The Citizen, 2016-04-07, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016. PAGE 15.
Huron Chapel hosts fifth annual Easter Egg Hunt
Just as parents were getting used
to seeing their children settling back
into a state of normalcy after the
sugar rush of the past Easter
weekend, the community of Auburn
ramped it up all over again this past
Saturday morning. It was the fifth
annual Easter Egg Hunt celebration
at Huron Chapel.
It is always a thrill to see the
children from the village and beyond
come together for some face
painting, cookie decorating,
colouring and, of course, the Easter
Egg hunt. The Easter Egg hunt is
always a big hit every year. At about
11 a.m. all children gathered
together inside the church building
wait for the doors to swing open so
they can storm out onto the church
property to find the hundreds and
hundreds of coloured eggs stuffed
with chocolate. When the hunt is
over the children come back inside
where they are rewarded with prizes
for their colouring skills and for
guessing the correct amount of jelly
beans in the jars.
Many in the community helped
with stuffing eggs, making cookies
to decorate, and running the various
activity centres. Organizer Laura
Beacom always does a great
job pulling this event off every
year.
The fact it is always well -attended
is a testimony to her hard work along
with her helpers in Auburn, the
Auburn Lions Club, the Auburn
Horticultural Society, Huron Chapel
and Tanya Ferguson from the
Christmas In The Country event as
well as cash donations.
Carol McDowell was also a
FROM AUBURN
popular person in the village that
day, as she donated a cake, which
was very much enjoyed by grown-
ups and kids alike.
More than one way to win
While some younger people were more than happy to forage for treats as part of the annual
Easter Egg Hunt at Huron Chapel over the weekend, there were other activities that could be
participated in as a way to please the sweet tooth including guessing how many jelly beans
were in a jar. From left: Isabella Lennie from Toronto, Lauren Charron and Jerry Upthegroove.
(Mark Royal photo)
Small engine repair shop opens
Jake Nonkes decided to turn a
little extra downtime at work into a
new home business with his creation
of Jake's Small Engine Repair.
Run on his family's Dutch Line
farm, the new business came about
A new gig
Jake Nonkes decided to start his own small engine repair
business at home recently, due to a slowdown at his normal
place of work. He turned a shed on his Dutch Line family
farm into his workshop so he could open Jake's Small
Engine Repair. (Denny Scott photo)
when the recent warm winter led to a
slow down at Nonkes' workplace,
Elder Enterprises in Hensall.
"Things were getting slow at work
and it's easier to work from home,"
he said. "I worked things out from
there to be able to do that"
Elder Enterprises focuses on
snowmobiles, Nonkes said, though
he hopes to focus on any small
engines and with experience going
back to when he was younger and
had his own dirt bike, Nonkes feels
he can fix anything people need to
be fixed.
"I'll work on everything from
chainsaws to side -by -sides and small
diesel lawnmowers as well," he said,
adding that he can repair ATVs, golf
carts and dirt bikes.
Nonkes worked locally for six
years before joining Elder
Enterprises last year. He explained
that the company was looking at
part-time hours for some staff and he
said he would do that as well as
operating his own business.
Jake's Small Engine Repair
officially started servicing the area
just over a week ago and he said if
anyone is looking for information,
they can contact him on Facebook or
by calling 519-955-4234.
Looking thepart
As part of the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Huron Chapel,
several special activities were held including face painting.
Shown are Madison Walden and Helen Lindsay. (Mark Royals
photo)
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