By Hope BridgewaterThe Wentworth Wild

Blueberry Harvest Festivaljoined otherCumberland/Colchester WildBlueberry Harvest Festivalsduring a span of two weeksstarting in late August. TheWentworth Festival was awild time of activities livingup to the name “wild blueber-ries.” The Wentworth Festivalfeatured an antique car show,a Blueberry Cafe, a mini-fleamarket, a quilt show and sale,slip n’ slide, and fire truck dis-play, all held at theWentworth Recreation Centreand its grounds. Total atten-dance was 698.

The Blueberry Cafe operat-ed within the Centre at itskitchen. Breakfast featuredblueberry pancakes with maplesyrup, sausages, and beans;lunch consisted of assortedsandwiches and biscuits cov-ered with blueberries andwhipped cream. Both mealsoffered tea, coffee and pop.One word says it all: delicious.

Serving at the kitchencounter was Stuart Palmerwho I interviewed as anexample of a Wentworth vol-unteer at the local events. Heis currently enrolled at theUniversity of New Brunswick,Fredericton for his third yearand is taking a degree in com-puter science. He is hopingfor a career in programmingto eventually develop his ownvideo games. I asked him whyhe volunteered and he said, ”Ijust like helping out whenthey need me.” He is from aremarkable volunteering fami-ly which includes his mother,Barb Palmer, and sister, JessicaPalmer, who were also work-ing at the Festival. I also con-gratulate all the many otherWentworth volunteers whohelped with the Festival, butspace does not allow me toname them all.

The mini-flea market is a a“nick-name” for the qualitymarkets which were lined upin the large hall.: #1. WithMarie Duranceau as organizer,the United Church Women

featured 40 beautiful largecustom-hand quilts for sale,baby quilts for sale and sever-al quilts just for viewing. #2.The Amherst Artisan Galleryfeatured talented the work ofLucille Pitre. #3. The interest-ing book sale from the com-munity library at the CAPsitewas organized by CarolHyslop; #4. FantasticChickadee Designs were fromTatamagouche. #5. JohnHopkins from Springhill pre-sented amazing DiamondWillow Walking Sticksdesigned by nature and fin-ished by hand with no twoalike. #6. Felicia Doucette hada wonderful Sculpture saleand other items. #7. JeanBentley’s sale consisted ofdelicious Bentley Maple prod-ucts which come from a localbusiness of 40,000 mapletrees. #8. Vicky Gourley fromTruro , wearing a red apronsaying “All Sauced Up,” and asign saying “All Sauced UpGourmet Cooking Sauces &Salad Dressings” drew atten-tion with her attractive dis-play. All of these flea marketswere exciting to see for all oftheir creativity.

Out on the grounds, Johnand Mari Ann Stiles from Trurostationed a Food Truck calledTaco Stiles with different typesof tacos (hip, fish, chicken,veggi), fresh cut fries, pulledpork fries, and blueberrydessert. The Stiles use only fresh

local ingredients in their cook-ing and folks loved their food.

Nearby, the Fire Truck dis-play organized by Fire ChiefKevin Sprague and other fire-fighters was both interestingand educational. Also on thegrounds outside, Slip n’ Slideprovided lots of fun andlaughter for the children andother interested ages withguidance from Todd Seymourand Arden Little.

The Antique Car Show of170 cars was an artistic mas-terpiece. This Show revealedcars can be beautiful mechan-ical creations. Linda Patriquin,herself an owner of a beauti-ful antique car (she gave me aride in it!), welcomed peopleat a table where the Showwas held on the baseball fieldbehind the Recreation Centre.Also on the field was a tablewith photos and informationabout cars called “RememberWhen!” Folks loved this CarShow and even children wereamazed by it.

Proceeds from the Festivalwere divided between theRecreation Centre, the newWentworth Learning Centre,and the Wentworth VolunteerFire Department. AlsoSamantha Read sat at a 50/50table for the WentworthLearning Centre.

It was a wonderful WildBlueberry Harvest Festival atWentworth in 2016.

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By Christine Urquhart October 2nd is

Thanksgiving Sunday withWorship at CEC at 10:30am!All the Churches of TruroPresbytery (and any otherinterested persons) are invit-ed to worship together at theAuditorium at the CobequidEducational Centre in Truro(34 Lorne St.) at 10:30am.Worship will be led byPresbytery Chair, Rev. KeithGale and music leadershipwill be provided by ChrisBowen with a huge combinedchoir and a special anthemwritten specifically for thisevent.

Special guest preacher willbe United Church ModeratorThe Right Reverend JordanCantwell. A separate, staffed

space with activities will beprovided for children afterthe first half of the service.Loose offering will go to theUnited Church Mission andService Fund; offerings madein church envelopes will go tothose churches. We hope thatyou will plan to attend thisspecial and fun filled service!

THANKS / GIVING YOUTHEVENT 10am-9pm Saturday,Oct. 8 - Truro Presbytery, anAffirming ministry, is hostinga youth event for grades 7-12at Knox United Church inBrookfield (53 Highway 289).

All are welcome (even ifyou are outside of TruroPresbytery) to come and cele-brate Thanksgiving with theMODERATOR of the UnitedChurch, the Rt. Rev. Jordan

Cantwell! We will have greatmusic, games and conversa-tion, we will be serving aThanksgiving dinner to ourlocal Syrian refugee familyand other guests, and then inthe evening, we will be turn-ing the whole church into aLaser Tag arena for three

hours of awesome fun!Spread the word and comeout for this amazing experi-ence!

To register, show up inbetween 10:00-10:30amSaturday, October 8. Thisevent is FREE! :) If you areinterested in volunteering, orif you have other questions,contact Rev. Keith at 902-957-4242 (call/text).

October 2ND is Thanksgiving Sunday

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Apparently, Nova ScotiaDepartment of Environmentare unable to take any action,because AIS has a permit to

operate the aeration pondsand that permit does notexpire until at least 2020.Council approved to inviteAIS to make a presentation tocouncil as soon as possible.

On matter of the upcom-ing October 15th municipalelection it was noted thatmost councillors had beenreturned to council by accla-mation. See municipal elec-tion story on page 22.

Odours from AIS ProblematicContinued from page 1

The Cobequid VeteransMemorial Park is now takingorders for Remembrance Daywreaths for our November11th service.

These are natural wreaths,and can be indicated in

Remembrance, or In Honour.Cost of each wreath will be$25.00 and can be ordered bycontacting Heather Williamsat 902-647-2550.

Dead line is November 5.

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