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The name David Carson is well-known to farmers involved in livestock in Perth County and surrounding areas for decades.

Winners of the Jan. 8 Walkerton Rotary Lottery Draw

SULPHUR SPRING - Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) welcomed approximately 300 community members to a Candlelit Night Hike under the Wolf Moon on Friday, Jan. 2, at Sulphur Spring Conservation Area.

The Ditner Family presented X-ray committee member Cathy Spitzig (top right) with a $5,000 donation in memory of their parents, Don and Ruth Ditner, for the X-ray Suite Replacement Campaign’s ‘Buy-A-Bone’ initiative.

The first local baby of 2026, Maddox Larabee, was born to parents Kelsey and Aaron Larabee of Walkerton at the South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s Walkerton Hospital, on Jan. 1 at 3:12 a.m., weighing six pounds.

The Hallahan Family, in memory of loving wife, mother and Gramma Agnes Hallahan, presented a $5,000 donation to the WDHF in support of the X-ray Suite Replacement Campaign’s ‘Buy-A-Bone’ initiative.

In early 1928, staff at the Listowel Banner newspaper did the same as they launched an initiative to attract additional subscribers. Their “Subscription Contest” was introduced in the Feb. 2 issue which dedicated two full pages to the announcement.