Centre Wellington

Alexa Klapwyk takes on a Guelph Gryphon defender at the soccer complex in Guelph. The Fergus Elora District Soccer Club had three rep teams playing at the First on the Turf tournament in Guelph recently. The regular season for rep teams starts  May 13.

Big cheque – The Elora Lions hosted a winemakers dinner on April 22 in support of the Groves Hospital Foundation.

Silver medals – Elora Fergus Edge Ringette players participated in the Western Region Ringette Championships in Kitchener from April 14 to 16. The Fun 3 White (Halls) team won silver after a overtime loss 7-6 against the Kitchener Wildcats in the final.

Tough loss – Elora Fergus Edge Ringette players participated in the Western Region Ringette Championships in Kitchener from April 14 to 16. The U12 team was going for bronze but lost in an action packed 6-5 loss in overtime to Exeter-Seaforth.

Arts Collective - Schoolhouse Arts Collective members Janine Smith, left, and Pat Armstrong, are seen at a sale of artist equipment held at The Elora Centre for the Arts on May 7.

FERGUS – Well, spring is here and what marvelous weather we had in April.

Coronation celebration - On May 7, the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Elora celebrated the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla with a patronal service followed by a coronation lunch, and a large crowd gathered in Thompson Hall to celebrate.

FERGUS – The inaugural “Trade Tracks” trade show and symposium was hosted at the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex on May 5 and 6 by the South Wellington Community Lions Club.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Drug strategy officials here have released a set of fact sheets in an effort to address the ongoing drug poisoning crisis that's taking a toll on the local community and across Ontario.

GUELPH – Sam Stevenson hopes the Upper Grand District School Board will consider using electric heat pump heating when it builds a new high school in the south end of Guelph.