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• Bench press fundraiser for Pathways turning 25

  17-03-2026 23:04 via theobserver.ca
  Ironworks and Pathways are celebrating a quarter-century Saturday of lifting weights and supporting kids’ health in Sarnia-Lambton. “It’s amazing,” said Give the Kids a Lift and former Ironworks owner Cam Davies about marking the 25th annual bench press competition and fundraiser for Pathways Health Centre for Children, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Point Edward gym. Thirty-seven lifters are expected, including competitors with disabilities, he said. Lifters can use free weig
  
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• Memory, process part of Bright's Grove bronze-sculpture show

  17-03-2026 21:02 via theobserver.ca
  Morris Wazney’s mother has a history of asking for practical gifts. Her father, Wazney said, embracing the sentiment for a joke, gave Wazney’s mother a broccoli as a substitute for flowers. “It’s still something that I relate to,” said the Lambton Shores-based artist, who wasn’t even born at the time. The story and its humour endured across generations, if only ephemerally until she bronzed a broccoli in homage, and titled the sculpture Generational Humour, Wa
  
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• Sarnia non-profit robotics programs get a boost from Imperial Oil

  17-03-2026 17:45 via theobserver.ca
  A Sarnia youth not-for-profit is gearing up its robotics programs with help from a local industry. A $50,000 sponsorship from Imperial has allowed the Mastermind Youth Foundation to set up a new shop in space it uses at the Lochiel Kiwanis community centre in Sarnia. Sachin Parmar, who created the foundation with fellow engineer Jacques Villeneuve, said Imperial approached them after learning last year’s high school mixed metal robotics team earned rookie all-star honours. “I know th
  
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