HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-07-26, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012.New business opens temporarily in Memorial Hall
A new Blyth business: Stitches
with a Twist, will be temporarily
renting space in the Blyth memorial
Hall Reading Room, previously the
Blyth Library, due to complications
with the owner’s previously intended
retail site.
Irene Kellins, the business owner,
has delayed officially opening the
store due to complications during
the renovation of the location.
She wants to catch the surge of
customers that accompanies the
Blyth Festival’s operating season
and has already missed nearly a
month of that time.
Council was presented with two
choices by Director of Recreation
and Facilities Pat Newson to allow
Kellins to operate out of the site;
force her to pay an approximately
$1,500 rezoning fee that would take40 days to process or “not enforce
their zoning bylaw for a set period of
time at [the] location.”
Deputy-Reeve David Riach, who
is also a member of the Blyth
Business Improvement Area, of
which Kellins would become a
member of by owning a main street
business, said he prefered the second
option, however his suggestion was
met with skepticism by Councillors
James Campbell and Bernie Bailey.
“Are we jeopardizing the
enforcement of our bylaws by doing
this?” Campbell asked. “Is this
something that could come back tobite us down the road?”
Councillor Brock Vodden
explained that this idea was Riach’s
originally and that many options
were looked at before settling on one
of the two options.
“We looked at other places, like
the buildings [south of the Blyth post
office], but those people proved very
difficult to reach,” he said. “We tried
very hard to look at any other
solutions.”
Campbell said that previous
decisions council made dedicated to
enforcing bylaws had been reported
on by local news media and saidthat, while he wasn’t challenging it,
he was concerned.
“I’m just wary of the future
implications of this project,” he said.
Bailey was concerned about the
other building that Kellins was
meant to be in, however Reeve Neil
Vincent said the township had no
right to make judgments about that
building since the owner wasn’t
there to comment.
“We’re not talking about that,” he
said. “All we’re talking about is a
temporary lease with the store owner
JOHN MANUEL BLOK
John Manuel Blok of Blyth,
passed away at Seaforth Community
Hospital after a brief battle with
cancer on Sunday, July 15, 2012. He
was 58.
John was the loving father of Greg
Blok (Kim) of Egmondville and
Pauline Blok (Steve Bekendam) of
Blyth. He was the cherished Opa of
Ashley, Ethan and Landyn. John
will be sadly missed by Hillie. He
was the dear brother of Judy Waddel
(Dave), Bill Blok (Teresa), Nick
Blok (Reanne), Terri Korstanje,
Alice Pfieffer (Ken), Joyce
Wesselink (Dave), Anita Storrar
(Sandy), Netty Blok (John), Gary
Blok and Sharon Horton (Jim). John
will be fondly remembered by his
many nieces, nephews and friends.
John was predeceased by his
parents Garrelt and Fenna (nee
Lubbers) Blok, his brother Hank and
infant sister Margaret.
Cremation has taken place and a
memorial visitation was held at the
Blyth Community Centre on Friday,
July 20. A memorial service to
celebrate John’s life took place on
Saturday, July 21.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations to Blyth Minor Hockey
would be appreciated. Funeral
arrangements were entrusted to
McGlynn Family Funeral Home,
Seaforth.
MELVIN JOHN GATEMAN
Mr. Melvin John Gateman of
Blyth passed away at Wingham and
District Hospital on Friday, July 20,
2012. He was 78.
He was the beloved father of
Valerie Gateman and Blaire (Sue)
Gateman, all of Kitchener,
grandfather of Benita Gateman
Lewis (Mark), Andrew (Terra)
Gateman, Emily Gateman and
Mitch Gateman and great-
grandfather of Finley Gateman and
Violetta Lewis. He was the brother
of Corrine Logie of Hanover, Marie
and John McIntosh of RR 5,
Brussels, June Theander of Port
Hope and brother-in-law of Glen
Sickle of Hanover.
Mel was predeceased by his sister
Blanche Sickle in 2011. Mel was a
reporter-photographer with the
Hanover Post and later became
editor of the Markdale Standard.
Friends and family are invited to a
celebration of Mel’s life (potluck) at
the Belgrave Community Centre, on
Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012 at 1 p.m.
Memorial donations to a charity of
your choice would be appreciated as
expressions of sympathy and can be
placed through McBurney Funeral
Home, Wingham.
Online condolences may be left at
www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com
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Obituaries
Stitches with a Twist
A new store has opened in Blyth in the reading room of the
old Blyth Library, now part of Blyth Memorial Hall. The
business, Stitches with a Twist, focuses on knitting and
related activities and will host lessons and group
gatherings come the fall. The location for the store is
temporary according to owner Irene Kellins, shown here,
as the store will be moving to 404 Queen Street in
September. (Vicky Bremner photo)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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