JARVIS—The Miedema family enjoys a snack of French fries before exploring the rest of JarvisFest 2023. Pictured (l-r): Kyle, Amelia, 5, Hudson, 8, Louis, 2, Heather, Elise, 7. 
JARVIS—Members of the King Solomon Lodge 329 Jarvis facilitated the MASONICh.I.P Ontario Child Identification Program at JarvisFest on August 19 and 20. The program provides families with digital fingerprints and still photos, video interview, DNA swab, and a data sheet on their children on a USB. The Jarvis Masons have been offering Ch.I.P. for more than 15 years and were the first lodge in Ontario to run the program. Pictured (l-r) Dennis Craddock and Bill Alliston are ready to prepare Ch.I.P. kits for families. Globally, Masons donate over $2 million a day. Alliston says, “We cannot describe the feeling we get for the good we do.” 
JARVIS—Henry and Ruby Lindsay are ready for fun at JarvisFest with their parents Andrew and Amilia alongside baby brother Thomas (in stroller). 
JARVIS—Jackie Easson (right) shows off the positive message on the sweatshirt she purchased at the Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) booth. Huzaifa Shahid (left) is with Tread Forward, which is in partnership with CMHA. The sweater reads: “Dear person behind me, you are amazing, beautiful & enough. Remember that.” 
JARVIS—Volunteers are at the heart of JarvisFest. Pictured (l-r) are Marianne and Richard Moorse, who are members of the organizing committee. —Haldimand Press photos by Sheila Phibbs.
JARVIS—The Jarvis Lions Park was the place to be August 18 to 20, 2023 for the second annual JarvisFest. New events added to this year’s JarvisFest program included a parade, miniature horse show, and classic car show. Combined with an impressive fireworks show, slo-pitch and disc golf tournaments, a wide variety of music, entertainment, vendors, carnival rides, and crowd pleasing food, there truly was something for everyone to enjoy. The Saturday morning parade featured fire trucks, tractors, politicians, community ambassadors, a kid in a bathtub, and a reminder that Christmas and Light Up is coming. Below, the South Coast Miniature Horse Connection show took place on August 19. —HALDIMAND PRESS PHOTOS by Sheila Phibbs.
Many youth competitors took part in the show including Kaidence Stadder, 11, dressed as the Cowgirl Princess with her horse Simba for the costume class. 
Haldimand 4-H members and sisters Janessa (left) and Katerina Heidman relax with their horses before their afternoon classes. Janessa is showing Majestic Meadows Chianti Ricardo and Katerina is showing Majestic Meadows Chianti Santana.
