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WELLINGTON COUNTY  – As temperatures begin to cool and the inevitable winter looms ahead, vehicle owners are asking themselves the same question as last year, “Do I really need winter tires?” The short answer – yes. 

GUELPH  – Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield presented the King Charles III Coronation Medals to twenty Guelph residents at the River Run Centre Oct. 16. 

FERGUS – On Oct. 18,  on behalf of the Board of Directors, the Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games president Matthew Bennett-Monty, centre, and vice president Christine de Nottbeck, right,  presented David Tanner from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Fergus with a cheque for $500.

FERGUS – The Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora fielded a crew on Oct. 22 to help with Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington’s build in Fergus – a townhouse complex on Garafraxa Street West that will eventually have 32 stacked townhouse units over three buildings.

FERGUS – The Centre Wellington Food Bank, in partnership with The Giving Spot and Friendly Fridays Free Market, hosted the Centre Wellington Community Supports Fair on Oct. 18 at the Fergus Highland Rugby Club.

CANADA – Drivers go to great lengths to ensure what’s under the hood of their vehicles is well taken care of. But it’s equally beneficial to tend to the exterior of a vehicle, including its paint job.

ELORA – The Monster March event on Oct. 19 in Elora collected a car full of food and more than $396 in cash donations for the Centre Wellington Food Bank.                 

ELORA – A new curated exhibition entitled Clay & Cloth by artists (and sisters) Annette and Gitte Hansen opens in the gallery at the Elora Centre for the Arts on Oct. 31, with a reception planned for Nov. 3 at 2 pm.  

FERGUS – St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Fergus held its 22nd annual 5km fundraising run on Oct. 19.