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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-09-09, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2010. PAGE 11. NEWS FROM LONDESBORO Graduation Earl and Mary Pennington are pleased to announce the graduation of their daughter. Jessica graduated with distinction from The University of Western Ontario earning a Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing. Jessica is the granddaughter of Allan and Alice Searle. Congratulations! Love from your family Graduation Amanda Stevenson, daughter of Bill and Carol Stevenson, graduated from Fanshawe College with a Business Accounting Diploma and Bookkeeping Certificate and is now working towards obtaining her Payroll Compliance Practitioner designation. Amanda is currently employed at Ross Towing, London, ON in Accounts Receivable. Congratulations Amanda, we are proud of all your accomplishments. Love: Mom, Dad, Steven, Veronica and family, Bryan, Chancey and family, Cyndi, Jessica and Rylie. Rain provides relief for quickly-browning landscape Well, have you had enough grass cutting yet? There was just no let up for those lawn mowers until the last week of August. The lawns surely browned off in a hurry and the weekend’s showers were a welcome relief from the dryness and the heat.The ragweed along the edges of ourbean field have reached an amazingheight and goldenrod is bloomingeverywhere.By the time you read this column,the young folk will be back in classes for the school year 2010/2011. The curtain will have fallen on Act Summer again. It always amazes me how the return to school seems a signal for fall to begin. I think that is why I feel sad every year in early September. Perhaps it’s knowing what is ahead in January that is the real problem. Fifty years ago would people have believed garbage would be such an issue? In a recent column I gavenotice about the changes that arecoming for the curbside collectionof recyclables.A notice went up on the bulletinboard at the post office on Thursdaystating that your curbside bagged garbage being handled by Waste Management will now be picked up on Mondays beginning Sept. 13. So I guess we schlepp both kinds of garbage to the curb on Mondays now. On Monday the trailers and tractors began pulling into the campground at Blyth for this year’s Thresher Reunion. The village will be busy place over the weekend. The theatre is offering somethingspecial on Saturday, Sept. 11. Theyare presenting, on the main stage,Homegrown, a variety show.Memorable moments from playsstaged over the last 35 years will bepresented by current and returning actors. The Blyth Festival Singers will perform as well. The choir will use the event to launch their CD, copies of which will be available that evening or can be purchased from any of the choir members. Radford’s Farm Equipment and the post office will hold a coffee break in support of the Alzheimer Society later in September. Watch for more details in a later column. By BRENDARADFORD Call 523-4296 PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO On September 10, 1960, Dorothy Cook of Belgrave and Jim Carter of Londesborough entered the bonds of matrimony. The couple celebrated their 50th anniversary over the weekend. Jim, son of Ivan and Mamie Carter, and Dorothy, daughter of Harvey and Grace Cook were wed by the Reverend Funge of Londesborough at Telford and Bertha Cook’s farm in East Wawanosh Township. Telford and Bertha were aunt and uncle of the bride. In attendance were Lois (Cook) Green, sister of the bride Fay McClinchey, brother of the groom Harvey Carter, ringbearer Terry Harcourt and soloist Robert Shaddick. The pair honeymooned in Algonquin Park before moving to the groom’s farm at RR1 Londesborough. The Cooks had four daughters; Barb (wife of Andrew), Judy (wife of Ted), Christine, Sandy (wife of Todd), and one “adopted” daughter Ange (wife of B.J.) Jim worked on the farm and drove a truck for a living, while Dorothy worked on the farm until her children left the nest, and then worked at the Clinton Hospital for 25 years. Both retired in 1998, and Dorothy has spent her retirement playing euchre and volunteering. Jim has spent his gardening and cutting wood. The couple celebrated their anniversary at The Fish and Game Club in Clinton. Carters celebrate 50th anniversary in Clinton Fifty years Dorothy and Jim Carter celebrated their 50th anniversary at the Fish and Game Club over the weekend. (Vicky Bremner photo) What a wonderful time was held at the euchre party at Cranbrook Hall on Friday night, hosted by Marion Harrison, and Adrian and Shirley Verstoep. There were eight tables at play. Winners were: share the wealth, Edna McLellan and Leslie Knight; travelling lone hand, Myrna Burnett; high lady, Joan Jacobs; low lady, Dorothy Dilworth; lone hands, Iola Subject and Delphine Dewar; men’s high, Judy Hahn; low man, Rex Whaley; lucky tally winners, Leona McDonald, Jean Dewar, Eileen Mann, John Subject, Dorothy Martin, Sharon Freeman, Leslie Knight, Viola Adams, Neil Hatt, Shirley Verstoep, Margaret Peebles, Yvonne Knight, Allan Edgar, Kaye Whaley, Elaine Carson and Isabelle Bremner. The next euchre party will be held on Friday, Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. Eight tables in play at Cranbrook Euchre Blyth resident wonders about total funds for Wingham school build Continued from page 6 Reconsider) in The Citizen, indicated that the additional request for $1 million was in addition to the $11.6 million slated for the school; the AMDSB refers to a request for $1.1 million to $1.3 million in additional funding, but doesn’t mention the $150,000 committed by North Huron Council. So one wonders, is this additional funding in addition to the $8.8 million originally slated, or the $11.6 million cited in The Citizen? Hard to keep track of who’s “zoomin’ who” in the numbers spin game. Does anyone know the hard costs yet? As taxpayers, aren’t we entitled to know? Was the $500 million slated by the province for education actually new funding, or merely moving money around by closing schools and the reallocation of resources? Greg Sarachman, Blyth.