20161026 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, October 26, 2016. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341.

STORIES THIS WEEK:
Township says ‘no leaves on the street’
TPS students join the ‘Big Crunch’
Southern Area W.I.’s enjoy Day of Learning, Fellowship
The Departed: Heather Ann Smith,
Albert A. Rutherford, Margaret Anne Collins
Oxford County Junior Farmers looking for new members to join
School students tour WW1 display
Music Night highlights WW1 remembrance
Men’s Club at the Legion: WW1 presentation
Church welcomes community to carve jack-o-lanterns
First Shift Program returns for third year
Chamber gathering input for town improvements
Local youth learning self defense
Fall Expo held at Missionary Church
East Zorra-Tavistock Council October 5 (continued)
Community flu clinics start October 28th
Royals dump Tillsonburg 9-3
Injuries hurting Braves
Former Braves welcomed at alumni dinner
Braves promote Breast Cancer awareness
Tavistock Titans Minor Hockey Reports
A Trip Down Memory Lane:
– Tavistock Girls win ‘B’ volleyball tourney (Nov. 30, 1977)

 

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20161019 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, October 19, 2016. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341.

Ed Schwartzentruber spent nearly half a century in the lumber business, cutting timber all across Ontario.

Christopher Pape of the Ontario Fire College explains the operations of a drone to East Zorra-Tavistock Fire Chief Scott Alexander and Tavistock Station Chief Paul Roth (right) at the Mutual Aid meeting on October 12th. At left is Firefighter Nick Hendry.

Students in Michelle Nahrgang’s Grade 1 class at Tavistock Public School help with Food Drive donations through the Farm Credit Corporation’s Drive Away Hunger program. Non-perishable items were collected at Tavistock and Hickson schools with the goods going to the Tavistock Assistance Program (TAP).

Rosemary Arthurs (left) with Leigh and Lois Steckley at the 10th annual Empty Bowls for Haiti fundraiser at Steinmann Mennonite Church in Baden.

From the left, AJ, Christopher and Narima Whitman and Joan Crawford, all of Cambridge, at the Empty Bowls fundraiser.

Jesse and Kaleena Schultz of Waterloo enjoy their soup at the empty Bowls fundraiser.

Layna Lupton, 9, dressed as a dollhouse at the Legion Hallowe’en Party on October 15th.

Wayne McGeoch with son Jaxson, 3-1/2 dressed as Buzz Lightyear at the Tavistock Legion Hallowe’en Party held on Saturday, October 15th.

Hayley Schwarz, 6, with her little sister, Claire, 3 months, at the Tavistock Legion Hallowe’en Party held on Saturday, October 15th.

Daryll McCadden poses with his sons, Ewen, 5 (left) and Michael, 7, during the Tavistock Legion Hallowe’en Party on Saturday afternoon, October 15th.

Tianna Lupton, 6, dressed as a dollhouse at the Legion Hallowe’en Party on October 15th.

Tavistock Public School JK/SK students take turns listening to a kitten’s heartbeat through a stethoscope with the help of technician Kelly Bidwell during a tour of the Tavistock Veterinarians last Friday, October 14. About 50 children attended.

Olli Juolevi of the London Knights tries to score on Sam Patton during a presentation at Tavistock Public School.

Tavistock Public School student Zach Roth gets his jersey autographed by London Knights players Max Jones (right) and Olli Juolevi last week at the school. At left is Tavistock Principal Nicola Bankes and London Knights box office manager Kaitlin Williams.

Tavistock Public School students pose with London Knights players Olli Juolevi and Max Jones.

Tavistock Public School teacher Craig White poses with Olli Juolevi (left) and Max Jones of the London Knights.

Tavistock Atom LL goaltender Bryce Hutcheson makes a breakaway save in his team’s 4-1 victory over the Twin Center Stars on Saturday in Tavistock.

