HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-07-19, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012.Local couples’ granddaughter to perform in Scotland
Ken and Liz Sholdice and Roy and
Donna Fischer have had some great
news about their granddaughter
Lacey Fischer, of Summerside,
P.E.I.. She has been chosen along
with 25 other Highland dancers from
across Canada to perform during themonth of August in the EdinburghMilitary Tattoo in Scotland. Theyperform the Highland dance once aday and twice on Saturdays. Lacey isactive at the College of Piping in
Summerside and is the daughter of
Randy and Cathy Fischer. Congrats
to Lacey!
Paul and Dianne McCallum, Pearl
McCallum, Joyce Hartman, Colleen
Bromley and boys and Cindy Poland
and girls have returned from two
weeks at the cottage on Manitoulin
Island. They enjoyed the same hot
weather as we have, but spent plenty
of time at the beach and swimming.
They did report that the water levels
are lower and it was a little trickiergetting the boat in the water, butthere are still plenty of fish to becaught! Missing the family get-together, for the first time was Ken McCallum, due to the arrival
of son Linkin. Dianne reports the
only time she has missed the
family holiday was when son
Ken was born. The tradition
continues!
Weekend guests with Leslie and
Yvonne Knight were Don and
Donalda Neill of Weyburn,
Saskatchewan and Barry and Faith
Bellamy from Lakefield, Ontario.
Celebrating a special birthday last
weekend was Ross Smith. A party
was held at the home of son Ken andLinda Smith and nearly 100 famiyand friends arrived to celebrate his80th birthday. His four sons, Greg ofMonkton, Ken of Brussels, Rob ofAlberta and Jeff of Brussels all
attended. The special surprise of the
day was the arrival of grandson
Jamie, also of Alberta, and
girlfriend, being able to attend. They
enjoyed a social afternoon and then a
lovely meal of turkey and pork and
lots more. Ross received many cards
and certificates to dine out. Happybirthday Ross!Celebrating birthdays this pastweek include Alicia Dalton,Nicholas Shahshahani, DoreenHackwell, Ed McClure, Monica
Ryan, Tracey McKee, Andrea
Bremner, Nic Cameron, Gloria
Love, Grace Robinson, Jackie
Glanville, Caitlyn Regele, Steve
Baan, Gary Godkin, LeeAnn
Konarski and Paul Somerville.
Happy birthday to all.
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON
Fish Tour 2012
The Brussels Legion continued its summer-long fish fry tour
on Saturday night, visiting the Blyth Legion and cooking for
hungry diners on a day where the village hosted
Campvention and the first annual Buskerfest. Working the
fryer are Jo-Ann McDonald and Ron Schmidt. (Jim Brown photo)
Bikers fill Port Dover for the
last Friday the 13th in 2012
Friday the 13th only happens three
times in 2012 and this past Friday,
July 13th was the last one for this
year. The town of Port Dover was
inundated with full throttle, leather,
motorcycle madness by
approximately 200,000 bike
enthusiasts. People invade the town
for the day. Some arrive before and
stay for the weekend. There are
bikes of every make, model, colour
and new, old and vintage, plain and
accessorized lining the streets of the
town for the 30th anniversary of the
event. It is an amazing event for the
town with every inch of space and
streets occupied by people and
bikes. Businesses boom with the
traffic of people, every eatery, tavern
and coffee shop, is full. Line-ups for
everything, including bathrooms,
await you at every turn There were
many local bike enthusiasts who
made the trip to Dover and they
included Paul and Cheryl Ryan,
Mike and Faye Devereaux, Ken and
Brenda Dalton, Gerry Ryan, Don
Dalton and Carmen Riley to name a
few. They report they have a great
time but what happens in Dover,
stays in Dover!
A local resident had a trip of a
lifetime with her daughter last week.
Valerie Gratto, joined her daughter
Jennifer, for a trip to Iqaluit. Val
flew from London to Toronto and
then to Ottawa to meet Jennifer, who
lives in Stittsville, outside of
Ottawa. Jennifer works for First Air,
the airline that flys into Iqaluit. She
invited her mother to join her for this
unique adventure. The crew of
Canada A.M. was going to film for
two days in Iqaluit to help celebrate
Nunavut Day. Nunavut is Canada’s
largest and newest territory with
many unique and interesting talents.
The shows aired on Monday and
Tuesday mornings last week. Val
enjoyed meeting Jeff and Beverly
and took pictures with both.
Val reports it is light all day and
the temperature was about 4°C to a
high of 11°C. A vast array of
scenery of mountains to tundra and
water and ice was seen. The natives
were very polite with the visitors
and Val reports they were very
lovely people. Val said that the
elders are treated with great respect.
At mealtime the elders eat first and
then the rest of the family eats. The
celebrations included demonstrating
many of their cultural activities. The
natives showed how they skin seals
and ducks and how everything is
used and nothing is wasted. Even
eyes and entrails etc. are eaten raw.
They demonstrated native dancing
and two young girls did throat
singing.
Val said everything is very
expensive in Iqaluit because
everything must be flown in and
then delivered by barge. A jug of
orange juice is around $10, breakfast
at the hotel was $30 but was very
nice. The hotel had only twin or
double beds to choose from, and was
very clean.
The town has two schools and a
hospital and Val enjoyed taking over
200 pictures of the people and the
town and area. She enjoyed every
minute of her trip, except for the
three-hour delay on the Air Canada
flight home, because somebody
forgot to book the crew!
Congratulations to first time
grandparents, Clint and Judy
Emmrich. Daughter Katie and
husband Ryan Johnson have
welcomed their first child, a
daughter, Emma. The happy family
lives near Wroxeter. Congrats to all.
Harvest starts, farmers
busy with wheat
The harvest has begun and many
farmers are at the wheat. In
conversations, many say it seems
early, others say no, about the same
as other years and myself, I
remember for many years the
Brussels Tigers tournament was the
long weekend in August, and many
of the farmers off the Walton
Brewers team, would show up for
the game and then leave
immediately to get back to the field
and the harvest. No matter, Mother
Nature dictates when the crop is
ready and now seems the time for
many. A reminder to everyone that
big machinery is sharing the roads,
so slow down and watch for the
farmers who are going slower than
you and possibly turning.
The second cut of hay for many is
also being accomplished in this
extra warm weather. Remember if
working in this heat to keep
hydrated with water – lots of water!
Our condolences to Cathy and
Clyde McClure, on the passing of
Cathy’s mother, Gladys Cornish of
Ripley. Our sympathies are
extended to her siblings Brian,
Ronald, Nancy, Joanne and Shirley
and their families for their loss.
A wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey craft
Jill Regier, right, is one of the two organizers of the TD Summer Reading Program for Huron
County libraries. Regier is shown here preparing for some time-machine-themed crafts,
stories and reading for children at the Blyth branch of the Huron County Library. Courtney
McDonald, not shown, joins Regier each Tuesday in running the program from 10 a.m. to
noon at the Wingham Library, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Blyth Library, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
at the Brussels Library and on Mondays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Clinton Library. For more
information, or other branches, check with your local library. (Denny Scott photo)
NEWS
FROM WALTON