Congratulations to Holly Godin and Dan Chartrand on the birth of their beautiful daughter Ivy Rae.
Get well wishes, thoughts and prayers are with Lisette Dumouchel-Carroll who had the misfortune of falling and breaking her hip and ankle. We hope that you are on the mend real soon Lisette.
Charlie Ethier is celebrating a birthday Sept. 21. All the best is wished to you Charlie.
Connie and Charlie Andrews are celebrating their anniversary on Sept. 25. All the best is wished to you both in the coming year.

Karine Chenier is celebrating her birthday on Sept. 26. We hope that you enjoy your special day Karine.
As the cooler evenings gently glide across the Pontiac all the early and familiar signs of the fall season are showing their presence. Squirrels are busy storing up food for winter, soft maple trees are among the first to display some brilliant coloured leaves and residents once again prepare for the more demanding winter months ahead. Of all the seasons, I love autumn, the colours, the sense of harvesting the bounty of the farms and gardens, the change in activities and our focus on something new, a feeling of calm and accepting that summer has passed and life flows on in a familiar pattern. As we search for that favourite jacket, let us take in this awesome gift of the Canadian Autumn in the Pontiac. Though the season seems brief, we celebrate for some the return to school, parish suppers, Thanksgiving, hunting season and Halloween. But beyond this, there is the tranquil and reassuring sense that the seasons flow on as they always have, and our lives flow on just as the beautiful Ottawa River.