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CLINTON
PUBLIC
HOSPITAL
ST. MARYS
MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL
SEAFORTH
COMMUNITY
HOSPITAL
STRATFORD
GENERAL
HOSPITAL
WE PAY A TRIBUTE TO HOSPITAL
VOLUNTEERS
National Volunteer Week
is celebrated
April 15th to 21st 2012
The International Year of Volunteers provides a rare
opportunity to put volunteers and volunteerism into the
forefront of our thinking in the voluntary sector and in
society at large.
This is the time of year we acknowledge the enormous
contribution by the dedicated volunteers who give their
time and efforts to assist in the delivery of programs and
services that significantly enrich the culture of our
hospitals and the communities we serve. We wish to
recognize and express gratitude to all the volunteers who
make a difference to our patients, staff, and our local
healthcare system...
If you would like to join our great team of volunteers,
please refer to the information on our website,
www.hpha.ca, or contact your local hospital.
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
~ Winston Churchill”
Hospital Volunteers, Hospital Board Members,
Local Advisory Committee Members,
Auxiliary Members, and Foundation Board Members
Brussels native receives award for volunteer work
Congratulations to a former
Brussels girl on being recognized for
a special award. Susan (Langlois)
Myers was presented with the
Ontario Volunteer Award which was
created in conjunction with the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The
presentations were made in Stratford
at the Arden Park Hotel on the
weekend. Susan was nominated by
her fellow Clinton Kinettes for her
25 years of service and volunteering.
Congratulations Susan, who is the
daughter of George and Pat
Langlois.
Spending the weekend in the
Toronto area were Shelley, Lexi and
Delayna Smith. The girls play for the
Saugeen Maitland hockey teams and
they were in tournament play. One of
the teams played in North York while
the other team played in
Mississauga. Shelley is manager for
Delayna’s team and they were in
Mississauga. Delayna reports they
had a good time and that both of the
teams made it to quarter-final play
but did not advance from there. You
would think that hockey would beover, but Delayna reports that try-outs for next year’s team are thisweekend. The hockey equipmentwill just have to stay out awhile
longer.
Returning from a trip to Las Vegas
are Jim and Linda McDonald and
Bill and Vicki Brophy. They had an
enjoyable five days and great
weather. They went to a couple of
shows including the Cirque de Soleil
show “Mystere” and it was very
good. They also saw the Blue Man
Group, as well as a comedy show.
Relaxing, reading, a little gambling
and just poking around the area
filled their days. They enjoyed some
fine dining and each other’s
company.
A snowbird that returned in time
for family Easter is Marilyn
McDonald. She spent three months
in Longboat Key area which is north
of Sarasota on the gulf side of
Florida. Marilyn was joined by her
sister Barb Tervit of Wingham and
also sister Janie Gill from Ottawa
stayed for awhile. The three sisters
had a nice time together and enjoyed
the wonderful weather.
The work at the Walton Ball Park
continues and now the grass seed has
been planted. We hope we have the
“perfect” grass growing weather and
the outfield will be green again.
Thanks to Brewers Scott McDonald,
Barry Young, Kevin Murray and
Andrew Van Vliet for getting the job
done on Saturday morning.
We are pleased to report at thistime that Maryanna Ryan is home.We hope she is doing better and isglad to be home.Duff’s United Church held the
liturgy of Confirmation on Sunday
with Craig Baan being confirmed on
the second Sunday of Easter. The
congregation swelled with the
attendance of many family members
to witness his confirmation. The
scripture reader was Marie McGavin
and accepting the offering were Jeff
McGavin and Chad and Kaleigh
McCallum. Announcements include
a reminder of the UCW meeting
scheduled for May 2 at 7:30 p.m.There will be breakfast followingchurch this Sunday, April 22. Duff’shas jumped into the 21st century andnow has a Facebook page. The title
to access the page is Duff’s United
Church. Monique Baan has posted
pictures of Duff’s already on the site
and will keep everyone informed of
the upcoming activities and plans for
Duff’s 100th anniversary of the
church building on June 9 and 10.
