HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-09-16, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010. PAGE 9.
We have the first week of driving
the bus behind us and the kids are
settling in to regular pick-up times.
It takes a while as the Junior
Kindergarten children gradually
start on the bus and at school, but
eventually schedules will be set.
Children should be out and ready for
the bus at least five minutes before
their scheduled time, so are ready to
board when the bus arrives. If a bus
route has twenty stops and every
child is just a minute late or running
behind, that bus will be at least
twenty minutes late arriving at
school. Please, have children out and
ready for the bus.
The few mothers that I have
encountered this past week have all
had the same comment. Boy isn’t it
great! The house is so quiet and I can
do anything I want to.
They say it is a small world and
here is another story that seems to
prove that saying. Gerry and Brenda
Wheeler headed off for a holiday to
the east coast. They headed to New
Hampshire but while travelling
through New York State, they were
involved in a traffic accident, when
they were rear-ended and their
vehicle was severely damaged. They
had to rent a vehicle and onward
they went. They carried on to New
Hampshire where Brianne was
visiting Booklyn. They picked up
Brianne and delivered her to Maine
University. Saying goodbye and
good luck, Gerry and Brenda headed
for St. John, New Brunswick. They
went to see cousin Joanne (Knight)
and Weldon, Andrew and Allison
Black. They had a nice visit and thenthey took the ferry across andtravelled through Nova Scotia. Theyexperienced some high winds andsome rain, but not the wrath of thehurricane. They travelled up thecoast and headed for P.E.I. Whenleaving P.E.I. they went across theConfederation Bridge and decided to
stop at the information centre. Now
we have a small world. Who would
they meet up with at the info centre
but Neil and Marie McGavin. They
had a visit, took a picture and
everyone went their separate ways.
Gerry and Brenda flew home from
their 10-day trip and report they had
a great trip.
Our condolences to the family of
Alice Vancamp. She will be missed
by her daughter Susan and husband
Ron Cardiff and family.
Our hopes for a full and fast
recovery go out to Doreen Hackwell
who has undergone knee surgery
again. She is a patient in London
Hospital and will be returning to
Seaforth Hospital for therapy.
Our condolences to the family of
Bob Simpson of Walton. He will be
missed by his wife Doris and family.
Celebrating the long weekend
with family were Barry and Karen
Hoegy. They had daughter Sherry
and husband Eric from Russelville,
Tennessee join them for a camping
weekend. Eric is a rookie to camping
and as we remember, the long
weekend weather wasn’t the best.
They managed to stay from
Thursday until Saturday afternoon at
their Pinery campsite, but home was
a lot warmer and drier for all.
Returning from across the Atlantic
are Murray and Sherry McCall. The
McCalls celebrated the wedding of
their youngest daughter, Carali and
husband, Daniel on Sept. 1. The
wedding was held in the beautiful
area of Tuscany, Italy. The group
spent three days at Casa Modenela
that pampered the 96 guests and
featured a beautiful and quaint
church. The day before the wedding,
many of the guests played a rousinggame of soccer and then enjoyed atoga party. The bride chose abeautifully simple gown for herspecial day and was attended by hernephews Jadon and Kolton as ringbearers and niece Alivia spreadflower petals. The witnesses for thenuptials were the mothers of the
newlyweds. Special readings were
read by special friends and very
special music was provided by
family. Carali’s uncle Jack and
Nancy Storey sang the beautiful
song, “Adelweiss” accompanied by
mom and dad, Sherry and Murray on
the violins. The ceremony was
followed by delicious food and a
great time. The newlyweds are
celebrating their marriage by going
on a backpacking tour of South
America. There were a number of
Ontario guests including members
of the Storey family including Jack
and Nancy, Donn and Kerrie and
Kevin, Pat and Cathy and Susie,
Shirley and John, Doug and Shawna
O’Neill, Kolton and Jadon, Jack
McCall and Helen, Marion Hunt and
Bill, Steve and Charlene Glanville
from the west. Daniel’s family is
from England. Welcome back to all
and congratulations to Carali and
Daniel.
I dropped into The Citizen’s
Brussels office the other day and
was surprised to see beautiful gift
baskets there. I learned that they are
baskets that the Brussels
Agricultural Society is going to
raffle at the fair. There are six
gorgeous baskets with anywhere
from to $150 to $200. They have
themes such as Pamper Yourself,
Garden Lover, Bird Lover, Turkey
Dinner, Casserole Convenience and
Night at the Movies. You can get
tickets at The Citizen’s Brussels
office or look for the table at the fair.
Family connections are sometimes
hard to keep going with everyone
leading such busy lives. But no so
for the VanVeen girls. Aggie
(VanVeen) Ten Pas and her sisters
gather together every year t4o spendthe weekend with each other. Thesisters, Aggie, Clara and Marthawent to sister Ally’s in Lucknow forthe weekend. They enjoyed a laid-back weekend of talking, enjoyingnature, making meals together,having movie nights and doingwhatever they feel like doing. They
have kept their sisterhood bond
strong and look forward to their
gathering every year.
