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Tie Dye Artist Matheo. Visit his booth at Gathering on the Green. Photo by Lisa Wright. Wortley Villager Issue #90 June 2025 Your local community connector The 100% locally owned and produced Wortley Villager is published ten times a year with thousands delivered free to area residences, set out at local venues, and posted online at www.villagerpublications.com Publisher: Barb Botten P.O. Box 134, Lambeth Station Ontario N6P 1P9 Barb@villagerpublications.com 519-282-7262 Managing Editor: Cathy Wood Cathy@villagerpublications.com All articles by Cathy Wood unless noted otherwise. Advertising : Tami Martin Tami@villagerpublications.com 519-851-0961 Graphic Artist: Cathy Wood Old South Delivery Ambassador: Nippy Watson Copyright @ 2015 Villager Publications. All rights reserved. This magazine or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the Publisher. Information presented has been compiled from sources believed to be accurate at the time of printing however the Publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.
Ben Porchuk with the 223-year-old Bur Oak tree that had just been cut down near Wharncliffe and Commissioners. (Clippings from the London Free Press, 2012) Ben Porchuk is an ecologist and wildlife biologist living in Wortley Village. Among other projects, Ben now consults for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE, University of Toronto) at the JICS Lab School, instructing teachers and creating ‘Nature Sense Grounds’. 233 Edward Street, St. Thomas, ON phone: 519-633-1580 fax: 519-633-8531 impressions-printing.com
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A brief but powerful storm hit Wortley Village, April 29. “This is what happens when you live in a community with mature trees, and when the trees are often not together so that the roots are weaker and the tops of them act like sails,” explained Ben Porchuk. Photo courtesy Ben Porchuk
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