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Community mourns Hoegy in former church
PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
By Jo -Ann
McDonald
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It is Monday morning and we are
back to winter it seems as I write. I
thought on Sunday evening we
would have a snow day from the bus,
but no such luck in the morning.
The roads were slippery, so patience
and slower speeds were needed by
all.
It was party time last weekend for
my friend Lily Fincham. She
celebrated the milestone of reaching
90 years of age and is as bright and
funny as can be. She has two
daughters, Valerie Gratto of
Brussels, who arranged the party and
daughter Chris, from near Ottawa,
who was unable to attend. The party
folks gathered at the Jam Jar for a
delicious birthday luncheon. Special
guests included her grandson Jason
and wife Anne and their four
beautiful daughters and
granddaughter Jennifer and husband
Robbie and their two boys from
Stittsville. Her neighbours from the
Kerr apartments Ken and Liz
Sholdice, Nell Bentinck and friends
Bob Tyerman and Joan Smith and
Mike Hamilton also attended the fun
gathering. After 17 years of living in
Brussels, it was hard to include all
her friends, at least that's what she
told me! Happy birthday Lily!!
It must be spring because babies
are arriving for many. Our
congratulations to Gord and Joanne
Machan on the arrival of their first
grandchild. Their daughter Julie and
John Kreis have welcomed a
beautiful baby girl, Lily to the
family. Congrats to all!
Ted and Marlene Little are excited
to have another little granddaughter
added to their family. Rick and Anita
McLeod have welcomed a little girl,
Avery Paige, to be a little sister to
Chelsey. Congrats to all.
Congratulations to Tim and Ronna
Lee as they have welcomed their
twin boys. The boys arrived and are
doing very well. Jack Bryan and
Weston Ronald will keep the Lee
family busy. They are the second set
of twin boys for Grandma Christine
Lee and the Lee family. Congrats to
all!
We send out our get -well wishes to
Jean Bridge as she is in hospital at
this time. We hope they can get to
the root of her troubles.
It is nice to see Don and Pat
Dalton home from their month away
in Florida. They went to Daytona
Beach and arrived to very nice
weather, although both of them
became very sick with the cold. The
condo was right on the ocean and
they could watch the dolphins
swimming each morning from the
balcony.
The week of March Break they
were joined by daughter Carla and
husband Eric and their children
Jordan, Brody and Ellie. They swam
in the pool, walked the beach
looking for shells and built sand
castles to keep them busy. The next
week son Gerrid and wife Val and
children Braelyn, Sydney, Mac and
Coby came for a week. Again
swimming, shells and castles were
popular pastimes. The family went
to Disneyworld for a day and Nana
joined them. Pat reports the line-ups
were terrible and there were lots of
people! They spent Easter Sunday at
the condo with Gerrid's family and
Pat's sister and her family. It was a
very enjoyable time and no one
wanted to come home. They will just
have to wait until next year when
they return to Florida again. Nice to
have you folks home.
Our condolences to Karen Hoegy
and family on the passing of her
husband Barry Hoegy. He will be
missed by their children Darryl, Ben
and Sherry and families. Barry was a
quiet -spoken man and a friend to
many. He farmed on Blyth Road and
was a volunteer firefighter for Grey
Township for many years. He loved
to hunt and fish and spend time with
his family. He was a member of the
former Duff's United Church all his
life and with the gracious permission
of the new owners, the funeral
luncheon was served at the former
church. Members of the community
provided the lunch. Our sympathies
to all.
It was party time in Auburn on the
weekend as Matt Lee celebrated the
milestone of 40 years. He was
joined in the celebration by his
family and his many friends and it
Locals excel at robotics competition
Heather McGavin Kelso and three
of her children, Jessica, Hayden and
Jared, were here in Southwestern
Ontario from North Bay on the
weekend. They were volunteering at
the University of Waterloo at the
FIRST Robotics competition. Home
base was at Neil and Marie's even
though they were away. FIRST
means For Inspiration and
Recognition of Science Technology.
The Kelso children are part of the
North Bay and area community
robotics team through Canador
College. Their team has just won the
FIRST North Bay Regional event for
the third time and the opportunity to
compete at the world's FIRST
robotic competition in St. Louis
Missouri again. Their team has won
the Chairman's Award twice and this
year won the Engineering
Inspirational Award.
The program they compete in is
announced in January by the FIRST
group and this year was titled First
Strong Hold. The clubs then had six
weeks to design the game, which
must be able to cross the defences
and shoot at the strong hold. They
have to build the robot, write essays
about their project, present their
game to the judges and speak with
the judges concerning the project. It
is a multi -disciplinary project for the
team. It is a very competitive event
and congrats to the Kelso children
on their success and good luck in
Missouri.
Another member of the Zwep
family has enjoyed a wonderful trip
to Ireland. Danica Zwep, daughter of
George and Jane Zwep, spent two
weeks along with friends touring
Ireland and Scotland. Joining
Danica were Jill Grobbecker,
Amanda Miller, Lauren Vandewal
and Jerod Tigert. Cody Janmaat
joined the group for the second
week. They first travelled to Boston
for a one -day layover and then
continued to arrive in Ireland. They
rented a car and Danica quickly
adjusted to steering and driving on
the left side of the road. They drove
to Blarney Castle, Killarney, Ring of
Kerry and the Cliffs of Mohr before
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arriving in Galway (where she lived
for six months). This is where they
celebrated St. Patrick's Day with
some old friends.
They then picked up Cody in
Dublin and headed to Scotland for
the second week. They caught the
ferry in Belfast and stayed in
Edinburgh for a couple of days of
sightseeing including the Edinburgh
Dungeon. They drove through the
highlands and to Inverness, where
the renowned Loch Ness monster is.
They saw lots of castles in their
travels and the scenery in both
Ireland and Scotland was
breathtaking. Their last two days
were spent in Dublin where they
toured the Guinness Brewery, the
Brazen Head (oldest pub in Ireland)
and enjoyed watching some Celtic
dancing. Sounds like a fantastic trip
the group will long remember and be
able to talk about for years to come.
The Cranbrook Dart Club
welcomed 19 players out for the last
game in March. Team 5 of Murray
Houston and Ev Blake won five of
their games. Jane Zwep was the top
lady shooter hitting 105 and husband
George Zwep the top man hitting
140, (maybe they are practising at
home). Jim Blake was the lucky
shot winner. The group wishes club
members Nathan and Sarah
Klingenberg best wishes on the birth
of their baby boy, Ian, born a couple
of weeks ago.
FROM WALTON
was quite the get-together. There
was food and fun and noise for
all. Happy birthday Matt!
Celebrating birthdays this past
week included the April Fool's Day
babies, Matt Lee, Lily Fincham,
Shirley Clark and Pamela Carter
Cummings The month continues
with Peter Bennett, Susan Yan Yu
Watson, Corbin McCallum, Krista
Shortreed Verkley, Duncan Wey,
Gary Bennett, Nate Fritz, David
Baan, Marlene Glanville,, Colleen
McCallum Bromley, Donna
Hannon, Stephen Gulutzen, Shelley
McGavin, Doug J. Mitchell, Janet
Mitchell and Wayne Regele. Happy
birthday to all!
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