HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-12-12, Page 6THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013. PAGE 11.
Finally, on the roads I travel daily,
all the crops have been harvested. A
field of corn was the last I witnessed
to come off last week. I understand
that even a small field of soybeans
was taken off on Saturday evening.
The ground is being turned over
with the plowing and a few farmers
are spreading manure yet. The end
of the 2013 harvest is almost
complete.
The last deer hunt of the year
finished on the weekend. Our group
of hunters managed to get eight deer
and I understand the Fritz group shot
about the same, and the Dalton
group over 20. The deer population
around our area should be slightly
thinned out. One deer that was
missed by the hunters was lucky, on
Friday evening, that alert driving
saved it and the vehicle we were
passengers in. The driver could see
the deer was standing in the west
lane of the road, facing north as we
approached from the south. The
young deer just stood there, looking
north and didn’t even know that we
had come to a complete stop in the
east lane. The deer walked right in
front of the van, still looking north,
and still didn’t know we were there.
The driver inched forward and was
almost touching the deer, when it
finally turned and then ran back to
the west side of the road. One deer
that will survive until next year (if it
stays off the road)?
Our sympathies are extended to
the Campbell family on the passing
of Hugh Campbell. He will be
missed by his wife Mary and sons
Glenn and Bruce and their families.
Hugh will be remembered as a long
time employee of McGavin’s in
Walton. He was known to many far
and wide and had a sense of humour.
A cute story about Hugh was when a
city girl just new to the farm was
sent to McGavin’s because of a tire
issue by her husband. He asked her
if the tire was flat on the top or the
bottom and she replied she didn’t
know and would have to return to
her husband and find out – just the
type of joke Hugh would pull. Many
times over the coming years, the
young wife would be kidded about
the incident when seeing Hugh. Our
condolences to all.
Many family Christmas
celebrations happen early and this
past weekend is a no exception. The
family of Marie Blake and the late
George Blake gathered at the St.
Ambrose Catholic Church hall for
their gathering on Sunday afternoon.
There were approximately 55
members of the family in
attendance. They have a catered
meal and enjoy a social afternoon
together with lots of little ones
around to keep everyone on their
toes.
The McClure family gathered at
the Kinburn Hall to celebrate their
Christmas. The host family for this
year was Stan and Donna McClure
and family. They prepared the meal
for family members Bill, Lavern,
Clyde, Ed, Fred, Neil and Carolyn
and many members of their families.
Missing was Ray from Edmonton
this year. The 40 or so enjoyed an
afternoon of cards, games and
visiting and had snacks and lunch to
finish the day.
It is birthday time in the
McDonald family. Our first
grandchild, Brea, daughter of Scott
and Alicia, celebrated her first
birthday on Sunday with a party
with her family and friends. There
was lots of action with about eight
little ones running around. It was
quite fun and brought back many
memories of days gone by of our
own children’s parties.
Our condolences to the Storey
family on the passing of Arnold
Storey of Milverton. He will be
missed by his family and brothers
Orville, Charlie and Ted and many
extended relatives of our area.
The ladies of the UCW and their
guests enjoyed a delicious turkey
dinner for their Christmas meeting.
The meal was provided by High
Creek Catering. The guests were
welcomed by the musical strains of
music provided by Marie Flynn and
Gloria Wilbee. Gloria welcomed all
and invited Rev. Peter to say grace
before the meal. Heidi McClure
thanked the catering crew following
the meal. Melva Fraser read a poem
“Christmas All Year” and Rev. Peter
was presented with his Christmas
gift. Gloria then sang a couple of
numbers including “Christmas in the
Country and “Beautiful Star of
Bethlehem”. The highlight of the
evening was the performance by our
local “Dancing with the Stars” pair
Ken Scott and Cidalia Cabral. They
performed a waltz and a swing
number. Interrupting their
performance was the arrival of
Walton’s own finest dancer
“Twinkle Toes Olivia Snodgrass”
alias Patty Banks. Ken graciously
danced with “Olivia” with Olivia
taking the lead! The evening
concluded with Heidi saying a
prayer, Gloria telling a story and
singing Christmas carols. It was a
lovely evening for the nearly 40
ladies attending.
The year of 2013 is almost over,
so it means that annual reports are
soon due. Please have your reports
into Monique as soon as possible. If
there are any changes to names and
addresses in the annual report
directory, please advice Monique of
the changes so the book can be kept
up to date.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Mark Nolan, Mike
Nolan, Liz Roth, Lorraine Blake,
Aleah Haggitt, Glenda Morrison,
John Glauser, Mackenzie Gulutzen,
Darian Fritz, Gary Ritchie, Shaune
Stroop, Brooke Beuerman, Paul
Stroop, Evan Ducharme, Cheryl
Mader, Casey Boven and
Margaret Whitmore. Happy birthday
to all.
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Last deer hunt for the season a success
Morris-Turnberry councillorsvoiced their displeasure with therecently unveiled Ontario ProvincialPolice (OPP) pricing changes.“We’re going to be getting more
information on the new OPP model
for billing,” Administrator-Clerk-
Treasurer Nancy Michie announced,
prefacing a discussion that would
see council learn the price of
policing per household was set
roughly to double.
Michie explained that when the
OPP pricing was initially set, it
started at $90 per household. It has
gone up since then, but the Ontario
Municipal Partnership Fund, which
has since been reduced for the past
several years, off-set the incrase.
“We’re now talking about going to
$369 per household,” Michie said,
which is approximately twice what
is being paid now.
Michie said she spoke to Huron-
Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, who
said there should be some sort of
equalizing factor, however no other
sources have reported anything that
would offset the cost from meetings
they have had with provincial
representatives.
Council was also informed thatlocations such as Goderich, whichhas OPP infrastructure and aconstant police presence, areactually going to be paying less for
policing while Morris-Turnberry,
which seldom sees any police
presence unless it’s called for, will
be paying more.
NEWS
FROM WALTON
OPP costs going up
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
PEOPLE AROUND
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