20180829 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, August 29, 2018. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341. (Sorry, we cannot make prints of contributed photos).

FALL FAIR CAR SHOW WILL BE A CLASSIC: Mervin Ropp stands with his 1929 Model A Ford and several other classic cars he owns and shows at the Tavistock Fall Fair Show and Shine each year.

Other stories in this week’s edition:
• West Nile virus confirmed in Oxford
• Municipal Election Tom Murray for Councillor, Ward 1
• Letter: Municipal elections are serious business
• Gazette Around the Globe: Baltic cruise stops in Estonia
• Paul Harris Fellows presented at Rotary District Governor’s Night
• Hickson Lions honour Joe Zehr
• Tavistock Ag Society: 16th year for Fall Fair Silent Auction
• Bantam Girls earn silver in Grand Valley
• Report theft from locked shed
• Nauta sisters are Oxford Queens of the Furrow
• Paving the way… (Woodstock street paved)
• Buy Close By grand prize draw planned next week
• Murder Mystery at the Fall Fair
• From the Editor: 65 and climbing!
• A Trip Down Memory Lane – August 26, 1981
– Three-Wheeler Dealers (Patterson, Ramseyer, Mohr)

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20180822 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, August 22, 2018. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341. (Sorry, we cannot make prints of contributed photos).

SIGNS PRO VOLLEYBALL CONTRACT IN SWITZERLAND: Chris Newcombe, who played five years with the Western Mustangs, has signed a pro contract with Top Volley Luzern in Switzerland.

Other stories in this week’s edition:
• Residents should keep vehicles locked
• Municipal Election Margaret Lupton for Councillor, Ward 1
• Tactile Ground Surface Indicators
• Humbled by Humboldt: Letter from Paul Raymer
• Mother’s calla lilies still growing after 75 years: Dorothy Woelfle
• Motor vehicle stolen while left running in Shakespeare
• Lloyd Rudisuela: 90th Birthday
• Community Vacation Bible School focuses on farm stories
• Tavistock PeeWee Boys U14 win ORSA title
• Novice Girls, Tier 2 Grand Valley champs
• Squirt Girls cap off undefeated season

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20180815 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, August 15, 2018. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341. (Sorry, we cannot make prints of contributed photos).

HONOURED BY HICKSON LIONS CLUB: Gwen King poses with the 2018 John Tipping Memorial Award as presented by the Hickson Lions Club during Lions Daze on July 21st.

Other stories in this week’s edition:
• Chamber hosts annual barbecue
• 28th Annual Ecumenical Service in the Park: Together We Worship & Serve
• Putting their stamp on it … Nicholson Sidewalks
• Braves Executive Volunteer Wolfgang Weber: Anything for the boys!
• Forthcoming Marriage: Emily Bailey and Curtis Griffin
• Uturn Ranch Summer Camp: Kids enjoy ranch life
• Council upholds assessments
• Tavistock Kids Annual Road Hockey Tournament: Awesome Athletics undefeated
• First Year Mites complete season
• Cattlemen’s BBQ feeds hungry patrons
• From Trash to Treasure: Library Budding Botanists
• Sisters lead the cheer! (Kayleigh & Charlotte Hunt)

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20180808 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, August 8, 2018. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341. (Sorry, we cannot make prints of contributed photos).

BOYS CAPTURE U16 GOLD: The Tavistock Athletics captured the 2018 U16 Boys’ Canadian Fastpitch Championship gold medal in Innerkip.

Other stories in this week’s edition:

• • Candidates step up for two Council seats
  • Men’s Club: Special needs swing installed in queen’s Park
  • Gazette around the Globe: Tim Mosher in North Korea
  • Men’s Club hosts Tractor Breakfast
  • Friends tour South Africa: In search of the ‘Big Five’
  • Tavistock Fall Fair Ambassadors: Passing on the agricultural title
  • 16th year for Fall Fair Silent Auction
  • Curbs and concrete: Sidewalks installed downtown
  • Old maple removed at corner of Hope and William St.
  • Mosquito pool tests positive in Drumbo
  • Watch out for banking scams
  • Hope for Sierra Leone
  • A trip down memory lane: August 10, 1977
    – Rotary Club raising funds with car draw

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20180801 Gazette Photos

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, August 1, 2018. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341. (Sorry, we cannot make prints of contributed photos).

Other stories in this week’s edition:

• No one files for muncipal election in Tavistock: Ward 1
• Mike Sullivan wins gold, 3 bronze at Transplant Games
• Gazette Around the Globe: Edwards in Newfoundland
• Cowboys & Cowgirls: Rylee Weldrick and Bo Herlick
• Bible Chapel Vacation Bible School: Deep Sea Discovery
• Maples’ Summer BBQ
• Sonrisen Farms: Pearsons have Classic Champion
• Hickson Lions Daze: A roaring hit!
• Braemar Women’s Institute: Hospitals receive dolls, blankets
• Camp Alliwannado: Passport to adventure
• Donaldson International: Supplying pigs to Taiwan, China
• The Silver Sluggers Coach Pitch Team
• Watch out for banking scams
• Rawhide Pro Rodeo: Bullriding photo

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20180801 Rawhide Rodeo

Photos by the Tavistock Gazette for Wednesday, August 1, 2018 of the Rawhide Pro Rodeo held July 28 and 29, 2018 at Uturn Ranch. For colour prints, please contact the Gazette at tavistockgazette@rogers.com or call 519-655-2341.

 

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