The Citizen, 2012-01-26, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012. PAGE 11.
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The week around Walton has been
very quiet. It could be weather-
related or maybe just not much
going on. The icy weather on
Tuesday kept many folks in and then
the blustery weather on Thursday
had them housebound again. I like
January because of the lower pace to
the days. There are not as many
things to do, go to see, jobs outside
to do. When the work day is over
and I get home there seems to be
time to maybe tackle one of those
jobs that has been waiting to get
done. Storm days were the days to
house clean a whole room or maybe
sort through that box of old photos.
Oh well, January is almost over and
so far, no snow days, so not as many
big jobs conquered.
The Christmas spirit is still in
John Pipe even if it is January.
Members of the Shaw family had
travelled to Stratford for a function
and they decided to have dinner
together. They decided to celebrate
the Shaw family birthdays and John
“let the moths out of his wallet” as
quoted by Frances Shaw and treated
the entire crew. The birthday Shaws
included Frances, Harvey Shaw and
Dorothy Thompson. The seven
enjoyed dinner at Joe’s Diner and
had a good time together.
Our sympathies to the Vincent
family on the passing of Marlen
Vincent last week. He will be missed
by his wife Jane and children Brian,
Linda and Barry and their families.
He was a well-known businessman
and ran the successful Vincent Farm
Equipment dealership in Seaforth.
He was a strong force behind many
community initiatives like the arena,
hospital foundation and the
Harmony Kings. Our condolences tohis family and friends.Our sympathies are extended toRichard and Marjorie Horst on thepassing of Richard’s father, Rev.
Arthur Horst. We also express our
condolences to his wife Eleanor and
children Paul, Lois and Steven and
their families. Many Walton/
Brodhagen folks will remember
Rev. Horst as the Pastor of St.
Peter’s Lutheran Church in
Brodhagen in the 1970s.
It is always a joyous time when
family gets together. The holidays
are the usual time to gather, but for
some families, anytime is a good
time. One such family, or part of the
family, is the VanVeen sisters. The
four VanVeen girls like to gather
many times during the year, to keep
their sister bond strong. On this
gathering, the girls, Martha from
Goderich, Alie from Lucknow and
Clara from Brussels gathered at
sister Agnes Ten Pas for coffee and
sweet treats. The ladies chatted and
passed the time until it was time to
go next door to sister Clara’s for
their lunch. It is wonderful that the
ladies make the effort to get together
on a regular basis. Many sisters, like
me and my sister, manage to see
each other over the holidays. We
arrive at my mom’s, celebrate the
holiday, and then back home to our
lives. We should all take a cue from
the VanVeen sisters.
The birthday group of ladies
gathered to celebrate the January
birthdays this past week at JR’s. The
January birthday girls included
Leona Armstrong and Sandra Cable
and the absent Sarah Stephenson.
Enjoying the meal were Betty
Campbell, Audrey Cardiff, Alice
Marks, Isabel Wheeler, Marie
McCutcheon, Laura Barbour, Nelva
Scott, Nora Stephenson, Margaret
Work, Olga Speiran, Jane Hall and
Merle Cousins. Happy birthday
girls!
The Cranbrook dart folks gathered
last week and had a great night.
There were 19 enthusiastic players
hoping to be the best of the night.
The high lady was Sarah Joslin
shooting 92 and the high man wasMurray Houston, 140. Good dartsfolks!There were four area men away ona trip to Arizona this past week.
Gord Finch, Dave Smith, Neil
Beuerman and Ray Rammeloo flew
to Las Vegas and then went to
Scottsdale, Arizona to go to the
Barrett Jackson Classic Car Auction.
They were away a week and it was a
great time.
Returning from a two-week
vacation are Neil and Marie
McGavin. They had spent their time
in Arizona. They arrived in Phoenix
and rented a car to tour the area.
Marie commented that the roads are
very windy through the mountains
with no guard rails, but they
managed very well. Sedona was
their main area and it is famous for
its beautiful red rocks. They enjoyed
good weather with temperatures in
the high 60s to 70s. Neil had a few
health concerns and spent a couple
of nights in hospital, but he is much
better. The pair went on a train tour
and a trolley tour of the area. They
went to the Grand Canyon on a
small bus tour and they also did the
helicopter fly over the Canyon and
Sedona area. It was amazing! The
pair returned and are getting back
into the swing of their regular
routine.Brian McGavin and RandyMcClure were in California for afew days last week. They wereattending the New Holland
seminars, meetings and learning of
the new technology and equipment
coming out in 2012. They were in
Bakersfield and enjoyed their time
away.
Brian McGavin took the long road
home from Bakersfield, California
via Phoenix, Arizona and then to
Calgary. A ‘small world’
coincidence was that while Brian
was in the departure area and
boarding his plane for the flight to
Calgary, Neil and Marie had also
arrived in the departure area. They
missed seeing each other, but were
at the airport at the same time. Brian
was heading to Calgary to surprise
Brandon for his birthday. Brian hadmet an equipment dealer from Olds,Alberta, where Brandon is attendingschool, and he delivered Brian rightto Brandon’s door. Brandon was
very surprised and happy to see Dad.
They celebrated his birthday and
Brian returned home to Walton.
A reminder to folks – it is just
eight weeks until spring, 26 weeks
until the Brussels Homecoming and
11 months until Christmas!
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Angela Fraser, Janice
Carnochan, Connie Alcock, Valerie
Bachert, Nadine Ringgenberg,
David Griffith, Kendal Carnochan,
Henry Grobbink, Kaitlin Ritchie,
Leona Armstrong, Helen Duncan,
Brandon McGavin, Helen
Williamson and Scott Bromley.
Happy birthday to all.
Recently deceased Area business-man will be missed
By Jo-Ann
McDonald
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887-6570
PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON
Tasty treats
Lisa Glanville gets ready to lower a basket of chicken wings
into the fryer on Friday night as the Brussels Legion hosted
a pub night. There were wings eaten, cards played and
draws for meat held that night. (Jim Brown photo)
NEWS
FROM WALTON
Warden-of-the-day not to
be blamed for composition
contest says Deb Shewfelt
Warden Bernie MacLellan
reported to Huron County Council
on some of the history regarding the
composition issue at the Jan. 11
Committee of the Whole meeting.
MacLellan told councillors that
Huron County solicitor Greg
Stewart was not involved in the
initial discussions surrounding the
potential changes in the
composition of Huron County
Council. MacLellan said Stewart
wasn’t involved when the decision
was made to go from 20 councillors
down to 16 and he wasn’t involved
when the decision was made to go
from 16 back up to 20 councillors.
MacLellan said the original
decision was made after Nov. 30 of
2010, just before the inaugural
session of Huron County Council
was to be held. He said that only
one person was able to be contacted
for consultation and that was the
warden of the day: Bert Dykstra.
When Stewart was brought in for
his opinion, MacLellan told
councillors, he erred on the side of
caution in reducing the number of
councillors from 20 to 16.
MacLellan said that the four
additional councillors could always
be brought in later in the term, but if
they were brought in prematurely
and they were later found to be not
authorized to be at meetings, voting
and making decisions, every
decision made by Huron County
Council during that time could then
be challenged.
MacLellan said what Stewart did
was the “safest thing” he could have
done and that he knew it wasn’t up
to him to make that assumption.
“I wanted council to understand
what I had learned about how we
got to where we were,” MacLellan
said.
Goderich’s Deb Shewfelt said the
steps were filtered through Chief
Administrative Officer Larry
Adams and that he didn’t feel
Dykstra was to blame for making
the decision.
MacLellan’s comments were
brought forward for information
purposes only and no motions were
made.
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
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