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A smaller crowd played Crokinole on Saturday, April 16, as a lot of the regulars were celebrating Easter. Clare Kuepfer was high man with 59, Neil Cook was second with 58 and Mike Howe was third with 47.  Neil topped the twenties with 46, Clare had 41 and Bob Nelson had 25 for third.  Cathy […]

Happy Easter to all our friends and connections from Purple Grove!  Hope you had a good weekend with family. Thanks to the Ripley Business Community for the Easter egg hunt on Saturday in Lewis Park! And it’s Earth Week this week – so we hope everyone is ready to put their  conservation skills to use […]

Time is running out to get your tickets for the return of Little Peter and the Elegants on April 22 and 23. Only 100 tickets are available for each night and they are going fast. No tickets are available at the door you must purchase them at the legion bar they are $25 each. Catch […]

March 19 What a better way to spend a cloudy and rainy Saturday,  but to play crokinole. Six tables of players gathered at the Chesley Fire Hall for a 1:00 p.m. start.  Clare welcomed a first time player Dan Hepburn and the play began.  After ten games  Peter Carter topped the men with 61  points, […]

And another week goes by, spring is coming by the number of birds that are back, and the projects that need attention!  It’s good to keep busy. Did you wear your Tartan on April 7th?  Somehow I think there’s alot of farmer tartan out there,  so put your plaid on folks! Congratulations to the  Huron-Bruce Blizzard Bantamn […]

President Janice Hewitt opened the April 6th Zoom meeting of the Bervie Women’s Institute with the poem “Spring”, O Canada, the Mary Stewart Collect and the Opening Ode. Twelve members answered the roll call with a joke and payment of fees.  Betty Jean White read the minutes of the last meeting and Islay Eby gave […]

You’ve got mail: Any day now, 39,000 households in the Bruce area will get Canada Post’s delivery of the 2022 edition of Neighbours, a four-page newsletter for people living near Ontario Power Generation (OPG) facilities at the Bruce nuclear site. It’s part of OPG’s commitment to keep people informed about our activities, in the communities where we […]

Sunday April 24th will be the branch elections and general membership meeting in the hall at 2pm. I encourage all members to come out on this day. This will be the first time we have been able to have elections since Covid began. Please make sure your dues are paid up and you have your […]

Welcome to spring everyone!  March perhaps came in like a lion and certainly left like a roaring lion. We’ve had a real test on the weather this past week and noticing some of our heritage barns sure taking a beating.  The syrup season is well underway and looks like a great run and the taste […]

Trivia was a great success last month and fun was had by everyone. The next trivia night will be April 29th. We will once again be having preregistration starting on April 18th at noon at the legion bar, $5 per person 8 people maximum per team, only 18 teams will be allowed. PROVINCIAL SERVICE OFFICER […]