News from around St. Marys.
By Tom Sproat Consider the following: players, beginning from one end and aiming towards the opposite, utilizing precise estimations of weight, speed and distance as well as guidance and direction from their teammates, try to guide their shots into a scoring zone. Their efforts are best realized should their shot earn points or establish strategic…
Thorndale Farm Supply had their open house this past Saturday. This is a local event not to be missed. In addition to the many sales in the store on locally grown and made products, there were lots of things for the kids to see and do. There were baby chicks, goats, rabbits, and twin calves.…
Open House Planned By Allan Stewart On June 4rd 1717, 1,300 Freemasons formed the Grand Lodge of England. Grand Lodges are the governing bodies of the various lodges in their area. This was the first official declaration of the existence of Freemasonry. (Obviously for a group of existing Masons to bring their lodges into one…
Reimo the Bookman delivers smiles door-to-door By Stewart Grant These days, door-to-door sales has to be a very difficult way to make a living. But for Reimo Mägi, also known as Reimo the Bookman, it’s a wonderful experience that is helping him prepare for a successful future. Reimo knocked on our door a few days…
We’re up and running, but recent wet weather scuttled a number of games on the ball diamonds. At the Museum, our first visitor of the season was longtime San Diego Padres’ scout, member of the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Baseball Network’s 2013 Scout of the Year, Murray Zuk. We said goodbye…
The earliest history of Mothers Day dates back to the ancient annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to maternal goddesses. The Greeks used the occasion to honor Rhea, wife of Cronus and the mother of many deities of Greek mythology. Ancient Romans, too, celebrated a spring festival, called Hilaria dedicated to Cybele, a mother goddess.…
On May 6th was the MasoniCh.I.P (Masonic Child Information Program) event in Thorndale. This is a free service provided by the Masons. Here we have our wonderful local dentist Dr. Nick Masse (of the Thorndale Dental Centre) taking a dental impression of James Beckett and Micheal Fardy getting his fingerprints digitally recorded. They also recorded…
Farm & Food Care Ontario, Ontario Pork, Ontario Federation of Agriculture and the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario released a joint statement last week in response to the dismissal of charges announced by Justice David Harris on Anita Krajnc’s charge for criminal mischief related to interfering with farm animals while in transit. (Editor’s Note: Krajnc,…
Mother Nature provided great weather and the St. Marys Volunteer Firefighters put on an amazing breakfast for the 1,116 people who went through the Fire Hall last Sunday. Serving breakfast in the photo above are Sam Parkinson, Phil West, Chris Primeau and Lucas Jeffrey. The St. Marys Volunteer Firefighters extend a big ‘thank you’ to…
After Goderich was unable to make it to St. Michael’s in Stratford on Tuesday, the game that was planned for the senior boys and girls’ of DCVI is now being rescheduled. However, the elder Salukis did have one game as they visited St. Mike’s. However, both the boys and girls, despite some very good efforts…