Walkerton Herald-Times

Work at the Teeswater Medical Centre is well underway, both in terms of construction and behind the scenes.

The regular board meeting on June 20 featured the return of a popular Bluewater District School Board (BWDSB) year-end tradition.

A presentation by Dr. Ian Arra, medical officer of health, on the Tobacco Enforcement Diversion Program, provided an overview of the health unit’s Smoke-Free Ontario Act school offence reporting program.

Bernie McGlynn Lumber Ltd. hosted a live, interactive celebration at the lumber yard in Mildmay on Saturday, June 24, as they commemorated 40 years of serving their local communities with quality lumber products.

The annual Lions Family Funfest Weekend at the end of June – this year, June 23, 24 and 25 – sees the population of the hamlet of Chepstow grow from a few hundred to thousands, as out-of-town family members come home for a great weekend.

A seniors apartment building in Formosa was a dream of the Formosa Lions Club in the mid-1980s.

The Hanover Community Players recently presented the Ontario Student Nutrition Program (OSNP), Grey Bruce, with a $427 donation. The donation was from monies collected through adult ticket sales from the recent production of Mom’s Gift, directed by retired teachers Marg Poste and Nancy Lilliman. Pic

Sing! this Spring! at Victoria Jubilee Hall from June 22-25 took audiences on a delightful musical journey through the decades, across space and genres. And what a fabulously-entertaining journey it was!

An estimated crowd of 300 turned out on June 25 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church in Carlsruhe – one of the area’s loveliest churches, as well as one of the oldest. Archbishop Peter Hundt, who has strong local roots, celebrated mass, which was followed by

Once again, Golf Fore Hospice was a triumph, as the community joined forces to raise funds for Saugeen Hospice Inc.

A comfort bench, donated by the family of Eldon Yundt and overlooking the Saugeen River near the bottom of South Street in Walkerton, has been vandalized and the memorial plaque stolen.

In only two weeks, more than 1,000 signatures have been received on the Keep Walkerton Connected petition.

Although the highlight of the Finland trip being put on by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization the first week in July is the visit to that country’s Onkalo underground facility for spent nuclear fuel, Bruce County Warden Chris Peabody has another key interest.