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When Jenna McCoubrey Prestidge was a little girl there were two things she loved most in the world: being a farm kid and playing hockey. Read More

Registration is now open for a relay swim event that will mark the 50th anniversary of the tragic shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The 17-stage, 411-mile relay swim begins in Lake Superior, where the shipwreck lies, and ends in Detroit, the ship’s intended destination. Read the full story by MLive.

As more green infrastructure projects are installed across the state of Michigan, more workers are needed to maintain them. Friends of the Rouge, a Detroit-area nonprofit that manages the River Rouge watershed, is offering a short course about maintaining green infrastructure like rain gardens. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff is accepting nominations for deserving residents of his riding to receive a King Charles III Coronation Medal. Read More

A new 4-H club has finished for the year. Read More

Police charged a 15-year-old after nude photos of someone younger than 18 years were posted on social media. Read More

The mail must go through, they say, through snow and rain and gloom of night. Even if it means walking 45 miles and back. Read More

A bat from Grey-Bruce has tested positive for rabies and a person who was potentially exposed to the virus is receiving post-exposure treatment. Read More

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff is accepting nominations for deserving residents of his riding to receive a King Charles III Coronation Medal. Read More

A bat from Grey-Bruce has tested positive for rabies and a person who was potentially exposed to the virus is receiving post-exposure treatment. Read More

Nominations are now open for the Kincardine & District Chamber of Commerce Community Achievement Awards.
“Chamber of commerce awards are important to a community because they recognize and celebrate the achievements of local businesses, fostering a sense of pride and accomplishment,” said Chris Turcotte, chamber president. “These awards highlight the positive contributions of businesses, encouraging higher standards and inspiring other enterprises to strive for excellence. They also enhance the visibility of successful businesses, which can attract new customers and investments to the area. Ultimately, these awards help strengthen the local economy and build a more vibrant, connected community.”
The chamber is inviting the public to nominate a deserving business, not-for-profit group or individual in one of 16 categories. Each award, which focuses on the specific impact the nominee has had on the community, is sponsored by a local business.
Community Achievement Awards are a staple event in chambers across the country. The ceremonies provide an avenue to celebrate communities and the people who live there, as well as providing economic benefits.
Nominations can be made online at kincardinechamber.com and then clicking on the “CAA” link. An identical link will be found on the Kincardine Chamber Facebook and Instagram pages. Nominations remain open until Aug. 9 at 5 p.m.
A panel of judges from outside of the area, with no connection to the nominees, will choose the winners in each category.
The awards ceremony is a formal, ticketed event hosted by Ainsdale Golf Course on Oct. 10. The ticket price includes admission to the event, networking, dinner, live entertainment and the awards presentation.
Tickets can be purchased by contacting the chamber via email at director@kincardinechamber.com or by calling 519-396-9333. Read More

A new 4-H club has finished for the year.
The Bruce County Showing and Fitting Club held its first meeting on May 4 at Hodglynn Holsteins, just outside Bervie.
The Bruce County Showing and Fitting Club focused on teaching its members how to prepare dairy heifers for the show ring.
There are a lot of steps to getting animals ready for showing, starting with how and what to feed them to teaching them to walk in the ring. At each meeting, the members were taught a different part of prepping heifers.
At the first meeting, Molly King, one of the club’s leaders, demonstrated how to clip a calf’s main body area.
Using a calf provided by Hodglynn Holsteins, Molly showed the club that by clipping against the calf’s hair, they would be able to remove more hair and not leave streaks of hair. This gives the calf a cleaner and smoother looking haircut.
After the demonstration, Jason Martin taught the members about feeding their heifers. Jason Martin, from Elmira, Ont., has spent years getting cows and heifers ready for the ring. He told the members that getting their calves to eat and adjust at a show starts with how they feed the heifers at home.
Once Jason finished, the club members got out their clippers and went to work practicing what Molly showed them at the beginning of the meeting.
The second meeting was held at the Teeswater fairgrounds. This meeting focused on showmanship.
Laura Phoenix, a judge and former champion showman, watched the members as they practiced their showmanship. She gave tips and offered advice on how to improve in the ring.
Laura told the members that they should work in unison with their calf in order make their movements in the ring, not stand out and distract from their heifer.
The members spent a couple of hours practicing all of the different moves they use to set up their calves in the ring.
For the third meeting, the club was back at Hodglynn Holsteins. This time the guest speaker was Kyle Stockdale.
Kyle is a professional fitter who also has a business repairing and selling clippers, blades and showing equipment.
Kyle gave the club a demonstration on how to wedge toplines and blend belly hair.
While he worked, Kyle explained what he was doing and why it was important.
Wedging toplines refers to clipping the hair along the calf’s spine. The idea is to make the calf’s back look straight and level. Leaving the hair longer in any low spots on the calf’s topline allows the fitter to hide any faults the calf has.
Blending the belly hair gives the calf a clean sharp outline and can help shallow heifers appear deeper with more capacity. This is important because capacity is one of the main points that heifers get judged on in the ring. Read More