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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Darryl Coote/Kincardine News
Rachael Nivins shows off a handmade bow she was selling at her wrapping and decorating table. A long table full of handmade wares.
Dungannon's Christmas in the Country a treat for families
Darryl Coote
Kincardine News
While the weather outside
on Saturday, Dec. 5
reminded one of dreary,
damp fall days where it is
impossible to stay dry, the
atmosphere inside the Dun-
gannon Agricultural Hall
was filled with Christmas
tidings.
From 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
the hall played host to the
small village of Dungannon's
annual Christmas in the
Country craft fair where
there were 16 booths show-
ing off the wares of local arti-
sans, bakers and in fact even
a candlestick maker.
This is the event's fifth or
sixth year, according to its
organizer and founder
Lynda McNee, who has also
been a member of the Dun-
gannon Agricultural Society
for the past 40 years.
The event, she said, is for
local crafters and the com-
munity to come together
and foster a sense of
neighbourhood.
However, what McNee
wanted to speak about was
the Kidz Korner.
"Did you hear about Kidz
Korner? It's is the best. It is
the best thing," she said
excitedly. "People donate
stuff to it and it's the Dun-
gannon youth group that
runs it. No adults are
allowed back there. So the
kids go back and everything
is under a buck, or a buck.
Nothing is over a buck. So
the kids go back there and
they shop."
Her granddaughter, Mck-
enna Thomson, gave Luc -
know Sentinel a tour of the
Kidz Korner as no adults
were allowed in this cor-
nered -off section of the arts
fair. There were tables of
donated items, all under a
dollar, for children to buy
for their parents for Christ-
mas. Once purchased the
items would be wrapped all
without their parents
knowing.
One child, Sam, was buy-
ing a transformer for his
grandfather. Sam said he
would keep it at his house
and take care of it for him.
Lynda McNee said the
Korner was a wonderful
idea, even though she was
unsure of whose idea it was.
"A couple years ago I
donated this big green bowl
I didn't need any more, and
my grandson bought it and
gave it to me for Christmas.
I opened it up and I got the
damn thing back," she said,
breaking out in laughter.
"It's wonderful," she said.
It's just a cool feature."
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