October 9, 2020

Team Fergmeijer has been spending the recent cooler weather inside, catching up on history documentaries on television. We are particular fans of ancient Rome. We don’t want to ruin your illusions, but while people tend to think of that region as being very Rome-antic, in ancient times, there were four common kinds of poison. Poisons I, II, and III would all kill you with varying degrees of swiftness; poison IV would just make you really itchy. There was at least one political leader who had a Nero miss with those poisons. 

We had a fan of the column write to us the other day. Being familiar with our love of all things Roman, she asked for help, writing, “I can’t remember how to write 1, 1000, 51, 6 and 500 in Roman numerals. I'M LIVID!” We did our best to help her out. To be honest, we struggle with Roman numerals up to 159. After that, it just CLIX. (Please accept our Apollo-gies for all the Rome puns. We know it’s Thanksgiving weekend, but we just couldn’t resist.) 

Congratulations to Mary Buie for raising over $1000 for the CIBC Run for the Cure, in support of breast cancer research and outreach! Not only was Mary the third-highest fundraiser for the Sudbury area, which in itself is a huge accomplishment, but she also crushed the 5km walking distance on Sunday despite the cold and rainy weather. You can still donate to her campaign right up to December 31 - visit http://cibcrunforthecure.ca/ and click “Donate” to search for Mary’s name!

Team Fergmeijer thought it might be fun to teach one of the youngest members of the KGB (Kagawong Gobble Brigade - our local flock of wild turkeys) to talk. We even got so far as getting him to say some witty ripostes, but it did not turn out the way we expected. Now we have a turkey that roasts us. 

 

Happy birthday to the eldest Fergmeijer brother who celebrated on Wednesday. A Kagawongian born and raised, he spends most of his time on the east end of the Island these days. We’ve decided to allow it, but we can’t say for sure how old he’s turned now. They do things weird on the east end. Whatever age he is now, we hope he celebrated it with gusto! 

Snort snort snort! Grab your reindeer antlers, sleighbells, and elf hats, and tap tap tap your way to Christmas in Kagawong tomorrow! Team Fergmeijer is super hopeful that Santa (Ho Ho Ho!) will show up and jingle jingle jingle his change purse, buying up all sorts of goodies for Mrs. Claus and the elves. Don’t miss out! Stop by the market grounds at The Old Church on the Hill in Kagawong from 10am to 3pm, and get a festive jump on the Christmas season! Shoppers must keep one Blitzen apart from other shoppers, and face masks must be worn, please.

Team Fergmeijer got kicked off the Kagawong River trail to the falls last week, after we were seen arranging squirrels by height. Apparently the township didn’t like us critter sizing. 

Waste Reduction Week is coming up (October 19-25), and the townships of Billings and Central Manitoulin are coming together to plan a week’s worth of activities, culminating in a community garage sale and swap meet Saturday, October 24 at the Old Church on the Hill in Kagawong. Stay tuned for more details!

Sometimes the Thanksgiving turkey turns out dry, which just goes to show that there’s no accounting for bastes. Have a great week!