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The Citizen, 2015-02-19, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015. PAGE 9. Continued from page 7 Morris-Turnberry is subsidizing it,” Councillor Jim Nelemans summarized. “If you get buried in Wingham, we’re not subsidizing it, so you’re paying more out of pocket.” Kelly wondered if council shouldn’t qualify the donation and clarify that its to cover people who live in Morris-Turnberry only, but Gowing said that was the opposite of what this cemetery was trying to do. “We’re trying to get away from labelling people by area,” he said. “People may spend their working years in Morris-Turnberry then retire to Goderich then want to be buried here. We’re trying to get away from who is local and who isn’t.” Gowing later went on to say North Huron was going in the opposite direction and had wording in their internment policy regarding who is and who isn’t local. Council eventually agreed to pay the outstanding bill from 2014 and, going forward, pay 20 per cent of the operational deficit of the cemetery which, in 2014, would have been approximately $2,000. They made a motion to that effect, including the option to review the deal every year at budget time. M-T to support Brussels cemetery Local darter marks perfect game at Cranbrook Hall I hope everyone was bundled up last week because it was cold! The forecast is for cold weather all week and hopefully when it is over, the warm weather will come. It will only be four weeks until spring, so we can hope. Jeff and Shannon McGavin were the hosts for a gathering of the Johnston families. They had their traditional gathering for Matt Johnston and his fiancée Rachel. They live in B.C. and they were here for a visit before their marriage later this year. Relatives from Brussels, Listowel, Guelph and surrounding areas attended the afternoon gathering. The group enjoyed the visit and plenty of munchies. Matt is the son of Terry and Teresa Johnston. The Brussels birthday girls gathered again to celebrate the February birthdays. The birthday girls of the month include Bev Palmer and Marci Bremner. The group of 18 enjoyed a delicious chicken breast dinner at JR’s. The ladies helping to celebrate the day included Nora Stephenson, Audrey and Betty Cardiff, Nelva Scott, Betty Campbell, Isabel Wheeler, Dale Chesher, Jane Hall, Laura Barbour, Lois McCutcheon, Edna McLellan, Marie McCutcheon, Leona Armstrong, Joan Bernard, Sandra Cable and Merle Cousins. It is reading week for many college and university students and many are coming home for the break. Shayna Melady is home from Halifax for her break. Cathy and Pat or mom and dad to her and grandparents Neil and Marie McGavin and the rest of the Melady and McGavin families will be happy to have a visit with her. Valentine’s Day was a nasty day for those who wanted to travel very far. There were a few cancellations of events around the town and area with roads closed as well. Celebrating birthdays on Valentine’s are a couple of folks around the area. Betty Graber Watson had a few folks drop in to wish her happy birthday in spite of the weather. Betty Glanville celebrated her “brown envelope” birthday and had many family members and friends drop in to wish her well, in spite of the weather. Our sympathies are extended to the McLachlan family on the passing of Bob McLachlan. He will be missed by his children June, Jack, Lois, Glen, Carol and Don and their families. Bob was a very nice gentleman who loved to come to the Legion fish fry dinners. We would always have a nice little visit whenever he came. Our condolences to the McLachlan families. The Cranbrook Dart Club had 19 brave a very cold evening to shoot darts at the Cranbrook Hall. It proved to be a memorable night for the group. The high lady was Pat Gillis hitting 94 and the seasoned player, Brad Speiran, shooting the perfect score of 180! Congratulations to Brad! Brad has been playing darts for at least 40 years and this is the first time he has accomplished this amazing score. The best team of the night winning five out of six games, was Teuni Smith and Steve Bowers. The lucky draw winner was Barb Currie a new guest and maybe future player. Rick and I enjoyed a Christmas present on Valentine’s weekend. We went to London to see Jersey Boys at the RBC Theatre at the Budweiser Gardens. It was wonderful! We enjoyed the story of the beginnings, struggles and almost downfall of the group. The great musical hits of The Four Seasons and Frankie Valli were sung throughout the performance. We managed to see other local folks attending including Sandy Huether, Bev Palmer and two other friends from Belgrave, Paul and Marj Krauter from Listowel and Barry and MaryBeth Niven from Mitchell. Our neighbours Jim and Evelyn Blake went earlier in the week and Don and Jill Sholdice had a nasty