HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-10-06, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011. PAGE 9.
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conversations made the time go
quickly. This is a great project for
our community and Henry Exel
knew that. His family walked with
us, helping give this dream life.
Applications are still being
accepted for ownership of this
unique house for Brussels.
Qualifications are very specific and a
panel of Huron County people will
very soon make the selection giving
a new dream to a family. Being part
of a worldwide charity certainly
reinforces the point that we are a
small part in a big world.
It’s one of the wonders – what
triggers a memory. Alice Brothers
was committed to our cemetery on
Saturday along with husband Lyle,
at a service with Pastor Cable. That
got me thinking of his clocks and
pictures of mailboxes, as well as her
music. I can remember one time
watching Alice and Freda Pipe
playing a duet all the while chatting
about recent events in their world. It
gave me a view of music being so
much a part of a person that it was
like breathing, the ability to do it,
almost unconsciously. So now we
keep the many good memories of
Lyle and Alice and their years with
us in Brussels and each one brings a
smile to our face.
It’s turkey time. A long weekend,
Thanksgiving weekend, a time to
gather with family and friends and
think of all the blessings that we
have. It doesn’t take a lot of thought
to recognize sadness around us, and
a step farther shows the seriousness
of the lives of many in our world. So
we take the time to be thankful for
trees, for water and hydro, for heat in
our homes, for food, for safety, for
love from family and friends, yes it’s
time to pause and say thanks for the
life that is ours.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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by Cadet Captain Dawson as to
whether some type of ventilation
could be installed in the Cadet room.
The House chairman will look into
it. Honours and Awards will be held
Oct. 22.
Catering Chairman Jo-Ann
McDonald reported since the last
meeting the Branch has had one
anniversary dinner, two funeral
lunches and catered to the Optimist
Ladies night. The Lions Club is
booked for five dinners over the
year. There are three family
Christmas dinners booked at this
time. The fish fry crews had two
events this month, Seaforth and
Brussels. They were the last for the
year.
The 80th anniversary committee
has plans in place for the day.
Invitations have been sent, guests
and caterer confirmed.
The Optimists are proposing a
fundraiser for the Goderich and Area
Disaster Relief Fund. The Optimists,
Lions and Legion will host a wings,
fries and music evening and will
collect donations for the fund. It will
be held on Friday, Oct. 14 and will
be held at the Branch. Everyone
is invited to attend and receipts
for donations will be issued. Come
out for a great evening and help
those who need it most in
Goderich.
The guests gave their remarks for
the evening and reported the date for
the veterans dinner to be held Oct.
23 in Lucknow.
Veterans Chairman Mabel
Glanville will contact the veterans
about attending.
The first Friday night supper was
held and there was a great crowd on
hand. There was nearly 50 enjoy the
roast beef dinner with a special treat
of Helen Dobson’s pies for dessert.
The Huron County Dart League
had their first day of play at the
Branch. There were over 50 guys
having a good day at play. Comrade
Andy Overholt was on duty for the
Branch.
The Saturday afternoon euchre
had 13-and-a-half tables of players
at play. There were celebrating
Seniors’ Day which is Oct. 1. They
enjoyed cake with their lunch
following the day’s play.
Winners were: first, Tom and
Eileen Sloan; second, tied, Marjorie
Ahrens and Doreen Skinner and
Paul and Barbara; third, Murray and
Hank; low, Russ Smith and Jim
Devereux; lone hands, Ruth and
Dianne.
The first early bird winner for
their 2012 dues was Jo-Ann
McDonald. There were nearly 30
members pay their dues in
September. Get in today and pay
your dues and maybe you will be the
winner for October. Dues are $45 if
paid before Dec. 1 and $50 after
that. Get in today and pay your
dues.
The Sunday night dance had a
great crowd to enjoy the music of the
John Heaman Band. There were 93
folks on hand for the evening.
Helpers included Jo-Ann
McDonald, Judy Lee, Mabel
Glanville, Mary Bradshaw and
Linda Bird.
