Barrhead News

Dozens of people showed up at the Multi-Purpose Room last Thursday to view revised plans for Barrhead’s new aquatic centre.

The tunes may be from what we call the olden days, but people played and sang the songs with the same liveliness as they did years ago. Hundreds flocked to the third annual Leroy Brown Jamboree at Summerdale Hall, which ran from Friday, Sept.

Was this really the Seniors Drop-in Centre? Last weekend it seemed more like an up-market mall full of boutiques, specialty stores, arts and crafts shops and studios.

Barrhead’s two mayoral candidates had a chance to size each other up last week during a one-on-one debate. Gerry St. Pierre and Mark Vriend were guest speakers at Thursday’s Barrhead &District Chamber Commerce meeting.

It was perfect camping weather. So the sight of four people pitching a tent, setting up a table and enjoying the September sunshine would not normally attract a second glance. Yet these were no ordinary campers.

If the cause is good and just, people will be prepared to do almost anything. At lunchtime last Friday, 25 men slipped into women’s high-heeled shoes to boost awareness about domestic violence.

Canadian singer-songwriter Tim Hus will be performing at the MTM Community Hall on Friday Sept. 27. Here he speaks to the Leader about his musical journey.

Welcome to Bob and Trudy Lee’s yard. Or should that be botanical garden, where the tropical and exotic mix with the more traditional in Barrhead? To visit their garden at the end of August is akin to watching the sun slowly set on a glorious day.

Sixty-seven vehicles pulled into the parking lot beside the Agrena Saturday, Sept. 7, but these were no ordinary cars and trucks.

It is perhaps one of the ultimate examples of positivity – turning a cancer ordeal into a great opportunity. That is what Mark Vriend has done.