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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-07-23, Page 10By Sophie Jefferson Wawanosh Balanced Bodies finished up their club, To Your Good Health, this week first with meeting six at the Auburn Hall on July 11, then at the Lucknow Horticultural Society Flower Show on July 15 at the Lucknow United Church. Meeting six began with a game of soccer led by youth leaders Ellen and Reba Jefferson. The members then headed inside where president Melissa Higgins asked the members what their favourite fast food choices were for roll call. Leader Eileen George then commented on the members’ preferences, which included Subway, pizza and McDonalds and how they could make sure to choose the healthiest option on the menu when they have to choose fast food. She also gave suggestions like keeping healthy snacks on hand when travelling and working to avoid fast-food cravings. Since this was the last meeting, the senior members were ready to do their special projects. Melissa Higgins was first on the docket, with a fitness relay outside. When the members returned to the hall, the guest speakers, Emma Franken and Sandy Edelsward, who are Huron community food advisors, were ready to make their presentation. They covered many of the topics the club had learned about at previous meetings, led activities and gave new and interesting facts. One of the most shocking for members was the difference in sugar content between juice and pop. Orange Crush has 12 teaspoons of sugar in it. They also advised the members to make food choices that are low in trans and saturated fats, sugar and salt. An added treat was the bean brownies that Emma had brought for the club. Meagan Higgins was next for the senior projects. It was great break to go outside and participate in her exercise class, Cardio in the Country. In her presentation Sophie Jefferson informed the members about the other Canadian Food Guide – the one for First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. The main differences are that there is more game and less foods from other ethnic groups pictured, as well as more foods which are easy to come by in remote grocery stores. Before the meeting came to a close, the members saw Ellen and Reba Jefferson’s movie on having a healthy body image and enjoyed a snack of apple cheese squeezes and fruit smoothies. The members did not have to wait long to see each other again, since their achievement was held at the Lucknow flower show the next Wednesday. Each member entered two classes in the youth division and almost every member was a winner. The tea, juice and cupcakes were also wonderful, as were the games played at the park. The members also learned a lot from Sharon Nivins when she gave reasons for the judges’ choices. Monday night baseball basics had a dozen or so children showing up to have fun. They are getting better all the time with throwing and batting and understanding the basics of the game. Coaches Blaine and Ron with helper Chuck, are also having a blast. All are invited to come out for a few more weeks of fun. The Walton Wonders forgot how to play this past week suffering a huge defeat to the Twisted Sisters. The Wonders earned four runs in the sixth for the night’s play while the Sisters broke open the game in the fifth and sixth innings with 10 runs each time. Top batter for the Sisters was Jill Sholdice who reached base four times and got home each time. Sara Newell and Allyson Cardiff went four-for-four for the night. Balanced Bodies play and learn Kids learning the Basics Returning from a trip to B.C. is Pauline Gulutzen and her sister Shirley Hertlein. They were in Vancouver to visit with Shirley’s son and went to Kelowna to visit with her brother John’s son. They contacted Neil McDonald as well and had dinner with him one night. They ate at an Asian restaurant and Pauline reports that it was great. They had a nice visit and talked about the old days when they were at school. The sisters revealed that they had no school pictures because when younger, their house had burned. Neil told them he has lots of the old school pictures and will bring some the next time he is in Ontario. Pauline reports that it was hot, hot, hot in the 90s. They walked and walked to explore Vancouver and think it is a beautiful city. Returning from a wonderful wedding and vacation are Brian and Elaine Armstrong. They were attending their son’s wedding in English Harbour West. Chris and Holly were wed June 27. Joining Brian and Elaine were Isabel Armstrong, Isabel’s sisters and Elaine’s mother. There were 18 in total attending from this area including other members of the Armstrong family and Jeff and Cathy Cardiff and Larry and Janis Bray. The group flew to Deer Lake, Newfoundland, then it was a five- hour drive to English Harbour West. Beautiful scenery, rocks, the ocean and mountains captivated all. They were there five days andstayed at a bed and breakfast homethat they had to themselves. Theyhad rented a car and drove milesenjoying the countryside.The younger ones of the groupalso went trail walking and hikinginto the mountains.A reception for Chris and Hollywas held at the Atwood Community Centre. It was attended by many extended