The weather on Saturday was
perfect for the wedding of Chris
Blake and Erin Beuerman. The
couple was wed at Egmondville
United Church and following the
ceremony, the wedding party
travelled to the family home of Chris
to have pictures taken in his
mother’s beautiful gardens. The
group returned to the Seaforth
Community Centre just before the
rains came to carry on with the
wedding dinner and reception. The
hall was beautifully decorated in
white tulle, black tablecloths and
sage green runners. The bride was
lovely in a strapless-fitted gown and
the bridesmaids were stunning in
deep red dresses. The groom and his
crew looked handsome in black on
black with red accessories. Parents
of Erin are Glen and Marilyn
Beuerman and Chris is the son of
Clara and the late Bennie Blake. The
couple was attended by many of
their family and friends including
sisters Maegan Beuerman Gemmell,
Allison Beuerman, Kerrie Blake
Dale and brother Devin Blake. Aunt
Michelle Blake was pianist and
flower girl was Destiny Dunbar,
goddaughter of Chris. Walton boys
in the wedding party included Darryl
Houston, Brandon Blake, Paul
Linton, Josh Horst and Barry Young.
Scott McDonald was the master of
ceremonies for the evening. The
newlyweds now have a home on St.
Michaels Rd. Congratulations to
Chris and Erin.
The Walton Motocross track at
Chris and Judy Lee’s was busy this
past weekend hosting two events.
The Saturday event was a Vet
National race and had one of the
largest attendance this year with
over 200 entries for the day. The
weather held for the race day and the
rain at the end of the day put
everyone into their campers for an
early evening. The Sunday race was
a CMRC fall series race and it too
had over 200 entries for the day of
racing. Both days had few accidents
and the weather started dull for
Sunday but turned out great for the
afternoon. Only one more event for
the Walton track at the end of the
month and the track will be put to
rest for the winter.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Tim Fritz, Katrin
Godkin, Brenda Linton, Karen
Carter, Nancy Gillis, Jaden
Shortreed, Lisa Stevenson, Anne
Ryan, Lindsay Bauer, Justin Burke,
Kevin Dunbar, Rosanna Grobbink,
Don Storey, Robert Glanville, Darryl
Morrison, Manny Taylor, Randy
Zwep, Adam Baan, Van Kirkby, Pat
O’Brien and Steve Wharton. Happy
birthday to everyone.
Huron East Mayor Joe Seili was
all set to ride off into the sunset until
family, friends and members of the
public convinced him that there was
still more work to be done.
Seili, after declaring that he would
not seek a third term as Huron East
Mayor earlier this year, officially
declared his intention to run for the
position of Brussels councillor early
last week.
While the mayor’s seat came with
power, Seili said, there are many
opportunities a councillor’s seat can
afford him.
“Well, I’ll be able to speak my
mind,” he said. “I found it difficult
and I’m really looking forward to
being able to speak freely.”
As is the custom, as mayor and
chair of Huron East council
meetings, Seili often abstained from
conversation during debates. He
would often let councillors discuss
issues amongst themselves,
sometimes speaking his mind after a
vote or providing the tie-breaking
vote if the situation called for it.
Seili says his decision to run for
council once again has very little to
do with himself. He says if elected,
he hopes to move Huron East
forward, which is what his hopes
were for his last two terms.
Seili said he made the decision to
file two weekends ago when he was
inundated with encouragement from
many different people in his life.
If elected, Seili says, his top
priority will continue to be fighting
the Avon Maitland District School
Board.
“I’m going to continue to fight the
schools,” he said. “I hope that we
can expose the incompetence of the
school board, the senior staff and the
trustees.”
Over the past year, Seili has been
persistent in saying that the
construction of a new K-6 school
beside F.E. Madill Secondary School
in Wingham is “bad planning” and
says that time has only strengthened
his argument, as well as his resolve.
“It’s an all-around bad decision,”
he says.
Seili says that hopefully appeals in
North Huron, as well as in the
Brussels area will help to send the
school board “back to the drawing
board” and force them to come up
with a better alternative.
Seili said that he would have run
against the trustees if he could, but
that he thinks the trustees need to be
held accountable for their actions
throughout Huron East, as well as
Huron County.
Seili says he hasn’t given much
thought to his approach to all-
candidates meetings or
campaigning, but that his approach
wouldn’t be much different from
when he was vying for the Mayor’s
chair. He said he’s just going to
present his thoughts on moving the
municipality forward and let the
chips fall where they may.
“If people like it, then they’ll vote
for me,” he said. “If they don’t, I
guess I’m going fishing.”
Seili throws hat in for Brussels council seat
The Municipality of
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Brussels Public Works Yard
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