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The Citizen, 2003-07-23, Page 9THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2003. PAGE 9. Congratulations to Melissa Beuermann on receiving honourable mention for her submission to the business plan competition in Huron. The competition was sponsored by the Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation through the Huron Small Business Enterprise Centre in Seaforth. Melissa did her project on how to set up a hairdressing salon. Congrats Melissa. A worthwhile event of which to take note is the collection of used lead acid batteries by Huron County 4-H members. The batteries can be dropped off at various depots including McGavin’s in Walton, Townsend Tire in Londesborough and Vincent’s in Seaforth. The batteries are recycled through a company in Mississauga and funds raised help finance 4-H programs in Huron County. A second event is the Queen of the Furrow Competition for the Huron County Match. The competition is open to young women between the ages of 16-24. They enjoy an opportunity to meet others from across the county and all walks of life, to become proficient in public speaking, develop social skills and be an ambassador at fairs and other events. If interested call Marie McGavin before Aug. 1. It was nice to see Joan and Gerald Miller back around the area for a visit. They live in Claresholm, Alberta and are here for the rest of the month, making son Rob’s house home base. Their daughter Donna lives in London and while here, they are celebrating Gerald’s 65 th birthday. Women greet at Duffs service The small congregation at Duff’s Jnited Church, Walton were greeted by Helen Williamson and Doreen lackwell. For the sixth Sunday after ’entecost, it was a theme of building i ,n a strong foundation with God. The children were called forward ; nd Rev. Joan Tuchlinsky asked ' /hat do the children use to see i lemselves. She tried to show them i leir reflection in a piece of tinfoil, i ut it was very fuzzy and unclear. ' ’heir image was clearer but - istorted in a silver ladle spoon. Of ourse a clear reflection was seen in mirror. She asked how people can reflect rod in their lives to others. They an do this by being loving, caring, baring, giving and forgiving and ot clouding their image by lying or uHying or being unkind to others. Graeme Craig gifted the ongregation by singing The Rose a appella. Rev. Joan’s sermon, Co- reating With God, dealt with the reaking down of walls that can eep people apart. These walls can lclude ignorance, pride, fear, ossip, silence, stubbornness and ick of time for others. With God’s sip, she said, people need to break own these walls to reach out to Lhers and help build bridges to a wing and caring community. The collection was taken by Brian lcGavin and Emerson Mitchell. They will also visit Gerald’s and Joan’s brothers and sisters. It was great to see you Joan. She reports she loves to read The Citizen. Ralph and Joyce Treibner and Mary Davidson travelled to Ottawa on Tuesday. They attended the funeral of Gladys Lott, the former Gladys Davidson, who passed away last week on Wednesday. They had a chance to visit with other relatives before returning home on Thursday. Home from a fantastic trip to England are Mary, Murray, Sherry and Jack McCall, who were over visiting Marci McCall and John MacBain. They were away eight days and saw many of the sights of London including Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Hampton Court (the home of Henry VIII) and Greenwich Village. They took a ride on the London Eye which is a giant ferris wheel near the Thames. It rotates .very slowly and gives an unbelievable view of London. It was built as a millennium project. The McCalls also spent time in Scotland which Sherry reports is beautiful. Since returning from England, the McCalls have been kept busy. They have been doing various performances including joining the ever popular Huron Strings at the Betty Cardno Centre in Clinton. Murray and Sherry, as well as Orville and Lila Storey and others, play the violins and enjoy performing in the area. Mary Humphries had visitors on Wednesday when her brother Jack Bennett and his daughter Jane came calling. It was a belated birthday visit for Marg and they enjoyed lunch at the Walton Inn before returning to Newmarket later in the day. The roar of motocross bikes has been heard as Matt Lee has been conducting an Absolute Technique Motocross Riding school. He’s had 10 students this week learning the finer points of riding and racing. The Elliott family picnic was held last Sunday at the home of Bob Greeters next Sunday are Kathleen Williamson and Viola Traviss. The church caretaker has resigned her position so members are looking for someone to fill the position for September. Contact Graeme Craig or Barry Hoegy. Acorns experiment The Walton Little School Acorn class and school-age class have been enjoying water experiments. They have learned what