August 26, 2016

Thank you to everyone who has been giving us feedback on our column! We’ve been told, however, that we’re not entertaining enough. So we’ve decided to pepper this week’s column with the best we could come up with. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

First, though, some serious stuff: Our sincerest condolences to the Tuomi family on Bob’s passing last week. He was a mainstay of the community and he will be dearly missed.

Kagawong’s dog park is still the only off-leash dog park on Manitoulin, and it will be celebrating it’s 5th official birthday this year at the annual Bark in the Park on Saturday, September 10th! Join other dog lovers from across the Island to sit, stay, fetch, and play from 12 - 2pm. If you’ve never been to the dog park, just turn at the fire hall; it’s the first driveway on your right.

What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot.

Happy early birthday to Amy H, Diane L, and Amanda C. Although born on different days, they are all turning 29 next week. Funny how that works out. Young master Chapman also has cause to celebrate - he’s turning 1 this week! Congratulations on your first trip around the sun - here’s to many more!

What’s white and can’t climb a tree? A fridge.

The Buies had another influx of family this week. Of course, at this point, the only one that really matters is granddaughter Charlotte, but it’s still nice to see Rob and Kathryn, too.

What’s blaze orange and white and can’t climb a tree? A fridge wearing a hunting vest.

The Billings Library is hosting the next movie night on Saturday, September 3.  Come out on the long weekend to catch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen! Show starts at 7pm, and admission is by donation. Check out http://www.facebook.com/kaglibrary for more details.

Team Fergmeijer has a confession - we used to be addicted to soap, but now we’re clean.

Still haven’t been to the Kagawong Farmer’s Market this summer? Be sure to stop in this Wednesday from 10am until 4pm and see what local artisans, bakers, and growers have to offer. We tried to come up with something funny for this section, but couldn’t come up with any vegetable jokes - if you have one we could use lettuce know.

Don’t forget, if you have an event or interesting tidbit you would like included in this space, let us know. Otherwise, we’ll just keep making stuff up to fill the space. As local news-hound Jamie Ward was overheard saying, “give them the deets, yo! Also, why do you keep quoting me?”