Saturday, October 24th from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m.

Are you intimidated by the idea of making your own bread? Join Alice Hinther for a fun-filled afternoon of bread making and learn how simple it really is! In this four hour session, you will learn how to make a basic white bread dough, cinnamon buns, pizza dough, whole grain bread, French bread as well as novelty shaped breads like Alice’s Alligator bread, meat stuffed buns, pizza buns and more!
 

Don’t eat before you come. Lunch is on us! Please bring a cookie sheet or storage container as you will be bringing home lots of goodies as well!

Alice is a local artist/craftsperson who divides her time between Ottawa and Maberly. Check out her website at ahinther.webs.com or her Facebook page Alice Hinther Design.

Cost: MERA Members $30, Non-members $40

Register by contacting Marilyn at meraschoolhouse@bell.net

ECSTATIC DANCE

22nd October from 7:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.

$5 per person

Bring a snack and water

The 2015 dates from July until December are: July 23, Aug. 20, Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Nov. 26, and Dec. 24.

For information please contact Kat Elliott at bowmana@storm.ca or call 613-278-0259.

Peaceful, playful or enraptured, ecstatic dance is a journey of self-guided movement meditation, and an expression, knowing and release of the truth of our lived experience into the safe space created by our community of dance.

September 4 – 7, 2015

Perth & District Agricultural Society
Box 158, 50 Arthur St.
Perth, ON K7H 3E3
Phone/Fax: 613-267-4104
Email: office@perthfair.com

Website: perthfair.com

ADMISSION
Adults …………………………………………..Friday $10.00
Adults ……………………………………….Saturday $12.00
Adults …………………………Sunday & Monday $10.00
Children 7 – 12 years……… Fri, Sat & Sunday $4.00
Children 7 – 12 years………………………Monday $2.00
Children 6 and under ····························· FREE
Membership Fee ································· $10.00

This year at the Perth Fair:

• AGRICULTURAL TENT
• CHILDREN’S EVENTS
• FANTASY FARM
• GRANDSTAND ENTERTAINMENT
• HOMECRAFT BUILDING
• CATTLE SHOWS
• SPECIAL EVENTS
• and so much more!

About the Perth Fair

The Perth and District Agricultural Society was founded in 1845. Many things have changed over the years, including the name and location of the society. One thing that has remained is the dedicated volunteer base which has supported the organization over the years.

Did you know? – The Perth and District Agricultural Society is a non-profit organization that hosts the Perth Fair on Labour Day weekend in Perth, ON. The organization is made up of hundreds of volunteers who come together to present a balance between agricultural and entertainment events.

We continue to build upon tradition while embracing the future and look to bring the best possible Fair to the Perth Fairgrounds. Have you considered volunteering? Become a member of a strong volunteer based organization. Please contact us at volunteer@perthfair.com .

Perth Fair – A Tradition Built on Excellence.

Inspired By A Dream

Grounded In Tradition
Volunteer-Driven
NO ENTRY FEE
NO MINIMUM PLEDGE
Walk-Run-Wheel-Ride

5km, 10km, Family Route
Moon Bounce, Face Painting, BBQ, Door Prizes, Silent Auction
Run Information

Conlon Farm Recreation Complex

REGISTRATION: 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM

OPEN START: 10:30 AM

Route Information

Bicycle, Rollerblade, and Wheelchair accessible
Route Lengths

2.5KM-3KM(Family Route)

5KM, 10KM

Click the link to register for the Perth Run today!
www.terryfox.ca/terryfoxrun/perth

For more info contact:
Susan Whyte – swhyte@finneganinsurance.ca
1-800-903-7506 or 613-267-3788

Organizing Committee

The Terry Fox Foundation is responsible for supporting close to $20 million in discovery based research each year in Canada – all monies raised outside Canada must be distributed to (a) an institute approved by the Foundation and its advisors or (b) remitted to Canada. The Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) is a recipient of TFF funding for translational research. TFRI is an exciting new initiative whose goal is to translate rapidly today’s best science into better cancer treatment and diagnosis for all Canadians. The Institute will bring scientists and clinicians together across the country into a functionally integrated, geographically dispersed Institute with nodes in several provinces.

