20160330 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, March 30, 2016. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341.

The Tavistock PeeWee Reps are, left to right, in front: Sam Patton, Justin Roth; first row: Brady Griffi, Pete McIntosh, Drew Brenneman, Owen Donaldson, Nick Raymer, Dylan Haight; second row: Carter McKay, Owen McCarther, Owen Hill, Kyle Burchatzki, Reid Forthuber, Kyle Stock, Marc Dionne; back row: Darryl McIntosh, Wayne Shewfelt, Greg Shewfelt, Greg Barker, and Murray Erb. Absent from the photo is Ben Reibling. (Photo by Brenda Forthuber)

Mike Munro with opponent Gary Zehr behind.

Mike Munro lines up a shot as skip for his team at the Tavistock Curling Club.

An Erie Thames Power employee trims a tree on Hope Street East Friday following the ice storm.

Derika Scheerer gets help from Ms. Marci Rabe in the Grade 3 art class at Tavistock Public School.

Ava Ropp shows her ‘stained glass’ bristol board and tissue paper creation to classmate Desmond Loveday Mayhew.

Belle Houle describes her Human Body Project to fellow students Gracie O’Rourke and Aiden Albrecht. The three are Grade 5 students of Chrissy Kelly-Burtis.

Oxford Small Business Support Centre Young Entrepreneur Program Coordinator Lindsay Wilson (left) speaks with Evelyn Vos (centre) and Jan Ramseyer at the Tavistock Library on Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

Youth curlers are, from the left: Ryan Ziegler, Blair Sparling, Clayton Gerber, Bill Green(coach), Matthew Brenneman, Josh Kimpel, Mason McKay, Alexandra Beehler, Alyssa Remenda, Alex Dingwell, Matt Bartlett and Jordan Bartlett. (Contributed photo)

Team Unity Beginner and Pre-Novice teams are from the left, front row: Lindsay Vanderhyden, Avery Brenneman, Maddy Adam, Annabelle Henry, Callie Brenneman, Reegan Zeigler; back row: Kaylee Adam, Shelby Vanderhyden, Allyson Kau, Allysa Podan, Tori Jantzi, and Ava Panchen-Porchak. (Contributed photo)

The Team Unity Beginners 2 include, from the left, in front: Rianna Forthuber; front row: Larissa Brenneman, Jorja Koot, Calista Bruder, Ainsley Dotzert; back row: Lily Bernier, Emma Brenneman, Allyson Barbour, and Becca Dotzert; behind: Sarah Schultz and Felix Weber. (Contributed photo)

Erie Thames Power employees work on restoring power to the village last Friday after a tree fell and knocked down a pole on the main line on Jacob Street West.

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PEEWEE REPS ARE OMHA CHAMPS: The B. Kropf Forestry Peewee Reps clinched the OMHA championship this past Friday, March 25th by defeating Wasaga Beach in game 5 of the final series.

Other stories in this week’s edition:
PeeWee Reps are OMHA Champs
A long, long weekend without hydro
Maples resident returns home
Youth curling season ends
Historical Society plans for annual meeting
Curling: A new perspective (Mike Munro)
Birth Announcement: Remington Trachsel
Marriage Announcement: Keaton and Tamara Trachsel
65th Anniversary: Jean and Clare Brown
‘Unity’ synchro teams compete
Hickson 4-H ‘Our Heritage Club’ project underway
School Projects: Creative Learning
The Human Body, Greetings Earthlings, ‘Stained Glass’ Creations
A Trip Down Memory Lane: Optimist Executive – April 1979
Health clinic plans for annual meeting
Oxford Small Business targets young entrepreneurs
Daffodil weekend: Cancer Society
Gazette in Hawaii: Sparling family
Novice Reps advance to league finals

 

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20160323 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, March 23, 2016. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341.

Walter and Valerie Kropf (right) and their daughter Melissa and husband Phillip Hulcoop taking a break from their field work in Manitoba last fall.

Some of the trucks loaded with straw set to return to Ontario from the Manitoba scales.

Organ donor recipients, clockwise from the left, Andrea Clegg, Kelly Kleinschmidt, Jenn Irwin, Ryley Mitchell, and Mike Sullivan. http://www.beadonor.ca

Library Page Kirsten Schultz offers pipe cleaners at the craft table.

Melia Britton (left) and Chloe Britton (right) work on their crafts while Library Page Kirsten Schultz helps Noelle Daum.

Brothers Reegan and Riley Oesch are helped by Heather Davidson.

Braves receiving honours were, pictured from the left: Angus Rowland – Heart and Soul; Josh Borys – Most Sportsmanlike; Kieran Van Boekel – Most Improved; Jacob Wiffen – Playoff MVP; Jared Yantzi – MVP and Best Defenceman; Jacob Rooke – Most Points and Rookie of the Year.

