Congratulations go out to Rebecca Dawson our 2016-2017 Providence Bay Fair Ambassador who was down at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) representing Manitoulin Island and the Providence Bay Agricultural Society. She gained new skills in public speaking and leadership and made new friendships. Thank you for being our representative.
Don LeBlond had his daughter up visiting from Toronto for the Providence Bay Fair. She made many entries into the exhibitors’ portion of the fair and made enough money to pay for her gas to come up and visit. Not a bad deal.
Visitors Scott Ratcliffe and Nancy Quinn from Newmarket enjoyed Providence Bay’s hospitality while up visiting friends in town and family in Lonely Bay. They enjoyed seeing all of the classic cars that were around Manitoulin Island last week.
Marley Neill flew out to BC last week to visit her mom Anna and will be returning by driving across Canada. We hope you have an exciting trip. There is so much to see in our beautiful country.
Happy belated birthday wishes go out to Bobbie McAllister who turned 20-years-old on August 23.
Glen Bryan is home again at their cottage, the Hummingbird Retreat.
Sally Dawson (nee McDermid) was home for an extended visit with family and friends in Providence Bay. While here, she helped to celebrate the wedding of her niece Morgen McDermid to Dave Moggy in Manitowaning on August 26. Congratulations to the happy couple.
The annual rib and corn roast that was hosted by the Providence Bay and Spring Bay Lions Club at the arena on August 26 was well attended as usual and a good time was had by all.
The last of the summer music series with be held this Thursday, August 31 at the Huron Island Time ice cream shop. This week’s artist is Angela Schleihauf. Angela is the kind of musician who feels little the need to be bound by genre. In her live performances, she hops nimbly from topical folk songs, to unique covers of popular songs, before surprising her audiences with the occasional classical oboe piece. As member of the folk band Three Little Birds, Angela’s music has been nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award, and named in the Top 10 Songs of the Year by Ottawa Citizen.
The last open mic will also be held on Saturday, September 2. So bring/try out your musician skills come on down to the Huron Island Time and have some fun.
The last long weekend of the summer is upon us. The children and youth will be returning to school following the Labour Day weekend.
Euchre will be resuming their regular games every Tuesday night after the long weekend. The euchre tournaments will remain on the last Tuesday of each month.
If there is anything that you would like to contribute to the Providence Bay News and Notes, we’d love to hear from you. Please let us know of any upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, or events. You can email prov_chick@hotmail.com or call Cheryl at 705-862-1613. All submissions are required by 3 pm on the Sunday before each Wednesday publication of the paper. Have a great week everyone.
