HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-03-26, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2009.
What a wonderful week for spring
break.
The children on my bus were
excited to be returning to school and
to tell their friends what they did over
March break. Some went swimming,
one now has a new bike, one won his
first medal at a hockey tournament,
some went skating, some raked
leaves, others spent holidays at
Grandma’s, others got to go to a
friend’s house for playdays, one
attended a Cadet training weekend,
one made cookies and one family
built a bridge and helped make maple
syrup.
There are some who attended a
magic show, and one family went to
the Butterfly Conservatory. Another
child was mom’s helper in babysitting
lots of other children.
A trip to Florida was how Wes
Wilson and Mandy Workman, Gavin
and Hailey spent March break. Gavin
reports his cousins went also.
Motocross season is just around the
corner for Ontario, so the Godkin
family got a head start by going to the
States to practise and race. Bruce,
Katrina, Mitchell and Lucas went to
Tennessee for the week of March
break. They went to Meadow Creek
for a practice day, then raced the next
day.
They then travelled on to Monster
Mountain race track where they spent
four days practising. They camped in
the motorhome and enjoyed fantastic
weather with temperatures in the high
teens.
Brett and Laura Fischer spent five
days in Las Vegas to have a break. hey
saw the Wayne Brady and Ray
Romano shows. Laura reports that
they didn’t come home big winners
but it was a wonderful vacation.
Dale Chesher has returned from
both a family celebration and holiday.
Dale travelled to Copenhagen,
Denmark to spend three weeks with
her daughter Melodee and family.
Melodee and husband Teit, oldest son
Xander, Grandma Dale and many
other family members of Teits,
celebrated the first birthday of their
youngest son Quinlan. The family
enjoyed a lovely brunch together,
then as is a very usual custom, the
family went for a walk for well over
an hour.
The weather in Denmark is quite
lovely with temperatures almost
always above 0°C. The ground never
freezes and their warmth is attributed
to the Gulf Stream that flows their
way. The daffodils are about a foot
high and snowdrops and crocuses
could be seen everywhere.Dale had a wonderful trip enjoyingher time with her grandsons andfamily.Home again from a week away areValerie Shortreed and Ken andMarina Scott. They flew from Torontoto Panama City, Panama, then had atwo-hour bus ride to arrive at theRoyal DeCameron Resort. Theyenjoyed great food and the resort
offered many water sports and a
beautiful beach.
They went on a city tour that drove
them by the famous Panama Canal
system. They had lunch in the Hard
Rock Café.
They went on a partial boat cruise
of the canal and passed through two
of the locks. It is very expensive for
boats to use the locks.
The canal was built by the French.
Many of the workers died of the
yellow fever and after some time the
Americans took over building the
system. They have run the locks since
then until 1999 when the country of
Panama took control. They are
starting to enlarge the locks now and
the economy is booming in Panama.
There are lots of high-rise buildings
and many beautiful and expensive
homes. Land is very expensive but
there is plenty of building going on.
On one of the tours they went to the
home of Noriago, the country’s
former dictator. The “home” had been
blown up, but they were allowed to
enter and make their way through the
house to the beautiful gardens.
They did a lot of walking and went
to a bar called Woody’s Bar and Grill
that is owned by a Canadian and met
a girl from London who was working
there. A collection of t-shirts hanging
on the wall had them recognizing the
names of Frank and Dorothy
VanSteelandt as having been there.
Valerie also met up with Gerald and
Doreen Baan and they all had a visit
together, with Ken remembering he
had went to school with Gerald. The
trio also went on what is known as a
“booze cruise”.
A boat picked up passengers from a
variety of resorts and cruised the
shoreline. They saw where they are
building new resorts and stopped at a
sheltered cover for swimming,
snorkeling and relaxing in the sun.
Home from spending a good part of
the winter in Florida are Ross and
Barb Nichol.
Welcome home to David and Joan
Perrie who have returned from a
month in Florida and welcome back
to Fred and Teuni Smith after a
vacation trip to Panama.
Home from hospital is Bill
Stephenson who is resting
comfortably. Returning home from a
long stay at Parkwood Hospital is
Maxine Marks. She is glad to be
home and hopes to hear from all her
friends.
