Best wishes to Shelley Fraser Welburn as she is celebrating her retirement from the Government of Canada after almost 37 years of employment. Congratulations Shelley, relax and enjoy.
There was another fire in town last week. A house burnt on St. Andrew Street. Thankfully no one was injured in the fire. Thoughts are with Gaston Larocque and his family as they recover from this unfortunate incident.
The village was without water for most of the day on Saturday. We don’t realize how we take a resource like that for granted until we are without.
Kudos to the Municipality of Pontiac Public Works team who had to work in the bitter cold to repair the system and also to our councillor Sue McKay for keeping the public informed and updated during the water outage. Their hard work is greatly appreciated.
On Saturday, a great gang was out to brave the cold and enjoy a day of winter fun at Trickle Creek Lodge. Everyone bundled up for skating, sliding, huddling around bonfires and they served a delicious meal of hot dogs, chili and beans. It was a terrific day. Big thanks to the Trickle Creek gang for hosting.
It was great to hear that the rinks in our municipality all opened last week as the kids always look forward to being out skating and playing hockey.
I hear the Ski Pontiac trails around Pine Lodge are also in great shape. I haven’t made it up there yet but I have been out snowshoeing around home a few times. If you can’t beat the cold, might as well enjoy it.
We have birthday wishes going out to Julia Bernier and Sharon Young both on Jan. 16. Happy birthday to the Jan. 17 Club: Christopher Provost, Vikki Stanley, Joanne McMurray, Meagan McCann, Tracey McColgan, and Don Desabrais. Ryan Nugent’s family are wishing him a happy birthday on Jan. 18. Birthday wishes are also going out to Katrine-Anne Villeneuve on Jan. 19 and to Kristen Stanley on Jan. 21. Happy days to everyone celebrating this week.
A reminder that the first soup and sandwich lunch is on at Quyon United Church today starting at 11:30 a.m. Come on out to enjoy a homemade lunch and a great visit.
