HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-12-02, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2010. PAGE 3.
Butch mash!
Butch Norman mashes up potatoes for the community
outreach lunch held at Trinity Anglican Church in Blyth on
Nov. 22. The dinner, according to Norman, brings people
together and offers a warm meal for a fair price. (Denny Scott
photo)
Blyth PS students
begin concert work
By Carlene Bremner,
Isaac Nicholson and Eric Steele
Currently in the Grade 5/6 class,
Mrs. Decker has the students
working hard on writing news
reports, using visualizing when the
students read, and finding the “big
idea” in a text. In mathematics, the
students have been multiplying
larger numbers. For social studies,
Mrs. Decker has prepared a mock
election and students working on
presentations on the Canadian
government.
Ms. Badham has just begun to
hold auditions for this year’s
Christmas Play “Santa’s Online
Adventure”. Individual classes have
also been practising their songs and
dances. The tryouts and practice for
speaking parts are being held during
lunch breaks. Ms. Badham hopes
that the school will be practising the
whole play by Dec. 3.
Even the school band has been
practising diligently for the concert,
Mondays after school. The Grade
6/7 students are building a dragon
for the Christmas play. They will
also be writing a mathematics test on
Wednesday, Dec. 1 and in history,
Grade 6/7 and Grade 7/8 will be
researching life in New France and
writing a “Day in the Life of…”
story.
Mrs. Armstrong and the Grade 8
students participated in a special
“Tech Day” at Central Huron
Secondary School. There, students
took part in numerous workshops
and programs that could help the
them understand more about the
courses they could take in high
school. In science, the class has
Happy birthday to Chad Wheeler
who celebrated Nov. 26; Thelma
Manning, Dec. 2; Sheila Rintoul,
Wingham, Dec. 3; Jamie Craig,
Atwood, Dec. 5; Jon Hakkers, Dec.
6; Jean Plaetzer, Dec. 7 and Barb
Howson, Dec. 9.
Winner of the quilt draw for the
Blyth Legion Ladies Auxiliary was
Fran Cook of Blyth. The winner of
the afghan was Ann Feagan from the
Goderich area. Thank you to
everyone who bought tickets.
On Sunday, Nov. 28, Nancy Daer
and Donna Bieman of Wingham and
myself attended the Christmas Tea
with our aunt, Helen Stonehouse at
Braemar Retirement Home. The
attendance was great and everyone
enjoyed the food. Thanks to all who
prepared it.
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Scrooge, Bob Cratchit and the
ghosts of Christmas will storm into
Blyth for a one-night only reading of
A Christmas Carol.
Charles Dickens’ holiday classic
will be performed at the Blyth
United Church on Monday, Dec. 13
at 7 p.m. This free event features
readings from Blyth Festival Artistic
Director Eric Coates, Floyd
Herman, Blyth residents Lorna
Fraser, Anne Elliott and Grant
Sparling (Jr.), a St. Anne’s
Secondary School student.
“This is a story that celebrates the
season of giving,” states Rev. Gary
Clark, the event co-ordinator. “The
message of giving to the poor and
needy is as relevant today as it was
in 1843 – the year it was written.”
Special music throughout the
night will be performed by
Capucine Onn, director of the
Goderich Suzuki Violin School and
the Blyth United Church Choir.
Refreshments will be available. A
free-will offering, with proceeds
going to Bicycles for Humanity, will
be collected.
Greeting worshippers at Blyth
United Church on Sunday, Nov. 28
were Barb and Terry Richmond.
Ushering were Brenda and Lori
Brooks and Nicole Kerr. Music
director was Floyd Herman. Rev.
Gary Clark welcomed everyone to
church for the First Sunday of
Advent. He drew everyone’s
attention to the announcements in
the bulletin with special attention to
the Holy Rollers who are taking
orders for beef and turkey pies for
the months of January and February.
If you wish to order please call
Joann MacDonald at 519-523-9274.
This will help them plan their time.
Lorna Fraser, Candice and
Braidon Abell-Rinn lit the FirstCandle for the Advent Season. Thechoir sang the choral response,“Emmanuel”. The scripture wasfrom Isaiah 2: 1-5. The childrenwere asked to come to the front fortheir story time. Rev. Clark asked them if they
knew what the building was behind
them. Some answers were it was a
stable or a manger scene. He asked
the children what a manger was. The
answer was a place where animals
ate. When they looked in the manger
there was no baby but a sign with the
word “light” on it. He explained to
them that we walk in God’s light.
When the baby comes we show it
love as we do when we are
collecting the items for the Food
Bank. He asked the children to stay
while the offering was received. He
explained to them that the offering
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