The Citizen, 2011-03-24, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011.
It has been a week of tragedy and
sorrow for the entire area with the
deaths of two volunteer firefighters
in Listowel. The two men lost their
lives fighting the fire at the Dollar
Stop store. They were doing what
they had volunteered to do, were
trained to do and what they felt was
an important part of their lives to do.
As with any volunteer firefighter,
they have made the well-being and
safety of their community a priority
in their lives.
We have in our area two volunteer
fire departments with a combined
total of nearly 50 firefighters. They
attend meetings, training courses,
promote safety education, learn new
firefighting techniques and life-sav-
ing courses as part of their “volun-
teering”. They are called out day or
night, in good weather and bad, and
are sometimes doing their job for
many hours at a time. These “volun-
teers” are someone’s loved one, son,
husband, father, grandfather, uncle –
giving their time to those in their
time of need.
We all know a firefighter and their
families. Please remember to take
the opportunity to thank a firefight-
ers for the choice he has made to
serve our community and that they
are appreciated.
March break has flown by and the
weather was pretty good for the
kids. Travelling was easily done for
many either for fun, shopping, visit-
ing family or friends or maybe play-
ing hockey. I personally enjoyed
sleeping in and not having to rush
away to drive the bus.
Returning from a two-week vaca-tion in Panama is Clyde and CathyMcClure, Val Shortreed and Ken andMarina Scott. They spent their timejust relaxing, spending time on thebeach, eating and meeting new peo-ple from other places. This is theirthird time to Panama and it was asmaller, quieter resort a couple ofhours from the airport. They enjoyedbeautiful weather and spent a lot oftime walking the beaches. Val
reports that it was early to bed and
early to rise, because doing nothing
can make you very tired. They were
joined the second week by Warren
and Judy Beuerman.
Heather Kelso and children
Jessica, Jared, Hayden and Ella
spent a few days with Grandma and
Grandpa McGavin for March break.
The kids enjoyed going to the sugar
bush with Neil and Marie enjoyed
cooking for the crowd. They also
spent time visiting with other family
members and friends.
The Cranbrook Dart League
results from March 9 are: Gayle
Speiran, 96; Ernie Lewington, 119;
high shots, Teuni Smith, 92 and
Murray Houston, 121. The group
gathering averages about 20 each
night of play. They wind up their
season on March 30 and will enjoy a
catered meal and fun night.
Here are some updates on a few
folks: Gerald Watson is in Seaforth
Hospital; Ria Vandenbroeck is home
from London Hospital and appreci-
ates having visitors and Jean Evans
is in Listowel and also loves to have
company drop in for a visit.
Have you heard about the interest-ing fundraiser the Brussels UnitedChurch is doing? It is a “times ten”program. Everyone starts with $10and is challenged to make it multiplyby 10s. One group of ladies haspooled their 10s and are sellingfrozen doughs, pizzas, meat pies,etc. Nanci Ducharme, Julie Jutzi andShawna Hamilton are spearheadingthis unique idea. I hope to hear ofmore unique ideas this week from
other members of the church.
It must be spring because there
seem to be many animals emerging.
We have seen an animal a couple of
times running alongside the creek at
our place. Not really close enough to
know what it is, but my first guess
was a groundhog, then maybe a rac-
coon, and now we think maybe a
mink. It’s quick and now that the
snow is mostly gone, it will be much
harder to see. We passed a field that
had the white tundra swans having a
rest and of course Canadian geese
are back in the area.
Michelle Blake and niece Holly
Sholdice have returned from a six-
day whirlwind trip to Alberta. They
went out to visit with Mitch Blake,
who works at a feedlot in
Strathmore. They rented a car and
went to Edmonton to shop at the
Edmonton Mall and a winter’s storm
caused them great concern. Lots of
cars were in the ditch but they man-
aged to stay safe. The ladies stayed
in Calgary and besides visiting with
Mitch, they also managed a visit
with Andrew McDonald and Kyle
McNichol.
Celebrating birthdays this pastweek include Art McNaughton, EricSteinman, Carol Wilbee Henderson,Keith Wilbee, Geoffrey Bauer,Alyssa Coleman, John Gillis, ElliottHackwell, Kennedy-Ann Huether,Cathy Regele, Brandi Williamson,Randal Linton, Kerrisa Eckert, BenFinlayson and John van Vliet. Happybirthday to all.
A county-wide committee to
investigate low frequency noise has
now officially been formed after
Huron East Councillor Bill Siemon
made the proposal late last year.
After the initial proposal, corre-
spondence was sent out to all of
Huron County’s lower tier munici-
palities asking if they would like to
participate and if so, who they
would like to appoint to the com-
mittee.
Only four of Huron County’s
nine municipalities appointed
someone by the time of the
$50,000
budget
for LFN
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