HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-03-05, Page 11Well, it will depend on what time
of day you were out to decide
whether March came in like a lamb
or a lion. The day was bright and
cold to start, but then later in the day
the wind was stronger and a light
snow and ground drift developed.
Not really a lion, but a lion club at
least.
A young Walton lady would think
this is spring compared to the
weather she is now experiencing.
Anita Kruetzwiser drove to Meadow
Lake, Saskatchewan, north of N.
Battlefield, to start a teaching job
last week. A friend accompanied her
most of the way, then flew home. It
was a mere -33 degrees when she
arrived.
She reports it is really something
to drive up to school and angle park,
so they can plug into the hydro for
their block heaters. The cold is a neat
cold – her face kind of crunches like
the snow crunches under your feet.
She is going to be teaching
younger students Grades 1/2 and the
teacher she is replacing for maternity
is helping her out, but is due next
week.
She raves about the school and its
vast resources and educational
material. She has been invited to a
local coffee house, the many
different churches, including one on
the reserve called Flying Dust, ice
fishing, curling, hockey and
swimming.
She says the people are warm and
welcoming and are very open to
sharing their stories with her. They
tell her the summer is fantastic there
and she can’t wait to enjoy new
experiences in all seasons.
What a great opportunity for
Anita!
Returning from a two-week
vacation in Chandler, Arizona are
Larry and Janis Bray. Janis reports
they had a great time and good
weather.
Returning from a week’s vacation
in Florida are John, Lisa, Kennedy
and Kaden Huether. They were
visiting with mother Margery
Huether and report having a good
time.
Congratulations to Ross and Anne
Hemingway who are the proud
grandparents not once but twice in
the last few weeks. Daughter
Darlene and husband Jonathon
welcomed daughter Leah to their
family in Calgary. Their son Lyle
and wife Cindy have welcomed a
son, Joel, to their family in Orillia.
Ross and Anne returned from a trip
to the west to greet Leah then headed
to Orillia to meet Joel.
Congrats to the Anglican Church
for hosting another successful
Shrove Tuesday meal. Plenty of
delicious pancakes, sausages and the
selection of pies was outstanding. It
was hard to decide which kind to
choose, they all looked so good.
Returning from a two-week
vacation to Punta Cana are Jim Alton
and Dianne Machan. They had a few
days of rain but reasonably good
weather the rest of the time. It was agreat time for relaxation.Cecil and Lou Raynard are nowresidents of the Seaforth Manor. Louis recovering nicely from a brokenhip.Mary TenPas is now home anddoing very well. Kathleen Semple isin Kitchener hospital followingshoulder surgery.
The Cranbrook darts had a good
turnout on the last Wednesday in
February. High shots for the men
and ladies were accomplished by the
husband and the wife team of Brad
and Gayle Speiran shooting 133 and
131 respectively. Notable mentions
go to players Murray Houston and
Hein Kuijpers each shooting 132.
A few good men from McGavin
Farm Equipment are away at this
time in Florida. Brian McGavin,
Burt Lobb and Steve Coulter are
there taking courses on New Holland
equipment. Hopefully they have
time to enjoy the warmer weather
while away.
Returning from a trip to Florida
are the Thompson and Clark
families. Jason, Jennifer, Jordan and
Justice Thompson along with Bob,
Bonnie and Dustin Clark enjoyed a
week in the warmer climate. They
drove to Florida which Jordan
reports is a very long drive. They
enjoyed a day at Disneyland and had
a great family time away.
There were many local folks away
to Timiskaming Shores on the
weekend. A bus made pickups from
south of London, to Guelph to
Belmore and of course in Walton.
Joining the group were Graeme,
Helen and Michael Craig, Neil and
Marie McGavin, Jeff McGavin, Don
and Maja Dodds, George Townsend,
Bob Leeming, Randy Wilson and
Paul and Karen Cook. There was a
total of 57 folks, off to attend the
annual meeting of the Ontario
Plowmen’s Association (OPA) held
at New Liskeard.
New year’s Plowing Match will
beheld in that area and a tie to our
area is that it is very close to the farm
of Norm and Gwen (Beuermann)
Koch. Gwen was from McKillop
Twp. and a sister of Warren
Beuermann.
Graeme Craig has been the
president of the OPA this past year
and now will sit as a past president.
The many friends and members of
the local Huron County Plowmen’s
Association presented and showed a
video of Graeme’s life at the
banquet. It was from when he was a
youngster, through his years of being
chairman of the school board and his
various other community
involvements through the years. It
was a great surprise and a wonderful
gift for him.
It was another unique happening
that at the banquet, some of the
group would sit with Kevin and Pam
Bennewies, formerly of our area.
Graeme will remain as a director
of the Huron County Association,
one of 48 members of the OPA. Jeff
McGavin is president of the Huron
County Association.
When the McGavins were out
driving around the area with friends
from Ottawa, they happened to
notice a Vincent’s truck and trailer in
Earlton. They stopped to see who it
might be and met up with Paul and
Barb Storey and Bruce Clark and
Louise. The foursome had been
away for a week’s snowmobiling in
the north.
The third unusual meeting for the
McGavins occurred on the wayhome. While driving through NorthBay, (where Neil and Marie’sdaughter Heather and family live),Neil’s cell phone rang. Answering,Neil found himself speaking toHeather’s husband, Bryan. Bryanasked if Neil was travelling on aCherry bus and Neil answered “yesindeed”. Bryan said “then look to
your left” and sure enough they were
travelling side by side. Bryan was on
his way home from his office and
noticed Neil through the bus
window. What are the chances of
that happening.
Returning home from a family
vacation in the Punta Cana area ofthe Dominican Republic were Patand Cathy Melady and family, Brent,Shayna and Alex. It was going to bea great trip for the kids, especiallyfor Alex, who is recovering from abroken collarbone from six weeksago. As luck would have it, a hockeyinjury the night before departure,saw the other son, Brent, suffer a
broken collarbone.
It put a big damper on such fun
activities as parasailing, swimming,
volleyball, etc. for him.
I’m thinking that sitting back
suffering in the sun is still better than
suffering in the cold winter of
Huron.The world is a small, small placebecause when at the airport, theMeladys ran into some otherBrussels area folks, Doug and CorySholdice and family and Jeremy andSherry Bloemberg and family. Thecouples report a great time.Celebrating birthdays to finish upFebruary were Beverly Stevenson,
Andrew Black and leap-year babies
Ryan Baan and Nathan Bachert.
March starts off with Stacy Linton,
Jeffrey Huether, Holly Ryan, Crystal
Whyte, Megan den Dekker, Kathy
Ryan, Ava Sutcliffe and Sandra
Butler.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009. PAGE 11.
On the run
Maybe the weather forecast wasn’t completely perfect for it, but it was sunny, so out came the
soccer balls last week at Blyth Public School’s Winter Carnival. Katelynn Becker, left, was on
the run from an unidentified opponent in a game that eventually ended in a tie. (Shawn Loughlin
photo)
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