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Canada Day 2023
Canada Day 2023 saw 25 craft vendors, several food trucks, a dozen performing artists including a stirring appearance by the Niagara Regional Police Pipe Band, and many assorted activities for the kids keep a park full of people entertained throughout the day. Entertainment in the bandstand began with Mad Science and went through to close…
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2023 Kids Fishing Derby
This year our Club inherited the long running Kids Fishing Derby from the Conservation Club. With their expert guidance and the help of many sponsors and even more volunteers, we are very pleased to report the event was a complete success. Over 200 entrants aged 3-13 and their guardians registered. We had to expand the…
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Canada Day 2023
The PC Optimist Club runs the whole nine yards at H. H. Knoll Park in Port Colborne on Canada Day. Everything from craft vendors to food trucks, music, animal displays, and participation fun and games. The City buys the cupcakes, gets the park cleaned up and ready, and takes care of park cleanup after the…
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Kids Fishing Derby
The annual kids fishing derby in Port Colborne has been a welcome part of our community life for many years. Open to kids from 3-13 (accompanied by an adult), the kids spend a morning sitting by the water vying for prizes and trophies and generally having a great time. Throughout its entire run the event…
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Youth Appreciation 2023
Last night the Port Colborne Optimist Club celebrated the youth of our community at our annual Youth Appreciation Award event. Held in the parking area outside our club, we had over 20 guests and a dozen Club members in attendance to help out at our barbecue. On this sunny evening, Chris managed the main course,…
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Honk If You’re Happy
If you are driving along Killaly Street East this morning and see people in orange vests along the roadside or clambering in and out of ditches, that’s us doing our bit for the community. Twice per year we clear the road edges and ditches of our adopted road, and today is the day. We again…
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End Of An Era
As some will already know our member for over thirty years, Graham Priest, passed recently. Among his many, many contributions over three decades of commitment to this club, Graham was the technologist behind the original Club web site. This site is the replacement for that site, which is soon to expire. That is the nature…
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Optimist Club Zone 1 Meeting
The Port Colborne Optimist Club played host recently to Optimist Club leaders and members from Zone 1, comprised of the six clubs within the Niagara Peninsula. The Governor Elect travelled here all the way from Cornwall, over 600km, perhaps a testament to the quality of the food laid on for zone meetings here in Port…
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