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Area Farmers’ Market. Earn up to
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Wanted
acationpropertiesVServices
Tenders
TOWNSHIP OF
NORTH HURON
GRAVEL TENDERS
Sealed Tenders properly marked
will be received by the undersigned
until 12 noon on Monday, March 2,
2009.
1. Supply, crush, load and haul
20,000 Metric Tonnes Granular
“M” Road Gravel to Township
Roads (East Wawanosh Ward).
Tenders to be submitted on
Township Forms obtained at the
Municipal Office.
Lowest or any tender not
necessarily accepted.
Ralph Campbell,
Director of Public Works,
Township of North Huron,
P.O. Box 90,
Wingham, Ontario N0G 2W0
Telephone: 519-357-3550
A week of mild weather has
really taken the snow down. Plenty
of rain, maybe too much rain, has
caused a lot of flooding.
There was a day off school for
many children due to the fog on
Wednesday and some were off on
Thursday as well.
I know there were plenty of road
problems with washouts because of
the rain. Alternate routes, running
late, unscheduled turn arounds,
slow going through deep water and
hitting some deep ruts.
The rain of course, has causes
some basements to flood for the
second time this year.
Unfortunately, the mild weather has
also managed to cause a few water
problems with ice backing up on
roofs. I have heard a few people
complaining about the mess it
causes.
Snowmobiling has come to a halt
with the local trails being closed.
The trail that goes very near to our
house is partly under water. It is
only mid-February, so I’m thinking
maybe Old Man Winter will return
and there will be snowmobiling
once more.
Mary Van Barnezeld is in
Stratford hospital and is coming
along well. Neil Dolmage is a
patient in hospital and we hope he
is doing better.
Speedy recovery wishes go out to
John Pipe who has been a patient in
Seaforth hospital, but is now home.
Max Oldfield is a patient in
Wingham hospital and Jane White
is home and is doing really
well.
There was a chimney fire at the
Olivers’ home on Moncrieff Road
on Thursday morning. Grey Fire
Department was on hand and had
the situation under control in no
time.
The Cranbrook dart crew
gathered on Wednesday evening,
Feb. 11 at the Cranbrook Hall.
On Wednesday, Feb. 4 they had
20 darters out for the evening. The
high shots were by Shelley Keffer
shooting 96 and Brad Speiran
hitting 133.
The fog on Wednesday, Feb. 16
may have kept a few at home with
16 darters taking aim at the boards.
The high shots of the night were by
Pat Gillis with a 111 and Brad
Speiran shooting 112.
Returning from a trip to Punta
Cana, Dominican Republic was the
foursome of Harold and Pearl
McCallum and Wayne and Joyce
Hartman. They were away for two
weeks and had wonderful weather
with just a couple of days of warm
drizzle.
They attended the wedding of
Harold’s great-nephew (of Whitby)
which made the trip extra special.
They did a lot of swimming and
playing of games and had a very
enjoyable trip.
Returning from the 12th annual
skiing trip to Whistler is Neil
McGavin. Neil along with locals
Ken Campbell, Larry Wheatly, and
Wayne Fear had a great week away
and has returned none the worse for
wear except for a few bruises on the
body and the pride.
Neil reports that there is a lot
more work to be done to be ready
for the Olympics, which is one-year
away.
They met up with an 82-year-old
fellow who was advising Wayne
Fear on how to ski and he joined
their group showing them all
around the many runs of the area.
He showed them where the
Olympic downhill run would be and
they estimated that skiers could
reach speeds of 100 miles an hour
down the course.
They had the perfect week of
weather for skiing and only on one
day was it snowing too heavy to go
up to the top of the lifts. On one of
their days while travelling up the
gondola, it quit and they were
stranded for about a half hour. They
passed the time getting to know
their fellow passengers.
There was a young girl from
Bermuda, who told them that
Bermuda is a very poor country and
that the cruise ships help the
economy, but these days the cruise
ships are only half full.
The men also met a nurse, an
engineer and two consultants. Add
the knowledge of a pig farmer
(Wayne Fear) and a farm equipment
dealer (Neil) and the world’s
problems were almost solved.
The time flew by and they were
on their way for another great day
of skiing.
The group stayed at the Tantalus
Lodge in Whistler and stayed in
Vancouver prior to their return
flight. Neil McGavin had dinner
with Neil McDonald, when in
Vancouver.
The Brussels Community Centre
was the place to be on Saturday
evening with the former catering
group putting on a fantastic dance.
The Keith Wilbee Band featuring
Keith and Gloria Wilbee, Marie and
Earl Flynn, Don Chesher and Joe
Flynn played for the square dancing
put on some super fantastic dancing
music.
The crowd of over 200 was
reminiscent of the many dances that
were held at the BMG in past years.
Everyone had a great time and the
money raised is going towards
washroom renovations.
Home from two weeks in
Rotunda, Florida are Graeme,
Helen and Michael Craig. They
report that they loved every second
of their trip. They had a visit with
Margery Huether for lunch, as well
as meeting up with some friends
from the plowing match committee
the say day for dinner. They drove
down and the closer they go to
Florida and warmer weather,
Graeme’s aches and pains felt better
and better.
Congratulations to Geoff and
Michelle Dalton on the birth of a
little girl. Hannah is a wee sister for
big brother Brandon. Proud
grandparents are Ken and Brenda
Dalton.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Mary Baan, John
McCall MacBain, Barry Skinner,
Betty Glanville, Krista Fraser, Val
Pethick, Gary McNichol, Keith
Clark, Jack Knight, Hayden Lee,
Allan Searle, Peter MacDonald,
Megan Campbell, Murray Houston,
Mary Mann, Phil Blake and Brian
Dolmage.
Pull!
The tug-of-war, albeit brief, was one of the main attractions at last weekend’s Luge-a-thon
events in Belgrave on Sunday. Six teams competed for the big prize with six people on each
team. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
The congregation at Duff’s United
Church had licensed lay worship
leader Mary Jane Lowe lead the
Sunday service. Her theme was that
people are not all the same, but are
all God’s children and family. She
asked the children if they liked
everybody at school. She suggested
trying to include everyone in playing
and to accept others for who they
are.
The choir anthem was, We are
Singing for the Lord is Our Light.
Lowe chose scriptures from Kings
and Mark that concerned a man with
leprosy and how he was treated, then
cured. Her reflection, Cleansed and
Restored, continued the theme of
accepting people for who they are.
Paul and Dianne McCallum
accepted the offering.
Breakfast was held after the
church service. Pancakes, back
bacon, eggs, hash browns and toast
hit the spot after the service.
Donations for the meal will be going
towards the upgrades to the manse.
A special breakfast will be held for
St. Patrick’s Day in March.
The fundraising committee is open
to ideas for raising monies for the
projects ahead. Easy funds raised are
through grocery tapes. Tapes from
Foodland, Brussels and Seaforth;
Scrimgeour’s, Blyth and all Zehrs,
can be redeemed for cash. The
church is also collecting used printer
cartridges and old cell phone
batteries. Drop them into the church
and help the cause.
NEWS
FROM WALTON
Lay leader
leads service