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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-01-27, Page 7THECITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2005. PAGE 7. PEOPLE AROUND WALTON By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 Sympathies are extended to the Davidson family on the loss of Jack Davidson. Jack lived in Port Elgin with wife Connie. He was the father to Shawn and Jason and families. He will be missed as well by mother Mary Davidson, Doug and Linda Davidson, sisters Joyce and Ralph Triebner and Anne and husband Laurie of Kitchener. Our condolences to all family members. Congratulations to Mary Humphries who has another great- granddaughter. Proud parents are Jim and Kim Humphries. Allie was born Jan. 12. Bob and Nora Humphries of London are the excited grandparents. Congratulations to Clarence Flood on the birth of another great- granddaughter. The christening of Hannah Collins was held on Sunday in Lucknow. Proud parents are Lisa Caesar and Dave Collins with sisters, Emma, Alexa and Madeline. Grandparents are Gary and Janet Caesar of Dungannon. Godmother Dianne Flood and Calvin with boys Hayden and Jacob enjoyed the day and lunch following the baptism at the church. It was birthday party time at the Walton Inn on Friday morning. Celebrating birthdays are Audrey Hackwell, Marie Coutts, B.J. Dejong, Marlene Britton and Helen Williamson. Birthday cake was provided by Kathleen Williamson for those attending: Marjorie Humphries, Mary Humphries, Marg Bennett, Leona McDonald, Jeanne Kirkby and Anne Ryan. Quiet support and congratulations by Ross Bennett and Howard Hackwell from the corner was also enjoyed by the ladies. Jeanne Kirkby reports having recruited a couple of interested people to learn contract bridge. It would be great to hear from any others out there, so give Jeanne a call and the teaching and fun will begin. Get-well wishes are extended to Isabel Burke who is in Wingham hospital with a broken hip. We hear she’s coming along nicely. Helen and Shannon Craig travelled to London’s Labatt Centre to watch the pairs’ and men’s finals of the Canadian figure skating championships on Saturday, it wasn’t a great day for driving but it was a wonderful day of figure skating. It was an absolute surprise for Brenda McIntosh, who celebrated her 40th birthday with over 40 family and friends. Husband Rob and girls Jodi and Nicole planned and pulled off the surprise on the unsuspecting Brenda. There was partying in the shop with members of the Ten Pas and McIntosh families and friends, lots of food and karaoke along with birthday cake and ice-cream. Brian Black, Joan Tuchlinsky, Laura and Bethany enjoyed a trip to Ottawa for the weekend to visit with son, Jeff. Ron and Betty McCallum had great fun babysitting their two- month-old grandson Tyler for the weekend. He enjoyed church on Sunday sleeping through the entire service. What a good boy! Many Waltoners attended the Robbie Burns dinner and dance at the Brussels Legion. Joan Perrie is a member of the Brussels Pipe Band and they performed throughout the evening. Birthdays celebrated this past week are: Janice Carnochan, Angela Fraser, Nadine Ringgenberg, Connie Alcock, Valerie Bachert, Marie Coutts, Henry Grobbink, Kaitlin Ritchie, David Griffith, Jason Hergert, Kendal Carnochan, Leona Armstrong, Helen Duncan, Brandon McGavin, Helen Williamson and Scott Bromley. Cindy Poland has just returned from a fabulous opportunity and learning experience in the Cayman Islands. Cindy, trained in interior design, works for Tralee Kitchens of Listowel. A relative of Tralee’s owners, needed extra help in the Cayman Islands to design, measure, colour co-ordinate and order kitchens, etc. for condos and other single-home dwellings. The Caymans> were devastated by hurricane Ivan last September and rebuilding is ongoing. Over 80 per cent of homes were destroyed or damaged and the restoration is slow. Cindy was working for a company called Dynamic Digital Designs owned by Barrie Donkersgocd. He has both a Canadian company and a Cayman company. The materials, cupboards, etc. are all ordered from here in Ontario and shipped from New Brunswick to the Islands. Cindy worked long days with only one day off in the two weeks she was away. Tourism has been affected with many hotels and restaurants just getting back up and running. She found the people very friendly and inviting, yet frustrated in the slowness of settlements and repairs. Husband Chris was glad to have Cindy home and daughters Lorren and Alaina were excited to have mommy back. Cindy reports she thoroughly enjoyed the experience and what she learned. FROM WALTON NOTICE OF COMPLETION Dennises greet at Duff’s United Duff’s congregation members were greeted by Murray and Olene Dennis, Sunday. Guest speaker, Paul Elgie welcomed everyone and reflected on his memories of Duff’s United Church. The flowers in the sanctuary were placed in loving memory of Joanne Sholdice by her husband Graeme. The annual meeting is this Sunday. Church begins at 11 a.m., followed by a potluck lunch, then the meeting. The call to worship was followed by Teresa Baan reading the scripture. The children were called forward for Mr. Elgie to tell The True Story Of The Price Of A Miracle. He showed the children some money in a jar and asked one of the children to count it. There was $1.11. Several years ago, there was a young girl, whose mother said her older brother was very sick and would probably die. The little girl didn’t know what she should do. So she