dissolves in water, about the water cycle and about freezing. They painted with ice cubes and had super summer fun with water games outside. They are more than halfway to their goal of reading 500 books as a class. They will be rewarded with an ice-cream sundae party. The Stars continue to learn about dinosaurs. They measured their classroom to see if any of the different dinosaurs would fit in their room. Elliott in Kitchener. They had a good attendance including the Graeme Craig family of Walton. The Elliott girls including Helen Craig, Walton; Emily Larue, Haliburton and Mary Elliott of Burnaby, B.C. went on to Toronto from the picnic to spend time together. They stayed at the Sheraton Centre and went to see The Lion King at the Princess of Wales Theatre. They also took in the CN tower as well as the sights of downtown Toronto. They returned midweek with Mary joining Emily in Haliburton for a while. Mary will be here most of the month of July, so we will likely run into her at the Walton Inn. A belated birthday dinner was held for Marilyn McDonald when she and her sister Barb Tervitt travelled to London for the day together. They enjoyed a delicious Chinese dinner while away. Our condolences to the family and friends of Ross Veitch on the passing of wife Ruth Veitch, they had many friends in the curling club and in the area as they lived and farmed here before moving to Listowel. Margery Huether enjoyed a four- day bus tour to Boston Massachusetts. She and her friend Grace Jutzi of Kitchener, travelled with Great Canadian Tours to enjoy the Boston Pops Orchestra perform an outdoor concert at Tangelwood to a crowd of 12,000. They also Orders now taken for Pickling Cucumbers! IT’S NEVER nrx TOO LATE... 10 1 lailt If you have to fill in an empty space in the garden or if you are planning a new flower bed, Te-Em Farm has all the plants you need including beautiful perennials. LOTSOF IN(GREEN)HOUSE SPECIALS NOW ON! including SUPER SPECIAL on Flat of 8-1 a< Selected Perennials...only $32.00! Patio Pots, Hanging Baskets Nursery Stock & Water Plants. Open...Mon. - Frl. 8-8, Sat. 8 Sun. 9-6 L RR#1 Bayfield 519-482-3020 On his way home from Millbank last Thursday morning, Paul Finch, aka the pigeon man of Walton, noticed a baby blue heron on the side of the road. Surprised, he turned around and picked the bird up, thinking its mother must have been killed. Paul and his wife Laurie, acting on advice from a local vet, let the bird go near a river later on that day, but not before naming him George. Herons are very difficult birds to get close to but this little guy seemed totally content being with the couple. (Sarah Mann photo) enjoyed a boat cruise of Boston Harbour as well as a tour of Norman Rockwell’s home, studio and museum at Stockbridge. Keith and Gloria Wilbee enjoyed a weekend away at Huntsville and the Deerhurst Inn. It was a belated birthday celebration for Keith who turned 50 earlier in the year. A group of ladies travelled to Grand Bend to the theatre to see Carousel. Anne Ryan, Marilyn McDonald and her sister Barb Tervitt and sister-in-laws Betty and Jeannie Newman thoroughly enjoyed the matinee performance and enjoyed dinner after the show. Ian and Brian Wilbee spent a few days in Napanee visiting with Ken and Grace Wilbee. Newlyweds Jason and LeeAnn Konarski have returned from their honeymoon trip to the east coast. They started in New Brunswick and visited the Reversing Falls and the Hopewell Rocks. They went to Magnetic Hill where the car when in neutral, travels up hill backwards. “Cool”, says Jason. They went to Halifax, Nova Scotia where they toured the Alexander Keith Brewery as well as touring the Cabot Trail. Travelling to P.E.I. and Charlottetown, LeeAnn enjoyed visiting the homestead of the Montgomerys - author of the Anne Continued on page 10 UCW serves theatre crowd The ladies of the UCW served a Blyth Festival theatre supper on Friday evening for about 25 people. Helping out were Helen Craig, Gloria Wilbee, Margery Huether, Judy Emmrich, Judy Lee, Jo-Ann McDonald, Marie McGavin, Kathleen Williamson and Viola Traviss. Both Marie and Margery entertained the diners by playing the piano for added value for their evening. The next function at the church is a community shower for bride-to-be Kim Baan on Aug. 5. All members of the UCW are asked to check their cupboards at home for a few missing items that should be returned to the church or to other church members. As well, there are many bowls, dishes and pans that may be yours on the shelves at the church. WI members visit Hensall Six members of the Walton Women’s Institute travelled to Hensall to have a tour of the Ice Cultures business. They employ 15 people and it was very interesting. They get orders from all over the world. They supply frozen bowls etc. for wedd-ngs and they have sculptures of anything you want. The ladies made plans for the next two Blyth suppers that they are hosting and decided to have no meeting in August.