Mount Forest barber Jim Penwarden, left, did the Walk for Multiple Sclerosis recently, raising $2,000 for the cause. he walk is in support of his daughter-in-law Kirsten Penwarden who suffers from MS and has also been taking part in the walk for 11 years.
It took members of the Arthur Lions Club about an hour to erect one of the bridges that will make up the Arthur Community Trail.
MOUNT FOREST - Cadets with the Fred Campbell Victoria Cross Squadron 895 showed all their skills at the 31st annual ceremonial review held June 5 at Victoria Cross Public School.
ARTHUR - The Father’s Heart Healing Centre here expects to add a mobile prayer service to services it offers.
St. Mary Catholic School in Mount Forest hosted a Family Fun Night fundraiser on June 6 with food, entertainment, silent auctions and games
Included are just a few of those helping at the recent ALS fundraiser in Arthur on June 8. In front: Sandra McFadden, Robin Vandeven and Donna Wright. In back: Chris Jarret, Josh Heiliger, Kyle Bodz, Jenn Erickson, Scott Veldhuizen, Patty Wright and Brad Bodz.
ARTHUR - Wellington North residents joined people from across Canada on June 8 for the annual Walk for ALS.
Paisley Schmidt, Trudy Matusinec, Kendall Cox, Addison Schmidt, Conner Schmidt and Mandy Jones take part in this year’s Walk for ALS in Wellington North on June 8.
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Rosalind Renfrew and Dan Kim check out a male bobolink as part of bird tagging program by Environment Canada at the Luther Marsh.
WELLINGTON NORTH - Cultural mapping is taking shape in the township after the economic development department hosted two public meetings to come up with ideas that could be destined for an overall mapping plan.
ARTHUR - Last year members of the Wellington County OPP Street Crime Unit (SCU) began an investigation of the possession of municipal signs stolen from the Township of Wellington North in 2012.
KENILWORTH - fter reading a newspaper report about efforts by the township’s economic development department to take legal action, councillor Dan Yake wants to know what procedures were taken and why council was not informed.
Volunteers of the North Perth - North Wellington branch of the Canadian Diabetes Society are hosting a 35th anniversary celebration come-and-go tea on June 21.
MOUNT FOREST - The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life is defined as a celebration of survival - and that is exactly what the Wellington Heights Relay For Life was about on June 7.
Teams took part in the Relay for Life event held at Wellington Heights Secondary School in Mount Forest last Friday, raising more than $33,000. Cole Rooney, Andrew Stewart and Joel Harman.
Coltin Cudney, Ian Bridgwater, Madison Connors and Shea Reaman, below, teamed up for the recent Relay for Life fundraiser in Mount Forest last weekend.
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