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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 DON’T LET THE MEMORIES OF YOUR WEDDING FADE 404 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 The Citizen Email: norhuron@scsinternet.com 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