HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-07-05, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2007. PAGE 11.
Wayne, myself and our
family were among the many who
attended the 40th anniversary
celebration of Terry and Ann
(Leishman) Bauer, near
Whitechurch this past Satur-
day.
The couple was married in
Victoria Street United Church with
Terry’s brother, Wayne and Ann’s
sister Jean as witnesses.
Everything was decorated
beautifully and the food was
excellent.
While there was plenty to be
excited about, seeing a full pig,
that had been roasting on a spit
for hours, being carried in on
the shoulders of two strong men,
was a particularly memorable
sight.
Among the guests was family
from South Carolina, Kitchener,
Guelph, Wiarton, Watford, London,
Milverton, Kinlough and Walkerton
and points closer to home.
Attending from the Brussels area
were Mervyn and Donna Bauer
as well as Huron East councillor Orville Bauer, his wife,Ruth and their son. We had a great visit with these folks as we don’t see much of the Bauer cousins anymore.It was a lovely casual eveningwith time spent around the fire pit.We all wish the happy coupleanother 40 years, and as young as they both are, it’s entirely
possible.
Happy anniversary, and many
more.
Ann’s sister, and former
bridesmaid, Jean Kennedy of the
Londesborough area, will be a new
bride herself as she and Doug
Vincent, also of the area, are to be
married soon.
The couple plans to stay in the
area.
All the best to them both.
By Reba Jefferson
Wawanosh Gardening 4-H held its
sixth meeting on Friday, June 29 at
6:30 p.m. at the Jeffersons.
President Meagan Higgins opened
the meeting with the motto. Jeanette
Schramm took attendance.
Meagan led roll call. Members
showed a picture of plants with
interesting uses such as aloe vera,
the sap of which can relieve pain.
The leaders put the members in
groups and the groups matched up
the plants and their special use.
Members read about other
interesting uses for plants and
poisonous plants. A lot of plants are
poisonous when eaten such as
oleander, English ivy, and the bulbs
of tulips and daffodils. Mary Ellen
talked about air purifying plants
such as spider plants and many
others.
Members were asked to report on
their special projects. Many had a lot
of success and others did not. They
tried many different projects.
Jolande Oudshoorn made a potato
head, Jillian Martin tried a pineapple
plant, and Joselin Andrews made a
desert garden.
Ellen Jefferson led a balloon-
popping trivia game. The club was
split into two groups and they had to
answer the question correctly to pop
the next balloon.
Members had a great time and
learned a lot.
Mary Ellen passed out the
Lucknow flower show schedule for
their achievement. Members are to
enter at least two items in the youth
section.
Meagan ended the meeting with
the 4-H song.
The ladies of the Walkerburn Club
met at the home of Christena Gross
on June 11, with Bernice Norman as
acting chairperson.
Bernice opened the meeting with a
reading about The Young Widow
and interesting readings from
tombstones. Bernice followed this
with prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
was repeated in unison.
Betty Archambault read the
minutes, followed by the roll call,
which was answered by the six
members present with their plans for
this summer. Ila Cunningham gave
the treasurer’s report, showing a nice
balance for the charity work.
The club members will be
travelling to Restview Retirement
Home on July 17, to sing old-time
songs with the residents. Those
going are to meet at the cemetery at
1:40 p.m. to carpool and each
member is asked to bring a few
cookies with them.
Ila Cunningham was in charge of
the program. She read a warning
about keeping hand sanitizer out of
the reach of children. One four year
old became very sick and the doctors
couldn’t find out what was wrong
with her, until the teacher arrived
and told the family, that the other
children had seen her licking her
hands after cleaning her hands with
a hand sanitizer.
Ila also read about hummingbirds.
They are amazing little birds that
take 250 breaths per minute. Their
nest is two inches in diameter.
The place and date for the
September meeting will be
announced at a later date. Pat
Hunking will be in charge of the
lunch and Christena Gross will be
taking care of the program.
Christena Gross served a lunch of
fruit cocktail cake, tea and coffee. A
social time was enjoyed by all
present.
Short-term plans for Centre
The pitch
June Patterson takes her best shot as she competes in the
horseshoe games during Blyth Legion fun day on Saturday.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
Continued from page 7
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environment has moved to the
forefront of many people’s minds as
of late. Blaney knows that it’s
crucial that people do their part, but
he says that the big players need to
do their part to affect the
environment on a grand scale.
“To be effective on a larger scale,
it’s a business and if we want to get
rid of some of the things that are
causing adverse environmental
impacts, like coal burning or the use
of petroleum products,” he said.
“It would be nice if we could do it
on our own and solve the problem,
but the way the world is set up is that
we can’t quite do it that way now. So
we are going to have to rely on
larger companies and bigger
projects. That doesn’t mean that
people can’t do their own thing, but
it means, to solve the bigger
problem, we’re going to have to rely
on bigger companies.”
With the future of the environment
uncertain, Blaney does have some
short-term plans for the centre,
things he would like to see
happening in Brussels soon.
“We’d like to have some
demonstration projects; a little
micro-hydro project someplace a
wind project someplace, a solar
project someplace,” he said.
“Seeing is believing,” van der
Meer agrees.
“We would love to convince the
municipality to put up some solar
street lamps; things that people can
go and see how it works for
themselves.”
Blaney equates the current era of
renewable energy technology to the
era of the inception of Volkswagen.
“When Volkswagen first came
out, people who had them would
wave to one another. There was a
sense that you were doing
something new, something
important in ecological terms and in
personal terms. There was the fact
that it was new and it was a
challenge and it was a little
exciting,” he said.
“It’s refreshing to know that you
can still do something new, you can
still make a contribution and you
can still be surprised.”
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