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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-10-22, Page 31Congratulations are extended to Mandy Workman and Wes Wilson on the birth of a son a couple of weeks ago. Lane is welcomed home by big brother Gavin and sister, Hailey. Congratulations also go to Jason and Erin Baan on the birth of a little girl. They welcomed Akeelah Emily to their family last Thursday and excited sister Cadi and brother Griffin are happy to have them home. Welcome to Murray and Mary Strauss who have moved into the former Ross Bennett home, from Newton. Some folks will remember that they lived in Walton once before. They lived a little farther up Walton Road in the Dwyer home, which is now where their daughter Terri and family live. Congratulations to Brent Pryce and Catherine Pestell on their marriage this past weekend. The couple married at the Egmondville United Church and the dinner and reception were held at their farm in the new shed. It was decorated very beautifully and the guests report a lovely ceremony and evening. Brent is the son of Brian and Sharon Pryce. There was a good crowd at the buck and doe for Kent Moffat and Jasmine Foreman in Seaforth on Saturday evening. Kent is the son of Ken and Gail (Traviss) Moffat. Congratulations to Maxine Marks who celebrated her 80th birthday on Sunday afternoon. A lovely afternoon reception was held in the basement of the Egmondville Church for her. It was decorated in bright yellows, lovely flowers and many of Maxine’s beautiful dolls from her collection were on display. Musical entertainment was provided by Murray McCall, Andrew Patrick and Gwen O’Rourke during the afternoon. Maxine had a great day visiting with her old Walton friends, her Legion friends, relatives and new friends from Seaforth. Maxine’s three children Sharon, Brian and Blaine were all in attendance. Brian and Linda arrived from Calgary earlier in the week to attend both Maxine’s special day and the wedding of nephew, Brent Pryce. The Thanksgiving parade that was shown on TV last Monday had a special Walton interest to it. Many folks by now have seen or heard about the red and white mitts that are being promoted for Canadians for the Olympics being held in Vancouver in 2010. Funds raised from the sale of the mitts go to support Canadian Olympic athletes. Walton’s business, Barmy Tech, owned by Dorothy Cummings, has a business contact in the K-W area. In a brainstorming session, an idea was put forth for the City of Waterloo’s float, to promote the Olympic Torch Flame Run, that will be coming to the area in December. The contact called Dorothy with the idea of giant red mitts, with no Olympic rings on them, and could she make them. Dorothy was up for the challenge and having no pattern for such a thing, she had one of her employees lie up on the cutting table and then traced a pattern around her. The first prototype was a success and by adding a hoola hoop, gave the mittens the right shape. They added a simple white maple leaf and the giant mitts looked great. Barmy Tech was commissioned to make 14 pairs of the mitts and some of the mitt people walked in theparade in pairs and some rode on thefloats for both the City of Waterlooand the City of Cambridge. Congratulations to Barmy Tech forexercising their creativity.Returning from a trip to Cochrane,Alberta is Karen Cardiff. She anddaughter-in-law Brenda (Greg’s wife) were away a week to visit Karen’s daughter Mary Lynn and Rick Demaray. They had a great time visiting, shopping, visiting a sheep farm, going to Banff, attending a wine tasting party and lots more fun things. A special treat happened when Karen’s son Murray (Stratford), stopped in on his way back from a business meeting in Vancouver, to have dinner with them in Calgary. They celebrated Mary Lynn’s upcoming 50th birthday. They had great weather while there, except when heading for the airport to return home, a snowstorm blew in and the scenery changed quite quickly. Jim and Lois Lee have returned from a trip to France and Provence. They were away about 12 days and enjoyed a wonderful time in a small medieval townhouse in a small village. They enjoyed visiting small cafés (looking for ideas for their own Cinnamon Jim’s Café), museums, ruins throughout the countryside and the experience of driving around the area. Roads are very small and close together, but they had a European GPS that was helpful. They didn’t realize, though that even streets that look like an alley, are still considered a road. They toured vineyards and attended different wine tasting events and found the people very friendly and helpful. They went to Dijon to visit abusiness associate and enjoyed thescenic drive. They have returned home and areright back into the swing of things atthe restaurant.Moose hunting is going on in thenorth. The Jim Thompson gang of Jim, Will, Greg and Matt Lee report that after 10 days in the Atikokan area, they didn’t see any moose. I’m sure they still had a good time, but no moose meat this year. The Glanville gang of Lloyd, Les and Roy plus other friends travelled to the Fields area, north of Sturgeon Falls, and didn’t have very good luck either. They at least saw a cow, but unfortunately had the wrong tag, so couldn’t shoot it. They too came home empty-handed. Home to visit with Howard and Audrey Hackwell for the weekend were Patricia, Eddie and Sebastian Andrades from Toronto. They attended some of the family functions, caught up with a few odd jobs for the parents and celebrated Thanksgiving with Mom and Dad. Two local ladies are home again after spending a few