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Blackstock Euchre Club results
1. Don Trunks 2. Dinny Oosterholt 3. Pat Allamong 4. Linda Carder 5. Pat Currie Most lone hands: Norm Lackner and Don Trunks Low: Jacky...

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Aug 15, 20231 min read


Epsom & Utica
By Faye Ashton How can it be that July is over? Was it all the rain and dreary weather which made us lose track of time? On our farm, we...

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Aug 8, 20231 min read


Greenbank
By Larry Doble The three Lions Clubs in Scugog Township are providing a free medical equipment loan or donation program for wheelchairs,...

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Aug 8, 20231 min read


Zephyr & Sandford
By Pat Asling My apologies, as this is last week's news, but still mostly relevant. This week will come next week. A little bit of...

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Aug 8, 20234 min read


Pine Ridge Garden Club news
By Helen Nicolaou SCUGOG: Summer vacation has often been referred to as "Lazy and Hazy." We are now seven weeks into waking up to haze,...

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Jul 26, 20233 min read


Zephyr and Sandford
By Pat Asling A little bit of everything again this week, more rain, although we really didn't need it, lots of sun at other times and...

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Jul 26, 20234 min read


Epsom and Utica
By Faye Ashton We’ve passed the middle of July, and I don’t know where the days have gone. Our farm needs lots of rain, unlike many...

The Standard
Jul 19, 20231 min read


Zephyr and Sandford
By Pat Asling The weather may have dampened a few activities even though so much is happening all around us. What was forecast as a "dry...

The Standard
Jul 19, 20234 min read


Blackstock euchre results
Harvey Graham Patrice McIntosh Lorna Edgerton Dinny Oosterholt Val Priebe Most lone hands: Jim Beatty Low: Jim Tucker and Roy Bradburn

The Standard
Jul 19, 20231 min read


Blackstock Euchre Club results
1. Elmo Gibson. 2. Marion Koppens. 3. Dorothy Henderson. 4. Dinny Oosterholt. 5. Berita Blair, Harvey Graham, Lawrence McLaughlin. Most...

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Jul 12, 20231 min read


Epsom & Utica
By Faye Ashton A beautiful week this 1st of July week with a mixture of rain and sunshine. Could we ask for anything better? Journey to...

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Jul 12, 20231 min read


Zephyr & Sandford
by Pat Asling This past week broke all records for heat for several days and collectively, yet when I decided to go to my brother's...

The Standard
Jul 12, 20233 min read


Epsom & Utica by Faye Ashton
The beautiful month of June has given us good growing weather for the farmers' fields and everyone's manicured lawns. Rain was an...

The Standard
Jul 5, 20231 min read


Blackstock Euchre Results
From June 27: 1. Jim Tucker 2. Ginna Hood 3. Donna Quackenbush 4. Val Priebe 5. Elmo Gibson Most lone hands: Jim Tucker Hidden score:...

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Jul 5, 20231 min read


Zephyr & Sandford by Pat Asling
July is on! I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. The weather was a bit iffy but not enough to spoil many plans. The numerous...

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Jul 5, 20234 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Summer is well on its way, and already we have had a little bit of everything. Be thankful we are not in Alberta, where they had quite an...

The Standard
Jun 29, 20234 min read


EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
This beautiful month of June is almost spent welcoming July on Saturday. Last nights thunder/lightning storm gave the earth energy which...

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Jun 29, 20231 min read


EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
Have you noticed how fast this first half of June has whizzed by? As I write this, the longest day of the year is only three days away....

The Standard
Jun 23, 20232 min read
BLACKSTOCK EUCHRE RESULTS
Last Week’s Blackstock Euchre Club Scores: 1. Norm Lackner. 2. Lorna Edgerton. 3. Bryan Allemang. 4. Harvey Graham. 5. Dinny Oosterholt....

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Jun 23, 20231 min read


ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Wow, this week we start summer already! Of course, when that happens, we also start to get shorter days. Remember when summer evenings...

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Jun 22, 20234 min read
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