HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-06-05, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2008. PAGE 3.
With its first year in the books, the
Blyth Youth Skate Park looks to be a
success with two more expansions
planned for 2008.
A ceremony was held on Monday
to celebrate the first year of this
community-run park. Later this
week, the park will be welcoming in
a new pyramid ramp constructed by
the design and technology students
at St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary
School says committee member
Linda Brandon.
Approximately 15 children were
on hand on Monday to skate and
partake in the potluck dinner
organized by the committee.
The committee is sticking with St.
Anne’s for this expansion and an
additional ramp which is expected
in the fall. The first three
components of the park were
constructed by St. Anne’s, F.E.
Madill Secondary School and
Central Huron Secondary
School.
Ernest Dow, a leading member of
the committee made a presentation
to the students to explain his
expectations for the ramps. Brandon
said many of the students in the
class were skateboarders, which
made the project easy, due to their
enthusiasm.
Brandon says that unlike some
parks, the Blyth park has been
constructed piece-by-piece. She
says the children have been
understanding of this and very
grateful for what they have been
given.
Lucas Nicholson of Blyth, who
attended the ceremony, said that the
park is always in use, “There are
always people here. Anytime, 24/7
there are people here doing
something.”
Brandon says the intended code of
conduct has been followed for the
most part, with the exception of
earlier this year, when they found
evidence of vehicles on the skate
pad.
While there is currently a request
in to the Twp. of North Huron to
move the road running beside the
park 16 feet over to adjoin the
current road, there are plans to
secure cement blocks on the
perimeter of the pad to vehicular
access and increase safety for the
park’s users.
Brandon says the committee is
proud of its work. The celebration
was a small one, but attendees were
comprised mainly of the key players
in the park’s creation, recognizing
their achievement in the
community.
Sympathy is extended to the Black
family on the death of their sister
Margery (Black) Lewis.
Congratulations to Pauline
Stewart and Christopher Marshall on
their marriage May 31 in Parry
Sound.
Happy birthday to the following
people who will celebrate their
birthdays next week: Ruth Jardin,
Helen Klemke and June Patterson,
June 9 and Jim Howson, Ron
Howson and Scott MacDonald will
celebrate on June 10.
From all reports the Grade 8 class
of Blyth Public School had a great
camping experience this past week
at Camp Celtic at Lions Head. They
left Tuesday morning and returned
on Friday afternoon.
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Greeting at Blyth United Church
on Sunday, June 1 were Joann
MacDonald and Randy Fraser.
Ushering were David Onn, Earl Fyfe
and Terry Richmond. Margaret Kai
was organist and choir director.
Guest speaker Bruce
Whitmore welcomed everyone to
church.
There will be no church June 8 in
Blyth United but everyone was
invited to Camp Menesetung for the
annual Sunday school awards day
and potluck lunch. The UCW is
taking orders for meat pies for
September. If you wish to place an
order call Joann at 519-523-9274.The call to worship was repeatedresponsively and was followed bythe prayer of approach repeated inunison and the first hymn Immortal,Invisible, God Only Wise.The choir anthem was Victory inJesus.The children stayed downstairs topractise for their service nextSunday at Camp Menesetung.
Scripture reading was from Isaiah
58: 6-7, 10-12.
The hymn, Blest Be the Ties that
Bind was sung. Mr. Whitmore spoke
on his experiences in Mozambique.
He told the congregation that they
were not allowed to take any
luggage and could buy clothes at a
dry goods store there. The only thing
was that the people from
Mozambique are small and they had
nothing for large size people so he
had to live in the clothes he had on
for eight days. He lost his wife’s new
camera when he arrived so could not
take any pictures.
They rode in four-wheel drive
trucks to go into the interior and
their meals were rice and chicken or
chicken and rice.
They slept in little narrow rooms
and the only thing holding the door
shut was a bent nail. You couldn’t
drink the water or eat anything that
had been washed in the water. The
reason that dinner took so long was
that they had to catch the chicken
before they cooked it.
They were each given a box of tea
by the pastors which was a day’s pay
for the pastors. In Mozambique you
are rich if you own a hut with more
than one room or you own a bike.
In one place they were given food
as gifts. They had to ask permission
to give the food to an orphanage.
The pastors wanted Bibles, training
of pastors, a bicycle and help to feed
the orphans. One person had walked57 kms. to thank them for the helpthey had received from others tobuild a school. There are only twoteachers for 400 kids eager to learn.They only go to school half days andabout 35 girls attend anotherresidential school the other half ofthe day to learn what causes AIDS.The big goal is to keep the childrenfrom getting married at 12.
He told of a little girl crawling for
three kms. to get an education. Now
she has a bike to ride to school on.
The life expectancy is only 38 years
of age. One of three die of malaria.
The children are too busy working,
carrying water and looking for
firewood. They burn down the forest
in order to clear the land for planting
a garden with a few seeds.A truckload of food is coming tofeed 25,000 people which will notfeed everyone. After 26 years of civilwar the military burns everything tokeep control.Poverty and AIDS go hand inhand. It costs $1,000 for each villageto grow a garden. It is more blessedto give than receive. Everyoneproceeded to the narthex for the
dedication of the painting of the
narthex, the table purchased and the
two chairs and two rocker chairs
purchased from the bequest from the
estate of Lila Radford.
Skate park
celebrates
first year
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Fundraising
Tupperware Party
Everyone welcome
Come see the new products
Upstairs at the
Blyth Legion
Saturday, June 7th
9 am to 4 pm
Proceeds to the
Building/Renovation fund
THANK YOU
BLYTH LEGION
LADIES AUXILIARY
would like to thank everyone
who helped us celebrate
31 years of
PENNY SALE
TRADITION
To those businesses and
individuals who donated penny
sale items, your generous
contributions resulted in a very
successful event.
See you again next year
BLYTH LEGION
DECORATION
SERVICE
Blyth Union Cemetery
Sunday, June 8, 2008
at 2:00 p.m.
with Pastor Les Cook
Everyone Welcome
at
NEWS
FROM BLYTH
By MarilynCraigCall 523-9318From Marilyn’s Desk
Anniversary
The Blyth Youth Skate Park celebrated its one-year
anniversary on Monday with a potluck dinner followed by
the park’s foremost intention, local children skating. The
children of Blyth can expect a new pyramid ramp by the end
of the week from St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary School
students. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen