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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, March 29, 2000-13
Season
for Syrup
• Scott Hilgendorff photos
Nicole Gettler, 3, takes a mouthful of pancakes, covered in maple syrup at Saturday"s•Maple
Syrup Festival The event took place at the Hibbert Township shed near Staffs and featured
horse drawn wagon rides (top, right) Bob Norris cooks up some sausage to be enjoyed as part
of the breakfast while Doris Jeffery of Staffa and Gwen Harburn of Seaforth cook up some
pancakes to be enjoyed by a huge crowd of people. The event was hosted by the Hibbert
United Church and Spring Valley Products, a Staffa producer of maple syrup.
Correspondents
Hot dog sales went to food bank
At the Thursday •
evening Lenten'
Talk Series.
speaker Gabe Del
St. Columban
community
service project
bringing a
generous
Bianco explored the suhjcci of -Overcoming donation to the local food bank.
Obstacles." Good luck to Adam Koehler and the
The futility 'of hanging one's head against Seaforth Juveniles who are off to Ottawa to
the same obstacle was clearly play broomball at the provincial finals
pointed out. Going around an this week. The new red. blue and
obstacle to where you ►sish to he: white coats with "Ontario" printed on
using the spaces between the broken the back should bring an added boost
pieces: and digging new wells: were S "" to the team.
all used as examples to illustrate ` . Congratulations to Diane Murray and(
how one could overcome an z ' r; her teammates as the Seaforth Twecn
obstacle. x "`Cs" finished their nngette season by
The Lenten Talk Series continues placing second overall in a weekend
this coming Thursday evening. By Mary C. tournament in Kitchener.
March 30. at 7:30 p.m. in the St. Ryan In an interesting service project.
Columhan Church basement. Del 345-2560Greta Van Baker. Kinkora. volunteers
Bianco will speak about her time by knitting vests for newborn
"Forgiveness."
a infants in Guatemala. There is a need
Jim Delaney celebrated his 80th for these vests for the little ones born
birthday with a surprise family • to cold weather in the hills. Anyone
gathering at the home of his daughter. Chris ,with extra yarn. or if you find some while
and Murray McClure. Also joining the spring cleaning. contact Anne Murray. She
celebration were his wife.Uorothy;: daughters can see that it is passed along to Greta.
Teresa and Don Cronin and family: Chris and , The students of St. Columhan School
Murray McClure and family: and son. John enjoyed a "Pyjama Day" this past week. This
Delaney. Kitchener. Grandchildren. brothers. involved all the classes, with recognition for
sisters and in-laws completed the gathering the class who had the most people sporting
where feasting. visiting and music made a pyjamas.
greatcelebration. The St. Columban Soccer fields should sec
The smell of the onions all the way down a lot of action this season as more than 265
the main street drew many people to buy the young people have registered for soccer.
hot dogs sold by Marion Visser. Karen Three mens teams and two ladies' teams
Murray and Peggy McClure as the three should add to the excitement for the season,
enterprising young ladies performed their slated to begin around May 1.
9o -year-old gets birthday serenade
Rev. Maurice
Charbonncau
played his guitar
and sang a birthday
blessing song to Mrs. Venda
Murtha at St. Vincent do Paul
Mass last Saturday evening.
and extended wishes from St.
Vincent de Paul and St.
Patrick's Church. Dublin.
Venda celebrated her 90th
birthday.
Happy 11th birthday to
Dublin
Ruth Murray, daughter of
Connie and Arthur Murray.
RR 1. Dublin, who
celebrated March 27.
Heartfelt sympathy of the
community is extended to
Kay O'Rourke of Seaforth
(originally from Dublin) on
the death of her brother,
'Bony Culliton,
who died on
March 25. and
whose funeral
was held at St. Joseph's
Roman Catholic Church,
Stratford on March 27 with
Rev. Fr. Richard Tremblay
officiating.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Why do bees hum? They
can never remember the
words!
Our Annual
2000 Winter
Sports Edition
will soon
be published and
we need your help!
Please bring in your team
pictures to the Huron
Expositor at 100 Main St.,
Seaforth of mail to us at
P.O. Box 69, Seaforth ON
NOK 1W0
(Please make sure you identify all participants)
•
OR
To arrange a team photo,
VP/ please call our editor
n►► Scott Hilgendorff at
k.
/
627-0240
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