The Citizen, 2008-10-02, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008.
The Walton Little School has been
busy in class.
The Butterfly class has been
learning about themselves through
the unit Me and My Feelings. They
learned the song, If You’re Happy
and You Know It, and made a
keepsake book about themselves.
They did lots of fingerpainting and
did handprints, footprints and more.
The Star class started learning the
alphabet. They focused on A, B, C,
and D. They enjoyed writing the
letters, signing and rhyming. They
also practised writing their names.
Travelling Teddy has been a hit
and has been to a few children’s
places for lots of activities.
The Acorn class learned more
about themselves and one another
through “I’m glad to be me”, a unit
celebrating how unique each child is.
They have learned about healthy
food, food groups and keeping
healthy. They have been practising
reading skills, printing and signing
names. They also made their very
own picture dictionaries.
Busy
fall for
kids at
Little
School
What a wonderful week and not a
bad weekend. The farmers were
busy stripping their fields of white
beans and soybeans. Lots of wheat
was being planted.
Be careful on the roads as there is
plenty of large farm equipment
being moved from farm to farm as
well as crop being taken to the
elevators in the area.
Returning from a trip to the west
are Leslie and Yvonne Knight. They
were away three weeks and were
visiting with relatives on Yvonne’s
side of the family. They headed out
and crossed at Port Huron and made
their way through Michigan,
Minnesota and North Dakota. They
crossed into Saskatchewan and
stayed with a cousin on a
farm outside of Weyburn for three
nights.
They visited with 15 different
families in the area and Leslie really
enjoyed touring the farming area.
The harvest is almost over with
predominant crops being spring
grain and flax.
Heading farther west they stopped
at various museums including the
Museum of Dinosaurs at
Drumheller. They went as far west as
Golden B.C. and stayed a night at
Cranbrook, B.C. They can now say
they have been to two Cranbrooks in
Canada.
They did plenty of sightseeing in
Lake Louise and Banff and went up
Sulphur Mountain on the gondola.
They also stopped in
Saskatchewan at the spot where they
tape the outdoor shots for the
television show Corner Gas. The
indoor shots for the show are done in
Regina, and they stayed just down
the street from the studio.
The journey home was through
Canada and while in the Thunder
Bay area they travelled a little east
and stopped to tour an amethyst
mine. They report warm, sunny
weather for most of their trip and a
wonderful time.
Harold and Pearl McCallum and
Wayne and Joyce Hartman have
returned from a holiday at the
cottage on Manitoulin Island. They
report that it is very dry on the island
and that the trees are not as colourful
as the trees here. They spent time
going four wheeling and found that
many areas which are usually wet
holes were dried up. They had good
weather for their time away.Enjoying a special visit last weekwas Doris Foster. She was able tospend the day with her sister MurielWhitfield of Inverhuron. Muriel’sdaughter Sharon brought the twotogether for the day and for dinnerout. Many Brussels residents willremember Muriel from her manyyears residing in Brussels. The
sisters are both over 80 and
enjoy being able to get together
when able.
A party for more than one reason
was held last week at the Boettcher
family farm. It was 30 years ago that
Herb and Elizabeth Boettcher and
sons came to Canada and to the
Brussels area from Germany. They
reside on the former Ross Knight
farm on Moncrieff Road. They were
also celebrating birthdays of family
members. There were about 45
people attending.
There was a good crowd attending
the Pioneer customer appreciation
day and plot tour at the farm of
Pioneer dealer Don and Pat Dalton.
They went on a plot tour then many
more arrived later for dinner. Some
of the lucky ladies winning beautiful
mums and candies in the door prize
draws were Catharine Pestell, Didi
Bos, Sherry McCall, and Jo-Ann
McDonald. Some of the lucky men
winning Pioneer jackets were Art
Glanville, Dale Bennewies, Lloyd
Glanville and Orval Bauer.
It was a great day with lots of
farmers heading to the field to
combine.
Our condolences are expressed to
the Weber and Webster families on
the passing of Sharon (Webster)
Weber of Kitchener. Our deepest
sympathies to her husband Bruce,
sister Darlene Fischer of Brussels
and father Ken Webster, formerly of
Brussels and to the rest of the family members.Congratulations to Greg andTrudy Ryan who were the specialcouple of the evening on Saturdaynight. There was a lovely receptionheld for them at the BMGCommunity Centre in celebration oftheir marriage this past March in LasVegas. Lots of music, dancing,
speeches and lunch made for an
enjoyable evening for all.
