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Provincial Police here to enforce the
speed limit.”
Elliott also pointed out a reduced
speed limit through town could help
and make enforcement easier for the
OPP.
“I visited White Rock, B.C.,”
Elliott said. “They had dropped
their speed limit to 30 kilometres an
hour through the village. It made
enforcement easier. They also used
bumpouts to put pedestrians in the
right location for vision lines, which
also creates vision lines for drivers
trying to turn.”
After much debate, BIA Chair
Peter Gusso said the BIA supports
safety throughout the village and
would lend its support the
installation of traffic lights at the
intersection of County Roads 4 and
25.
REMINDER
DOG TAGS
AND LICENCES
Dog Tags and Licences are due February 2, 2015 and are available at
the Township of North Huron Municipal Office. All dogs must be licensed
in compliance with Township of North Huron By-law No. 41-2008. An
owner or boarder of a dog(s) shall within 10 days of becoming such an
owner or boarder, and thereafter on or before the 2nd day of February
cause such dog(s) to be licensed for one year. A $15.00 late payment
charge shall be assessed in addition to the licence fee after the due
date. Proof of Rabies Vaccination must be available at the time of
purchase.
The By-law requires dog owners to forthwith remove excrement left by
the dog anywhere in the municipality of the Township of North Huron.
Any person contravening this provision is subject to a $100.00 fine.
For further information please contact: The Township of North Huron
P.O.Box 90, 274 Josephine Street
Wingham, ON N0G 2W0
Ph. 519-357-3550
Fax 519-357-1110
The area was saddened to hear of
the death of Delores Souch on Jan. 9.
Our sympathy is extended to Bill
and his family.
Happy birthday to Elizabeth
Phillips, Goderich who celebrates
Jan. 18; Bob McClinchey, Jan. 19;
Joan Clark, Jan. 20 and Lori Brooks,
Jan. 21.
Have you got your card skills all
sharpened up? The Legion Monday
afternoon euchre is starting on
Monday, Jan. 19 in the Legion Hall
at 1:30 p.m. Come out and enjoy an
afternoon of cards.
Toonie Tuesday is on Jan. 20 in the
Blyth Anglican Church hall from
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Please note
the change of time.
The menu for this month is
macaroni and cheese or tuna
casserole with salad and dessert.
Come out and enjoy the food
and fellowship.
BIA supports
traffic light
initative
Legion afternoon euchre starting
Sweep!
The Blyth and District Community Centre played host to an adult league broomball
tournament last weekend, meaning the ice saw a lot of action on Friday night and Saturday,
despite questionable weather throughout the community. Here, the Hurricanes took on the 8th
Liners in a contest on Saturday. (Jasmine deBoer photo)
Church pie makers prepare for new year
Ushering worshippers at Blyth
United Church on Sunday, Jan. 11
were Laurie Sparling, Nancy
Hakkers and Terry Richmond. Floyd
Herman was music director 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 was made
that the ladies are gearing up for pie
making starting on Feb. 11 with
turkey pies and Feb. 25 with beef
pies. If you wish to order please call
Joann MacDonald at 519-523-9274.
Deb invited everyone to greet one
another. Deb invited two of the
Sunday school children, Tanner and
Harrison to come up and help her
light the 12 candles in memory of
the 12 people who died in Paris,
France last week.
Rev. Gary Clark invited everyone
to sing the new centring music,
“Arise, Your Light is Come”. The
choir sang it through first and the
congregation joined in the second
and third time. The prayer of
approach was said responsively with
the sign language in the response.
The interactive scripture was the
story of Daniel before he was put in
the lion’s den.
The children were asked to come
to the front for their story time. Rev.
Clark explained the scripture to the
children and what it means to us
today. Daniel told the king what his
dream meant even though the king
didn’t like the truth. Sometimes we
have to tell someone the truth even
though they do not like the truth. If
we know the truth and we don’t like
it, we can change it. Often tell the
truth is hard to do.
