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The Citizen, 2004-08-26, Page 8Like a good neighbor! Only your newspaper is there when you want and need it. Look in it for tips about gardening, lawn care, hob- bies, garage sales and all the other important news to your life and lifestyle. Your Newspaper: The Link to Your Community! BRUSSELS SKATING CLUB CAN SKATE & POWERSKATING REGISTRATION NIGHTS Thursday, Sept. 9, 7-9 pm BMG Arena and at the Brussels Fall Fair September 21 & 22 Contact: Jacquie at 887-8302 or Corrie at 887-9820 r "IF Mr 'V' NI "IF "IF Mr "IF MP' NV Thank You to Maplena Farms PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2004. Mert and Doreen Hackwell were busy last week with grandchildren Mackenzie, five and Aiden, four, who were enjoying holidays at their home. It's a change in pace having little ones around for a week. Home for a visit was Mark McNichol from the west. He attended the McClory Hugill wedding and checked out a Walton. Brewers game. He made the rounds of seeing family and friends before returning home again. Belated congratulations go out to Larry and Myrtle Badley on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniversary. Congratulations also to Abe and Frances Vanderveen on celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Attending a dinner at Fireside Cafe were family Sylvia of Auburn, George of Lucknow, Andy, Jeannette of Blyth and Robert at home, along with their families and some friends for approximately 40 attendees. Son Frank was home in the spring and was unable to be home at this time. Congratulations to the Vanderveens. Neil McGavin was the guest speaker at the Middlesex County Cattlemen's Association barbecue held at Popular Hill last week. Home visiting Margery Frazer was daughter Carolyn Sullivan last week. A correction, daughter Dianne's last name is Blake not Black as printed last week. Come out and support the 77th annual Huron County plowing match this Friday, being held at Varna on the farm of Bill and Joyce Dowson and family. There is tractor On Monday, Aug. 16, 40 people from District 25 (Huron, Perth and Middlesex) boarded a bus and headed for Brock University, St. Catharines, the site of the Ontario Senior Games, Actifest 2004. Having qualified at the local level last May, Joan Perrie participated in the prediction swim for ages 55-64 years. The challenge is to swim 200 metres, eight lengths and to predict as closely as possible the length of time it will take. The first day her prediction was 6.01 seconds off the actual time, placing her in sixth place. The second day's prediction was just 95 seconds off and, as the score was Members and friends of Duff's United Church were greeted by Judy Emmrich. The small crowd enjoyed the special musical talent of Brian Black as he sang Green Pastures. The half-dozen children present gathered at the front of the church to tell Rev. John Tuchlinsky what they had done on their summer holidays. Rev. Joan asked what they could do or couldn't do and then asked what their parents could do or couldn't. She explained that no matter how plowing, horse plowing, walking plow, timed -plowing and of course Queen of the Furrow plowing at 1:30 p.m. there are 11 contestants with four Walton-area girls competing. Speeches are at 2:30 p.m. so come out and support these young ladies. Congratulations to Mandy Mitchell the Brussels Fall Fair representative at the CNE in Toronto this past weekend. She had a lot of fun and had quite a busy schedule from check-in time on Friday until Sunday night. With interviews, dress inspections, classes in how to walk, where to walk, etc., bus rides to and from the CNE grounds to the dorms at Ryerson College where they stayed, they were a busy group. There are buck and does for two local young couples this weekend, Veronica Grobbink and Bud Sinclair, and Matt Lee and fiancé Cheryl Thompson. A unique and fun activity was held at the farm of John Holthuysen. Teams of two competed in the riding lawn mower soccer competition. The team of Jim Cook and Steve Gulutzen report having lots 'of fun and a good time but were not the ultimate winners of the day. A Jack and Jill shower was held at Auburn community centre for Matt Lee and Cheryl Thompson for invited friends and family. It was a time-assigned shower that guests were given a time of day on their invitation and their gifts would be something used at that time of day or night. Progressive euchre followed for the afternoon with prizes being won by Colleen McCallum for the ladies and Matt Lee for the men. Congratulations to Ron and Joan Lee who celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary at daughter Christine's home in Stratford. Cassandra Banks has returned home following a week's vacation with dad Randy Banks. They travelled to MacGregor, Manitoba where Cassandra lived as a small cumulative, she jumped up to third place, Winning a bronze medal. District 29 also won a bronze medal in carpet bowling. The ultimate goal of the Ontario Senior Games has always been one of fellowship and sportsmanship. This was evident from the deck of the swimming pool to the golf links to the horseshoe pitch. Swimming and card games were held right at Brock University and other