The first-ever all-Ontario winning minor hockey team from Mitchell could have celebrated its 50th anniversary anywhere at any time of year. Article content

Instead, they chose the new Tim Hortons pavilion in Keterson Park in Mitchell on a muggy Friday evening in mid-August. Article content

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Why?

“Because it’s Cornfest,” said Jay Heinbuck, the team’s captain, who, despite living in Woodstock for most of his adult life, makes a point of returning to his hometown every August for what amounts to a reunion of sorts. A group of longtime friends always golf on the Friday of the festival before making their way to the pavilion that night to see who they run into.

If they’re up to it, they may return the following day.

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