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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2017-07-20, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017. PAGE 9. Flowers, Smith join plowing match Lifestyles tent The International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM) strives to not only celebrate agriculture but rural living and those who live in rural communities. A major contribution to the celebration of rural living is through the Lifestyles Tent. Over the five days of IPM 2017, Brenda Dalton and Cheryl Ryan, co- chairs of the Lifestyles Tent, have co-ordinated an exciting week of speakers, demonstrations and competitions surrounding local food, gardening, fashion and successful living. Brenda and Cheryl are excited to announce that Frank Ferragine, also known as Frankie Flowers, and Marilyn Smith will be on stage in the Lifestyles Tent at IPM 2017. Ferragine is one of Canada's most trusted gardening experts. He is a regular guest on City's Breakfast Television, is a four -time bestselling Hamilton group visits raceway PEOPLE AROUND WALTON By Jo -Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 Another week of my summer holidays has raced by and it was a busy week. We had some nice weather and some rain, of course, and some cool weather. It is always a challenge to know how to dress in the morning. The Huron County Beef Producers held their annual steak barbecue evening on Wednesday night and had a good crowd of almost 300 people. Chefs Don Sholdice, Kevin McArter and helpers did an excellent job of cooking as well as all the Beef Producers executive who worked hard during the evening. The Grand Sparks program was run this week at the Edge of Walton course. There were 25 Grand Sparks, pairs of grandparents and grandchildren in attendance. They learned how to work together in activities, went bike riding, games, canoeing, trail walking, helped each other through some of the challenge course, high tower and lower tiers, and learned about each other and what they could accomplish on their own and together. It was a great week for all. The Walton Raceway had the Steel City Riders from the Hamilton Club area on the track this past weekend. They had a good two days and a full attendance. The Walton Hall hosted a Blyth Festival dinner on Friday evening and fed nearly 50 diners. They enjoyed a roast beef dinner before heading off to Blyth to see the show. Hall Board members helping were Judy Lee, Barb Durrell, Judy Emmrich and Jo -Ann McDonald. They also had the help from a young lady working for her high school community service hours in Torrance. A number of friends got together to celebrate LeeAnn McDonald's birthday. LeeAnn, Kelly, Alicia McDonald and Val Collins went to the 1990s night at the Rock the Park concert in Harris Park in London. They saw a number of 1990s bands. There was lots of 1990s attire and the girls had a great time together. The Walton Brewers went to Frankenmuth, Michigan to play in a fastball tournament on the weekend. The team played against teams from Bremen, Indiana, Frankenmuth and Marshall, Michigan and Goshen, Indiana. Unfortunately, they lost two of their games by a single run and lost playing in the C semi-final. They enjoyed the experience and had a good time. Neil McDonald has arrived in the east to spend a couple of weeks here. He has lots of plans for his time here and will host a family reunion before he leaves. A community shower was held for Danica Zwep on Friday evening. It was a come -and -go at the home of Steve and Rita Bowers. There was a lovely crowd arrive to enjoy a visit with Danica, see the beautiful gifts presented to her and enjoy the lovely lunch provided. Danica thanked all for their generous gifts she received. Margaret and Rick Mclnroy and friends are back from a six week trip to the west. The draw to the Yukon is Rick Mclnroy has a sister-in-law and nephews that live in Whitehorse, Yukon. Rick himself worked there twice, for several years in the prison system, no, not as a prisoner, and as an expeditor for a motor repair company. The crew went as far as Dawson City, Yukon where travel -mate, Joe Hallahan was on stage with the CanCan Girls at Diamond Tooth Gertie's! They took a day trip to Skagway, Alaska, which is just south of Whitehorse. On the way to the Yukon, they stopped at Airdrie, to visit with old neighbour Jean Bewley. They report she is doing well and loves her place in Airdrie, which is quite close to daughter Brenda and her family. Their course on the way west took them via Banff and Banff National Park, and north to Jasper through the Jasper National Park. Then on to the Stewart Cassiar Highway