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Blyth Creek Maple Farm is hosting special tours and
activities all week for March Break including wagon rides,
archery, and experiencing the pioneer way of life and
making syrup. Shown above is farm operator Steve Bachert
helping Preston Stephenson of Clinton aim his bow. (Denny
Scott photo)
Council rejects committee
suggestion, supports IPM
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Huron East Council has voted to
supply a number of services to the
International Plowing Match (IPM),
which will be held in Walton this
September.
At council's March 7 meeting, the
matter was up for discussion with
three members of the IPM
executive, Brian McGavin, Matt
Townsend and Paul Dodds, in
attendance.
Mayor Bernie MacLellan advised
council that when the Ontario
Plowmen's Association (OPA) and
IPM executive became aware of the
Administration Committee's
recommendation to council to
charge the IPM the normal building
permit feeds for tents and a flat rate
of $5,000 for water, sewage
treatment and landfill costs,
concerns had been raised about the
additional cost to the IPM.
He further explained that the
requests for different services were
coming in on an as -needed basis and
there were different expectations
and miscommunications by all
parties involved.
The OPA has a number of
expectations of the municipality and
gives the municipality hosting
partner status for the event.
MacLellan said it's unfortunate that
all the expectations are not in a
handbook for both the municipality
and the local IPM committees to
follow.
As a hosting partner, Huron East
will receive recognition on printed
posters, show booklets, official
publications and the sponsorship
park. A representative can also then
bring greetings on behalf of the
municipality at the match and Huron
East will receive two exhibitor
spaces during the IPM.
He told Townsend, McGavin and
Dodds, however, that Huron East
was keen to work with them and was
willing to help wherever it was
possible for the municipality to do
so.
Townsend told councillors that is
the IPM executive's hope too - that
the two partners can work well
together going forward and that
Huron East would remain a
hosting partner for the match going
forward.
Townsend told council that he
hopes Huron East will be able to
host a profitable match - in fact, one
of the most profitable in the history
of the match.
Council passed a motion to reject
the recommendation from the
Administration Committee and
passed a motion to donate services
to the IPM this fall with little
discussion.
Correction
In last week's issue of The
Citizen, Gerald Ryan was
misidentified in our Countdown to
IPM 2017 story about the Dalton
and Ryan families.
Cheryl Ryan's father-in-law is
Gerald Ryan. He is one of the many
landowners leasing his land to the
International Plowing Match this
September.
The Citizen regrets the error.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017. PAGE 7.
Flu season hurts dart attendance
PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
By Jo -Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
Here we are in the middle of
March Break and it feels like the
middle of winter. We started March
off like a lamb with warm and sunny
days, but it looks like the lion is
winning by mid -month. We can
hope things will change before the
end of the month. It is March Break
for the school children, teachers and
bus drivers! Going to Grandma's,
Great Wolf Lodge and "nothing"
were plans overheard from some
kids. Whatever they do, we hope
they have some fun and find
something interesting to do.
Rick and I have become
grandparents for the fifth time. Our
daughter Kelly and husband Adam
have welcomed Elaina Ann to their
family. She has very excited big
brothers Connor and Owen who can
hardly wait for her to play with
them! Congratulations to our
McDonald/Jarosz family! I have
been down helping Kelly with the
boys because it is March Break and
they are only little for such a short
time.
Great -Grandma Donna Fisher was
happy to tell me about her latest
granddaughter. Proud parents are
Josh and Jess Jorritsma and they
have welcomed Elsy Lynn to the
family. Big sisters Alice and Solena
are happy to welcome their new
sister. Grandparents are Klaus and
Shelley Jorristma.
We send our speedy recovery
wishes to Edith Pipe who has had a
knee replacement. She is receiving
tender loving care from her sister
Dorothy Thompson during her
recovery.
We send our get well and full
recovery wishes to Darlene Fisher as
she suffered a life-threatening
aneurysm. Thankfully, her condition
was diagnosed quickly and she was
sent to a London Hospital. She
underwent surgery and is recovering
nicely and was hoping to be home
last weekend.
The Cranbrook Dart Club had 17
players out on March 1, another cold
and snowy night. Brad Speiran and
Ern Lewington did not break their
record, but still took five games.
Three other teams were lucky with
four games. They consisted of
Murray Houston and Marita LeFor,
Karen Bowles and George Zwep and
Rita Bowers and Frank Workman.
Sometimes it is tough or tricky, to
get out to finish a game. Murray
Houston was the high man with 135
and Pat Gillis the high lady with 93.
Holidays, illness and meetings
kept the numbers down for the week
and the next week of March 8 was
not any better. Only 14 players were
able to attend with the cold/ flu
being the number one reason for
absence. Team two of John Gillis
and Teuni Smith captured five games
and Brad Speiran, playing alone,
also won five games. Murray
Houston had to play alone and had
four wins and captured high shot of
133. Marita LeFor shot high lady
with 93. We hope everyone is
recovered soon so they can come out
and enjoy the final three weeks of
darts.
Jim and Leona Armstrong, along
with other members of the
Armstrong family from the area, had
the pleasure of attending a wedding
on Saturday, March 11. Their
granddaughter Brittney, was married
in Port Hope to Nick. Brittney is the
daughter of Robert and Lynn
Armstrong.
Returning from a vacation in
Florida are Ron and Betty
McCallum. They had family join
them at different times and we hope
they enjoyed their break.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Jeanette Robinson,
Eric Ross, Fred McClure, Ruth
Axtmann, Bridget McCallum, Carali
McCall, Alex Melady, Linda Bird,
Allison Baan, Colton Hastings,
Victoria Williamson, Joanne Knight
Black, Jo -Anne Workman, Parker
Grobbink, Christine Knight, Linda
Gingerich, Jim Humphries, Ross
Mitchell, Bob Alexander, Cassandra
Banks, Edward Clark and Reg
Vinnicombe. Happy birthday to all.
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