There is an open house planned,
special guests speaker, a barbecue
and talent afternoon. Pictures for
displays are still being sought and
info can be obtained from TeresaBaan, Neil McGavin or PhyllisMitchell. Mark your calendars nowto attend.Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Tom Warwick, Murray
Pepper, Jonathon Tipple, Edgar
Andrades, Deity Bos, Jacob
Gulutzen, Sarah Alexander, Ben
Terpstra, Patty Banks, Kelly Dalton,
Blair Fraser, Edward Glanville,
Heather Godkin, Clara Blake, Betty
Jane Gill, Betty McCallum, Mandy
Mitchell, Ken Moffett, Dennis
Rijkhoff and Danielle Williamson.
Happy birthday to all.
We have witnessed a variety of the
signs of spring this past week. The
very changeable weather is one sign.
One day it is nice, then it snows, it’s
cold, then it’s warm. It is very hard
to know how to dress. (Layer is the
best suggestion I hear).
Next we have the sweet smell of
spring. Manure spreaders are busy
getting the fields spread with the
natural fertilizer. Farmers are also
out cultivating, plowing, disking and
planting grain and corn. The many
folks out there who have camping
trailers have gotten them out of
storage and are looking forward to
another year of camping. Patio
furniture has appeared on decks,
screened tents in yards and yes, even
swarms of bugs are out. I think we
can believe it is spring.
Our get-well wishes go out to
Betty Shaw, who fell and suffered a
break in her upper arm. We hope she
has a speedy recovery.
A speedy recovery wish goes out
to Mary Bradshaw who underwent
knee surgery last week. We hope we
will see her “speeding” down the
road soon.
It must have been a very special
birthday for Jack Ryan or he has
some very funny friends. The
mailbox, clothesline and the wagon
at Jack’s were decorated with a wide
assortment of ladies bras one day
last week. On checking my birthday
list, Jack did celebrate a birthday on
Thursday. I’m sure Jack will know
who the little fairies were who
decorated. Happy Birthday Jack!
Donna Knight celebrated a special
birthday last Sunday. A birthday
dinner at The Keg was her special
treat. The family travelled to
Kitchener to enjoy the meal with
Jack and Donna. Family members
included Brad and Christine and
Steve and Marni.
The Seaforth Food Bank held its
annual “Souper Saturday” at the
Seaforth Community Centre last
Saturday. There were 23 soup chefs
simmering up gallons of soup for the
wonderful crowd to taste. The
Walton/Brussels area was
represented by three chefs.
Supporting the Food Bank as soup
chefs were the Brussels Optimists,
Cinnamon Jim’s and the Walton
Raceway. Unfortunately, the
Brussels trio did not win the voter’s
choice, but the Food Bank was the
big winner of the day.
Helping out the Optimists were
Gerry and Brenda Wheeler and
Annette Stephenson with their entry
of sweet potato maple syrup soup
and manning Cinnamon Jim’s was
Lois Lee with the entry of cream of
chicken soup.
The Walton Raceway made sweet
potato and corn bisque soup. The
soup chef was Chris Lee, in charge
of shopping, peeling, chopping,
cutting all the ingredients. The soup
chef assistants were Mary Bernard
and Jo-Ann McDonald. Cooking
and tasting was by head chef Judy
Lee. The serving of the samples of
soup, served with choices of
toppings of sour cream, green
onions, bacon bits and/or yogurt was
handled by Mary and Jo-Ann. It was
a good day and the folks had a hard
time choosing the winners of the
day.
Signs of spring found in village
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
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PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON
NEWS
FROM WALTON
Cronin elected chair
of Ontario Pork
Bluevale-area farmer Amy Cronin
was named the chair of Ontario Pork
on April 3 and she is prepared to
keep the good initiatives going and
challenge existing problems.
Cronin said she is excited about
the opportunity to help lead the
future of the group and said she has
plans to continue on with work that
was already started.
“I want to continue with the
independent strategy groups that
were announced in March,” she said.
“Their work is encouraging.”
Among her top priorities for her
term is to bring more accountability
to the national pork groups.
“We need to be sure that the
national groups are working hard to
represent producers,” she said. “they
need to be held accountable the same
as the provincial boards. Producers
need them to be effective and to
improve so that they have a strong,
national voice.”
The chair and vice-chair positions
in Ontario Pork are one-year
positions, and while Cronin does
believe she will serve for more than
one term provided she maintains
with the priorities she set, she did
say that there are things she would
like to address immediately.
“In 2012 we need to talk about
weaner pigs and early weans and
start to engage all the producers,”
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Chair Cronin
Bluevale-area farmer Amy Cronin made the step from vice-
chair to chair of Ontario Pork during an election held earlier
this month. (Photo submitted)
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