July 14, 2017

Summerfest is here!! This weekend is jam-packed with fun starting with a parking lot party tonight at the Park Centre. DJ Ardy is providing the music to dance the night away. Saturday has activities running all day including kids games,  a special market, big canoes, Chanson de voyageurs et d’habitants canadiens-francais, and a fabulous quilt show at the Park Centre. Saturday also features an evening concert featuring Celtic/French-Canadian band Fagroongala. Sunday morning take part in the annual Blessing of the Boats at the Anglican church, and join 4elements and special guest speaker Alan Corbiere as he discusses the treaty history of Manitoulin. Rest up this afternoon, because it’s going to be a busy weekend!

One half of Team Fergmeijer is out being a roving reporter, and has discovered that camping is intense.

The Old Mill Heritage Centre launched their Historic Speaker Series on Wednesday with Steve Paikin, the first of three presenters throughout the summer. Next up is award-winning journalist and bestselling author Andrew Cohen (show is sold out!), as well as Patricia Pearson, granddaughter of former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson (limited seats still available). For more information, contact the Old Mill Heritage Centre at 705-282-1442 or email oldmillheritage@billingstwp.ca

Have you ever tried on new shoes and thought, “Well, one of these isn’t right.”

A reminder that the farmer’s market it back up and running Wednesdays from 10am-3pm at the covered pavilion by the basketball court. Get your home-grown veggies, homemade treats, and handcrafted gifts all in one place!

The Kagawong Canine Social Club continues to meet each Sunday at 1pm at the dog park. Bring your furry friend for socializing, exercise and fun for the both of you.

Tomorrow is Saturday night at the movies! The Billings Library will be showing Boss Baby (rated PG) at 7pm. Admission is free, as usual. Check out the library Facebook page for upcoming show dates, titles and trailers.

We’ve decided that fans of the decimal have a point.

A very happy birthday goes out to Ardis who will be celebrating another trip around the sun on Monday. We’re pretty sure that makes 29 trips in total for this lovely lady. Some Fergusons will be celebrating birthdays next week - Jenny and Craig both turn 29 on the same day. Team Fergmeijer had to get them into the column this year or the family reunion was going to be pretty awkward. Again.

Speaking of family reunions, the whole Buie clan (which includes Buies, Cichons, and Lawrences) was in town last week. It was loud, rambunctious, and silly. In other words, it was a typical, perfect visit.

There is so much going on in Kagawong this week that we don’t really have space to add long, involved humour, so we had to find the shortest jokes possible. Our apologies, we hope things in town slow down soon so we can go back to filling this column with nonsense.