MANITOULIN—The kids are back to school, the evenings are crisp and cool and the streets and harbours of our tourist towns are becoming ever quieter—this can mean only one thing…it’s time to decorate for Harvest Glory Days! (At least that’s what comes to our minds here at The Expositor.)
Last year three communities showed their fall decorating chops with Assiginack being named the four-time champion for best large community, Silver Water being crowned the three-time champ for best small community and new for 2016, Providence Bay was given the title, and a fancy new sign to boot, of best mid-sized community to decorate in the Harvest Glory Days theme. Each community who wins gets a sign (if they don’t already have one), proclaiming them to be full of community spirit with a fall leaf emblazoned with the year for each win.
“Assiginack is once again looking forward to the Harvest Glory Days Challenge and has already begun planning!” enthuses Assiginack events coordinator Jackie White. “This year we would like to challenge Mindemoya to give us a run for the coveted leaf!”
Thanksgiving Weekend falls early this year, October 7-9, and therefore judging will be held at approximately the same time. The Manitoulin Expositor is urging all Manitoulin Island residents to get out and get festive as per the harvest season. Decorate with hay bales, pumpkins, corn stalks, leaves, scarecrows or any other way you see fit!
Once you’ve decorated, please notify The Expositor by filling out the form found on Page 8A of this newspaper and either emailing it, expositor@manitoulin.ca, faxing it to 705-368-3822 or dropping it off at our downtown Little Current office. If you’d rather, pop it in the mail to The Manitoulin Expositor, PO Box 369, Little Current, Ontario, P0P 1K0.
Once all the submissions are in, a Harvest Glory Days map will be published in this newspaper before Thanksgiving to encourage Islanders, and our fans, to get out and travel the length and breadth of this Island to see the hard work and creativity of its residents.
Happy decorating!
