HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-02-16, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012.Family wedding takes Bewley clan to Hawaii
Returning home from a fantastic
vacation is Jean Bewley. Jean reports
that the “Bewley tribe” invaded
Hawaii for the last couple of weeks
of January. Jean and her daughter
Mary and her husband Wayne Baker
flew to Honolulu where they stayed
for three days on Waikiki Beach.
They took the Island Circle tour and
the Pearl Harbour Tour. Then they
flew to the Island of Kauai or the
“Garden Isle” where they met theRavens from Calgary: Brenda(Bewley) and Dan, John, Jilly, Bree
and Corbin and Scott and Heather.
Jean shared an awesome house in
Poipu with the Ravens for a week.
The home featured all the bedrooms
on the ground floor and the living
area on the second floor. A fully-
equipped kitchen and an open living
area with eight patio doors opening
onto the deck surrounding three
sides was lovely. The deck had glass
siding so nothing impeded the
beautiful view. There was a pool
surrounded by tropical growth and a
little waterfall. Gorgeous!
The main event for the family was
the wedding of Erin Hopchin (Art
Bewley’s granddaughter) and Dr.
Jeff Toreson of Edmonton. Sunday
was a beach barbecue with the
wedding guests. Monday was aparty at the Ravenhouse, hosted byHeather and Jilly for the ladies, with
a lady teaching the hula dance.
Tuesday, Scott and Heather took
Jean to the Waimea Canyon (The
Grand Canyon of the Pacific). The
area receives the most rain of
anywhere in the world but it didn’t
rain that day. The scenery was
beautiful.
Wednesday was the wedding,
which took place on a grassy
promontory with the ocean as a
background. Everyone wore leis of
fresh flowers and the grass was
strewn with the same flowers.
Guests attended from Edmonton,
Toronto, Australia, Ottawa, Calgary,
Airdrie and Brussels.
Jean was able to choose which
tours and which family she went
with, from whale watching, flying,beach, touring beautiful scenery etc.The growth on the island is terrific.
Ninety-six per cent of plants have
come from another part of the world.
Tulip trees from Africa are beautiful
she reports. They are as tall as our
maples but covered with large
reddish orange flowers. Since it is
winter there, some of the trees have
lost their leaves, but the Rose tree
lost its leaves but kept the
yellow roses on the ends of the
branches.
The last night the Bewley Clan
was together was spent attending the
“Smith Family Luau”. The emcee
explained that his great-grandfather
had come to the island in the 1800s
and had stayed. The Luau was run
by his descendants. Guests watched
as the pig which had been wrapped
in leaves and buried in hot lava rocksfor eight hours was dug up. Thebuffet was a wonderful variety of
meats and Hawaiian foods. They
warned that poi was different, so put
it in a separate dish. Nobody liked it
except 11-month-old Corbin and he
couldn’t get enough of it.
The show was beautiful with
traditional dances and costumes
from the different South Pacific
Nations including Japan, China,
Tahiti, New Zealand and more and a
fire-eating dance and exhibition. It
was a great evening. Jean reports
that that the flying has really
changed from what it used to be –
smaller seats and narrow aisles make
it a little bit uncomfortable for such
a long flight. And then there is the jet
lag to overcome once home. Jean
reports she is still trying to adjust
three days later! Welcome back
Jean from a wonderful family
vacation.
NEWS
FROM WALTON
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON
Weather doesn’t prevent getting to work
What another wonderful week of
weather we enjoyed last week.
There is certainly no problem
getting to and from work. Rick and I
went to the Dominion Tankard
Ontario Men’s Curling
Championships that were being
played in Stratford at the Rotary
Complex on Feb. 8. What a beautiful
complex it is and the place was
almost full with 1,100 spectators
that evening. There were five sheets
of play to watch and Glenn Howard,
the favourite to win, had no problem
defeating his opponent.
A local connection for our area is
Bruce Cox, playing for the Listowel
team. He is the vice for the team.
Bruce is the son of Jack and Dorothy
Cox, formerly of the Cranbrook
Line and now of Listowel. He has
family connections and friends
around our area. We enjoyed the
games and saw plenty of folks we
know from around the area. We saw
Gord and Irma Pryce, Cam Doig and
family and the Vincent family.
Leslie and Yvonne Knight told me
of their attendance for a couple of
days of play.
We send our feel-better wishes to
Lily Fincham, who was a patient in
hospital for a couple of days. She is
home, feeling better and doing well.
