Day: August 21, 2019

Bill Guiney of Renews estimates he did about 800 push ups between July 13 and 14.

Add to that, Guiney had been doing push ups everyday for the 100 days leading up to that particular weekend.

It’s all part of a well-known initiative begun by Guiney and his wife Susan about four years ago to raise funds and awareness for mental health.

The fourth time round, Guiney told the Irish Loop Post, was another success in the books.

Ferryland’s population just about doubled last month.

“We had a registration process, and we had 572 people registered, and I’d say out of about the 572 of those, I’d say definitely, 300, 350 were definitely come home,” explained Helen Clowe, chair of the Ferryland Come Home Year Committee.

A 2016 Statistics Canada census put the community’s population at 416.

People came from all across Canada, from Halifax to Ontario, Alberta to British Colombia, while still others came up from Boston, New York, Florida, and South Dakota.

McGlamory is the 2019 Georgia Watermelon Queen, and was on tour in the province to promote, naturally, watermelons.

The annual tour is part of the Georgia Watermelon Association’s promotional effort to increase sales of the summer time treat.

Since being crowned Queen in February, McGlamory has travelled through Georgia, the rest of the United States, Toronto and Newfoundland and Labrador.

She was at Alderwood estates in Witless Bay last Wednesday, July 31.

Oftentimes, it’s the work done off the ice that count as much as the work on the ice, and hockey on the Southern Shore would look a lot different without people like Tracey Coady working behind the scenes to make it all happen.