March 29, 2019

With the end of March comes the beginning of April. As we trade lions for lambs (and hopefully snow for daffodils), we hope everyone has a wonderful April Fool’s day on Tuesday!

At time of writing, the elusive sandhill crane has yet to be seen or heard, though a couple of Canada geese were spotted at Riverside on Tuesday, presumably on the hunt for french fries. The 2019 Great Billings Sandhill Crane Spotting Competition continues until we hear of the first sighting! If you see or hear these iconic critters in the fields or flying overhead, let us know (kagawong@live.ca). The first to notify us wins bragging rights for the next year and the official Sandhill Spotting trophy! 

Team Fergmeijer is sending healthy thoughts out to Denis this week as he recovers from what we can only assume is the plague. We appreciate the volunteers keeping our landfill going in his absence, but no one can truly replace Denis.

As self-appointed, self-important, unofficial, unrealistic, unauthorized, informal, insubstantial, uninvited, unauthenticated, uninformed, unsubstantiated, uncorroborated, unknown, unratified, unorthodox, unapproved, unlicensed, unsanctioned, undercover, underappreciated members of the new Rebranding Committee, Team Fergmeijer has launched a new contest to help rebrand the township: a limerick to represent the fabulousness that is Billings Township! We are still accepting submissions to kagawong@live.ca… be sure to get yours in! Sadly, nobody submitted one this week, so we pulled this one from the vault:

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Happy birthday to Micki B who turns 29 today. Once a Kagawongian, always a Kagawongian.

As you know, the de-moulding process at the Old Mill has been taking longer than expected, and no date of completion has been determined. In order to free up the Park Centre, the township office staff has agreed to relocate to the colourful cabanas until further notice. Deputy clerk Megan Bonenfant was quite pleased, saying, “I always wanted my own office!” Mayor Ian Anderson, with an executive order, claimed the yellow one for his own before anyone else could call dibs. “It’s always been my favourite colour,” he said. Move-in date is scheduled for April 1. 

Of importance to all Kagawongians, a petition is making its way through the township, requesting a name change for the town. The anonymous creator of the petition, known only as MBB, feels that the village name should be more closely tied to the geographic location along Mudge Bay. The petition suggests the village be renamed Mudge. A second petition, acknowledging that the geographical location is just as important as the historical name of Kagawong, proposes a combination of the two: Mudgewong. A referendum ballot is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1; stop by the purple cabana that day to vote.

Two local cooking enthusiasts have recently announced they are writing a new cookbook. This newest effort is a follow-up to their as-yet-unpublished (and incomplete) debut effort titled, “Soy Tubes and Yuck Patties.” You can look for their sophomore effort, “Chocolate-Covered Failure” to be in bookstores April 1, 2027. You can also look on Youtube for their cooking channel “Cooking with Jill and Heather” (but since they have yet to post anything you might not find them). 

Have a great week!