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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2016-08-18, Page 3A cautionary tale An early fire call saw the Fire Department of North Huron responding to a home in the village due an odd smell on Aug. 10. It was later discovered that a pot light had slowly, over the course of years, been eating away a part of a cupboard door and could have caused combustion of the material within if left any longer. No damages or injuries were caused by the event. Fire Prevention Officer James Marshall said it was a prime example of radiant heat and he had never seen a pattern like that before. He also said this is an example of what can happen when combustible materials are left to heaters or hot elements. The home was properly protected by smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, according to Marshall, so if a fire had happened, the family would have been protected. (Denny Scott photo) New shoot players welcome Sorry to hear that Gay Datema is a patient in Victoria Hospital, London. We hope she will soon be home. Sympathy is extended to the Charter families in the death of their brother Gordon this past week. Happy birthday to Brenden Howson who celebrates Aug. 17. Happy Anniversary to Scott and Colleen Bromley who celebrate Aug. 19 and to Cathy and Richard Badley, Aug. 22. Come out and play shoot at Trinity Anglican Church Hall on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. The next game of shoot is Aug. 22 starting at 1:30 p.m. Many Richmond relatives gathered at the Blyth Lions Park on Sunday, Aug. 14 for their annual picnic. Everyone enjoyed catching up with family members during the afternoon and also enjoyed the potluck supper around 5 p.m. They attended from Atwood, Belgrave, Blyth, Fullarton, Goderich, Gowanstown, Kitchener, LeFroy, London, Mitchell and Strathroy. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016. PAGE 3. Blyth 140th event committees struck By Denny Scott The Citizen The celebration of Blyth's 140th anniversary is beginning to take shape with some big events being considered and plenty of tie-ins with local groups and businesses. During a meeting of the group's planning committee for the group on Aug. 9 at the Royal Canadian Legion Blyth Branch, the group started taking several important steps forward towards the celebration. The group struck two committees and began planning for several others and are now looking for volunteers to take on the various aspects of the milestone. Blyth Legion First Vice -Chair Crystal Taylor was named the chair of the committee and the group set out several other members that would need to be found to make sure the event is a success. Current openings include a secretary, vice -chair, finance chair, fundraising chair, events chair and souvenir chair. The first committee to be struck was the decoration committee which will be chaired by Hope Button and might be looking for more members. Button said she would be happy to take on the role of preparing decorations for the village and said she would seek the help of Bev Blair who had previously participated in similar celebration -planning committees. Karen Stewart and Genny Smith decided to tackle marketing and social media for the event. The group will be producing a calendar outlining events Catering group seeks help for Threshers Greeting worshippers at Blyth United Church on Sunday, Aug. 14 was Marilyn Craig. Ushering were Tom Cronin and David Onn. Marilyn Scott was pianist and Fred Hakkers ran the power point. Deb Hakkers welcomed everyone to church and drew attention to the announcements printed in the bulletin. Special mention that the catering committee is looking for help for the Aug. 19 catering and also help for the Threshers meals at the arena. Deb lit the candles on the altar table along with the Christ candle. The first hymn "Lord Prepare Me to be A Sanctuary" was sung followed by the opening prayer said responsively. Everyone was invited to greet one another. Deb introduced the guest speaker, Ruth Long. The next hymn "We Are One" was sung. Ruth had a basket of FREE 2016 Citizen Phone Books are available at our offices in Blyth and Brussels The Citizen 413 Queen St., Blyth 541 Turnberry St., Brussels worry stones to show the children and the rest of the congregation who are children at heart. Rocks take many shapes and sizes, the same as our worries. Often if we hold a worry stone in our hand our worries seem to go away. When we take our worry stones in our hands we are turning our worries over to God. God takes care of us if we only ask Him to. The scriptures were from Psalm 146, Philippians 4:1-6 and Matthew 6:25-34. Cheryl Cronin and Avon Cornell sang a duet "I've Got a Mansion Over the Hilltop" Ruth's message to the congregation was "Overcoming Worry." Ruth told a story about a little girl about the age of five wanting to go to Space Mountain and going on the ride not once but twice standing in line for her and her dad's turn. The next year they came back to Space Mountain and there were signs along the way, saying you had to be tall enough, be careful and the little girl said to her dad she didn't want to go on the ride. He asked her why because she had enjoyed it last year? Her reply to him was "I can read this year." There are no ends to the things we worry about, the weather, the clothes we wear, the places we go and so on. We lose days off of our lives by worrying. Some days we feel that things are coming at us from all directions. God will help us if we only ask. Jesus tells us not to worry. He tells us to keep God in our lives and to trust in Him. He tells us to consider the birds and the bees that God looks after them. If we spend too much time worrying we will not have enough time to care for others. If we trust in God, He will take care of us. Jesus tells us that if we take FREE Evening Walk at the Wawanosh Nature Centre Wed. Aug. 24 1 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 38854 Nature Centre Rd., North Huron 1 519-335-3557 1 mvca.on.ca care of others our worries will disappear. The next hymn "Now Thank We All Our God" was sung followed by the receiving of the offering, the offertory response "Your Work, 0 God, Needs Many Hands," the offertory prayer, prayers for the people and the singing of the Lord's Prayer. The last hymn "Peace Like a River" was followed by the benediction and the singing of "God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again" BUY? SELL? TRY CLASSIFIED throughout the area in the year, hoping to have 140 events listed for the year. Plans were also discussed for two New Year's celebrations, one at the end of this year to both kick- off the celebration and another at the end of 2017. A homecoming was also suggested for the end of July next year that may or may not coincide with Streetfest. The committee was also officially introduced to the lily that will mark Blyth's 140th next year. Called the Belle of Blyth, pending approval from the board that governs the naming of lilies, the flower has saffron yellow petals with maroon colouring and will be available for $15 per bulb. For more information or to get involved with the committee, visit www.facebook.com/Blyth140th rt -,44,1141, FROM BLYTH Open 24 Hours Blyth Laundromat 191 Westmoreland St., Blyth 519-523-9687 Martin's Nursery TREES FOR SALE Containers & Field Grown Trees & Shrubs EMANUEL E.M. 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