HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-04-07, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011. PAGE 3.
COMMUNITY MEAL
& SILENT AUCTIONRoast Beef
Smorgasbord Dinner
Memorial Hall ~ Blyth, Ontario
Visit the Auction in the
Bainton Gallery!
Proceeds for
Blyth Public
School
Thursday, April 21
Dinner: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Auction: 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Adults $12.00
Youth (7-12) $6.00
Children (6 & under) FREE
Family $35.00
(take-out meals available)
Blyth Memorial Hall welcomes play, fiddle quartetBy Carlene Bremner, Isaac Nicholson and Eric SteeleThe Grade 7 and 8 studentsvisited the Blyth Festival to see theperformance of The Good Soul ofSzechuanby Bertolt Brecht. The
play is about a young girl in China,
who struggles to be good to her
fellow neighbours and fight back
against poverty, but she always
seem to be held back by one thing
or another. The play was presented
from April 1-30.
On April 4 the school visited the
Festival again to see the Métis
Fiddler Quartet. There were
aboriginal performances of dance,
stories, song and fiddling.
Currently Grade 5/6 students have
been learning about proportional
reasoning in Math. In language, the
class has been reading the book
Hidden Talents by David Lubar.
The students will be learning more
about how to analyze the characters
in a book and how to compare and
contrast things in their writing. In
science, the class is learning about
different systems in the body.
On Friday, April 1, the magazine
campaign began. Blyth studentswill be going around sellingmagazine subscriptions until April26. Prizes will be given outdepending on how manysubscriptions the students sell.
Donations will be given for every
subscription sold.
In Mrs. Armstrong’s class, the
students have begun a new chapter
in math. The students will be
reviewing and studying further
transformations. The class has also
been doing special language
projects using a program called
Voice Threads. The program allows
students to post pictures and
comment on each other’s work.
In the library this week the school
is hosting its multimedia festival. In
this, students show their projects
NEWS
FROM BLYTHMétis Fiddler
The Métis Fiddler Quartet, four siblings who play Métis and
native music that they have collected from elders across
Canada, visited Blyth as part of an Avon Maitland District
School Board initiative to educate students about aboriginal
lifestyles. Short their sister, Alyssa, brothers Conlin, Danton
and Nicholas Delbaere-Sawchuk (shown here) played
music and taught 636 students from Blyth, Brussels, East
Wawanosh, Hullett Central, Grey Central, Turnberry Central
and Wingham Public Schools about Métis and native
lifestyles. The siblings hail from Toronto. (Denny Scott photo)
Stick With the Classifieds.
If you’re shopping for something special, keep looking in the Classifieds. Every week, you’ll find a
great selection of listings for everything from apartments for rent to things to buy and see.
The Citizen
Pie order deadline looms
Continued on page 23
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
From Marilyn’s Desk
Sympathy is extended to the
family of Anton Passchier who
passed away last week.
Happy birthday to Carla Pawitch
who celebrated April 3; Debbie
Cook, April 4; Adeline Campbell
and John Stadelmann, April 5;
Lenora Davidson and Brenda Cook,
April 7; and Helen Stonehouse of
Braemar Nursing Home, April 10.
Welcome back to all the
snowbirds who have returned after a
winter down south.
Greeting worshippers at Blyth
United Church on Sunday, April 3
were Barb and Terry Richmond.
Ushering were Arletta Hallahan,
Elaine Chamney, Terry Richmond
and Laurie Sparling. Floyd Herman
was music director. The hydrangea
at the front of the church was in
memory of Don Craig. Rev. Gary
Clark welcomed everyone to church
and drew attention to the
announcements in the bulletin.
Special attention was made that the
ladies are making pies on Tuesday,
April 19 (notice the day is changed)
and April 27. These will be the last
times you can order pies until
eptember. Also to remember that
Saturday is Women’s Day Out. All
Women’s Day Out coming
Ladies are reminded to mark
Saturday, April 9 on their calendars
and plan to attend the 17th Annual
Women’s Day Out, Sponsored by
the Blyth United Church Women.
This year’s theme is “Laughter
Keeps Us Young”.
Women’s Day Out promises to be
a fun, interesting and informative
day for women of all ages. The
keynote speaker is Bruce Whitmore.
Musical entertainment will be
provided by Blyth United Church
Choir featuring Floyd Hermann,
Saint Anne’s Catholic Secondary
School Concert Band and Anne
Elliott as Grannie Annie Pasqually!
New this year is an exciting
segment to satisfy your fashion fix.
“Shop in Your Closet” with Lisa
Fisher-Ferguson of Fisher & Co. and
Accents. She will get you ready for
spring by looking right in your own
closet. Returning this year are the
delicious Smorgasbord lunch, door
prizes and the Toonie Sale.
This year’s event is being held at
the Blyth Memorial Hall and the
Bainton Art Gallery. Registration
begins at 9 a.m. and the programme
runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tickets are available for $20 (with
lunch) or $10 (without lunch) at
Radiant Life Christian Books,
Goderich or by calling Joann at 519-
523-9274.
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The Divine eye!
(J.R. Miller, “Come with Me”Daily Bible Readings in the Life of Christ, 1890)
“Zechariah and Elizabeth were upright in the sight of God, observing all the
Lord’s commandments and regulations blamelessly.” Luke 1:6
This is a beautiful thing to have said of them. Yet, after all, that is the test which
every life must endure. It is not enough to have human commendation. The question
is--how do we stand before God? How does our life appear--to Him?
It does not matter how men praise and commend us--if God sees that we are living
wrong. The Pharisees were righteous before men; but if you would see how they
stood in God’s eye, read the twenty-third chapter of Matthew.
We are in reality--just what we are before God--nothing less, nothing more. The
question we should always ask ourselves is, “What does God think of me”? If we
would meet His approval, we must first have our hearts right, and then we must be
blameless and true in every part of life.
We should live just as purely and beautifully in secret--as in the glare of the world’s
gaze.
There really is no such thing as secrecy in this world. We imagine that no eye is
looking--when we are not in the presence of men. But really, we always have a
spectator; we are living all our life in the presence of God Himself!We should train
ourselves, therefore, to work for the Divine eye in all that we do, that our work may
stand the Divine inspection, and that we may have the approval and commendation
of God Himself.
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956