Fashion and Fun at Festival Fundraiser

 An Upper Canada Village media event held May 21, gave 2015 SDG International Plowing Match and Rural Expo chair Jim Brownell the opportunity to mark something off his bucket list.

“I have always wanted to do this,” said Brownell who took his turn at the reigns of an Upper Canada Village Canadian horse team.

The demonstration was held to promote spring planting weekend at Upper Canada Village which takes place May 30 and 31. 

During this weekend, the importance of agriculture will be demonstrated. 

Twelve teams of horses and oxen will be working the fields. In addition to the Village’s teams of Canadian horses, and working Devon Oxen, teams from the region have been invited. Those include Percherons of Marwin Antoine, Belgians of Brent and Christina Christie, Clydesdales of Don and Cheryl Cook, Belgians of Gabriele Lacavalier, Percherons or Ron McMillan, Percherons of Alan Moulton, Belgians of Roy Sherrer and Belgians of Jake and Sam Wensink. 

A variety of horse drawn equipment will be on site courtesy of Walter Hambleton and Mary Hume, and Upper Canada Village.

At last week’s media event, St. Lawrence Parks Commission, Upper Canada Village and IPM officials drew attention to the important partnership formed between the SLPC and IPM. 

Bookings for hotels and campground spaces throughout the region are starting to fill up as thousands of visitors plan to attend the SDG IPM which takes place near Finch, September 22-26.

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Have you seen colourful bikes scattered around the countryside lately? Well, you’re not the only one!

In hopes of raising awareness about their upcoming Heel ‘n Wheel event, volunteers have come together to place bikes and running shoes at various prominent locations across the Winchester District Memorial Hospital region. 

These bikes also have a sign affixed to them reading www.HeelNWheel.ca, referring to the WDMH Foundation’s new walking and cycling event, by the same name.

This ‘bike bombing’ was done to mark the beginning of online registration for the much anticipated event which will take place this coming September 8, 2012.

There will be a coordinated effort to have walkers leave each of the seven starting locations of Greely, Osgoode, Russell, Crysler, Finch, Morrisburg and South Mountain at 8 a.m. Cyclists will leave at 2 p.m. 

The event is open to all ages to participate and families are encouraged as there are lower fund raising minimums for registered children and families.

In hopes of fostering friendly competition, fund raising challenges are invited: for example, the banks throughout the catchment area can challenge each other to a fund raising contest. This goes the same for all of the townships, high schools, elementary schools, pharmacies, grocery stores, etc. 

There will be prizes for the top fund raisers in each category: top adult, top child, top team, top bank, top township, top high school, top elementary school.

The Heel ’n Wheel will wrap up with a celebration barbecue in front of WDMH, complete with musical entertainment, children’s activities, and a presentation of awards.

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