Thanksgiving a time to
gather with family
October 7 & 8
Shalena Rau & Phelan Simpson
Featuring Two-time Canadian Gold Figure Skating Medalists
Friday, October 7
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Saturday, October 8
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Family Free Skate 9:0010:30 a.m.
Ringette - %" 11:00 a.m.
Clinton Cougar Cheerleaders 12:00 noonInteractive. Come try your hand!
Shalena Rau & Phelan Simpson 1:003:00 p.m. Autographs!
Clinton Skating Club 1:003:00 p.m.
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Alumni Hockey Game 7:00 p.m.
Come share the day with us!
at the
Central Huron Community Complex
FREE
ADMISSION
Clowns &
Facepainting
10:00 - 12:00 noon
Brussels service groups to raise funds for Goderich
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to their finale, Teddy Bear Day!
By Hunter Dale
A number of new professional
resources arrived at the Blyth Public
School library this past week and
are now catalogued and available:
Nelson Literacy 3 – a guided and
independent reading kit (Grade 3), a
book for literacy called Catching
Readers Before They Fall, a great
new math book Math that Matters:
A teacher resource linking math and
social justice and a brand new
exciting set of action magazines.
I am sure that the teachers will
make great use of these new
resources.
Run, run and keep running! That’s
right, cross country was scheduled
for this Wednesday. After all the
hard work practising I hope
everyone had fun.The Grade 4/5 class has been busyfollowing the election and learningabout our political system. They
plan to hold their own election in
class this week.
Do you think they will predict
who will be elected?
By Phaedra Scott
David Archibald (www.david
archibald.com) will be visiting
Blyth Public School this week
thanks to a grant from the Ontario
Arts Council. He will be with us for
a whole week. He will visit five
classrooms for half a day each. In
each class, he will introduce himself
and play a song. He will talk about
parts of a song and the elements of
song writing. During the time he
spends at our school, each class will
accompany him in writing a song.
Last Friday Blyth teachers were
busy during the P.D. Day
investigating EQAO data to create
goals and directions in order toimprove student achievement atBlyth for this school year. It isexciting to see everyone’s hard work
pay off.
All the creepy crawlies in our
Grade 7/8 class sent shivers down
our spines. From spiders to baby
mosquitoes the Grade 7/8 students
have seen it all. Ongoing studies
about vertebrates and invertebrates
are going well. The Grade 6/7 class
also brought in some great
specimens.
Dawn C. in Grade 8 says “Spiders
just creep me out and I want nothing
to do with bugs!”
In Language the Grade 7/8
students also discovered that you
really can write a poem about
anything. After reading a very
interesting poem about McDonald’s
the class was challenged to write a
poem about a difficult topic with a
lot of voice.
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all bow down to him, even his
mother and father. In Joseph’s time
the father was the head of the family
and next to God. It was the custom
that when the father died, the head of
the family would be the oldest son.
This did not happen in Joseph’s
family. Joseph became the head of
the family being the 11th son and his
brothers were very angry with him.
They sold him into slavery.
Joseph’s dream came true and his
father and brothers bowed down to
him to get food for themselves.
Sometimes we become jealous of
other members of our families.
We must be like Joseph and have
faith in God that our families will be
made whole again. We must forgive
others who are jealous of us.
The offering was received
followed by the offertory response
and the prayer of dedication, the
prayers of thanks and the prayers for
the world and the singing of The
Lord’s Prayer. The last hymn, “Now
Thank We All Our God” was
followed by the commissioning and
benediction and the singing of the
response, “Amen”.
Everyone was invited for coffee
and to meet Colin and his family
Congregation meets guest speaker
Students learn from Archibald
Roast beef with all the fixins
Nancy Jardin was one of many people who lined up for a
roast beef dinner at Blyth’s Trinity Anglican Church on
Saturday, Oct 1. (Vicky Bremner photo)