Osgoode Community Chronicles – Sept 17, 2024 (Turner)

Hello and welcome to another episode of Osgoode Community Chronicles.

Episode Summary

Welcome to another episode of Osgoode Community Chronicles.

Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area.

Here is the content for this week, September 17th:

3:20 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community

6:30 – Business Spotlight: featuring business succession in Osgoode Village

10:45 – Historical Segment: The Turner Family (Prescott Road)

20:45 – Community Voices: featuring a personal letter of Mary Turner Blanchfield (my grandma!)

29:00 – Mental Health Minute: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health

Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it!

See you next week!

Links to News and Events:

Every week on the podcast we’ll share some of the local events that are taking place in the area. So many great people doing great things – be sure you get out to support them!

Here are this week’s events:

The Metcalfe Fair is coming up so soon! I can hardly wait. October 3 to 6, Metcalfe Fair is on the way. Early bird tickets are on sale now, just $30 for a weekend pass.

Harvest for Hospice is taking place at the Kemptville Campus Greenhouse on Thursday night from 4 pm to 7:30 pm. More than 40 vendors will be taking part, and there is entertainment and food too! The event is put on by Beth Donovan and is free to attend, with donations appreciated.

One World Bazaar opens this week! September 19^th is the first day! They are open weekends, typically Thursday to Sunday, until November 17^th, located on Mitch Owens Road at Manotick Station Road.

Hockey is back! Ottawa Senators are playing the Leafs twice this week in pre season action.  You didn’t think I was going to not talk about hockey on this podcast, did you?

The Lot outdoor market in Manotick, located in the old Lindsay and McCaffrey parking lot on Manotick Main Street. It runs from 10 to 4 on Saturdays.

Every Sunday, you can find the Summer Bakery Booth at the Swan on the Rideau in Osgoode, featuring Wyngaarden Pastries and Bread starting at 11 am.

Metcalfe Farmers Market takes place every Saturday at the Metcalfe Fairgrounds from 9 am to 1 pm until mid October.

The Greely Good Market is open every Sunday on Bank Street near Mitch Owens. The address is 5770 Bank Street. And the market runs from 10 till 2.

Featured Upcoming Events: Osgoode Township Fish Game and Conservation Club’s Trap Shoot is this weekend on Saturday September 21^st.  Members should contact the club to register. It’s also open to non-members but there are limited spots available. The shoot is taking place just outside of Metcalfe.

And as I mentioned last week, Girls Night Out is taking place at the Lighthouse Collective at the former Helens/River Bend Pub in Osgoode on Wednesday October 23^rd. Tickets will be on sale soon. Not only will we get together for food and drinks, but Erin Eldershaw will be performing her one woman play called Cue: Motherhood. You do not want to miss this show. I saw her perform it in Montreal and I told her that ALL women need to see it. We laughed, we cried, we sympathized, and we even got angry! Erin shares the struggles that women have faced in their career, with their health, with fertility, and with motherhood, and much more. No matter what you are, all women really do need to see this show.

Have a great week!

Resources:

The Turner Family Tree (courtesy of Marilyn Dwyer)

Grandma’s Letter