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Threshers a success
Cheese!
Earlier this month, the Blyth Festival organized a photo with as many Blyth residents and
visitors as possible in front of Memorial Hall to mirror a similar photo taken more than 100
years ago. Above is the result of the hard work. How many neighbours can you spot? (Terry
Manzo Photo)
BIA, 140th collaborate
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
The Blyth Business Improvement
Area (BIA) might rebrand Streetfest
for one year to share the celebration
with both the Blyth 140th committee
and Canada's 150th birthday.
Streetfest is an annual celebration
hosted by the BIA on Blyth's main
street which encourages visitors to
take in all the community
has to offer. Entertainment, food
vendors and special events are
held throughout the community
and the main street is closed to
accomodate the event.
BIA Vice -President Peter Gusso,
who chaired the group's Sept. 7
meeting, explained in an interview
with The Citizen that the weekend
that Streetfest takes place, that being
the last before the Civic Holiday in
August, could be shared with the
homecoming celebration being
planned by the Blyth 140th
committee.
"We might look at renaming the
event that year and just having one
big celebration," he said. "There
might be other changes because of
that."
Gusso said the decision would
wait until further meetings were held
between the BIA and the 140th
committee.
***
North Huron Councillor and
BIA council representative Bill
Knott wants a dog park built in
Blyth.
Knott brought up the idea with the
BIA during its Sept. 7 meeting and
Mike the Plumber
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was informed that it was a long-term
goal for the Blyth Friends of the
Village garden group.
The group's township liaison,
Lissa Kolkman, explained to The
Citizen that the idea was one on a list
that the Friends wanted to
implement.
She also said that the plan was in
the early stages as the group
hadn't yet considered locations
or funding.
***
The Blyth Witches Walk, an
annual event that in the past saw the
Greenway Trail converted into a
spooky stroll, might be absent
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Please accept this invitation to the
14th Annual Remembrance and Dedication Service
at the Memory Garden
Drummond Street East, Blyth
Sunday, September 1 8th, 2016 at 2 pm
Join us for fellowship and refreshments
Take this opportunity to enjoy a walk in the
Garden and the Greenway Trail
Please bring a lawn chair
For more information call 519-523-4563
You're Invited to...
Girls Grade 4-8
Blyth Christian Reformed Church
Wednesday evenings starting
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th (7:30 - 9:00 pm)
Our evenings are packed with loads of fun and great activities like
crafts, badges, Bible discoveries, games, creative movements,
and so much more.
Contact: Kirsten Passchier at 519-523-4421 or
dkpasschier@hotmail.com for more information
Happy birthday to Edgar Daer
who celebrates Sept. 15; Tricia Daer,
London, Sept. 17; Larry Badley,
Sept. 20; Bryce Wheeler and Kelly
MacDonald, Sept. 21.
Happy anniversary to Blair and
Shannon Bieman, Belgrave and Jeff
and Shanann Josling, Blyth, Sept. 16
and Linda and Irvin Pease, Sept. 18.
Many visitors to our little town
enjoyed the Huron Pioneer
Threshers and Hobby Association's
55th Reunion on the weekend.
Mother Nature had a hand in those
attending but Sunday was dry, sunny
and a little cooler. Many travelled
throughout the grounds looking at
the exhibits and enjoying the music
and dancing. There was something
for every age group. The church
service held at Shed 3 was well
attended by local people and
visitors.
Congratulations to the volunteers
who have kept this reunion going for
55 years. Well done!
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Deadly! Destructive! Damning!
(the following is by Spurgeon)
The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: "God, I thank you that
I am not like other men -- robbers, evildoers, adulterers -- or even like
this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get" Luke
18:11-12
Nothing is more deadly than self-righteousness!
Your own righteousness will destroy you as certainly as your iniquities!
If you rest upon what you have done, however good in your own eyes, or
however praiseworthy in the esteem of your fellow -men, you rest on a
foundation that will certainly fail you.
Christ will have you to know, however good you are, that you must come
to him just as the vilest of the vile must come.
You must come as guilty - you cannot come as righteous. You must come
to Jesus to be washed; you must come to him to be clothed. You think you
do not need washing; you fancy you are clothed, and covered, and
beautiful to look upon.
But oh! the garb of outward respectability, and of outward morality, often
is nothing but a film to hide an abominable leprosy!
Your merits or your demerits are alike unavailing for salvation!
God grant that we may no longer boast of ourselves. Put away the
Pharisee's pride, and never utter the Pharisee's prayer.
it is self-righteousness which damns the souls of thousands!
God's arm is strong enough, God's fire fierce enough, to melt even the iron
of self-righteousness.
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956