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The Citizen, 2012-07-12, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012. ALIA TANJAYN Located at Lucknow Travel 603 Campbell St., Lucknow 519-528-2388 or 1-877-582-5669 LIMITED TIME ONLY Mon - Fri 9:30-5 Sat 9:00-12 Ladies Fashion (of equal or lesser value) Changes, concert planned for Walton TransCan The Lee family hosted many of the volunteer helpers that head committees in charge of the many facets of the TransCan motocross races. There are many changes being implemented this year, with major changes to the track, start and finishlines. The camping for the amateursand pros are changing areas. Many new innovations and exciting activities are being planned. They announced the extra great news of a concert planned for the Friday evening with Jason Blaine headlining the concert. Jason has been on the charts since 2002 and his latest song “Cool” is in the top 20 on the country charts. The group had a tour of the area and Brett Lee pointed out where the changes will be. Discussions and questions on some of the changes followed and then a delicious dinner was enjoyed by all. TransCan is only a month away! It will be held the week ofAug. 14-19.I attended the 54th annual Beuerman reunion on Sunday. It has been held at the Brodhagen Hall for the last 45 years or so. It was nice to see many of the relatives, although it was a smaller crowd than usual, around 40. We enjoy a delicious pot luck meal and then go around the room and every family tells what’s being going on in their lives the past year. The family lost no members this past year. The oldest surviving original Beuerman, by marriage, of our clan, is Malinda Beuerman of Seaforth. Plans for the 55th reunion were made with extra special activities discussed.The Glanville family, descendantsof Harold and Tillie Glanville, celebrated their 60th reunion on the weekend. They gathered at the Winthrop ball park pavilion with 131 attending. Lisa Glanville is the president, Jackie Glanville is secretary and Doris Hood is the treasurer of the group. They have someone in charge of crafts. They vote for new people every year. The smaller children were kept busy with crafts and others spent time flying kites. A potluck meal, with plenty of food, was enjoyed by all. Relatives attended from Manitoba, Manitoulin Island, Kingston and across Ontario. By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON NEWS FROM WALTON The weather report didn’t call for freezing Children at the Zion Mennonite Fellowship vacation bible school on Cranbrook Road had some fun pretending they were frozen during a game of freeze tag on July 6. (Denny Scott photo) Knights return from Eastern Canada Returning from a trip to the east coast a couple of weeks ago are Brad and Christine Knight. Brad had to be in Ottawa to attend the Clerks and Treasurers Conference for a few days and then took a few days of holidays. They made the 12-hour drive to St. John, New Brunswick to visit with sister Joanne and Weldon Black, Andrew and Allison. They enjoyed the great warm weather we had enjoyed for a couple of days and then the usual Maritime weather set in. It was Andrew’s graduation from Grade 12 and they were able to celebrate with him. They decided to take the drive around Fundy Bay, but the foggy weather of the east coast made for lousy sightseeing. They came home via the U.S. and found it an interesting drive. Our get-well wishes go out to Phyllis Mitchell. She is recovering well from a fall. We also wish Ernie Lewington a full recovery as he has been hospitalized for a few days last week. He is feeling much better and we hope he continues on the road to recovery. There was a wonderful turnout for the buck and doe for Krista Shortreed and Adam Verkley. The event was held at the Listowel Agricultural Building. The wedding party put together a nice evening with many great door prizes, music and lunch. The wedding will be held in August. Congratulations to a group of five celebrating family birthdays with a party at the Walton Hall. The Finlayson clan gathered to celebrate Bryan’s 65th, Brenda’s 60th, Bonnie’s 40th, Ben’s 30th and Kay Hesselwood’s 80th. The clan enjoyed a fun evening at the hall with extended family members and many friends. Warm weather good for corn, soya crops Well it is no doubt that the corn was knee high by July! There is some corn out there that is between six-and-eight-feet high in places. The heat has really made the corn shoot up. The soybeans are doing very well also and some are at mid- thigh height. We can only hope the good growing weather continues with showers when needed. It has been an interesting week for weather. The hot and humid days created flash thunderstorms that gave a little rain in some places and more than a little rain on others. We needed the rain, but some places received a lot more than necessary. We can be thankful our area is not suffering the drought or the flooding or the extreme heat of the U.S. Celebrating birthdays this past week include Dianne Blake, Lorne Glanville, Brad Knight, Allan Carter, Emily Mitchell, Sean Mitchell, Jasmin Roth, Russell Pryce, Steve Fritz, Richard Gerber, Mitchell Ryan, Devon McCutcheon, Lorna Fraser, Pete Martene, Neil Mitchell, Melanie Kirkby and Brenda Finlayson. Happy birthday to all. Homecoming only two weeks away Homecoming is just two weeks away and are you ready? The Homecoming committee has met 12 times to plan an exciting weekend for the people of Brussels, former and present, to come home to enjoy. The brochures should have arrived in your mailbox this past week, so now you can plan your weekend and see what, when and where events are being held. They even have a few surprises planned for the parade, so they hope everyone is getting excited. A parade can only be successful if there is lots of participation, so the committee is hoping everyone is busy getting their floats ready. Bands, horses, dancers and of course floats. Children decorating their bikes and riding in the parade will receive a little something for their efforts, so remember, red and white, black and burlap, and go Western. The start of the parade is at the arena and entrants are to start arriving at 10:30 for line up. The parade committee with help from the Brussels Fire Department will organize everyone. The decorating committee is busy getting the town decorated and they will be at the Farmers’ Market for the next few Fridays. Drop by and pick up your bows, braids and hats from the ladies. Don’t forget to register your business or your home for the best decorated business or home competition with Rene. Prizes support your local businesses. The Optimists are organizing the volleyball tournament that begins on Friday night and runs until Sunday when the finals will be played. Each of the 12-14 teams will play three sets a game and earn points towards REPRINTS OF PHOTOS taken by Citizen photographers are available to purchase. ALL ARE IN COLOUR 4x6 - $4.00 5x7 - $5.00 8x10 - $8.00 Phone to order ~ 519-523-4792 or 519-887-9114 Continued on page 14