HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-02-23, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012. PAGE 7.
MEETING NOTICE
MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
The upcoming Council and Committee meetings for the
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will be held:
Thursday February 23 at 7:00 pm Budget Meeting
Tuesday March 6 at 7:30 pm Regular Council Meeting
Tuesday March 20 at 7:30 pm Regular Council Meeting
We hope everyone enjoyed a
wonderful Family Day. The weather
was certainly good. The spring-like
weather continues and it is great.
The freezing rain that caused the ice
for Thursday morning was short-
lived and then the fog later that day
was quite intense for awhile.
We were surprised Saturday
morning by the amount of snow that
fell in the night. A wet, heavy,
slippery snow and hopefully,
children had the chance to get out
and play in the snow. It was perfect
snow for making snowmen. I would
prefer the wet snow to the mud that
covered many snowsuits from the
school playground on Friday
afternoon.
Our condolences to the Wheeler
family on the passing of Dolores
Wheeler. She will be missed by her
sons Dale, Murray, Scott, Todd and
Dean and their families. Dolores
was not a person I knew very well,
but a person I had heard about
beginning back in the 1960s. I was
good friends with her sister in
Mitchell and was always hearing
stories about the Dale girls. Her
sisters Elaine and Barb would stop
by the shop with Dolores when they
came to Brussels to visit with her.
Our sympathy to the Dale and
Wheeler families.
Returning from a week’s vacation
is Rob and Amanda McClure. They
spent a week in the Dominican
Republic in the Punta Cana area.
They travelled with Greg and Erin
McGrath. They stayed at the Bahai
Principe Resort and Rob reports it
was too big. The resort held 5,000
folks and carts were required to go
from place to place. The foursome
went on a few excursions including
swimming with the sting rays and
sharks, deep sea fishing and
catching maya maya fish. They went
on a catamaran trip to an island and
had an awesome time. They had
great weather and a great time.
Curling has taken up my time this
past week. I was asked by a trio of
Seaforth ladies to skip a team at the
Valentine’s bonspiel in Mitchell last
Thursday. I played with Linda
Kistner, an old high school friend,
Jan Hawley, our Huron East
Economic Development Officer and
Carolanne Doig of the Seaforth Golf
Course. The three ladies curl out of
the Seaforth Curling Club and
needed a fourth who could skip. We
had a good day in Mitchell and
ended up in fourth place out of ten
teams. It was a good day.
A foursome of Brussels men also
went to Mitchell to curl on Thursday
in the men’s side of the draw. The
team of Steve Steiss, Steve Knight,
Carman Bernard and Bob Alexander
also had a good day and came home
with fourth prize.
Our condolences to Rita Rice
Bowers, husband Steve and familyon the passing of her mother, HelenRice. She was from Proton
Township and services were held in
Mount Forest. Our sympathies are
extended to the family.
The Cranbrook dart club had 16
players out for the night of fun on
Feb. 15. They had a good night with
many players hitting the high scores
but kudos go to Gayle Speiran with
127 and George Zwep hitting 140.
It was a good night for all.
There were quite a few local folks
curling on the weekend in Seaforth.
It was the annual men’s speil with
McGavin’s, Townsend Tire, Hensall
Co-op– Seaforth Division and
Freeze King as sponsors. They had
12 teams participating in two draws.
Scott McDonald with team members
Brian Dolmage, Rob McClure and
Greg Medd finished third on the
early draw. The second draw had
locals Paul Dodds skipping the first
place team. Bob Alexander was a
team member of the second place
team. The fourth-place team had
Steve and Scott Dolmage as team
members. The fifth-place team had
Murray Johnston, Paul Johnston and
Joe Nicholson as teammates. The
McDonalds – Rick, Jo-Ann and
LeeAnn along with Steve Knight
finished in sixth place. It was a great
day and a lot of fun.
Welcome home for a visit to
Joanne (Knight) Black. She is here
from St. John, New Brunswick.
Coming home for a visit is always
great but special reasons for coming
are even better. It was birthday time
for good old dad, Jack Knight. He
celebrated his 80th birthday this past
week. He invited many of the church
friends to lunch at JR’s on Sunday
following church in Cranbrook.
Unknown to Jack, a surprise get-
together was held in his honour at
their son Brad and Christie Knight’s
home. Jack and Donna’s daughter
Joanne, son Steve and wife Marni
and granddaughter Janine were
present. Many of Jack’s brothers and
sisters were in attendance including
Leslie, Murray, Ken, Harold, Helen
and Dorothy and many of their
spouses. Unable to attend was
brother Jim and his wife Dona as
they were away seeing Brianne in
the U.S. for the weekend. They
enjoyed a wonderful meal and a
good visit with each other. Joanne
returned to St. John, New Brunswick
on Monday. Happy Birthday Jack!
The landscape around the area has
changed over the last week. The
house on the corner of CranbrookRd. and Brussels Line disappearedin a matter of a week. The new barn
on the Ringgenberg farm is
progressing nicely with the steel
already on the roof. The old trees on
the old corner farm of North Line
and Canada Company Rd. have
been taken down and are being
cleaned up. Changes everywhere
you look.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Murray Houston, Phil
Blake, Monica McNichol, Brian
Dolmage, Shawna Terpstra, Helen
Brenie, Steve Blake, Kathy Clark,
Tyler Williamson, Steve Knight,
Joel Dalton, Kevin McNaughton,
Rachel Sutcliffe, Bruce McDonald
and Tamara Williamson. Happy
birthday to all.
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
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887-6570
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Please join us for an evening of
open discussion of your experiences
as patients and families of the HPHA.
Share your stories and thoughts with us, so
that we can partner with you in providing
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Refreshments will be served!
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Patient Engagement Project
“The Voice of the Patient is the Most
Important Voice” We want to
hear from you!
Clinton REACH Centre
(Boardroom)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:00pm—8:30pm
Community Forums
Clinton Public Hospital
St. Marys Memorial Hospital
Seaforth Community Hospital
Stratford General Hospital
Curling popular in Walton area
Snowpitch
Last weekend the cold weather and snow stayed around
just long enough for several teams to get together to enjoy
a snowpitch tournament as well as snowshoeing at the
Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre on Saturday,
Feb. 18. The activities were part of events held throughout
Huron East to celebrate the Family Day long weekend. (Jim
Brown photo)
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