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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-05-16, Page 8Four Corners Reception The Huron-Bruce (Federal) Liberal Association would like to invite you to join Paul Steckle, Member of Parliament, and the Honourable Maria Minna, Minister for International Co-Operation (the Minister responsible for CIDA, for Canada's foreign disaster aid commitments and for all federal interaction with the Canada Foodgrains Bank), for a sampling of wines from the four corners of the world. Thursday, May 24th, 2001 at the Blyth Arena (Upstairs) 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Cost: $10 per person For Tickets Call - (519) 523-4497 Notice is hereby given that the Public is invited to the ANNUAL MEETING of Seaforth Community Hospital to be held Monday, June 25, 2001 at 8:00 p.m. in Conference Room 2 of Seaforth Community Hospital for the purpose of receiving the Annual Reports of the Board of Directors and of the officials of the Hospital, for the election of Directors, for the appointment of Auditors, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The By-laws of Seaforth Community Hospital provide that the Board of Directors shall include trustees to be elected by members of the Hospital Corporation. Membership granting voting privileges may be purchased for two dollars before 4:30 p.m., May 25, 2001. Membership sold after that time will not entitle the purchaser to a vote at this Annual Meeting. By resolution of the Board of Directors. Andrew Williams, Secretary By Janice Becker Citizen staff If passing through Walton on a Saturday morning, take a minute to Congratulations to MaryAnn and Henry Grobbink who celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Friday, May 11. The celebration started off at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Brussels at 7 p.m. The service included daughters Veronica, Rosanna, Jennifer and Lori Grobbink making up the choir and singing prayers and solos throughout the service. Darlene Vander Veen and Debbie Siertsema sang the prel- ude and the processional. Stephen Ryan and Dwayne Terpstra were look up and a. flock of racing pigeons returning to their roost might be spotted. Paul Finch of Walton, who has nurtured his interest in birds since scripture readers. There were a few moist eyes as MaryAnn and Henry exchanged vows once again. The service ended with commun- ion being served and the singing of the hymn, Thank You Lord. The celebration continued over at the Brussels arena where family and friends took part in the eating of great food and dancing to great music. Congratulations folks. On behalf of the Walton commu- nity I would like to extend our con- dolences to Helen Brenie and family with the death of Roy, who passed away Sunday night. The funeral for Roy will take place Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Duff's United Church. Check out our WEBSITE at www.northhuron.on.ca TENNIS LESSONS Willi HA I* Tennis Instructor at Bonita Beach Tennis Club, Bonita Springs Florida. Member of Greenhills Tennis Club, Lambeth, Ont. The Huron East Recreation Department will once again be offering tennis lessons for Youth and Adults. EARLY BIRD - every Wednesday evening beginning May 30, 2001 at 7:00-8:30 p.m. Adults 16 and up, 5 lessons for $25.00. - YOUTH BEGINNER - every Thursday morning from 9:00-10:30 a.m. for 10 weeks. YOUTH ADVANCED - every Thursday morning from 10:30-12 noon for 10 weeks. All begin Thursday, June 28, 2001. Registration Fee for the Youth Lessons will be $40.00. ADULT BEGINNER - every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8:00 p.m. for 10 weeks. ADULT ADVANCED - every Wednesday evening from 8:00-9:30 p.m. for 10 weeks. All begin Wednesday, July 4, 2001. Registration Fee for the Adult Lesson will be $50.00. REGISTRATION OR INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING THE HVRON EAST RECREATION OFFICE AT 527-1272 PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2001. Man's hobby is for the birds Ian Wilbee was the greeter at Duff's United Church on May 13, Mother's Day Sunday. The choir' sang Oh Mother God. Following the announcements Joan Tuchlinsky invited Glenda, Daryl and baby Amanda Morrison to the front where Patty Banks present- ed them with a gift from the congre- gation. Then Joan called Kim and Ron Strome to come forward with their baby Sara Jessie to be baptized. Emma, Sara's sister, played an important part of the baptism by helping Joan pour water into the font. After the baptism Joan carried Sara down the aisle introducing her to her church family. Congratulations. Joan's sermon was, Called to Love One Another. Mother's Day began, not by some Hallmark card execu- tive, she said, but by a peace move- ment begun by Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War. She wrote The Mother's Day Proclamation as a call to a Day of Counsel for women to gather in protest of war. In her proclamation she chal- lenged women to make the decision to love, not only their husbands and sons but those of other countries and in fact, the entire human family. There are no qualifications or requirements; no 'unless or buts'. She called the women to love every- one, no matter what their actions, their ideologies, their differences. This is where Mother's Day began and this call is as important today as it was in 1860, she said. When Joan and her husband Brian attended their marriage encounter weekend in 1987 they were told that love is a decision. They decided that they would love in spite of how they may feel at the moment. It is what Jesus called his disciples to do in the from Mark reading that Marie McGavin gave. "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you In this commandment Jesus is ask- ing his disciples to live with the same familiar intimacy that marks his relationship with God. It is not a `feel good' kind of love. It is one that demands hard choices and some- times has consequences that are dif- ficult. For Jesus, choosing to have an inclusive love that demanded abun- dant life for all, meant death. It is this kind of love that Jesus is calling them to; this kind of love that will mark them as disciples, she said. FROM WALTON Ian Wilbee greets at Duff's Flying home Paul Finch of Walton takes pride in his flock of racing pigeons, already winners having taken two club firsts last season and off to a good start this year. his teens, has realized a certain degree of success in the arena of pigeon racing. Now that the 2001 racing season has begun, Finch hopes to be even more successful than last year. Last fall, Finch's birds finished first, second and third in the 254.325 kilometre race from Cobourg. On the same day, he had two racers make it home in time to earn —second and fourth from an Oshawa race, 198.260 kilometres. Finch's birds were also the first to finish from his club, the Lucan Pigeon Club, in the Oshawa and Cobourg races. The pigeons also raced from St. Jerome, PQ, a distance of more than 622 kilometers and they will fly 750 kilometres from Grand Mere this season. Though he began raising and fly- ing his birds three years ago, Finch says last year was his first real year for racing. "You have to be set up in one loca- tion so the birds•know where to fly home." Finch had moved three times over a short period, making it difficult to train the pigeons. Now settled in Walton, he has had that opportunity, with his Twin Lofts established. One of the keys to training fliers he says, is to always take their roost with him. The basics of a pigeon race include clocking the the birds' tags prior to departure, usually from the home site. The birds are transported to the race start the following morning then the tags are once again punched into the clock upon the return to the roost. Winners are determined by calcu- lating average speed as all contest- ants would have different distances to fly. Good fliers travel at 40 to 60 kilometres per hour, says Finch. "There are some amazingly short times for them to get back." Though as many as 25 birds can be entered into amy one race, only the first three can be clocked. Finch expects to enter 10 in the short races and up to 18 in the longer distances, his favourite events. Finch races his birds every week- end with the season running from April to October.