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Dry weather prompts warning
PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
A keepsake
The Brussels Community Bible Chapel's vacation Bible
school, held last week at the former Brussels Public School,
included special crafts, like making keepsake key chains.
Above, drafting their own designs for their key chains are
Beckett Noble and Alice Jorritsma. (Denny Scott photo)
By Jo -Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
What a week for hot weather! It is
a relief that the nights have been
cooler for the most part and a nice
breeze has blown in the windows to
cool the house down again. The
wheat is near ready to harvest for
most and some farmers are already
at it. I believe we have heard small
kernel size but heavy, short straw
and the yield will probably be down,
but every field is different and it
depends if it got rain or not. As soon
as the wheat is off and the straw
done, the manure will start to be
spread again. There are never-ending
jobs on the farm.
Because of the dryness, farmers
are being warned to watch for the
wheat stubble catching on fire.
Don't take vehicles into the fields or
let them idle. Have a fire
extinguisher. We saw on Sunday, one
farmer was running the disc to break
up the stubble around the outside
edge of the field, to help prevent a
fire from spreading off the property,
if anything was to happen.
We would like to ask folks to keep
their eyes peeled for some lost cattle.
Mike Alexander has 12 Limousine
cross cattle, some black, red or
blonde, with green or yellow ear
tags, missing. They could be
anywhere around the Ethel area
(Brandon Road) to between Cardiff
Road and Browntown Road. It has
been over a week since they went
missing. Be wary travelling the
roads and call if you spot any.
The birthday celebrations
continue for Dona Knight. A group
of special friends from the
"Cranbrook" area gathered at JR's
for a birthday dinner and then went
to Isabel Wheeler's for birthday cake
and social time. Helping Dona to
celebrate were Isabel, Betty Knight,
Yvonne Knight, Nora Stephenson,
Mary Morrow, Marion Smith, Teuni
Smith, Alice Marks and Merle
McIntosh. The ladies travelled from
Stratford, Listowel, Wingham and
Brussels area to welcome Dona into
her 80th year.
FROM WALTON
Several locals enjoy trips abroad, close to home
Returning from a great vacation to
Newfoundland are three local
couples. Randy and Donna White,
Mike Thomas and Gail White and
Bruce and Rhonda Fischer. They
report it was a fantastic trip with
beautiful scenery and lots of friendly
people and great food -especially
seafood! They went to see the
Anchors Away show and when the
audience was questioned as to where
they were from, 85 per cent of those
in attendance were from Ontario.
The group travelled to the very top
of the Great Northern Peninsula to
L'anse aux Meadows. This is where
a Vikings settlement has been found
and is believed to have been
established before Columbus found
America!
A couple of interesting facts they
learned were that folks from there
prefer their province name to be
pronounced "New -fund -"land not
"New -found -land" and the many
early settlers were a mix of Scots,
Irish and English so they call their
dialect Newfoundeze! There are
some little tidbits of knowledge
about a beautiful part of Canada!
Welcome back!
There were a lot of folks walking
around the property of Don and
Monique Baan the other day. There
were 45 members of the Fergus and
District Horticultural Society
touring Monique's beautiful
flowerbeds.
Our travel guru, John Lowe has
been away again. This time he was at
the Bruce Peninsula National Park.
It was a beautiful day to go
swimming at The Grotto, Indian
Head Cove and the water was
refreshing and the area beautiful. He
also was being the good samaritan
and delivered a care package to
Walton native Ashley Stevenson,
who is working in Tobermory. If
planning on going north, John
reports it was not very difficult to
reserve your parking pass via the
Parks Canada website for the area!
A quick trip to Nashville was in
the plans for Paul and Cheryl Ryan
with friends Ken and Leanne
McNiel of Paisley. They went on the
bikes and enjoyed hot weather just
like at home. It was awesome and
because they were there over the
July 4 holiday, they witnessed an
awesome fireworks display. Many of
the streets are closed down to
vehicular traffic. They went to the
Corvette museum and the tour of the
Jack Daniel's Distillery while there.
