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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-03-26, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015. PAGE 7. MEETING NOTICE Municipality of Morris-Turnberry The upcoming meetings for the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will be held: Tuesday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting Doug Walker greeted worshippers and handed out the service of worship on Sunday, March 22 at Knox United Church. Student minister Brian Hymers welcomed the congregation on Lent 5 and went over the announcements and then lit the Christ candle. After the call to worship was read responsively the opening hymn, “Now the Green Blade Rises” was sung and the morning prayer and the prayer of confession was read in unison. The choir sang, “Fairest Lord Jesus” and the congregation shared the peace of Christ. After the children’s hymn, “Jesus Loves Me,” the children gathered in the front pew for story time with Brian. He told them the story of two sisters named Mary and Martha. Mary and Martha were two of Jesus’ good friends. They were getting ready for a big dinner party for Jesus at their home. They had invited all his good friends. That night many people sat down at Mary and Martha’s table. Martha was busy as always. Mary did a surprising thing; she took some perfume that cost of lot of money and poured it on Jesus’s feet. She then wiped his feet with her hair. Mary gave Jesus the perfume as a gift. She loved Jesus just as we love our parents. We could be nice to people and show them our love by helping. After the Lord’s Prayer, the children adjourned to Sunday school. The congregation listened to the word of God as Becky Bartman read 1 Kings 17: 8-16 and Psalm 51 responsively and the she read from John 12: 1-11. Brian reflected on this being the fifth week of Lent which ends on Palm Sunday. Everything is so abundant, why do we try so hard to destroy all the things that God so abundantly gives us? We constantly blame God for everything that goes wrong. God knows we make mistakes and God understands each and everyone of us. We are all children of God and are equal. All we need is faith. The hymn of praise was “Go to Dark Gethsemane”. Gord Folkard reported on the minute for missions. Doug Walker and Larry Harper took up the offering which was dedicated. The closing hymn, “He Leadeth Me” and the singing of “Go Now in Peace” concluded the morning worship service. The stewards will be hosting a Swiss Chalet supper at the Belgrave Community Centre on Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Advance tickets only are available from any of the stewards. Take-out will be available. The Knox choir will be presenting an Angel Concert in the church on Sunday, April 19 at 7 p.m. Admission is by donation with proceeds going to student minister Brian Hymer’s education fund. Everyone is welcome. Thank you to everyone who supported the United Church Women’s turkey dinner on March 15. A profit of $871 was made. Your support was greatly appreciated. Angel Concert set for April 19 at Knox United NEWS FROM BELGRAVE By Linda Campbell Call 357-2188 PEOPLE AROUND BELGRAVE St. Patrick’s Day was a bright and crisp day when 10 Women’s Institute members came together at Knox United Church, Belgrave. They met at noon and enjoyed a bag lunch together. President Nancy Jardin welcomed all and read the “Isle of Emerald”, “An Old Irish Prayer” and “Deep Peace” - an old Gaelic rune. The meeting began with the opening ode and Mary Stewart Collect. Dianna Robinson presented the minutes of the last meeting, the financial report and correspondence received. Roll call was answered with reports of volunteer hours and answering the question, “are you wearing green?” – everyone was! The Belgrave branch joined a WI meeting in Auburn on March 19 to plan for the Huron West District. Doreen Marks announced the categories for the Elementary School Fair which will be held in Belgrave on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Financial planning included gifts to be purchased and honourarium fees for the new Women’s Institute year. Time was spent preparing a proposed slate of officers both for the Huron West District and the Belgrave branch. Mabel Jacklin convened the program which was prepared by Verna Norgate. This St. Patrick’s program included facts and fiction, traditions and history and a quiz. The next meeting is a year-end branch annual meeting set for 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21. Group goes green for meeting REPRINTS OF PHOTOS taken by Citizen photographers are available to purchase. ALL ARE IN COLOUR 4x6 - $4.00 5x7 - $5.00 8x10 - $8.00 Phone to order ~ 519-523-4792 or 519-887-9114 Big money As part of a $10,000 pledge to the Building Bridges Fund at the Maitland River Elementary School, the Wingham Lions, represented by President Joe Collison, donated $5,000 to the school earlier last month. The fund helps with purchases that aren’t covered in the cost of a new school like playground equipment, greenfield development, musical instruments and other staples of school life. Collison’s visit coincided with the school’s Valentine and Pajama Spirit Day. From left: Mary Sabourin, Principal Alice McDowell, Collison and Emily Bieman. (Denny Scott photo) Get wedding advice and tips, see a case study and read about local brides on the Brides in Huron section of our website www.northhuron.on.ca Morris-Turnberry’s contract with Bluewater Recycling is up for renewal later this year and the municipality’s council is considering changing it up. Currently, the municipality pays $132,233.24 for Bluewater Recycling, which owns the wheelie bins used by ratepayers, to pick up garbage and recycling. The charge covers 1,579 properties of which 833 are urban, 452 are rural, 59 are industrial or commercial and 235 are serviced by depot collection. The existing contract has weekly urban pick-up and bi-weekly rural pick-up. Staff came forward with a document on March 17 that would request a quote from Bluewater Recycling for automated co- collection, which is both waste and recycling in the same truck, with four different options. The options include different pick- up schedules including weekly urban and rural bi-weekly pick-up (one side of the road each collection for both rural and municipal); weekly urban and rural bi-weekly (both sides for both); urban weekly (both sides) and rural bi-weekly (one side) and bi-weekly urban (both M-T considers different refuse collection schedule Continued on page 10