HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-09-11, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2008. PAGE 9.
The ladies of the UCW of Duff’s
United Church met for their first
meeting of the year on Wednesday
evening, Sept. 3 in charge of the
meeting were Patty Banks, Judy
Lee, Audrey Hackwell, Marjory
Fraser, Margery Huether and Jo-Ann
McDonald. It was a Toonies for
Friendship meeting.
There were 17 ladies in attendance
for the meeting entitled One
Person’s Junk and Two Women’s
Treasures. They travelled to Patty
Bank’s home and toured her gardens
and saw how useful things were used
in her garden.
They then travelled to B.J.
DeJong’s and saw how someone
could decorate inexpensively in a
creative way. It was very interesting
for everyone.
The ladies then returned to the
church for the short business portion
of the meeting.
The Walton turkey supper is a
mere eight weeks away, so mark
Nov. 5 on your calendars. Donations
to the food bank are appreciated for
all meeting’s roll call.
Cake and ice cream were enjoyed
at the end of the meeting.
UCW meets,
tours
Travelling is the way to finish up
the summer and that’s what many
folks did.
Neil and Marie McGavin were off
to North Bay to spend a few days
with daughter Heather and family.
Heather’s husband Bryan was away
on a business trip, so Neil and Marie
arrived to visit, spend time with the
grandchildren and help out with a
few chores.
They managed to cut lawn, pile
wood and get some household
chores accomplished as well. They
had a nice few days.
Heading home they came by
Huntsville for a short visit with
Doug Lowe. The visit became a long
break, because Doug gave his sisters
a call and they arrived to join them
as well. Doug, Linda (Lowe) Hyde
and Penny (Lowe) Hastings were
raised in Brussels and so they had a
great visit together.
Our daughters, LeeAnn Konarski
and Kelly McDonald, took the
chance to travel to Quebec City and
area before heading back to school.
They drove to Quebec City and
stayed in the suburb of Beauport.
The first day there they did a
walking tour of Old Quebec City,
then did a 90-minute boat tour on the
St. Lawrence of the Quebec City
shoreline.
They walked to where the famous
Armory at the Plains of Abraham is.
It burned a few months ago.
They had dinner at an excellent
restaurant called Portifino’s, then
saw an Image Mill project show. It is
a show celebrating the 400th
anniversary of Quebec City.
On day two of their trip they
travelled to Minke, three hours east
of Quebec City and the Baie de-St.-
Catharine. This is where the fresh
water meets the salt water.
They boarded a boat for a three-
hour tour and whale watching. There
are 10 species of whales in the St.
Lawrence and they were lucky to see
over 40 whales this day, as well as
many porpoises.
They saw many fin whales that
entertained the group by jumping
numerous times completely out of
the water. There are hundreds of
whales in the St. Lawrence River
that return every year. They have
been studied and have markings on
them to help identify them.
The tour guide on the boat was a
marine biologist.
The girls were also fortunate to see
about five humpback whales which
are very rare, but no belugas this day.
The girls report it was darn cold on
the boat but a really great day.
The girls also went to see St. Anne
de Beauprie Basilica which is an
enormous Catholic Church and a
side trip to Montmorency Falls. The
Falls are taller than Niagara Falls but
smaller in circumference.
Taking a trip to the north were
Dave and Sharon Rapson, friend
Bill, and Lloyd and Beryl Smith.
They were headed to Sudbury to
bring Dave and Sharon’s son Jesse
home from working for the summer.
Jesse was working for a group that
assisted hunters, anglers and outdoor
folk with their needs. Jesse learned
how to fillet fish, bait hooks, hunting
techniques and how to deal with the
great outdoors. Unfortunately,
Lloyd, Beryl and Sharon had to
return early.
Beryl reports that they were at a
logging camp in the wilderness, that
it really was God’s country – very
winding roads, beautiful trees andnot much else.Dave, Bill and Jesse stayed on togo bear hunting and Bill and Jessewere both successful in getting abear. Congrats to them and welcomeback Jesse.Heading to Lake Nippissing for aweek of camping and fishing wereHarv and Marion Smith and Fred
and Tueni Smith. They were quite
successful in the fishing and the
lodge on the campgrounds was very
helpful in dealing with the fish. They
brought some home frozen and Harv
will tell you he had the big fish at 25
inches, over Marion’s little 24-inch
fish.
They report having a great time.
Isabel Pearson has returned home
from a trip to the west. She was at
Salmon Arms, B.C. to attend a
family wedding.
Home for a short stay was Neil
McDonald from Vancouver, B.C. He
was kept busy by going to the
Thresher Reunion to Hamilton for a
football game, then to Bayfield for a
family afternoon.
Home from Roaring Gap, North
Carolina are Karin McDonald
Calhoun and husband Charlie. They
had the family, including mom
Leona McDonald, Neil, Rick, Jo-
Ann McDonald, LeeAnn and Jason
Konarski, Kelly McDonald and
Adam Jaroz and Peg Rogerson, for a
lovely afternoon of visiting in
Bayfield following lunch.
Graeme, Helen and Michael Craig
have returned from a trip to Wolf
Island. That’s near Kingston and
requires a ferry ride. The island is 21
miles long and three miles wide.
They were attending the Canadian
Plowing Match on Thursday and
Friday.
Two exciting events happened to
make the trip memorable. The first
was that Ken Innes, formerly of
Brussels, was there plowing,
representing Manitoba, so they had
the opportunity to visit with him and
Carol. The second was that Don
Cherry, summers on the island and
was in attendance, so they had
chance to meet him and have their
picture taken with him. They had a
great time and Don is quite an
interesting man.
