News from around St. Marys.
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,…
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…
Pictured, Australian Rotary exchange student Keely Iles pays a visit to Niagara Falls. By Dan Rankin Growing up in Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, Keely Iles has been up and down that country’s east coast from Cairns to Sydney, but travelling to St. Marys in January was the first time she has left her home…
The Draft Plan of a subdivision application by Thames Crest Farms to construct a collector road between James Street and Emily Street along Glass was given the go-ahead by Council. The new collector road was requested to ease construction-related and other traffic during the new proposed development of lots on Emily Street. It is planned…
By Dan Rankin Nine members of the public joined several Perth South councillors, the mayor, staff and some West Perth municipal officials at the township offices in St. Pauls on Wednesday to discuss strategy ahead of an upcoming Perth County meeting on proposed policy changes to surplus farmhouse severances. The county meeting, set for next…
By Dan Rankin Work began this week on accessibility upgrades to the St. Pauls Pavilion. The project will include automatic door openers for both washroom doors to provide better accessibility in entering and exiting the washrooms, Chief Building Official Martin Feeney told Perth South Council April 5. The original tendered amount of just over $26,000…