events, bowling, bocce, walking, tennis, darts, golf were held at various clubs around St. Catharines. It was a major feat to house, feed, entertain and run events for 1,400 participants but the young or old people are, they all have a different and special gift to share with one another. The offering was collected by Brian McGavin and Jim Campbell. Rev. Joan's reflection started with a story about a young boy in search of God, and how he found him in the beautiful smile of an older woman in the park. Anyone can be called to serve God, whether young or old. People may feel inadequate to do God's work, but he is always there to guide them. Everyone has gifts to share. girl. They toured the area and did some visiting with old friends. We welcome Mandy Workman to the village as she is busy getting ready to move into the former Lacroix house. Chris and Judy Lee attended the Glanville wedding in St. Thomas on the weekend. An instance of what a small world it is, they were seated at a table with people with didn't know. During the evening's conversation, iwurns out Chris, who after immigrating to Canada to the Orwell/St. Thomas area, was seated beside the older brother of his best girlfriend from public school. When mentioning he now lived at Walton, the gentleman asked if Chris knew anything about the motocross track, with the obvious answer of being yes. Turns out, the gentleman's son has raced against Chris in the plus-40 category and has been at Walton racing. It made for quite an evening of unexpected memories and reminiscing. An update on the sheds on the lines. John van Vliet's looks pretty well done, Steve Baan's shed has its roof and most of its sides, and Neil Mitchell's has been picked up and moved to its new location on the other side of the tree line. Jeff Grobbink took down a shed and he has a beautiful field of sunflowers that I admire everyday as I go by. Another broken foot to add to the growing list is Nicole Stevenson's. It happened a couple of weeks ago and she is healing just fine which is good news. Ron Stevenson has been off to Newfoundland to a POA meeting for Pfizer representatives. What a great place to go for a meeting and a chance to see the country. Returning from the east coast were Don and Pat Nolan. Having to leave their bikes in Halifax when Don had problems with his knee, they were now able to travel back there to ride the bikes home. I'm sure they are both glad to be able to go out riding again after a month of organizers did a wonderful job. One major highlight of the event was the presence of Walter,Qretzky, the official spokesperson for the games. All know him as a famous hockey dad and this past week the seniors met him as an outgoing, energetic senior — a ray of sunshine at all events he attended — and he didn't miss a thing. He signed hundreds of autographs and posed for pictures and wrote congratulations on Joan's name tag. The message seems to be — get up, get out and keep active! It's fun and it's healthy! no bikes. There were 10 area men off to Bowling Green, Ohio for the tractor and truck pulling competition. From the Walton area were Don Dalton, Ron McCallum, Bill McClure, Brian Alcock, and Dave McKay. Brussels- area men included Don Fischer, Mark Swartz, Bruce Fischer and Ken Verbeek. They had a rainy day Friday and enjoyed just visiting under Don Dalton's tent. Saturday and Sunday was great pulling by all standards, then they were homeward bound on 'Sunday evening. Enjoying a birthday gift of a weekend in Bayfield at the home of Jim and Dona Knight was Leona McDonald. She had a visit with daughter Karin and enjoyed a birthday dinner out with Jim and Dona. The Walton. Brewers played three games this past week. They played against the Zurich Rangers to start the week and suffered a 5-4 loss in extra innings. It was a good game and a tough loss. Facing the 'Wroxeter Rippers in Walton, the Brewers played a strong game winning 10-0. Steve Leonhardt pitched the five-inning shutout and Mike Miller added to the runs by hitting an in-park homerun. The Brewers faced the Goderich Gators on Sunday afternoon and picked up another win, defeating them 2-0. Scott Leonhardt pitched a FROM WALTON strong game. The Brewers scored their two runs in the first inning and played tight the rest of the game. The Brewersyecord is 14 wins and five losses. Their next game is Friday night in Brussels against the Tigers at 8:30 p.m. The Walton Indians slowpitch team hosted the Winthrop league year-end tournament, held at the Lions Park in Seaforth. There were seven teams involved including many Winthrop and Walton boys. Capturing the A title were the Dublin Dukes. The Winthrop Rats were the B winners. Duff's United Church hears special music at Sunday service Perrie gets bronze at Games Busy week for Walton Brewers Pictured are the Londesboro Squirt Girls who were generously sponsored by Carl and Lena Nesbitt of Maplena Farms by purchasing a new set of uniforms. Back row, left to right: Vanessa Wilts, Emily Allen, Katelyn Roetsicoender, Liz Ferrier, Danielle Bean, Carl and Lena Nesbitt. Front row: Wanda Rozendal, Mikayla Allen, Janneke Barton, Marsha Rozendal, Monica Bakelaar, Emma Dale, Shawna Popp, Don Allen. Absent: Danielle Waugh, Cassie Salverda, Corey Pollard, Steph Raidt, Caitlyn Pollard.