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Raceway welcomes students
We’ve had a change in the weather
with cooler nights, but still nice and
warm days, at least at the start of the
week. Chances of rain dominated
the rest of the week but held off
nicely until Friday night.
Lots of farmers were hard at it
getting both white beans and
soybeans off, spreading fertilizer,
planting wheat, cutting corn for
silage and others were working
wheat ground with chisel plows or
vertical tillage equipment. There has
been lots of activity and lots of
equipment on the roads making for
long days for many.
Congratulations to John and
Ruthie Uyl on becoming first-time
grandparents. Their daughter
Hannah and husband Jacob Nonkes
have welcomed a beautiful baby
boy, Liam. He is also welcomed to
the Nonkes family by grandparents
Eric and Gina Nonkes.
Congratulations to all.
It was a celebration of 25 years of
marriage on the weekend for Rick
and Naomi Knight. The families of
the couple gathered in St. Agatha to
enjoy a meal and social time. Rick is
the son of Leslie and Yvonne
Knight. Rick and Naomi have two
sons, Will and Andrew, and they live
in Richmond Hill. Congratulations
to Rick and Naomi.
The building at the Walton Ball
Park had a “facelift” on the weekend
with the installation of new shingles.
The work crew of the Walton
Brewers fastball team gathered and
made short work of the project after
the weather cleared on Saturday.
Great job men!
The Walton Raceway had a busy
week with students from Seaforth
Public School at the challenge
course. There was almost 60 Grade 7
and 8 students enjoying the course,
working separately and as teams.
They also held another open practice
on the weekend after all with a
smaller turnout, so the track is not
quite closed. They are hoping to
have another open practice in mid-
October if the weather co-operates
before they call it quits for the year.
Judy Emmrich and Glenda
Morrison spent a week away in Salt
Lake City, Utah. They attended the
convention on doTerra oils. They sat
in on presentations and lectures to
learn about new products, heard
about new partnerships and
important information bout the
doTerra products. They had a great
time and enjoyed the trip and
meeting new people from across the
U.S. and Canada. There were
thousands of people attending and
they had interesting conversations
with many different folks.
Celebrating birthdays this past
week to finish September were Bill
Gulutzen, Crystal McCallum, Nancy
Schmeltzer, Michael Bernard,
Elaine D. Brown, Ron Clarke,
Kassidy Eckert, MacKenzie
Hackwell, Brittney Pryce, Tom
Williamson, Bryn deVos, Mary
Bradshaw, Lorren Poland and Gary
Williamson. October will start off
with Fannie Somers, Cindy Carter,
Mary Ann Grobbink, W. Doug
Mitchell, Annette McCutcheon,
Helen Craig, Gerry Rijkhoff and
Michelle Dalton. Happy birthday to
all.
NEWS
FROM WALTON
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
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PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
Putting in time
Last week Huron East staff and council held their seventh
annual fundraising barbecue for the United Way in
Seaforth, raising just over $1,100. Councillors Gloria
Wilbee, left, and Ray Chartrand, right, were among those
who chipped in that day. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Huron East Council to fast-track website replacement
Due to the age and fading
functionality of its municipal
website, Huron East Council is fast-
tracking the development of a
replacement.
Council discussed issuing a
request for proposals (RFP) for a
new website earlier this month with
a budget between $20,000-$30,000.
Huron East Treasurer Paula
Michiels said technology has
evolved significantly since the
municipality’s last website was
designed in 2010.
In addition, staff has been forced
into work-arounds for the current
website to use it effectively, a
strategy that won’t last for long, she
said.
While the update will bring the
Huron East website into the modern
day, Michiels said she also hopes it
will improve the user experience for
residents and allow them to do more
online.
“The redesigned website should
have a theme promoting the
municipality with a friendly and
professional feel, incorporating its
agricultural, manufacturing, heritage
and tourism activities,” Michiels said
in her report. “It should also provide
easy access to municipal services,
policies, publications and programs;
be adaptable to current and
changing technology, provide user-
friendly content management
capability for staff and be
used as a public communication
tool.”
Michiels also said she hoped the
new website would allow residents
to make certain types of payments
online, which would coincide
with how many are doing business
and paying their bills these days.
“The municipality would like the
redesigned site to streamline the
search for public services,
investment opportunities, tourist
attractions/experiences, current
business and property profile
information, in addition, support e-
government transactions, such as
online permits, online forms and
applications, online payments and a
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
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