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The Standard
Jul 12, 20231 min read
Epsom & Utica
By Faye Ashton A beautiful week this 1st of July week with a mixture of rain and sunshine. Could we ask for anything better? Journey to...
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The Standard
Jul 12, 20233 min read
Zephyr & Sandford
by Pat Asling This past week broke all records for heat for several days and collectively, yet when I decided to go to my brother's...
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The Standard
Jul 5, 20231 min read
Epsom & Utica by Faye Ashton
The beautiful month of June has given us good growing weather for the farmers' fields and everyone's manicured lawns. Rain was an...
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The Standard
Jul 5, 20231 min read
Blackstock Euchre Results
From June 27: 1. Jim Tucker 2. Ginna Hood 3. Donna Quackenbush 4. Val Priebe 5. Elmo Gibson Most lone hands: Jim Tucker Hidden score:...
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The Standard
Jul 5, 20234 min read
Zephyr & Sandford by Pat Asling
July is on! I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. The weather was a bit iffy but not enough to spoil many plans. The numerous...
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The Standard
Jun 29, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Summer is well on its way, and already we have had a little bit of everything. Be thankful we are not in Alberta, where they had quite an...
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The Standard
Jun 29, 20231 min read
EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
This beautiful month of June is almost spent welcoming July on Saturday. Last nights thunder/lightning storm gave the earth energy which...
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The Standard
Jun 23, 20232 min read
EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
Have you noticed how fast this first half of June has whizzed by? As I write this, the longest day of the year is only three days away....
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The Standard
Jun 23, 20231 min read
BLACKSTOCK EUCHRE RESULTS
Last Week’s Blackstock Euchre Club Scores: 1. Norm Lackner. 2. Lorna Edgerton. 3. Bryan Allemang. 4. Harvey Graham. 5. Dinny Oosterholt....
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The Standard
Jun 22, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Wow, this week we start summer already! Of course, when that happens, we also start to get shorter days. Remember when summer evenings...
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The Standard
Jun 15, 20231 min read
BLACKSTOCK EUCHRE RESULTS
Last Week’s Blackstock Euchre Club Scores: 1. Bernita Blair. 2. Hazel Coates. 3. Norm Lackner. 4. Bryan Allemang. 5. Lawrence McLaughlin...
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The Standard
Jun 15, 20234 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
June is busting out all over. The spring ephemerals have faded away, and now the real beauties are taking over the iris, peonies,...
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The Standard
Jun 9, 20231 min read
GREENBANK by Larry Doble
The winners for the Greenbank Community Association Inc. 50/50 Draw, on May 6th, were D. Kalliomaki and Port Perry High School. The...
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The Standard
Jun 9, 20231 min read
BLACKSTOCK EUCHRE RESULTS
Last Week’s Blackstock Euchre Club Scores: 1. Norm Lackner. 2. George Wind. 3. Lorna Edgerton. 4. Brian Allamong. 5. Marg Cayer. Most...
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The Standard
Jun 9, 20231 min read
EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
That Strawberry full moon on Saturday was an awesome beginning to the summer season. Thankfully the temperature cooled to normal for this...
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The Standard
Jun 2, 20233 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
Another beautiful May week with a little bit of everything, hot, cold, rain, shine, and wind, but the garden perennials are coming along...
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The Standard
Jun 2, 20231 min read
EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
How can such a beautiful month of May fly by so fast? Hopefully, our farmers will get some dry hay in storage during this long spell of...
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The Standard
May 25, 20235 min read
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
The rain on Saturday probably left some pretty unhappy people when it curtailed some of their long weekend plans, but it was just what...
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The Standard
May 25, 20231 min read
EPSOM & UTICA by Faye Ashton
How beautiful and much needed was that rain! Love having a day to catch up on all the inside jobs which gather. Have you been to Otters...
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