HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-02-14, Page 18February is the month of love.
Happy Valentine’s Day to all.
A fellow on a TV talk show last
week said that Valentine’s Day is all
about the woman and that’s how it
should be. The message of the show
was that it didn’t matter about the
gift, if any, but of the time spent and
the originality of the “activity” or the
gift. Bouquets of unusual flowers,
different restaurants, cooking dinner
or even let her run the remote control
for a change.
Good luck to all and have an
enjoyable Valentine’s Day.
Walton has been blessed with the
arrival of three little boys. Congrats
to Matt and Cheryl Lee who now
have a third son, Sheldon, to keep
big brothers Ryder and Hayden
company. The Lee family name will
continue on, with the birth of the
10th consecutive baby boy. Congrats
to Grandpa and Grandma, Chris and
Judy Lee, on the arrival of the
grandson number four, (another
motocross rider to train) and to Jim
and Sheila Thompson.
Blessed baby boy number two is a
son to Jeff and Sandra Lewington. A
sign on the lawn announced the
arrival of Blake, last week and
congrats to the happy parents. First-
time grandparents are Ernie and
Annette Lewington and the smile on
Ernie’s face tells it all. Welcome to
the world of grandparenting.
Baby boy number three, has
arrived to enrich the lives of Andrew
and Tara Southgate. Aiden Andrew
arrived last week and has increased
the village of Walton’s population by
one.
The Walton Hall was the place for
the Huron-Perth Feeders’ Co-
operative Ltd.’s annual meeting on
Wednesday. Rather a foggy morning
but over 25 people managed to make
it to the meeting. They arrived to
enjoy a soup and beef-on-a-bun
lunch before continuing with their
meeting.
Marie Coutts has been released
from hospital and we hope she is on
the road to feeling better.
The slippery conditions underfoot
have been the downfall for one area
lady. We are sorry to report that Jean
Davidson has suffered a very bad fall
and suffered a severe break. A
combo hip/leg injury that required
surgery has landed her in Owen
Sound hospital at last report.
Hopefully she will get back to one of
our closer hospitals soon.
Suffering from a mishap at home
was Leona Snyder. She fell and has
broken her hip. She has been a
patient in London hospital for her
surgery and hopefully will be
transferred to Wingham this week.
Our wishes for a speedy recovery
go out to both of these ladies.
Making the trip to Stratford
hospital allows me to visit both my
mother and George Langlois. My
mom has undergone surgery this
past weekend and hopefully will be
feeling better real soon.
Having a chance also to visit with
George is great as well. He is able to
give me words of wisdom on his
clientele and hints on where
everything is in the shop. He has
made remarkable improvement and
is coming along nicely. He is on
third floor east for cards and letters
and we hope for his continued
improvement.
Welcome back to Pat Langlois at
Cinnamon Jim’s. Things will be a
little livelier and talkative with Pat
there again.Hosting weekend guests wereHoward and Audrey Hackwell. Itstarted off with grandson Sebastianwhen they picked him up nearKitchener from Mom and Dad,Patricia and Eddie Andrades.Meeting them at Casey’s eatery wereDean and Kelly Hackwell, wherethey enjoyed dinner together beforeall going their separate ways. Home
to Cambridge for Dean and Kelly, it
was off to the Blue Rodeo concert
for Patricia and Eddie in Kitchener
and home to Walton for Howard,
Audrey and Sebastian.
Patricia and Eddie made the trip to
Walton on Sunday through some
terrible weather to pick up
Sebastian. Well, as we all know the
weather did not improve throughout
the day on Sunday, so a sleepover
was in order for everyone. Reports
that a fun day of card games was in
order with Uno being the game of
choice.
Having a guys’ time away and not
to a warm weather spot were some
area men. Travelling to North Bay to
go snowmobiling for a week were
Ron McCallum, Murray Dennis,
Barry Hoegy, Bill McClure, Keith
Mulvey and Larry Rose plus some
other out-of-area men.
They go to Ron’s uncle Russell
McCallum’s cabin that is easy to
access in the winter weather. They
report that the weather was pretty
good, and they put plenty of miles on
the machines.
Barry gets volunteered to be the
chief cook and bottle washer, and
between snowmobiling, playing
cards and socializing, the men have a
great time.
Sunday’s stormy weather saw the
cancellation of services at Duff’s
United Church. The phone chain
works really well and hopefully
everyone was notified before
venturing out.
A reminder that late breakfast will
be held following church this
Sunday, so plan on staying and
having an early lunch. Proceeds go
to renovation work at the manse.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week were: Annette Lewington,
Harold McCallum, Ken Shortreed,
Mike Alexander, Sheila Baur,
Lavern Godkin, Maleah Taylor,
Mary Baan, John McCall MacBain,
Barry Skinner, Betty Glanville, Val
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All that glitters
It was Valentine craft time at Walton’s Little School last week. In the pre-school room Lauren
Silcock and Bennett Smith put the finishing sparkling touches on some paper hearts. (Bonnie
Gropp photo)
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North Huron council will be
considering a monetary or in-kind
contribution to the International
Plowing Match, being held in
September in Teeswater.
Cheryl Russworm, co-chair of the
partnership committee attended the
Feb. 4 meeting to ask for support.
She mentioned several times, the
event’s proximity to North Huron,
which would result in economic spin
off.
“Actually a lot of Teeswater
businesses won’t even see visitors to
the match because those coming
from the south are being re-
routed.”
She offered a number of options
for council to consider, VIP tent
hospitality sponsorship, staff for
monitoring water, selling advance
IPM passes, cash donation or
assistance with garbage and sewage
disposal as South Bruce doesn’t
have enough excess capacity.
“If you can handle a day of
garbage or sewage, we could have
you on standby.”
Any contribution is welcome.”
NH council
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IPM request
By Bonnie Gropp
The Citizen