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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2013-06-27, Page 13THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013. PAGE 13. Walton to host match Over 250 attend plowing celebration in Seaforth Our area has had its share of good and bad weather, but after hearing and seeing the weather that Alberta and the cities of Calgary, High River and Canmore has received – no complaints here. We have family in Calgary and they have family in both of the other areas. Our nephew and wife and family’s home was not flooded, but they have not been able to go to work in the downtown area. The school their child attends is closed due to flooding, so early summer holidays. Our niece and husband had just moved from a downtown condo and it was flooded and was without hydro. They report if they had been there, their truck would have been submerged and ruined. They had moved only a few weeks ago and live on higher ground which was not affected. Some of them can work from home, but some of them are just unable to get to work until they open up the downtown area again. We are happy to know they are all well and are coping with the upheavel. We are pleased to hear that Sarah Stephenson is now a resident at Huronlea. We hope she enjoys meeting her old friends again and is settling in well. We also hear that Goldie Stevenson is a new resident at Huronlea. We hope she settles in and renews old acquaintances from the area. We understand Lynn and Annabelle Hoy have reason to celebrate. Lynn celebrated his 80th birthday last week and now is celebrating 50 years of marriage. Congratulations to both of them. There was a great turnout for the Grey Township firefighters’breakfast on Sunday morning. It wasa lovely morning and the usual smiling face of Stew Steiss greeted the crowd. Good job folks! The Walton Raceway held two days of practice. They had a good turnout for both days. The Moncrieff Hall had only a small crowd for their first night of cards. They had three tables of players. Winners were: low lady, Joanne Machan; low man, Adrian Verstoep; high lady, Helen Dobson; high man, Gord Machan; most lone hands, Ann Cooper and Jim Cooper. Organizer Elaine Smith reports that they hope to hold the euchres the second and fourth Fridays of the month. With only $2 for admission, everyone can afford to come out for a night of cards and fun. The group also enjoys a potluck lunch following the night’s play. The news is good news for the Walton area. The Walton location and the farm of Jack Ryan was announced as the location for the 2017 International Plowing Match. The announcement was made at the Rural Celebration of Plowing event held in Seaforth on the weekend. The Ryan family was all in attendance, along with the many friends and neighbours who will be contributing land and barns to the event and were introduced. The Huron County Plowmen’s Association also announced that the chairperson for the Match is Jacquie Bishop. Congratulations to her. She is a very capable woman who will do an excellent job and it will be a pleasure to work alongside her. Now the work of forming committees will begin in earnest and a website will soon be up and running for folks to volunteer in areas they are interested in helping. The event on Saturday was also a chance for many people to congratulate Paul Dodds and Kevin Haney on winning the Canadian Plowing Championships in B.C. last month. There were about 250 people in attendance for the event and it was a great afternoon for Huron County and the Walton/Brussels area. The old adage of the corn being“knee high by July” has only a fewmore days to grow. We took pictures last year around the first of July and the corn was almost head high in places. There are some fields that are doing not bad, but not as well as last year. No year is ever the same in the world of farming. Neil McDonald has been home from Vancouver for a couple of weeks. He was here to see how the addition was going on his cottage. He worked on his property and was able to visit with some family and friends. He went to the Hamilton Tigercats game with his brother Rick in Guelph. The Hamilton team is playing its games at the University of Guelph stadium this year while the new stadium is being built in Hamilton. He went to visit with friends in London, including Margery Huether at Parkwood. Hereports she is working very hard inher rehab program and is hoping to get home by late July. John and Steven Huether made a weekend trip to Florida. They left Thursday and drove down to the home Margery has had in Florida. She is giving up the place and they retrieved the belongings needing to come back to Seaforth. They brought back her vehicle as well. They returned again on Saturday. Welcome back. Celebrating birthdays this past week are Sue Hannon, Adam McClure, Tyson McGavin, Dianne Godkin, Wenda Humphries, Carolyn Sullivan, Kevin Flaxbard, Kelly Godkin, Chase Hackwell, Jill Fritz, Mary Humphries, Maya Armstrong and Kendra Wilts. Happy birthday to all. Continued from page 1 many beautiful sites to choose from,” McGavin added. In an interview after the announcement, McGavin said his grandfather, Gordon, who won a Canadian championship himself in 1926, would be proud to hear Walton would be hosting such an important installment of the IPM. “He would be proud of this area,” McGavin said. Bishop implored those in attendance to join one of a handful of committees being formed for the match’s planning stages. She also announced that Brussels Agri Services would be sponsoring the logo and slogan contests for the IPM. The contest is now open with a deadline for submissions of Aug. 1, 2013. The logo must be submitted in either JPG or EPS format with a limit of two submissions from each entrant. E-mail submissions to ipmruralexpo2017@gmail.com The winning submissions will take home $200 for the winning logo design and $200 for the winning slogan. The 100th anniversary of the IPM is being celebrated in Perth County this September, headlined by the match, but due to several matches lost during war years, 2017 will play host to the actual 100th IPM. Township of North Huron Watering Restriction and Conservation Efforts To ensure that the municipality has a sufficient supply of water in case of an emergency and to promote water conservation the following water policy will take effect JULY 1, 2013. Residents with an even house number will be permitted to water on even days. Residents with an odd house number will be permitted to water on odd days. Watering of gardens, flowerbeds and lawns shall only be permitted during the evening between the hours of 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. This watering policy shall remain in effect until September 30, 2013. Thank you for your co-operation. P.O. Box 90, 274 Josephine Street, Wingham, Ontario N0G 2W0 Phone: 519-357-3550 Fax: 519-357-1110 Sewing Services Stitches with a Twist 519-523-9449 Blyth, Ont. By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON NEWS FROM WALTON Recognition Paul Dodds, right, was honoured, as senior national plowing champion, alongside junior national plowing champion Kevin Haney, also from Huron East, on Sunday at A Celebration of Rural Plowing at the Seaforth Agriplex on Sunday. Dodds was presented with, among other things, a letter from Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, which he was given by Huron County Warden George Robertson, left. (Shawn Loughlin photo) Recognition Kevin Haney, right, was honoured, as junior national plowing champion, at A Celebration of Rural Plowing at the Seaforth Agriplex on Sunday. Haney was presented with a letter from Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson from Huron County Warden George Robertson, left. (Shawn Loughlin photo)