A great way to see Nashville is to
look for the golf cart tours. Many
locals with golf carts will take you
for a tour "off the beaten path" in the
city. They travelled the back streets,
saw the smaller but interesting sites,
went to a great little jazz bar and
thoroughly enjoyed the commentary
of the sites of the city. Welcome
back!
The Edge of Walton held the
Grand Sparks Camp last week for
grandparents and grandchildren.
They had between 22-25 sets of
excited pairs taking part in the
program. The activities included
kayaking, canoeing, riding bikes
through the bush trail and the
Goderich-to-Guelph Rail Trail,
nature trail hiking, pond life,
climbing the tower ropes, team
bonding and many others. The
program is organized by Gateway
Rural Health and the Lees and was
created to encourage interactive
activities between seniors and
children. They have a great time for
the half day, and enjoy a healthy
lunch provided by Gateway for the
week. All positive comments and a
great time was enjoyed by all the
participants!
Returning from a trip to the east
coast are Joe Hallahan and Catherine
Terpstra. They report beautiful
weather, rough winding roads and a
wonderful time. The highlight of the
OF PHOTOS
taken by Citizen
photographers are
available to purchase.
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trip was going to Pier 21 in Halifax
where Catherine landed 61 years ago
as a child coming from Holland.
Edgar and Rinske Daer were also
there and Rinske landed at the same
time as Catherine. They also
travelled the Cabot Trail and went to
Fortress of Louisbourg. Joe reports
putting 6,000 kilometres on the truck
and they were away about two -and -
a -half weeks. A wonderful time was
had by all!
It was Friday the 13th last week
and the roads were abuzz with
motorcycles enthusiasts heading to
Port Dover for the 65th gathering of
bikers. The event started in 1981 and
has grown out of a guy and a few
friends to thousands now attending.
There are only two dates this year
and the earlier one was in April. It is
a windfall of revenue for many
clubs, stores and businesses when
hundreds of thousands arrived to
browse, party and eat.
Heading there from our area were
Paul and Cheryl Ryan and Doug and
Sheila Bauer as part of a group of 20
friends. They stay at the same place
every Friday the 13th and the 87 -
year -old hostess is just like
grandma to them all!
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MUNICIPAL ELECTION 2018
Municipal Elections Act, 1996 (s.32)
NOTICE OF NOMINATION FOR OFFICE
NOTICE is hereby given to the Municipal Electors of the Municipality of
Huron East that Nominations for the following offices:
Mayor (1 elected at large)
10 Councillors - 2 representing Brussels Ward
2 representing Grey Ward
2 representing McKillop Ward
2 representing Seaforth Ward
2 representing Tuckersmith Ward
(Offices are for a four year term - commencing December 1, 2018)
may be made by completing and filing in the office of the Clerk, 72 Main Street South, Seaforth, Ontario
NOK MO nominations on the prescribed form. Nomination forms must be filed, with the prescribed
declaration by at least 25 persons, either in person or by your agent. Such nomination papers must be
accompanied by the prescribed nomination filing fee of $200 for the position of Mayor and $100.00 for the
position of Councillor. The filing is payable in cash, certified cheque, money order or debit machine.
A nomination must be signed by the candidate and may be filed in person or by an agent, with the
Returning Officer during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. up to Thursday, July 26th, 2018,
and between 8:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 27th, 2018 (Nomination Day).
No person who proposes to be a candidate may solicit or accept contributions for election purposes; or
incur expenses, until that person's nomination has been filed. A nomination must be certified by the Clerk,
or designate, before such person becomes a certified candidate for the office for which they are nominated.
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 Day will be Monday, October 22nd, 2018.
Brad Knight, CAO/Clerk
Municipal Office, 72 Main Street South,
Seaforth, Ontario. NOK 1 WO
519-527-0160
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