The Cranbrook Dart Club had a
smaller group taking aim at the
boards this past week. Between
holidays and flu, the numbers were
down a bit. The 14 in attendance had
a good time with Jose Kuijpers
hitting a high 124 for the ladies and
Ernie Lewington hitting a high of
120 for the men. The group enjoyed
a light lunch following play.
The strains of music greeted the
members of Duff’s United Church
Walton on Sunday. The music was
provided by Glenda and Phyllis. The
greeters for the day were Stan and
Donna McClure.
Rev. Peter talked about choices
children make for the Young-at-
Heart time. Choices can be for the
good and be satisfying for yourself
and for others and sometimes
choices made are not for the best. It
is with a foundation of faith that you
can make the choices that are the
best for you. The Walton band
provided a musical selection
“Joshua of Jericho” with Glenda at
the piano, Phyllis with violin, Pearl
McCallum on harmonica and
Marion Godkin, the horn. Rev.
Peter’s sermon was entitled “If You
Will”. It told the story of the leper
who came before Jesus and asked to
be healed. He asked Jesus “if you
choose, you can make me clean”.
Jesus had to make the choice to heal
the man because he essentially was
dared to heal the man because he
wanted to for the right reasons. The
book of Mark is a resource to study
for the answers.
The gifts for the church were
accepted by Stan McClure and
Teresa Baan. A delicious breakfast
followed the service. Remember to
be looking for photos or memorabilia
for the church’s 100th Anniversary.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Mike Alexander, Kim
Alcock, Sheila Bauer, Lavern
Godkin, Kendra Warwick, Weldon
Black, Maleah Taylor, Joyce Tipple,
Mary Baan, John McCall MacBain,
Marg Rogerson, Barry Skinner,
Betty Glanville, Val Pethick, Gary
McNichol, Jack Cardiff, Keith
Clark, Jack Knight, Connor Driscoll
and Hayden Lee. Happy birthday to
all.
The details of your wedding will be recorded
in black and white for friends to read and you
to clip for your scrapbook if you tell the story of
your wedding in our 2012 Bridal Parade.
1 photo of the bridal couple plus
300 word write-up (write it up yourself or pick up a
form from The Citizen office and fill it in and
we’ll write it for you).
Just $25 (including HST) - must be paid in advance.
Your story will appear along with those of other bridal
couples from the past year. As well, the story and
photo (plus up to two additional photos from your
wedding) will, be published on our Brides in Huron
website (www.northhuron.on.ca)
for your friends around the world to enjoy.
Deadline: February 17
Issue date: March 1
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Holidays, flu cut darters numbers
The Dominican Republic is a
popular place to vacation and
returning from a week there are Fred
and Heidi McClure. They joined
friends from Mitchell for rest and
relaxation. They were at Punta Cana
at the Riu Resort and it was
wonderful. They had great weather
with temperatures near 30°C
everyday. They went on an excursion
that featured zip lining, horseback
riding and an outback tour of the
area. They report having a great time
except for the delayed returned flight
that had them arriving home very
early in the morning!
Some folks like it hot and some
folks like it a bit cooler. One couple
who really enjoy the cold are Laurie
and Deb Campbell. They spent four
days snowmobiling up north. They
went to Haliburton and then on to
Barry’s Bay, continued on to
Renfrew and then back to Bancroft.
The trails were good overall and they
travelled around 520 miles. The
small world scenario happened when
in Renfrew. They ran into Bill
Brown who drives for MDL Doors.
You just can’t go anywhere that you
don’t run into someone you know.
A group of gentlemen friends went
on their yearly skiing trip this past
week. Locals Neil McGavin, Wayne
Fear and Larry Wheatly along with
about 17 others, went to Kelowna,
British Columbia for a week of
skiing. They stayed at the Silver Star
and the group reports that they
enjoyed great weather and good
skiing.
They had a great time catching up
with each other and all came back
well.
Warm, cold vacations had
Responding to a letter from the
Coalition for Huron Injury
Prevention (CHIP), Central Huron
Council listed several of its problem
areas when it comes to drivers
speeding.
At the Feb. 6 council meeting,
Councillor Marg Anderson named
both Hwy. 4 and County Road 15 in
Londesborough as a problem area,
saying that it would be worth
investigating the creation of a
school safety zone there due to the
close proximity to Hullett Central
Public School.
Mayor Jim Ginn said he would
bring Anderson’s concerned to the
Huron County Public Works
Department.
***
Council supported several
resolutions concerning wind
turbines and a moratorium on their
construction.
Ginn declared a conflict of
interest while resolutions from the
Municipality of Arran-Elderslie, the
Municipality of North Perth and the
Township of Stirling-Rawdon were
supported by Central Huron
Council.
Problem speed spots named
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen