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Beef Dinner Fund Raiser for the park was a huge success

Last night, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee to Council hosted a dinner to raise funds for the ongoing work at the Lockwood Memorial Field and Park.  The dinner was held at the Lions Club Beach House and it was the perfect venue on a warm spring day.

Hats off to the Kudrinko and Pringle families who donated all of the food.  Seriously – thank you for your generosity.

Great work pulling this together with Councillor Frank Huth leading the way.  There was a host of volunteers helping to ensure that everyone enjoyed a great supper and silent auction.  Thank you to all of you.

And to the members of our community, who always come through and donate generously, you raised over $2700 towards this year’s improvement to the park, which is a children’s playground.  Lockwood Foundation will match that amount, so overall the dinner has raised $5400.

What an amazing night, thank you to everyone.

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2nd Annual Merrickville Heritage Classic

Spent the early morning in Merrickville with Merrickville-Wolford Mayor David Nash, MP Gord Brown and MPP Steve Clark.  Fantastic event – over 300 participants.  Congratulations to the organizers.

Steve is going to the Lions Club Beach House tonight for dinner and support the Lockwood Memorial Field and Park fund raiser.  If you see him, perhaps you could shake his hand and thank him for all of the support he has given the Village this past year in regard to the waste water treatment plant.Merrickville.JPG

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Today is Niki Bresee’s last day

Niki has taken a position in Kingston and we are sending her off with our best wishes and congratulations.  She has been a rock for us at the Village, particularly by providing support for the new Council in 2014 and since then with both a new CAO and Treasurer.

If you have a moment today, please drop by and thank Niki for her hard work and loyalty to the residents and businesses owners in the Village.

All the best, Niki.

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Westport – the new Hollywood North?

Last fall, Mr Norman Berketa, owner of NMB Productions, met with me at Town Hall and shared that his Canadian company planned on filming a TV series pilot in the Village this year.  He has recently confirmed that the crews and actors will be in the Village filming the week of May 26 and will be poking around this coming week (May 2) making the final selection of where they will be shooting.

The series called “Gentle Bend”, is a quirky dramatic comedy about relationships and redemption.  The story follows a 30-something Ben Dalton as he tries to pick-up the pieces of his shattered life, back where he once belonged, the small Village of Gentle Bend.

Let’s show them what our Westport Home Town Pride is all about.  Because you never know…  Perhaps Steven Spielberg next??

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