St. Marys coach Derek Boonstra explains the proper grip for throwing a hardball to a bunch of “Rookie” level ball players last Friday. The 14th consecutive year of St. Marys Minor Ball free indoor clinics began last Friday in the gym at St. Marys DCVI. The clinics are led by local coach Derek Boonstra and…
Jeff Sager, commander for Perth County Emergency Medical Services, right, honoured as a Community Hero March 31 in London, poses with Community Living London heroAla’a Mabad. (photo credit Paul Regan) By Dan Rankin On March 31 at the London Convention Centre, Community Living London held its 24th annual Night of Heroes fashion show and…
By Marg McLean For more than 43 years, Allan Bennett gave his time and many gifts to people with disabilities and their families, our community and our organization, Community Living St. Marys and Area. Through the years, Al wore many hats with our Association. In the 1970s, he was one of the first sheltered workshop…
By The Rotary Club of St. Marys The Rotary Club of St. Marys was chartered on May 25, 1925, with tomorrow night’s Rural Urban Celebration marking the 90th such event. Over the intervening years, Rotary has been actively involved in projects too numerous to mention, carried out by Rotary women and men who are also…
Handing out scrambled eggs, pancakes and peameal bacon for a complimentary breakfast Tuesday morning were, respectively, from left, former Stratford Agricultural Society board member Bill Shivas, Perth–Wellington MP John Nater and Perth–Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece. Pictured, from left, are Sebringville-based Nuhn Industries co-owners Dennis and Ian Nuhn. They were showing off their lagoon crawler, pictured,…
SECOND THOUGHTS I cannot claim to be a fan of provincial Liberal stewardship through the past few years (is it a dozen yet?). I was however ready to give credit to Katherine Wynne or her finance minister Charles Sousa for listening to seniors and reversing part of their budget that would take the $100 yearly…
There was a boy who worked in the produce section of the market. A man came in and asked to buy half a head of lettuce. The boy told him that they only sold whole heads of lettuce, but the man replied that he did not need a whole head, but only a half head.…
Dear Editor, I am writing to say thank you to the St. Marys Kinettes for the amazing amount of food they collected during their annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Westover Inn on Saturday, March 26. Six cart loads is a lot of food and we were more than happy to receive it. They also…
With the new baseball season here once more, people’s spirits are lifted even if the weather is not what we expect for playing ball. However, the weather this week is very similar to when the Jays started in the big leagues. The Blue Jays’ first game was played April 7th 1977 and left many wondering…
The Kirkton Ag Society hosted a sold out Murder Mystery Dinner in support of the Kirkton Fall Fair on April 1 at the Kirkton Woodham Community Centre. An actor from Murder For Hire, who provided the entertainment for the evening, plays the victim while party guests search through the clues to figure out who did…