Going to see a show of a lifetime
were Nicole Noble and a couple of
friends, formerly of Brussels, Amber
and Kassie. They went to the Air
Canada Centre to see the Britney
Spears circus concert. It was an
amazing concert with jugglers,
trapeze artists, street artists, lightdisplays and continuous action onstage. Britney had some wild outfits,that I was reading, were designed byCanadian designers DSquared2. Thecostumes ranged from animal toringmaster in keeping with the circustheme. Nicole reports it wasawesome. The opening act was thePussycat Dolls and she also reportsthey were great.
An oops last week in reporting the
passing of Bill Kammerman. He is in
London at Parkwood Hospital. My
apologies to all.
Grandparenting while their
daughter was away were Jim and
Anne Bosman. They were looking
after Tracy’s girls Sabryn, six and
Jocelyn, three. Tracy is away on a
military tour of Italy and is hopefully
following her grandfather’s footsteps
to the places he went while he was
serving his country in Italy. The
Bosmans have been kept busy
entertaining the girls and taking them
everywhere. They went swimming
and shopping and even to breakfast at
Walton Inn.
It was nice to bump into Marjory
Fraser, our former neighbour, and her
daughter Carolyn Sullivan out
enjoying lunch. Carolyn was up
spending the day with Mom and
having lunch out was an extra treat.
Ross Alcock estimates he saw 500
of tundra swans in a field between the
fourth and fifth of Morris. He said it
was quite something to see the field
covered by the birds.
Howard and Audrey Hackwell wereblessed with family during lastweek’s school break. Patricia andgrandson Sebastian arrived to helpwith the spring yard work. Pam alsoarrived to give a hand.School break offers the chance forvisiting long-distance relatives.Monique Baan with children Ryan,Adam and Emma went to Stayner fora few days to visit with her mom and
dad early in the week. They returned
home on Wednesday, then Don
returned with them on Saturday to
attend a friend’s wedding in Stayner.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week were Carol Henderson, Keith
Wilbee, John Gillis, Elliott Hackwell,
Kennedy-Ann Huether, Cathy Regele,
Brandi Williamson, Randal Linton,
Dave Watson, Kerissa Eckert, John
Van Vliet, Ashley Hoegy, Ben
Finlayson and Michael Bachert.
Celebrating the fourth Sunday of
Lent at Duff’s United Church was a
good crowd. Melissa Snyders was
the lay worship leader for the
service.
Lighting the Advent candles were
Jackie and Melissa Glanville.
Announcements included that
next Sunday is communion with lay
leader Kathy Douglas.
The Sunday school is also hosting
a soup luncheon following the
service.
The World Day of Prayer service
held at Walton’s Duff’s United
Church had a fairly successful
turnout with nearly 60 in attendance.
The offering collected $272 for
the Women’s Interchurch Council of
Canada.
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Check out these books to celebrate
Spring’s arrival
BUILDING THE BENT
WILLOW CHAIR
Most farm properties have
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BUILDING A BIRCHBARK
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COMPLETE HYDRANGEAS
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BACKROADS OF
ONTARIO
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GARDENING WITH
CONIFERS
Conifers (often called
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SHEDS: The Do-It-Yourself
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More than 200 pages,
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THE ORGANIC LAWN CARE
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The coming ban on pesticide
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FRUITS AND BERRIES
FOR THE HOME GARDEN
More than 250 pages of
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NEWS
FROM WALTON
By Jo-AnnMcDonaldCall 887-6570PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON
Melissa Snyders
leads Duff’s service
The Walton Women’s Institute
held its monthly meeting at the
home of Brenda Perrie. Special
guests were the members of the
Brussels Majestic Women’s
Institute.
There was 17 ladies on hand to
enjoy the guest speaker, Dianne
Clarke a community health advisor
from Bluevale. Her talk included a
video presentation, tips on being
grocery savvy and about the correct
portions of food when eating.
The annual meeting for Walton WI
will be held at the Walton Inn next
month.
A lunch of fruit breads and cheese
was served by Brenda and Margaret
McInroy.
WI meets
The Cranborok dart fun bunch had
15 players on hand to play March
11.
The high shot of the night for the
ladies was by Kathy Workman with
93. Ernie Lewington won for the
men shooting a 140.
On March 18 there were 19
players. The lucky shots for the
night went to Teuni Smith hitting
114 and to Frank Workman shooting
a 126.
There are two more weeks of
excitement to enjoy as they wind
down on April 1 with the banquet to
finish the season. This is just in time
for the beginning of the card season
as the Friday night euchres will
begin at the Cranbrook Hall on
April 3.
15 play darts
in Cranbrook