through British Columbia and they joined into the Alaskan Highway just to the west of Watson Lake. The group enjoyed beautiful scenery, lots of wildlife to see and a bear, very close to the highway for great pictures. They returned home via the Alaskan Highway and on to the Yellowknife Highway towards Edmonton, where they diverted to go to Rae McClure's. He lives in Forestburg, Alberta, just south east of Edmonton. They had dinner and a good visit with Rae before heading east. They had really no problems until near Winnipeg when an alternator in the motorhome decided to quit at 5 p.m. on a Friday night. Getting it fixed only took the day, but it was expensive. They are glad to be back, had a wonderful trip and look forward to their next adventure. Welcome back folks! Celebrating birthdays this past week included Alicia Dalton, Nicholas Shahshahani, Doreen Hackwell, Ed McClure, Monica Ryan, Tracey McKee, Andrea Bremner, Jackie Glanville, Grace Robinson, Caitlyn Regele, Steve Baan, Gary Godkin, LeeAnn McDonald, Paul Somerville, Lloyd Book Your Ad Now for the 2017 IPM Issue Distributed to all homes in Huron County and western Perth County (through Canada Post) plus all campers staying at the Match RV site, with copies available for match goers to pick up - 35,000 copies in total Call The Citizen 519-523-4792 or contact sales representatives Brenda Nyveld & Heather Fraser e-mail: ads@northhuron.on.ca Glanville and Kristen Curreri. Happy birthday to all. FROM WALTON author, all the while remaining active in his family's combined greenhouse/garden centre in Bradford. He lives by the mantra "If you are green, you are growing!" Frank will be sharing fun facts about the food we grow, Thursday, Sept. 21 at IPM on the Lifestyles stage. Smith is a professional home economist and food writer making guest appearances on the daytime show Cityline. A five -time bestselling author, Marilyn Smith merges healthy cooking with humour in demonstrations and she periodically appears on the comedy stage of Second City. Marilyn will be on the Lifestyles stage Friday, Sept. 22 at 1 p.m. She will also be on hand afterward to sell and autograph her latest book. "The Lifestyles Tent provides entertainment and information for men and women who attend the match for a day, or for the entire five-day event," says Brenda. "We chose Marilyn and Frankie as presenters, because of their recognizable work in TV as well as their positive representation of preparing and eating healthy, using locally -grown food." Throughout IPM 2017, Brenda and Cheryl have scheduled guests in the Lifestyles Tent whose expertise ranges from health and beauty tips, nutrition, light exercise, fashion, floral FRANK FERRAGINE AKA FRANKIE FLOWERS arranging, landscape and gardening. IPM 2017 takes place Sept. 19-23 with advanced tickets being sold at every municipal office in Huron County for $15. Tickets will be available at the gates on the day of, for $18 per person. More information about all the programming and events for IPM 2017 can be found online at plowingmatch.org/ipm-2017 or the Facebook Page Huron IPM 2017. Pick up some great summer reads! AGRICULTURE TODAY A PORTRAIT OF FAMILY FARMS IN ONTARIO TTMFER WEGG • BONNIE SITTER • FEED HELMS Donna Mann AGRICULTURE TODAY A Portrait of Family Farms in Ontario Photographers Telfer Wegg, Bonnie Sitter and Fred Helwig capture the complexity of modern farm life: crops from planting to harvest, livestock and specialties. Includes informative text. $45.00 AGGIE'S DREAM Donna Mann follows Grey County's legendary Agnes Macphail to high school as she shows her determination not to let town ways intimidate her as she moves closer to her goal of teacher training. A sequel to Aggie's Storms. $20.00 LqY ❑nnuinnni�. Ifi,ana 110[], El AGGIE'S STORMS Grey County writer Donna Mann imagines the turn -of - the -20th -century, Grey County childhood that shaped the legendary Agnes Macphail, Canada's first woman member of parliament and steadfast defender of rural life. $15.00 MILES FOR MEMORIES At age 74 retired Perth County farmer Jeff Timmermans bicycled 8248 km across Canada over four months to raise awareness of Alzheimers which had struck down his wife Toni. 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Now a young woman, the feisty Agnes is off to Stratford Normal School to train to become a teacher. $20.00 MIGHTY MACHINES -TRUCKS For the young child fascinated by trucks, this little book, richly illustrated with coloured photo -graphs, shows the many uses for these powerful machines. $5.95 Check out these and other great books at... The Citizen 413 Queen St., Blyth 541 Turnberry St, Brussels 519-523-4792 519-887-9114