Shrove Tuesday Pancake Suppers

Next Tuesday, February 28 St Marys will have a choice of churches to visit for a pancake supper. St Marys Ontario Presbyterian, 147 Widder Street East, will be having their supper 5:00 - 7:00 p.m; cost will be $5 (pre-kindergarden free). At the St James Anglican Parish Hall, 65 Church Street South, will be pancakes, syrup, sausages, dessert and beverage. Their event is from 4:30 - 6:30 pm; cost is $5 adult, $3 children 6-12, $15 family.

World Day of Prayer

Next Friday, March 3, 2:00 pm at Grace Community Church there will be an ecumenical service with the theme of 'Signs of the Times'. 170 countries and regions will have similar services.

Lincolns Finish First

Last night the St Marys Lincolns defeated the Sarnia Blast 6-5 in the final game of the regular season of the Western Junior B Hockey League. The victory left the Lincolns on top of the standings of the 9-team league tied with Chatham Maroons with 68 points. The last time the Lincolns finished first was in the 1993-94 season. 435 attended bringing the season total for the 24 home games to 10,940.

The Lincolns will now play 8th place finisher London Nationals in the quarter finals. First game of the best of 7 series is Friday at 7:45 pm in St Marys.

Drama Festival at St Marys DCVI

March 1 through March 4, over 200 students from 9 area high schools will be putting on short plays at St Marys District Collegiate & Vocational Institute, 338 Elizabeth Street, St. Marys. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the first play starting at 7:00. Tickets are $10 per night or $25 for all 4 nights.

This event is part of the 60th annual Sears Drama Festival which involves more than 300 schools throughout Ontario.

Wed March 1	Thu March 2	Fri March 3	Sat March 4
St Marys How Nous Avons Met Central Huron Clowns Elmira Killing Time St Marys Do It Right	Listowel Uncensored Confessions of a Nobody Elmira Little Shop of Magic Listowel Love	Mitchell Overlaid St Anne's The Devil and Daniel Webster St Anne's Variations on the Death of Trotsky	Stratford Central The Master Builder Nancy Campbell No! Not the Russians! Goderich The Plain Dealer

Science Hill Drifters

The local snowmobile club is the Science Hill Drifters formed in 1993. It grooms over 185 kms of trails on 10 major trails, including 18 kms of a Trans Ontario Provincial (TOP) trail. TOP trails make a 19,831 km (12,322 mi.) border-to-border network of trails.

The Club house is located 1 km north of St Marys on Thames Road. It is heated and open 24/7 during the winter months with the kitchen open on weekends. The next meeting of the club is Wednesday, February 22 at 8:00 pm. Their website is at www.sciencehilldrifters.com

Habitat for Humanity St Marys Build

Area Presbyterian Churches are raising funds for the Habitat for Humanity project on James Street South.

Some of the St Marys Ontario Presbyterian Church fellowship time donations are for the St Marys Build and later this month on Saturday the 25th St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Stratford will be holding a quilt workshop fundraiser. The session will be from 9 am to 4 pm and cost $15 plus the cost of materials.

Excavation will be begin May 1 and the project should be completed before Labour Day. 2 families will be chosen from the over 30 applications. Habitat homeowners buy their home through an interest-free mortgage and are expected to to assist in the building. For this project the land was donated by St Marys and the Avon Maitland School Board.

Delaware Speedway drops NASCAR event

Today, Delaware Speedway announced it would not be part of the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series this year. It held the stock car race in 2004 and 2005 and both times it was won by Scott Lindsay of St Marys.

The Speedway is just west of London, Ontario and is a 1/2 mile semi-banked asphalt oval track.

In 2005 Scott Lindsay finished ninth overall in the Nascar Dodge Weekly Series. There were 18 races with the only other race in Canada taking place at the Autodrome St Eustache, Quebec.

Darlean Morris

Tomorrow Sunday, February 5 from 1-4 St Marys, Ontario artist Darlean Morris will be at Gallery 96, Startford for the closing of an exhibition of her paintings. She uses a abstract expressionist style working with either oil, watercolour, or acrylic. Gallery 96 is located upstairs at the Discovery Centre beside the Festival Theatre, 270 Water St, Stratford.

Ms Morris' studio faces the Thames next to the Opera House. The space was last used selling ice cream.

St Marys Horticultural Society

The Horticultural Society has open meetings and a guest speaker the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm at the Legion Hall, 66 Church St N. Today the speaker is Dorothy Elliott. Among the Society's activities is maintaining eleven flower beds throughout St Marys. Their website is at www.stonetown.com/horticulture