December 8, 2017

Now that we’re a full week into December, it’s time to break out the Christmas jokes! Why are Dasher and Dancer always taking coffee breaks? Because they are Santa’s star bucks.

Tomorrow night! Don’t miss out on one of the cornerstone holiday events for the township - the Billings Community Christmas Concert starts at 7pm at the Park Centre. Bring along a cash donation or non-perishable food items to the food bank for admission to this famously fun and foolish frolick.

The Island Singers & Friends will be performing “We Shall Light a Thousand Candles” on December 10th in Little Current at 3pm at the United Church, and in Mindemoya on December 11th at 7pm at the Missionary Church. Don’t miss it!

It’s official decorating time! If you haven’t had to stand back and determine whether your tree is perfectly decorated or has crossed the line to be a contender for a Lady Gaga outfit, you aren’t Christmasing hard enough.

A very happy birthday goes out to Laurie from the west end who is turning 29! Although she’s a HUGE fan of ours, she asked if we would let her remain anonymous, so we won’t publish her last name since it’s a pretty well known one in Evansville. You can always count on Team Fergmeijer to keep our sources confidential and to put our readers’ privacy first!

A reminder that the Kagawong Mall has switched to winter hours. Saturday and Sunday stay the same (10am-6pm and 1pm-6pm respectively), but the opening hours for Tuesdays and Thursdays have switched and are now 2:30pm - 6:30pm in order to take advantage of as much daylight as possible.

This week, we are sad to report on the passing of Roger Lloyd recently. He was a fixture in many of the volunteer groups in the community and he was a large part of making so many of these events so fun and successful. We offer our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.

Last night students from across the Island came together for the annual Manitoulin Schools Christmas Concert. School bands and musical groups played to a packed house at the high school. Thanks to the organizers, leaders and students for making it such a special night of music.

Looking out the window lately, Team Fergmeijer has been hoping for a white Christmas. But if the white runs out, we’ll drink the red. Have a great week!