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A frustrating end to a successful Summerfest as a theft occurs at Milt Dunnell Field
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At a time when the Kinsmen Club of St. Marys should have been celebrating a successful 50th-anniversary Summerfest weekend, organizers of the annual event were left with a sour taste in their mouths after a significant amount of alcohol was stolen from one of their secured event trailers. Hunter Hodgson smiles for the camera high up off the ground while enjoying the ferris wheel ride at Summerfest on the weekend. Contributed photo
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The ongoing funding dispute between the St. Marys library board and Perth South has taken its latest toll as library board members reluctantly voted last week to rescind free access to the St. Marys Public Library for students who live in Perth South and do not attend school in St. Marys or its Perth County Information Net-
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“I’m now embarrassed for the fact that we had a fantastic midway operator come to our town and provide such a great time to all our residents just to have bad actors put us in a bad light,” event organizer and Kinsman Ryan Leaman told the Independent. “We’re absolutely gutted. We put so much of our time into the weekend, only grabbing a few hours of sleep, then heading right back at it.” In an update provided late Monday night, the Kinsmen said police have a potential lead on the theft after learning a dark-coloured truck of an unknown make and model was seen driving erratically over the green bridge towards Queen Street at around
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A secured trailer located behind the big refreshment tent was broken into at some point between 2 and 4 a.m. Monday. From that trailer, the Kinsmen say a significant amount of alcohol was taken but, as of press time, they were not ready to share the approximate value of that stolen alcohol. In addition to the alcohol theft, the thief or thieves made away with a $4,000 Honda generator owned by Magical Midways, the company that brought all the midway games to Summerfest.
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