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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 Continued from page 2 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 Continued from page 2 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)