The Citizen, 2013-08-29, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2013. PAGE 11.
The start of school is the start of
fall and the Brussels Fall Fair just a
few weeks away. We hope everyone
has been working on items to show
at the fair and if you need a fair
book, check the post office or
contact Mary Douma. The fair is a
wonderful gathering of community
and a showcase of the talent that
thrives in Brussels. Plan on
attending Tuesday evening or
Wednesday to support the hard work
of the participants and the
committees.
Here are a few get-well wishes for
some local folks. We hope our goodfriend Mary Bradshaw is recoveringnicely from having knee surgery.We hope she is soon racing the
streets of Brussels. Valerie Gratto
has had surgery on her foot and we
hope it went well. She is receiving
tender loving care from her mother,
Lily Fincham. We understand that
Lloyd Glanville is doing very well
following heart surgery in Saskatoon
and will soon be home in Ontario.
Neil McGavin is still a patient in a
London Hospital. He is improving
slowly and tires easily. We
understand he will be coming to a
local hospital at some point to
continue his recovery. Sandra
Machan is a patient in hospital at
this time and we wish her well as
they determine her problems. Our
recovery wishes go to all.
Congratulations to Doug and Deb
Shaw on the arrival of a grandson.
Daughter Shayna has welcomed a
beautiful baby boy, Brycen into her
life.
A former Walton man haswelcomed a great-granddaughter tothe family. This is not an unusualevent, but there is a remarkable
series of events to report. The first to
celebrate a birthday is former
Walton boy, Graeme Sholdice born
Aug. 20, now living in St.
Augustine. Then Graeme and his
late wife Joanne, welcomed a son
Steve to their family, again on Aug.
20. Steve and his wife lived in
Brussels and had a son Adam, but
not born on Aug. 20. The Sholdice
families of Steve and Adam now live
in Vernon, B.C and amazingly,
Adam and his wife have welcomed a
beautiful baby girl, Lena, to their
family on Aug. 20. It is hard to
believe that three out of four
generations of the Sholdice family
share the same birthday.
Congratulations to all.
Returning from a river boat cruise
around the Chicago area are Bob and
Joyce Alexander. They were on the
Chicago Architecture Foundation
River Cruise of the Chicago Riverfor about eight days. They saw themany tall buildings including theTrump International Hotel and
Tower, Willis Tower and Boeing
headquarters. They also went to the
Field Museum and on the
Underground adventure tour and a
guided tour of Chicago. They had
the opportunity to shop at the
famous Navy Pier. They went to
Peoria and boarded the Spirit of
Peoria for the cruise. They enjoyed
excellent meals on the boat and
enjoyed the Ragtime music and
Riverlore stories. They went to the
LaSalle Canal Boat and had a ride
aboard an authentic mule-pulled
barge through the hand-dug canal
system.
Back on the Spirit of Peoria, they
cruised the Starved Rock Lock and
viewed the dam. The two nights they
spent on land were at the Starved
Rock Lodge. They travelled to
Nappanee, Indiana to the Amish
Acres and went to the Round Barn
Theatre to see the show 9 To 5. Joycereports that this trip was very goodand a very relaxing time wasenjoyed.
Saturday evening was a busy
evening with a pig roast to celebrate
the engagement of Jeff Linton and
Keresa Isaacs at the home of Paul
and Amanda Linton. There was a
great crowd of about 170 that
enjoyed the delicious roast pig and
the various activities of the evening.
Congrats to Jeff and Keresa.
Another engagement celebration
was held in the same area for Chris
Siemon and Marla O’Rourke. Again
a delicious meal was provided for
the large crowd to enjoy and a host
of entertainment was provided for
all. Congrats to Chris and Marla.
A group of friends enjoyed a
camping trip to the north last week
for a few days. The group went
canoeing and camping at the
Saugeen Bluffs area. Enjoying good
weather and a good time were
Murray and Tara Pipe, Brian and
Malinda Ten Pas, Gail Semple and
Mike Thomas and Keith and Pam
McLean.
We attended the Stevens family
picnic at the Seaforth Lions Park on
Sunday. The family is getting
smaller with Aunt Marg Rogerson of
Clinton the remaining matriarch of
the family. Aunt Marg Stevens of
London and Uncle Murray Criche
were also in attendance. There was
nearly 30 family members attending
with the farthest coming from north
of Vancouver. Cousin Darlene and
her husband drove from the west to
spend a couple of weeks visiting
with the family and made it in time
for the picnic. Others attended from
Port Elgin, Brampton, Guelph,
Walkerton, and our area. We
celebrated an 80th birthday and a
fourth and 10th wedding anniversary
with cake following the potluck
meal.
