HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-10-11, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012.Newlyweds return to mischief
On your trips about the village in
late September you might have
noticed something different at the
former home of Murray Lyon.
Michael Neeb has been residing
there. On Saturday, Sept. 22 Michael
married Andrea Fish. The wedding
took place at the Lutheran church in
Brodhagen. Congratulations to the
newlyweds from the village; we trust
you will find life here to your liking.
When the newlyweds returnedhome from their honeymoon theyfound the shrubs adorned with toiletpaper and a chair on their roof.
Someone obviously felt some fun
was in order.
The Londesborough Lions Club
will be holding another of their Old
Tyme Country Breakfasts on
Sunday, Oct. 14 at the
Londesborough Community Hall.
The men will be serving from 8 to 11
a.m. for just $7 for adults and $3 for
children under 12. They ask that
folks notice the change in times.
That same day following the
morning service Londesborough
United will host an Alzheimer coffee
break. They would welcome your
support for this cause.
The Londesborough UCW will
hold their next meeting on Monday,
Oct. 15 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
By BRENDA
RADFORD
Call
523-4296
PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO
Tour of cenotaphs launched
Huron County’s extraordinary and
significant military history is
acknowledged in many communities
across the county with thoughtfully-
designed and respectfully-placed
cenotaphs marking the contributions
of our men and women to war
efforts. Huron Arts & Heritage
Network is launching a self-guided
driving tour and map for Cenotaphs
and Memorials in Huron County
during Doors Open 2012.
With information gleaned from
the Huron County Historical Society
and Eric Heywood of Exeter by
Rhea Hamilton Seeger of
Possibilities in Auburn, the map
details many of these monuments
and their historical significance to
their communities, such as:
• the Usborne Township Memorial
Monument was one of the first to be
built and placed in Huron County.
James Weeks, owner of the Marble
Works in Exeter, ordered the fine
white granite statue from Carrara,
Italy.
• The four-sided fieldstone
Memorial Cenotaph in Clan Gregor
Square in Bayfield was placed in
1933.
• The Village of Blyth erected a
hall as their memorial to veterans of
the First World War. Plaques carved
by Rev. George Telford, with the
help of Adam Elliott, hold the names
of local men killed in WWI.
• In a lovely shady park in
Fordwich the Township of Howick
erected a Cenotaph in memory of
the men who gave their lives in the
Great War.
The new map was generously
supported by IODE Maple Leaf
Chapter, Goderich. The maps are
available at Huron County Libraries,
local Legions and at all Doors Open
Sites featuring displays and
memorabilia, exhibits, documentary
screenings, free air demonstrations
with War Planes … and more, during
Doors Open Huron, Oct. 13-14.
Doors Open Huron - Defending a
Nation is sponsored and co-
ordinated by Huron Arts & Heritage
Network and is generously
supported by the federal Canadian
Heritage program, Building
Communities Through Arts &
Heritage, the Ontario Trillium
Foundation, The County of Huron’s
Cultural Services and Libraries and
the Huron Heritage Fund, the
Townships of Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh, Morris-Turnberry,
North Huron, and South Huron, the
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 420,
Blyth and Legion Ladies Auxiliary
to Branch 420, Blyth. Doors
Open Huron is an extension of
Doors Open Ontario, a program
developed by Ontario Heritage
Trust.
Full details are available at
www.doorsopenhuron.wordpress.com
or call 519-523-4328.
Running hard
Hullett Central Public School student Sean Whyte wasn’t
letting anyone get in the way of his fun, or his finishing
during the regional Cross Country meet at the Benmiller
Falls Reserve in late September. (Denny Scott photo)
BR&E discussion deals with
North Huron’s strategic plan
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comments from Sparling regarding
the decision to complete the strategic
plan in-house. He said that, in
Riach’s own words, staff and
councillors are busy and may not
have had the time to do this project
as quickly as an outside contractor
could have.
“That option should have been
looked at a little more closely,” he
said.
Riach said that the municipality
had been told that it would cost
$80,000 to $100,000 to hire an
outside contractor to do the job and
that council stipends and staff wages
had not reached that high of a cost
yet. He wasn’t able to give an exact
amount, however.
Barill stated that price tag was
high and that the municipality likely
could have gotten it for half of that
or slightly more.
He also stated that, at the public
meeting, the Blyth BIA was
expanding faster than any other
downtown area in Ontario and that it
is a success story as far as the BR&E
is concerned.
He said that Blyth was no longer
looking for a destination store or
service, but that the village itself had
become a destination and that
was “textbook economic
development”.
Elliott agreed, stating that Blyth,
as early as a year ago, had serious
issues with vacant storefronts which
they no longer have.
Also discussed at the public
meeting were issues that local
business owners face beyond
council’s involvement including
technological barriers like the lack
of a fibre optics node in Blyth
despite the infrastructure running
underneath the village.
Bingo!
The Blyth Legion held its annual Thanksgiving turkey Bingo
night late last month and dozens of players came out in
hopes of winning big. Andy Lubbers, left, of the Blyth
Legion checks the card of Carolyn Sommerville, ensuring
that she’s made all the right moves to be crowned a winner.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
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