Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Infrastructure, will join Robin Jones, Mayor of the Village of Westport to make an announcement.
| Date: | Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 |
| Time: | 11:00 a.m. |
| Location: | Village of Westport Town Hall 30 Bedford St. Westport, K0G 1X0
Location: 9934 County Rd. 10 (Perth Rd.) Westport ON |
Great turnout last night in the Village for the annual Shop and Hop event. Lots of people moving from store to store shopping and getting their passports signed while listening to the beautiful tenor voice of Steve Kennedy. The horse drawn wagon was a huge hit – with line ups of local residents and families waiting for their turn to tour the Village. Congratulations to Cynthia Pringle and Martha Kudrinko and your team!
A very special thank you to the Westport Arts Council who turned the Home Hardware parking lot on Church St into a European Christmas market for the Shop and Hop. Lovely during the day, it was magical during the evening with Christmas lights twinkling everywhere. Thank you to the large number of Some Kind of Choir carollers who lent their voices to the festivities, particularly its accompanist Mary Lou Carroll and hubby Rob. And to Les Cliff, your hospitality was awesome – thanks for letting WAC transform your parking lot.
By the way, when Santa visited last night, I pulled on his beard and asked about the weather for today’s Lions Westport Santa Claus parade … he had a twinkle in his eye and said that he and Rudolph agree it will be dry!.
See you this afternoon
Bundle up tomorrow morning and join in the rededication of the Cenotaph, which has been relocated to the George St entrance of Lockwood Park, beginning at 10:30 – although the choir will be singing by 1020. Remembrance Day Ceremony follows the rededication.
Hope you can join us. Wednesday, November 15 @ 8:00 a.m. @ the Cove Country Inn. Breakfast is available at 08:00 for $10/pp.
What a week-end here in the Village. It started last night with the Rideaus winning their Friday night game and ending up alone in 1st place in their Division. Tons of talent on this team!!!!
Saturday morning began with our one of a kind pharmacist, Tracey Phillips, arranging for a morning of shock and awe – that would be the demolition of Ducks!!!! Many of you lined Concession St to watch the team from Hales take down the much loved, well worn building. Tracey and Paul offered to raise money for FOTA. For each brick sold (or donation made if people didn’t want a brick) as a souvenir they will match dollar for dollar. As I type this, over $1000 has been donated – which means $2000 for FOTA. Thank you Tracey and Paul.
And then the main event – Light up Lockwood. If you weren’t there, you have to close your eyes and imagine 1200 pumpkins in the middle of the parking lot beside the baseball diamond at 2:00 p.m. Add in about 100+ community members, armed with knives and other sharp tools, and watch the fun as all of the pumpkins are carved and placed throughout the park. My team includes Kim Bonner, Rob and Marianne Roberts, Ann Savage, Lisa Jackson, Nancy Mattice and Paul Snider. And at 7:00 p.m., keep your eyes closed, picture 1200 pumpkins – and everyone one of them lit up … pumpkins on the spectator stands, on the playground, on the cenotaph, on the hill beside Concession St, and all the way around the path in the park. WOW!!!!!! Great work, John and Cynthia Pringle and Heather Huth.
As I said, the BEST community to be part of, absolutely THE best.
Robin, The Mayor 
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