went to the drugstore with her jar of money to buy “a miracle” for her brother. The pharmacist was talking with another man so she waited, and waited and waited until she finally interrupted their talk to tell him her brother was sick and she needed to help him by buying “a miracle”. School celebrates literacy Walton ’ Little School staff and students are excited about celebrating family literacy all this week. They will have special guests and kick off their M.S. Read-a-thon. A pajama party was held as well. The children wore their pajamas and shared their favourite books with each other during reading time. Everyone is encouraged to pick up a book and read with a child on Family Literacy Day. The pharmacist didn’t know what to say but the other man spoke to the little girl and told her to take her money to her parents. The man was Dr. Calvin Armstrong, a neurosurgeon, who went home with the little girl, then took the boy to Toronto, where he removed the tumour and saved the big brother of the little girl. The little girl got back her jar with $1.11 and her “miracle”. Mr. Elgie encouraged the children to be caring and kind and to believe in miracles. He then performed He Loves Me. Marilyn Elgie delivered the message entitled Under the Big D. She asked if anyone felt down or depressed with the ending of the holiday season. We have control over what we do in our lives and how we respond in our own personal darkness, she said. “God is an awesome God and we are people of the light filled with faith and joy.” Light plays a part in all cultures’ celebrations. The Christmas season begins at the dark time of the year and Jesus was born in the darkness but brought the light of Christ to all. The light brings warmth, brightness and love. The offering was collected by Neil McGavin and Brian Wilbee. CLINTON PUBLIC HOSPITAL MATERNAL/CHILD PROGRAM MATERNAL/CHILD PROGRAM "A new way of providing service at Clinton Public Hospital" "BABYAND I"" PROGRAM DAYS - WEDNESDAYS 10-11:30 a.m. WHERE - CLINTON PUBLIC HOSPITAL CONFERENCE ROOM (Second Floor) WHEN ATTENDING FOR THE FIRST TIME PLEASE REGISTER IN ADMITTING PROGRAM TOPICS: Wednesday, Feb. 2 Wednesday, Feb. 9 Wednesday, Feb. 16 Wednesday, Feb. 23 NO FEE - Feeding Your Baby - Living with Your Baby Video - “Diapers & Delirium” - Babysitters & You Pets & Your Newborn For more info call Veronica Farquhar - 482-3440 Ext. 3v4 . Af Municipality of Central Huron ^Centra/ Huron Class Environmental Assessment Upgrades to the Auburn Water Supply This notice is to inform local residents, property owners and interested parties that the Municipality of Central Huron has completed the Schedule B - Municipal Class Environmental Assessment for the Determination of Water Supply to part of the Hamlet of Auburn in the Municipality of Central Huron. The Wingham Office of R. J. Burnside & Associates Limited, Consulting Engineers, assisted with the completion of this Assessment and a Report has been prepared. By this notice, the Report is being placed in the public record for review. The Report considered a number of alternatives to address the water supply situation in that part of the Hamlet of Auburn serviced by the Municipality of Central Huron. The recommended alternative includes: the construction of a new well; a new well pump; a new standby power source, external to the existing park building; ultraviolet equipment for primary disinfection; chemical feed equipment to provide chlorine residual for secondary disinfection; and process and monitoring equipment, to be housed in the existing park service building, and all in accordance with the Safe Drinking Water Act 2002, its associated Regulations, the Certificate of Approval and the Provincial Officer’s Order issued by the Ministry. Additional recommendations include the abandonment of the existing well, in accordance with O. Reg. 903, the Well Regulation, and the decommissioning the existing wellhouse. Subject to comments received as a result of this Notice and subject to the receipt of necessary approvals, the Municipality intends to proceed with the construction of this project, as soon as possible. The estimated project cost is $161,100 of which the Federal and Provincial Governments are expected to contribute approximately $107,400. The Class Environmental Assessment Report is available for review at the following location: Municipal Office Municipality of Central Huron, 23 Albert Street, Clinton, Ontario Mon. - Fri.: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Telephone: (519)482-3997 Copies of the report are also available for review from Steve Gibbings, Utilities Manager, at the above-noted location, upon request. Please provide written comments to the Municipal Clerk within 30 calendar days of this Notice. If concerns regarding this project cannot be resolved in discussion with the Municipality, a person may request that the Minister of the Environment make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act (referred to as a Part II Order), which addresses individual environmental assessments. Requests must be received by the Minister, at the address below, on or before Friday, February 25, 2005. A copy of the request must also be sent to the Municipal Clerk. If no request is received on or before February 25, 2005, the Auburn Water Supply Project will proceed to construction as outlined in the Environmental Assessment Report. Minister of the Environment, 135 St. Clair Ave. W., 12th Floor, Toronto ON M4V 1P5 This Notice issued January 19, 2005. Bert Dykstra, Reeve