Kagawong
Team Fergmeijer
The days are getting longer, and March Break is almost here! Team Fergmeijer wishes all students and teachers a well-deserved break next week.
National Pancake Day was on Wednesday, February 28 this year and we nearly flipping forgot about it! We weren’t sure we were going to admit to forgetting and kept waffling back and forth over putting it in the column this week. It was a bit of a sticky situation, but in true Fergmeijer fashion, we have for you a hearty serving of pancake puns. You batter believe there are some really good ones to sink your teeth into this year. Here’s hoping none of the jokes fall flat.
The next Manitoulin Streams Youth Rangers event is just around the corner! Youth in grades 1 to 8 are invited to join Manitoulin Streams on Wednesday, March 13 from 11 am to 2 pm at the Park Centre in Kagawong, making it a perfect mid-March-Break activity. Participants will do some maple tree tapping and enjoy a pizza lunch. Cost is $10 per child, with limited space available. Contact getinvolved.manitoulinstreams@gmail.com for more information or to register.
Happy 29th birthday to a trio of Kagawongians: Arthur H, Shirley F and Paula V-F! Congratulations on reaching that special age where you are now waking up at the time you used to go to sleep on a Saturday.
Town council approved a new Municipal Owned Water System Ad-Hoc Committee. The town will be issuing a call for members on their website soon (billingstwp.ca).
The community rink is open as long as the current cold weather holds (as of this writing), but the volunteers have decided once the ice goes, they will call it for the skating season this year. We are so thankful to everyone who has been working so hard to keep the rink up and running during this crazy winter season!
What do you call a vampire who eats pancakes? Count Spatula.
Given the unseasonably warm winter, it is possible we might see the iconic Sandhill Cranes arriving early this year. Will you be the first to hear the majestic coo of the cranes? Email any sightings to fergmeijer@gmail.com to participate in our annual Sandhill Crane challenge!
We wanted to surprise our Manitoulin Mom with some homemade pancakes (in part to butter her up so she’d let us borrow her car), but we must have gotten the recipe wrong, because they were absolute crepe. Have a great week!
Meldrum Bay
Elaine Bradley
We have experienced some amazing weather. The temperature went up to 10 degrees C. It was hot and sunny. Then the temperature dropped precipitously to well below zero. We had thunder, lightning, high winds and ice, rain and snow. Rose had a tree come down in her yard but was thankful it did not hit her house. Who knows what is going to happen next.
How are your seed orders doing? I ordered some fruit trees. My husband is wondering where they are going to go and of course he knows it will be his job to plant them.
We learned a new game called Wizard. Our friend had us over one day last week to go over the rules. A couple of days later she, Rick, myself and another couple played this new game. The others had played it many times. We had a great afternoon and lunch together. When the rules were explained to us it sounded complicated, but once we started playing, it was not hard at all. So, if you get a chance to play it, try it out, it’s fun.
Earlier in the week we were visiting friends at another house for a euchre game, coffee and brownies. The brownie were excellent and very little was left at the end of the evening.
The Fun Day was a great success. Now the hall is quiet except for Friday night euchre games, but the next big event will be the Quad Run in May. Always a great deal of fun, I am looking forward to it.
This Sunday the church will be open for its monthly winter meeting and we’ll all get together at the hall afterwards for a lunch. We had a great time last month and are looking forward to Sunday.
At cards on Friday, February 23, there were three full tables, and one three-handed table. High lady was Myra Duncanson with 74 points; high man was Doug Carter with 67 points; ladies’ lone hands went to Brenda Carter with four; men’s lone hands went to Harold Rogers with 7; most euchres went to Murray Duncanson with nine. The money jar is intact; the 50/50 draw was won by Diane Jones who took home $6; the special prize went to Lisa Townsend. Thanks to everyone who came out.
Barrie Island
Lillian Greenman
Sandy and Jim Miller from Ottawa were here last week, they visited with Oliver as well as Barb Runnalls, Scott and Enid Runnalls.
Joining Carolyn and George Calback for supper for his 90th birthday were Ashton Calback, Lynn Calback, Darlene Orford, Marie Sloss, Bill and Gail Lewis, Helen Strain and Max and Linda Trick. Larry Orford and son Brandon dropped in, in the afternoon.
