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Wanted
The big news of the week was the
cancellation of meetings, activities
and school. First it was ice, then it
was snow squalls, then it was a PD
day, then it was the fear of snow
squalls.
Whatever the reason, it meant
three or four days off school. It can
mean some inconvenience for
parents, but the safety of
transporting children to and from
school has to come first.
Our deepest sympathy is extended
to Pat Hiltz and family on the
passing of Floyd Hiltz. Many will
remember when the Hiltz family
lived in Brussels and operated a
grocery store in the former Radar
store downtown.
They have been living in the
Walton community for many years
and Floyd did auto body work at hisshop. Our condolences to Pat andtheir seven children.Stopping in for a visit before the
storms of the week set in was a
niece of Ross and Marg Bennett’s.
Margaret and Gary Hodder of Elk
Point,Alberta came for an afternoon
visit with the Bennetts while they
are here in Ontario. They are here to
visit with mother Lois Bell of Elora,
but ventured to Walton to visit their
favourite aunt and uncle.
Get-well wishes and a speedy
recovery to John Gaunt who is a
patient in Stratford hospital
following hip surgery.
Marie Coutts is still a patient in
Clinton hospital but seems to be
felling better. We wish her
continued progress.
A correction and apology to the
Bromley and Taylor families. Matt
and Ashley have a baby girl named
Sydney. My shorthand notes were a
little confused or was it that Crystal
confused me with all the names of
the grandchildren. Welcome to the
newest grandchild, Sydney.
Returning from a week’s vacation
in the Dominican Republic are
Clyde and Cathy McClure and
Valerie Shortreed. They were near
Punta Cana and at the Natura Resort
Park. The weather was pretty good
with a couple of days of rain, but
warm showers that aren’t that hard
to take. They had a beautiful pool, a
hot tub that wasn’t hot and plenty of
great food.
There were flamingos at the resort
that had their own wading pool to be
in and were great to watch.
They spent their time sunning and
relaxing and just having a good
time.
Matt and Julie Shortreed also took
off for the southern climate after
Mom’s return. They too went to the
Dominican Republic. They were
near Punta Cana but at the Grand
Paladia Resort. They had great
weather and took advantage of
many of the activities offered. They
went snorkeling, horseback riding,
truck tour of the island and seeing
the sights.
There were eight in their group
including Sarah Williamson of
Walton.
It was a big resort with great food
and they had a great time.
Taking just a day trip away was
the Dalton family of Don, Pat,
Jared, Val, Braelynn and Carla, Eric
and Jordan Goodfellow. They were
off to Port Huron to celebrate
Carla’s birthday. They went to
dinner at the Olive Garden and spent
some time shopping. Pat reports that
there were very few people
shopping at the mall.
Happy birthday to Carla.
I didn’t hear the interview, but
Walton’s celebrated author Patty
Banks, was on the radio last week.
Patty was interviewed on 104.9 FM
the Beach about her book Please
Don’t Tell Me My Son Is Dead.
Patty reports she was scared to
death doing the interview but
managed to get through it. Her book
is available at The Citizen in Blyth
and Brussels, Fincher’s in Goderich
or contact her.
Curtis Ryan has been released
from hospital and will need some
recovery time at home. Our get-well
wishes to him.
The wind was a little too much on
Wednesday for one of the sheds at
Gerry Ryan’s. It seems that gusty
winds whistled in and around and a
wall buckled out. Other people lost
shingles, soffit, pieces of steel and
branches from trees. There certainly
was a lot of wind.Our hopes for a full recovery go toGeorge Langlois, who is in hospitalin Seaforth. George has been
hairdressing in Brussels for over 35
years and I worked for him when I
first came to Brussels. We have
remained friends over the years and
when the call came if I could help
out, there was no hesitation on my
part. George has been a great
community person for Brussels and
I know the community has Pat and
him in their thoughts at this time.
There was a nicely sized crowd at
Duff’s United Church on Black
Sunday.
Attendees were greeted by Karen
Hoegy. Patty Banks was the
scripture reader of the day. Black
Sunday was the topic of Rev. Sandra
Yule’s service.
The offering was collected by
Fred McClure and Keith Wilbee.
As the annual meeting was
cancelled due to the weather last
week it will be held on Wednesday,
Feb. 13 with a potluck dessert at
6:30 p.m. and the meeting to follow
at 7:30. Annual reports are at the
church to be picked up.
Remember to bring your grocery
tapes and empty printer cartridges to
the church and leave them in the
boxes. Every dollar counts when it
comes to adding up the tapes and it
is not a very difficult way to make
money for the church if everybody
contributes.
Happy birthday to Thys DeJong,
Sarah Mitchell, Brian Williamson,
John Driscoll, Marilyn McDonald,
Amy Whyte, Pamela Hackwell,
Arnold denDekker, Katie Dionne,
George Kruse, Emilee Bennett,
Cory Nichol and Lois Todd.
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON
Taking flight
Kurtis Hulley lifts off as he takes on a hill for some sledding
on Sunday in Blyth. The snowfall Friday brought back some
opportunities for winter fun, though by Tuesday warm
temperatures were back to challenge Old Man Winter’s
hold. By that evening, of course, he was back in all his
capricious glory. (Vicky Bremner photo)
For one year alone, thanks largely
to last October’s provincial
election, schoolchildren in Ontario
will have one fewer day of classes.
The election was the time when
the ruling Liberals committed to
create a ninth statutory holiday in
the province: Family Day on the
third Monday of February. In its
inaugural year, the province’s new
campaign-promise-turned-holiday
falls on Feb. 18.
And, since the 2007-08 school
calendars had already been created
by the time the Liberals won the
election and proclaimed the
holiday, it was too late to insert
Family Day into the schedule.
So, instead, the Education
Ministry allowed school boards to
offer one fewer instructional day
than is normally required under the
Education Act.
“The Ministry pretty much
defined the process for us,”
explained Dan Parr, education
superintendent for the Huron-Perth
Catholic District School Board.
Next year, however, school
boards will have to revert to the
extra instructional day. “We’ll have
to find some way to put that into our
calendars,” Parr said. “It might
mean going one day later in June…
That’s probably the most likely
solution.”
Kids get
fewer days
in classroom
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen