HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-08-12, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010. PAGE 7.
There has been such a variety of
weather in the past two weeks. The
hot weather has allowed the farmers
to get the straw baled and some
second cut hay as well. Wheat fields
have been combined and even spring
grain is being harvested. Crop
advisor Ken reports that most
farmers have had above-average
yields for the wheat and even the
price has held very well and has
gone up. The soybean crop is
looking excellent and a helicopter
was in the area spraying the soys two
weeks ago. I can’t remember when
the soys were waist high and the
corn is doing well with plenty of
heat units.
The summer is a time for family
reunions, travelling, camping and
vacations. Dave and Brenda Linton
were the host family for the Linton
reunion at their farm. Dave’s family
includes two brothers, Fred and Art
and two sisters, Linda and Laurel.
The reunion was made special by the
attendance of Laurel and her
husband Steve coming from
Virginia.
Travelling from North Bay to
enjoy holidays at Pine Lake was
Heather Kelso and children, Jared,
Jessica, Hayden and Ella. They spent
a week enjoying our great hot
weather, visiting with other
McGavin family members and
catching up with friends.
Ray McClure was home to
Ontario from Forrestburg, Alberta
for his 10 day holiday. He spent time
with his many brothers and one
sister and the special occasion to
attend was the wedding of nephew
Rob McClure and Amanda Van
Miltenburg.
July 31 was a damp and dull day,
but it didn’t damper the joyous
occasion of the wedding of Rob
McClure and Amanda Van
Miltenburg. The couple was wed on
the lawn at the home of the bride’s
parents, Ed and SueAnne Van
Miltenburg, Seaforth. Rob is the son
of Stan and Donna McClure of
Walton. A social time was held at the
farm following the ceremony and the
reception was held at the Seaforth
Community Centre. The colour
scheme of black and silver was
beautiful and hanging chandeliers
complemented the lovely hall.
Congratulations to the newlyweds,
Rob and Amanda, who are living
near Seaforth.
Returning from a two-week trip o
the west coast is Fred and Karen
Uhler. They went to visit with Fred’s
sister Bonnie and her husband
Randy. They live on Vancouver
Island at Nanaimo, a city of about
80,000, an hour north of Victoria.
Bonnie and Randy were able to
spend quite a few days touring the
Uhlers around the area visiting the
many scenic sites of Redwood
forests and Western Cedars, and
other off-the-beaten-track areas of
nature’s beauty. They enjoyed
wonderful weather and the area has
actually been having a drought for
the last month. Fred and Karen
also spent three days in
Victoria. Welcome home to the
Uhlers.
Enjoying their time away at
OshKosh, Wisconsin, were Jim and
Leona Armstrong. They travelled in
the Armstrong bus for the 24th time
to attend, although they have been
many more times than that. They
attended the gathering of flight
enthusiasts and anything that hasanything to do with flying. Leonaworks as a volunteer and in herdepartment of homemade planes,registered 1,600 attendees. Therewere also ultralights and antiqueplanes. Unfortunately, the areasuffered a great deal of rainfall priorto everyone’s arrival and the
camping area was flooded. Many
camped just on the side of the road
near the event site and the airplanes
had to land all around at area air
fields. In spite of the muddy ground,
hot and muggy weather, Leona
reports they had a great time.
Our get-well wishes go out to
Gord Jacklin who is a patient in
Seaforth Hospital.Gord had a
mishap with his horse and suffered a
broken hip.
Our get-well wishes also go to
Graham Work who is recovering
from a fall a few weeks ago.
We are pleased to report that
Adam Smith is home from hospital
and is doing very well.
Celebrating birthdays very close
together were Ross and Marg
Bennett. Daughter Nancy Ducharme
surprised the couple with a party for
the pair at her home. Nancy and
family and Peter and his family
attended and special guests were
Marg’s sister-in-law, Lois Bell from
Elora, as well as several nieces and
nephews. Happy birthday to the
Bennetts!
Celebrating a milestone birthday
was Jim Knight. The family of Jim
and Dona gathered at the Knight
cottage for the occasion of Jim’s
80th birthday. They enjoyed a
wonderful afternoon, dinner and
fireworks to celebrate. Jim and Dona
have three daughters, Brenda, Carla
and Karen.
An accident on the North Line last
week left Annalies Ringgenberg
shaken but otherwise unhurt. She
was involved in a collision with a
transport loaded with lumber. The
vehicle she was driving suffered
serious damage but luckily she has
only a minor airbag burn and sore
hand.
