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The Citizen, 2018-07-05, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018. Lions exchange brings Mexican, Finnish students PEOPLE AROUND WALTON By Jo -Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 We hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend and Canada Day! It sure was a hot one and the crops are loving the heat, but those who had to work in it, not so much. Remember to hydrate, take breaks and use sunscreen! It was a great time for school to be over, before the blast of heat arrived. Buses can be very hot to ride in, even with the windows open. There were lots of happy kids, drivers, teachers and some parents. For other parents it is a struggle to keep kids occupied and busy during the summer and to find child care. The two months will fly by for all and before you know it, we will be back. Congrats to our local Walton students who graduated from Grade 8 and will start their high school years. Luke Fritz, Bennett Smith, Shawna Terpstra, Katrina Gubelmann and Matthew McKee are the ones I know. We also have students graduating from high school and heading to college or university or working. Some of those students include Emma Baan, Sarah Mitchell, Teagan McGavin, Ben Robinson, Mitchell McKee and Brett Stevenson. Congratulations to all the grads and good luck. There are also those graduating from university and one would be Ryan Baan. He has graduated from Carlton University with his Bachelor of Commerce and is working in Ottawa with 4-H Canada. Congratulations to Ryan! The campers on the weekend report the swimming pools were overflowing with action trying to keep kids cool, but they had lots of fun. Thankfully, there was a nice breeze blowing most of the hot days. Congratulations to Missy and Paul Turner on the birth of a daughter, Posey Raine. She is another grandchild for Pam and Alvin McLellan and the fourth child for Missy and Paul of Wellesley. We are hoping Jim Knight is coming along after suffering a health issue last week. He has been in Stratford Hospital and we hope he is improving. We are pleased to hear Steve Fritz is home and is improving. It will be slow going and his smashed ankle will take time to heal, so getting around is tricky. Fast healing thoughts to Steve! The International Lions student exchange has students coming to our area and some going from our area. Arriving here to the home of Perry and Julie Pearce in Brussels are two 17 -year-old young men. David Gomez of Mexico and Oskari Marjakoskic of Finland have been here a week already. They will be going to the Lions Camp, south of Goderich, for a week and then will return to their host family for the remainder of their time here. They will be here a month and have already enjoyed a barbecue to meet a few folks around Brussels. Returning from a fantastic trip with her family is Sheila Prescott. Six family members flew from Toronto to Ireland for 10 days. David, Mark, Paul, Daryl and Marci joined Sheila on the trip. They spent four days in Dublin seeing the sights in southern Ireland and then travelled north to the Belfast area of Ireland. It is in Northern Ireland where Sheila's parents grew up and they toured the area and even met some relatives. They toured the west coast from the top of Ireland to the bottom and it was beautiful. They went on double-decker buses and were able to get on and off whenever to look around an area. An action -packed cave The Brussels Community Bible Chapel is hosting its Vacation Bible School, called Cave Quest: Following Jesus the Light of the World, at the former Brussels Public School, now Old Colony Mennonite School. Above, children sing and sign a song at the event. Back row is Ciara Bosman. Middle row, from left: Payton Illman, Tenika Hiebert and Sarah and Hannah Smith. Front row is Melody Holthuysen. (Denny Scott photo) Fish fry crew in Lucknow Continued from page 2 order the food needed. The fish fry crew went to Lucknow to celebrate Canada Day and the Lucknow Reunion on Sunday. They cooked for 300 folks in the heat, but managed to have a good time while doing the job. They were at the Lucknow Legion and appreciated their hospitality and help. Comrades Eric and Deb Ross, Mabel Glanville, Ron and Daisy Schmidt, Judy Lee and Jo -Ann McDonald were on the job for the Branch. They went to the Bushmill's Distillery, the oldest one in Ireland, where they still make their product the same way as in the past. They toured some castles and went to the dock and the exhibit of where the Titanic was built. It was a marvellous trip and they met some very interesting people. Wherever they went, they enjoyed excellent food in the small bars and taverns, and offers of how the locals could help them. They rented a van to tour around Dublin and Belfast and report that the hay was off, grain turning yellow, flowers blooming everywhere, and sheep grazing everywhere, but not on the road. They went to the giant causeway and enjoyed great weather and only one rainy night. It was a fantastic trip, leaving them all wanting to go back. We all know it is a small world and on the flight home from Dublin were folks on a Hanover Holidays tour. Sheila met a classmate from Wingham High School whom she had not seen since graduating and when saying she was from Brussels, Stew Taylor, from Exeter, joined in to say he comes to Brussels for the Sunday Night dances at the Legion all