HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-04-18, Page 26PAGE 26. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013.Power out through Monday for some area homesThat wasn’t exactly an AprilFool’s gag Mother Nature played onus last weekend. It was definitely acruel joke. As I write this on Monday
afternoon we are still waiting on
Hydro One to find the problem for a
small number of places like
ourselves along Highway 4 still
without power. However I give the
linesmen credit for I know they have
been on the job since early Friday
morning. It just illustrates how
dependent we’ve become on so-called modern conveniences. Thatbeing said, there was much to marvelabout in the coating of ice.
What I found most frustrating
about the situation was having time
to work on the to-do list but unable
to accomplish anything without the
luxury of hot water and hydro. I
understand now the stories I hear
about folks becoming restless and
panicky under these situations,
especially those who live alone. Theidea of ‘warming’ centres isrelatively new but what a great idea.Not only is the environment warm in
temperature but warm in fellowship
and encouragement.
Bert Lyon continues his stay in
Kitchener hospital. The surgery is
healing well but he has caught one of
those ‘superbugs’ in hospital
probably because his health was
compromised initially. His daughter,
Cathy, is home from B.C. to visit fora week which should boost hisspirits.Early last Monday morning, April
8, the village learned of the sudden
passing of Shirley Bell, a long-time
resident. Shirley came to
Londesborough from the Lucan area
following her marriage to Doug and
they blended their families. Our
sympathies are extended to the other
residents of her home, son, Chris,
and brother, Tim Shaw and the rest
of Shirley’s family and friends.
By BRENDA
RADFORD
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523-4296
PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO
Wilbee of Walton steps in for Fletcher
NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
In the absence of Terry Fletcher,
the Sunday service at
Londesborough United was
conducted by Gloria Wilbee of
Walton. Her time with the boys and
girls at the front involved the story of
the houses built on a rock or on
sandy ground. Gloria had brought
along two houses built of Lego to
help with her talk. The children were
quick to understand that the sand
would shift and the house would not
have a firm foundation.
Gloria explained to them that God
is the firm foundation for the lives of
those who trust and believe in Him.
Having brought along her guitar,
Gloria played the song, “Build Your
House Upon a Rock” for the
children and adults to sing along to.
The senior choir sang one of the
songs they presented at Songfest
during the morning service,
“Chariot’s Comin’”.
John Jewitt read the Minute for
Missions, titled “A Harvest of
Rainwater”. The rainy season in the
Middle East lasts from October to
May. In other months there may be
no rain at all. Thus it is necessary for
Palestinians to store water for the
dry season. The Middle East Council
of Churches (MECC) works with
Palestinian communities and
families to build rainwater cisterns
and teaches them how to conserve
and protect the water. The MECC is
a fellowship of 27 churches which
represent 27 million Christians.
Monies donated to the United
Church Mission and Service Fund
help pay for this work.
Gloria chose Psalm 30, a prayer of
thanksgiving, as support for her
message, “Peter, Paul and Mary”.
New testament passages were
Matthew 16: 15-18 [Peter], Mark 16:
1-7 [Mary] and Acts 9: 1-6 and 10-
15 [Paul]. In the weeks following
Easter, the Christian churches tend
to focus on the events following the
crucifixion. By 63 AD the word
Christianity had become the term
associated with those who were
followers of the crucified Christ and
His teachings. By the time Jesus
began His ministry people were
destroying the world through greed
and injustice. Christians following
His teachings knew there was a
better way. They made it their life’s
purpose to spread justice, freedom
and love.
Historians have questioned the
wisdom of Jesus in choosing Simon
Peter as a disciple and naming him
“Simon of the Rock” for he was rash
and, at times, unreliable. Christ
seems to be saying through His
choice, that he works through the
common, imperfect person.
Paul, formerly Saul of Tarsus, a
Jew and an historian of his time,
tried very hard to destroy the early
Christian church. Then on the road
to Damascus he was converted. His
background helped him bring the
unity of the Old testament to Christ’s
new teachings. He was an apostle to
the Gentiles and his work influenced
Martin Luther.
Mary of Magdela was the leader
of the women who made up Christ’s
entourage, the women who fed and
cared for Him and His disciples.
Historians have tried to make much
of the relationship between Christ
and Mary especially as she is
mentioned more times in the gospels
than any other disciple.
These three leaders and others
who followed Christ’s teachings had
faith there would be a new and better
time for the world summed up
in 1 Corinthians by faith, hope and
love.
Hullett Central students ‘Think Green’ with initiative
Seaforth Food Bank drops food to warming centres
Youth education more important than ever: Stevens
By Abby Armstrong
Like most of Huron and Perth
Counties, Hullett Central Public
School was surprised to have a
weather day in April. Although we
like our weather days, nobody wants
others to suffer as some did this
time. Thanks to all of the workers
involved in getting power back on
and trees and branches moved.
Thanks as well to those who made
sure everyone was safe and warm.
Kindergarten Portfolio Night, this
past Wednesday, was a great success.
It was wonderful to see so many
parents out with their children.
This week’s personal journal topic
in the Kindergarten A and B class
was “I Wish”. The students were
encouraged to draw a picture and
print a sentence about an outrageous
“I Wish” statement. Cameron W. in
the Kindergarten B class wrote “I
wish Skittles would rain from the
sky!” Helen L. in Kindergarten A
wrote “I wish I had purple hair. It
would be pretty cool!”.
