The Voice of North Grenville
The North Grenville Times
The Voice of North Grenville
www.ngtimes.ca www.ngtimes.ca Vol. 13 No. 11
Reaching by direct mail 8,500 homes and businesses in North Grenville
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12th Annual Comedy Night & Auction NOW OPEN SUNDAYS from 11am for lunch through Dinner
COMING SOON Easter Sunday Brunch
2110 COUNTY RD 20
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March 27, 2025
from Community Living North Grenville Join Community Living North Grenville [CLNG] on Saturday, April 26, for an evening of LOL comedy. The extremely talented performers we have secured will captivate you with their stories, and bring tears to your eyes from laughing. The CLNG Annual Comedy Night & Auction will be held at the North Grenville Municipal Centre. Tickets, on sale at the CLNG office, are $50 per person, or a table for eight at $350. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail hour, enjoy appetizing hors d'oeuvres, finger foods, and desserts from Catered Af-
fairs and Brewed Awakenings. Hunter McCaig with Rideau Auctions will engage everyone in an active and fun auction to raise needed funds for supporting people with an Intellectual Disability. These funds will be directed towards the Inclusion Fund and Transportation Services for the people we serve in our community. Awesome items donated by our local businesses will be available to bid on. Rick Wharton, will MC the entertainment portion of the event. Rick Wharton is a Comedian, Actor, Producer, Radio Host, and Instructor. He is known for his performance as the Conspiracy Guy on Space: The Imagination
Station and an Improvisor at Second City. He is a notable producer, concert promoter, music manager and recently put his talents to transforming the Festival Hall in Pembroke into the Festival Hall Centre for the Performing Arts, and established a Downie/ Wenjack Legacy Space at the Festival Hall. Its mission is to educate and promote reconciliation in the small communities within Renfrew County with their Algonquin Indigenous neighbours in nearby Pikwakanagan. You will be entertained by the hilarious Canadian comedians, Rick Currie, and Jim McNally. Rick Currie is a veteran of the Canadian comedy scene
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and is known for his clean, whimsical style. Rick was a writer for the Rick Mercer Report and Open Mike with Mike Bullard. His accomplishments include Gemini Award Winner, CBC's Debaters, CTV's Comedy Now, Just for Laughs, and the Halifax and Winnipeg Comedy Festivals. Jim McNally is known for his story telling from his personal life experiences and a comical outlook on city and small-town life. He has performed at the Halifax and Winnipeg Comedy Festivals, CTV's Comedy Now, CBC's Laugh out Loud, and Just for Laughs. Since 2011, the success of this event has been attributed to our great community sponsors. We would like to send out a special thank you to our Gold sponsors, Jansen Law, and McDougall Brown Insurance, for their continued support. Thank you to Montessori School for joining us this year as a Silver Sponsor. The backbone of our Sponsorship is through the continued community support as Bronze Sponsors from Ardron Landscaping, the Evans Family, Bell Park Financial Services, Howell Electric, Millers Painting, Randy's Performance Cont'd on page 2
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