Visit & Tour 2008 - (Page 54) Tourism Services & St. Thomas Times-Journal, February 2008 • www.elgintourist.com Fri., March 28 Visit www.ddchamber.ca for details. Sat., April 19 13th Annual Great Chili Cook Off, Port Stanley sponsored Rug Hooking Club, 9:30-11:30a.m. Elgin County Muby the Port Stanley Lioness Club. A great evening of famseum 450 Sunset Dr. St. Thomas. For more info, please April 26 - May 4 ily fun and chili tasting. Port Stanley Community Centre. call 519-631-1460 x 160 or email Tim Horton’s Trout Derby - *Runs on two weekends; a 6:30pm Chili sampling 6:30 – 8pm. Tickets – adults Kid’s Derby will be held on Sunday, May 4th - Rainbow museum@elgin-county.on.ca $7, children 5-12 years - $5. For more info, please call Trout are stocked in the Springwater Pond each year 519-782-3212. to create a safe and easily accessible fishing opporSat., April 19 tunity for both novice and avid anglers. Anyone who Opening Celebration - Great Beginnings Secondary - St. Sat., March 29 Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre, St. Thomas. The art catches a tagged trout in the pond will win a cash prize! West Elgin Skating Club Carnival, West Lorne Arena. For centre is pleased to present the artwork of St. Thomas Un-serviced camping is available in the east campmore info, please call 519-785-0673. ground for those participating in the derby. For more and Elgin County’s secondary students. 1-3pm. For more information please call 519-631-4040 or visit our info, please call 519-773-9037 or visit the website at APRIL………. www.catfishcreek.ca or email springwater@catfishcreek.ca website www.stepac.ca Tues., Apr. 1 Rug Hooking Club, 9:30 – 11:30am. Elgin Coun- April 19 - 26 Sat., April 26th ty Museum, 450 Sunset Dr., St. Thomas. For more Beginning Sunday April 20th DD Chamber is spearheadPlanning and Growing an Herb Garden, 1:30 p.m. - Ever info, please call 519-631-1460 x 160 or email ing an Earth Day Festival from are holding an Earth Day wanted to know which herbs grow taller, which ones museum@elgin-county.on.ca spread too quickly, what goes with what? Then join us Expo at the Community Centre here in Dutton from 10-4. Many community groups, schools and eco-friendly for an informative talk and power point about all of the April 2, 4, 5, 10 - 11 above and more. Many tips and suggestions with handorganizations will be there with interactive displays and Self Help, West Elgin Dramatics Society, Shenanigans, information. Activities happening all week long. For outs at the end of the presentation. Afterwards have one Dutton, For more info, please call 519-762-3497. of our knowledgeable staff answer your own personal more info, please contact Bev at 519-762 6060 or email questions. Pre-registration is required. Heritage Line bev.galbraith@investorsgroup.com April 3 - 5 Herbs, 53443 Heritage Line, RR 1, Aylmer. Phone 519John Lennon & Me - Princess Avenue Playhouse - Elgin 866-5577 for more information. www.heritagelineherbs. April 19 – May 18 Theatre Guild, St. Thomas. For more info, please call Great Beginnings Secondary - St. Thomas-Elgin Public com $20.00. 519-633-8530. Art Centre, St. Thomas. The art centre is pleased to present the artwork of St. Thomas and Elgin County’s April 26 - May 11 Sat., April 5 secondary students. For more information please call TRILLIUM TOUR - A tour throughout Elgin County Cooking with Herbs, beginning at 1:30 pm - Learn how 519-631-4040 or visit our website www.stepac.ca featuring the beauty and mystique of Ontario's Flower to incorporate all of your favourite herbs, both fresh and - the Trillium. For tour info and participating establishdried in your everyday cooking. All sorts of tips, sugments, please call 519-775-2216 or visit the website at April 19 – July 19 gestions as well as food samples and lots of handouts. www.quaiduvin.com Sitting Pretty: The History of the Toilet , Elgin County Pre-registration is required, but call early, courses fill Museum Exhibit. A light-hearted and interactive look at quickly. Heritage Line Herbs, 53443 Heritage Line, RR the history of the water closet and what we did before Sun., April 27 1, Aylmer. Phone 519-866-5577 for more information. Spring Wildflower Hike, Longwoods Road Conservation we had toilets. From chamber pots to outhouses to the www.heritagelineherbs.com $20.00. Area, 8348 Longwoods Road (6.5 km west of Delafinest porcelain fixtures, the exhibit traces the evolution of this most basic device. On loan from Guelph ware). 