Our condolences to the Johnston
family on the passing of Malinda
Johnston. Our sympathies to Allan,
Larry, Irene and Shirley and their
families. Malinda was a lovely lady,
who suffered several losses in her
life, but was able to keep her faith
and hope for the future. She and her
husband Hugh farmed on the Walton
Road for many years until they
retired to Brussels. I had the pleasure
of knowing Malinda for many years
and we even celebrated our
birthdays together with dinner many
times. She was a kind and caring
lady who will be missed by all her
family.
The funeral luncheon for the
Johnston family was held at Duff’s
United Church on Saturday. Ladies
assisting included Gloria Wilbee,
Karen Hoegy, Jo-Ann McDonald,
Heidi McClure, Diety Bos, Annalies
Ringgenberg, Teresa Baan,
Betty McCallum and Pauline
Gulutzen.
Our sympathies are expressed to
Bill Fleming on the passing of his
wife Marg and sons Ian and Jim and
their families. Bill was well known
in the agriculture sector as the owner
of Fleming Feed Mill in Clinton. We
will remember Bill as a curler andfor his avid support of the SeaforthCurling Club for many years. Hewill be missed by his family,friends and his many businessassociates.The Walton Hall hosted a BlythFestival dinner on Saturday evening.There were nearly 60 folks enjoying
the meal after seeing the show or
before going to the show. The guests
were mostly from Cambridge but a
couple of guests were from even
further away. They were from
southern Wisconsin and have been
frequent visitors to this area. They
enjoy this area and always stayed at
Mary Humphries’bed and breakfast.
They now stay at Mitchell’s Bed and
Breakfast, but always take time to
stop in and visit with Mary, who is
always very pleased to see her dear
friends. Helpers for the evening for
the Hall Board included Judy Lee,
Judy Emmrich, Barb Durell,
Jo-Ann McDonald and Alicia
McDonald.
The Walton area crew of young
men were off fishing for the
weekend to celebrate the upcoming
nuptials of Chris Blake. The boys
had a good time and included were
Chris, Devin and Brandon Blake,
Scott McDonald, Darryl Houston,
Josh Horst, Barry Young and Greg
Medd.
The McDonald family gathered
together to celebrate the milestone
birthday of Leona McDonald. Leona
celebrated her 80-years-young
birthday on the Sunday with a family
dinner at The Dinner Bell in Clinton.
Flying in to surprise Leona was son
Neil from Vancouver, who stayed
from Friday till Monday. Enjoying
dinner together were Leona, Neil,
Karen McDonald Calhoun,
Bayfield, Rick and Jo-Ann, LeeAnn
Konarski, Kelly McDonald and
Adam Jarosz, Alicia McDonald,
sister Peg Rogerson and brother-in-
law Murray and Betty Criche.
Happy birthday Leona.
Celebrating birthdays these past
weeks include Olene Dennis, SandraHuether, Paul Ryan, JordanShortreed, Margaret Bennett,Bridget Blake, Jeanne Dionne,Jennifer Grobbink, Lily Grobbink,Jacob Roth, Sarah Strome, ColeGlanville McCallum, SusanAlexander, Sherry Delay, RickSchmeltzer, Jacob Nolan, Courtney
Pryce, Heidi McClure, Kristen
Grobbink, Curtis McCallum, Luke
McCallum, Scott Storey, Bruce
Godkin, Angela Huether, Kenneth
Huether, Kate Tervit, Adrienne
Wakabayashi, Erin Mitchell, Marie
Mitchell, Laurie Grobbink, Darryl
Houston, Lisa Huether, Richard
Love, Heidi Bachert, Ross Bennett,
Greg Humphries, Leona McDonald,
Brian McGavin, Brian Love, Tina
McClure, Katie Williamson, Wendy
Bachert and Taylar McKee. Happy
Birthday everyone.
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vegetable growers to feed the hungry
in the world. She had a video of the
Gleaners located in Cambridge,
which she and husband Rick had
visited.
The Gleaners take the surplus
vegetables and process them into
hydrated soups which are then sent
to the needy countries. A lot of bags
have been sent to Haiti. A three-
pound bag will make 100 servings of
soup. This work is all done by
volunteers with one full-time
employee. The finished product has
a two-year shelf life.
Various relief organizations look
after the distribution. Apples and
pears are also used to make a snack
mix. A donation was given to help
the Gleaners with their work.
Everyone agreed this is a most
worthwhile organization, as there is
always someone in need in the
world.
The August meeting is taking the
form of a car tour to an alpaca farm
in Shakespeare.
Walton WI heading
to Shakespeare farm
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