Centre Wellington

ABOYNE – Diversity will be at the forefront of the celebrations as the Wellington County Multicultural Festival returns to the Wellington County Museum and Archives on July 13.

ELORA – The 45th season of Elora Festival is underway with three weeks of musical magic.

SALEM – Terry Copp found his niche studying Canadian military history and through his storied career, changed attitudes and perceptions about Canada’s involvement and contributions in the Second World War. Copp has been appointed as a member of the Order of Canada.

ELORA – You know you’re an entrepreneur when you see a product on Shark Tank, seek it out and use it to create your own successful business. And so it was for Kai Jiwa, who saw the product Banana Loca on the popular TV show, bought it and immediately saw a way to make money with it.

FERGUS – Barbara Henneberry has now been in the field of early childhood education for 38 years, and this year she received a special honour for her work: a Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education.

FERGUS – The Township of Centre Wellington opened the first disc golf course in the municipality on July 4 on the grounds behind the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex.

SALEM – The kettlebell doesn’t fall far from the bench press in the Cox household.

FERGUS – Wellington County OPP officials initially announced on May 7 that they were investigating an incident “at a retailer on St. David Street” on April 30 at about 5:45pm. “A woman was sexually assaulted by an unknown male,” police stated at the time.

FERGUS – Madison Galloway, a blues-rock artist from Fergus, released a self-titled album on June 28.