HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-06-11, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009.
The Auburn Women’s Institute
will meet at the Auburn Hall June 18
at 1:30 p.m. Corrie Bos of Blyth will
demonstrate exercises to keep a
body in good health. Everyone
welcome.
Turn about
The tables turned last week as the Londesborough Lions
served the ladies of the United Church. Bob Cook delivers
the salad to Joan Whyte, left, and Irene Bromley. (Vicky
Bremner)
Wow! What an absolutely special
evening that was!
Since the Londesborough Lions
Club received their charter about 30
years ago, they have held meetings
twice a month in the Londesborough
Community Hall which they now
maintain. For all of those years,
ladies of the Londesborough
community have served them dinner.
Originally, ladies of the
Londesborough Women’s Institute
catered one meal a month and ladies
of the Londesborough UCW catered
the other meal. In a small community
that means some ladies were involved
in both meals. When the Institute
disbanded, the UCW took over the
catering for both meals.
Last Thursday evening the men
decided it was time to turn the tables,
so to speak, and they entertained the
women. The meal itself was all very
hush-hush. Not even the wives of the
Lions Club members knew or were
involved in the planning or
preparations. The men did enlist the help ofsomeone outside the community toassist them with the planning andorganization but on Thursday eveningthe men did it all.And it was special, from thegreetings at the door to the farewellcarnation every lady received. Theroom was decorated in a
flower/spring theme with soft pastel
green tablecloths. Four ladies were
fortunate to take home a hanging
basket of flowers as door prizes.
Rumour has it that the men had an
evening of practice and coaching and
it showed. From the beautifully
appointed table settings through the
serving of several courses the meal
went off without a single hitch and
the women enjoyed the pampering.
Thanks, fellas, we appreciated
being appreciated.
Ladies, we may have to raise the
bar from now on when we serve the
Lions their meals. If word gets out
about these men, they could be in
high demand.
Following the meal, while the men
did cleanup, the ladies enjoyed a
presentation upstairs from Iceculture
Inc., a different kind of ice company.
In the late 1980s Julian Bailey and
his wife began making ice punch
bowls for events as a kind of hobby. It
is one of their signature products 20
years later and they make between 30
and 40 of them still every month. However, today, working withother family members and about 40employees, punch bowls are one ofthe more commonplace items theymake from snow and ice. Thepresentation included a slide show ofsculptures the company has done anda talk.Another of their signature items are
ice curtains, their daughter’s idea.
One of their ice bars is used every
other day on average someplace, for
not only do folks in Huron County
appreciate their novel ice sculptures
but they are in demand around the
world.
Julian claims that they are doing
less business in the United States
currently because of its new
“protectionist policy” but more work
in other areas of the world. The
rapidly growing city of Dubai is one
of their busiest customers.
Ice bars, large scale alcohol bottles,
sculpted figures, waterfalls,
candelabras, fountains, cake stands,
trophies, the list of items their
designers can create seems endless.
This company has the only fully
automatic ice carving machine in the
world. All the carving is done in their
plant in Hensall and then shipped by
truck or plane to the setup sites along
with their employees.
Things like large chairs, a horse
and carriage, slides and cars are used
as photo opportunities by thecompanies who commission thecarvings. Julian noted that they are now ableto reproduce coloured logos as wellusing food colouring and, in somecases, locally grown spices.Iceculture Inc. is constantlyrecreating themselves in order tosatisfy the demands of customers.
Consequently they are slightly
behind schedule with the display
museum they want to open in their
building. What a great place that will
be to visit on a hot afternoon and
marvel at the ingenuity of their
designer/creators.
The Londesborough Lions will be
cooking again on Father’s Day. But
it’s back to more familiar fare as they
serve up another of their ‘Olde Tyme
Country Breakfasts’that day, June 21
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
By BRENDARADFORDCall 523-4296PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO
Don Atkinson led the service at
Londesborough United Church on
Sunday, June 7. Offering her gift of
music on the organ that morning was
Kerri Grant.
When the children gathered at the
front, Don discussed special days
and holidays with them - the end of
school for the year, birthdays,
Mother’s Day, Christmas, etc.- days
they would understand. Then he
commented that June 7 was Trinity
Sunday and that trinity means three.
Using pictures Don explained that
God is also Jesus in another form
and that the Holy Spirit is as well.
He likened the spirit to the wind,
something they can’t see but feel.
In place of a psalm Don chose the
Nicene Creed as the responsive
reading. Originating in 300 A. D.
this creed is full of content about the
Trinity. The epistle reading was
Galatians 5:22-26, a passage which
speaks of the fruits of the spirit -
love joy, peace, etc. One of the
encounters between Jesus and
Nicodemus from John 3: 1-17 was
the gospel reading. Jesus tells
Nicodemus he must be born again of
water and the spirit to enter the
kingdom of God.
Actually the New Testament
mentions three encounters between
Jesus and Nicodemus and each of
them gives the impression that
Nicodemus, in spite of being a
Pharisee, is growing closer to the
faith.
Just as ‘doubting Thomas’ needed
to see Christ’s hands to believe, Don
thinks Nicodemus should be known
as ‘questioning Nicodemus’.
Similarly God wants everyone to
question their faith in order for the
fruits of the spirits to mature. Only
then can we have the faith and trust
one needs to live a life in Christ. Don
explained that God is the creator,
Jesus is humanity and the Holy
Spirit is the faith within us.
The sacrament of communion will
be held at Londesborough United on
June 14 .
On Monday, June 15 the UCW
will gather at 7:30 p.m. for dessert
followed by the regular monthly
meeting.
Graduation
Shawn Clark, son of Joan and
Lavern Clark received a Doctor
of Philosophy (PhD) in Plant
Agriculture from the University
of Guelph at Convocation,
February 18, 2009. Shawn is
employed at the National
Research Council of Canada in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Congratulations Shawn, with
love from your family.
Don Atkinson leads
United Church service
By Anya
Scott
Call
526-1111
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