At left, Jay Alexander receives the Tournament MVP trophy. At right is Olivia Windley, New Hamburg with her MVP trophy.

Tavistock Tykes: In front goalie Ryan Roden; first row (left to right): Marshall McKay, Cam Munro, Drew Roth, Colin Smith, Jay Alexander 2nd row: Zachary MacMillan, Jackson MacMillan, Colby Rhodes, Jack Matheson; behind: Coaches Josh Munro, Roger MacMillan, and David Johnson.

Embro Edge Tyke players participate in the Skills Competition at the Jimmy Roth Tournament last Friday, From the left are goaltender Ethan Walters pulled by Alex Fraser and Danyka Strickler.

Braves Kieran vanBoekel points out a course in the skills competition.

The Tavistock Tykes celebrate following their championship win in the 2016 K=Jimmy Roth Tournament.

Princess Elizabeth W.I. ladies receiving Ontario Volunteer Service pins on Tuesday, March 15 at Arden Park in Stratford include, from the left: Linda Bender (receiving for her late mother Dorothy Riebling – 60 years), Ernie Hardeman, Jean Houghton – 60 years, Mary Lou Ross – 30 years, Mary Nicklas – 50 years and Shonna Ward – 30 years. All the ladies were nominated by the Princess Elizabeth Women’s Institute.

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A PRAIRIE ADVENTURE: Walter and Valerie Kropf and their daughter Melissa and husband Phillip Hulcoop taking a break from their field work in Manitoba last fall.

Other stories in this week’s edition:
Tavistock Optimists looking for memorabilia
Princess Elizabeth W.I. visit Cornel Twin Branch
Princess Elizabeth W.I. Ontario Volunteer Service Awards
Ministerial Letter: The Cross: Jesus’ Passion
The Departed: Marlene Berg, Ruth E. Oakes
Men’s Club hosts Rural/Urban Night
Transplant recipients meet
Queen’s Park Gates Report
EZT Council passes budget: Taxes to increase 4.22%
Bits & Pieces at Huntingford A.C.W.
March Break Crafts at the Library
A trip down memory lane – Easter Bunny at Block Parents Skating
Oxford’s Mackay honoured in Legislature
Braves Annual Awards Night
Tykes win Jimmy Roth Tournament
Braves organize skills competition at Tyke Tournament
PeeWee Reps tied with Wasaga Beach 2-2 in OMHA final
Tavistock Minor Hockey Reports

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20160316 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, March 16, 2016. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341.

Wayne Ropp enjoys music, hockey and is semi-retired from the soil and crop business.

Mrs. Barb Matthies (centre) gives a brief history of the Tavistock Woollen Mill at the Museum/Archives to members of the Hickson 4-H History Project, from the left, Keeton Jones, Sarah Danen, Mac Alexander, Nick Alexander, Emma Pullen, Joellah Fletcher, Amy Danen, and Rose Danen.

The Tavistock Titans Novice Rep team are, in front, left to right: (goalies) Bryce Hutcheson, Logan MacMillan; middle row: Cooper Yantzi, Jake Hauss, Luc Dionne, Logan Rose, Alex Michiels; back row: Carly McIntosh, Rowan Bartlett, Tucker Otto, Carter Skillings, Morgan Brenneman. (contributed photo)

Warming up are PeeWee Reps, from the left, Nick Raymer, Sam Patton and Marc Dionne.

PeeWee Rep Coach Greg Shewfelt sets players in place for an on-ice drill.

The Tavistock Titans PeeWee LL’s are shown practicing with the Royals. Titan coach Trent Jones (left) and Royals’ coach Brent Lange (right) show Nicole Wilhelm, Nate Patton and Evan Britton a new drill. (contributed photo)

The Tavistock Titans PeeWee LL’s are shown practicing with the Royals. Royals’ goalie Eric Peicheff gives some advice to Titan goaltender Colin Wickenheiser. (contributed photo)

TPS Kindergarten teacher Jackie Verhoeven discusses penguins with some of her students, from the left, Lily Hauss, Peyton Christie, Ruby Locke, and Ben Church. The childrens’ lifesize penguins are on display on the wall in the school amphitheatre.

Members of the Hickson Hawks Girls’ Basketball championship team include, from the left, in front: Grace Empringham, Amanda Witmer, Beth Ewing, Abby Bender; back row: Coach Ellen van Lierop, Sarah van Dijken, Alyssa Lupton, Hope Morley, Hannah Cowan, Clara Roth, Coach Jon Empringham. Absent from the photo are team members Emma Pullen and Judy Seng. (contributed photo)

Grade 1 students Knox Glofcheski (left) with his Treasure Box and Brady Kuiack with his monster box creation on display in the Tavistock Public School entrance cases.

