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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1996-07-10, Page 9Travelling across the world Chris Stewart, second from left, and Pauline Stewart received donations from the Blyth Legion and Blyth Lions for their Lions Youth Exchange program which will take them to Australia and Finland, respectively. Each student receives $950 towards their travels.Brad Montgomery, left, represents the Legion while Dave Cook does the honours for the Lions Club. Council approves demolition Compiled by June Fothergill Phone 523-4360 44 Shobbrooks gather for 61st annual reunion gout /adtj FASHIONS 43 Albert St. Clinton 482-7872 All Spring & Summer FASHIONS UP TO Fashions by •Koret 'Mr. Leonard "Carey Petites *Hollywood •Pantel OPM *Conrad C 'Proportion Petites 41 SOMMER SIDEWALK SALE off THREE BIG DAYS! THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, JULY,11-12-13 Proud page Christie Warwick of RR1, Bluevale had lots of good times and memorable experiences after spending five weeks as a page at the Ontario legislature. Huron MPP Helen Johns poses with Christie. Games • (rafts • Songs • Snacks • Bible Stories For more information call Deb at 523-9373 Place: Ages 4, 5 & 6 at the Blyth Christian Reformed Church Grades 2 - the Blyth Arena Dates: Mon., July 22 - Fri., July 26, 1996 Time: 9:00 -11:30 a.m. Sponsored by: Blyth United Church, Blyth Christian Reformed Church & Blyth Church of Cod THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1996 PAGE 9. The news from ondesboro Forty-four members attended the 61st Shobbrook annual reunion held at the Clinton Lions Park on July 7. President Doris Andrews welcomed everyone. One minute silence was observed in memory of family members no longer with the family. Grace was sung and a delicious lunch was enjoyed by all. Doris Andrews conducted the business portion of the reunion. The minutes of the 1995 reunion were read. Correspondence was read from Pearl and Bill Harris. It was moved by Angela McFay- den and seconded by Darlene Shobbrook that a reunion be held on July 6, 1997. It was decided to hold the picnic at the Clinton Lions Park again. Beth Knox presented the list of officers for 1997 as follows: president couple, Paul and Julie Jackson; vice president couple, Gordon and Darlene Shobbrook; secretary-treasurer, Thelma Ellerby; sports, Brad Shobbrook; nominating, Verna Gibbings. Paul and Kelly Andrews con- ducted the sports. The oldest person present was Vera Gibbings and the youngest was Quinn Rae Shob- brook. Brad Shobbrook of Dundas was the person coming from the farthest distance. The races were won by Thomas Hemingway, Joseph Hemingway, Ryan Sjaarda, Shayne Andrews, Laura Jackson and Kristen McFayden. Theresa Knox won the ladies' kick the slipper contest and Mark Sjaarda won the contest for the men. Other games played were won by Joan Sifton, Bessie McBride and Gordon Shobbrook. Family members were present from Dundas, Greensville, Wood- stock, Cambridge, London and the surrounding areas. Continued from page 2 ment which would let a property owner tear down a dangerous building now, but have up to two years to rebuild the same size building on the same location. The old building, attached to The Ark, belongs to George McWhirter and has been a concern to council because of its decrepit state. McWhiner was willing to disman- tle the building but because of zon- ing, would only be able to rebuild the same size building immediate- ly. He was unable, at this time, to undertake construction. Council agreed the two-year time period would be acceptable if the building is removed immediately. "The main thing is to get it down before some- Continued from page 1 metre over a 7.5 per cent increase. The roads being handed over to the county include Highway 87 from Highway 86 to the Wellington County boundary; Highway 83, from Highway 21 to the Perth body gets hurt," White said. *** Because the August meeting falls on the Civic Holiday Monday, the meeting will be held instead on Tuesday, Aug. 6. County boundary, and Highway 84 from Highway 21 to Highway 4. Not included are the connecting links through Hensall, Zurich and Exeter. At this point, Lawson said, the province hasn't announced what it will do with these. Bluevale youth fills page role County assumes highways By Janice Becker >miles, giggles and a lot of fun times. It is no surprise Christie War- wick, daughter of Marianne and Glen Warwick of RR1, Bluevale was voted 'Sweetest Honey' by her fallow pages when she spent five weeks at the Ontario Legislature recently. Christie is the type of youth whose contributions balance those of others more often heard of in the nightly news. She is smart, main- taining an 80+ per cent average in school; active, involved in Sparks, Brownies, skating, stepdancing, gymnastics, two 4-H clubs, swim- ming, baseball, and will be assist- ing younger campers at the summer Pathfinder camp and she babysits. It may have been these many attributes which brought an invita- tion to apply for the page program from her teacher at Tumberry Cen- tral Public School, Mrs. Marina Reed. "They were looking for well- rounded kids for the program, not just ones with really high marks," says Christie's mother, Marianne. Christie was selected to be one of 24 pages from across the province who served as messengers and aids at the provincial legislature from May 27 to June 28. The process began in December with the application, selection in late January then orientation in February. Though the students missed the last month of school, they were tutored in French, math and legisla- tive procedure while in Toronto. Though some of her duties were boring, such as delivering water to thirsty MPPs, Christie says debat- ing the smoking act amendment was a lot of fun as were the shop- ping trips to the Eaton Centre, the visit to SkyDome and the Old Spaghetti FaCtory. The toughest task was memorizing the seating arrangement for all 130 members of parliament. For a small town girl with no pre- vious experience in Toronto, the thought of riding a subway train can be rather daunting, but for Christie, her only memorable inci dent was shared by more than 50 other passengers. Staying in Mississauga with rela- tives, Christie and a fellow page had a long subway ride to the legis- lature early each rr orning and an evening ride back after finishing duties at 6 p.m. One such evening, after the fully loaded car passed through the sta- tion; allowing passengers off and then proceeding into the tunnel, it came to a stop with no warning. After some time, another passenger in Christie's car rang for the engi- neer to find out what the hold up was. A surprised engineer came to the car, asking why everyone was still aboard. The train was out of service. It was later discovered the end-of-the-line had been an- nounced at the last station, but the speaker in that one, fully-loaded car was out of order. In spite of the subway incident, Christie says she and her family, who came to tour the parliament buildings, had a great time. She also says Helen Johns, MPP for Huron, was very nice and help- ful while she was Toronto. "Everyone treated us well and let us act just like regular kids." Christie is also the granddaughter of John and Bridget Groot of Hay Twp.