Managing editor of @OFAH-produced @OODMag by way of @PtboExaminer. Last editor of The Lindsay Post. https://xitter.cf/t.co/Z3q5qv4pTc

Lindsay, Ontario
Joined August 2013
Our fall youth dodgeball program continues Wednesday evenings at Alexandra PS until Nov. 18. #dodgeball #optimistdodgeball #dodgeballprogram #optimistclub #youthdodgeball
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Optimists staffed a table at the Kawartha Lakes Volunteer Fair at the Commonwell Exhibition Building at the Lindsay Fairgrounds on Oct. 14. 1/2
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Jason Bain: One night, I dreamed about a time my cousin and I came upon a pair of bear cubs in the woods after a day of fishing. Startled, they scrambled up a tree. As I ran, my tackle box burst open, scattering its contents across the forest floor. That’s when I woke...
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Students from Peterborough’s Trent University have been dominating mostly American competitors in the Freshwater Frenzy fishing contest. ofah.org/oodonline/news/tren… @TrentUniversity @anglersatlas #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #FreshwaterFrenzy #FishingContest
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Plans for our annual Christmas tree sale fundraiser are set. Sales begin Nov. 28 in front of Canadian Tire on Kent Street West. #optimistclub #christmastreesales #serviceclub #friendofyouth #lindsay
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Looking for a back issue? We might have it! OOD has decades of mint magazines in storage. Request yours today at 1-800-361-0645 or: [email protected] Cost is $10 per issue (includes shipping). @ofah #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #FromTheArchives #BackIssues
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Members enjoyed our fall return to Adelaide Place’s Senior Living Community building on Albert Street South on Thursday for the third regular breakfast meeting of 2026-27. 1/3
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Thank you to the artists who generously donated their talents to the Perch & Paint birdhouse fundraiser. It raised nearly $4,000, which will be donated to Kawartha Gallery for its annual Student Juried Exhibition and youth art camp. #kawarthagallery #lindsayoptimistclub
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Behind-the-scenes of the annual #CamoDay photoshoot at OFAH HQ! 🦌🎣🦫 Happy #HeritageDay in advance to the all the hunters, anglers, and trappers across Canada. @ofah @AnglerHunterTV #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #Canada
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Sound up! Listen to us recite the Optimist Creed to learn more about what it means to be an Optimist Club of Lindsay member, while getting a look at a recent breakfast meeting and a glance at some of our community activities. #lindsayoptimistclub #serviceclub #friendofyouth
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Managing Editor Jason Bain takes us to a backcountry bass lake in Haliburton County. @_JasonBain @YETICoolers #Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #Ontario #BassFishing #September #YETI
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The Perch & Paint live birdhouse auction is over…but the online auction continues until Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. Visit lindsayoptimistclub.org to bid. In the meantime, here’s video from the live auction that took place during the Downtown Lindsay Block Party. @KawarthaArtGall
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The Perch & Paint live birdhouse auction is nearly here! Your winning bid is a donation to support youth programming at Kawartha Art Gallery. @KawarthaArtGall #kawarthagallery #lindsayoptimistclub #kawarthahomehardwaregroup #fundraising #birdhouses
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Our youth dodgeball program will return Wednesdays from Sept. 23 to Nov. 18 at the Alexandra Public School gym for kids born from 2015 to 2018. Games will be played at 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. Cost is $56.20 per child. Register at raceroster.com/events/2026/1… #registration #dodgeballprogram
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More than 30 members and guests returned to the pavilion at Lindsay Optimist Soccer Park to enjoy the first regular breakfast meeting of 2026-27 on Sept. 3. #optimistclub #lindsayoptimistclub #optimistcluboflindsay #friendofyouth #serviceclub
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The OFAH | Mario Cortellucci Hunting & Fishing Heritage Centre is taking part in a nationwide community science project that is expected to help us learn more about local biodiversity. ofah.org/oodonline/news/ofah… @ofah @uofg @CBG_UofG @bugquest_canada
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“For years, I’d been meaning to venture to Hullett Provincial Wildlife Area, yet somehow a day of hunting there always escaped me..." Scott McGuigan writes in Ontario Out of Doors’ 2026-2027 Hunting Annual — now on newsstands. @ofah @YETICoolers @DuckDuckBOOM
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Charter member Wayne MacLeish, 80, chuckles while reminiscing about the Optimist Club of Lindsay dunk tank fundraiser, a former staple south of the grandstand at the Lindsay Fair at its former location at Angeline and Colborne streets. 1/6
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Ontario Out of Doors’ Hunting Annual 2026-2027 is now available. You’ll read about a honeymoon moose hunt, lessons learned from shooting clays, the differences between gun dog breeds, and more! Become an OFAH member or subscribe today. ofah.org/oodonline/latest-is… @ofah
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With an online auction underway and a live auction set for Sept. 12, Optimists — including Andrew Rafton, seen chatting with Milk & Honey owner Olivia Moore — have been busy dropping off Perch & Paint birdhouses at downtown Lindsay businesses. Bid at: zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/pe…
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