HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-01-18, Page 18The ABC Women’s Ministry is
presenting Faith-in-Song number
five this year on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 8
p.m. in the Blyth Memorial Hall.
This year’s gospel concert will
feature the Watchmen quartet from
Kitchener and area. They began their
career in 1968 as a group of friends
who came together to enter a talent
contest at Emmanuel Bible College.
Over the past 36 years, as well as
performing in many goaspel events,
they have recorded many gospel
songs and hymns. On their 25th
anniversary they produced a 90-
minute video of their favourite tunes.
Through the years many accolades
have come their way from the
Canadian Gospel Music Association.
They have received Top Male
Quartet, and Top Soloist Awards
throughout the last quarter-century.The group is comprised of TimHarden of Kitchener and Dave Janztiof St. Catharines (both pastors) andDoug Jones of Newmarket and DaveYake of Kitchener (bothbusinesspeople). They are
accompanied by Brian Winger of
Kitchener.
The group is grateful for many
years of fellowship, for lots of fun,
and most of all for their times of
very special music ministry.
Joining the Watchmen at the Blyth
concert is a young man who is
becoming well known throughout
the area for his beautiful singing
voice. Kirby Cook from Blyth
attributes his love of music to his
early start – singing before he could
talk.
Thirteen-year-old Cook is the son
of Dave and Fran and brother of
Derek. He attends Blyth Public
School where he is in Grade 8. He
takes great pleasure from his voice
lessons taught by Suzanne McVicker
and hopes to pursue a career as a
professional singer.
Like most 13-year-olds, he also
enjoys dirt biking, baseball, hockey,
volleyball, golfing, fishing and his
golden retrievier, Angel.
Master of Ceremonies for the
evening, will be Bill Townsend, 21-
year veteran of broadcasting (the last
12 at CKNX in Wingham) where he
can be heard on CKNX AM
weekdays from 2 until 6 p.m. and as
the host of The Computer Guy.
Townsend and his wife Erica have
two sons, Alex and James. They live
in Wingham and attend Sacred HeartChurch where he serves in theliturgicalministry as alector.Townsend isa self-taught
drummer,
produces
music, and has
recorded
people such as
the Grey Bruce
Singers, The
Beard Family
and others.
All the
proceeds from
the concert
will be going to youth work in the
communities.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2007. PAGE 19.
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Watchmen to perform in Faith-in-Song concert
KIRBY COOK
Local talent performs
in concert.
On-line resources available to library users
In Blyth
The Watchmen, a gospel group from the Kitchener area will be performing at the ABC
Women’s Ministry’s Faith-in-Song concert Feb. 3 in Blyth. (Courtesy photo)
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The Municipality of Morris-
Turnberry will seek a meeting with
the Twp. of North Huron and
Howick Twp. to discuss fire
protection.
Councillor Lynn Hoy raised the
issue at the Jan. 9 meeting of council
during discussion of adoption of the
county’s tiered response agreement.
“I think it would be good for all
councillors of all three councils to sit
down and talk about issues,” Hoy
said.
He pointed to the fact that the
Blyth District Fire Department,
which serves part of Morris-
Turnberry, provides first response
for medical emergencies while
Wingham’s bases in Wingham and
Howick do not. It means there is
unequal service for taxpayers in
different parts of the municipality, he
said.
Hoy did not advocate instituting
first response for the other bases,
however. He estimated Wingham
might lose up to six firefighters
whose employer was happy enough
to have them take time off work but
would not want them taking time for
medical emergencies.
“We’re already struggling in
Howick (to get enough volunteer
firefighters).”
He predicted it’s just a matter of
time before provincial requirements
for fire departments mean they need
a core of full-time, on-duty paid
firefighters.
But councillor Paul Gowing noted
that more than 50 per cent of Blyth
department’s calls are for medical
first response. “It’s not a problem for
them getting away (from work).”
Councillor Mark Beaven said it
had been a revelation to him about
the importance of first response
when a man’s life was saved because
the Blyth department, responding to
a fire, had the medical training to
help someone in trouble.
“It opened my eyes to saying
maybe there is a need to have fire
departments trained for first
response,” he said.
Hoy admitted that with Wingham
having an ambulance station located
locally it may not see the need for
first response that more areas more
distant from the station do.
Clerk-treasurer Nancy Michie
pointed out that the tiered response
agreement outlines a limited number
of circumstances under which the
ambulance service would call on the
fire department such as multiple-
casualty accidents, handling
hazardous materials or a natural
disaster involving casualties.
“It will be up to each fire board to
deal with the first response issue.”
However, after approving the
tiered response agreement,
councillors gave Hoy the go-ahead
to set up a meeting with the
neighbouring municipalities to
discuss fire issues.
Meanwhile, council received a
report on capital needs for the
Wingham department which
forecasts spending $117,000 in 2007
on protective clothing, breathing
equipment and a new pick-up truck
for the fire chief. Looking ahead to
2008 the report cites the need
to replace the department’s
1990 pumper truck at a cost of
$325,000.
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