Some people in Norfolk County know him as Don. Dondie Deming is the administrator for Kindness Kounts Norfolk County, with nearly 5,000 Facebook members. “Dondie… nobody’s heard of the name,” said Deming, who was named after an Italian orphan from the 1961 movie Dondi, although Dondie has Scottish origins. “It was an orphanage boy in a movie on television in the 70s. And go figure, I grew up in Children’s Aid.

On Christmas Day, everyone should enjoy being seated around a table with family, or friends, or just a friendly community, having a festive meal together. That’s what drives the annual Community Christmas Day Dinner in Simcoe, hosted by Church Out Serving at Riversyde 83. On Dec. 25, more than 200 people experienced that joy.

It was an emotional Monday night for the Langton-area Boyd family. Excited, and maybe in some cases a bit nervous, Greg and Victoria and their three children watched the premiere of Young Farmer for the first time on the ‘big screen’ at The Strand in Simcoe. The locally filmed and produced documentary by Daryl Granger, Victoria’s brother, features the