March 25, 2016

Happy Easter to all my peeps! Team Fergmeijer has been seriously thinking about starting our spring cleaning, but for now we’ve decided that in the spirit of Easter, we’ll keep the dust bunnies as decoration.  

Zumba is back! Meet up with other fitness-minded folk every Thursday at 7pm and rock out at the Park Centre. For those looking for a more mindful activity, there are Tai Chi lessons every Tuesday at 6:30pm at the Park Centre, too. Beginners welcome.

Do you or a friend have a birthday you would like announced in our column? Drop us a line and let us know. We’ll do our best to honour them appropriately. We’re ‘Calgary’ famous as well as ‘west-end’ famous now, so we can broadcast the happy occasion far and wide!

Despite some - ugh - snow this week, spring has officially arrived, and the Green Living Expo is coming soon, April 22-23. Team Fergmeijer is really excited about the rumoured “Mac ‘n’ Brew” dinner with live music and guest speaker. We’ll let you know more as we confirm the rumours.

This Saturday is the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Park Centre. Hop on by at 10am to meet the Easter Bunny and search for goodies. Just remember that the Easter Bunny does not hide chocolates that are not wrapped. If you find an unwrapped chocolate treat, please do not eat it. Odds are, it’s NOT chocolate.

Once you are gorged on your child’s chocolate haul from the egg hunt, head out to the library to watch Brooklyn on the big screen. Show starts at 7pm, admission is free.

Team Fergmeijer’s spring bird-watching challenge was a huge success with several sightings being entered via email and the Kagawong Facebook page. Congratulations go out to Peter Gordon whose sighting of Sandhills beat out Willa Wilson by just a few hours. To add insult to injury, his sighting was of two sandhills that were flying over Willa’s house. Stay tuned for details on our next exciting spring-themed challenge!

In other bird-watching news, at least two snow-birds arrived this week back to the spring stomping grounds. The Esso coffee club was very pleased to have them back for another year.

Lastly, what do you call a row of ten bunnies marching backwards? A receding hareline. Happy Easter!

March 18, 2016

Top o’the mornin’ to you, and a happy belated St. Patrick’s Day. Shamrocks, shelelaghs and shenanigans for all!

If the milder weather is your motivation to get up off the couch, Zumba resumes next week at the Park Centre, and meets Thursdays at 7pm, led by Casey O’Boisvert. Want to strengthen your mind AND your body? Chris O’Theijsmeijer is starting up Tai Chi again on Tuesday, March 29. And don’t forget, you can sign up for a membership at the Kagawong Fitness Centre (91 Main Street - just look for “Plucky”) at any time of the year. Contact Sharon O’Jackson for a tour and to start your membership.

A very happy birthday goes out to...someone I’m sure, but they aren’t telling us about it. We can’t imagine why, but we’re sure that if they did have a birthday, it was their 29th.

Spring is definitely in the air, and the township’s Go Green committee is busy planning for this year’s Green Living Expo on April 22-23. Stay tuned to this column for more details as we get closer to the date.

This Saturday, Carol O’Corneau will be teaching a master class in making the perfect pastry. Participants will go home with one ready-to-bake apple pie and enough dough for another double crust pie. The class is full, but it's not too late to find out who is signed up and casually invite yourself over to their house for a slice or two. Or three.

The recreation committee would like to invite you and your little ones to the annual Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 26th. Come out to the Park Centre for 10am to meet the Easter Bunny and search for goodies!

Team O’Fergmeijer would like to issue a friendly challenge to all you bird-watchers out there, searching for that one true sign that spring has arrived: who will be the first to spot (or hear) a Sandhill Crane? Our money’s on Willa O’Wilson, but anyone might be the first! Email us with the date when you first spot a crane and we’ll be sure to plug your bird-watching prowess.

We are also looking forward to the return of the annually-migrating snowbirds over the next few weeks. Welcome back, everyone!

Hey, Providence Bay! Yes, you over there in the column next to us. Just keep in mind that size doesn’t matter.

We’ll end with some humour that might leave you a little green: What do you get when you cross poison ivy with a four-leaf clover? A rash of good luck. Have a great week!

March 11, 2016

From igloos to arks, we’ve seen an amazing shift in weather this week. Be mindful of some of those back roads as they transition from ice roads to the pot-hole-filled obstacle courses we all know and love.

Local instructors are also on March Break this coming week - there will be no Tai Chi or Zumba at the Park Centre this week. Zumba resumes Thursday, March 24, and Tai Chi resumes Tuesday, March 29.

The next Billings Library movie night is tomorrow! Stop in at 7pm to see Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip!

A very happy birthday goes out to Tizzy who turns 29 on an unspecified day, because she told us we couldn’t print it on pain of an unpleasant death. Good thing our mysterious pen name means that nobody really knows who we are.

The Kagawong Folk Roots Collective would like to thank everyone who made the drive out to see sing along at Gospel Night in Silver Water last week. The Collective played to a packed house at St. Andrew’s United Church, and helped raise over $400 for the Angel Bus.

Spring is definitely in the air, and the township’s Go Green committee is busy planning for this year’s Green Expo in mid-April. Stay tuned to this column for more details as we get closer to the date.

The recreation committee would like to invite you and your little ones to the annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday March 26th. Come out to the Park Centre for 10am to meet the Easter bunny and search for goodies.

Team Fergmeijer would like to issue a friendly challenge to all you bird-watchers out there, searching for that one true sign that spring has arrived: who will be the first to spot (or hear) a Sandhill Crane? Our money’s on Willa, but anyone might be the first! Email us with the date when you first spot a crane and we’ll be sure to plug your bird-watching prowess.

It’s creeping up on spring cleaning time. While you are wading your way through a winter’s worth of ‘stuff’ looking for that one item you just know should be there, remember: it’s not truly lost until your mom can’t find it. Have a great March Break!

March 4, 2016

Today is the day we celebrate the only day of the year that is also a verb! May you March Fourth into the day with good spirits!

In case you missed it, a photo of our beloved Bridal Veil Falls was featured in the Sudbury Star this past week. Local waterfall aficionado Jamie Ward noted “It’s never looked more frozen, yo. Be sure to check it out!”

Staying active has never been easier - check out the Kagawong Fitness Club at 91 Main Street, or join a Zumba class Thursdays at the Park Centre from 7-8pm. Tai Chi started this week and will run most Tuesdays at 6:30pm at the Park Centre.

Billings Library is held its second Kagawong Canine Book Club last Saturday with special guest River from Magical Paws Book Buddies. Big thanks to all those who took part. Stay tuned for our next Canine Book Club Meeting!

In other library-related news, the next movie night will be March 12th. Stay tuned for the title in next week’s column.

A very happy birthday goes out to Sandi H who turned 29 this week.

The Kagawong Folk Roots Collective are reprising their Gospel Night from this past autumn! Join them in a fundraiser for the Angel Bus, Saturday, March 5 (tomorrow!) at 7pm, at St. Andrew’s United Church in Silverwater. There will be lots of new- and old-timey gospel favourites. Bring your hand fans, wide-brimmed hats, and singin’ voices to an evening of excellent entertainment, yo. Tickets are $10 in advance (available at the ESSO in Kagawong) or $12 at the door.

Team Fergmeijer has had a number of people come up to us to tell us they are enjoying this column (how they know our true identities is still a mystery). Thank you for your kind words! As we have set the journalistic bar fairly low, we hope to continue to meet it for some time to come.

It might be March, but it is still icy out there so be careful. We saw a poor old lady slip and fall on some ice just today. At least, we assume she was poor; she only had $3 in her wallet.