HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-07-26, Page 16A week makes such a difference
around the village of Walton
sometimes.
The new addition at Dauphin’s has
come along wonderfully and has that
quaint old-fashioned general store
look about it. It really suits the
village.
The old barn at the Jackson place is
being demolished.
Welcome to new residents to the
village, Joe and Sheila McClelland
and Charlene Little. There are around
six houses for sale in the village, so I
expect we may see many new faces in
the future.
Gloria Wilbee is recovering from a
broken collarbone. She actually
broke it about a month ago but is still
in the recovery mode.
Scott Mcdonald has suffered a knee
injury, but is coming along nicely.
Elva Brown is home from hospital
and is also coming along.
Bob Dalton is now a patient in
Wingham hospital and is doing well.
Golf was on the agenda this week.
The foursome of Brenda Linton,
Mary Bernard, Val Shortreed and I
took to the links at Wingham golf
course. We were taking advantage of
a prize the four of us had won at a
Wingham curling bonspiel. The word
amateur is an understatement in
describing our abilities. Mary was the
best of the group, having golfed a few
times before. The rest of us hadgolfed as well, but not often enoughto be any good.After most of us shooting 10 ormore on the first hole, we knew it wasgoing to be a long nine holes.For the most part we enjoyed itimmensely and only lost one ball. Weplayed every inch of the fairways tothe far left and far right and only had
to let one group play through. We had
a great many laughs when a good
drive went about 15 yards and putting
out a hole was done in less than five
shots.
Needless to say after close to two
hours, and competing six holes – we
agreed it was time to quit.
We had a good time, but don’t
expect to see us out golfing very
often.
There were a lot better golfers on
the links at Listowel’s celebrity golf
tournament last week. Hay’s of
Listowel entered a team with Greg
Ducharme and Jim MacDonald being
among them. They had a good time.
Celebrities included Cory Perry of
the Annaheim Ducks and curler Russ
Howard.
From golf to motocross and young
Caden Lee. Brett and Caden Lee
decided to go to Western Fair
Raceway to watch the flat track races
last Friday evening. They were
wandering through the crowd when
they ran into Randy Collins of Hully
Gully, the Ultimate Toy Store. Randy
asked Caden if he would like to ride
in the half-time show. What little boy
would say no, so he was off to get
fitted with proper gear and to get his
50 cc. motobike and ride, with a
crowd of nearly 4,000 in the stands.
Young Caden did very well,
finishing fourth in the race. What a
unexpected turn of events for a very
happy boy.
Returning from a great bus trip to
the east coast were Ed and MarySalverda. They were away two weeksand saw sights in Ottawa, QuebecCity, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,Prince Edward Island and Montreal.Mary reports PEI was beautiful.They saw the Reversing Falls,Magnetic Hill, the RCMP MusicalTattoo and Pier 21 at the Harbour.The latter is an important place to
many Europeans as this was where
they landed when they immigrated to
Canada.
They also saw the home of Anne of
Green Gables and a theatre
production of the same name.
They went out on a lobster boat
where the lobster was caught and
cooked. They enjoyed dining on it.
Nature is always a wondrous thing,
and this week, a family of wild
turkeys caught the interest of many.
On Walton Road many have had the
pleasure of seeing a mother turkey
with her six babies, grazing in a small
field. The passing traffic doesn’t
seem to disturb them greatly and
many people have stopped to see the
young family.
At night they have been seen
crossing the road and heading into
the bush, only to return in the
morning to the small field. It will be
interesting to see how long they stay
around.
Off to enjoy the theatre were Anne
Ryan and Marilyn McDonald to
Drayton Festival last week. They
went to see The Ladies of Broadway.
It is a musical, starring the Mantini
sisters. They perform Broadway
songs including a Gershwin tribute,
an Ethel Merman tribute, Gypsy
medley, great Broadway trio songs, a
Rodgers and Hammerstein tribute
and music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Motocross is just around the corner
for the Village of Walton, when the
last race of the Pro-National series
runs on Aug. 19. The Transcan beginsWednesday, Aug. 15 with riders andfamilies arriving to the Lee farm onTuesday for the four-day amateurportion of the racing. Confirmationpackages have been sent to the near-450 entrants and are included in theHuron County Tourism Guide, theHuron East Doors Open program, theBrussels Merchant Directory as well
as a surprise announcement for the
area.
Crop advisor Ken says the wheat is
running well and most farmers are
into the fields.
Birthdays celebrated last week
include Sharon Godkin, Kelly Boven,
Sherry McCall, Emma Shortreed,
Curtis Ryan, Andrew van Vliet,
Karen McDonald Calhoun, Jim
Blake, Dianne Flood, Corrinna
Strong, Ken Williamson, Anne
Williamson, Andrea Taylor, Brad
Fraser, Laura Godkin, Alivia McCall
MacBain and Charles Gulutzen.
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At the diamonds in Walton this
week, the Walton Brewers fastball
team played three times.
Game one was Tuesday evening
against the Brussels Tigers. Paul
Dolmage took the mound for the
first four innings and gave up the
three runs that the Tigers scored.
Scott Leonhardt pitched the final
three innings giving up zero runs.
The Brewers bats did well with
Dolmage going three for three and
Darryl Houston going two for three
with a solid triple. The Brewers
scored five runs for a final score of
5-3, for the Brewers.
The Brewers hit the diamond on
Sunday afternoon for a double
header against the Goderich Gators.
In game one Dolmage was on the
hill for four innings and Leonhardt
for the final three. Leonhardt and
Jamie Pearn each had home runs and
Darryl Houston went three for three
in the 7-4 victory.
In game two, Leonhardt pitched
the entire game giving up three
unearned runs on five errors in the
fourth inning.
The Brewers started the game
strong, scoring four runs in the first
Good week has
Brewers in first
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