Gorgeous night for Tiverton tree-lighting; and more Tiverton news

Sunday night was Christmas in the Village, with the ninth annual Christmas Tree-lighting at St. Andrews Park. It was a gorgeous night with a great crowd. People enjoyed cookies, hot apple cider and carols before being greeted by Santa who joined the children in the countdown to the lighting. After eating a part of his sign, Jimmy the miniature donkey enjoyed receiving carrot treats from the children. For photos of the tree-lighting, see the Photo Gallery below.

Bruce County Road 15 has some new road signs pointing the way to Kincardine, Inverhuron and Port Elgin.

LIONS CLUB

The Tiverton and District Lions Club wants to sponsor someone between the ages of 17 and 21 in the Lions Club International Youth Exchange program for four to six weeks in the summer of 2018. If you live in Tiverton or Bruce Township and are interested in participating in this program, contact Lion Brent Crawford at 519-368-5361 or  bmcrawford@bmts for more details. The deadline for sponsorship is Jan. 15, 2018.

MANOR MUSINGS

The residents of Tiverton Park Manor were treated to Christmas music by the Huron Heights School Band last week. Each year, the band visits retirement homes in the area to entertain. Thanks to all the students and their director, Heather Weber.

Sunday afternoon, the Tiverton Knox Presbyterian Church Sunday School children performed their Christmas pageant, featuring shadowed images behind a curtain and a narrator telling the story of the Birth of Jesus, with musical accompaniment.

Friday night, the residents took a trip to the Owen Sound Festival of Northern Lights. This has been an annual event for the past seven years and they were not disappointed. Before seeing the lights, they had a lovely dinner at the Harrison Park Inn. Thank you to the volunteers who came along to help out.

CELEBRATIONS

Birthday wishes this week to Phyllis Clark, Betty Fitzsimmons and Shirley Black.

Anyone wishing to submit happenings or birthday/anniversary wishes from Tiverton, Underwood, Inverhuron and surrounding areas, please E-mail me at tivertonnews@gmail.com