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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2010-08-12, Page 20Continued from page 6 Kitchen. Workshop Location: Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron, 169 Beech Street, Clinton, • The Happy Baker does Cheesecake and Cupcakes Date: Sunday, August 22 Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Type: Hands-on demonstration Level: Basic/Intermediate Hosted by: Erin Bolger, author of The Happy Baker - A Dater's Guide to Emotional Baking Workshop Location: Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron, 169 Beech Street, Clinton *** Huron County Farm Tours Date: Saturday, August 21 Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (bus pick- up at 8:45 a.m. at the Goderich Walmart on Highway 8) Locations: Heather Holme Holsteins, Robinson’s Maple Syrup, Meeting Place Organic Farm and Grassroots Rural Retreat Cost: $10 per person or $25 for family of four. Event Description: This guided bus tour will take participants on a visit to various types of farming operations found in Huron County. From direct-sale family farms to the global trade industry, this tour will show participants how food lands on their fork. Participants will stop for a local food picnic lunch at Grassroots Rural Retreat before continuing on to learn about more agricultural practices found in our backyard. Locavore Brunch Date: Sunday, August 22 Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Location: Grassroots Rural Retreat, 760 Bruce Rd 86, RR# 1, Lucknow Cost: $20 per person Event Description: Traditional Sunday brunch with a twist prepared by local chefs featuring Huron County produced ingredients. Plowing Match BBQ Date: Friday, August 27 Time: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron, 169 Beech Street, Clinton Cost: $15 per person Event Description: The Taste of Huron culinary festival ends with a barbeque co-hosted by Taste of Huron and The Huron County Plowing Match. The barbeque will bring County visitors into contact with a long standing traditional agricultural event, mingling farmers and consumers to create a new dynamic for this event. Local food is only part of the draw for this event, which features old-fashioned country music, fiddling and dancing. PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010.Big changes are happening at the19th annual Walton TransCanMotocross, and one of the most notable for locals of the Huron East town might be the reduced number of registrants lining the streets in Walton. “The big change [was in Blyth on Monday August 9],” organizer Chris Lee said. Lee was referring to a pre-staging area that was set up at the Blyth Campground that provided a location for pre-registration for riders and campers, which reduced the number of people waiting outside the Lee property at 42852 Walton Road when the doors opened on August 10. “There [was] registration for camping and riding,” Lee said. “And Scrimgeours’ Market ran baseball games for the riders. It was just some light recreation to keep them busy.” Other changes to the event occurred on the Lee property at east of Walton, and included a new jump, and a hospitality tent. “We have a huge tent, 60 by 90 feet, [that was] put up by Parts Canada,” he said. “The tent will benear the race track, and offer buffet-style meals from Albion Hills Farmoutside of Goderich, and beveragesfrom the Beer Gardens run by theSeaforth Curling Club.” Lee stated that there is also a new jump that has been installed that will allow spectators to get closer to the action. “The new jump we have set up is close to the spectators, and the test runs we did had riders [travelling up to 120 feet in the air],” Lee said. “We put distance lines on the track to give riders an incentive to put on a good show for the spectators, who will be right along the jump and landing zone.” Lee said that, as far as competitors go, the local amateur hopeful Nathan Bles will not be in the race, as he injured himself recently. “[Bles] was a major contender for the amateur awards,” Lee said. The MX2 events, a professional event that limits the field to 250 cc bikes, will feature Tyler Medaglia as the closest rider. Medaglia hails from Ottawa, and swept the amateur awards in Walton six years ago. The MX1 event, a professional event that limits the field to 450 cc bikes, will feature Kyle Keast, from Lindsay, Ontario.Keast is currently in fourth placein the MX1 standings, according toLee, and a good weekend in Waltoncould move him to third or secondplace, especially if he takes the King of Walton Sword, awarded for firstplace at the event.Races will be held all weekend,with the amateur awards beingpresented at 6 p.m. on Saturday,August 14, and the Canada Cup Challenge Awards being presented at4:40 p.m. on Sunday, August 15.Times are subject to change.For more information about theevent, visit the Walton TransCanwebsite at www.waltontranscan.ca Continued from page 1 friends. She volunteers with the Ethel United Church and is a member of the Brussels/Belgrave Beef Club. She is returning to Listowel District Secondary School in her Grade 12 year. Emily’s future plans involve learning/ working in the field of agriculture. Emily is sponsored by the Huronlea Ladies Auxiliary. Alix Sholdice is 18 years old and lives at RR 3, Brussels with her parents Doug and Corrie Sholdice. Alix volunteers with the Brussels United Church and enjoys horseback riding, reading, skiing and hanging out at the beach. She is currently employed at Trillium Mutual Insurance Company. In the fall, Alix is attending Fanshawe College in the Business program. In the future she wants to do some travelling and hopes to work for an insurance company. Alix is sponsored by the Brussels Fire Department. The competition is on Saturday August 14 at the Brussels Legion. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the competition beginning at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation. Four girls hope to wear Fall Fair crown Taste of Huron to end with BBQ TransCan back in Walton for 19th time Dinner and a concert Lyndon John X provided musical accompaniment to diners at the annual Brussels Mennonite Fellowship barbecue dinner on August 7. (Denny Scott photo) Relax... with a good book! BETWEEN TWO WOMEN Bruce A. Woods’ book about growing up in the 1940s will bring back plenty of memories of the Stratford area and of vacationing on Lake Huron near Goderich. Those were days of war shortages, of horses delivering milk to the door and of warm friendships. $20.00 UNDER A SUNFLOWER SUN ON STRAGGLE’S FARM Wingham poet Hilary Gillespie has created a book of poems for children about farm life, beautifully illustrated by Lynn Smith. Poems about farm animals, the weather, and things grown on the farm. $9.95 SUPER SALADS: Healing salads for mind, body and soul Go way beyond the idea of salad being a few greens in a bowl. Michael van Straten provides recipes to build bones and muscles, change your mood, even warm winter days. $19.95 TRUE GREEN HOME National Geographic presents 100 inspirational ideas for creating a green environment at home, from energy efficient renovations to chemical-free cleaning, to water conservation in the house and garden to environmentally sound finishes and furnishings. $22.95 DANCE WITH THE ONE THAT BRUNG YA: More Rural Adventures with Hap and Edna The second book of Bob Collin’s humorous series on BC farm couple Hap and Edna Fitzpatrick, includes stories on Bonnie the Clyde(sdale) and a hunting trip. $19.95 ALFALFABET A TO Z Help a youngster learn the alphabet and learn about food and agriculture at the same time with this colourfully illustrated picture book. As well as learning the ABCs youngsters will learn of everything from farm animals to fruits and the bees that pollinate them. $19.95 404 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 The Citizen See all our books at... 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 BETWEEN TWO WORLDS Stratford author Bruce A. Woods has written a sequel to his popular first memoir Between Two Women. He tells further adventures in his life, his religion and his globetrotting travels to Bolivia, Britain, and more. $20.00 By Denny ScottThe Citizen