Rev. Paul Adams of Tavistock Mennonite Church delivers the message at the Thursday, March 10th Lenten Service.

 

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LIFE IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT: Wayne Ropp enjoys music, hockey and is semi-retired from the soil and crop business.

Other stories in this week’s edition:
Attempted robbery at gas bar
Lenten services lead up to Easter
Historical Society plans Annual Meeting
W.I. Spring Board Meeting
The Departed: Robert “Bob” Stere
A trip down memory lane … Bob and Betty Stere
Penguin project in Kindergarten
What’s in a box? TPS Grade 1 project
Hickson Girls win Thames Valley Basketball title
National Farm safety Week – March 14-20
Novice finalists in tournament
PeeWees and Royals practice together
PeeWees in OMHA finals
Tavistock Minor Hockey Reports

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20190309 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, March 9, 2016. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341.

Community volunteers Ron and Joyce Hill in their East Zorra-Tavistock rural home.

Members of the Tavistock Public School Sr. Boys Basketball team include, from the left, in front: Luke Hyde, Carter Roth, Mason McKay, Isac Blum, Shawn Farrell, Blair Sparling; back row: Zhao-Yu Tan, Coach Chris Ross, Clayton Gerber, Kyle Roth, Ryan terMaat, Brady Roth, Chad Brown, and Ryan Ziegler. Missing from the photo is team member Carter McKay.

Grade 8 Camp Celtic Fundraiser. Hannah Edmonstone and Stefanie Cahill take an order.

The PeeWee Reps received haircuts courtesy of Michelle Roth prior to their wins last week. The team includes, from the left, front row: Pete McIntosh, Justin Roth, Dylan Haight, Sam Patton; middle row: Nick Raymer, Brady Griffi, Drew Brenneman, Owen Donaldson, Kyle Burchatzki, Marc Dionne; back row: Owen McArther, Carter McKay, Owen Hill, Reid Forthuber, Kyle Stock, and Ben Reibling.

Craig Blum searches for the puck against

Action around the fireman’s net.

Fireman Jeremy Bartlett (#23) battles with Jim McDonald (#12) at the faceoff while referee Larry Kropf looks on the play.

The EZT Fire team consisted of firefighters from Tavistock (T), Hickson (H) and Innerkip (I) stations, left to right, in front: Nick Dorken (I), Justin Garner (I), Jamie Sullivan (T), Jeremy Bartlett (T), Scott Zehr (T), Ken McIntyre (I); standing: Brent Lange (T), Brad Ward (H), Elijah Bodnar (I), Paul Brenneman (T), Craig Blum (T), Dan O’Hearn (T), Chris Ward (H), Andrew Raymer (T), Mark Wettlaufer (T), John Scherer (H). Standing in the centre is piper Scott Matheson of the Uniondale Firefighters and below, Sparky – Adam Witmer. The Oxford (O) and Perth (P) EMS team included, left to right, kneeling: Jake Tayler (P), Stu Parsons (P), Matt Doughty (P), Chris Warboys (O), Sam Luckhart (P), Ryan Kelly (O), Chantelle Goyetche (O), Brandon Vandenburg (O); standing: Jim McDonald (O), Brandon Wise (O), Kyle Stewart (O), Kris Fraser (O), Jared Bauman (O), Dan Fraser (O), Steve Rabak (P), and Brad Wickens (P).

EMS’s Kyle Stewart faces off with Fire’s Jamie Sullivan. Dropping the puck are Don Junker and Brian Simmons.

EMS’s Kyle Stewart faces off with Fire’s Jamie Sullivan. Dropping the puck are Wayne Krakowski and Jon Rowe.

EMS’s Kyle Stewart faces off with Fire’s Jamie Sullivan. Dropping the puck are Linda Rockwood and Sherman Kropf.

Goaltender Nick Dorken and Chris Ward defend against EMS’s Chantelle Goyetche.

EMS goaltender Brandon Vandenburg and Dan Fraser defend against EZT Fire’s Scott Zehr.

EZT Fire celebrates a goal – Mark Wettlaufer (centre).

EZT Fire’s Chris Ward.

EZT Fire’s Jamie Sullivan.

EMS’s Steve Rabak charges up the ice.

EMS’s Jim McDonald gets in close on EZT Fire goaltender Justin Garner.

Chris Ward accepts the “Exringuisher” trophy from EZT Mayor Don McKay.

 

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20160302 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, March 2, 2016. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341.

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