Other stories in this week’s edition:

• Downtown streetscape discussed
• Kindergarten classes tour Tavistock veterinary office
• Empty Bowls for Haiti celebrates 10th year
• The Departed: Frances A. Culliton
• Township building permit revenue up
• Students drive away hunger
• Musical Moments’ outstanding student: Rebekah Schwartzentruber
• London Knights impress Tavistock school students
• Royals tame Muskies
• Can drones help with firefightng?
• Braves edged in three on weekend
• Legion Hallowe’en: McCadden and Schwarz
• Council approves rezoning application and solar projects
• Tavistock Titans Minor Hockey Reports
• A Trip Down Memory Lane:
  –   Tavistock Girls win ‘B’ volleyball tourney (Nov. 30, 1977)

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20161012 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, October 12, 2016. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341.

Shelby Pozza joined the East Zorra-Tavistock Fire Department, Hickson Station, December 1, 2015, along with four other recruits.

Tavistock Braves’ Nick Zehr (#96) reaches for a loose puck around an open net Friday night. The Burford Bulldogs staged a comeback win to double the Braves 6-3.

Kevin Wilson flips burgers at the CIBC barbecue fundraiser last Friday afternoon. Behind are Joyce Kelly, Joyce Zehr and Marg Pletsch. The event raised $687.00 for the Queen’s Park Stone gates restoration project.

Esther Eby concentrates on her shot during Tavistock Crokinole Club action last Tuesday evening, October 4, 2016 at the Tavistock Missionary Church.

Underground services to the new Orchards subdivision should be complete by the end of this week with water testing to follow according to development partner John Day of Apple Homes.

Ed Bickle sprays a field of soybeans south of Tavistock last week.

Brenda Campbell of Cozyn’s Garden Gallery in Stratford speaks to members of the Tavistock and Area Horticultural Society about Fairy Gardens.

Brenda Campbell of Cozyn’s Garden Gallery with Carmine Sim at the Tavistock and Area Horticultural Society October meeting.

Other stories in this week’s edition:

• CIBC barbecue raises funds for Queen’s Park gates restoration
• Letter: Yard Waste Depot is a gift. Don’t misuse it
• 4-H starts new milk project
• The Departed: Carl Nicklas
• Gazette Around the Globe: Scheerers in India
• Bickles spraying soybeans (photo)
• Fairy garden novelty explained at Horticultural meeting
• Hickson School holds Terry Fox Run
• Underground at The Orchards (photo)
• Crokinole Club – Esther Eby (photo)
• Hardeman launches hydro petition
• Historical Society to host an evening of wartime songs
• Braves have a tough week
• Royals win in shoot out
• Tavistock Titans Minor Hockey Reports
• A Trip Down Memory Lane: Canada Post Poster Contest Winners (June 12, 1985)

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20161005 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, October 5, 2016. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341.

Nancy Loggan in her farm market store on the century farm at the village limits just west of Tavistock.

East Zorra-Tavistock Public Works employee Sean Bowker replaces the light on top of the Founder’s Cairn in front of the post office at the five corner intersection in Tavistock last week.

Dianne and Doug Sparling stand by the steel post in their new dining and meeting room area for D&D Homestyle Cuisine and Café at 4 Woodstock Street North in Tavistock.

Denise and Peter Wicks (left) and Mark and Jerlene Halliday, all of Guelph, following the Ride for refuge held on Saturday, October 1, 2016 which has raised nearly $2 million nationwide.

Residents attended an open house for Jacob Street East reconstruction.

Tavistock Public School Girls won the Novice Team Award at the Happy Hills cross-country meet on Monday, September 19, 2016 with six runners finishing in the top 20. The team included, from the left, Zoey Shantz 12th, Ruby Harnack 1st, Charlee Harvey 17th, Emma Weitzel 15th, Tessa Gerber 19th, and Allie Campeau 9th. About 350 students participated in the annual event.

Tavistock Public School Boys Novice runners finishing in the top 20 at the Happy Hills cross-country meet on Monday, September 19, 2016 were, from the left, Liam Doan 2nd, Rowan Bartlett 11th, Tucker Otto 14th, Scott Schweitzer 16th, and Thomas Ropp 19th.

Zach Lorentz celebrates his goal Saturday night in the Royals’ season opener at the Tavistock arena. The Clinton Radars earned a 7-3 win.

Mike Mahler, a licensed installer for Corix Water Systems installs a water meter and radio transmitter last week in Tavistock.

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