The Foundation recognizes the duality of its mandate. Not only does it raise money for research, but it also continues to share the story of Terry Fox. The Terry Fox Foundation strives to maintain the heroic effort and integrity that Terry embodied.

It is a grassroots organization that does not allow the Terry Fox name or likeness to be commercialized or conjoined with other worthy causes.

To date, over $650 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry’s name.

The 162nd Annual Fall Fair

Saturday, September 26, 2015
9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

194 Cameron Road, McDonald’s Corners ON.

This year’s Theme is “Pigs”.

For information contact Sally at 613-259-3480 or e-mail: sassiboers@storm.ca

Events at the Fair –
Friday – Display Hall will open from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. to place exhibits.

Saturday – Display Hall will open at
8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. to place
exhibits.
9 a.m. – Judging begins in Main
Hall
NEW – 4-HPoultry Achievement Judging and
4-H Heritage display trailer celebrating
100 years of 4-H
NEW – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – West Wind Ranch
travelling ponies & petting zoo
10 a.m. – Heavy and Light Horse Show
12 noon – Children’s Sports Events
12 noon – Display Hall opens for viewing
12:45 p.m. – Teddy Bear Contest & Pet Show
1:45 pm – Cattle Show
4:30 p.m. – Turkey Supper

Vendor and Craft Booths will showcase their wares.
Children’s Games and Face Painting.
Canteen Food Booth open from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Come and enjoy a Day at the Fair.

Date: Saturday, September 26th, 2015
Time: 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Cyclosportif Perth – Cycle Tour Route through Perth and District

Welcome!

Late September brings with it the beginning of the beautiful fall colours in the Rideau Lakes Township and we want you to experience it firsthand.

Come join hundreds of cyclists on the roads in, around and between Perth, Murphy’s Point, Portland, and Westport.

Cyclosportif Perth is not a race–there will be no results and no timed sections. You can go hard if you want, or you can simply take your time and enjoy the scenery.

We’ve got something for most everyone, from “The Roadie 100k” to “The Roadie 100 Miles” to the even more adventurous folks who like a bit of dirt and gravel with “The Dirty Version”–100k on a mix of paved and dirt roads.

START/FINISH location:

Perth Fairgrounds, 50 Arthur St, Perth, ON
Event Day Schedule

7-9:30 AM–Registration/kit pick up and MANDATORY Rider Sign-in. We need to know who is actually riding, and what route they are riding. Please remember to SIGN OUT after your ride, so we know you made it back safely.

7 AM–exhibitor booths open (except the beer tent)
Road

8 AM—100 miles

9:00 AM—Dirty 100k

9:30 AM—100k Registration 2015

Registration Includes:
· Sponsor/supporter swag
· Beer ticket
· Separate bike and rider numbers
· Awesome post ride food
· On course support vehicles from Bushtukah
· Rest stops appropriately spaced
· Mechanical support before and during the ride (hopefully you will not need this)
· Great Directional signage
· Amazing scenery and memories
Post Ride Activities

11 AM- 5 PM Post ride fueling!!

Entertainment and food

Exhibitors and expo

Come and explore this great area on two wheels. There is so much to see!

