HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2016-01-20, Page 1212 News Record • Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Varna News
Joan Beierling
The Stan Lee Club met at the
Complex Jan 6 at 2pm. Marlene
Deichert opened with a poem
"Turning of the Year": There will
be a Executive Meeting in
Zurich March 10 at 1:30 p.m.
The Spring Rally is April 14 at 11
a.m. in Zurich. Zurich and
Dashwood are in charge. Mar-
lene closed the Meeting with a
poem followed by cards and
dominos followed by
lunch. The next Meeting willbe
February 3 at 2 p.m. weather
permitting.
Crokinole was cancelled last
Tuesday evening due to
inclement weather but will
resume January 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Cards were played at the
Brucefield Odd Fellows Hall
Thursday evening. High Man
was Doug Cartwright and low
man was Marilyn Aiken playing
as a man. High lady was Ethel
Walker and low lady was Joyce
Wilson. Most lone hands was
won by Emma Cox and draws
were won by Donna Collins
and Dorothy McGregor. Next
card partywill be January 28 at
7:30 p.m. All are welcome!
Tyler Colclough lit the Christ
Candle at Brucefield Commu-
nity Church on Sunday and Rev
Randy Banks led the Service.
Greeters were RubyLefaive and
Doug McAsh. Organist was Bill
Dundass and reader was
Dave Townsend. The Sunday
School served muffins follow-
ingthe Church Service.
A reminder to all Church
Committees to have their 2015
Annual Reports emailed to
Ashley at bcuc@tcc.on.ca no
later than January 31.
The Annual Meeting for
Bairds Cemetarywill be Janu-
ary27 at 2 p.m. at the Brucefield
CommunityUnited Church.
The U. C.W. will meet Febru-
ary 2 at 7:30 p.m.
The Annual Meeting will fol-
low the Church Service Febru-
ary 21.
The next Film Friday will be
January 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Brucefield Community Church.
This will be another family ori-
ented movie. This particular title
is afamilycomedyfrom 1968 and
is 111 minutes in length. Come
on out for some fun and fellow-
ship. There is no admis-
sion charge but donations may
be made for the Tuckersmith Ref-
ugee Project. Bring your own
snacks that can be consumed in
the pews as there will be no
intermission.
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Photo courtesy of Josh Batkin
A day of tubing
Josh Batkin
Batkin's Backyard
ith today's society
mostly looking
down at our cell phones, we
need to reconnect with activi-
ties we did before technology.
Headed east on Highway
#7, about forty five minutes
southeast of Clinton, a day
full of fun awaits the winter
enthusiast inside us all as
Canadians. The destination is
The River Valley Winter Tube
Slide. Where an average fam-
ily of four will spend roughly
$75.00 (tubes included) to
spend the day together slid-
ing and racing down the hill.
There was a party of eleven
adults and five children who
decided we wanted to have a
fun day together not in front
of the television or any other
screen. We wanted to recon-
nect with the kind of stuff we
did before everybody got
busy. Jobs and lives are
always forcing us to detour
and take different routes
through life and it's hard to
find time just to enjoy
together. Some of us had
attended the River Valley
Winter Tube Slide in previous
years and stayed in one of the
chalets they have to offer for
people coming from farther
away to use the hill. So we
made the plans a few weeks
ago and on January 16, we
went.
We arrived at the River Valley
shortly before lunch. We
bought a two hour pass for
each of us and decided to see
howwe felt after that time
passed. The kind ladies behind
the desk ensure that all the chil-
dren under twelve have hel-
mets and direct us to the loca-
tion of the tubes we are to use
to go down the hill. Anyper-
sonal tubes are not allowed to
be used for insurance
purposes.
It took nearly no time and
we found ourselves on the con-
veyor belt lift that brings you up
the hill, which is awesome so
you don't have to continuously
walkup the hill. When you get
to the top you realize the excite-
ment is building. It's lime for
races! Adults and children alike
are all lining up in their respect-
able lines to race friends and
family. You can either receive
assistance from the employees
at the top of the hill to help or
get a running startyourself but
the feeling is so unfamiliarly
exhilarating. Our kids were
screaming in excitement as
were some of the parents. It
brought us as parents and
them as kids to an equal level
regarding the zestful experi-
ence that was roaring down the
hill either together four at a
time or the more common way
down was, of course, the race.
After our two hour tickets had
expired, we found ourselves
having such a good time we
had to purchase another hour.
And by the time we had
exhausted that ticket, we were
just like our expired lifttickets,
exhausted. Kids and parents
tuckered right out, everybody
had a great day and look for-
ward to our next visit at River
Valley Winter Tube Slide.
First time tuber, nine year old
Halley Truckle responded "it
was a nice winter day for tub-
ing, I'm reallyhappywe came
and I reallywant to come back;
when asked how she liked her
day at the hill. We found the
experience to be revitalizing,
exciting, humourouswhenit
came to the activities we do in
the outdoors in the winter time.
It was something new and we
will definitelybe goingback I
suggest makingthe fourty-five
minute drive. Even ifyou have
no kids in your life or for the
day, there is a camp fire always
burning for a more romantic
kind of trip ifyou're looking for
something to do on date night