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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-10-02, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008. PAGE 9. The Auburn Women’s Institute met at the Auburn Hall on Thursday, Sept. 18 with 11 members present. The meeting was opened with the Ode, Mary Stewart Collect and O’ Canada. Information was given regarding the fall rally in Belgrave on Oct. 6 with registration at 9 a.m. Members are required to bring a potluck item for lunch as well as their own dishes and cutlery. Auburn WI is to also bring table favours and two dozen muffins. Convention is on Oct. 7 at Shedden. An invitation was also read from the Maitland Women’s Institute inviting Auburn to their Oct. 28 meeting at 10 a.m. in Wingham. Erma Cartwright gave a reading entitled, The Bare Necessities. Shelley Haist from Town and Country Support Services attended the meeting to speak about the different services offered to residents of Huron County to help them live with dignity and independence. Volunteer drivers, Meals on Wheels, frozen meals, and seniors exercise services offered in the county. Lunch was served by Phyllis Durst and Erma brought the meeting to a close. Huron Chapel Evangelical Missionary Church celebrated communion at their Sept. 28 service. Prior to serving communion Pastor Dave Wood said “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of The Lord”. The scripture reading for the service was taken from Isaiah 1: 18. Knox United Church sang a number of hymns including Rejoice the Lord is King, God of the Sparrow and All the Way My Saviour Leads Me. The responsive reading was from Psalm 78 and the Gospel Reading was Matthew 21: 23-32. On Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Knox United will host a variety concert called, A Night to Remember. It will feature Audibly Awesome, specializing in “the old songs” with vocal harmonies; Madison Bell, granddaughter of Doug and Lynn Chamney, performing two types of dance, Marshall and Ethan Durnin playing violins and John and Geneva Heaman of Kincardine, whose acts include country and and western music and ventriloquism. Tickets are (Adults) $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and children Grade 8 and under, $5 in advance, $6 at the door. To purchase, call Cathy Carter at 519-526-7217 or Nancy Park 519-529-7767 or contact any board member. Chugging along Shannon Dale of Hullett Central Public School, front, slightly edged out the student trailing her last week at the regional cross-country meet at Dale’s school. Hundreds of students were bused in for the meet. (Shawn Loughlin photo) By Meagan Higgins Meeting two of the 4-H Dancing Divas was held on Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. at the home of Mary Ellen Foran. They started the meeting with moving around and playing dance tag. Eileen and Kristina showed the CC Slide. Kristina opened the meeting with the pledge. Roll call was “Describe your favourite way of moving or dancing”. Answers varied from sports to figure skating to just dancing to the music or a specific dance. Cathy handed out a crossword for members to do. Eileen split members into groups of two or three. They had to do a little bit of research about a dance from the book. After 15 minutes, members had to tell the rest of the club members the important facts about the dance and show them three steps. The different dances were: jazz/tap, modern, line/square dancing, hip-hop/break dancing. Members who read about modern and hip-hop/break dancing were paired together whereas jazz/tap and line/square dancing were paired together. The groups had to make up a dance to music using six different dance steps from the different dance and to repeat the steps four times. Members then wanted to practise the CC Slide again. Cathy talked about the 4-H Day at the Western Fair. Kristina closed the meeting with the motto. Snacks were provided by Maisy and Ellen Jefferson. 11 atWImeeting Continued from page 8 Michael Ignatieff for instance, everyone gets up in arms because suddenly I’m featuring a Liberal and not a Tory and vice versa, so we actually try to avoid it,” he said. “But next week we’re joining every leader on their tour and when we join the tours it’ll be our behind- the-scenes coverage of the campaign. We’ll shoot everything you’re not supposed to shoot.” Mercer encourages Canadians to get out and vote, to get involved and make an informed decision. Too often, he said, decisions involving the leadership of a country are made on flimsy points and uninformed viewpoints. “I hope people will watch the debates too, I think that’s key. All of the parties, they’re all guilty of this, essentially treat the election like idiots, like they’re consumers, like they’re just trying to sell the voters something and they might want to sell them the platform, but they know it’s just easier to inundate them with negative commercials and 30-second sound bytes,” Tips from the pros Rick Mercer gets some motocross tips to share with television viewers on his CBC show The Mercer Report from young riders Brian, left, and Nick Langois. (Shawn Loughlin photo) Fall ColourTour MAITLAND VALLEY CONSERVATION AUTHORITY PRESENTS THE ANNUAL WINGHAMWINGHAM BELGRAVE BLYTH AUBURN 4 16 22 25 86 4 Wawanosh Nature Centre Wawanosh Nature Centre Sunday October 5, 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. Wawanosh Valley Conservation Area Wagon Rides Apple Cider Guided Walks Children’s Activities Wawanosh Nature Centre Open Free Admission Call 519 335-3557 Maitland Valley Conservation Authority Box 127, Wroxeter, Ont. N0G 2X0 519 335-3557, Fax 519 335-3516 maitland@mvca.on.ca Mercer joins candidates on tour NEWS FROM AUBURN It is time once again for Operation Christmas Child. If you would like to give a gift to a needy child this Christmas please stop by Huron Chapel Evangelical Missionary Church at 119 John Ave.,Auburn on Tuesday, Oct. 7 from 2 - 6 p.m. to pick up your empty shoeboxes. For more information call 519-526- 1131. By Gail Dobie Call 519-526-7539 PEOPLE AROUND AUBURN Knox plans variety night Dancing Divas learn new moves