Rick and I were off to Owen
Sound for our short holiday before
school started. The Owen Sound
salmon fishing derby is on for the
last 10 days of summer and it’s quite
an event. We did not go fishing, but
there sure were lots who did. The
prize for the top fish was a $33,000boat, motor and trailer package.Wow. They have entertainment in ahuge tent every night, special eventsfor children and for seniors, fishfrys, breakfasts and lots of otherthings.The entertainment included PeterIrwin, an award-winning Elvisimpersonator and Sunday morning
was an Elvis gospel show that was
really good. Maybe next year we
will go fishing too.
Congratulations to Murray and
Ruth Lowe on celebrating their 40th
wedding anniversary. A come and go
was held at the home of Mike and
Nicole Noble. There are over 125
people going in to wish the couple
best wishes. There was a wonderful
potluck meal for the family followed
by an enjoyable afternoon. The
Lowes have two children John and
Nicole and are lucky to have them
both living in Brussels. They also
have grand dog named Oliver,
which can often be found with
Muzzy. Congrats to Murray and
Ruth.
Congratulations to Joe and
Kathleen Semple on celebrating
their 56th wedding anniversary. The
family gathered at Listowel hospital,
where Joe is a patient and had cake
and ice-cream and a nice a visit with
each other. Joe and Kathleen’s four
children, Calvin, Kevin, Robina and
Janis and spouses all attended.
Congrats to them.
Congrats to Mike and Christa
Haggitt on the birth of a daughter.
Mia Brooke arrived last week.
Happy grandparents include Gord
and Susan Haggitt and Christine
Workman and Rob Smith. Congrats
to them.
Congratulations to George Blake
on celebrating his 85th birthday.
Members of the Blake immediate
family gathered at Holmesville
White Carnation to enjoy a delicious
birthday dinner, then returned to
George and Marie’s for a great
family visit. Happy birthday to
George.
Celebrating its first anniversary in
business was Dauphin’s Country
Store on the weekend. There was a
steady stream of folks dropping in
for a burger with around $400 being
raised for the Huron County CT
scanner campaign. Congrats to
Dauphin’s providing Walton-area
folks with the many necessities of a
farming community.
We have get-well wishes to send to
many including Joe Smith, who has
fallen and broken a hip. He is inStratford hospital at time of writing.Leona McDonald is on the get-welllist as she fell also and suffered aseparated shoulder and is at home.Taking a tumble was WyattMachan. He has suffered a brokenarm.We also send out continuedrecovery wishes to Sharon
Stephenson with her broken arm.
Get wells go out to Clara Blake as
she suffered an eye injury.
Welcome to Leona Snyder and
Mary Davidson who are now living
at the Highland apartments at
Huronlea. Hope they enjoy their new
homes.
Welcome to Jodi, Zachary and
Rebecca Fougere who are living on
Walton Road.
The roads in Walton were a bit of
a challenge this past week when the
tear-up and repaving crews were in
the village. They did a bit of the
north part of the road, as well as the
western edge of Walton, then
through to the east of Walton to the
end of the county. It’s a definite
improvement.
The Walton Hall was busy on the
weekend with two Blyth theatre
dinners being held. The Friday night
dinner only had 19 attend and Jo-
Ann McDonald, Gloria Wilbee and
Karen Hoegy had it well in hand.
The Saturday night supper had 66 in
attendance to enjoy Walton’s famous
roast beef dinner.
A combined hall board and sports
club committee handled the second
meal of the weekend with Judy
Emmrich, Barb Durell, Heidi
McClure and Val Shortreed working
and some young people helping with
the dishes. Proceeds go to finishing
the payments on the well.
The final motocross on Walton’s
track was held on the weekend. It
was the Vet National on Saturday as
well as the fundraiser of Motos for
Mom to support cancer research.
The regular fall schedule race was
on Sunday with a good amount of
riders on hand. Walton’s Jamie
Emmrich did exceptionally well
winning his class.
Matt Shannon encountered a little
trouble and now has a possible
broken ankle. We send our best
wishes to him.
Celebrating birthdays in the past
week or so include Brian Huether,
Albrecht Ringgenberg, Rhonda
Ryan, Kim Strome, MaryLou
Driscoll, Maxine Houston, Jason
Shortreed, Vicki Carter, Jaedon
O’Neill, Brent Pryce, Shirley
Skinner, Joelle Glanville, Kim
Humphries Kruse, Daniel Forbes,
James Emmrich, Jamie Mitchell,
Haden Flood, Steve Bowers, David
Grobbink, George Blake, Andrew
Kruse, Sarah Humphries, Cindy
Poland, Justin Shortreed, Tim Fritz,
Katrina Godkin and Brenda Linton.
Young music man
Joseph Flynn of Sebringville competed in the under-nine
fiddling competition and won at the Thresher Reunion.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
Huron Manufacturing
Excellence
Awards 2008
NNOOMMIINNAATTIIOONN DDEEAADDLLIINNEE
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for the 3rd Annual Huron
Manufacturing Excellence Awards.
The Huron Manufacturing Association wants YOU to nominate a
deserving individual or company. Nominations
due September 19, 2008 for the following award categories:
• Junior Manufacturer of the Year
• Youth Integration and Training Award
• Innovative Manufacturing Award
• Innovative Product of the Year
• Corporate Citizenship Award
• Outstanding Associate Member
• Green Leader Award
• Employer of the Year
Contact info@huronmanufacturing.on.ca
to request a nomination form.
ANY MANUFACTURER IN HURON COUNTY IS
ELIGIBLE TO BE NOMINATED.
ANYONE CAN NOMINATE A COMPANY.
Visit www.huronmanufacturing.on.ca
to nominate or find more information.
Join us for our Gala Awards Celebration on November 5th at the
Knights of Columbus Hall in Goderich.
NEWS
FROM WALTON
By Jo-AnnMcDonaldCall 887-6570PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON