Community events
The Events column is for non-profit listings of events in Digby County. Items may run twice for free before the event’s date. Items can be emailed to info@digbycourier.ca, faxed to 245-6136 or mailed to the Digby Courier at 124 Water St., P.O. Box 670, Digby, N.S., B0V 1A0, attention: Events. Deadline for submitting listings for the upcoming issue is Thursday at 4 p.m.
June 12 Forresters’s Hall, Clementsvale, at 5 p.m. hosted by Bear River Ditchpigs, a Relay for Life team. Beans, ham & trimmings. For information, call Heather Charlton at 467-3269 or Brenda Potter at 467-0446.
June 12 SMBA orientation session from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. for students entering grade 7 at St. Mary’s Bay Academy Orientation day for students is June 13. Parents encouraged to come as well. For information, call 837-2340.
June 13 Veterans, ex-military & wives dinner at the Changing Tide, Bear River, at 11:30 a.m. For information, call Vaughn Adams at 245-2388.
June 13 Digby Relay for Life opening ceremonies at 7 p.m. at Digby Elementary School playing field.
June 14 Spring Fling at Clark Rutherford Memorial School, Cornwallis, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. Games, BBQ, bake and plant sale, raffles.
June 14 Country breakfast at Barton Baptist Church from 7–10 a.m. Bring Dad for Father’s Day.
June 14 – ‘Two countries, one forest ‘ presentation by Karen Beasley in Oakdene Community Centre, Bear River, at 1 p.m., sponsored by South Nova Biosphere Reserve Association.
June 16 Annual general meeting of Digby & Area Early Intervention Association at 6 p.m. at office in Weymouth. Public welcome. For information, call 837-7315.
June 19 Spring tea in New Tusket Baptist Church Fellowship Hall from 2 – 4 p.m. sponsored by the New Tusket Women’s Institute.
June 20 Clare Relay for Life at l'Ecole Secondaire de Clare, Meteghan River, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
June 21 Firemen’s breakfast in Smith’s Cove Fire Hall-Community Centre from 7:30–10 a.m. Proceeds for fire department.
June 21 Yard sale & used clothing sale at
Smith’s Cove Baptist Church from 8 a.m. to noon. Proceeds to auxiliary for church repairs.
June 22 Bluegrass gospel concert at Hill Grove United Baptist Church at 7 p.m. Special guests The Dearman Sisters. Help send a child to Camp Peniel this summer. Free will offering.
June 22 Gulliver’s Cove beach sweep beginning at 10 a.m. Everyone welcome. For information, call 245-4388 or 245-2762.
June 23 – Save the Ferry rally postponed.
Rally planned for Cornwallis Park theatre to be called at a later date.
June 24 Annual general meeting of Yarmouth Hospital Foundation at 5:30 p.m. in Bluenose Conference Room, Yarmouth Regional Hospital. For information, phone 749-1669
June 28 Yard sale at Holy Cross Church, Plympton, starting 9 a.m. Rapure, hotdogs at noon. To make donations or to reserve a table, call Mary Ann at 837-4402 or Don at 837-7415.
June 28-29 Maritime barrel racing at Annapolis Valley Exhibition grounds, Lawrencetown.
To Sept. 10 Scallop Palette Gallery, Digby General Hospital, featuring Sharon Trueman of Bear River, who is exhibiting new drawings with the theme of peace.
TUESDAYS Baby and me. Morning fun for babies and caregivers from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Isaiah W. Wilson Memorial Library, Digby. Program presented by Family Resource Centre and Public Health. Phone 245-2163 for more information.
TUESDAYS Digby East Fish and Game Association bingo in clubhouse at 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAYS Mental health support group meeting in Digby General Hospital boardroom at 7:30 p.m. for anyone interested in mental health. For information, call John Roswell at 245-4552 or Mike Gaudet at 778-0193.
THURSDAYS - 603rd Weymouth Royal Canadian Army Cadets meets in Weymouth Consolidated School from 6:30 - 9 p.m. Looking for new members aged 12-18. For information, contact Lieut. Robert Sweeney at (902) 837-7419 after 6 p.m.