The children, along with the
congregation, said a prayer with
Rev. Clark and went downstairs for a
time of fellowship. The anthem,
“Fairest Lord Jesus” the choir sang
was the old version of the first verse,
verses two and three were verses the
choir members had written and the
fourth verse as the verse written in
1800.
Rev. Clark’s message to the
congregation was change makes a
difference. Life has a way of making
an important thing less important.
Often a cartoonist makes fun of very
serious situations. We can’t talk
about something, if we haven’t seen
it.
Often if we pray for answers to
our problems, we will get the
answers. We must talk about our
problems and find the answers. We
must claim our faith. The
Babylonians did not take Daniel’s
faith away.
If we don’t like what people are
saying about us, we can change. It is
up to us. No one can change for us.
We have the choice to do something
about it.
The next hymn, “Jesus shall
Reign” was followed by the
receiving of the offering, the singing
of the response, “What Can I Bring”
the offertory prayer, the prayers for
the people, silent prayers and the
singing of The Lord’s Prayer. The
last hymn, “Saviour, Again to Your
Dear Name” was followed by the
singing of the “Three Fold Amen”.
Everyone was invited for coffee,
treats and fellowship.
Downtown Blyth
519-523-4740
Bainton’s
Old Mill
Motorcycle Jackets
Consider your ways!
(Don Whitney)
Once, when the people of God had become careless in their relationship with Him,
the Lord rebuked them through the prophet Haggai. “Consider your ways!”
(Haggai 1:5) he declared, urging them to reflect on some of the things happening
to them, and to evaluate their slipshod spirituality in light of what God had told
them.
The beginning of a new year is an ideal time to stop, look up, and get our bearings.
To that end, here are ten questions to ask prayerfully in the presence of God:
1. In which spiritual discipline do you most want to make progress this year--
and what will you do about it?
2. What is the single biggest time-waster in your life--and what will you do
about it this year?
3. What one thing could you do to improve your prayer life this year?
4. What single thing that you plan to do this year will matter most in ten years?
In eternity?
5. What area of your life most needs simplifying, and what’s one way you could
simplify in that area?
6. What habit would you most like to establish this year?
7. What book,in addition to the Bible, do you most want to read this year?
8. What one thing do you most regret about last year, and what will you do
about it this year?
9. In what area of your life do you most need growth, and what will you do
about it this year?
10. In what area of your life do you most need change, and what will you do
about it this year?
If you’ve found these questions helpful, you might want to put them someplace--
on your phone, tablet, day planner, calendar, bulletin board, etc.--where you can
review them more frequently than once a year.
So let’s evaluate our lives, make plans and goals, and live this new year with
biblical diligence remembering that, “The plans of the diligent lead surely to
advantage” (Proverbs 21:5). But in all things let’s also remember our King who
said, “Apart from Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5).
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
From Marilyn’s Desk
Betty Webber wins
BIA’s Golden Ticket
The winner of the Golden Ticket,
pending acceptance of the prize, is
Betty Webber who is from the
Kitchener-Waterloo area.
At the Blyth Business
Improvement Area’s (BIA) Jan. 7
meeting, Chair Peter Gusso said
that, after rounding up all the
outstanding ticket booklets, Gusso’s
daughter Georgia chose Webber’s
name at random. Gusso also sought
direction from the BIA as to what to
do with the remaining ballots and it
was suggested keeping them until
the winner had been contacted and
accepted the prize.
Webber will receive two tickets to
every public event hosted at
Memorial Hall including two tickets
to each of the Blyth Festival’s 2015
main stage productions.
The fundraiser brought in between
$1,500 and $1,600 in ticket sales,
meaning 750 to 800 tickets were
purchased.
Gusso said the event was a success
and he hoped the BIA could run it
again in 2015 for tickets to the 2016
Blyth Festival season.
While approximately $1,550 was
brought in through the event, costs,
including the lottery licence and
printing of the tickets, had not yet
been finalized, so a final fundraising
amount wasn’t available when the
winner was announced.
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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