It was with shock and sadness that we heard about the sudden and unexpected death of Phillip Moulton, the 37-year-old son of Kim and Kevin Moulton. Our condolences go out to his young family. He was the father of two. His family and friends gathered at the Providence Bay Community Centre on Saturday, June 10.
The repairs on the bridge are moving along. They’ve built up the river banks and packed down a new roadway. The Bailey bridge will soon be up that will be diverting traffic while they do the much needed repairs to the Mindemoya River bridge on Highway 551.
Harry and Charlene Sullivan of Hamilton are here visiting their numerous friends all over the Island. They expect to be here for almost two weeks.
The Bluegrass in the Country Music Festival was a resounding success. The attendance appeared to be up and a fantastic time was had by all. We look forward to next year’s lineup.
Belated birthday wishes go out to Bob Caddel who celebrated his special day on June 9.
Lyle and Sharon Dewar motored down to Guelph for the weekend. Lyle was attending his 50th class reunion of graduating with his diploma from the Ontario Agricultural College, which is a part of the University of Guelph. There were 46 out of his class of 135 that attended. There was a large dinner held and an additional part of the festivities was a book that they had done up featuring pictures from the graduating year 50 years ago next to a recent picture that they had requested to be submitted. We’re sure there were a lot of changes in 50 years.
The whole village was busy on the weekend with large numbers of people visiting the beach. The Mutchmor Gallery and Peace Café are now open for business and busy as usual.
The village square is looking fantastic with the addition of a bear carving. There’s also been a decorative banner put up on the light post. There are more banners that will soon be decorating our little village. Keep your eyes out.
Happy birthday wishes go out to former resident Graeme Prescott on June 16.
The Spring Bay/Providence Bay Lions Club will be hosting their annual yard sale on Canada Day. They are requesting any gently used items that can be donated for the sale. All proceeds benefit our community. If you have anything that can be sold in the yard sale please contact Matt Young at 705-377-7149 or drop it off at 5278 Mira St.
Don’t forget to mark your calendars for July 14 and 15. It’s just a month until the Ride Manitoulin Motorcycle Rally. You don’t have to own a motorcycle to attend. There will be all kinds of fun to be had. There will be vendors, bikers’ games, show and shine. There is going to be a beer garden both days. DJ John Roy will be playing music and hosting karaoke on Friday night. DJ all day Saturday and then the Tim Woodcock band is returning to delight everyone at the licenced dance on Saturday. All events are being held up at the arena and fairgrounds.
If you would like to make a submission to the Providence Bay News and Notes, please ensure that you do so by each Sunday at 3 pm. This will be for the column published the following Wednesday. You can email prov_chick@hotmail.com or you can call Cheryl at 705-377-7511. We appreciate any and all information received. There is so much going on in our village that we’d love to let everyone know.
