The winners of the Providence Bay Men’s Spiel that was held March 11 – 13 for the 1st event was Jack White’s team with other players being Mike White, Mike Johnston and Steve Orford. Congratulations on your good curling. The runner up was Bob Smith’s team. The winner of the 2nd event was Peter Bond’s team and the runner up was Dave McDermid’s team. The winner of the 3rd event was Jack Ferguson’s team and the runner up was Darren Smith’s team. Another successful annual event.
Work has begun on the new Bell cell tower that is going up on the west side of Highway 551 as you come into town. The road has been built and we look forward to the erection of the tower and having service in Providence Bay.
Carol and Bill Dewar have returned from a two month visit to Melaque, a small fishing village on the west coast of Mexico. Their daughter Jayme and husband Curtis Watson along with their children Emery and Anders went down to visit them for two weeks. Bill and Curtis went deep sea fishing and caught a 70 kg marlin. They brought it back to the resort who prepared it on the barbecue for 40 people and still had plenty left.
The Dewars also welcomed their fourth grandchild. Travis and Lauren Dewar had their second child born March 10, 2016. Welcome to the little one. We hope to see you grow and enjoy Providence Bay. Travis recently held a fundraising auction to raise money for the Health Sciences North, North East Cancer Centre by opening bidding on the first litre of maple syrup made in their sugar shack. This was the second annual event. The winning bid was by Rob Smith for $400. What a fantastic donation for cancer research.
Many people are busy out in their sugar shacks. It’s one sure sign that spring has arrived. There have been numerous reports of the return of the robins. The official date of spring has come and gone but don’t let it fool you. We still might not be done with the battle between Old Man Winter and spring flowers.
Birthday wishes go out to our friends Wendy Wunsch and Don Patterson (aka “Duck”). We also send out get well wishes to Sharlene Kay who is home recovering from recent surgery.
Mike and Anna Neill recently travelled to Toronto to the Toronto Sportsmen’s show.
The Providence Bay Centennial Hall work is progressing well and should be finished soon.
The annual Fun Spiel and Fish Fry was held at the Curling Club on March 20. This is the wind up to curling spiels in our local club. The arena will also be closing down the ice surface after the upcoming 4 on 4 hockey tournament being held March 25, 26 and 27, Easter long weekend. Come on out and cheer for your favourite team. There will be some great hockey, good food and fantastic memories made all while supporting an annual fundraiser.
The monthly euchre tournament will be held in the Twilight Club at the Centennial Hall on Tuesday, March 29. Find a partner and come on out for a great evening with a light lunch. It begins at 8 am.
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