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Stephenson marks 90th birthday with celebrations
The last week before school starts
has flown by quickly. As I look
around, I see all the jobs I meant to
get done this summer and haven’t.
They always say the jobs will be
there tomorrow and they are right! A
definite sign that summer is over is
the arrival of a bus in my yard!
When the paper comes out, we
will have two days of school and
driving done; excited faces, new
students and getting back into the
routine of sitting down on the bus.
Driving the bus keeps a driver
busy watching for traffic, oncoming
and behind the bus, obeying speed
and traffic signs, watching for
slower traffic, slow-moving farm
machinery on roads, animals
crossing and making sure children
are sitting in their seats. The safest
place for students is in the seats and
sitting, if involved in an accident.
Standing up can cause more injuries
due to being thrown into other seats,
other students, windows or out of the
bus. Please talk with your children
and remind them to obey the rules of
the bus and the driver. It is for their
safety they get to school and home
again. Drivers need to watch the
road to keep your children safe.
To temper the happiness of
sending children back to school, I
will also remind folks, it is only four
months until Christmas! Time to
start shopping!
Congratulations to Gord and
Joanne Machan on the arrival of
their third grandchild. Happy parents
welcoming a baby boy, called
William, are John and Julie Kreis.
Big sisters to be little helpers are
Lily and Cassie. Congratulations to
all.
Our get-well wishes go out to my
friend Lily Fincham. Lily
unfortunately has suffered a broken
hip and has had a hip replacement
last week. She is in Wingham
Hospital at the time of writing and
we hope she comes along quickly to
be able to come home.
Birthday girl Nora Stephenson has
been a busy lady with dinners,
parties and lunches. A trio of ladies
who celebrate together every year
travelled to Bayfield for a day
together and lunch. They dined at the
Albion Hotel and enjoyed each
others’ company. Enjoying the drive
and time were Jean Davidson, Janet
Haertel and birthday girl Nora!
It was then a family affair with
daughter Dianne, husband Mark,
granddaughter Katie and Nora
travelling to Stratford to enjoy
dinner at Swiss Chalet. She reports it
was a lovely birthday dinner.
A group of ladies we called the
“Cranbrook bunch” gathered at JR’s
to celebrate with Nora on Thursday.
Merle McIntosh from Listowel and
Yvonne Knight, Betty Knight, Dona
Knight and Isabel Wheeler enjoyed
lunch. The ladies then went to
Isabel’s for cake and ice cream. The
party continued on with another
family celebration on Saturday.
Members of the Stephenson family
gathered and had a great time
celebrating the milestone of 90 years
young with Nora.
The last “Little Bugs” camp was
held at the Edge of Walton this past
week. They are for children between
the ages of four and seven and they
are fantastic. The three-day camp
includes scavenger hunts, turtle
rescue, fishing, frog catching, low
ropes course, crafts, games and bike
riding and more. My four
grandchildren attended an earlier
camp and they loved it! They had a
good turnout for the last week and
they look forward to next year’s
program. Watch in February for
early sign-up.
We send our get-well wishes and
improved health to Jerry Zwep. He
has had some health issues and been
in hospital for a few days. He is
home now and continues his
recovery. We hope he continues to
do well.
Brussels has been on the map
again with the theft of a beer truck
that was found in our area. It was
obvious that something was going
on when I could hear the sirens of
police cars speeding by our home.
We are not that close to the road, but
they were clear as a bell, with the
windows closed. Going outside to
see, we could hear the whine of the
speeding vehicles long before seeing
the vehicles, nine in total.
The RTM North building,
formerly Dauphin’s, is completed
and things are moving in for the
company to continue and expand.
Good luck to them.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week were Steve Eckert, Bryce
Kruse, Sharon Pryce, Brenda Raven,
Jocelyn Tipple, Tim Wharton, Brian
Huether, Albrecht Ringgenberg,
Rhonda Ryan and Kim Strome to
end August. We kick September off
with Mary Lou Driscoll, Vicki
Carter, Jaedon O’Neill, Brent Pryce,
Shirley Skinner, Gabriella Warwick
Sanchez, Joelle Glanville, Kim
Kruse and Daniel Forbes. Happy
birthday to all.
NEWS
FROM WALTON
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
Strumming a tune
The patio at the Brussels Farmers’ Market at the Four Winds
Barn was the place to be on Friday afternoon. Ron Allin was
strumming some tunes while barn owner Bryan Morton, not
shown, cooked corn on the cob over a fire nearby. (Denny Scott
photo)
The Brussels Community
Development Trust has purchased a
new digital sign for the Brussels
Medical Dental Centre and is
looking for community support for
the project.
John Lowe, Huron East councillor
and member of the trust, said the
decision to replace the sign was
made earlier this summer, with the
new sign being ordered in late June.
However, the trust is now turning to
local service groups and hopefully
residents of the Brussels area to help
lighten the load of financing the
expenditure.
The original sign, Lowe said, pre-
dates amalgamation, meaning it’s
nearly 20 years old. It had begun to
falter and then died earlier this year.
The sign, which is used to display
the current temperature and list
community events and news, has
been missed since its demise, Lowe
said, which is what led the trust to
seek to replace it.
After seeking prices, they settled
on a Seaforth company that could
replace the sign for just under
$18,000, which doesn’t include
installation. It was ordered earlier
this summer and should be installed
this fall.
Not only will the new sign
purchase bring back the digital
community billboard to Brussels, but
in the last 20 years, technology has
advanced significantly. The previous
sign was connected to a computer
within the centre, while the new one
will be controlled remotely, making
it much more convenient to post
events and other news.
Lowe said that the sign
replacement is just the latest in a
long line of projects the trust has
taken on in recent years, including
the replacement of logs at the
Brussels Dam, the new mural
downtown, the purchase of a new
cooler at the Brussels, Morris and
Grey Community Centre and work
at the village’s butterfly garden,
among others.
For those looking to be involved or
to donate to the sign replacement,
contact Lowe at 519-887-9799 or by
e-mail at jlowe@huroneast.com.
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