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PUSLINCH – John Deere Heritage Days took place from Aug. 9 to 11 in Puslinch Township.

ELORA – The No Name Band, along with three other groups, entertained over 200 guests at Hootenanny on the Grass hosted by Knox Presbyterian Church in Elora on August 4.

BELWOOD – The Belwood and District Lions Club was invited by Advanced Marine, on Wellington Road 18 between Belwood and Fergus, to host a barbecue to celebrate Advanced Marine’s 25th anniversary.

ROCKWOOD – The Rockwood Football Club girls 2008 team was crowned champions of the AC Douglas Tournament in Niagara Falls last weekend.

FERGUS – Mary-Ann Branciere, left, vice president of the Fergus and District Horticultural Society, presents Curt McQueen, manager of the Centre Wellington Food Bank, with a $1,029 cash donation thanks to the generosity of everyone attending this year’s Garden Tour on June 23. Branciere was the lead

LONDON – Type  Diabeat It announcesd the 5th annual 5k Run/Walk for Diabetes, set to take place on Sept. 7 at Springbank Park from 8am to 12pm. 

FERGUS – The Fergus Legion donated lunch to the staff and volunteers at the Habitat for Humanity build at the Garafraxa Street West location in Fergus.

ELORA – When Zain Rahman and his wife Patti Boutin moved from Mississauga to Mathieson Street in Elora 10 years ago, it didn’t take them long to realize they “had landed somewhere special,” Rahman said. 

ROCKWOOD – The Grove Youth Wellness Hub currently has sites in Erin, Fergus, Guelph and Palmerston. And soon there will be a "sub-hub" in Rockwood.

MAPLETON – Officials say last weekend’s 167th Drayton Fair was a “resounding success.” 

BELWOOD – Born one day after the end of the Second World War, Bob Sargent grew up in the 1950s on a 100-acre farm one mile north of Belwood.

PETERBOROUGH – It was a good playoff run for the Fergus Thistles, but in the end, it was Peterborough who claimed the Ontario Junior C lacrosse championship.