The Walton Raceway had a busy
weekend with two events going on.
They had ATV mudbog on Saturday
with a nice group attending to play
in the mud. Sunday was the big
trucks testing the mud and racing.
They had a good crowd for the day.
Returning from a weeks’ vacation
in the north are Jim and Evelyn
Blake and Gord and Susan Haggitt.
The couples have gone to a cottage
for almost 10 years together to rest
and relax. They are in the Parry
Sound area near McKellar and stay
at a cottage on Taits Island on
Manitouwabing Lake. They had a
week of perfect weather to spend
time fishing, playing cards, games,
canoeing and kicking back
and relaxing. They had a great first
day when they arrived, when a
cousin arrived on his boat and
took them for a cruise of the whole
lake and then had them for supper.
They had a few visitors, with Jim
and Evelyn’s daughter Lorraine,
arriving to spend a couple of days
with them. Daughter Heather
and husband Kevin, with children
Dawson and Destiny, arrived on
their way back from Gravenhurst
and Bracebridge and a trip to
Santa’s Village, to spend a day with
them. Uncle Gord decided to take
them fishing from the dock and
although Gord had been shut out
of catching anything, within a
short time, both Kevin and Dawson
had each caught a good-sized pike.
Gord will have to take lessons from
the Dunbar boys. Welcome back
folks.
Services at Duff’s United have
returned to normal with service time
at 9:30 a.m. Rev. Peter invites all to
attend and to worship with the
congregation of Duff’s. The UCW
resumes meetings in September after
a summer hiatus. The first meeting
will be Wednesday, Sept. 4 at
7:30 p.m. A special guest speaker
for the evening is Rosie Grobbink
who will be speaking about
naturopathic medicine. Everyone is
welcome to attend this informative
evening.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Blaine Hackwell,
Charlene Thompson, Cheryl Lee,
Earl Pennington, Sarah Fraser, Kelly
Hackwell, Brent Godkin, Sandra
Zwep, Emmitt Shortreed, Stephen
Ryan, Steve Eckert, Bryce Kruse,
Steve Parr, Sharon Pryce, Brenda
Raven, Joycely Tipple, Tim
Wharton, Brian Huether, Albrecht
Ringgenberg, Rhonda Ryan, Keith
Bachert and Kim Strome. Happy
birthday to all.
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be retained for the project and that
the municipality pay the outstanding
balance and Deputy-Reeve David
Riach seconded the motion.
Prior to the vote, Newson stated
she wished to be on record as stating
that she completely disagreed with
Bailey.
“Working side by side with
Dingman, I can say he has been
invaluable in saving this town
money,” she said. “He’s an expert in
heritage buildings and we have
benefited along the way from his
experience. I didn’t want to leave
anyone with the flavour that in any
way we are not supportive of using
him in any further project.”
Newson went on to say that every
councillor is entitled to their own
opinion, but that she has complete
faith in Dingman’s abilities.
MacGowan agreed, stating that he
had seen the work on the town hall
and that, prior to tearing apart the
roof, there was no way anyone could
have foreseen the extra costs. He
also said that the building has been
standing for 200 years and that, with
the restoration, he hopes it will be
around for 200 more.
The motion was carried with
Bailey being the only dissenting
vote.
Council was also faced with a
request to approve the use of three-
dimensional [3D] laser scanning
techniques to provide accurate two-
dimensional [2D] and 3D images of
Memorial Hall for the upcoming
work through employing a
Wingham-based company, Huron
Geomatics Inc.
The total cost for scanning the
building was estimated at $19,960,
however, Long and Newson
requested that council defer that
decision until council’s Sept. 3
meeting.
“We are trying to get technical
information back on the deliverables
and drawings that will be produced,”
Newson said. “We’re trying to get a
real understanding of what the costs
will be and what they will provide.
We don’t have that technical data
back. Once we do, we can make a
better recommendation for council.”
Council approved defering the
issue for just over a week until their
next meeting.
Fall Fair countdown is on says McDonald
Celebrating their past
The U.S.S. #3 East Wawanosh and Morris School held its
reunion on Sunday at Blyth Lions Park. The school, which
was north of Blyth on Hwy. 4, closed 55 years earlier and
Ray, left, and Jim, right, Hallahan were among the event’s
speakers. Organizers were pleased when attendance at
the event was even greater than expected. (Jim Brown photo)
Duff’s UCW meetings to resume next month
Council approves 3-D scanning
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