COMMUNITY BRIEFS

Marina patio concerts resume

The Municipality of Leamington has launched its popular summer music series with Marina Patio Nights.

The 2022 season began Friday, June 3 with Karen Morand and the Bosco Boys entertaining from the marina patio from 7-9 pm.

On June 10, Lisette and Tyler will entertain on the patio, followed by Jen Knight on June 24, Ciao Duo on July 8, Justin and Rick Latam on July 15, Ryan and Crystal Gage on July 22, Dawn and Elvis on August 5, Echo Steps on August 12, Kristopher and Jim on August 26, and Back-2-Back on September 2.

Refreshments are available and admission to the patio is free.

Wheatley Horticultural Society clean-up day

The Wheatley Horticultural Society is holding a community clean-up day on Sunday, June 12.

Stop by the arena between 10 am and 2 pm to pick up supplies and enter to win an OG Pizza gift card.

After that, you can head to one of the areas on the list or go back to your own neighbourhood to work on an area you’ve identified.

You can also enter the ‘before and after’ competition by taking a picture of a space before you start your clean-up and then taking another picture after. You can submit those photos to the Wheatley Horticultural society on Messenger or post them on their Facebook page.

Photos must be submitted by June 17.

Kingsville is now a Bee City

The Town of Kingsville is now official designated as a Bee City.

Bee City Canada announced that designation earlier this week after Kingsville had made an application to them.

Bee City Canada is a program of Pollinator Partnership Canada and to date, 63 municipalities across Canada have been designated as Bee Cities.

“Bee City is a movement, basically, that helps municipalities make homes for bees,” said director Vicki Wojcik. “We all live in cities or towns and those are our homes and we take care of our homes a certain way because we like to have nice homes that make us happy. And so essentially, Bee City is exactly the same thing.”

According to Wojcik, Bee Cities have three obligations to meet: initiating habitat actions, providing education and celebrating Pollinator Week June 20-26.

Kingsville recently installed a pollinator garden at Lakeside Park.

AIR CADETS HOLD OPEN HOUSE

The 535 Archer Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron held an open house on Wednesday, June 1 at the squadron headquarters on Smith Avenue in Leamington.

In addition to some awards given out, the purpose of the open house was for recruitment as membership has dropped during the pandemic.

The Air Cadet program is open to malesand females ages 12-18.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 324 also made a $3,000 donation to the squadron at the open house.

If you have a young person interested in becoming a member when they resume activities in September, you can email 535Air@cadets.gc.ca.

From left, with the donation, are Sgt. Samantha Staines, Captain Don Boudreau (535 Commander), Wheatley Legion’s Bill Robertson and Sgt. Olivia Girardin.

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