Category: <span>Fair</span>

2013 Recipients

The legacy of Lambton County’s highly successful 1991 International Plowing Match (IPM) is continuing to help deserving students in Lambton County continue their post-secondary studies. Three students were presented with IPM ’91 scholarships of $1,000 each during a presentation ceremony held at the 2013 Brigden Fall Fair. The recipients included …

Kaitlynn Anderson, 2013-2014

What was once a childhood dream has become reality for 18-year old Kaitlynn Anderson of Mooretown, who was crowned as this year’s Brigden Fair Ambassador on August 14th by the 2012 Ambassador, Courtlyn Fiddler. Anderson is a second year student at the Brescia campus of the University of Western Ontario, …

Courtlynn Fiddler, 2012-2013

Courtlyn Fiddler, 16 was crowned Brigden Fair Ambassador for 2012/13 August 15, 2012. She officially becomes Ambassador September 1st, after 2011/2012 Ambassador Megan Vandendool completes her reign competing at the C.N.E. in Toronto. Courtlyn’s great grandfather, Ken Anderson was the Brigden Fair president in 1971 and it has been a …

2011 Recipients

By John Phair In keeping with tradition, the Lambton International Plowing Match ’91 Trust Fund Scholarships were presented at this year’s Brigden Fair. But for the first time in its 20-year history, all four recipients are graduates of Petrolia’s Lambton Central Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCCVI) and all four are …

Megan Vandendool, 2011-2012

BRIGDEN – Megan Vandendool is the 2011 Brigden Fair Ambassador. The 18-year-old was selected Tuesday night among four contestants vying for the crown. The fair runs Thanksgiving weekend in October. As Brigden Fair Ambassador, Vandendool will attend the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies convention in Toronto and the 2011 Ambassador …

Carrie Dawson, 2010-2011

Carrie Dawson has grown up in Brigden on a farm her whole life. She has just finished her last year at Wilfrid Laurier University studying Geography and Music and now will be attending her final year at Lambton College to continue her path in Human Resources Management. Every free moment …

2009 Recipients

By John Phair Brigden – The spirit of the 1991 International Plowing Match was alive and well at this year’s Brigden Fall Fair with the presentation of a total of $4,800 in scholarships to four post-secondary students. Jo-Anne Sanderson, who acted as Emcee at the presentation ceremony, explained that a …