The Citizen, 2012-09-06, Page 7 THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012. PAGE 7.
Lexi Aitken, a Londesborough-
area high school student, recently
brought home four gold medals and
one bronze while setting a new
record in the under-16 girls 200-
metre hurdles at the Legion National
Youth Track and Field
Championship in Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island.
While her time of 27.3 seconds in
the 200-metre hurdle beat the
previous record, she said that she
had done better in the past.
“I broke the record by quite a lot, I
mean, it may not seem like a lot, but
it was,” she said. “My previous best,
though, is 27.1 seconds for the
event.”
Aitken also brought home gold
medals in the 4x100 metre relay
race, the 4x400 metre relay race and
the medley. Her bronze was in the
under-16 girls 80-metre hurdles.
She said that when she approached
the Aug. 18 event, she was prepared
to do well.
“I felt confident about the
competition,” she said. “I was
hoping to do well, but of course
there is no guarantee. I just did the
best I could.”
She said she felt she had done
really well at the event and that it
was a good way for her to end the
year as far as her competitions go.
“There aren’t any more
competitions until the indoor season
starts in January,” she said. “I’ll start
training for it in two weeks and
continue training throughout the
year.”
Aitken, who is going into Grade
10, said she trains three times a week
in London under guidance but also
trains on her own. She also plays
school sports at St. Anne’s
Secondary School to keep active and
plans on trying out for basketball
and continuing to be a competitive
dancer as well.
She said that she won’t have a
schedule for the indoor competitions
for some time, only that she knows
they are held near or in Toronto in
the new year.
Terry Fletcher’s message at
Londesborough United Church on
Sunday was titled “The Work of our
Hands”. The message was an
acknowledgment of Labour Day, the
day when workers celebrate the
many ways they make their living.
Terry remarked that sometimes we
wonder if our labours for the benefit
of others are actually important, ifthey really matter. Labour Daycelebrations reinforce the fact thatall aspects of work and workersparticipating together do matter to
the world and to God.
God wants Christians to apply the
words of the scriptures to their daily
life. Christians need to realize that
the Bible is a living book with
advice for today’s world. The
morning’s scripture passage, James
1:17 to 27 is just as appropriate
today as it was for the early
Christians.
The needy in our society need our
care in both physical and spiritual
ways. Christians need to be quiet
and listen to others and to God to
understand how to help and accept
those tasks willingly, as did Davidwhen he became a king; as Paul didwhen he was called to be anevangelist; as Mary did when shewas called to be the mother of Jesus.
Terry asked congregants to
contemplate their place in the world
and God’s work.
The responsive psalm was Psalm
127, which notes that unless the
Lord is involved in the building of a
house, labourers work in vain.
The farmers of Nicaragua work
hard to get themselves out of
poverty. However the farmers along
the coast have difficulty getting their
crops to market in a timely way. The
Moravian Church of Nicaragua tries
to help by getting the proper tools,
etc to the farms but road
transportation is crude. With the helpof the Mission and Service Fund ofthe United Church of Canada thechurch is hoping to purchase a largemotorized boat to ease the situation.
Your mission dollars assist these
types of projects.
Sunday School will commence
this coming Sunday, Sept. 9. A
challenge has already been issued by
the Sunday School to the
congregation to see which group can
donate the most non-perishable
goods. The goods collected during
September through the
Thanksgiving Challenge will be
donated to the Friends of
Community Food Bank in time for
distribution for Thanksgiving meals.
The senior choir will gather for
practice on Sept. 9 as well.The UCW will gather on Monday,Sept. 17 beginning at 7:30 p.m.Ladies are asked to bring along asmall pair of scissors and some
scotch tape.
Helen Lee is pureeing her food
these days and sticking to a liquid
diet. Seems she took a nasty tumble
in her own yard and has stitches in
and around her mouth. Villagers
hope she recovers quickly.
Radford’s Farm Equipment/post
office will be having an Alzheimer
Coffee Break late in September.
Watch this space for the actual date
so you can plan to be there.
Despite an anticipated vote at the
Huron County Council level on
Sept. 5 on council’s composition,
Central Huron has deferred voicing
its opinion on the matter.
Due to what was called a “staff
oversight” Central Huron Council
held a special meeting on Aug. 29 to
discuss the issue in time for the Sept.
5 meeting.
According to Deputy-Clerk
Florence Stalenhoef, Central Huron
staff members received an e-mail
from Huron County Clerk Barb
Wilson asking for a copy of the
municipality’s official stance on the
composition of Huron County
Council. Central Huron staff
members, however, thought that
while county staff had asked for
comment, Stalenhoef said, she
thought the call for an official
motion would come later in the
process.
The bylaw being circulated votes
to divorce council seats from
population and simply award smaller
municipalities (North Huron,
Morris-Turnberry and Howick) with
one representative each and larger
municipalities (Central Huron,
Huron East, South Huron, Goderich,
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh and
Bluewater) with two representatives
each.
While there had been lengthy
discussion over the issue around the
Central Huron Council table, many
councillors felt unprepared to move
on the motion until input from the
public had been heard.
Councillor Brian Barnim was the
first to attempt a motion to table the
issue. However, he was initially shot
down with newly-installed Chief
Administrative Officer Peggy Van
Mierlo-West saying that Wilson and
Huron County staff had asked for the
municipality’s position prior to the
Sept. 5 meeting.
“They can ask all they want,”
Central Huron defers composition bylaw
Aitken wins five medals
Londesborough United Sunday School to start Sept. 9
Giving Mr. T a run for his money
Lexi Aitken may have more gold around her neck than a
certain 1980s television staple and she earned every karat
of it by taking first place in four events. She also earned one
bronze medal and set a new record at the Legion National
Youth Track and Field Championship held in August in
Prince Edward Island. (Denny Scott photo)
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