Purple Grove news

Congratulations to Sarah and Glen Farrell on the birth of their second baby girl, Nora Lynn, born March 28. A little sister for Paisley. 

Also, congratulations to Sarah’s sister, Ashley, and Donnie on the safe arrival of their baby boy, Kyle, March 24. 

Dave and Debbie Wray of Lindsay visited on the weekend with the Farrells. 
 
Visiting last week with Mary Anne Kukoly, was her cousin, Terry Wardrop of Whitemouth, Manitoba.

Sorry to hear that Shirley Galloway fell and broke a hip last week. She’s back home again. Get well soon! 

Also get well wishes to those in hospital and suffering from the flu again. 

Spring is in the air, the birds are singing and some tundra swans have made their appearance again. Anyone heard any frogs singing yet?
 
The Tommy Cooper Award was presented to Les Nichols of Formosa, Friday night at the Elmwood Community Centre.  Les has been active in many agricultural organizations in Bruce County and is currently the president of the Bruce County Federation of Agriculture. This evening was hosted by the Grey and Bruce County Federation of Agriculture.
Guest speaker was Jim Snyder who spoke on opportunities in agriculturalcareers. Also, the Grey County public speaking competition winners gave their speeches; Travis Copeland who spoke on living with kidney disease and Dylyn Aitken on decertification of our county lands. The Bruce County Award of Merit was presented to Peter Jillisen. Congratulations to all;  it was a great evening!
 
Doug, Shirley, Andrew and Diane MacDonald enjoyed the illusionist performance held at the Teeswater Community Centre Saturday night. 

Happy Anniversary to Rick and Susan Ryman from your Purple Grove friends! 

Also, birthday greetings to Wendy Smith this week!

PURPLE GROVE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
 
The March meeting of the Purple Grove Women's Institute was held at the home of Mary Anne Kukoly. President Janet Rhody opened the meeting and welcomed all attending. There were some great tips offered about being clutter-free.

Maureen Collins read the Scripture. Fran Farrell read the minutes, and items discussed were the upcoming District Annual and the Provincial Convention. Marilyn Reid gave the District Directors meeting report. 

Convener Fran Farrell introduced the guest speaker, Emily Martin of the Pine River Watershed Initiative Network (PRWIN). She gave us an excellent presentation on the work being done and the various projects that have been completed. In our travels in the area, we have seen the reforestation projects and wetland at the McLarty Centre. During the presentation, the ladies asked questions to Martin as part of the Roll Call. She was thanked by Mary Anne.

A great lunch was provided by Shirley MacDonald and Christine Roberts.

The next meeting will be at the home of Wilma Sutton, April 5,  at 7 p.m. This will be the annual meeting.