Silver Water
Karen Noble
On Wednesday, February 14 there was line dancing at the Silver Water Hall in the evening.
Albert Meijer and I had the Valentine’s Day supper from Stop 540 which was delicious.
There were Ash Wednesday church services attended on February 14.
Doug and Brenda Carter had a bobcat or lynx walk through their yard on Valentine’s Day.
Thursday evening euchre was cancelled in Silver Water because of the snowstorm that went on most of the day.
On Friday, we travelled to Meldrum Bay to play euchre.
On Sunday, Shawn Noble, Natasha McVey and I went to Meldrum Bay for the stew and chili luncheon. We played in the euchre tournament in the afternoon. There were six tables of players. The winners were Diane Jones and Rose Van Every, Erwin Thompson and Marie Leeney and Doug and Brenda Carter. $149.50 was raised from the 50/50 draws for the Dawson Citizens Improvement Association. Those winners included Marie Leeney, Elaine McDonald, Lois Wismer and DonnaKay McDonald. Sara-Lyn Arnot donated two loaves of homemade bread which were won by Natasha McVey and Myra Duncanson. Thank you goes to all the Meldrum Bay people who did all the work for the day and for asking Myra to run a tournament. We had a lot of fun.
Larissa Chevrette and her boyfriend are in Gore Bay for the reading week break from university.
On Monday, February 19, Brenda Carter, DonnaKay McDonald and Myra Duncanson went with me to the Burpee/Mills Complex for a potluck lunch and to play euchre in the afternoon. There were lots of people that had lunch and seven tables of euchre players. Thank you to Nikki Middleton for arranging the day as part of the Family Day weekend activities.
Thirteen members of the fire department spent Tuesday at the Silver Water Community Hall. They had a CPR first aid course. Thanks to the ladies who provided lunch and snacks.
On Tuesday afternoon, chair yoga was held at the Silver Water Hall.
On Wednesday evening there was line dancing at the hall.
On Thursday, February 22, there were 27 euchre players at the Silver Water Hall.
Gladys Duncanson and I walked a few times during the last week. The weather has been perfect for it and the roads are clear.
Albert Meijer and I went to Gore Bay on Friday, February 23. We took my nephew Colton Chevrette, niece Larissa and her boyfriend Chikha to My Ol’ Blues to shop at their spring sale. Then we went to the Watersedge to have lunch with the Elizabeth Bay United Church group. We did our errands and headed home.
We went to Meldrum Bay in the evening to play euchre. There were 11 players.
On Saturday morning we got ready to have the Chevrettes and my brother in for lunch. They had visited the maple sugar bush where Shawn plans to tap trees once the weather is just right.
On Sunday morning Albert and I left at 7 am to head for Peterborough. We picked up Larissa and Chikha in Gore Bay. We missed all the snowstorms that happened behind us. We spent the night and left early Monday morning to come home. The day was sunny and the traffic was light. We got home at 3:30 pm to find our catsitter, Anne Boyd, clearing our sidewalk for us.
There was a 90th birthday party for Joyce Benoit at Stop 540 on Monday. There were a lot of family and friends for supper. There was cards afterwards.
DonnaKay McDonald and I went to euchre at the Burpee and Mills Complex on Monday night. With the help of Nikki Middleton on the last round, we both had the high scores and split the money jar.
Tuesday, I spent the day submitting the LSB portion of the property tax invoices.
Tuesday afternoon, there was chair yoga at the Silver Water Community Hall.
Wednesday, we got a bit of a snowstorm.
Wednesday evening, there was line dancing at the hall.
Thursday, I went to work in Mindemoya for the day.
Thursday evening, there were six tables of euchre players at the Silver Water Community Hall.
There will be a World Day of Prayer service at St. Andrew’s United Church in Silver Water on March 7 at 11 am. Everyone is invited to go to Stop 540 for lunch afterwards. The ladies will return to the church for the UCW meeting at 1:30 pm.
There will be a roast beef dinner at the Burpee and Mills Complex on March 9 at 5 pm. The proceeds are for the robotics team from the high school.
The Tehkummah euchre tournament has been moved to March 10 at 1:30 pm.
There will be a potluck supper for St. Patrick’s Day at the Silver Water Community Hall. The collected donations will go to the Angel Bus.
Happy 19th birthday to Colton Chevrette on March 12.
