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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-12-05, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013. Condolences extended to grieving local families We had a roller coaster of weather again the past week. Cold, snow, fog, rain – a little of everything it seems. We are finally noticing less and less corn in the fields, but yes, there is still some out there. It is the second deer hunt this week and it will make it easier to find the deer. There have been a dozen or so out in the corn field at our place this past week, but I’m sure they will find lots of places to hide in the bush. I have seen quite a few on my treks into Brussels at night, but have been lucky enough to have not hit any (yet). I have alsonoticed very few Christmas lights on(ours included). Did Christmas really just sneak up on everyone, or was it the weather? It is only three weeks until Christmas. Christmas trees have arrived at many places and the Santa Claus parades of Seaforth and Brussels were nice parades as usual. “Merry Christmas” will be greeting for the next few weeks, so I will start and say Merry Christmas to all! The news around our area has been on the saddened side. Our condolences are extended to the Humphries family on the sudden passing of Bill Humphries. Bill will be missed by his wife Marjory, and his children Roger, Susan, Paul, Greg and Peggy and their families. Bill spent his life in Walton and will be remembered for his involvement in developing, coaching and even umpiring occasionally, baseball in Walton. He enjoyed watching many of the fastball teams and games around the area. He was a salesmanfor a grocery company for manyyears and operated the Humphries Grocery store in later years. He loved to work with wood and spent hours out in his wood shop. Our sympathies to the Humphries family. A shock for the Coultes family on the sudden passing of Jack Coultes. He will be missed by his wife Liz and family Kevin, Blaine and Debbie and families. I enjoyed my many meetings with Jack and Liz and they always had a story to tell of their latest adventure. They loved spending time with their family. Our sympathies to all. Our condolences are given to the Martin family on the passing of Peter Martin of Ottawa. He will be missed by his brother Don Martin and sister Elizabeth Procter and their families, and the extended families of the area. Our sympathies to all. A surprise visitor to the area was Brandon McGavin on the weekend. He was only home for a couple ofdays and it was kept a secret fromthe extended family. Neil was driving a McGavin tractor in the Seaforth parade when a dark figure ran up to the tractor and asked for a ride. To Neil’s surprise it was Brandon! A familiar face has returned to the area after spending a few years in the west. Andrew McDonald has returned to reside in Seaforth. He spent time in Edmonton working as an autobody repair specialist. He has stayed with the same company and is now working in London. Jim and Linda are very glad to have him back in Ontario and closer to home. We are glad to hear that Harvey Shaw is home from hospital after spending a few days there. He reports he is feeling better and is taking it easy. George Adams is still in Seaforth Hospital and we hope to see him home soon. Returning from a week’s holiday to Iceland are Rick and Margaret McInroy and Graeme and Helen Craig. They flew from Toronto to Reykjavik, the capital, in a little over five hours. It was a very interesting trip with a variety of natural sites. Volcanic ash is used to “salt” the roads, large glaciers lie next to steaming hot springs and sunlight varies from 24 hours a day in June down to four to six hours during the two winter months. The couples enjoyed geysers, thermal hot springs, waterfalls and the rugged terrain. The wind on one particular day was extremely strong, moving a small car about three feet. Many places have greenhouses and they grow many of their greens, herbs, vegetables including cucumbers, tomatoes and beets. Farming and fishing are their main industry. The travellers went to a dairy farm where they saw the herd of Icelandic cows. They were able to go into the barn, which was very clean, into the milking parlour and then through to the attached restaurant. They were able to look through the glass windows and watch the milking of the cows. They had supper of lamb chop or Arctic Char which Rick reports was delicious, with cheese made on the farm, cream from the cow for your coffee and ice cream made on the farm. They also enjoyed a Christmas Gala at “The Pearl” restaurant, which is a revolving restaurant built on top on five hot water storage silos that provide water for the city of Reykjavik. The trip also included a trip to Akureyri, the second largest city of 17,000 in the country of 370,000 people. The Glanville family Christmas was held at the Kinburn Hall on the weekend. A large group gathered to enjoy turkey and potluck. The host family was Ken and Betty Glanville providing the meat and everyone else brought the extras. They had a fun time as usual with lots of visiting and noise. Celebrating birthdays this past week include Lin Steffler, Kaitlin Williamson, Cameron Blair, Tim Dionne, Daniel Fritz, Lilly Fraser, Jim Fritz, Scott Godkin, Justin Hoegy, Curtis Wharton, Paul McCallum, Mary Bernard, Greg Bowers, Ron Godkin, Pat Langlois, Devin Bachert, Jeff Robinson, Rick McDonald and Brea McDonald. Happy birthday to all! Big winners Nanci Ducharme, back left, of the Brussels Legion paid a visit to the students at North Woods Elementary School to announce that a number of them had won awards for their Remembrance Day art and poems. Back row, from left: Ducharme; Jayden Fraser, first place junior colour poster; Ben Bell, second place junior colour poster; John Nesbit, third place junior colour poster and Alaina Poland, second place junior black and white poster. Front row, from left: Thomas Warner, first place junior poem; Claire Mitchell, first place junior black and white poster and Sarah Hastings, third place junior black and white poster. (Shawn Loughlin photo) By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON NEWS FROM WALTON Two Locations To Serve You Better 222 Josephine St., Wingham 519-357-3466 120 Inkerman St. E., Listowel 519-291-4920 Be a Vitamin Angel During the week of December 9 - 14 Pandora’s Pantry will donate 5% of its sales to the Vitamin Angel Foundation Sponsored by Pandora’s Pantry and Foods Annual Pet Food Blowout Sale $2 off 15 kg & up pet foods and bird feed until December 31st Our Christmas Trees Have Arrived! 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