A new ‘Taymouth Community Market’ sign was up on the market fence when we arrived this morning. Thank you to Mike Campbell at Ink Monkey’s for the logo design and to Andrew O’Hara at First Impressions Graphics & Output for the sign design, printing and mounting. They both are fine local business professionals who did an awesome job. The sign is part of our Canada 150 and marking our Taymouth Market’s 15th season.
Canada flags were hung around the big market tent, bubbles were floating on the breeze, music was playing in the back ground and hopscotch and other designs were drawn on the pavement with huge sticks of chalk. Under the market tent you could participate in the mini cupcake walk, enter the ‘Have a ball at the Duck Race’ tickets, guess the number of candy in a big jar and enter a name for the Rooster stuffy. Macey drew her own name so lovingly gave it to her little niece Josie who named him ‘Rooster the Cluck’. Good job Josie! Five year old Kara Campbell guessed the number of the candy in the jar and won the whole jar. What a happy little camper she was. There was also a treasure hunt game where you searched for certain objects in a see through bag of sand and wrote them down. All of these fun games were organized by Ruth and Macey Doiron and were all free for anyone who wanted to play. Thank you to you both. Check our Facebook TCA page for details on all the winners. On the other side of the market tent our ticket table was a busy place where you could enter your name for a free $5.00 market voucher. Pam Moxon was the lucky patron. Congratulations Pam. You could also purchase our weekly raffle ballots (3 for $1.00) for a chance to win gift package donated by Stuart and June Douglass that included a bread board, wooden spoon and a bottle of Stuart’s maple syrup. Bobby Canney who is visiting from Ontario was the lucky winner. Congratulations Bobby. Jim Campbell baked and donated a lovely chocolate celebration cake. Rhona O’Hara gave a short talk and pin pointed several reasons for our July 29th celebrations. After, everyone enjoyed a slice of yummy cake. We had a total of 14 vendors who appreciated so much the wonderful turnout of family, neighbours and friends. Welcome to new vendor Bud Price who had a wonderful display of wooden crafts and sport signs. Wendy and Jonathan Hunter were so gracious about donating their time today to sing and entertain us. Blair Kuhn has posted an awesome video on Facebook of them singing ‘Can’t You See’; a song by The Marshall Tucker Band. Check it out. Thank you to a talented great couple from the Taymouth Community Market. The Market Lotto was sold out and the lucky number drawn by Katherine Bavis. The happy, happy winner of $100.00 was local resident Margaret Somerville. She was thrilled and said she’d probably spend it at our markets. Thanks for your continued support Margaret. Later in the morning TCA Treasurer Blair Kuhn presented Durham resident Jesse Canney with a commemorative plaque from the Taymouth Community Association and on behalf of the community of Taymouth. Jesse is an accomplished athlete with many medals and just as many broken records in the sport of swimming. Jesse will compete on the NB Swim team in Manitoba for the Canada Summer Games. Congratulations and good luck Jesse. At markets end many of us gathered on the other side of the parking lot where two red maple trees were planted. Thank you to Tom Moss for picking those up and planting them for us. Craig Hickey talked about the many years of dedication by the vendors and the volunteers. He thanks co-chairs (Market Managers) Rhona O’Hara, Barb Flinn and Connie Campbell for all your hard work organizing the market and keeping us going all these years. Thank you also goes to a former co-chair Jean Burgess. We are excited to watch these two red maple trees grow and provide us with beauty in the spring, summer and fall and we promise to protect you during those harsh winter months. Sounds like a good deal. Many turned out to watch the colourful balls race down the river. Thank you to Amy Hickey and her crew for gathering them up to determine the winners and to chase them down the river to round them all up. Prizes are announced on the TCA Facebook page. Thanks to Ruth and Macey Doiron for organizing a fun race. The chicken barbecue supper was well attended. The star of the show chicken was delicious and all the salads that were donated were yummy. Strawberry short cake was the dessert along with leftover chocolate cake and mini cupcakes from market. Several family’s got a take out dinner and ate outside at our TCA picnic tables; a great evening for eating outside. Thank you to Ruth Doiron, Anne Canney, Marie Morehouse, Amy Hickey and all the Stewart and Evan’s barbecue crew and all the helpers. It was a really great supper! Unfortunately the fireworks that were planned for dusk had to be cancelled because of the fire burn ban in the province. We will reschedule these at a later date. Stay tuned. Blog and photos by Connie Campbell
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Everyone was hoping for good weather and Saturday did not disappoint! This was actually our first market this year which had been outdoors.
Most vendors had been very sensible and had gazebos up for shelter. Some, like me, were not so sensible and ended up completely frazzled. Not about to complain though, we need these hot summer days to get us through the winter! The coffee was good and as usual the breakfast sandwiches looked and tasted divine! Why is it that food always smells and tastes better outdoors? We had a wonderful array of baking on sale which didn't seem to sit there long before being whisked off for someone's lunch or tea-time treat! The flowers and plants on sale looked most at home in the sunshine and there were some pots of fresh herbs which smelt divine! You just can't beat the flavour of fresh herbs for soups and stews, can you? My daughter, Mia, bought a liquorice lip balm from 'Honest to Goodness'. She loves it, it smells so good and has a lovely silky feel when used! She also sat on a wonderful hand crafted bench which was made by Stuart Douglass. Would you believe the bench is just $50!! What a great price and perfect addition to a corner of the garden! Take a look at the photo. It was great to see so many smiling faces and people just sitting around and enjoying the atmosphere and music. This is what it is all about, people having a good time! Ruth Doiron was selling Duck Race tickets and there were some great prizes to be had. The music this week was provided by Charlene and Sam Johnston. It was loved by all! Two of our summer students, Kayla Kuin and Riley O'Hara, worked really hard behind the scenes making sure everyone had chairs and putting away tables in addition to lots of other jobs! Fantastic helpers indeed! Of course, the wonderful breakfast ladies, Evelyn, Ene and Tricia and all the other volunteers who help at each market deserve a huge thanks. The market prize of a $25 Tim Hortons giftcard and a packet of sparklers, very kindly donated by Connie and Jim Campbell, was won by Amey Hickey. The $5 market dollars was won by Joan Greene! Congratulations Ladies! So, don't forget the next market! July 29th, make sure you put it in your diaries! This is a special celebration as the Taymouth Community Association will be celebrating fifteen wonderful years! |
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