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The Citizen, 2014-12-25, Page 42PAGE 42. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2014. COMMEMORATE THE NEWEST FAMILY MEMBER'S 1ST NEW YEAR Join the gallery of faces in The Citizen's baby photo display January 15, 2015 Send or bring a picture of your little one born in 2014 along with a writeup which includes full name, birth date and parents' names, to be featured in The Citizen's Gallery of Faces on January 15, 2015, for only $20.00 (HST included). Please send picture (with name on back), along with a cheque, to The Citizen prior to January 9. Photos may be picked up after January 15. THIS MUST BE PRE-PAID. - Sample - Please Complete Baby's Full Name______________________ Son ❑Daughter ❑ Birth Date_____________________________ Parents' Names________________________ $20.00 Enclosed DEADLINE - January 9 2 pm in Brussels • 4 pm in Blyth ❑ Mary Elizabeth Smith May 18 daughter of Mike & Laura Smith B a b i e s o f t h e Y ear 2014 65th A Come & Go Shirley Norman Sunday, January 4 2-4 pm Hosted at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Wingham In lieu of gifts, Shirley is requesting donations to Grand River Cancer Centre, Kitchener Birthday Party for Entertainment StopsStopsStopsStopsStops a l o n g the wayalongtheway A VISITORS’ GUIDE TO HURON COUNTY stopsalonglakehuron.com Look for entertainment ideas on our Stops Along the Way website at... Continued from page 9 Crawford smiled and chuckled as she made her way up and off the platform. She was too shy to be part of the group photo but I did manage to catch up with her after the recital to tell her how wonderful it was to have her as part of this night. I had to ask her why she decided to take lessons at this later stage of life? She smiled and told me how learning to play the piano was something on her bucket list. She said as a young girl she began to take lessons but had given up shortly after which had disappointed her Mother. So here she was, encouraging us all that it is never too late to learn, to try and accomplish new things in life. I asked her how old she was and she chuckled again responding, “39”. So I will print that as being her age because I know at one time in her life she would have been 39. After the recital, all were all invited downstairs of the church for a reception with refreshments and a time of visiting. A real nice twist on MacVicar’s school is that throughout the year students earned ‘Bach Bucks’ for completing assignments and practising. The students used their Bach Bucks to buy items found laid out on tables after the recital with the purpose of using them as Christmas gifts for others. Merry Christmas everyone. See you next year. 430 Queen Street, Blyth, Ontario 226-523-9720 Specialty Coffees & Espresso Bar Gift Certificates and Gift Baskets Available Have coffee with Brock Vodden at the Queens Bakery for his milestone birthday. Monday, December 29, 2014 1935 2014 Brock will be at the Queens Bakery from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Recital proves it’s never too late Group reviews trail The Wingham Community Trail Committee recapped their year during North Huron Township Council’s Dec. 15 meeting outlining the committee’s successes and plans for the future. Phil Beard, a member of the seven-member committee, explained the trail committee started in 1996 as a group of citizens trying to save the old railway bridge and expanded from there. It currently works, through several partnerships, with the community to offer trails all through Wingham. These partners include Wescast, F.E. Madill Secondary School, the Wingham Brownies and Guides, Maitland River Community Church and North Huron staff. Beard explained the group had recently published a book full of positive stories about the trail that was well received and said it was one of the most recent steps in trying to spread awareness of the trail. He said that thanks to the Wingham Homecoming and the Doors Open Huron events, awareness had surged in the previous year. As for 2015, the organization plans to continue with improvements to the trail, including safety fences, stone dust and accessibility improvements as well as planting cedar trees and wildflowers along with the assistance of property owners adjacent to the trail. To help the group function quicker Beard requested that funds held by North Huron for the group be transferred to the organization. “We’re not a committee of council, so all the money we have is from donations and plaques,” he explained. “We respectfully request to allow the committee to handle its own funding by moving it to Libro Credit Union.” Beard explained Libro has released a new line of accounts with no charges for community groups like the committee. The credit union will also make a small donation to the group. “I think we’ve established a reputation over the last 18 years of being responsible and contributing,” he said. “We will also be more than willing to come and make reports to council regarding the committee.” A motion to transfer the funds and responsibilities was approved by council and will take effective Jan. 1, 2015. 273 Hamilton St., Blyth • 519-523-4590 www.blytheastsidedance.com Blyth East Side Dance Dance Lessons Star of wonder North Woods Elementary School students put on a Christmas Concert on Dec. 16 featuring the talents of students from throughout the school. Shown above recreating the scene at Jesus’ birth are, from left: Oliver Wernham, Shaylynn Allan-Thorogood and Leigha Sheppard (Denny Scott photo)