October 21, 2016

Rain on, rain off. Rain on, rain off. Rain on, rain off. Make up your mind Mother Nature! There was so much rain at some points last week, people in town reported seeing Willa out walking her fish. Good thing it was on a leash - we wouldn’t want to see it get eaten by a drizzly bear.

St. John’s Anglican Church is hosting an evening of gospel music, featuring the Kagawong Folk/Roots Collective, Saturday, October 22, at 7:30pm. Come on out, bring your sweet tooth (there will be homemade treats for sale!) and your good shoes - there’s going to be a lot of toe-tapping!

Euchre is back up and running at the Park Centre Wednesday nights at 7:30pm, with tournaments every third Wednesday of the month. Grab a partner and try your luck.

Saturday, October 29th marks the return of the annual BYOP (Bring Your Own Pumpkin) community pumpkin carving party! Stop by the market pavilion that morning, pumpkin in hand, to carve with friends and leave the mess for someone else to clean up. Hot drinks and games for the kids included!

Happy birthday to Ken F, Neely P, and Joanne T. All three are celebrating 29 years this week!

Happy anniversary to Team Fergmeijer! We’ve been finishing each other’s sentences and stealing each other’s sheep for the past ten years. That’s right, dear reader. This column has only given you a small taste of the shenanigans we have gotten up to over the last decade. The question is, is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Attention all overworked and underappreciated mothers out there: the next library movie is Bad Moms (rated R). Saturday October 29th, the show starts at 7:00 and as always, admission is free!

The Old Mill Heritage Centre is busy preparing for Remembrance Day commemorations November 1st through 11th. Be sure to visit the Old Mill in November for moving and memorable military displays.

Lost the paper and can’t remember who turned 29 this week? Looking for pictures of the Kagawong Gobble Brigade? Ever wondered how many times Jamie Ward has been mentioned in our column? You’ll find an online archive of all our columns at http://teamfergmeijer.blogspot.ca/. Check it out, and leave us some feedback!

Many people from away have asked us what it’s like to live in Kagawong. It’s hard to pin it down exactly, but there are some things that stand out. For example, if you get into trouble and your parents know about it before you even get home, you might be from Kagawong. If your idea of a great first date is taking someone mudding, you might be from Kagawong. If you live two doors down from a police officer and have one across the street and meet up with another one at the dog park, you might be from Kagawong. And if you plan on attending all of the pancake breakfasts and Burt’s Beef suppers throughout the summer, but the doctor tells you that if you do so, you’d probably need a forklift to carry you from place to place, you might be from Kagawong.