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The special event that was held for
Hank Blok by the Blok family and
the Auburn District Lions Club on
March 27 raised $5000. Lions
members Marinus Bakker and Ian
Andrews presented a cheque to
Hank Blok annd his daughters
Danielle and Courtney Blok. There
is more love and support in our lives
than we realize, and, as I continued
on with the activities this week-end,
this became more obvious.
Anda ka sung? Masain ka? If you
were blessed enough to attend the
Missions Conference this week-end
in Auburn, then you may know these
two languages.
They both mean “where are you
going?”Anda ka sung is Marano and
Masain ka is Bicolano. These are
two different dialects from the
Philippines.
It was a very moving, inspirational
weekend with speakers who are
missionaries and have hands-on
experience with giving aid to
poverty stricken communities all
over the world. This is certainly a
call in someone’s life that takesbravery and courage to move whereyou are needed in foreign lands withless than desirable conditions, butthe heart is there.I would like to also take this timeto thank Lil from Lil’s kitchen inClinton for preparing the
Phillippines dishes on Saturday at
the Missions conference they were
tasty!
The weekends in Auburn, I am
finding, are never short of activities,
with last weekend kicking off in
Auburn with a concert at he
Evangelical Missionary church, a
nice welcome for the guest speakers
they were having. The concert,
featuring the band Article One,
brought out 300 people. I was
delighted to see families and their
children participating. It went on just
past 10 p.m. with one encore. The
band members were great at getting
the youth to get up and move, I didn't
mind kicking my heels off myself!
There is no rest when God’s work
has to be done. The Evangelical
church invite young people to
Monday night soccer, they are now
in the field at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday
night is still the Olympians ages JK-
Gr.6 as well as youth small groups
starting at 6:30 p.m.
Friday night faith in song presents
Valiant with special guests The
Huron Harp Ensemble at the Blyth
Christian Reformed Church at 8:00
p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and
$6 for children 12 and under. This is
an ABC event. Contact the BlythCRC to purchase tickets.The Knox United Church had theirdinner on Wednesday night and Iwas told it was delicious with about200 people attending. “We had agreat turnout and the cooks deserve around of applause” I was told by
one attendee.
As well as this 80 Leatherlandrelatives gathered at the Auburn Hallon Easter Sunday for a bounteouspot luck lunch at noon. Special guestwas 90-year-old Annie Vincent. Theafternoon was spent reminiscing andvisiting with everyone. Games andan Easter egg hunt were held for the
children.
Quite a few stayed for supper also.Joyce (Leatherland) and ErnieUnruh along with all their family,nine came from Calgary and Reginafor this special day. Others camefrom Windsor, Guelph, MountForest, Goderich, Vanastra andsurrounding area. A great time was
had by all.
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Good job!
Last month the Auburn Lions Club pulled together to help one of their own. When member
Hank Blok was diagnosed with cancer, the Lions felt they should help him, and help him they
did, raising over $5,000. From left: organizer, Ian Andrews, Blok’s daughter Courtney, Blok,
Blok’s daughter Danielle and Lions president Marinus Bakker. (Photo submitted)
Auburn Lions help family facing medical problemsBy Kerri Herouxhopturn@
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PEOPLE AROUND AUBURN
Sections of Auburn and
southeastern Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh Township may see a
change in the way their 911 calls are
handled in the near future.
ACW has decided against
including North Huron’s recently
amalgamated fire coverage service
within their municipal boundary,
instead opting to have Lucknow and
Clinton cover areas previously
covered by the Blyth fire station.
The council decided during their
April 6 meeting to have a by-law
brought forward at their next
meeting, on April 21, that would see
an automatic aid system set up with
Central Huron, under which Central
Huron would respond to all fire calls
in the ACW portion of Auburn, and
as far north as the Huron County
Works shed. Lucknow would also
receive calls in the area, and would
relieve Central Huron.
If, after an hour, Central Huron is
still on the scene of an Automatic
Aid call, they are there under the
terms of mutual aid.
Automatic Aid charges $350 per
full truck that is dispatched to a fire,
which will most likely mean each
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in Central Huron.
Council is currently drawing up a
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changes that need to occur for 911
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areas in question. ACW is currently
paying North Huron monthly for the
charges incurred, and will continue
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been finalized.
By Denny Scott
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Article One was in Auburn on Friday night to play a show at
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One has played in Auburn before and they seemed right at
home. (Shawn Loughlin photo)