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Ice knocks out hydro, causes school cancellations
PEOPLE AROUND
WALTON
By Jo -Ann
McDonald
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Yikes! What weather we had for
the weekend. There was nasty
freezing rain, terrible road and
driving conditions and it was very
wet. I had to travel into Brussels on
Saturday and coming home in the
early evening was enough for me. I
was glad to be able to stay put on
Sunday and stay warm and dry
inside.
The wicked wind on Sunday put
the hydro out for many, including
our son's place when two hydro
poles toppled in the lane. The
positive for Rick and me was that the
grandchildren came to spend the
night and the next day while it was
being fixed. The nasty roads had the
buses cancelled and some schools
closed. So we had a play day at
grandma's.
The mystery is solved. The newest
arrival for Adam and Roxanne
Braecker has been named Myer
Marie. Grandma Karen is so excited
and she can't believe she missed
calling me! Congratulations to all!
Welcome home to Cody and
Danica Janmaat from a belated
honeymoon. The couple were
married last October but waited
until now to head to Europe for a 16 -
day tour. They flew to Rome and
rented a car to visit the sights of
Italy. Some of the sights they saw
were the Vatican City, the Leaning
Tower of Pisa and the Colosseum.
They toured to Florence and to
Venice and the beauty was
magnificent.
Leaving Italy, they travelled to
Croatia and went skiing in Austria.
They travelled through Germany and
from there flew to Santorini Island,
Greece. The Islands are a popular
honeymoon spot with their luxurious
sunsets, white -washed buildings,
hiking and fantastic weather.
The islands are formed from
volcanos and they are still active
today. Cody and Danica made the
one-hour flight back to Athens and
then flew to Holland. They spent a
day visiting with some relatives of
Danica's father, George Zwep, and
took in the sights of the flower
fields. They flew home to Canada
after enjoying a fantastic
honeymoon.
I was certainly having a bad time
last week with remembering names,
correct spelling and the appropriate
sex! We send our congratulations to
Scott and Andrea Somerville on
having a second daughter, Grace, to
keep big sister Reese company. Paul
and Carolyn Somerville are still the
proud grandparents.
I drive by the sign everyday, twice
a day, and still got the name of Blyth
Creek Maple Farm incorrect. From
our place, with a good set of
binoculars, I could have read the
sign. I guess the adage of seeing
things all the time, becomes old hat
and you stop looking. I could also
say I am getting old and forgetful,
whatever my excuse, I stand
corrected.
As happens many times, as soon
as the deadline has passed for
the paper, things change. We are
pleased to hear that Susan Haggitt
is home from hospital but has a
busy schedule ahead. We hope
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Donation
Last month the Brussels Optimist Club, primarily through its annual silent auction and dinner,
raised $30,000 for the Tanner Steffler Foundation. The foundation aims to combat a lack of
available resources for individuals in the county battling addiction or mental health problems
and is named after Tanner Steffler, a Huron East teen who passed away last year while battling
addiction. The club presented the funds to Tanner's parents, John and Heather, and Tanner's
sister, Charlee, during its meeting last week. (Denny Scott photo)
Event focuses on rural connections
By Keith Roulston
Special to The Citizen
Several dozen supporters of rural
economic development came to
Blyth, April 13, to explore the
potential of a network to tie
together university researchers,
government and rural development
workers.
Co -hosted by Blyth's Canadian
Centre for Rural Creativity,
Seaforth's Gateway Centre for
Excellence in Rural Health, and the
University of Guelph's School of
Environmental Design and Rural
Development, participants got a
taste of what such a network could
accomplish during the afternoon
session through a Skype hook-up
with Bojan Fiirst of the Leslie
Centre for Regional Policy and
Development at Memorial
University in Newfoundland.
Furst demonstrated the Yaffle.ca
website his centre has developed that
helps link community leaders who
face a local problem with university
researchers. It also allows leaders to
see other communities that have
undertaken projects that might
inspire local solutions.
Furst said Yaffle is about building
capacity through knowledge
mobilization by making research
available that's useful to society.
Yaffle "allows you to see the
connection researchers and
communities have together," Fiirst
said. "It can show you people you
can turn to who have done or are
doing something similar to what you
are."
The Yaffle website also hosts a
podcast called Rural Routes.
Asked what advice he would give
a group building a similar network
for Ontario, Ftirst suggested it's
most important to begin building on
existing strengths.
During the morning session at
Cowbell Brewing Co., led by Al
Lauzon from the University of
Guelph, the participants were
broken into four groups to discuss
the network's connection to
government, its connection to
universities, the scope of the
network and governance and
funding of a network.
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Still Try Harder
Recent circulation figures
show The Citizen has the
highest circulation in the
northern part of
Huron County,
#3 in the entire county.
The Citizen
Proudly Community -Owned
Since 1985
she continues to improve. Celebrating birthdays this past
Congratulations to Wendy Marks week were Kathryn Emmrich
on her opening of the "re-newed" Johnston, Jack Ryan, Mitch Blake,
Brussels Bulk and Bargain. She has Theresa Pryce, Tom Warwick,
added some new items, changed Murray Pepper, Edgar Andrades,
things around and even has coffee on Diety Bos, Sarah Alexander, Jacob
hand. I suggested maybe a table and Gulutzen and Ben Terpstra. Happy
chairs so we could sit and have birthday to all!
coffee, but the idea didn't fly. Stop in
and see her new things, pick up a
few items, grab a coffee and have a
good day!
We wish Graeme Craig a speedy
recovery after having his "nip and
tuck" surgery. Most of us would like
a little "tuck" done here and there,
but for Graeme it was on his eye.
The lower hp of his eye had dropped
and the doctors have tucked it back
up. Happy healing!
Welcome back to Gary and
Kelly McNichol after spending the
winter in Florida. It was a great
time and weather mostly, but the
weather they have come home to is
awful!
Returning from a vacation in the
west is Jackie Glanville. Jackie was
out to visit with daughter Joelle.
They live in Lacombe, Alberta.
Jackie reports having a wonderful
time.
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Sunday, April 22
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• Pancakes and Homefries
Admission by donation
Proceeds to Londesborough Minor Baseball
Sponsored by the Londesboro & District Lions Club
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