Note: paid event

August 29, 2015

JOIN US
for the
133rd Annual Maberly Fair Parade

“Sheep & Goats”

1st, 2nd & 3rd Prizes for best floats and/or costume in both adult & children’s category
(Prizes for all participating children)
Special prizes for best float depicting “Sheep & Goats”
$60 Tim Horton Gift Pack

Speeches & presentations will take place in the light horse area For more details: 613-273-5069 or entries@maberlyagsociety.ca

133rd Annual Maberly Fair

“Sheep & Goats”

ADMISSION TO GROUNDS:
18 years and up $5.00 7 years to 17 years $3.00 6 years and under free
Placing of perishable exhibits Light horse show
Judging of exhibits begins (HALLS WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC until approx- 1 p.m.) Various demonstrations and displays
Parade – Leaves Downtown Maberly Parade – Arrives at Fairgrounds Poultry Judging
Speeches and presentations in the light horse area WestWind Petting Farm
Readings by Marilyn of Kingston psychic.com
Rabbit Agility Demonstration Lanark County 4H Club
Horse Pull
Musical entertainment including local talent of Hermann Amberger, Tony Leduc, Jessica Wedden,
Fiddlers & Friends and Tony Davy & Cathy Battison Hall exhibits open (or when judging is completed) Judging of Livestock
Zucchini races
Tai Chi Demonstration Children’s Games Adult Games
Fair Meal by Fall River Restaurant Exhibit Halls close

Barns Farms and Wicked Chefs 2015

August 21, 2015 3:00 pm to August 23, 2015 5:30 pm

We are excited about a new initiative we have undertaken this year. Framework: Words on the Land will be a weekend (August 21-23) of writing-in-situ for 10 invited (confirmed) writers of all genres. Their weekend will culminate with a public reading of their ‘Words’ on Sunday afternoon 3-5:30 pm. We are very pleased to be working in partnership with the Ottawa International Writers Festival/Perth Chapter on this event.

See attached file for more information about both Fieldwork and Framework.

Fieldwork is open all year, free of charge and is a self-directed walk in the woods/field to view art. The Framework reading will be a ticketed event

A bit about Fieldwork

Fieldwork is an art space located in Eastern Ontario between Kingston and Ottawa. It is a small open field and an adjoining forest hosting a diverse collection of site-responsive art installations year round. It is open to the public 7 days a week, 12 months a year and is free of charge. It was brought to life by the members of the Fieldwork Collective who saw the potential and the value of luring artists to a field to make art, and also in the value of connecting people with art and nature. It has been supported by the OAC since inception (2008). For more about Fieldwork visit our website –http://www.fieldworkproject.com/ and our Facebook page.

A new kind of cultivation is happening in and around a field near Perth, ON – one that clearly puts the culture in agriculture as it were. In addition to its annual exhibitions of site-responsive art installations, Fieldwork is breaking new ground in 2015 with a project that plants writers in the rural landscape for a weekend of land-inspired writing, and which in turn invites you to come and hear their words.

Picture ten writers at ten portals in and around a field – each one framing a different perspective of the land – and you have Framework. Part workshop, part retreat and part performance, this weekend is unexplored territory for everyone involved and promises to illuminate both the creative processes unique to each writer and the numerous responses elicited from being, seeing and writing in nature. 

After two days of writing on site, we will open the loft of our lovely old Lanark County barn to the public for you to join us in conversation with the writers as they reflect on their weekend and read selections of their words summoned from the land. 

Fieldwork is pleased to be presenting this event in partnership with the OIWF. 

ABOUT FIELDWORK 

Initiated in 2008, Fieldwork is a 20-acre outdoor, creative space that aims to cultivate connections between people, imagination and nature. It is located on a farm in eastern Ontario just west of Perth.  A small field and an adjoining forest host a diverse collection of site-responsive art installations that the public can explore year round, for free. We also periodically host workshops that bring people (kids especially) to nature for creative explorations. The project is voluntarily managed by the Fieldwork Collective and has been supported by the Ontario Arts Council since the project’s inception.

For more about Fieldwork visit our website – www.fieldworkproject.com  and our Facebook page.

Writers’ names (in no particular order)

Merilyn Simonds        
Amanda West Lewis    
Amanda Jernigan        
Phil Hall            
Jeff Warren           
Christine Pountney        
Troy McClure        
Mike Blouin            
Matthew Holmes        
Wayne Grady