The Citizen, 2003-09-03, Page 9THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2003. PAGE 9.
PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
Call
887-6570
Summer holidays are now over
and the kids are back to school. Let’s
all be prepared to slow down and to
stop for the school buses carrying
our excited children.
Many of our young adults are off
to pursue higher learning including
Devon Blake, Fanshawe College;
Darrell McClure, University of
Guelph; Kevin Wilbee, Sir Sandford
Fleming; Jeff Linton and Michael
Beuermann, Ridgetown College;
John Glauser. University of Guelph,
Roseanna Grobbink, University of
Guelph; Gerrid Dalton, Heritage
Bible College, Cambridge and
Brandi Williamson, Brescia College,
London.
Preparing for a departure are
Campbell and Edythe Wey. They
FAS Awareness Day,
Sept. 9 is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Awareness Day; however, the
majority of the population is not
aware that this condition is
extremely common and serious.
Sept. 9. the ninth day of the ninth
month of the year, is the day marked
to remember that during the nine
months of pregnancy, a woman
should not drink alcohol. At no time
during the pregnancy is alcohol safe,
since the fetus is growing all through
the pregnancy and damage can occur
at any time.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a
term used to describe a certain set of
birth defects caused by drinking
alcohol during pregnancy. To be
diagnosed with FAS a person must
have abnormalities in all of the
following areas:
1. Slowed growth: which results
in below normal height and
weight.
2. Certain facial characteristics:
such as short openings between
eyelids, long midface and a lack
of a groove (philtrum) between
the nose and upper lip.
3. Brain damage: which can lead
to learning disabilities,
hyperactivity, anger management
problems and difficulties with
problem solving. Young adults
with FAS commonly face early
school drop out. drug and alcohol
were guests of honour at a farewell
party held at the home of Brian and
Shelley McGavin. Many of their
friends and neighbours enjoyed the
social time.
Campbell and Edythe are planning
a move to Seaforth in the
future.
Also moving are Adam and
Tammy Hamilton and boys Dalton.
Reece and Owen. They are leaving
our tiny village of Walton for a home
near Brussels.
Betty McCall has suffered a fall
and is a patient in Seaforth Hospital.
We wish her a full and speedy
recovery.
Returning from a fantastic trip to
the west with members of her family
is Marie Coutts. She flew to Alberta
with granddaughters Cindy and
Holly.
Driving to Alberta through the
States were Allan and Karen Carter.
They met up at Curt and Pam
(Carter) Cummings’s at Sherwood
Park and had a wonderful time at
their home.
They travelled in the motorhome
to visit Drumheller, the Canmore
area, Banff and Lake Louise.
Cindy returned by air after only
problems, problems finding and
keeping a job, trouble with the
law and mental health problems.
If a person has some but not all of
these symptoms, they may be
diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Effect
(FAE). A child with FAE may not
have all of the symptoms associated
with FAS; however, the ones they
have may be very severe. Both FAS
and FAE are serious lifelong
conditions; an affected individual
will not outgrow the symptoms.
Health Canada estimates that one
to three out of 1,000 babies are bom
with FAS, and FAE is thought to be
two to three times as common. Exact
statistics are impossible, since the
diagnosis of FAS and FAE is quite
difficult.
No one knows how much alcohol a
pregnant woman can safely drink
without affecting the fetus. For this
reason, women who are pregnant or
planning a pregnancy should abstain
from alcohol completely. There is
also no safe time during the
pregnancy when it is safe to drink
alcohol; since the fetus is growing all
through the pregnancy, damage can
occur at any time.
Finally, it is best not to drink while
breastfeeding because alcohol is
passed to the baby through the breast
milk.
Pregnancy and childbirth can be a
one week of holidays, but Allan,
Karen, Marie and Holly travelled
home in the motorhome.
Coming from the west to the
Seaforth/Waiton area were Brian and
Linda Marks from Calgary. They
arrived in time to join many other
family members in an annual family
vacation up north at Falconcrest
campgrounds.
They joined sister Sharon Pryce
and Brian, Brent, Dwayne Pryce and
families and brother Blaine and
Kelly and family for a great week of
camping, swimming, fishing,
waterskiing, tubing and fun.
Also in the same area were other
members of the Pryce family
including Yvonne and Harvey
Hoggart and family and Laurie and
Keith and family.
It was a noisy gathering at the
Walton Inn for lunch when Brian,
Linda and Maxine Marks were
joined by Howard and Audrey
Hackwell and Leona McDonald.
Also dropping in for a chat were
Rick, Jo-Ann and Lee Ann
McDonald and Carmen and Mary
Bernard and Gerald Watson.
Gerald had a chance to update us
on Snoop, the Guinness Book of
Sept. 9
wonderful and rewarding
experience. The choices you make
during pregnancy will affect your
baby for life. A healthy pregnancy is
the best way to help give your baby
a good start.
If you have any questions about
FAS/FAE or alcohol use during
pregnancy, please call the Huron
County Health Unit at 482-3416 or
1-877-837-6143, or call the
Motherisk Helpline at 1-877-
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Records heaviest cat at 43.2 lbs. He
is on a diet and has lost some weight,
but has as well been under the
weather with a boil on his chin.
People from Alberta who had heard
about Snoop from friends in
Goderich called in to see the big cat.
Gerald reports it’s tough living with
a celebrity.
Having an unusual encounter with
an animal was Judy Lee. On her way
to Seaforth early one morning, she
slowed down for the village of
Winthrop. Seeing nothing out of the
ordinary, she began to speed up.
Upon glancing out her driver’s
window, she was startled to see a
horse running alongside the car on
the highway.
Having to do a double take she
was assured there was a horse beside
her.
Showing concern for the horse’s
safety and oncoming motorists, she
stopped to try and get the horse off
the roadway. A carload of young
people also stopped to help and they
were able to guide the horse off the
roadway and into its pasture field
again.
Thanks to these good Samaritans,
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Winthrop avoided what could have
been a serious situation.
Visiting at the McDonald home
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Larson are the parents of Chrissy
Larson Warwick, wife of Rick and
Jo-Ann’s nephew, Mike Warwick.
They are vacationing here in the east
and our cousin Bruce McDonald
played tour guide around this area
for them.
Duff’s United Church will be back
in the swing of things now that Rev.
Joan Tuchlinsky is back from
holidays. They had an enjoyable stay
at a cottage up north and did other
travelling and visiting.
The UCW is meeting tonight at 8
p.m. The special guest speaker is
Joyce Johnson on the topic of
multiple sclerosis. It will also be
toonies for friendship.
The Sunday school will be hosting
a luncheon after church to welcome
back the congregation and the
Sunday school families.
Sunday School also will begin
Sunday.
Birthday babies rounding out
August included Jacob Flood,
Emerson Mitchell, Gloria Wilbee,
Jack McCall, Shawn Flaxband,
Nicole McIntosh, Brad Shortreed,
Viola Traviss, Earl Pennington,
Blaine Hackweli, Charlene
Thompson, Shirley Lillycrop,
Steven Ryan, Brenda Raven, Sharon
Pryce, Bryce Kruse, Rhonda Ryan
and Keith Bachert.
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shed in MeKillop
On Aug. 25 at approximately 11:45
a.m. OPP were called to a residence
on Sawmill Road in MeKillop over a
theft of an ATV.
The victim told police that some
time through the previous day a
person entered an unlocked shed and
drove oil with a green 1997 four-
wheel Kawasaki model 400 Prairie
ATV valued at $7,400.
If you have information that can
lead to the recovery of the stolen
property or the arrest of the person
responsible call the Huron OPP or
Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-
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