January 11, 2019

Merry January! (‘Cause Merry Christmas is sooo last year).

We got a surprise snow day this past week and buses were cancelled - hope you were able to make like your favourite snowman and chill out! Team Fergmeijer couldn't find our scraper that morning and had to use a grocery store loyalty card to clear the ice from the windshield. It didn't work very well; it only got 10% off.

Congratulations to Aus Hunt on being named to the Order of Canada! It doesn’t get more Canadian than that, eh?

Many happy returns to John F. who turned 29 on the weekend. Also celebrating last week was Harrison N. Although he has not hit the big 29 yet, we are sure Harrison celebrated as only a 23 year old can. He probably had a third slice of cake and it didn’t faze his metabolism at all. 

The Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Sports is coming to the Island, and they want your participation! This is a great opportunity to establish some contacts and connections with the greater province. Show them that Manitoulin Island is a beautiful part of our province. The meeting is Monday, January 14, 2:00pm to 4:00pm at the Mindemoya Community Hall. Contact Kristina.Dejak@ontario.ca for more information.

Euchre Night in Kagawong is kicking off with regular tournaments running every third Wednesday starting on January 16th.

Save the date! Manitoulin Secondary School is presenting The Mikado, featuring a number of local youth, February 14-16. Don’t miss it!

Have you missed some of Team Fergmeijer’s columns? Are you new to the community and need to get caught up on the happenings over the last 3.5 years? Good news - we’ve been keeping an archive! Visit teamfergmeijer.blogspot.com for more Gobble Brigade antics, local news, and bad puns than you could ever want. 

Speaking of all this snow we’ve been getting, what did one snowman say to the other snowman? ...Do you smell carrots? Have a great week!