It may have been a cold, wet, miserable day in Metcalfe, but that didn’t seem to discourage anyone as a determined and resilient crowd turned out for the first performance of the year for the world famous RCMP Musical Ride. There was going to be a lot of horses to wash down when they returned to Ottawa, but for the entirety of the show in Metcalfe, everyone, both four and two-legged, performed in the professional manner expected of them. See the Villager News section of our website for the full story. Tinkess Photo

Terry Tinkess is a professional photographer, educator and journalist. He has been making a living with a camera and keyboard since 1999 and has been featured in such publications as The Ottawa Citizen, Cornwall Standard Freeholder, The Globe and Mail, The Miami Herald, Ottawa Construction News, The Ontario Construction Report, Ontario Home Builder Magazine, Reed Construction Data, Canadian Potato Business and most recently, The Record and Eastern Ontario AgriNews. Terry lives in Ingleside, Ontario with his wife Brenda, Mia the anxious Pittie and cats Wally and Chubbers.