days in Toronto. Jane Zwep and Doris Hood attended a conference that was arranged from the area education resource centre. The ladies were part of a group that have developed a program to be used for support staff, such as replacement secretaries. Jane Zwep presented the program in a workshop and Doris was her “wingman”. The ladies presented this template program to representatives from the many school boards across Ontario. Edna Pearson travelled to Owen Sound with daughter Joyce for Thanksgiving with daughter Janet, Ben and Janine. They went shopping,toured an apple orchard and the areaand enjoyed the time together. Edna and Joyce stayed over andthe following day they left to returnhome. The ladies stopped inPalmerston at the Royal Terrace tovisit with a former resident of theAlexander Street apartments. They spent a while visiting with Doris Foster who had lived at the apartments for many years. Doris is the sister of former Brussels resident, Muriel Whitfield. Jim and Linda McDonald have returned from a few days away in Las Vegas. They report seeing many shows including Cirque du Soleil featuring the music of the Beatles entitled Love, the comedy of Howie Mandell and The Lion King. Congratulations to the Brussels Majestic Women’s Institute which celebrated its 70th anniversary this past week. Present and former members gathered and enjoyeddinner at Cinnamon Jim’s as part ofthe celebration.The Walton turkey supper willsoon be upon us, Nov. 4. The Duff’s church’s kitchenrenovations will be completed thisweek, so the cleaning of the kitchenis scheduled for Monday, Oct. 26. There will be three shifts of cleaning, morning, afternoon and evening, so come out and help when you can. Set up for the supper will be on Tuesday evening at the BMG, so plan accordingly your time. Tickets are available from most UCW members. Celebrating birthdays this past week include Brian Love, Jim McDonald, Maxine Marks, Owen Taylor, Randy Fraser, Sarah Grobbink, Jessica Kelso, Mary Helen McLachlan, Adam Bauer, Clyde McClure, Bryan Kelso and Ron McCallum. For eight hours on Saturday, healthcare took centre stage for 15 communities in Midwestern Ontario. Community volunteers came together in Wingham to answer phones as people called in with their pledges. But the fundraising stretched beyond the studios of AM 920 CKNX, 101.7 The One and 94.5 The Bull. Various fundraisers took part throughout the day and included barbecues, walks, breakfasts and more. The Wingham and District Hospital Foundation has set a goal of $87,000 for a digital pediatric colonoscope and a gastroscope. On Saturday, among the 15 hospital foundations, $595,265 was raised but there is more time to make a donation. Ron Lavoie, of the Seaforth Foundation, who chaired this year’s radiothon committee, said, “Again you have an opportunity to make those donations and help that number grow so that we can meet the needs and equip our hospitals for the respective hospital projects.” The Seaforth Community Hospital Foundation is trying to raise $50,000 for a medical imaging digital unit. The Clinton Hospital Foundation’s goal is to put $50,000 for ultrasound equipment for the emergency department. Since its inception in 2002, the CKNX Health Care Heroes Radiothon has helped raise $5 million through the generous donations of the people living in Midwestern Ontario. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009. PAGE 31. 45th Wedding Anniversary Mac and Brenda Brooks will celebrate 45 years of marriage on October 24th. Congratulations Mom and Dad (Grams and Pops) Love from your family Healthcare Heroes Radiothon climbs over $500,000 mark Happy 55th Anniversary Mom & Dad Harold & Doris McClinchey October 23, 2009 Love, Your Family Kali Alcorn has graduated from Niagara College with a Landscape Technician Diploma. She is now attending Olds College in Olds, Alberta. She is studying for her Bachelor of Applied Science in Landscape Management. Darby Alcorn has graduated as an Ontario Scholar from F. E. Madill S.S. She is now studying in the Concurrent Education program at Brock University, Bachelor of Math/Science Honours and Bachelor of Education. We are so proud of you both, love Mom and Jeff. Kali Alcorn Graduation Darby Alcorn By Jo-AnnMcDonaldCall 887-6570PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON By Brittany Nigh The falling leaves aren’t the only sign of fall at St. Anne’s as sports teams and clubs are getting well under way. From Students for Life, to the Sewing Club, to the basketball team, there is certainly an emphasis to get involved at the school. Students and staff are encouraging the community to get involved as well. The cross-country team has their eyes on a Huron-Perth title at the championships on Thursday, Oct. 22, at Morrison Dam Conservation Area, where races will take place all day. If you’re looking for something warmer to watch, the annual fall Coffee House is taking place on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is only $2 if you bring your own mug. This is a great opportunity to support our future stars! But of course, it’s not all hard work and practise at St. Anne’s. This past week was the Walk-a-Thon wrap-up celebration where we were fortunate to present some local charities with donations. Cheques for $1,000 were presented to Blessing Community Store and Zurich Food Bank, St. Vincent de Paul, and Seaforth District Food Bank. A cheque for $2,000 was presented to Huron Addiction Services. Following the presentations, numerous teachers received a pie in the face as part of fundraising incentive. St. Anne’s Eagles’ Pride Sports underway