HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-05-02, Page 30PAGE 30. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013.Lee begins succession planfor Walton Motocross
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It’s that time of year...
It may have taken longer than we hoped, but it’s that time of
year when people are now eating their meals outside. Drew
Wilts can be seen here enjoying a plate of fish and chips
courtesy of the Londesborough Lions. The Brussels Legion
made the trip to Londesborough to do the cooking for the
Saturday night event. (Vicky Bremner photo)
We finally had a couple of nice
days to enjoy and then it rains.
Warmer temperatures have been
nice and the grass is looking greener.
We even saw someone cutting their
grass on Saturday. Farmers are
anxiously waiting to get to the fields
and have equipment ready to roll.
We noticed one farmer out
cultivating on the weekend. Manure
is being spread by some and
fertilizer spread on wheat ground.
The experts say there is still lots of
time for corn planting.
We are pleased to hear that Shirley
Clark has returned to the Maple Villa
apartments after being in hospital
for about eight months. She has had
a knee replacement again and we
hope she comes along well.
Judy Emmrich had knee surgery
and is home and doing well. She will
be good as new, now with two new
knees.
The Johnston family had a small
reunion at the Bluevale Church last
weekend. Cousin, Bruce and wife
Lu Harris of Vancouver, were in the
area, so a get-together was planned.
The 25 or so family relations
gathered for a potluck meal and a
great day of visiting.
A local woman achieved a first for
her on the weekend. Lorraine Blake
ran a half marathon in the Forest
City Road Race. It is a 21-kilometre
course and she finished the run in 2
hrs. 29 min and 35 seconds. Lorraine
has been training for four months
with a partner. Cheering Lorraine on
were her sisters Heather Dunbar and
Lisa Stevenson. They cheered for
her at half-way mark and were on
hand at the finish line to
congratulate Lorraine on her
success. Heather reports seeing
other local women participating in
the run including Lynn (Dodds)
Godkin, Krista Leonhardt and Sandy
Bos.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week was Derick Bachert, Spencer
Hackwell, Margery Huether, Tanner
Steffler, Cody Terpstra, Graeme
Craig, Paul Humphries, Casey
Bernard, Jessica Fraser, Kelly
Marks, Jenna Regele, Kelsey Eckert,
Marcy McCall MacBain, Pat Parr,
Donald Dalton, John Huether, Dave
Lewington, Joe Steffler, Deborah
Wey. Hurray for the first of May and
birthday babies Chris Holmes,
Hayden Kelso, Chad McCallum and
Judy Valley followed by Bev Fraser,
Mitchell Godkin, Lori Nolan,
Annelies Ringgenberg and Kendra
Cardiff.
The Walton Bluevale Pastoral
Charge hosted a wonderful evening
with Margaret Trudeau last Friday.
There were over 560 attending the
interesting night with Ms. Trudeau
speaking about her journey through
life and her challenges, until being
diagnosed bi-polar. Her talk was
very enlightening about mental
health issues. She also imparted
some very light-hearted moments
through her talk and a few jokes.
Laurie Willits introduced Margaret
and thanked her at the end of her
talk. Margaret welcomed questions
from the audience and at the end of
the evening autographed books or
tickets and spoke personally with
many people. Lunch was served at
the conclusion of the evening by the
ladies of both churches.
Announcements from the Duff’s
service United Church this week
included a reminder of the UCW
meeting on Wednesday evening. A
special guest speaker from the Blyth
Theatre will be attending speaking
on the show Beyond the Farm Show.
Sunday will have Sandra Cable
speaking at Duff’s and special music
will be provided by the Mitchell
children-Sean, Emily, Sara and
Claire. There will also be cake
provided by the Mitchell family in
honour of the anniversary of
Emerson and Phyllis Mitchell.
Early in April, Tite Racing
Promotions, the company
responsible for managing and
publicizing events at the Walton
Raceway, was purchased by Brett
Lee and Mark Perrin.
Perrin and Lee, son of former Tite
Racing Promotions President Chris
Lee, who still owns the land the
Walton Raceway is on, are taking
over the company with plans to buy
the entire raceway in approximately
three years.
“The idea is that it’s a two-to-
three-year-push-me-out-the-door
exercise,” Chris said with a laugh.
“I’m here to help them out and
I’ll gradually step further and
further away to pursue other
interests.”
Lee said that the purchase was the
first part of a succession plan
and he’s glad that the option was
there.
“Given the market, it would be
really easy to sell the land and put
some money to retire on in the
bank,” he said. “This way we can
continue to contribute to the
community and contribute to the
larger sports community across the
country.”
With a new building that was
completed last year, operations have
been moved there allowing Chris
and his wife Judy to stay on the land
without being in the middle of all the
action. Within three years, the
plan is to have the duo buy the
land and take full ownership of the
site.
With the purchase, Brett and Mark
will be expanding what the business
does, something Lee said he didn’t
have the energy to keep doing for
much longer.
“It’s going to be a big jump for the
business,” he said. “They’re not just
taking over, they’re adding new
promotional services, writing
content for a national magazine and
really looking at expanding.”
According to a press release on
the Walton Raceway website, it
stated that Brett’s primary role in the
business will be handling the Walton
site including the motocross event
management and facility operations.
Mark will take on the sales,
marketing and financial
responsibilities.
Brett stated that, as part of their
plan for the future, they will be
transforming the raceway from a
motocross track to a multi-purpose
event facility including the
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