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Ripley and District Horticultural Society enjoys travel and photography sessions
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society’s (RDHS) 2023 season is starting strong with excellent membership renewal and six new members. At the second meeting, Feb. 15 at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre, 25 members and two guests enjoyed presentations by members Sandra MacDonald and Vicky Culbert. In a bit of unfinished business from the January AGM, […]
Ripley and District Horticultural Society enjoys travel and photography sessions
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society’s (RDHS) 2023 season is starting strong with excellent membership renewal and six new members. At the second meeting, Feb. 15 at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre, 25 members and two guests enjoyed presentations by members Sandra MacDonald and Vicky Culbert. In a bit of unfinished business from the January AGM, […]
Second string engineer
By Mike O’Neill I picked up the phone on the second ring. “Dad, I need your help.” “I’m neither a banker nor a psychiatrist, my dear, but I’ll do what I can.” “Ha ha. There is an ice floe building just east of St. John’s that will hold you for a […]
Lucknow Horticultural Society names 2022 Garden Hero
Sharon Nivins, co-president of the Lucknow Horticultural Society, has been named the society’s Year of the Garden 2022 Garden Hero. The Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA) award celebrates “outstanding people who inspire a love and passion for gardens and gardening.” Nivins was selected because she has been an integral part of the Lucknow Horticultural Society for […]
A century of champions: The Bruce County edition
On Sept. 29, the top nine calf and showmen pairs were chosen to represent Bruce County at the 41st TD Classic held during the 100th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, which ran from Nov. 4 to Nov. 13 at Exhibition Place in Toronto. The members of the 2022 royal fair team were Brendan Elliott (South Bruce […]
Two Normandy Beach pebbles in memory of Kincardine veteran
By R. Keith Davidson Recently, I had the honour to present bass drummer Brian “Brow” Fry of the Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band with a Milestone Award plaque for his 25 years a member of the KSPB with unbroken service. I also gave him two pebble stones from the Normandy Beach in France in memory of […]
The Lucknow Boys: 160th Bruce Battalion
By Kent Kraemer During the First World War, 71 young men from the Lucknow area enlisted with the 160th Bruce Battalion. These men were either born in, lived in, or enlisted in Lucknow. Of them, 45 were born in Canada, 23 in England, two in the United States and one in Scotland. They were our […]
Huron Fringe Field Naturalists end busy October with advocacy
By Christine Roberts Environmental advocacy was the through line of the Oct. 25 meeting of the Huron Fringe Field Naturalists (HFFN). Inspired by the Bluewater Astronomical Society’s dark skies presentation in September, members are reaching out to the Municipality of Kincardine to voice concerns over proposed changes to the Kincardine downtown improvements with particular attention […]
Ripley and District Horticultural Society learns about lavender
By Christine Roberts On a chilly autumn day, members of the Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) gathered in the Ripley Legion hall to relive the sights and scents of summer compliments of guest speaker Cathy Kirk, owner of Essentially Lavender near Teeswater. Kirk earned a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of […]
For Our Youth wraps up year with wreaths, treats
The normally glorious fall colours were exceptionally vibrant this year. In the garden, the bright orange pumpkins and marigolds stand out. On Oct. 22, 18 members of the Ripley and District Horticultural Society’s For Our Youth club met at Eisen’s place to preserve some of that beauty and bounty by making wreaths and treats. Linda Jaynes’s pre-pandemic […]