family and friends of the couple and families. The couple is residing in Listowel. Congratulations to Chris and Holly. Enjoying a wonderful surprise visit were George and Marie Blake. Upon answering the door last week they found grandson Barry Blake at the door. Barry is the son of Gerald Blake and Nella. Barry lives in Sault Ste. Marie and his visits are far between. Barry was down in the area making a delivery and took the opportunity to catch up with a few relatives. He dropped into visit with Grandma and Grandpa as well as catching up with Uncle Jim at home and his mom, Nella. Congratulations to Kerrie McLellan on the birth of a son, Lawrence. He is another grandchild for Carl and Debbie McLellan and great-grandchild for Edna McLellan. Our condolences are expressed to Bob Cunningham on the passing of wife Olive. The Cunninghams lived in Ethel for many years until retiring to Listowel several years ago. Get-well wishes go out to a couple of ladies who have been in hospital this past week. Get-well to Ruth Scheill and Anna Cunningham. It was a beautiful summer afternoon for the wedding of Ken McCallum and Meagan O’Reilly in Seaforth on Saturday. Ken is the son of Paul and Dianne McCallum and Meagan is the daughter of Gerry and Nancy O’Reilly. The Seaforth Community Centre was decorated with lots of green plants and flowers. The newlyweds delighted those in attendance with their first dance, worthy of the classof Dancing With The Stars. It wasfantastic.The next morning, over 40 familyand friends gathered at the home ofPaul and Dianne to have a latemorning breakfast with the happycouple. Congratulations to Ken andMeagan, who will be residing atRR4, Walton. Margery Huether has returned from the west. She was attending the Webster family reunion near Stetler, Alberta in the Big Valley area. She was away a week or so. Spending 10 days away on an Eastern vacation were Jim and Evelyn Blake and Gord and Susan Haggitt. The purpose for the trip was to visit Gord and Evelyn’s cousin Angie Fowler and her new bed and breakfast called Hector’s Arm, in Iona, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Iona is in the centre of the island and is a beautiful mix of hills, trees, water and mountain scenery. The bed and breakfast is an old convent that Angie has converted into a beautifully picturesque place. The foursome had a great visit and Angie toured them around the area for the few days they were with her. They went on the Cabot Trail, toured through New Brunswick and found it had lots of trees, hills and mountains. They also toured around PEI and found it was comparable to here, with more open space and fields of green. Coming home through Montreal was the only bad weather they had. While travelling through downtown Montreal, it rained so hard the traffic had to slow considerably, to be able to read the road signs and with the built-up medians, the waters rose to half way up the side of the van. Water sprayed up on them from the oncoming traffic on the other side of the median as well. Water poured on them even while in the covered bridge. It was a little scary they report, but they managed and are home safely. We had a family celebration on the weekend with our oldest daughtercelebrating her birthday. It was asurprise party for LeeAnn at herhouse arranged by Jason and sisterKelly. We had a great time and forentertainment, Kelly organized ascavenger hunt which everyoneenjoyed.Celebrating birthdays this pastweek were Steve Baan, Gary Godkin, LeeAnn Konarski, Dianne Flood, Sharon Godkin, Sherry McCall, Corrinna Strong, Ken Williamson, Kelly Boven, Christopher Ritchie, Curtis Ryan, Andrew van Vliet, Anne Williamson, Karin McDonald Calhoun, Andrea Taylor, Michael Warwick, Bradley Fraser, Laura Godkin, and Alivia McCall MacBain. SAVE up to $2850 a year Off the newsstand price Newsstand price - $1.25/week Subscription price - 68¢/week Yes - I want to save money. Enclosed is $34.00 for a 1-year subscription NEWS FROM WALTON By Jo-AnnMcDonaldCall 887-6570PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON Duff’s United Church, Walton had a busy weekend. The church hosted two Blyth Festival dinners. They had over 40 people attend the Friday dinner and hosted 48 at the Saturday dinner. Many women were involved with the successful hosting of the events and did a wonderful job as usual. Sunday was the first service for the new minister, Rev. Peter. A good crowd was on hand to hear him speak about his family and life. He and his wife have four children, all grown and away from home. He also spoke during his sermon on how the people of the church are like ants. An ant colony has many different classes of ants and they all have their jobs to make the colony work. If everyone works together and does their part, the church and community benefit. The minister is not the only one needed to build a successful church, it takes everyone. There is no service at Duff’s United this week as it is the community church service at the conservation area in Brussels. Please plan to attend this lovely outdoor service. Rev. Peter arrives Classified advertisements published in The Citizen are now available on our website at www.northhuron.on.ca PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009.