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ORLEANS FARMERS MARKET every Thursday from 11 am to 4 pm in the parking lot at the Ray Friel Recreation Centre on Tenth Line Road. Shop the freshest seasonal produce, meat and dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and more while getting to know the folks who grew and made it.

SCOTT JAZEY & FRIENDS OPEN MIC SESSION at the Blackburn Arms Pub in Blackburn Hamlet starting at 6:30 p.m. For more information visit www.facebook.com/
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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.

"LIFE AS A SHOWGIRL" ALBUM RELEASE AND LISTENING PARTY from 8 p.m. to late at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. Themed cocktail and friendship bracelet making, plus chance to win an album. Admission $5 in advance at straydogbrewing.ca.

OPEN MIKE NIGHT at the Royal Oak Orléans 1981 St. Joseph Blvd. (corner of Jeanne d'Arc) with our host Mike Murphy, who plays with bands including the Fake McCoys and The Wild Cards, from 8 p.m. to midnight.

STATION 71 PANCAKE BREAKFAST from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Fire Station 71 in Navan with a freewill donation to the CHEO Foundation. Come enjoy pancakes with local maple syrup Erabliere des Wats Sugar Bush, local coffee from Papa Bean coffee roastery, and sausages and bacon from Lavergne Meat. After breakfast check out the Navan Fall Fest at the Navan Fairgrounds.

WILLOWBEND RETIREMENT COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We welcome you to visit our vibrant community located at the corner of Innes and Trim Roads. Independent living, assisted living and memory care.

NAVAN FALLFEST on the Navan Fairgrounds from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Festival favourites include old-fashioned scarecrow making, kid’s crafts, homemade games and activities, firefighter demonstrations and tug of war and BBQ. FREE ADMISSION

 

 

 

 

Knitting club sends out early call for wool donations
By Jody Maffett
Aug. 22, 2025

It’s been a busy summer for members of the Busy Fingers Knitting Club. So much so that the Orléans-based club is already in need of more wool in order to meet the demand they expect for woolen toques, mitts and scarves this winter and especially around the holiday season.

Each year the Busy Fingers Knitting Club knits more than 3,000 items which they then donate to the city’s community resource centres, homeless shelters, veteran homes, family shelters and maternity wards, to name just a few of the beneficiaries.

Eileen McCaughey, who just turned 91 this week, is the founder and tour de force behind the club which she launched in 2010.

In just the past year the club has expanded to include chapters in Quebec and New Brunswick. Here in Ottawa there are more than 200 members, most of whom live in Orléans.

The only problem with having more members is that it requires more wool. In fact, McCaughey recently delivered a car full of wool to the club’s Quebec chapters including a monastery near Quebec City which specializes in knitting afghans which they give to the local fire department to be used to help comfort people who have to leave their homes in a hurry with nothing on their backs.

Still, the vast majority most of the 3,000-plus items the club knits every year end up being donated to local organizations. And the members continue to come up with new items, like the wool dolls they knit for sick kids at CHEO, or the wool satchel bags designed to hang from a walker or a wheelchair that have become extremely popular among seniors.

The only rule the club sticks by is that the items can not be sold in any way.

“We’re not knitting these things so that people can make money. We knit them for people who really need them,” says McCaughey.

The club is actually mutually beneficial. It gives the members something meaningful to do that will help others, while at the same time providing warmth for people who might not otherwise be able to afford a pair of wool socks, or mittens or even an afghan.

If you would like to donate some wool you can do so by either dropping it off at the
Willowbend retirement community at the corner of Innes and Trim Road, or you can call Eileen at 613-841-3641 and arrange to drop it off at her home or have it picked up. Monetary donations can also be made to help purchase more wool.

The club is also always on the lookout for new members to replace aging members or to simply ad to their ranks. If you are a knitter or would like to learn how to knit you should also contact Eileen.

Members meet at her Fallingbrook home on the third Monday of each month to knit and to socialize.

 
 
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