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  2. Local filly triumphs in Grassroots at Hanover Raceway

    After battling against the province’s best two-year-old pacing fillies for the last two months, Power Of An Angel returned home to Hanover Raceway and found her way to the winner’s circle in the first of five $21,450 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions on Sept. 4. “Finally something went our way and we got a little lucky,” said trainer and Hanover resident Roger Gebhardt. “I always liked her. She was a very nice filly. I broke her and trained her down and then I sent her down to Martin Lachance for four months, expecting her to do well in the Golds, and things didn’t turn out. She had some really bad luck in the Gold Series.” Fortune smiled on Power Of An Angel on Sept. 4 as she left well from Post 2 and tucked in behind fan favourite Warrawee Xpat. As that filly rang up fractions of :28.4, 1:00.1 and 1:29, and then fought off a challenge from Speaker Nancy around the final turn, driver James MacDonald of Guelph waited for his opportunity with Power Of An Angel. Coming off the turn he slid Power Of An Angel out three wide and the filly sprinted home to a one-length victory in 1:58.2. Speaker Nancy finished second and Warrawee Xpat settled for third. “I was just really fortunate, a lot of times you don’t get out of the two-hole there, but I got to kind of swing out across and when she saw some real estate at the top of the stretch she went by,” said MacDonald, who was making his first appearance in the filly’s race bike. Power Of An Angel made two starts in the Gold Series, finishing sixth and eighth, and also took on North America’s best in the Aug. 28 Eternal Camnation where she finished sixth. The Sunshine Beach daughter’s only top three finish came in a July 29 overnight event at Woodbine Mohawk Park where she was second by a neck. “Martin (Lachance) had her ready, it just wasn’t working out, so I decided to bring her home and race her,” said Gebhardt, whose wife Carol Gebhardt owns Power Of An Angel. “I thought she was a better filly than what she’s turned out to be, but who knows, it’s surprising how they get a bit of confidence, she might, she’s faster than what she’s shown so far. Anyway, we’re quite happy today to finally get the monkey off our back.” Gebhardt expects Power Of An Angel will make her next start in the fifth Grassroots Leg at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Sept. 20, with an eye to finishing among the top 20 point earners and qualifying for the Sept. 30 Grassroots Semi-Final. The top five finishers from each semi-final advance to the Oct. 9 Grassroots Championship. In addition to Power Of An Angel, MacDonald also drove Girl Scout Cookie and In The Mood to their first Ontario Sires Stakes victories on Sept. 4. “It was a terrific day in Hanover,” said MacDonald. “It rarely happens, you go to those half-mile tracks and it’s pretty tough, I guess I just had the right ones and the right posts today.” Immediately after steering In The Mood to her third lifetime win, MacDonald was heading home to prepare for a big night of Grand Circuit racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park with drives in races totalling $1.76 million. The other two Grassroots divisions were won by division point leader Dewitt For Josie, piloted by Guelph resident Louis-Philippe Roy, and T Time Pat, with Bob McClure of Rockwood in the race bike. Complete results from the afternoon of racing are available at standardbredcanada.ca/racing/results/data/r0904hnvrn.dat and replays can be viewed on Hanover Raceway’s YouTube channel. Live racing is to wrap up for the season at Hanover Raceway on Sept. 18. Post time is 1:30 p.m. A charity barbecue and free concert is also planned that day.

    September 14, 2021 Local News
    Power Of An Angel scored her first lifetime win with a 1:58.2 effort in the first $21,450 two-year-old pacing filly Grassroots division at Hanover Raceway on Sept. 4 for driver James MacDonald of Guelph and Hanover residents Roger and Carol Gebhardt, who train and own the filly.
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  5. MacKenzie Blues Band at Farmers' Market

    Live entertainment returns to the Owen Sound Farmers’ Market in the River District until September 3 every Thursday and Friday afternoon from noon to 2 p.m. A different artist or group perform each day. Thursday rock out to the MacKenzie Blues Band. Friday features the Mike McCarthy Band.  Social distancing and masks required.  Pick up lunch at one of the many businesses nearby then enjoy live musical acts. As always, the sound is provided by Gary Byers Sound & Lighting.  For the full summer line up go to www.musicatthe market.ca

    August 11, 2021 Local Entertainment
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  6. Penner: Take a trek to the charming inns in Alberta's backyard

    Sitting there, just the two of us, in those Adirondack chairs – along the chattering creek, bronze light glazing the snow-splattered peaks – was a moment to savour. Red wine. Crackling fire. Creaking pines. Call it stress relief. A short little getaway to recharge the batteries. A mental break from the bizarre, dirty-punch, bar-fight they call “life during a pandemic.” Call it whatever you want. But, for my wife and I, our one-night getaway to the small-and-charming Baker Creek Mountain Resort was pure gold.

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    The beautiful creekside setting at Baker Creek Mountain Resort. Courtesy, Andrew Penner
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  4. Purple Grove News

    We know it is the season to be jolly, but that wind storm on Saturday was’t very jolly for a lot of folks.  Glad everyone got their power back on by Sunday.  Sure makes us realize how dependent we are on electricity.  Thanks to all the emergency crews that had us back to a semblance of normal as soon as they could.  Great fun going to all the electronic gadgets that had their clocks flashing after the outage.  Do we really ‘need’ all those gadgets?  Makes one wonder.  I imagine there are a quite a few folks cutting up downed trees for next years’ winter warth. All the Christmas parades that had to be rescheduled went well on a much nicer day.  Abby MacDonald the Ambassador for the Ripley Agriculture Society has been busy attending as many parades as she can. It is good to see that folks are enjoying our Community Centre. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who are grieving.  Sympathy is extended to Doreen and Jim Platten on the loss of his sister Lola Bridges of Wingham. We hope that the members of our community that are not well or in the hospital are soon feeling much better.  Largaret McInnes of Trillium Court has been enjoying all the folks that drop in for a visit.  It is good that we can move about more freely now even if we do wear our masks.  I think they call that ‘the new normal’.  I guess normal isn’t just a setting on your dryer. With all our Christmas gatherings please drive carefully and enjoy the season.

    Submitted 3 days ago Opinion
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