HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-07-12, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012.
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to work His life changing, new
direction giving, and abundant life
work in our lives… in the second
mile. Why here? Because it is here
where we are walking obedience to
Him. Psalm 119:57- 60, 165-166:
“Lord, you are mine!
I promise to obey your words!
With all my heart I want your
blessings.
Be merciful as You promised.
I pondered the direction of my
life,
and I turned to follow your laws.
I will hurry, without delay,
to obey your commands.
Those who love your instructions
have great peace
and do not stumble.
I long for your rescue, Lord,
so I have obeyed your
commands.”
It is in the second mile where you
are obeying God, where you are
striving for maximum living, is
where you will find a more
rewarding life because it is here
where God is calling you to walk in
your marriages, in your work, in
your church and in your
communities.
The reward and blessing you
desire for your life is not found in
the first mile of living where the
world calls you to walk but rather in
the second mile where God is calling
you to live.
So going the extra 1,760 yards
means a lot more than, ‘just give it
the old college try’. The difference
between the first and second mile is
the difference between what the
world has us to do and with what
God would have us to do.
It is the difference between how
the world would expect you to treat
your enemy and how God would
have you treat your enemy.
It represents the difference in how
the world would ask you to forgive
and how God is asking you to
forgive.
It represents the difference in how
the world would ask you to work at
your job and how God would ask
you to work.
Listen, the reason a lot of people
are miserable is because they have
settled to live in the first mile. They
seek to do the minimum and the
least they can do and wonder where
God is. I can tell you where God is;
He is in the second mile. He is
always calling us to love more,
forgive more, give more, than what
the world would require.
Look at verse 46 and follow where
Jesus says, “If you love only those
who love you, what reward is there
for that? Even corrupt tax collectors
do that much. If you are kind only to
your friends, how are you different
from anyone else? Even pagans do
that.”
Jesus is saying this is all first mile
territory stuff. There is no reward in
doing what is expected of you.
On the other hand we read in…
Colossians 3:23-24 “And don’t just
do the minimum that will get you by.
Do your best. Work from the heart
for your real Master, for God,
confident that you’ll get paid in full
when you come into your
inheritance. Keep in mind always
that the ultimate Master you’re
serving is Christ. (The Message).
When you love your spouse in the
second you love and serve Jesus.
And so more than 1,760 yards comes
to represent that area in our life
where Jesus is calling you to love,
not as the world loves, but as He
loves.
Don’t expect rewards for doing what is required
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bullied, they reported either ignoring
the bully (39 per cent), telling
parents (22.1 per cent), telling
another student (21.8 per cent) or
standing up to the bully (21.1 per
cent).
Students reported that bullying is
usually social and verbal, two forms
of bullying that “are also the most
difficult for staff to monitor” noted
Lee.
Homophobic harassment was the
most common type of incident
reported, and bullying usually
happened at times and in places with
less supervision, such as hallways or
off school property during lunch or
before or after school.
Students said schools should
provide assemblies, guest speakers
or films to prevent bullying, but Lee
noted that research shows these
methods aren’t very effective. Ash
said that safe school teams involving
students are making a difference in
raising awareness about bullying, but
that learning about bullying doesn’t
always stop kids from doing it.
“While they may understand that
bullying is not appropriate, and
certain types of behaviour are not
appropriate, they don’t necessarily
connect that to their own behavior,”
he said.
Ash said that real change in a
school climate comes from
grassroots initiatives and programs
the school chooses to bring in. “If
it’s imposed from above, research
shows it’s not effective,” he said.
He said the board is encouraging
schools to adopt a whole school
program of some kind. Different
schools in the AMDSB have chosen
programs such as Tribes, Positive
Behaviour Supports (PBS), Roots of
Empathy, Strive and HOAP.
He said the board will also look at
more peer mentoring and peer
mediation.
Schools will receive their
individual results to share with
school staff and school council. The
anonymous school climate survey is
mandated by the province to take
place every two years. The next
survey, slated for the winter of 2014,
will expand to take in the opinions of
staff and parents as well.
Hallways, off-school property top harassment spots
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council.
“When you write your name
down for mayor or deputy-mayor,
you’re making a commitment and
you should have it all thought out.
It’s called forward thinking.”
Shewfelt, however, thought there
may be a handful of changes when
the ballots are tallied after the 2014
election and the discussion wouldn’t
matter much after that.
“I’m starting to think that it won’t
matter,” Shewfelt said. “Half of us
won’t be back for 2014.”
A vote to scrap the amendment
from June that would allow the
lower tiers to send whoever they
want to Huron County Council was
passed 11-5. A motion to then
accept the newly-outlined
composition of Huron County
Council in time for the 2014
election was passed.
County Council
approves new
composition bylaw
Checking the teeth
The Best of Breed competition was held on Saturday, July 7 at the Bluewater Kennel Club’s
annual dog show held at the Blyth Campground. (Jim Brown photo)
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precedent set.
Deputy-Mayor Joe Steffler cited
the importance of the Homecoming
celebration and said he felt council
should cover some of the insurance
policy.
“It’s time we start supporting our
own,” he said.
A motion to pay $1,000 of the
event’s insurance coverage was then
passed by council.
Councillor Larry McGrath voiced
his displeasure, saying he did not
support paying the insurance, saying
it is just another insurance policy
that the municipality will be
responsible for.
Knight also raised a red flag about
the Brussels Santa Claus Parade in a
report to council, saying that would
likely be another event that will
require its own insurance,
independent of the municipality.
Knight said the cost for coverage for
the parade would be $572.40.
HE Council needs to
‘support its own’ with
insurance cost: Steffler
Huron East accepts $530,422 tender for town hallHuron East Council has accepted
the tender of Empire Restoration, in
the amount of $530,422, for the slate
re-roofing and new windows for the
municipal town hall in Seaforth.
The lowest tender received was
from Robertson Restoration in the
amount of $363,408, which was so
much lower than any of the other
five tenders received that it raised
several red flags with councillors.
At the July 3 meeting, council
went into closed session, discussing
the issue with heritage consultant
Thor Dingman.
Speaking after the meeting, Clerk-
Administrator Brad Knight said
council was concerned that
Robertson had “missed something”
which was why the price came in as
low as it did. Upon further
investigation, which was council’saction at the time of the July 3meeting, he found that one ofRobertson’s subcontractors had
missed a vital piece of the tender
worth $87,000, leading to a price
more than $150,000 lower than any
of the other tenders received.
Knight said the issue was
discussed with representatives from
Robertson and based on the
miscommunication, they turned
down the job, freeing council to
award the tender to the second-
lowest bidder, Empire Restoration.
Knight said it would have been
unfair to allow Robertson to alter its
bid after the deadline, but council
was concerned about potential legal
implications, so accepted the
Robertson tender and told the
company the job was their’s if they
wanted it. The company declined.
Empire Restoration listed in its
bid that the project would take 18weeks to complete.Tenders ranged from Robertson’sunusually-low bid of $363,408 up to the high bid of The AtlasCorporation’s bid of $644,100.By Shawn LoughlinThe Citizen
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