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A couple of little boys on my bus
were quite excited to have gone
fishing on Saturday morning. As
with most fishing stories, they
reported catching rainbow trout
“thiiiiis big”.
They confessed to not catching
the two fish themselves but that Dad
was the lucky one.
Enjoying the outing were Jeff and
Mitchell McKee and Charles (dad)
and Jacob Gulutzen and Jamie
Mitchell. Jamie confirmed that they
had indeed caught a couple of good-
sized trout and the boys want to go
fishing some more.
Returning from a great girls’
week away is Jean Bewley. Jean
went to Bolton to daughter Mary
Baker’s and flying in from Alberta
was daughter Brenda Raven. Then
the trio was off to Boston. They
stayed at Revere Beach, which is
the end of the Red Line
underground transit system. From
there they were able to travel into
Boston and were able to enjoy
touring the city by foot.
There were many historical sites
in Boston and it was so easy to get
to them all by using the transit and
walking. They also went to Boston
Harbour where they enjoyed a tour
of “Old Ironsides”, the oldest
warship in the American Navy.
They also went to Cape Cod and
went whale watching. While out on
the boat they saw lots of smaller
whales playing around and as they
were leaving a whale larger than the
boat surfaced to the delight of the
sightseers.
Jean reports it was a wonderful
trip with plenty of laughs and fun.
Welcome back Jean.
A special treat for Patty Banks’
birthday was a trip to Toronto with
her friend Sandy Maskaant. They
were off to see Dirty Dancing at the
theatre.
They enjoyed a seafood dinner
before the show and attended the
night performance. Patty and I
agreed that it was a wonderful show
but the lead dancer was no Patrick
Swayze.
Graeme and Michael Craig were
off to see the Blue Jays on Sunday.
They boarded the bus along with
lots of other folks from the
Community Living group for the
trip to Toronto. Good news was that
the Blue Jays were winners for the
fourth straight game and it was a
great game.
Congratulations to Const. Brian
Oldfield. Brian, along with parents,
Jim and Darlene and his girlfriend
were at Peel Regional headquarters
for the official presentation and
joining of the Peel Regional Force.
Const. Oldfield received his
badge and firearm and now is
ready to begin his regular duty
schedule.
There seems to be lots of folks
under the weather or in hospital
these days. Having been in hospital
and now released are Adam Smith
and Audrey Cardiff. We hope both
are feeling better.
In hospital is Alvin McDonald,
Annie Bryans and George
McCutcheon at Seaforth hospital.
We hope all are coming along
nicely. Having undergone hip
surgery is Frances Vanderveen. She
is in Stratford Hospital.
Sara Speiran is a patient in
Parkwood hospital and we wish her
all the best in her recovery. George
Langlois is in Stratford hospital,and we are expecting to see himhome in a couple of weeks.Staying at Seaforth Manor isLeona Snyder and Bill Craig is nowa resident at Braemar. We are pleased to hear that AnnaCunningham is now home anddoing well.Home from Vancouver for a visit
is Neil McDonald. He is the son of
Leona McDonald. He is busy
visiting and helping out with the
seeding. He was even put to work
helping the Legion at Duff’s fish
fry.
Having an early celebration
dinner for Jack and Donna Knight’s
50th wedding anniversary were a
few Walton folks. Enjoying a meal
at the Fireside Café were Jack and
Donna, Gerry and Anne Ryan, Neil
and Marie McGavin, Jim and Barb
Fritz and Marilyn McDonald.
Congrats to the Knights.
Celebrating their golden wedding
anniversary in Hamilton, were
Doug and Catherine Keys. Family
and friends from the area travelled
to enjoy the dinner and evening.
Their son Brian nd wife Janet and
family live on the home farm on
Summerhill Road now. Others
attending from the area included
Gord and Irma Pryce.
Celebrating her birthday with
family was Mildred Gillis. Mildred
went out to lunch with her daughter
Louise, then went for dinner
with John, Pat and Louise in
Listowel.
The workmen have returned to
the Walton park and the TCC tower.
They are busy putting up fencing
and safety features. Wireless high-
speed internet is available in our
area and one satisfied customer
reports it’s “hunky dory”. I guess
that means good.
The ball season is about to begin
as well in Walton. There will be
three adult teams again this year
with men’s fastball, and men’s and
ladies’ slopitch. The season begins
during the week of May 15 with the
ladies’ slopitch up first.
Hugh and Monica Ives and family
suffered the loss of many of their
belongings following a house fire
last week. The family is staying in a
trailer on the property while waiting
the decisions on the house damage.
The Ives have two girls, Raven and
Royale.
Congratulations to first-time
grandparents Keith and Pauline
Siemon. They have a new grandson,
Zachary, the first child for daughter
Jenn and Pete Hergott.
It was busy around Duff’s United
Church on Saturday night as the
fundraising committee held a fish
fry. The Brussels Legion cooked the
fish, and the baked potatoes, carrot
salad, coleslaw and an array of
desserts prepared by the committee
were enjoyed by a crowd of around
100.
The month of April birthdays
finished up with Derick Bachert,
Cody Terpstra, Amy Alcock, Brad
Finlayson, Don Dalton, Isobel
Burke, Hayden Love, Spencer
Hackwell, Margery Huether, Tanner
Steffler, Graeme Craig, Paul
Humphries, Jessica Fraser, Kelly
Marks, Jenna Regele, Kelsey
Eckert, Mildred Gillis, Marcy
McCall MacBain, Pat Parr, John
Newman, Dave Lewington, Joe
Steffler and Deborah Wey. May
starts off with Chad McCallum,
Don Williamson, Hayden Kelso,
Chris Holmes, Bev Fraser, Mitchell
Godkin, Lori Nolan, Annelies
Ringgenberg, Andrea Humphries,
Joe Ryan, Veronica Grobbink,
Gerald Sullivan, Hollie Cook, Pat
Melady, Armand Roth, Brian
Workman, Scott McNaughton,
Doug O’Neill, Scott Baan, Brandon
Blake, Colin Humphries and Kyle
Stevenson.
Olympics with numbers
The game is called spoons and the objective is to learn math. Spoons was one of the many
games being played by every classroom in Grey Central Public School last Friday as part of
its Math Olympics. From left: Jonathan Blake, Cody Rathwell and Seth Nichol. (Shawn Loughlin
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