HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-11-19, Page 19THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015. PAGE 19.
Lighting of the Lights this Saturday in Blyth
The Blyth Business Improvement
Area (BIA) will be hosting a special
event on Nov. 21 to mark the
lighting of the village Christmas
lights and kick off the holiday
season.
Hosted at Blyth Memorial Hall
and its outdoor courtyard, the event
will feature entertainment, food,
drink and the official turning on of
the lights and it starts at 6 p.m. on
Saturday.
“We’re going to be serving
Scrimgeour’s sausage on a bun, pies
donated by the Blyth United Church
and hot chocolate,” Lighting of the
Lights committee member Peter
Gusso said. “There will also be a
gingerbread cookie station for
children inside the hall where kids
will be able to make their own
cookies.”
The event will also feature live
music. John McDowell and
committee member Averly Kikkert
will be performing Christmas carols
which attendees will be welcome to
join in. Printouts of the lyrics will be
on site.
Blyth’s Julie Sawchuk, who
recently returned home after
recovering from a cycling accident
that left her paralyzed from the chest
down, will be the one to press the
button to ignite the lights around the
village.
This is the first time the event has
been planned by a committee, and
not the BIA as a whole. The
suggestion for the committee came
from Kikkert, while North Huron
Councillor and BIA representative
Bill Knott was the one to suggest
that Kikkert be on the committee.
Kikkert agreed, saying that while
fundraising events are important, it
is also important for the BIA to offer
opportunities for both its members
and their customers to celebrate the
community.
“That’s what I think the BIA is
here for, to make fun events that
draw people in from the community
and beyond,” she said. “They need to
be events that people can enjoy but
are also affordable. Being free, this
meets that criteria.”
For more information contact the
Blyth BIA through Facebook or its
website at www.blythnow.com
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Getting ready for the big moment
North Huron public works crews were busy on Monday in
Blyth preparing the village for the Lighting of the Lights
ceremony set for this Saturday at 6 p.m. at Blyth Memorial
Hall. The crews were putting up lit wreaths that were
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presented last Friday morning.
TCC, Rathwell said, has always
made an effort to maintain a
charitable presence in the
communities it calls home – taking
part in fundraisers and donating to
worthy causes throughout the area
the company covers.
For Brussels, Rathwell says the
company contacted Huron East
Economic Development Officer Jan
Hawley in regards to a worthy
community project and she thought
the Lions Pool project was perfect.
The program ran for just two
weeks, so the results were
encouraging for both the company
and the community, Rathwell said.
The pool, said Nicole Noble, chair
of the Brussels, Morris and Grey
Recreation Committee, is in need of
major renovations before it opens
again in the spring of 2016.
Necessary repairs include a new
liner at a cost of $7,500 and repairs
to the pipeline under the pool’s deck
at a cost of $4,000.
The committee has, in response,
scheduled a number of fundraisers
over the next few months to help
with the cost, the first of which is a
mom-to-mom sale, scheduled for the
Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre on Nov. 28. This
event will be held in conjunction
with the Brussels Santa Claus
Parade, which will be held that
evening at 5 p.m.
Saturday, November 28
11:00 am
Wingham Santa
Claus Parade
Wingham Lions Club will be collecting
canned goods for the North Huron Food Share
along the parade route.
After the parade kids can meet Santa
at the Firehall and get a treat bag.
To enter a float or for more information
Call Rick Nesbitt 519-357-3449
Pool work needed