The anxious anticipation for a winning phone call for a prize from the Holiday Feast Raffle is now over. All tickets for the draw were sold days in advance of the draw on Friday December 18. A small crowd trickled in to see their ticket pulled by Bill Whetstone, the Read more…
The Bayfield Ag Society wishes all those who bought raffle tickets the best of luck. All the tickets have been sold in about three weeks. The Bayfield Foodland is thanked for providing a venue to sell the last of the tickets on Saturday. One supporter asked to have his prize, Read more…
The Ag Society held its Annual Meeting on the evening of Friday November 20. The potluck supper was a delight for anyone with a preference for dessert. The dessert table was absolutely jam packed. The speaker for the evening was Yvonne Reynolds who read from her book on her family’s Read more…
The Bayfield Ag Society is pleased to declare that Christmas wreaths are available. Two full days were spent cutting, trimming, assembling, and attaching bows. There will be approximately 200 fresh evergreen wreaths and swags available for sale this coming weekend on Friday and Saturday outside St. Andrew’s United Church. Anna Read more…
Well the junior exhibitors at the Bayfield Fair have done it again! Cate Thompson won first prize at the District level (all Huron and Perth fairs) with her intermediate level poster. Lauren Williamson placed second with her senior level poster. Cate will have her poster submitted to compete at the Read more…
An annual ritual for the Bayfield Agricultural Society is to begin the steps in creating the local evergreen wreaths sold for the Christmas season. This Thursday the grapevine bases will be created at Don and Joan Brodie’s. Everyone is invited to help with the process. Instruction and support will be Read more…
Memories are all that remain of the 159th Bayfield Fair held on August 14-16 with its theme “Blue Jeans and Machines”. Increased crowds with many more children entered the grounds of the fair during the three days and warm weather greeted everyone. The opening with Art Bennett acknowledged the 100 Read more…
It’s only days away before the Bayfield Fair presents its 159th weekend of competition, entertainment, and celebration of rural life. The arena will be transformed into an exhibition hall, filled with handcrafts, food entries, vegetables, some fruit, massive quantities of flowers, woodworking, children’s entries, art, photography, and field crops. There Read more…
The Bayfield Fair is just a week away in its celebration of rural Ontario. Animals are a major part of rural life. The fair always has a wonderful collection of animals displayed in Old Macdonald’s barn. There are lots of young birds, ducks, goats, rabbits, a horse, possibly a pig, Read more…
The Bayfield Fair is certainly characterized by its community effort and spirit. One new feature for the fair –the youth stage on Saturday August 15 –has a lineup which consists entirely of community talent. The first act is The Honey Sweethearts with 7 year old Ava Dawe and her parents Read more…