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single one of you taught me
something I used in development.
“I would also like to thank all of
my teammates over the years and
their parents who helped drive me to
practices and games when my
parents were busy with my siblings.
“To the staff at Seaforth Arena
(Graham, Kevin, Skinny, Todd,
Doug, John & others), thank you for
the countless times you let me come
in and skate when the ice wasn’t
being used. I fell in love with the
game of hockey there and your
kindness made the world of
difference. You were never obliged
to let me skate there but you always
did and I am forever grateful.
“To my family, thank you for the
time and money you put into
traveling for my practices and games
or even just taking me to the gym.
You are selfless and generous and I
can’t thank you enough. I hope that I
can provide the same opportunity for
my kids as they grow.
“To my amazing grandmother
Deirdre O’Reilly, I can still
remember you buying me brand new
skates because my other ones were
falling apart. Thank you so much for
being my biggest supporter and
always having my back. To my late
grandparents, Rose and Maurice
Bowler, and John Austin, born in
Ashfield who would be so proud that
one of their own brought the Stanley
Cup back to the county, who would
have thought that my late grandpa
Maurice Bowler, who I never met,
would impact me by planting the
seeds of hockey while playing in the
Lucknow arena many years
ago?
“To the schools I grew up in....St.
James and St. Anne’s. I have so
many great memories from both of
these schools. I made some amazing
friendships during my time there as
well. The teachers were always so
patient with me and supported
me so much throughout my
time there. I still get a smile
on my face every time I drive by.
“And lastly, to the staff at the
Goderich YMCA, thank you for
providing me with a place to train
and push myself. You’ve always
been so accommodating with our
family to make sure we had
everything we needed to train.
“There are still so many people I
haven’t gotten a chance to thank, but
I look forward to being able to
celebrate with you all. I’m excited to
announce that on Thursday, July 25 I
will have the Stanley Cup with me to
celebrate with all of you. Our day
will start with a parade at 9:30 a.m.
in Seaforth (Seaforth Fire
Department) from there, we will
make our way to the Seaforth arena
where I will be taking pictures until
11:30 a.m.
“Following this we will make our
way to Goderich for another parade
starting at 1 p.m. and ending at the
Goderich YMCA where I will be
taking pictures until 3:30 p.m.
“To make this day run as smoothly
as possible and to hopefully share
this experience with as many of you
as we can, I will only be doing
pictures and no signings on this day.
I do not get the cup for very long and
this will help ensure that everyone
will have time to get a picture with
the cup. I will return later this
summer and would be happy to sign
anything for you at that point, but I
kindly ask that you wait until then.
“I still can’t believe the outcome
of this year and want to thank you all
for helping to make my dream come
true. I can’t wait to share the Stanley
Cup with all of you. I’m looking
forward to sharing this with as many
of you as I can and I look forward to
seeing you on the 25th.
Sincerely, Snook O’Reilly.”
The Homegrown Food Basket,
after briefly partnering with a new
business in Brussels, is moving its
operations to Wingham’s main
street.
Originally an online venture, the
project, launched in 2017, aimed to
help local producers create an
immediate connection with local
buyers, eliminating some of the
overhead and delivering fresher
products.
The project was the brainchild of
Fordwich’s Jef MacPherson and
David Scherpenzeel.
Scherpenzeel told The Citizen in a
previous interview that farmers
make very little on the sale of goods
in grocery stores, less than 25 per
cent of the purchase price, while
they would get 70 per cent of the
purchase price through Homegrown
Food Basket.
The company also helps farmers
grow their business through
educational opportunities.
The market features food and
products from producers like
Maitside in Brussels, Bayfield
Berry Farm, Anna Mae’s Bakery and
Restaurant in Millbank, cuts of
meats from local producers and
Britt’s Supherb Skincare Products
from Cambridge as well as others.
The new storefront will feature a
café as well as a spot for the farmers’
market-style part of the business to
flourish and provide a base from
which to operate the distribution of
online sales.
For more information on the new
location, pop in for a visit soon.
Stanley Cup destined for Seaforth, Goderich
Home Grown Food
Basket expands again
For the fences
Possibly inspired by the performance Toronto Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in Monday
night’s home run derby (though it had yet to happen), ball players took to the diamonds in
Ethel to swing for the fences and have some fun in the community’s annual ball tournament.
Though many of the players likely came up just short of Guerrero’s 91 home runs, fun looked
to have been had by all. (Quinn Talbot photo)
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