Wellesley holds open house

Wellesley councillors, residents and dignitaries gathered at the municipal headquarters last week to celebrate the newly completed building. After a year of construction, the modern facilities were officially opened during a plaque unveiling and ribbon cutting ceremony. Dozens of local residents had the chance to tour the building and meet with township staff.
Mayor Ross Kelterborn [...]

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Senior Games

Here are a few of the available results from the 2009 Senior Games.
Partners Horseshoes
John Jansen,  Dave Strand    BRONZE
Ralph Kropf, Harold Leis    GOLD
Jack Lamka, Charlie Fromm SILVER
Euchre
Stella Pearsall,  Karen Banu    GOLD
Joanne  Herchenratter, Eileen Schnarr    SILVER
Frank Hinz, Grace Bard    BRONZE
Five Pin Bowling Singles
Lorraine Kidd    GOLD
Terry  Kolbinson        SILVER
Robert Lawson        BRONZE

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Truck fire on Highway 7/8

A truck fire delayed traffic on June 24 at 4:15 p.m.

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Soccer action in Wilmot

Our readers sent in these photos of soccer action in Wilmot last week. If you want to see pictures of your kids playing sports either in the paper or on the blog, e-mail us at sports@newhamburgindependent.ca

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Petersburg Optimists welcome 600 to Father’s Day Breakfast/Car Show

Petersburg Optimist Ron Weber said Sunday’s amazing weather contributed to an outstanding turnout for the Optimist Club’s annual Father’s Day Breakfast in the Park and Car Show.
A total of 84 vintage vehicles filled the Optimist Park in Petersburg where visitors browsed through the rows of cars after enjoying breakfast. The event started small last year [...]

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Great Ride ‘n’ Stride winners

Prize winners from the Great Ride ‘n Stride gathered recently to pick up their winnings. Kayla Deslippe won a bike, Evlyn Dash won a pair of shoes, Kelseigh Wood won a framed print, and Emily Dean won a set of Monroe struts and shocks. Also winning prizes but not pictured are Trevor Dusky, a bike, [...]

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New Hamburg Lioness install new executive, welcome new members

The New Hamburg Lioness Club has grown over the year and the group is pleased that we have added nine new members. Here, new member Cindy Parkin, sponsor Lioness Mary Pfaff, incoming Lions president Scott Mills, new member Gail Sheridan and sponsor Lioness Joan Bilinsky gather at a recent meeting to install the new executive.

Here [...]

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“Regazza con vestito rosso”

An update from the Making Waves for MS fundraiser.
“We have been approached by yet another individual who wants to make a difference in the lives of people living with MS.
They say “A picture paints a thousand words” … this one certainly does and it’s been donated to our cause by an incredibly generous family.
This beautiful [...]

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St. James Lutheran Church in New Dundee celebrates 150 years of faith

Marie Weiss (left) and Marilyn Einwechter, curators of the St. James archives, stand in front of an extensive exhibit of historical books, photos and artifacts they’ve amassed over the past year. Many of the documents were translated from their original German versions.

The entire congregation gathers on the front steps of St. James after the celebratory [...]

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Area women invited to breakfast in Wellesley

Women from across the area are invited to meet in Wellesley for breakfast once a month.
The group meets to share fun, fellowship, laughter and a meal, and women from Wellesley and Wilmot township are welcome to attend.
“We started it because we heard some ladies in town were lonely,” said organizer Marg Runstedler. “Any ladies at [...]

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Scrapbook in works for teacher Marg Weigel’s retirement

Marg Weigel , Wilmot Senior and New Dundee School teacher, is retiring from teaching this year.
As a parting gift, I am putting together a community scrapbook for her. But I need some help.
•    Ask your kids to write something if they have a special Mrs.Weigel memory.
•    If you were taught by Mrs.Weigel, please write something [...]

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Youth entries to May Flower Show

Ten youth entered the children’s competition at the Wilmot Horticultural Society May Flower Show, which was held at the Haysville Community Centre. Shown with their prize-winning entries are, from left, Alexander Wagler, Quentin Danner, Sarah Kinch, Ruby Harrison, Simone Kinch, Georgia Harrison, Cassidy Wagler. In back is Shelby Wagler, Kendra Danner and Sophia Kinch. The [...]

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MS Dance a success

When we started the planning for Making Waves for MS Dance and Silent Auction two months ago, we had no idea that we would be shown such support for our dance from both merchants and individuals.
The most common response to our question of “Would you like to come out for an evening of fun in [...]

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Ontario Horticultural Society honours Wilmot’s Ruth Zehr

Theresa Dietrich, President of Wilmot Horticultural Society, presented Ruth Zehr with the Ontario Horticultural Association Service Certificate at their monthly meeting June 8. The honour was presented to Zehr for her valuable contributions to the promotion of horticulture in the community since 1986.

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Petersburg Optimists give to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Petersburg Optimist Club president Lewis Straus, right, presents a cheque for $2,000 to Jennifer (Woolner) Straus, of the local chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and New Hamburg’s Michael Schnarr, who lives with Type 1 diabetes.  The Petersburg Optimist Club was able to donate proceeds to JDRF after raising the money during their regular [...]

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