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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2019-02-28, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019. Weather knocks out power, results in road closure It is windy, windy, windy, now snowy, still windy and now dark, as I sit and write on Sunday evening. The hydro went out around 9:30 p.m. but at least I could still work on the computer. We felt badly for the hard-working hydro men out working in such terrible weather to restore the power. We were only out an hour, but I am sure many more were out longer. There were times during the late afternoon that we could hardly see the shed because of the driving snow. Morning comes and another day of school cancellations, road closures and events. Another blow of wintery weather! The weather was the cause of an accident on Blyth Road on Sunday around lunch time. A tractor trailer blew over on its side in the strong winds. It was quite a job to get the rig upright again thanks to the brave the men working in the windy conditions. Congratulations to Curtis and Michelle Verstoep on the birth of a son on the weekend. Daxton Curtis will be spoiled by grandparents Christine and Brad Knight, Rob Smith and Hugh and Pearl Verstoep. Congratulations to all! Returning from a trip to San Antonio, Texas are Judy Emmrich and three friends. They were away a week and report it was a nice trip. They kept busy checking out some of the sights of the area. Most exciting was the return to Ontario on Sunday evening and the terrible drive from Kitchener to Walton in the storm. Welcome back Judy! Neil McGavin was on his yearly winter camping trip a week or so ago. The group of 12 friends travelled to Algonquin Park for a few days away. They will admit they have changed from sleeping in tents to a warm and comfortable lodge, complete with sauna, as the years have passed. They spend a lot of time snowshoeing the trails of the area, going as far as four or five kilometres each day. For some that doesn’t sound very far, but remember, most of these men are over 70 and are still out enjoying the fresh air and physical activities. Good stuff men! Snowmobilers out there had about a week to enjoy the trails last week and the groomer tried to keep the trails in shape. The trail no longer goes by our place, but I could tell by the road crossings that it was being used. Unfortunately, the mild weather and rain during the early part of the weekend, will have brought a stop again to the sport right now. The blizzard conditions of late Sunday and Monday will hopefully bring enough snow for them to be busy again. Congratulations to Bridget McCallum on her achievement of Reserve Champion at the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies convention in Toronto last week. She received recognition for her chocolate chip cookies. She had shown them at the Brussels Fall Fair and they were then chosen to go on to the competition in Toronto. Congratulations to Bridget! The Cranbrook Dart Club had another nasty night for play, but 20 managed to brave the weather to come. Team One of George Zwep, Gayle Speiran and Jane Zwep managed to win four games for the night. Team Five of Brad Speiran and Pat Gillis also managed four wins. Team Eight of Lucas Keffer, Kathy Workman and John Gillis kept pace with four wins as well. Rita Bowers and Annette Lewington played very well and beat their husbands two games but lost the luck when playing Brad and Pat and were skunked! The high lady shot of the night was by Maria Boettcher hitting 93 and for the men, Lucas hit 100! Hopefully the bad weather is behind us on Wednesday nights for the rest of the season. I can report what I thought was an unusual sight last week. I was delivering mail and saw a flock of black birds or crows sitting in the field. But I noticed one had a white head, then a second one had a white head. Then the flock took off and I noticed they were not all blackbirds, but two bald eagles flying with them. Maybe that is common, but I thought it was strange! Neil McDonald’s visit is over and he went back to Vancouver. He had to suffer through some nasty weather, enjoyed a birthday dinner with his Aunt Peg and some old friends. He will be back again in the spring. Celebrating birthdays this past week were Shawna Terpstra, Helen Brenie, Kathy Clark, Tyler Williamson, Steve Knight, Kevin McNaughton, Bruce McDonald, Tamara Williamson, Chris Lee, Carly Terpstra, Emily Cousins, Terry Nichol, Andrew Black and Beverly Stevenson. Happy birthday to all! NEWS FROM WALTON By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 PEOPLE AROUND WALTON Spring O’Laughing-Lympix Everyone was having a great time at the Spring O’Lympix event held at the Brussels Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion on Saturday. The annual event challenges the skills of contestants to perform in various, hilarious activities. From left: Nanci Ducharme, Julena Pipe, Lisa Glanville and Jamie Mitchell. (Hannah Dickie photo) Branch holds ‘Spring O’Lympix’ Continued from page 2 Ken hitting 108. Darts start at 8 p.m. on Thursday evenings for anyone to come out and play. The Catch the Ace draw on Friday evening had a nice crowd around for the draw and all hoped to be the big winner. The weekly winner was Cathy (Sholdice) Fischer of P.E.I. She wins $500 and she chose envelope #42 to find the 10 of clubs. The jackpot will grow again to an estimated $10,400 for the draw on March 1. Saturday evening the Branch held the first annual “Spring O’Lympix”. With only four teams arriving to play, it didn’t take long to move through the six different events. A lot of laughs and hilarious situations seemed to arise for the participants. All enjoyed the evening with the eventual winners being Zoey Onn and Patti VanderMeer. There may have been only eight competitors but over 30 enjoyed cheering them on. Hopefully next year, there will be more “athletes “ to participate. The Remembrance Day banners that are available for families to purchase in memory of loved ones, are to be ordered by the end of March. Those who are interested or want more information are asked to call the Branch as soon as possible. The banners will hang on the light standards on main street during the Remembrance Day period every year and then hang in the Branch the rest of the year. Call the Branch today 519-887-6562. The Progressive euchre is undergoing a few changes for this week’s play, so we hope everyone will be happy with the new format. Euchre begins at 1 p.m. on March 2. Youth Winter Sports Pages The Citizen Coaches and parents ~ we need your team’s picture and players’ names 1. Please submit team photo A.S.A.P. 2. Please include players’ and coaches’ names for under the photo. Please help us get ALL the Winter Sports teams published. 413 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 info@northhuron.on.ca