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The Citizen, 2012-03-29, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012. Perfection This season Jane Zwep achieved a perfect score in a dart game at the Cranbrook Dart Club. This was the first time in the club’s 10-year history that had happened. The club wrapped up its year on Wednesday with the final evening of darts for the season. (Photo submitted) Walton baseball diamond receives care, tile drains The two weeks of good weather finally got to the farmers and out on the land they went. The second week, many farmers were spreading the sweet smell of spring, cultivating, cutting and baling cornstalks for cattle bedding, cleaning up fence lines and at least one fellow was planting some spring cereal grain. The tile drainage guys finally caught up on the 2011 work and moved right into the 2012 without much of a break. The Walton Ball Park received a few much-needed tile drains to help with the water problems in the park.Hopefully the diamond will drymuch quicker this year. Thanks toMcCallums for getting the work done early and quickly. Scott McDonald has been busy working it down, levelling and getting it ready for grass seed with help from McGavin’s smaller equipment. The diamond has a new layer of stone dust and thanks to helper Kevin Murray for helping seed. We are hoping the park will be ready for spring training as usual. The snowbirds will soon be returning from Florida. Returning after a week’s vacation is John Lowe. He spent a week at a resort near Tampa and just relaxed and soaked up the sun. Stewart and Madeline Steiss returned for a longer stay in Florida. They were away about three weeks with Bill and Donna Quipp. They were in the St. Petersburg area and enjoyed the great weather and going to the ball games. Our condolences to the Dykfamily on the passing of HerminaDyk. She will be missed by her sonJohn at home and the extended family. Our condolences to the Pryce family on the passing of Harold Pryce. He will be missed by his wife Naomi and children Yvonne, Murray, Brenda, Brian, Elizabeth, Wayne, Blaine and Lorrie and their families. Harold will be remembered for many years as a Pioneer Seed dealer in our area. Our sympathies to all. Congratulations to Elizabeth McKercher. She has become great- grandmother to twins, children of Heather and Blair Rogers of Burlington. The tiny wee ones were born on St. Patrick’s Day. Tiny girl, Ally and wee boy, Kiaus are the grandchildren of Ron and Anne (McKercher) Larson. They are doing well but will be in hospital for a bit to gain a little weight. Congrats to all. Isabel Armstrong is now residingat Braemar in Wingham. We hopeshe is doing well and will be seenaround Brussels again soon. Our thoughts are with Maryanna Ryan as she is in Seaforth Hospital at this time. The March 21 meeting of the Cranbrook Dart Club had 19 players and one guest, Lydia Dillman, take to the boards. The bird girl Kathy Workman and birthday boy, John Gillis were seen hugging at one point after a solid win against their opponents. Teuni Smith took the lead with 118 points and Ernie Lewington beat out the rest of the men with 140 points. Next week will be the final wrap-up of the warmest winter darting most of us have ever seen. Lydia Dillman has been here visiting for two weeks with her brothers John and Kevin Gillis and families. She was also to her sister Louise’s in Crediton before heading home to Alberta. She wasn’t really prepared for this hot weather, but was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed it. It hasn’t been too cold or snowy at her home near Slave Lakeat Widewater, Alberta. Widewater iswhere the wild fires were last Mayand they are still in the process of building their new home and much of the town. NEWS FROM WALTON By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON Home demolished for new house Lorne and Bonnie Glanville have returned from a three-week holiday in Charlottetown, P.E.I. They were visiting with their son Paul and Theresa and girls Meagan and Erica. They spent a lot of time doing things with the grandchildren, even attending a ringette tournament with them. When having built-in babysitters, it is a great time for the parents to vacation, so Paul and Theresa went for a week’s holiday in Cuba. The Glanvilles returned home on the weekend. The Glanvilles returned in time to prepare for the demise of their home. The home on the North Line was cleaned out by Lorne and Bonnie before they went to the east coast. Indoor fixtures, woodwork and doors were removed while they were away and on the weekend, the windows and outside doors were removed. Bright and early Monday morning, the high hoe arrived and in a matter of a short time, the home was down. Many of the Glanville family members gathered to watch the process and Bonnie reports it was almost like a party atmosphere. Lorne and Bonnie moved into the home after they were married and lived there for over 40 years. They will now reside in the luxurious motorhome and shed while a new home is built on the same site. Three area gentlemen have returned from a journey to Louisville, Kentucky to attend the truck show. Don Dalton, Gary McNichol and Bruno Braecker report they saw trucks and enjoyed the warm weather of Kentucky. They report that one the Saturday evening, the tornado sirens went off, but they did not see or experience the tornado. They heard that a tornado had touched down outside of the city. They travelled back and stopped to visit friends in Ohio. They had an enjoyable trip together. Our condolences to the McCallum and Glanville families on the passing of Lorna McCallum. Lorna was the wife of Russel McCallum and mother of Ross, Lynn, Faye and Bev. She was the sister-in-law of Pearl McCallum and Viola Glanville. Our community is saddened with the news of the passing of Bob Humphries of London. Bob was the son of Mary and the late Stuart Humphries of Walton. Our condolences to his mother Mary, and wife Nora and his children Kathy, Jim and Chris and their families. Bob was raised in Walton, along with sisters Wenda and Kim and had many Walton friends. Bob and Nora lived in London after their marriage and Bob worked for Bell Telephone until his retirement. Bob was included in the Walton “Hunt” Club, and just recently while going through old photos, I came across a picture of a group of them taken up north at the old cabin. Our sympathies to the Humphries families. Congratulations to the Brussels Optimist Club for another successful evening of fundraising. They raised over $23,000 for Make- A-Wish Foundation and community betterment. Speaking of old photos, have members of Duff’s United Church been looking for photos about the happenings at Duff’s over the years? The committee is looking for photos and memorabilia for the anniversary happening in June. Look around, you might be surprised what you might find. How about pictures of your child’s confirmation class? Many plays were put on by the Young People’s Group. Any pictures? Lawn socials were held and picnics too. Wedding pictures must be out there. Contact Monique Baan or Phyllis Mitchell and tell them what you have found. Celebrating birthdays this past week included Randal Linton, Ben Finlayson, Kerrisa Eckert, John Van Vliet, Michael Bachert, Christopher Gulutzen, Ashley Hoegy, Ken Dalton, Jada Storey, Andrea Gingerich, Janet Bachert, Becky Chadwick and Judy Shortreed. Happy birthday to all. 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