Congratulations to Nick Armitage and Stephanie Kingsbury who were married at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Shawville on Saturday. The ceremony was followed by a dinner and reception at the Jack Graham Community Centre in Bristol. Wishing Nick and Stephanie all the best as they begin their life together as husband and wife.
Best wishes are also going out to Sam Clarke and Josh Massia, as they said I do on Saturday in a beautiful outdoor ceremony at Wilderness Tours on the Ottawa River, near Beachburg, Ont. Family and friends enjoyed a beautiful day celebrating with the happy couple. All the best to Sam and Josh.

It was a big weekend for celebrating milestone anniversaries. On Friday, Frank and Eileen McRae were toasted at a party in Cobden, Ont. with family, neighbours, and friends gathered to mark their 50th wedding anniversary. They were entertained with music by Denny Welburn and the Heartbeats, as well as some fiddle tunes from Virginia, Shawn and Isabel Schwartz. Congratulations Frank and Eileen.
On Saturday, Chris and Jeannie Judd celebrated their 50th anniversary with a big party at Starborn Farms in Bristol. My mother was one of the guests, and she thought it was a wonderful celebration. At their table, they were posed the challenge of describing Chris and Jeannie in one word, and after much thought and reflection, they decided upon the simple but poignant word “Good”. Good neighbours, good friends, good couple, good parents and so on. Best wishes to the Judds, such good people.
Anniversary wishes are also going out to Bill and Susan Hamilton as they celebrated their 40th anniversary on Aug.12 with lots of love from all of their family and friends.
A surprise party was held at the Quyon Legion on Saturday in honour of Maryon Courrier’s 85th birthday. Maryon was shocked and delighted to find many friends and family members there to celebrate with her. She had a wonderful time.
I’d like to send big birthday wishes out to my little buddy Oliver Brownlee as he turned one on Aug. 14 and also to my cousin Dillon Draper who is turning seven today. We have birthday wishes going out to Carmel Côté today, to Troy Côté on Aug. 16, to Rylie McCann who is turning four on Aug. 17, to Sue Hamilton on Aug. 18, and to Abby Côté and Kayla Duquette both celebrating on Aug. 21. Happy days to everyone celebrating this week.
The Camp of Champions held their annual ball tournament in Quyon over the weekend, with many teams coming from far and wide to take part in both slo-pitch and 3-pitch divisions. The proceeds from this tournament go towards supporting our Canadian Special Olympics Athletes. A group of locals played for the Diamond Cutters and they were the big winners on the 3-pitch side. Kudos to all of the organizers and participants.
The Quyon Flyers were on the road last week, taking on I4C Victory in Manotick in a double-header last Thursday. The Flyers won one and tied one and they are back at the top of the standings in the GOFL. They have no games on the schedule for this week, but will be back in action in Quyon on Aug. 23.