the time. Welcome back to Sheila! Walton native Jeff Linton made the front cover of The Rural Voice this past issue. He is a young farmer entrepreneur with his pasture pork business. Raising pigs outside is an unusual and unique concept and a challenging one, but Jeff is working hard at making it a success. It is a good story about Jeff and a copy of The Rural Voice can be found at The Citizen offices. Welcome back to Deb Cann who enjoyed a 10 -day trip to British Columbia. She went to visit a sister and her family with one of her nieces. They went to Chilliwack to stay and travelled around to see the sights. They attended a baby shower for a new great-niece and saw many of the extended family in the area. They went to Stanley Park, which is beautiful, and Deb reports an interesting fact. After a large storm damaged many of the giant trees in the park, they took them down, and made benches and sitting areas from the wood. Good thinking! Deb enjoyed the scenery of the area, but is not a fan of flying, so her view of the mountains from the plane was minimal, she just didn't look out the window. Deb also had an interesting story about her niece and her wedding dress. The bridal shop left many brides without a dress when they closed shop unexpectedly. The word travelled somehow to the host of the TV show "Say Yes to the Dress" and the host flew an assortment of dresses to that area and supplied FROM WALTON them to the brides, at no charge! What a wonderful thing to do and it goes to show there are still some generous people out there. Deb had a wonderful time and would love to go again, but wonders if taking the train would be nice! Welcome back Deb. Celebrating birthdays this past week include Nora Humphries, Stephen Todd, Norah Schlosser, Ken McCallum, Sandy Rijkhoff Terpstra, Kevin Huether and Caden Lee to end June. Canada Day babies include Linkin McCallum, Julie Wharton, Colton Van Driel and Jim Bosman, followed by Dianne Baan, Sherri Taylor, Craig Baan, Merton Hackwell, Jeffrey Linton, Ken Pethick, Mike Ryan, Hope Williamson and Allison Stevenson. Happy birthday to all! MUNICIPAL ELECTION 2018 NOTICE of NOMINATION for OFFICE Notice is hereby given to the Municipal Electors of the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry Nominations will be received for the following offices of: Municipal Positions: 1. Mayor ( One (1) elected at Large) 2. Four (4) Councillors (Four (4) elected at Large) Nominations may be made by completing and filing in the office of the Clerk of the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry located at 41342 Morris Road, Brussels, Ontario, nominations in the prescribed form including: • A signed consent to the nominations • A declaration of qualification by the candidate • A $200.00 filing fee for the Head of Council and $100.00 filing fee for all other offices • Identification of the candidate School Board Positions shared with Other Municipalities: 3. One (1) member of the Avon Maitland District School Board representing the Township of North Huron, Township of Howick and the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry. Nomination papers are to be filed with the Clerk of Township of North Huron. 4. One (1) member of the Huron Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board representing the Town of Goderich, Township of Howick, Central Huron, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Morris-Turnberry and North Huron. Nomination papers are to be filed with the Clerk of the Town of Goderich. 5. One (1) Trustee representing the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, County of Wellington, County of Middlesex, County of Perth and County of Huron on the French -Language Public School Board. Nomination papers are to be filed with the Clerk of the City of London. 6. One (1) Trustee representing the Counties of Lambton, Huron and Bruce on the French Language Separate District School Board. Nominations papers are to be filed with the Clerk of the City of Sarnia. Term of Office : December 1, 2018 to November 14, 2022. To submit a Nomination Paper: A nomination paper must be signed by the candidate and may be filed: • in person or • by an agent on a day in the year between May 1st and July 26th, 2018, at a time when the Clerk's office is open or on Friday, July 27th, 2018 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. A nomination must be certified by the Clerk before such person becomes a certified candidate for the office to which she or he is nominated. Nomination may be withdrawn up until 2:00 pm Friday, July 27, 2018. At that time if only sufficient nomination for office have been certified, those candidates will be declared elected. In the event there are an insufficient number of candidates to fill all positions available, nominations will be reopened for the vacant positions only, on Wednesday, August 1st, 2018 between the hours of 9 am and 2 pm and such additional nominations, if required, may be filed in the office of the Clerk. Electors are hereby given notice that if a greater number of candidates are certified than are required to fill the said offices, an Election will be held. Voting will be by `Internet and Telephone' and Voting Date will be Monday, October 22, 2018. Dated this 15th day of June, 2018. Nancy Michie Administrator Clerk -Treasurer Municipality of Morris-Turnberry Telephone 519-887-6137 ext 21 Email: nmichie@morristurnberry.ca