Welcome to Minesing! Welcome to Minesing's home page!  On this site you can find community information, events, and other useful information about our exciting and vibrant community. What's New!!! 40TH ANNUAL MINI-FEST  The 40th Annual Mini-Fest was a resounding success!  The weekend was very busy at all of the events.  In fact there were so many people we actually sold out of Mini-Fest Buttons by mid-afternoon on Saturday!   Friday night the kids enjoyed a family skate with Swampy with hot chocolate and music provided by the Youth Group.  Skating room was tight especially for Swampy as the kids helped him skate around the ice.  Others stayed warm with Progressive Euchre in the Community Centre with around 50 people competing for fun and a few prizes.   Saturday started off early with a delicious pancake breakfast in the Community Centre.  The kitchen made it through the big rush mid-morning with only a little delay and everyone was able to enjoy a great breakfast.  Awards were handed out to the winners of the Bookmark Contest and Colouring Contest followed by the presentations of Youth and Citizen of the Year.   Thanks to Springwater Mayor, Linda Collins, Ward 3 Councillor Rick Webster, Ward 1 Councillor Dan Clement and Simcoe County Warden Cal Patterson for attending the presentation.  An extra special congratulations to the 2012 Youth of the Year, Allison VanderWeilen and 2012 Citizen of the Year, Debbie Giffen!!   The parade following was also well attended even given the cold weather.  Thanks to the OPP and Springwater Fire and Emergency Services for leading the parade and to all of the mascots that attended the parade, Lionel from Boston Pizza Wasaga Beach, Bud from Snow Valley, Sleepy from Travelodge and Cool Cat from the Barrie Baycats!    A special thanks to Donna Johnston, Minesing's resident Mini-Fest Button hoarder, for showing tremendous community spirit in showing off all of the buttons/ribbons from Mini-Fests past.   Our first silent auction was a huge success with many bidding battles over all of the items right through to the end of the Saturday Night Dance.  Auction winners will be notified shortly by telephone of their wins!   The Saturday night dance was a huge success with over 100 people enjoying the sounds of The Hired Help.  Everyone had a great time dancing into the wee hours to be greeted by a big blast off winter from Mother Nature! A very special thanks to all of our sponsors for Mini-Fest:  Barrie Baycats Baseball Club, Barrie Hill Farms, Boston Pizza and Swiss Chalet Wasaga Beach, Chalmer's Auto Body, Currie Truck Centre, Snow Valley Resort, Elmvale Home Hardware, Four Cedars, Giancicco's Ristorante, Les Bertram and Sons Ltd, McLaren Equipment, Nicholyn Farms, Northland Rental, Rounds Ranch, Simcoe County Museum, Travelodge, Walking Mobility Clinic, and The Village Variety. OTHER COMMUNITY NEWS/EVENTS ST PETER'S PANCAKE BREAKFAST- To kick off another year of special events at St Peter’s Anglican Church the men are putting on their aprons to  host a Pancake Brunch on Sunday March 18th between 11:00am and 1:00pm.  The community is invited to drop by and enjoy pancakes topped with Fralick’s Maple Syrup and sausage.  The cost is a "Free Will Donation" with proceeds going to St. Peter’s Maintenance Fund. Call George at 705-721-9227 to let him know you are coming or just drop by and hope that they have some left.    NATIONAL NOVICE CHAMPIONS!!!- Congratulations to Lauren Collins and her partner Danny Seymour on capturing the Canadian National Figure Skating Championship in Novice Ice Dance on January 18th in Moncton!  A tremendous achievement and reward for years of hard work and gruelling practice!     VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - If you are looking to volunteer to help with community events please register in our volunteer database.  Registering does not commit you to anything but will only allow us to contact you when volunteers are required.  Sign up today   Agendas and Minutes of the Minesing Community Association are now available on-line!! Checkout Minesing Moments our regular community news article! Questions on the site can be directed to the webmaster.   Submit suggestions to our suggestion box!!!