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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2018-07-12, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018. Warm weather aids growth in local wheat, corn fields PEOPLE AROUND WALTON By Jo -Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 It has been quite a week with the unbearable heat and humidity and then with temperatures dropping down to a cool 12°C a couple of nights. We just have to recall the below -freezing temperatures suffered through this past winter and the snow, and remember, this too will pass. In the farming world, the hay is being cut, for second cut and the golden heads of the wheat are ripening quite quickly. It will not be long and harvest will start and the roads will have lots of machinery on them again. Some folks cannot believe how the corn has grown. It is over six feet in some areas of the fields at our place. The farmer's measuring stick for corn of knee high by July 1 has certainly been surpassed in the first eight days of July! Congratulations to Bill Spink, who Thumbs way up Dona Knight, giving the thumbs up, celebrated her 80th birthday with a hot air balloon ride operated by her grandson Zan Freeman, shown inspecting the balloon rig. Knight, Freeman and six other grandchildren and their special friends took to the sky on Saturday to mark the big event. In order to enter the balloon, she had to lay in the basket while it was on its side, which is part of the process in order to inflate the balloon. (Denny Scott photo) Wild ride marks Knight's 80th Members of the Brussels Curling Thanks to the great idea of new Club went to the Blyth Festival to President Carman Bernard, there see the New Canadian Curling Club. were about 40 attending including members and spouses and a few extras go to enjoy the show. It is reunion time for many and we held the 57th Beuerman reunion at the Brodhagen Hall on Sunday. The McDonald family hosted this year's reunion with 44 in attendance. We enjoyed a potluck meal at noon and then the adults had the "business" portion of the day, including table games, short family reports and visits. The children were outside enjoying a great playground and organized games for awhile. A family picture of all was taken before everyone left. A good time and visit with all. A gathering or reunion of sorts was held at the Walton Inn for some good old friends. The six school chums, some starting from public school and adding some during high school, plus three spouses gathered for lunch. They had a great visit with lots of laughter coming from around the table. Enjoying time together were the instigator Margaret Mclnroy and her husband Rick, Kim Humphries Kruse and George, Ed Up in the air To mark her 80th birthday, Dona Knight and her grandchildren took a hot air balloon ride over Blyth. (Denny Scott photo) McClure, Mary Searle Pennington, Ray McNichol and Bob Hulley and Janet. Most of the group is now retired so they can have more gatherings! The Glanville family reunion was held at the Winthrop Ball Park on Sunday. They had about 60 in attendance and "president" Lisa Glanville retains her position for another year. They enjoyed games throughout the afternoon and then had a potluck supper. A new game they played was done with decks of cards and mystery prizes. Everyone gets a card and then another deck of cards is shuffled and a card drawn. As the gifts are gradually taken, the next round is stealing the gifts until the last card is drawn and whoever has a gift gets to keep it! They had a lot of fun and laughs! An idea for your next reunion! Celebrating her 80th birthday in style was Dona Knight. The family gathered at Cowbell Brewing Co. for a birthday dinner, about 15 enjoyed a meal. Then seven of them went for a hot air balloon ride. Grandson Zan, who has the hot air balloon business, was joined by birthday girl Grandma Dona and other grandchildren Brianne, Nicole and boyfriend and Mark and girlfriend. You could say Dona was flying high for her birthday! Celebrating birthdays this past week were Ralph Bos, Dianne Blake, Lorne Glanville, Brad Knight, Jim Brown, Allan Carter, Emily Mitchell, Sean Mitchell, Jasmin Roth, Russell Pryce, Steve Fritz, Mitchell Ryan, Lorna Fraser and Neil Mitchell. Happy birthday to all. is a grandfather now. Lauren and her husband Brandon have welcomed a baby girl into their lives named Claudia. The happy family lives in Markham Looking for Turning Heads and Making Waves? Janice Machan has moved her shop down the street to beside the Bulk and Bargain. A smaller venue for her and it is very pretty in greys and whites. We hope she enjoys her new surroundings. There were a lot of tired Brussels folks on Wednesday and Thursday mornings this past week as they had late nights. The Shania Twain concerts in London on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, brought many of our local folks there. The concert opened with music by Bastian Baker from Switzerland for about 35 minutes and then Shania performed for an hour and a half and then came back out for a 10 -minute encore. It was a great show with dancers, great musicians, lights, moving stage scenery and sets, six costume changes, flying trapeze, crowd interaction and a fantastic show. Rick and I received our tickets for Christmas and the first Brussels area folks we ran into were Lisa Glanville, Joan Smith and Sharon Rapson, Kim Smith, Wayne Smith and two significant others. We made it to our seats and there two rows and one seat over were Joe and Deb Seili! John Lowe reports that he, Murray and Ruth, and Aunt Kathy and Keith were in the front row for the concert. Patricia, Kaitlin and Krista McKay were there, Greg and Trudy Ryan, Kim McWhirter Higgins, Murray and Sandra Pepper and Val Shortreed are some of the FROM WALTON others from Walton/ Brussels area. Guess we should have had a bus! We welcome Grace Jutzi to Huronlea Home for the Aged. We hope she enjoys seeing some of her old Brussels friends and settles into her surroundings. Welcome to Huronlea. We can report that Alice Searle is now residing at Huronview. She looks forward to seeing some of her old Walton friends when over that way. Alice and her late husband Allan farmed near Walton until retiring off the farm to Goderich. Welcome to Huronview. Jim Knight is now at the Seaforth Manor. He is doing physiotherapy to help improve his condition and we wish him well and continued improvement. Condolences offered on Houston's passing It is with great sadness to hear of the passing of Murray Houston. Our sympathies are extended to his children Jillian and husband Chris and Darryl and wife Jodi. His two precious grandsons Emmett and Eli will miss their grandfather's big smile and gentle heart. Murray was loved by his siblings, Bob, Glenna and Janice and families and the extended Watts family. Murray was a quiet and home -loving man. He loved his sports and was an avid broomball player for the Dumper team and a baseball player through Walton minor sports and then the Walton Brewers team for many years. Many good times were had together during those years of ball games and tournament play. He coached hockey and supported his children throughout their sports endeavours as a cheering fan. A farmer through and through, he loved the land, cutting grass and animals. Our condolences to all. Your Local Paper - The Original Social Media! News / Information / Events / Shopping Community / & More The Citizen Posts =ran anarea Denny SOPS pOSI PPP your Pawls w Pns IS ;OSP*. 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