Next week Kindergarten A and
Kindergarten B will continue
creating personal journal entries as
well as investigating insects through
non-fiction texts and multimedia. In
math, they will continue reading
math stories, working on the number
six and forms of measurement.
The Grade 5/6 class is
participating in “the Great Canadian
Mail Race”. Each students has
written a letter to another school in
Canada. We hope to hear back from
the schools written to. Whoever gets
the fastest reply is the winner of the
race. This is a great way to introduce
the students to the “old way” of
communicating.
The Grade 5/6 class is also
learning about persuasive writing
and perspectives and are finishing
their social studies unit on explorers.
The Grade 7/8 class finished its
fractions unit. Most students did an
excellent job. The New France test
had to be postponed until Monday
(due to the weather) and
Mrs. Armstrong is sure that
everyone used their unexpected time
wisely.
In Art, the Grade 7/8 students have
completed a one-point perspective
exercise and are beginning their
personal perspective project. In
English they are learning about
memoirs. While they have figured
out most of the characteristics of
memoirs there is still one missing
from our success criteria. I hear a
Jolly Rancher (and honour and glory
of course) will be the prize for the
student who figures out what is
missing from our list.
Mrs. MacLay wants to let
everyone know that at end of the
week we’ll be doing the voting on
the Forest of Reading books. Will
your favourite book win? You have
to wait and see.
Hullett Central is entering a
contest to see which non-profit
organization can collect the most
unwanted cell phones and chargers,
if you have them. This is a contest
with “Think Green”. The contest
ends April 30. The top three
collectors will win cash bonuses in
addition to the rebate value. For
every 24 cell phones collected a tree
will be planted on Hullett’s behalf.
Please look through your homes and
offices for unwanted cell phones and
drop them off at the school.
Last but not least, the auction is
coming. The first week in May is
Hullett Central’s 10th annual auction
and fun fair. Families are reminded
to get their items in as soon as
possible for both the auction and
class baskets. This is an event
everyone can support as most of the
money raised will be used to
rejuvenate our school playground.
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accommodate people staying over.
She stayed over that night as well.
“On Saturday, the Seaforth Food
Bank dropped off food for
breakfast,” she said. “We went all
day with people coming in and
probably had 50 to 75 visitors. They
were showering, having coffee and
charging their phones. Most of them
grabbed a snack and then went
home.”
A dinner was held at the centre
and Corbett said they probably
welcomed 50 to 70 people for that as
well.
After that, the power came back
on and volunteers helped to make
sure people got home.
“Our biggest problem was that we
didn’t know how to get the word out
that we were open and people could
come here,” she said. “We put it on
Facebook and on the radio, but that
is something we have to work on. In
an emergency, the community centre
will be open, people need to know
that.”
Corbett said that many volunteers
came and helped with donations and
time including groups like the
Wingham CIBC who cooked dinner
on Saturday night.
She said that she also kept in touch
with local firefighters who were
helping people with their
submersible pumps.
Brad Knight, Chief Administrative
Officer for Huron East, said that the
warming centre was a boon for the
community and said that the number
of people using it proved that. He
also said that a lot of the people in
the mostly-rural municipality
worked on their own throughout the
ordeal.
“The power was out in most, if not
all, of McKillop and Grey as well,”
he said. “I know our fire department
was out and the Grey Fire
Department was out supplying water
to people, especially in the hamlets
as, without power, their wells
wouldn’t work. People were fairly
self-sufficient, however, or they
knew of someone to help them out.”
The warm weather definitely
helped with that issue according to
Knight.
“The big thing is that there wasn’t
extremely cold weather,” he said. “If
there had been there would have
been more requests for assistance.
As it was, it just wasn’t very
convenient.”
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have around food production.
Outside the classroom, efforts are
being made to send positive
messages. Farm Credit Canada is
focused on the positives through
their “Agriculture More Than Ever”
campaign. The fact of the matter is
that agriculture is an employment
opportunity in Ontario. The Ontario
Agriculture College believes that
they could triple the number of
graduates they have to fulfill the
needs of the industry. Modern
agriculture needs skilled people
engaged in a wide array of
occupations.
Yet there are challenges that need
to be addressed. Keynote speaker
Stewart Skinner emphasized that
there is a lack of understanding of
the circle of life that fuels
agriculture. And it rings true. The
basis of my own family farm – that
the sun feeds plants, then those
plants feed animals and people, and
that animal waste nourishes the soil
allowing more plants to grow – is
not understood by those outside of
the sector. Agriculture adds
discipline and control to natural
processes.
The most critical time to impact
the long-term perceptions and
understanding of people is when
they are young and are learning and
evaluating daily. OAFE is Ontario
agriculture’s frontline in this
important task. Young people need
to know that there are opportunities
and jobs available in agriculture.
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that it is something he has heard
from farmers a lot over the years.
“I do run into that and I’m
working hard to clarify that in the
community,” Pullen told councillors.
As far as Pullen’s work with
stewardship and education in the
county, he says that needs and
priorities will be addressed in a
report that is forthcoming from the
Huron County Planning
Department.
Goderich’s Deb Shewfelt was also
concerned about potential
exceptions to the forest conservation
bylaw. He said he spoke with
someone recently who was under the
impression that a group of county
residents “who don’t drive cars”
were given an exception to the
bylaw, but Pullen assured him that’s
not the case.
The report on stewardship, water
quality and forest conservation will
be presented to council in the
coming months.
Council approves bylaw changes