The Citizen, 2012-03-29, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012.Cottrill and team take curling gold for Fanshawe
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Matthew Cottrill of Belgravecompeted as a member of theFanshawe Falcons curling team atthe Canadian Collegiate AthleticAssociation National Championshipheld in Peterborough from March21-24. The men’s team finished theround robin with a 7-0 record andthe women’s team has a 6-1 recordadvancing both teams to the goldmedal round.
In a hard-fought back-and-forth
battle the men won the gold medalon a last shot draw to win the game.Within five minutes, the women alsomade a last shot draw to win asecond gold for Fanshawe.Matthew’s dad Mike travelledwith the team to Peterborough andsays “It was the opportunity of alifetime for both him and Matthew”.Congratulations to Matthew and allthe team members.
There were seven tables of shoot
in play on March 23 at the Belgrave
Community Centre. Winners were:
high pink card, Freda Scott; second
high pink card, Lois Chamney; most
shoots pink card, Eileen Miller; high
white card, Joann MacDonald;
second high white card, Ross Taylor
and most shoots white card, Jim
Hunter.
The next shoot party is Friday,
April 13. Everyone is welcome.
On Friday, April 6 at 11 a.m. there
is a service at Knox United Church.
On April 8 there are two services on
Easter Sunday – a Sunrise Service at
7 a.m. with breakfast to follow and
morning worship at 11 a.m.
On Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. at
Knox United Church plan to attend,
“Songs of Faith”. Anyone wishing to
perform should contact John
McIntosh at 519-887-6412.
WI
The Belgrave Women’s Institute
met at Knox United Church on
Tuesday, March 20 beginning with a
potluck lunch. President DoreenMarks welcomed 11 guests and 10members and the WI Grace wassung.Following the meal Doreen read amodern version of “The Little RedHen”, then Pat Hunking entertainedby showing slides and speaking ofher trip to Prague, the capital city ofCzech Republic. Her grandson,Michael is living and working there
so he was their tour guide.
She showed pictures of the stone
walls with city gates, the many
bridges and narrow streets. The
unique town clock and tower was the
only building undamaged during
World War II. The Roman Catholic
Cathedral is a magnificent structure
with stained glass windows, tiled
floors and statues decorated with
gold. They visited the Opera House,
National Theatre, a castle and
various parks.
Doreen thanked Pat for sharing
her story and Gord Folkard for
helping with the slide show.The business meeting began withthe Opening Ode, the Mary StewartCollect, followed by the minutes andtreasurer’s report. The roll call wasanswered by telling of your mostinteresting trip.The April meeting is on April 17 at7:30 p.m. and is the annual meetingwith reports presented. The annualdues will remain at $20. Members
are asked to bring their donations for
Canada Comforts and Children’s
Hospital of Western Ontario and the
new slate of officers will be
By LindaCampbellCall 357-2188PEOPLE AROUNDBELGRAVE
NEWS
FROM BELGRAVE
Read
Rhea Hamilton Seeger’s
Gardening column
on the Huron Home and
Garden Guide
section of our website
www.northhuron.on.ca
Sixty-five years
Jack and Mary Taylor, shown, will be celebrating their 65th
wedding anniversary soon with a family dinner. The
Belgrave couple wed on March 15 in 1947 and lived in East
Wawanosh after their honeymoon. (Photo submitted)
Celebrating 65 years
Jack and Mary Taylor will be
celebrating their 65th wedding
anniversary with a family dinner in
the near future.
The couple, who live in Belgrave,
were married on March 15 in 1947
by the Rev. Harold Snell. In
attendance were Jack’s brother
Lloyd Taylor and Donna Craig,
Mary’s sister.
The bride, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Armstrong, and
groom, son of Orville and Ruby
Taylor, were wed at the Auburn
United Church Manse before they
went to Toronto for their
honeymoon.
Afterward they lived on the Sixth
Line in East Wawanosh where Jack
was a farmer and variety-store owner
and Mary was a homemaker and
postmistress. The two retired in
1975.
Jack and Mary are the parents of
Bob Taylor, Marilyn Dusky, Ron
Taylor, Mary Ellen Keller, Trudy
Taylor and Mark Taylor and have
12 grandchildren and 11 great-
grandchildren. They were
predeceased by one grandchild and
one great-grandchild.
They enjoy playing cards and they
are members of the Belgrave
Community Club and Knox United
Church in Belgrave.
They thank their friends and
neighbours for the many visits and
cards marking the occasion.
M-T council unhappy
with dam restrictions
Unhappy with barriers preventing
people from having access to the
Bluevale dam, Morris-Turnberry has
asked the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority (MVCA) to
send a representative to the next
meeting.
Councillors expressed their
dissatisfaction by turning down a
request from MVCA to cut the grass
at the Pioneer Conservation Area in
Bluevale and to lend a hand with
installation and removal of boards
from the dam.
“We’ve had a lot of people tell us
they’re not happy with what they
[MVCA] did,” said Councillor John
Smuck. “Basically [Bluevale dam]
is the only tourist attraction we’ve
got [in Morris-Turnberry].”
Councillor Neil Warwick
questioned why they should
continue to cut the grass. “They’ve
basically put up a sign that says ‘we
don’t want people here’.”
In his letter, Dave Grummet,
MVCA director of operations said
“new railings were installed at the
Bluevale dam and I trust this will
address the public safety issues that
are associated with dams of this
nature”.
It was Deputy-Mayor Jason
Breckenridge who suggested the
concerns should be conveyed to
MVCA. Though he was recently
appointed the Morris-Turnberry
representative to the conservation
authority there was not enough time
to get the issue on the agenda for the
board’s March meeting, he said.
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen