HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-05-30, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013. PAGE 7.Students collect $310.08 in pennies for Easter Seals
You may have read/heard the
excuse when a newspaper makes an
error in an item they have reported –
“We made the error to see if you
were paying attention”. So did you
catch the mistake in last week’s
Citizen on the Londesborough News
page? It had been a holiday Monday
and staff was assembling much last-
minute news Tuesday morning
before the paper went to print. The
headline on the page attributed the
Londesborough UCW meeting to
Linda Campbell of Belgrave.
Just a funny little slip-up that
matters not in the great scheme of
things. But if you skipped over the
item thinking it was not news of
Londesborough you might want to
find last week’s edition and check it
out.
Despite the cool weather currently,
summer must be coming for the
Blyth Christian Reformed Church isadvertising its wild, wild westVacation Bible School. ThisSonWest Roundup runs from July
15-19. You might keep that program
in mind for the youngsters in your
family as you make your summer
plans.
The biggest crowd ever was on
hand on Sunday afternoon to watch
the duck race sponsored by the
Londesborough Lions Club. Thanks
again to Bev and Helen Wallace for
allowing the race to happen by their
home at the corner of
Londesborough Road and Bandon
Line. Winners were: Duck 113, the
fastest swimmer, won $500 for
Lance Lefort of Toronto; second,
Duck 49, $200, Ed Salverda,
Londesborough; third, Duck 38, Bob
Hillis, Londesborough; last/lame
duck to finish, Duck 145, Owen De
Weerd, Kitchener.
The Kindergarten classes at
Hullett Central Public School
collected the most pennies during
the ‘penny power’ campaign to
support Easter Seals. These children
scrounged up $310.08.
This week the pupils in Grades 3
and 6 are writing the EQAO tests
which are province-wide to evaluate
learning.
By BRENDA
RADFORD
Call
523-4296
PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO
Pennies for people
As part of Easter Seal’s Snowarama, Hullett Central Public School classes competed to see
who could collect the most pennies to give to the fundraiser. With 31,008, or $310.08 worth
of pennies, the kindergarten class won. The event raised a total of $14,000 according to local
organizer Adrian Salverda. All those funds stay local. (Denny Scott photo)
New crest more colourful, includes aboriginal aspects
“Hidden Treasures” was the theme
through the service at
Londesborough United Church on
Sunday, May 26. This being London
Conference Weekend, the service
Terry Fletcher led had been written
in part by Miranda Payne, chair of
the conference worship planning
committee and Paul Browning,
president of London Conference.
When the young people gathered
at the front for their time with Terry,
they went on a treasure hunt
following clues given by him. They
found a baby soother, chocolate
coins, friendship bracelets and a
plaque with the The Lord’s Prayer
on it. These things represented the
gift of life [children], gifts to share
with the world, friends and the love
of Jesus. All these are treasures God
gives us. Church is full of these and
other treasures.
Terry drew the congregation’s
attention to the new United Church
crest now in place on the pulpit
banner, provided by the UCW. The
new crest is more colourful than the
former one and includes aspects of
our aboriginal members. Mr.
Fletcher acknowledged that the
UCW is a treasure that keeps on
giving to our faith community.
The senior choir sang a new
hymn, “I Saw the Rich Ones”, as
their morning anthem. Terry
suggested that the congregation
should consider the choir another of
our church’s treasures.
Supporting scriptures for Terry’s
message to the adults were Proverbs
21:20-30 and Matt. 13:44-46. Psalm
19 was read responsively.
Paul Browning visited in every
one of the eight presbyteries of
London Conference. He discovered
that, although in many respects each
presbytery has its own
characteristics, the core values of all
are the same.
Those core values of love,
kindness and fairness are a reflection
of Christ’s commandment to “Love
one another as you love yourself.”
The hidden treasure of the United
Church is the love found in the
church community. The United
Church becomes, for its members, a
kind of second family where they
can find acceptance, peace, comfort,
freedom of thought, healing and joy.
The United Church is a
community of acceptance. It is up to
believers to show those outside the
church that they are welcome and
loved as they are, that this church
offers unconditional love and an
accepting family. We must reflect
Christ’s values and teachings. The
church is full of hidden treasures
waiting to be found by all who enter
our doors.
Next Sunday is Londesborough
United’s Sunday school promotion
day. Everyone is invited to stay
following the service and share a
‘berry social’. You are asked to bring
along sandwiches or a berry dessert
to share.
The UCW campsite experience is
June 4 at Camp Menesetung. More
details are available from Sherry
Postma. Anyone wishing to be part
of the UCW theatre night should
contact Joan Goodall by June 2. A
group will be heading to the Queens
Bakery in Blyth for supper and then
on to a production of Yorkville at the
Blyth Festival on July 3. Total cost
of the evening is $40.
MEETING NOTICE
MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
The upcoming meetings for the
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will be held:
Tuesday June 4 at 7:30 pm Regular Council Meeting
Tuesday June 18 at 7:30 pm Regular Council Meeting
CUSTOM POTTERY
Blyth
519-523-4355
NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
Young students hope
for warmer weather
By Morgan Howson
Last week at Hullett Central
Public School was a chilly week and
the students thought that too. It was
so hot on the weekend students said,
but now it’s freezing.
Olivia from Kindergarten likes the
warm weather better and is hoping
for the warm weather to come back
so she can play outside. Tyson also
in Kindergarten said that, “It’s cold
enough that you have to stay inside.
It’s almost like winter again.” He
liked the warm weather because
then you could run through the
sprinkler like he did.
Nyla from Grade 1 said the cold
weather is bad. Along with Olivia
and Tyson she enjoyed the warm
weather too because it was
swimming weather and she likes
going swimming. Nyla also did not
like the thunderstorms at all, they
were scary.
By Jenna McDonald
This week in the Grade 2/3
classroom students are focusing on
Jump Rope for Heart. I got the
chance to ask Sadie (participant)
what she thought and what she
learned. She enjoyed skipping in
general. She learned how to do new
tricks. I also talked to Westin about
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