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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. SPCA Huron County Branch 48 East Street Goderich, ON 519-440-0250 huroncounty@ospca.on.ca Wanted: Forever Homes Sponsored by: Seaforth Animal Hospital 80205 North Line, Seaforth 519-527-1760 Don’t “litter”. Spay or neuter your critter Jax Kylie Ned Tam m y 519.524.4371 www.pebble-creek.ca 53 West St Goderich We Support YMCA Strong Kids and Port to Point Trail. 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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 WALTON