December 20, 2019

In the spirit of the holidays, one half of Team Fergmeijer went out to dinner on a blind date. He tried to impress her by ordering the food in French. It might have worked, except that they were at a Chinese restaurant. Not long after, a duck walked up to their table with a rose in its beak and said, “Your eyes sparkle like diamonds.” They immediately waved over the waiter and complained, “There’s been a mistake. We ordered the aromatic duck.” No word on whether there’ll be a second date.

A gentle reminder that holiday schedules will be in effect for the Municipal Office (closed December 23, 2019 at 4 p.m. until January 2, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.) as well as at the Mall and library (closed December 24th and 31st). 

Happy birthday to Kagawongian Darren H. Rumour has it he’s a bit concerned with the whole turning 29 thing, but we’d like to assure him he doesn’t look a day over 28! Matt G isn’t quite a Kagawongian, but we know he wishes he were, so we’re offering him a shout-out on his birthday. Of course, there’s no way for us to know how old he’s turning out there in Central Manitoulin...29? 45? 93? Who knows?! Some might say the same applies to Manitoulin’s favourite social media maven, Christine L-M. Not Team Fergmeijer, though. Christine’s awesome. She feeds us. She definitely turned 29 this week. 

Several Kagawong businesses had their first ever ladies’ night last week. Upper Kagawong was bustling with shoppers stocking up on gifts and goodies! 

Have you found that it’s getting harder and harder to find advent calendars? We hear their days are numbered...

The Island Singers held their Christmas concert last weekend. Both concerts were jam-packed with people enjoying the show. What better way to spend an afternoon than with such talented singers!

Don’t forget that students will be off school after today. Watch out for all those bundled up balls of energy as they ramble about over the next couple of weeks. 

Have you stopped in to see the falls lately? They look amazing all iced up! We had lovely compliment on our driving when we stopped in there the other day. We were down admiring the falls for a good 20 minutes, and when we got back to the car, a piece of paper was on the windshield that said, “Parking Fine.” That was nice.

The next euchre tournament will be held January 15th in the Park Centre. Bring a friend or find a partner there. 

The efforts to get the rink iced up have started! Fingers crossed it might be ready by Christmas. Volunteers are still needed for outdoor rink maintenance throughout the winter season. If interested, contact Sharon at 705-348-2722, or sign up at the township office (temporarily located at the Park Centre). 

We heard a Pat H and Rachel B were out for a final kayak before the river completely froze over. They got pretty chilled after awhile, so they lit a fire in the boat. It sank, proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too. Have a great week!