The Citizen, 2005-09-22, Page 7Cross-country cycling
Audrey Bos of the Belgrave area takes a moment to rest
at home after cycling across Canada in 10 weeks this past
summer to raise money to build new Christian Reformed
Churches. (Heather Crawford photo)
Belgrave resident
returns from
cross-country trip
Audrey Bos is the kind of person
who likes a challenge.
Last summer she read about a
biking tour across Canada to raise
money to build churches and
decided that it was the kind of thing
she would like to do.
“I wasn’t a cyclist,” she said at her
home in Belgrave. “I read about it
and thought someone would have to
be nuts to bike 120 km a day.”
Despite her initial reaction, Bos
pulled out her mountain bike and
decided to give it a try. As a math
teacher at F.E. Madill Secondary
School in Wingham, her training
schedule began with 30 km in the
morning and 40 km after school and
increased from there.
“(Eventually) 1 thought, ‘this isn’t
too bad,’ and 1 [decided] 1 could do
it,” she said.
Bos joined around 160 cyclists
ranging in ages from 18-74 on a tour
across Canada for 10 weeks. The
group began in Vancouver, British
Columbia and finished in Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
The organization called Sea to
Sea, asked cyclists to raise $1,000
for every week they would be away.
“I thought I would have to pitch in
five or six thousand myself,” Bos
jokes. She ended up raising over
$11,000.
“The people in the community
were great. Everyone was really
supportive,” she said.
The money raised went to build
Christian Reformed Churches in
areas where one church was over
filled or in rural communities where
people had to travel far to get to
church.
“I wanted to go because 1 knew it
would be such an adventure,” she
said.
Some of Bos's highlights of her
trip include being able to visit the
first Christian Reformed Church in
Canada built in Nobleford, Alberta,
and visiting the Terry Fox Memorial
in Thunder Bay, Ontario during the
25th anniversary year.
She also fondly remembers first
riding into Calgary, Alberta.
“We just came off the mountains
and this tailwind came up and
carried us into Calgary,” she
remembers. “It was amazing.”
One thing Bos did miss was
having the luxury of sleeping close
to washroom facilities.
“We did have indoor plumbing,”
she said. “We just had a long way to
go before we got there.”
With all of the experiences and
beautiful scenery behind her, Bos
said she’s happy to be home.
“People ask me if I would do it
again,” she said. “I tell them no! I’m
so glad I did it but 1 wouldn’t go
back, at least not for that long of a
trip.”
After 10 weeks sleeping under the
stars there was some adjusting to do
once she got back to Belgrave.
“It’s strange being indoors all this
time,” she said. “I need to get out in
the fresh aiOr.”
After returning from her trip on
Monday, Sept. 5, Bos didn’t have a
lot of time to ease back into things.
She jumped back into work for the
first day of school on Sept. 6.
“I’m still processing everything,”
she said. “It hasn’t all hit me yet.”
A couple of things that Bos
brought back with her other than a
mountain bike badly in need of
repair, were some lessons she
picked up on the road..
“Perseverance and prayer can get
you through a lot,” she said. “And
there are a lot of really good people
out there.”
Bos not only learned these lessons
but anyone who has met her would
say, she’s a shining example of
them.
FROM BELGRAVE
WMS meeting
in Belgrave
The Belgrave WMS held its
meeting on Monday, Sept. 12 at the
home of Beryl McGowan. Guests
from Kincardine WMS attended.
Rev. Cathrine Campbell said
prayer before a potluck lunch was
enjoyed.
Alice Nicholson opened the
me’eting with a call to worship and
the purpose was read in unison.
She led in prayer and a scripture
was read by Ivy Cloakey followed
by the hymn The King of Love My
Shepherd Is.
Mrs. Nicholson read a story on
how God is the shepherd and how
Jesus demonstrated this in many
parables.
Margaret Siertsema gave the
secretary’s report and Mrs.
Cloakey the treasurer’s report. A
total of 58 sick and shut-in calls
were recorded.
The roll call was a verse or poem
on love.
The fall rally is in Molesworth
on Sept. 19 at 5:30 p.m.
A hymn was read in unison. Mrs.
Nicholson read a poem, then
introduced Rev. Campbell who told
of her trip to Europe in 2003,
showing pictures of various places
PEOPLE AROUND
BELGRAVE
Call
By Linda
There were eight tables of shoot
in play at the Community Centre on
Friday, Sept. 9.
Winners were: high lady, Nell
Johnston; second high lady, Mary
McIntosh; most shoots, Verna
Currie; high man, Lloyd Appleby;
second high man, Mary Wallace;
most shoots, Jim Hunter.
The next shoot is Friday, Sept. 23
at 1:30 p.m.
The community extends sincere
sympathy to Eleanor Miller and the
family of Dave Miller. Dave Miller
passed away at Wingham and
District Hospital on Monday, Sept.
12.
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Country Fare
By Patricia Ham, Auburn School House
Hoping you
will enjoy and
use some of the
recipes I will he
giving each
month. They
have all been
tested hy me in
my home, and
will come front
many sources.
They are easy family food that
teenagers and parents will enjoy.
INDIAN CORN STICKS
1 cup corn meal
1 cup kernel corn
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 egg
2 tbsp butter, melted
Combine cornmeal and flour in a
bowl; stir in milk, egg, and melted
butter. Combine very well. Stir in
kernel corn. Heat a well-greased
non-stick pan until almost smoking
hot. Spoon in batter filling pan
almost to the top. Bake at 425°F 12-
15 min. Makes 10-12 sticks.
VANILLA SUGAR
Place 2 vanilla beans in a jar; fill
up with granulated sugar. The longer
the sugar sits the more fragrant the
sugar becomes. Use in any recipe
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CORNMEAL PANCAKES
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
2 tbsp, sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups buttermilk
2 well-beaten eggs
2 tbsp, melted butter
Stir together all dry ingredients;
add buttermilk, eggs and butter. Stu
until just moistened. Using 1/4 cup
batter for each pancake, cook on hot
lightly greased pan. Yield afpprox. 16
pancakes 4” across.
SCALLOPED CORN SUPREME
1 large can of cream-style corn
I cup milk
1 well-beaten egg
1 1/2 cups crumbs, separated
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
3 tbsp, diced red pepper
2 tbsp, butter, melted
In a saucepan combine corn and
milk; heat through. Gradually stir in
egg. Add I cup crumbs, onion and
red pepper. Mix well and pour into
greased 8" round baking dish.
Combine the 1/2 cup crumbs and
the melted butter and sprinkle over
corn.
Bake at 35O°F. for 20 minutes.
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• Always set a time limit
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times of loss or depression
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