The Citizen, 2009-08-20, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2009. PAGE 7.
News around Walton centres
mostly around the busiest event of
the year and that is Walton Transcan
on the farm of Chris and Judy Lee.
The trailers carrying the amateur
racers started arriving on Monday,
Aug. 10.
Although thee is no admittance
until Tuesday, the underlying urge of
wanting to be first overtakes
common sense, and the lineups
begin. The police would clear them
off the road and a few hours later
they would be back or different ones
would arrive to take their place.
For about a 12-16-hour timeframe,
and most of it during the night, there
is definitely a congestion of traffic
on the highway and Walton Road.
The roads were not impassible,
and not being able to drive 60
kilometrees an hour for a two-mile
stretch of road, should not cause any
great hardship to anyone for that
short timeframe.
The Transcan is a great event for
the communities around Walton and
is a major fundraiser for many local
groups. The Walton Area Sports
Club and ball team members work
the admission gates and make almost
two-thirds of their operating budget
to run the ball park for the year.
Brussels Minor Hockey takes on
garbage detail and does a fantastic
job keeping the place cleaned up. It
was amazing looking across the
fields on Sunday at 7 p.m., how little
garbage could be seen. This event is
one of their major fundraisers.
New to help this year was the
Seaforth Marching Girls Band. The
members and their parents took over
the job of parking spectators’
vehicles this year as part of their
fundraising efforts. They did a pretty
good job for their first year and we
hope they enjoyed the experience.
The Transcan also presents
opportunities for young people
willing to work and or learn. One
young man, hoping for a career in
emergency medical services, came
out to volunteer with the St. John
Ambulance. It was a great
experience for him and thankfully,
there were only about six major
ambulance calls.
The businesses in the area, going
by the many inquiries, did well.
It was a great week of weather. We
wanted summer, we got summer.
Admittedly, it was very hot, and if
you see a lot of sunburned or tanned
local folks, you can guess they were
working at Walton.
It’s all over now, and as I am
writing, I have seen many of the last
trailers leaving our beautiful village
and area. The Lee fields are
returning to normal as we all return
to our activities.
Our condolences are expressed to
the Taylor children on the passing of
Bill Taylor, Rick, Lynn McDonough
and Brian and their families. Our
sympathies are also extended to the
Taylor and Achilles extended
families.
Congratulations to John (J.C.)
Beacom and Melissa Beuerman on
their marriage on Saturday. The
couple married at Egmondville
United Church and the reception was
held at Seaforth Community Centre.
It was a simply beautiful wedding
with accents of deep blue and cream.
There were three young Walton
ladies looking gorgeous as part of
the wedding party including
Melissa’s cousins Krista Shortreed,
Jennifer McClure and Nadine
Ringgenberg. All reports concur that
it was a lovely day for all and
congratulations to J.C. and Melissa.
Jim and Linda McDonald had a
busy weekend attending two
weddings. They attended the
wedding of niece Meagan Flaxbard
at the Hockley Valley Resort on
Friday afternoon. Meagan is the
daughter of Paul and Cathy Flaxbard
and granddaughter of Marilyn
McDonald. They enjoyed a lovely
ceremony and reception and stayed
at the resort. Jim and Linda returned
on Saturday to attend the wedding of
a friend of Linda’s in Wingham.
Congratulations to Ted
Vanrompaye of Dashwood. He was
the winner of the mini motorcycle
that Lorne and Bonnie Glanville
offered as a prize. The proceeds
from the sale of the tickets went to
Duff’s United Church. The draw
was held at the final day of the
Walton motocross races.
The Glanvilles, along with
grandchildren Melissa and Edward
and Monique, Ryan, Adam and
Emma Baan, Cassandra Banks and
friend sold tickets at the motocross.
Members of the Duff’s
congregation also sold tickets over
the past few weeks. The draw raised
around $1,000 for the church.
Thanks to the Glanvilles for the idea
and work to make a successful
project for Duff’s.
The Lorne Glanville family has
had a busy few weeks. Bonnie’s
sister, Pat Bisback and
granddaughter Melissa Glanville
travelled to Nanimo, British
Columbia. They went to visit with
Paul and Teresa Glanville, Meagan
and Erica. They were out for a
week’s holiday and had the
opportunity to see the area and have
a visit before Lorne and Bonnie’s
son Paul and family move.
Lorne and Bonnie travelled to
Ottawa for a visit with son Paul and
his family. It was a very special but
short visit with them as Paul and
family were in Ottawa on a layover
before travelling on. Paul, an RCMP
officer, and his family have been
relocated to Iqaluik, Nunavut from
Nanimo, B.C.
The family had to go through a lot
of psychological testing before they
were accepted to the two-year
posting.
To check out where they are going,
look for Baffin Island and Frobisher
Bay and the town of Iqaluik is in the
inlet.
It will be quite a change for them
and Bonnie hopes that maybe a year
from now they will be able to see
them again.
The McCall family reunion was
held at the Walton Hall on Sunday.
They report that it was a smaller than
usual crowd but they had a good
time.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week were Craig Hackwell, Murray
Whyte, Amanda Hoegy, Joshua
Nichol, Joan Perrie, Amanda Fraser,
Shayna Melady, Devin Blake,
Marion Godkin, Rob McIntosh, Jim
Armstrong, Susan Nichol, Andrew
McDonald and Jacob Flood.
Following a motion passed earlier
this summer, Huron East council
endorsed the terms of reference for
its wind turbine setback study at its
Aug. 4 meeting.
The study is a condition of the
interim control bylaw passed by the
municipality in June in response to a
group of concerned citizens calling
themselves Huron East Against
Turbines (HEAT).
While the interim control bylaw
puts the brakes on any wind turbine
development in the municipality for
one year, the bylaw was applied in
order for Huron East to further study
on the distance of wind turbines to
the point of reception.
Since the bylaw was passed,
clerk-administrator Jack McLachlan
says Huron East staff have met with
Huron County planners to discuss
planning terms as well as the wind
turbine setback study.
Ontario’s Green Energy Act,
which will finalize its terms of
reference this month will review
existing setback regulations early
next year.
Before June of 2010, when the
interim control bylaw will
technically expire, council plans to
revisit and potentially amend their
setback regulation
Bean Sprouts Nursery School, Zurich 519-235-0710
Clinton Cooperative Childcare Centre 519-482-5777
Goderich Municipal Childcare Centre 519-524-7441
North Huron Childcare Centre, Wingham 519-357-2424
Relouw Early Learning Centre, Exeter 519-235-0710
Seaforth Cooperative Childcare Centre 519-527-0682
Tinker Tots Nursery School, Hensall 519-262-2305
Tuckersmith Day Nursery, Vanastra 519-482-7634
Walton’s Little School 519-887-8440
Huron County Home Childcare 482-8505 ext. 204
Worldwide Walton
Right: Thousands of people, riders and spectators from all over the world camped out in
Walton last week through to the weekend for Walton’s annual TransCan weekend. Left: The
race was on last week in Walton for the annual Walton TransCan weekend. Riders from all
over the world participated in both the amateur and professional races that this stop on the
Canadian circuit has become known for. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
HE sets terms of reference
for turbine setback study