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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-10-13, Page 3273 Hamilton St., Blyth Drop-in lesson and dance every Friday at 8 p.m. ~ $5.00 519-523-4590 www.blytheastsidedance.com Learn To Dance Introductory Class ~ 8 weeks for $80.00 Starts October 20 ~ 7 p.m. Call Now! Two Bedroom Condos For Rent Including: • 1080 Sq. Feet Of Living Space • Single Car Garage • All Utilities • Snow Removal and Lawn Care • Oak Kitchens • Sliding Doors to Private Patio • Open Concept Two Bedroom Condos For Rent Including: • 1080 Sq. Feet Of Living Space • Single Car Garage • All Utilities • Snow Removal and Lawn Care • Oak Kitchens • Sliding Doors to Private Patio • Open Concept For more information please call 519-291-0232 or visit our website: www.legacylanehomes.com For more information please call 519-291-0232 or visit our website: www.legacylanehomes.com Open House Saturday, Oct. 22 10 am - 12 noon 250 Gypsy Lane, Blyth One unit left in Blyth & more to come in Seaforth With the eye of tenderest love! (J.R. Miller, “Daily Bible Readings in the Life of Christ” 1890) “He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them.” Mark 6:48 Jesus always sees our toils and distresses in this world. We do not see Him--and sometimes we think that He has forgotten us; but that is never true. He never forgets us, nor is He indifferent for a moment. On the heights, while the battle was in progress, stood a group of men watching the struggling armies on the plain below. In this group was the American general Sheridan, who watched the mighty strife with the keen eye of a soldier. King William was also there; but his interest was different from Sheridan’s His son was in the thick of the fight- -and he watched the battle with the eye of a father, as well as of a king. Just so, Christ looks down upon our struggles in this world. He sees us straining and toiling; He beholds all our battles and strifes. He sees us in the waves and in the storm. He sees us, not merely with the eye of the calm spectator--but with the eye of tenderest love! This is a great thought! If we can only get it into our hearts--it will give us wondrous courage in the hour of toil, sorrow, or struggle. Jesus knows... when the battle is hard, when the night is dark, when the temptation is more than we can bear. The winds were against His disciples--even though Christ sent them out to sea. We learn here, that even when we are doing the things which God has bidden us do--we may encounter great opposition and difficulty. We may even be beaten back, and find the trail too great for our strength. Many of the Lord’s disciples have to make their voyage over very stormy seas--on their way to glory. For some, duty is often very hard. Indeed, a true, noble, courageous, holy life--must always exist in the face of opposition and contrary winds. A Grace Gem Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church, Listowel, ON 519-291-1956 Honoured Kay Hesselwood, right, was presented the Blyth and area Citizen of the Year Award last Thursday at the 38th annual Fall Rally of Zone 8 of the United Senior Citizens of Ontario held at Memorial Hall in Blyth. Hesselwood was announced as Blyth’s Citizen of the Year last month for her extensive work throughout the community. Presenting the award was Lois Van Vliet, a member of The Citizen’s Board of Directors. (Shawn Loughlin photo) By Courtney Bachert, Hunter Dale and Phaedra ScottIt sure has been a fun few weekshere at Blyth Public School. Thecross-country meet was a great success, everyone finished and Mrs. Zembashi is very proud of them. The district cross country meet is on Oct. 14 in Benmiller and that also will be a great success we’re sure. The Grade 1/2 class has had a very busy week. On Oct. 4 the students joined the Grade 2 class and took a trip to Blake’s Apple Orchard. The students had a great trip and picked a variety of apples. They experienced many learning opportunities which focused on apples. They also had a great time making and eating applesauce. They also had an amazing experience with David Archibald and created an awesome song called, “The Big Red Slide”. The Kindergartens are having an awesome time with Mrs. Thorpe- Hearn. The senior kindergarten classbegan its huge unit calledColourFall. They started learningabout the three primary colours thatcannot be made by any other colour but can be found in nature. Their first day was blue day and they all were to wear blue that day. They had fun eating blueberries, blue corn chips and blue candies. They rated their reaction to the things that they tasted and went on a scavenger hunt in their class to find things that were related to Blue’s Clues. They cut out blue magazine pictures and wrote down blue words. While they were reading the book, I Love You Blue Kangaroo, they inferred what was going to happen next. The next day was yellow day and they concentrated on making connection between text and their experience while they read Big Sarah’s Yellow Boots and rated their tastes for lemon slices, pineapple and yellow peppers. They alsopractised their sewing skills bystitching up a yellow lion.For red day, they read the bookRed is Best and made connection for that as well. They cut apple puzzles and sorted through red photos and made a list of items that they found in nature that were red. The Junior class celebrated their unit on bears by having a party day where they brought in their favourite teddy bears, graphed then ate gummy bears, sang and played teddy bear songs and wrote a story about an adventure they had with their teddy bear. They had lots of fun. They have been making connections between themselves and story characters they have met, looking at clues found within the text and the illustrations to inform and expand their understanding of books they’ve read in their unit. They enjoyed learning some classic bear book chants this past week, like “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What doyou see?” and re-enacting thesequence of events within thefamous fairytale Goldilocks and theThree Bears using both props and puppets. They played bear snap, learned about what kinds of food bears prefer to eat, ordered nine bears in sizes from smallest to largest and matched each of the bears with the appropriate-size bowl, clothes, chair and bed. Next week they will begin looking at the natural world around as they observe, record, classify and write about the signs of fall. The Grade 2 students have been using the theme of apples in their Pollard, McClinchey, top Monday afternoon euchre Happy birthday to Bo Wharton who will celebrate Oct. 17; Joyce Craig of Atwood, Oct. 19 and Jessie France of Huronlea, Brussels, who will celebrate her 96th birthday Oct. 19. The euchre held Monday afternoon had four-and-a-half tables at play. Winners were: high lady, Doris McClinchey, 76; high man, John Pollard, 75; low lady, Pauline McMichael, 54; low man, Jewel Plunkett, 51; ladies’ lone hands, Berva Cartwright, one; men’s lone hands, Edyth Glousher, four; door prize, Len Archambault; share the wealth, Darrell Wood and John Pollard. The next euchre will be Monday, Oct. 17 at 1:30 p.m. in the Legion Hall. Come and enjoy the fun and fellowship. By Marilyn Craig Call 523-9318 From Marilyn’s Desk NEWS FROM BLYTHContinued on page 8 Blyth PS runners look to district meetTHE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011. PAGE 3.