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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-05-28, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2009. The Walton Ball Park has started it’s season with the Walton Intermediate Men’s team playing May 18. The team hosted the Belmore team and suffered a home opener loss. The Walton home games are on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. The Walton ladies slo-pitch team played its second game of the season last week. They hosted the Ethel Diehards and had a good game. A grand slam homerun by Sharon started the game off well, then a come-from-behind seventh inning rally pushed the Wonders ahead to capture the win by two. The Wonders are one and one for the season losing their first game to the Kittens and Cougars 15 – 12. Slo-pitch is Thursday evenings at 7 pm. Ball begins There should have been no tired people in Brussels on Monday morning, as most folks probably went to bed early Sunday night. Over 1,300 Brussels area folks were without hydro Sunday evening starting at 6 p.m. until, for us, around midnight. A pole fire on Hydro Linewas said to be the culprit for the lossof power.It was nice and bright outside until9 p.m. so unless you have anotherpower source, many folks told methey just went to bed. Power outages are unexpected onclear sunny days, but it’s maybe alittle reminder to have your emergency supplies ready at all times. It was wonderful weather last week for everyone. The farmers have enjoyed a good week of planting, gardeners have planted lots of garden items and flowerbeds are looking good. Most folks are in the routine of grass cutting and getting their home spruced up for the summer.My own plans include painting thetrim and deck on our home and Ispent Sunday scraping old paint.Nasty job but it has to be done. Nextis to buy the paint, then find a day topaint.My bus students report they’vestarted playing baseball and soccer.They say the nice weather allowed them to practise lots on the weekend. One little girl was very proud to tell me she had a sunburn from the nice weekend. There has been a lot of sadness this past week with the loss of may of our local folks. The community of Walton was saddened to hear of the passing of Don Fraser. Our sympathies are extended to Melva and sons Randy and Blair and their families on their loss. The funeral was held on Thursday with lunch following a Duff’s United Church. Don and Melva have farmed on Moncrieff Line for many years and son Blair and family live on the farm as well. Don enjoyed time with his family and going dancing with many good friends. Our condolences to all the extended family. Our condolences to Bonnie Sallows and family on the loss of her father, Don Mitchell. Our sympathies also to Bill and Joan Stephenson, sister-in-law of Don. Our condolences to the Smith families on the loss of Lloyd Smith, to wife Beryl and children Sharon, Kim, Wayne and Joan and their families. Lloyd and Beryl lived in Cranbrook for many years and retired to Brussels several years ago. Lloyd had worked over 30 years at Campbell Soup. In Brussels, Lloyd found lots of work helping folks with lawn cutting, hedge trimming and lots of other jobs to keep busy. Whenever I spoke with Lloyd, he always had a smile on his face and a pleasant reply. The Walton Women’s Institute met at the home of Ruth Axtmann last week. There were six members present to enjoy a presentation by Marjorie Duizer. She demonstrated different ways of rug hooking with scrap materials. Lunch was provided by Ruth and Marion Godkin. Heading to Toronto for a day were Graeme and Helen Craig and Neil and Marie McGavin. They boarded the train in Kitchener and headed to the big city. They went to see The Sound of Music. The Craigs report it was absolutely wonderful and they really enjoyed the show. Returning from a week away to celebrate graduating from Grade 8 were many area students. The Grade 8 class from St. James School in Seaforth and Brussels Public School were at Camp Celtic last week. They report having a great time meeting lots of new people. The counsellors were awesome and there was plenty to do. They had high ropes and rock climbing walls, played flags and survivor, jumped into water that was only five degrees at Cyprus and enjoyed campfires every night. A couple of the students attending were Abby McGavin and Jacob McGavin. Home again from a great trip were Jim Armstrong and Ralph Watson. They spent an interesting nine days in Southern Brazil. They were hosted by Edilson and Christine Seuo during their stay. They visited the EDRA airport, where Edilson gives flying lessons in the IKARUS high wing airplane. EDRA also operates the largest helicopter training school in Brazil. Both Jim and Ralph were treated to a helicopter ride. The area they visited is noted for growing sugar cane, where they can grow two crops a year. The pair was hosted by different families during their visit and enjoyed their good friendship, learning information about Braziland the good food. It was certainly atrip to rememberThe McTaggert family gathered tocelebrate Marie McTaggert’s 98thbirthday last week. They enjoyed apot luck meal with her at Huronlea.Congrats to Marie on reaching herlatest milestone.I was lucky enough to win tickets through CKNX a couple of weeks ago for the Coast to Coast Concert celebrating Canadian Country Music held at the Blyth Festival Theatre. The concert was held on Thursday evening and had the trio of Scott Pettigrew, John Marshall and Phil Main from CKNX Radio as the MCs. The concert was kicked off by Kira Isabella. She is 15 years old and won the Ontario Open Country Singing Contest Rising Star award last year. She sang a trio of songs and was very good. The next performer was Darren McGinnis of New Brunswick. He also was very good and sang some lively and loud songs. The lovely Jessie Farrell is from the west and she did a fantastic job of her songs and connecting with the audience. Ontario’s own Jamie Warren performed and was great as usual. He sang many of his hits like, One Step Back. He has just released a new CD entitled Right Here, Right Now. It was a great evening and there were lots of area people in the crowd enjoying the music. We saw Ron and Marg Cook, Susan MacDonald, Steve and Teresa Baan, Dan and MaryJane Pearson, Murray and Marlene Fisher, Marion Sellers and many more. It was a nice evening. Celebrating birthdays this past week were Hailey Bachert, Alexandra Humphries, Abby McGavin, Darrell Dalton, Teegan McGavin, Phyllis Mitchell, Kaleb Wilts, Sharon Dalton, Howard Hackwell, Scott McDonald, David Perrie, Rod Fritz and Thea Rijkoff. • Custom application for post spraying of corn, beans, grains, and pasture ground • Row crop spraying • Low soil compaction • Very accurate • Hay and pasture ground needs that extra boost • Spreaders readily available • Terra-Gators • Bulk delivery unit CROP PROTECTION FERTILIZERS We will customize a fertilizer and crop protection program specific to your requirements. HOWSON & HOWSON LTD. 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A major fundraiser by the committee is the Elvis Gospel Concert on June 21. Get your tickets and invite your friends for a wonderful evening of music. Committee leads service at Duff’s Float on Devin Bachert caught some significant air last week at Grey Central Public School’s track and field meet. The weather was nice and sunny for some outdoor activity while students ran, threw and jumped all around the field. (Shawn Loughlin photo)