HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-07-26, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012.Children visiting and building demolished in Walton
Driving along the roads, you will
see very little wheat left in the fields
and even the straw has been mostly
baled and put in. The weather,
although very hot, allowed for the
harvest to be completed quite
quickly. Those who will be
travelling to Brussels for
Homecoming have a new road to
travel on. The paving of County
Road 12 from Walton to Brussels
was completed last week. Hopefully,
the second half from Brussels to
Hwy. 86 will be completed in time
for the big weekend in Brussels.
We have a few Walton or former
Walton residents as patients in
Seaforth Hospital. We send our get-
well wishes to Maxine Marks who
has been a patient for about a week.Ivin Shannon is under the weatherand we hope he is feeling muchbetter. Gloria Love, now a resident
of Clinton, is in Seaforth Hospital
recovering from surgery.
Congratulations to Laurie and Deb
Campbell on being first-time
grandparents. Proud parents are
Tyler and Jade and they have
welcomed a little girl to their lives, a
Campbell girl they have named
Brielyn. Congrats to all.
There’s been a change on
Moncrieff Road with the demolition
of the home on the Stevenson
Workman farm, last week. A new
home is going to be built for Chris
and Lisa Stevenson on the property.
The ladies of Duff’s United
Church catered to a Blyth Festival
dinner on Saturday evening. They
had 52 guests enjoy the roast beef
dinner and all the extras. Helping for
the church were Judy Lee, Monique
Baan, Theresa Baan and Shelley
McGavin preparing in the morning.
The afternoon shift of ladies feeding
the group was Karen Hoegy, Diety
Bos, Marionna Studhalter and Judy
Emmrich. A good job was done by
all.A surprise for Karin McDonaldCalhoun was the arrival of herchildren, Michael and Kendra from
Calgary. Brother Neil McDonald
was coming down and thought a
nice surprise for Karin’s birthday
would be a visit with her children.
They arrived last Thursday evening
and had plans made for their stay.
Karin and children went to Stratford
to a Shakespeare play for the three
of them and a birthday dinner in
Stratford on Friday.
It was ladies only on Saturday, as
three men including Neil and Rick
McDonald and Michael went to the
Hamilton Tiger Cat game in
Hamilton. Sunday was Karin’s
actual birthday and Neil treated
them all to a late breakfast at his
place. Then later in the afternoon,
they travelled to Rick and Jo-Ann
McDonald’s home to enjoy a
birthday dinner for their daughter
LeeAnn and for Karin and Michael,
who share the same birthday.
Joining them were Kelly and Adam
Jarosz,
Alicia McDonald and Jim and
Linda McDonald. Karin’s children
returned to Calgary on Mondaymorning and Neil returned later inthe week to Vancouver.Ken and Dawn White are very
proud of their granddaughter these
days. Meaghan White is the
daughter of Danny and Allison
White and she is a member of the
Severn River Rowing Club. She
competed at the Central Ontario
Rowing Association championship
regatta in St. Catharines on July 15.
The highlight of the regatta was a
gold medal performance by
Meaghan and Veronica Hatcher,
rowing together in the under-17
double race. Meaghan also won a
bronze medal in the under-17 single
race.
The pair has advanced to the
Ontario championships to be held in
Welland on July 28 weekend and
Meaghan advanced to single
competition. Congrats and good
luck to her and her partner.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week included Dianne Flood,
Sharon Godkin, Sherry McCall,
Kelly Boven, Corrinna Strong, Ken
Williamson, Christopher Ritchie,
Curtis Ryan, Andrew Van Vliet,
Anne Williamson, Karin McDonaldCalhoun, Andrea Taylor, MichaelWarwick, Bradley Fraser, LauraGodkin, Alivia McCall MacBain,
Carol Annett, Charles Gulutzen,
Lanette Todd and Jim Blake. Happy
birthday to all.
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON
NEWS
FROM WALTON
Pulling ahead
Heidi Badley was one of many local children who attended the Vacation Bible School at the
Christian Reformed Church in Blyth last week. Badley, shown here being pulled on an old feed
bag as part of a race, had the opportunity to play some games, enjoy the fellowship of other
children, do some crafts and hear some stories during the week-long event. (Denny Scott photo)
Hopper wins tub
spot in parade
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decorated homes, Don and Joyce
Jacklin, first; Teresa Albers, second;
Nora Stephenson, third and George
and Pat Langlois, fourth. Thanks to
everyone who entered. The
committee appreciates everyone’s
enthusiasm. Prizes were gift
certificates from local
businesspeople. The Homecoming
Committee has been meeting
monthly since August and met this
past Monday for the final pre-event
meeting.
Everyone should have received
the wonderful event flyer created by
the communication committee and
if not they will be available around
town at the farmers’ market tent or
registration tent on Turnberry.
There is a winner to ride in Don
McNeil’s luxury transportation tub.
The bidding began a little slow with
just $10 starting off, but the
momentum started to build with bids
going to $25 from Graham Work. I
understand that Marg didn’t think
Graham should ride in the tub and as
it turns out the bidding continued to
grow, so she didn’t have to worry. A
jump in the bidding by the Bondi
family to $80, then to $150, $160 to
$180 with the final bid of $181. The
winning bid and the lucky rider is
Wayne Hopper. He will be riding on
a saddle on a late 1890s barrel in the
tub behind Don’s Ultimate Parade
Machine. Congrats to the winner
and thanks to all for supporting
Don’s great idea.
The donation will go to the coffers
of Homecoming.
A reminder to those living on the
east side of town – it will be difficult
to get out of the east side because of
the parade and the detour roads are
on the west side of town. The parade
is anticipated to last upwards of two
hours maybe, if we can judge from
other years, so if you need to get to
the north or south end of town, make
your plans accordingly.
We hope everyone has invited
family, friends, former neighbours
to be part of the 140th celebration in
Brussels and that everyone has a
great time coming home to their
country village
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on this earth. For added protection,
I’ve been spraying diluted oil of
lemon grass all about when we sit
outside. It could be the weather
change or one or both of these trials,
but the attacks for the wee buzzers
has lessened, so I’m happy and I felt
like I was at least trying to make
things better.
Flowers, as well, make me happy
and as I admire the blooms in my
yard this week, my mind goes to
memories. A beautiful red blossom
on an azalea, arrived on a plant that
was given to our family when my
Dad died in 1987. It gets put out in
the flowerbed each summer and
continues to surprise me and gives
me a smile. Bev Brown had a
lantana that she wintered for years
before handing it over to me – it too
has a nice bunch of wee yellow
flowers sending forth joy and
memories. The final good memory
flowers came from Sheila Richard’s
home. Two lilies, one yellow and the
other white have put on a great
display this summer and better yet,
they triggered more good memories.
So all these folks are now dead, but
this little every day sign of life
reminded of how people come in to
your life and make a difference.
To all the volunteers who are
giving up countless hours so we can
have a good time starting on Friday.
Thank you! Yes it’s fun to be part of
the work, but only your families
know just how much time you have
given the community. So be sure to
thank the people you see as they
direct traffic, line up floats, serve
you refreshment, supervise games,
move tables and dirt and all the other
jobs that will get done, because
these folks see our community as
important. Even better, be extra nice
to them and offer to help.
Enjoy Homecoming 2012 in the
way that suits you best.
Bye now, Betty G.W
Homecoming volunteers
deserve people’s thanks
Eastern visitors
Visitors to Campvention, which was held over the last two weeks in Blyth, came from all over
North America, including, but not limited to, the guests from Nova Scotia proudly bearing their
banner above during a parade held to mark the last day of the festivities. (Denny Scott photo)