News from around St. Marys.
By Peggy Brekveld, Vice President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Running a farm is a complex business. Laws and regulations from multiple ministries govern Ontario farms on issues ranging from transportation and environment to labour and finance. The passing of Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act in 2017 has added additional layers of complex regulations…
Can you imagine not being able to remember what you did yesterday, or last week, or last year? Can you imagine having difficulty preparing a meal for your family or starting a lawnmower to cut your spring grass? Saturday, May 26, 2018 the annual Walk For Alzheimer’s is taking place and we are asking the…
And the DCVI distance runner was close to setting a third last week By Pat Payton CLINTON – Two records that stood for 33 years . . . until Marcel Scheele broke them both here last week at St. Anne’s Catholic secondary school. And the St. Marys DCVI distance runner was close to setting a…
A happy group. This local foursome were all smiles after recording a nice par on the No. 16 hole during last Thursday’s Ladies Scramble. From left are: Cheryl Chesla, Loretta Czernis, Marie Stevens and Linda Cooke. (Payton photo) Luann Quinn, of Forest, made a nice chip and then the putt to give her team a…
By Pat Payton STOUFFVILLE – The 2018 Golf Ontario ‘Champion of Champions’ was held here at Spring Lakes Golf Club last week. The categories included: Men’s, Senior Men’s, Women’s and Senior Women’s. In the Senior Men’s division, Rich Parsons, of St. Marys Golf and Country Club, fired a one-under-par 71 in windy conditions to finish…
Katie McCurdy, right, accepts the Lindsay Atkinson Memorial Award for most sportsmanlike female, on and off the ice, in the SMMHA. Making the presentation are family members Maggie Gregory, left, Joan Atkinson and Pat Craigmile. (Payton photos) Family member Dan Schiedel presents the Terry Crisp Award to Legion Minor Midgets’ forward Lake Taylor, right. The…
By Pat Payton Kaleb Pearson and Tyson Baker, two young men from this area who have bright futures in the game, have been recognized by the Ontario Hockey Association in its 2017-18 year-end awards. Pearson, of St. Marys, was selected to the OHA’s Top Prospects team for 2017-18. The talented forward, who turns 18 next…
National karate tryouts held this past weekend in Ottawa By Pat Payton OTTAWA – Two members of the Stonetown Karate Centre, Jalyne Lorentz and Brady Medd, qualified to compete for Team Canada at the 2018 World Karate championships later this year. The national tryouts were held here at Delta City Centre this past weekend, May…
By Pat Payton Proceeds from this Saturday’s Hope for Haiti golf tournament will help fund the building of a new school in Pisson, Haiti. The annual fundraising tourney is being held at River Valley Golf and Country Club. To register, call the golf club at 519-225-2329. “We’ve been working on a school at Pisson for…
Senior girls manage win over Panthers By Joel Azzano EXETER – On Tuesday, May 15, the St. Marys DCVI Senior teams travelled here to South Huron to continue their Huron-Perth soccer seasons. After a warm-up, and 15 minutes of waiting, the girls game against Central Huron was suspended because the Phoenix thought the games were…