queenscountytimes/page2/page2.html Region Of Queens Resident Named New Ambassador To Kingdom Of Cambodia Donica Pottie, who spent her early years in Liverpool and owns a home in Summerville Centre, has been named Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia. The 22-month position is one of the diplomatic appointments announced Thursday, August 12, by Pierre Pettigrew, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs. A graduate of Saint Mary's University in Halifax (1985), she joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada in 1991 and served abroad in Beijing and Amman. In Ottawa, she served in a variety of assignments, including in the Policy Planning Staff Division, the office of the Assistant Deputy Minister (Global and Security Policy) and, most recently, the Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Division. She is married to Scot Slessor and they have a four-year-old daughter, Sophie, who was born in Jordan. Donica is daughter of David and Janet (Wharton) Pottie. She started school in Liverpool but the family then moved to Halifax, Pictou, New Germany and Bridgewater. She is granddaughter of the late I.H. "Sid" and Margaret Pottie, and Max and Stella Wharton.

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