October 28, 2016

Thank goodness for Hallowe’en - all of a sudden, the cobwebs in our houses are decorations! One week a year poor housekeeping pays off.

St. John’s Anglican Church hosted a fantastic Gospel night last Saturday, featuring the Kagawong Folk Roots Collective. The local quintet played to a packed house, including favourites such as “I Saw the Light,” “Wade in the Water,” and “In My Hour of Darkness.” They didn’t play a skeleton’s favourite song though… Bad to the Bone.

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. Speaking of cards, what do goblins mail home while on vacation? Ghostcards!

What do you call a big fat pumpkin? A plumpkin! Tomorrow (Saturday, October 29th) marks the return of the annual BYOP (Bring Your Own Plumpkin) 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! It’s going to be a frightfully good time!

Happy birthday to Rachel B who celebrated 29 trips around the sun last week, and to Meranda N who has not quite reached the big 2-9, but who we’re sure has big plans for her big day this weekend. What’s the favourite game at ghosts’ birthday parties? Hide and shriek!

Why didn’t the skeleton go outside at night? Because he didn’t have the guts! But that doesn’t mean you have to stay home tomorrow night - the next library movie is Bad Moms (rated R). The show starts at 7:00pm and as always, admission is free! The library will also be open on Monday night handing out candy and other goodies to trick-or-treaters who stop in.

Kagawongians are reminded that in addition to candy, some ghosts and ghouls might be on the lookout for canned goods and other non-perishables as there are some great fundraisers on the go at this time of year.

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.

What do you call two spiders that just got married? Newlywebbed! Speaking of the web, 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!

Tired of all our spook-tacular jokes? Fear not - Christmas in Kagawong is just around the corner. More on that next week! Team Fergmeijer already has our gift-giving planned. In lieu of gifts, we’ve decided to give everyone our opinion.