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GUELPH – Retiree Sharon Wolters has started the “greetings from my heart” project, where letters and greeting cards are delivered to hospitals and senior homes in Guelph.

MINTO - The Minto Youth Action Council (MYAC) is being re-formed following a year long hiatus from activity.

PUSLINCH – Birds chirping and the odd bray from a nearby donkey can be heard as we walk through the sanctuary. These are the sounds the staff at the Donkey Sanctuary of Canada hear on a regular basis.

FERGUS – Pat Mestern is a Fergus resident and author who has published several novels.

ERIN – Erin District High School (EDHS) music and social science teacher Cara Cameron has received the 2021 Loran Scholars Foundation’s Teachers Building Leaders Award.

ERIN – Town of Erin resident Janice McClellan has been named the recipient of Credit Valley Conservation’s (CVC) Outstanding Volunteer Award for more than 30 years of dedicated service to environmental protection.

FERGUS ­– A Canada Day lemonade sale, hosted by eight-year-old Walker Samson of Fergus, has raised $1200 in support of Kerry’s Place, which provides services to families with children, adolescents, and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public health has announced changes to vaccine appointments scheduled for today (July 6) at the West End Recreation Centre in Guelph.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is reporting 14 new COVID-19 cases from July 2 to the morning of July 5. The region’s active case count now sits at 59.

ELORA – Residents came out in droves to let Centre Wellington council and Pearle Hospitality know they don’t want to see an extra storey on two of the buildings in the Elora South development that’s underway on the south side of the Grand River.

MAPLETON – Skyrocketing prices for materials have driven up the cost of constructing a water tower in Drayton. Township council has awarded a contract to Landmark Structure Co. to put up an elevated tank in Drayton.

MAPLETON – Council here directed staff to move forward with an application to Infrastructure Canada’s Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Fund to cover most of the cost of proposed upgrades to the PMD arena.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – A deceased 46-year-old Guelph man has been identified by the OPP after a Canada Day incident on Belwood Lake.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Township officials here estimate the total cost of 2021 capital projects will be $15.2 million. A report received by Wellington North council on June 28 notes actual expenses as of June 15 total $1.27 million.

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Ontario trade minister Vic Fedeli announced on June 29 the province is giving Walinga Inc. $1.125 million through the Regional Development Program to help with new project costs.