trip down Saturday night for the show. The show was great and everyone’s comments agreed. The Huether family of Walton had a scare of a lifetime one night last week. The carbon monoxide detectors in John and Lisa’s home both went off. The family left the house immediately and called for assistance. Members of the Fire Department of North Huron arrived and with the necessary safety equipment, checked the house for the silent, odourless gas. They checked every room and the exhaust outlets and found no signs of any problems. The family is grateful for the assistance of the local department, who gave them a new detector for the home. They are replacing the ones in their home with new ones. They are reminding everyone to have detectors on every floor, replace old ones and get out if they go off! We are happy everything turned out alright for the Huether family. Congratulations to Scott and Sherri McNaughton on the birth of a son. They have welcomed baby Ben to their family and big sister Leah is very excited. The very happy grandparents are Art and Joan McNaughton and Pauline Bennett is pleased to have another great- grandchild. Returning from a wonderful vacation down south are Fred and Heidi McClure. They went with friends from Mitchell, Ed and Rose Kraal. The foursome had beautiful rooms facing the ocean at the resort in Negril, Jamaica. Great hot weather, good food and just a relaxing time on beautiful, sandy beaches, was enjoyed. They went to watch the cliff divers demonstration on one outing and Heidi reports it was amazing. Welcome home! Our condolences to Gary and Heather Dauphin on the passing of Gary’s father, Joe Dauphin. He had lived in Chatham, but had resided in Ridgetown as of late. Our sympathies to the Dauphin families. Celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary on the weekend were George and Emily Cousins. They had dinner with Max and Barb Watts, who were their attendants for the wedding. The foursome had dinner at the Crossroads Restaurant. Congrats to the couple. By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 PEOPLE AROUND WALTON NEWS FROM WALTON Big achievement Brad Speiran braved the wild weather last week to get to the Cranbrook Dart Club and made the trip worthwhile when he earned a perfect score of 180. This is the first time Speiran was able to earn such a score in his over-four decades of darting. (Photo submitted) SOUTH HURON DRIVING SCHOOL Opening At Huron Christian School 87 Percival St.Clinton Feb.18,20,23,25,26 3:30 - 7:30 pm Opening Special $679 HST Incl. Mar.7,14,21,28 8:30am - 2pm Opening Special $679 HST Incl. Apr.30,May 7,14,21,28 3:30 - 7:30 pm $699 HST Incl. July 6,7,8,9 9am - 2:30pm, $699 HST Incl. Aug.10,11,12,13 9am - 2:30pm $699 HST Incl. Oct.1,8,15,22,29 3:30 - 7:30pm $699 HST Incl. Dec.19,21,22,23 9am - 2:30pm $699 HST Incl. TO REGISTER CONTACT: Kathy Delbridge 519-235-4485 or 519-933-8977 or register online at www.kathy@shds.ca Driving instructor: Rick Jonker 519-235-2402 Duff’s future decided March 10 Duff’s United Church held a congregational meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The meeting had been called to vote on a motion concerning the future of the church. There were 30 members of the congregation present. Rev. Sandra Cable opened the meeting with a prayer. The annual meeting was chaired by Gloria Wilbee with Teresa Baan recording the minutes. The reports were presented and passed. Rev. Cable chaired the rest of the meeting and the motion concerning the future of Duff’s was presented. Discussion occurred and during the discussions, it was pointed out that an important point of procedure had not been followed. The outcome of the discussion was to postpone the vote until a future date. The discussion continued and an amendment to the motion was presented . The motion to be voted on is “Duff’s United Church will close on a date and we ask the Huron Perth Presbytery to disband the congregation once all the property matters and disbursement of any funds are completed”. If the motion is passed, a date will be discussed for ending services. This meeting also gave those present the opportunity to express their ideas and opinions on the future of the church. All members of the congregation will be informed of the upcoming meeting, on March 10 at 7 p.m. The notice of the meeting will be put in the church bulletin every week, the phone relay in the annual report will be used, Teresa Baan will e-mail all those registered with e- mail and I will remind all again. Celebrating birthdays this past week include Mary Baan, John McCall MacBain, Barry Skinner and Valentine’s babies are Betty Glanville, Krista Fraser, Val Pethick, Gary McNichol and Jack Cardiff, Valerie Gratto, Keith Clark, Jack Knight, Hayden Lee, Connor Driscoll, Murray Houston, Monica McNichol and Phil Blake. Happy birthday to all.