If you see Gerry Ryan moving a
little slower than usual, it’s because
he suffered a slight mishap and now
has cracked ribs. Take it easy Gerry
and get well soon.
Mary Huether is home from
hospital. We hope she is improving.
The motocross track at Lees was a
busy place on the weekend. The
track was being used by a
fundraising group called Breast
Strokes based out of Guelph. A
group of women who are survivors
of breast cancer organized a yearly
event and this year it was motocross.
Motos for Moms was a family-
oriented affair consisting of teams of
four. They “raced” and earned points
to be tallied at the end of the day.
The teams gathered pledges for the
day with the top team earning prizes.
There were over 75 folks
participating from across Ontario,
including local rider Will King and
team.
The day raised over $20,000 to go
to the group and breast cancer
research. There was one family
alone, that raised over $7,000 by two
young boys. They canvassed their
neighbourhood, family and friends
by themselves and collected change
to be turned into the event. What a
fantastic accomplishment by these
young people.
The second event at the Lee track
was the filming of a TV show, theRick Mercer Report shown inTuesday evenings on CBC. Rickcame out to learn how to be amotocross rider. He arrived inWalton around 8:30 in the morningand was taught how to ride by ChrisLee. The crew consisted of Rick,producer, film guy and a gopher guyand they were at the track until 5
p.m.
Rick participated in a four-lap race
with a younger group of riders and
managed to successfully complete
the race without crashing.
Chris reports that Rick was a hoot
to work with and that he spent quite
a bit of time conversing with riders
and many of the neighbours who
gathered to watch. Pictures and
autographs were obtained by many.
The third event was the Steel City
Riders using the track for a special
day of racing for their club.
The Walton hall had a roast beef
dinner on Sunday and had a good
crowd of around 80 people
attending. It was the first dinner of
the fall and another will be held at
the end of October. Helpers on
Sunday included Judy Emmrich,
Judy Lee, Barb Durell, Jo-Ann
McDonald, Gloria Wilbee, Heidi
McClure, Karen Hoegy and Howard
Hackwell.
Birthdays finishing up September
include Bill Gulutzen, Crystal
McCallum, Nancy Smeltzer, Ron
Bennett, Michael Bernard, Kassidy
Eckert, MacKenzie Hackwell,
Brittney Pryce, Tom Williamson,
Lorren Poland and Don Fraser.
October kicks off with MaryAnn
Grobbink, W. Doug Mitchell, Helen
Craig, Gerry Rijkhoff, Campbell
Wey, Christopher Blake, Melva
Fraser and Chantelle den Dekker.
Happy birthday.
NEWS
FROM WALTON
By Jo-AnnMcDonaldCall 887-6570PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON
With its eyes on the green, Huron
East council resumed discussion on
its new wind turbine and solar power
bylaw, putting the municipality at
the forefront of regulating green
energy.
Huron County planner Carol
Leeming returned to Huron East
council for its Sept. 23 meeting to
discuss its new wind turbine
bylaw for the second time this
month.
Leeming returned with revisions
and clarifications requested by
councillors at their last meeting on
Sept. 9, when Leeming presented
the bylaw for the first time.
Initially, Leeming brought the
current bylaw in with over 30
changes for council’s input.
Changes spanned from slight
changes of provisions and
definitions of terms to changes in
sizes and distances.
The process will continue to be
difficult, said councillor David
Blaney, because Huron East is one
of only a handful of municipalities
looking ahead to regulating this kind
of technology.
“We’re much to the forefront on
this issue, on the cutting edge. Right
now, there isn’t a lot out there,” he
said.
Several changes had already been
made. However, as several
councillors stated, there is still
plenty of work to be done before the
bylaw can be adopted.
“Basically, you’ve got 10 pages
here saying you’re not going to put
[wind turbines] up in town,” mayor
Joe Seili said. “That’s the long and
the short of it.”
Several issues such as guy wires,
setback restrictions, noise and
height restrictions were issues of
concern to Blaney and deputy-
mayor Bernie MacLellan, both of
whom have experience with wind
turbines through their work.
In regards to noise restrictions,
with houses in such close proximity
HE looks at wind turbines
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
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