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TRIVIA NIGHT from 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday night at the Royal Oak Pub Orléans. Free to play. Prizes for the winning team! The Royal Oak Pub is located at 1981 St. Joseph Blvd. near Jeanne d'Arc. For more info visit facebook.com/ RoyalOakPubsOrleans.

OYSTER NIGHT every Wednesday from 6-9 pm at the Orléans Brewing Co. Two types of oysters served with lemon, Tobasco, horseradish, salt and mignonette. The Orléans Brewing Co. is located at 4380 Innes Rd., next to McDonalds.

OPEN MIC NIGHT at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way. Registration begins at 7 p.m. Music at 8 p.m. with your host Matthew Palmer.

SDBC TAPROOM CONCERT SERIES presents Redial live and in concert from 7-9 p.m. at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. Advance tickets $10 available at straydogbrewing.ca

DARTS ARE BACK AT THE ROYAL OAK PUB from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. All skill levels are welcome!! Teams are picked at random based on averages and the format is 501! The cost is $15/player with all funds returned in prizing! Registration is from 11 am to 11:30 am, games start at noon!

ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY 11 a.m. at the Orléans Cenotaph beside the Orléans Legion Branch 632, 800 Taylor Creek Drive. Sandwiches and desserts following the ceremony inside the Legion.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF ORLEANS is hosting a Holiday Dinner at the St. Elias Banquet Centre, 750 Ridgewood Ave. Tickets: $75/person. 4 course dinner (choice of turkey, salmon or vegetarien), dessert and punch. Contact Mashooda Sayed at mashoodasyed@yahoo.ca or call 613-255-0872.

SDBC TAPROOM CONCERT SERIES presents East Coast Experience live and in concert from 7 p.m. at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. Advance tickets $25 available at straydogbrewing.ca.

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Saltwater Santas raise more than $24K for charity
By Fred Sherwin
Jan. 23, 2025

Tony Sullivan and Bob Presland, aka the Saltwater Santas, have done it again. The pair, along with Tony’s wife Jocelyne, have managed to raise another $24,316 for local charities through Sullivan’s Sugar Creek Way Christmas display bringing the grand total of funds raised over the past four years to over $85,000.

Sullivan began collecting donations from motorists and passersby during the first weekend in December and was outside every night until Jan. 1. He was often joined by Presland and on the busier nights by a long list of helpers all of whom are in their 60s.

Although the amount didn’t quite match the $28,000 they raised last year, it is still a whole lot of money that will be handed out to charitable organizations in Ottawa-Gatineau, including right here in Orléans where the Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre received $2,500.

“It just unbelievable how generous people are,” says Sullivan. “It really warms your heart.”

As in past years, the Saltwater Santas handed out candy canes and small chocolates to anyone who made a donation. When all was said and done, they had gone through 70 bags of Costco chocolates that contain 300 pieces each. That’s a lot of chocolate.

The vast majority of the donations were individual $5 bills. In fact, they collected over $9,000 in $5 bills alone, along with $10s and $20s and even the odd $100 bill.
They also took in a pile of loonies and toonies which Jocelyne’s brother volunteered