2pm For more info, please call 519-264-2420 or Sun., April 6 Email: lowerthames@odyssey.on.ca or visit the website: Museums. Elgin County Museum, 4th Floor, Elgin Family Breakfast Brunch, West Lorne Legion, West County Administration Building, Tuesday to Saturday www.lowerthames-conservation.on.ca Lorne. Call 519-768-1890 for more info. 10-4. 450 Sunset Drive, St. Thomas Ontario 519-631Sun., April 27 1460 extension 160. Gift Shop - Admission by donation. April 10-12 Great Ride for Cancer, West Lorne. Call Maureen at www.elgin-county.on.ca John Lennon & Me - Princess Avenue Playhouse - Elgin 519-785-1256 for more info. Theatre Guild, St. Thomas. For more info, please call Sat., April 19 519-633-8530. MAY…… Kick off Earth Week with Yuk Yuks at Dutton Community Centre - sponsored by the Wallacetown Agricultural May 2008 – Museum Month Fri., April 11 Edison Museum of Vienna – Discover the local Canadian Society. For more info, please contact Anna Tokarz at Ensemble Vivant - St. Thomas Performing Arts – Central Edison Connection to Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor 519-762-0943. Visit www.ddchamber.ca for details. United Church. St. Thomas. For more info, please call and his family. See and hear Edison's favourite invention519-633-1178. the phonograph. Discover his many other inventions, Sun., April 20 Earth Week Sunrise Ceremony in Dutton/Dunwich. Celetheir story and impact in the world today. Hours - MonSun., April 13 brate and recognize the power of God and Mother Earth. day – Sunday 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Call the Museum at St. Thomas Super Cities Walk for MS. For more For more information contact Pastor Diane MacPherson 519-874-4999 or 519-866-5521 for more info or visit info, please call 519-680-7878 x28 or email at 519-762-3821. Visit www.ddchamber.ca for details. the museum website at www.edisonmuseum.ca or www. jasmine.koblik@mssociety.ca bayham.on.ca Off-season Tours by arrangement – call Sun., April 20 Lynda at 519-866-5521. Sun., April 13 Measha Brueggergosman - St. Thomas Performing Arts Family Brunch – 10am - 1pm, Rodney Legion, Rodney. at Central United Church, 135 Wellington St., St. Thomas. Port Burwell Marine Museum & Historical Lighthouse Adults $5.00, Children $2.50. Phone 519-785-2111 for 8pm, doors open at 7pm. For more info, please – Discover the panoramic view from the Lighthouse. more info. call 633-1178 or 633-2686 or visit the website at At the museum view the rich local marine heritage www.stthomasperformingarts.com collection of this former shipbuilding port. Hours Sat., April 19 Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Sunday 11:00 Sun., April 20 George Koller Quintet - Aylmer Performance Arts Coun– 6:00 p.m. Call the Museum at 519-874-4807 or cil, Old Town Hall, Aylmer. For more info, please call Family Brunch – 10am - 1pm, Rodney Legion, Rodney. 519-866-5521 for more info or visit the museum webAdults $5.00, Children $2.50. Phone 519-785-2111 for 519-773-3497. site at www.portburwellmuseum.com or www.bayham. more info. on.ca Off-season Tours by arrangement – call Lynda at Sat., April 19 519-866-5521. "Freedom of the County". The County of Elgin will be Sun., April 20 conducting a special ceremony to grant the 31st Combat Elgin Military Museum Open House & Cannon Rededica- Saturdays in May Engineering Regiment, commonly referred to as the tion, St. Thomas - Free Admission. For more information Museum Month, Elgin Military Museum, St. Thomas Elgin Regiment, "Freedom of the County". The Regiment please contact 519-633-7641. - Free Admission. For more information please contact will march to the Elgin County Administration Building 519-633-7641 or email emm@execulink.com after which the ceremony will take place in the presence Mon., April 21 of Lord Elgin. Please contact 519-631-1460 x 138 for Earth Week Nature Walk in Buttermilk Bog in Dutton. May 3 to July 19 further details on this historic occasion. Sponsored by the West Elgin Nature Club. For more Special Exhibit on John McCrae. - Author of "In Flanders information call Marjorie Prieksaitis at 519-785-0176. Fields". Elgin Military Museum, St. Thomas. For more Coming Events http://www.elgintourist.com http://www.ddchamber.ca http://www.stepac.ca http://www.catfishcreek.ca http://www.heritageherbs.com http://www.heritageherbs.com http://www.stepac.ca http://www.quaiduvin.com http://www.heritagelineherbs.com http://www.lowerthames-conservation.on.ca http://www.elgin-county.on.ca http://www.ddchamber.ca http://www.ddchamber.ca http://www.edisonmuseum.ca http://www.bayham.on.ca http://www.bayham.on.ca http://www.stthomasperformingarts.com http://www.portburwellmuseum.com http://www.bayham.on.ca http://www.bayham.on.ca
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