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Students prepare for Christmas break, celebrations
Here are the answers to last week’s
Christmas quiz.
1. when a bell rings, an angel gets
his/her wings.
2. the Grinch stole Christmas in
Whoville.
3. the second day of Christmas
gifts were two turtle doves and a
partridge in a pear tree.
4. Wenceslas was King of
Bohemia.
5. the poinsettia is native to
Mexico and known as ‘the flower of
the night”.
6. the Nutcracker’s main enemy is
the King of the Mice.
7. Charles Dickens is the author of
“A Christmas Carol”.
8. “Jingle Bells” was originally
written for Thanksgiving, probably
the American date in November.
With three weeks to Christmas I
offer the first third of a Christmas
alphabet.
A) animals in the stable, angels in
the sky.
B) a Baby, Bethlehem, Bible and
boxes of gifts.
C) carols, cards and candles.
D) December, decorations and
Christmas dinner.
E) exaltation, excitement and
Christmas Eve.
F) family, frankincense and Father
Christmas.
G) Good News, greetings, the
Gospel.
H) holly, holidays, heavenly
hosts.
Jim Johnston is home and his heart
is ticking along as never before.
Martin Wilts continues in Clinton
hospital. And several in the village
are dealing with that nasty bronchial
virus that is making the rounds.
This great weather that continues
is no time to be ill so wash your
hands A LOT, stay warm, drink lots
of water, take your vitamins and
pray the bug misses you. For ‘tis the
season for lots of Christmas things
and the nasties.
There are just two full weeks of
classes left for Hullett Central pupils
in this winter term as they start
holidays on Dec. 18. Progress
reports go home on Dec. 10 and next
week I’ll have a report on their
Christmas concert that happened
on Wednesday, Dec. 9.
Classrooms are decorating their
doors for a school-wide competition.
During the last week of classes the
children can buy a sweet treat, a
candy cane for 25 cents. It might be
fun to drop by the halls on
Wednesday, Dec. 16, for that has
been designated ‘ugly Christmas
sweater day’, a fun fad that has
surfaced in recent years.
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RADFORD
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PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
Breakfast with the big guy
The Auburn Lions Club held its annual Breakfast with Santa on Sunday and received a great
response from the community with plenty of young ones turning up to take their shot at a
picture with Santa and Mrs. Claus and perhaps a chance at telling them what they’d like for
Christmas. Seen here with the Clauses are, from left: Abby, Emily and Matthew Blackmore.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
Church play takes centre stage
Rev. Fletcher and the senior choir
had a chance to sit in the pews at
Londesborough United Church on
Sunday, Dec. 6 when the Sunday
School took charge of the morning
service. The young folk capably
handled all aspects of the worship
and presented their annual White
Gift pageant.
Their playlet was titled “Waiting
for a Star”. The children introduced
their pageant with an action song,
“Hush, There’s a Baby”. Narrators
Kiara and Emma told how the world
was waiting and watching for the
coming of a king. A rather updated
version of the Christmas story was
presented with all the original cast,
Mary, Joseph, angels, an innkeeper,
shepherds and stable creatures.
There were many smiles in the pews.
The scribes searching the
scriptures were studying
newspapers. By the end of the
pageant those newspapers carried
headlines such as “The Wait Is
Over”, “The Son of God Arrives As
a Baby”. As the story progressed the
congregants saw a Mary who was
reading bridal magazines in
preparation for her marriage to
Joseph and receiving blue baby gifts
from the angel, Gabriel. Twice
Mission Impossible spies made an
appearance supposedly to search for
the promised Baby. Joseph accepted
his role in the event with a two
thumbs up and accepted ‘baby-care
books’ from Gabriel.
Even Caesar Augustus made an
appearance with his abacus making
his new census law. The shepherds
rushed out of the stable and
up the church aisles telling all
of us the good news.
The closing song, “What a
Glorious Night”, retold the events of
that night and the message that Love
has come
The Sunday School collected
‘white gifts’ for the Huron County
Christmas Bureau and appreciated
the generosity of church goers.
A time of fellowship with a light
lunch was enjoyed following the
service. Flowers at the front of the
sanctuary were placed in memory of
Charles Snell who passed away
suddenly the previous Sunday.
Please keep Sharon and the family in
your prayers as they come to terms
with his passing.
At Huron County Council’s Dec.
2 meeting, Central Huron Mayor
Jim Ginn clarified his stance on
bringing Syrian refugees to the
former site of the Bluewater Youth
Centre.
Ginn, who had been quoted by
local media sources as saying he
thought it was a good idea to house
refugees in the building, said he
needed to elaborate on his earlier
comments.
He was summoned to a meeting
being held by a committee of
concerned citizens at 9:30 p.m. the
night of the meeting. He said he
received the call and went straight to
the meeting, providing the group
with a status report on the centre and
its current state.
There are structural issues with
the building that he would classify
as “major, not minor” and that it
would take a lot of money to make
the centre habitable for anyone.
He said that while he still thinks it
would be a good idea to open the
community to Syrian refugees for a
number of reasons, he wanted to be
clear that he wasn’t suggesting that
any municipal or county dollars be
put towards the project.
If both the provincial and federal
governments were to bring funding
forward to help repair the centre, he
felt that housing refugees would
address a number of issues in Huron
County. In addition to the clear
humanitarian aspect to the move, he
said it would attract people to the
county and do the work of the
county’s immigration strategy. The
hope being, he said, that some
residents would then stay in Huron
County and create lives for
themselves after being initially
settled at the centre.
The whole conversation, he said,
was likely irrelevant, however, as he
felt there was a less-than 50 per cent
chance that the funds would be
available to improve the centre,
which is unfortunate.
Ginn did state that he was voicing
a personal opinion and didn’t
necessarily speak for Central Huron
Council or Huron County Council
for that matter.
Ginn clarifies stance on
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