Minto

Auxiliary honours – Harriston Legion Ladies Auxiliary members Fran Rogers and Myrtle Gilbert…

FERGUS – Wellington County council has appointed former Minto mayor George Bridge as one of the county’s three representatives on the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The combined Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) allocation for Wellington County municipalities will rise by just over $30,000 next year.

PALMERSTON – A new MRI machine is coming to Palmerston and District Hospital, which officials say will help reduce wait times, eliminate the need to travel for the service and alleviate pressure on other hospitals.

PALMERSTON – SE Health, a national not-for-profit social enterprise, recently hosted Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew Rae at the Minto Rural Health Clinic and Minto-Clifford Public School to highlight the critical community health services SE Health provides to Minto residents. 

Thanks to the biography that “Tot” Whitten Tate wrote about her mother, Rachel Marion Gibson Whitten, we now know a relatively detailed history of our Gibson family. 

Platinum sponsor – Santa came a little early to the Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation, when foundation development officer Dale Franklin stopped in to see the folks at Stop 23 in Listowel.

Tourney winners – The Minto Mad Dogs U15 Rep team won a tournament in Palmerston on Dec. 4…

Tournament champions – The Maryborough Public School team won the North Wellington school volleyball tournament on Dec. 7 at Victoria Cross Public School in Mount Forest.