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BIA board members to support Rutabaga Festival
The Blyth Business Improvement
Area (BIA) has pledged its support
to the Rutabaga Festival, which
recently broke away from the BIA.
Annie Sparling of DEAMS
Holdings Inc. originally suggested
resuscitating the festival, which
stopped in Blyth in the 1990s.
She suggested a raffle for a truck
and other prizes as means of making
money, however, she eventually
struck out on her own with the
project with the help of Hubbard’s
Rutabagas, but kept communication
open with the BIA.
During the BIA’s first meeting of
the new year on Jan. 9, the
organization failed to meet its
quorum so, while it couldn’t
officially pass a motion of support
for the event, Chair Gary van
Leeuwen said that the BIA does
want to support it.
After receiving that pledge of
support, Sparling said that the raffle
to help generate seed money for the
Rutabaga Festival was going very
well.
She said that 400 of the tickets had
been sold by the first early-bird draw
on Jan. 1, meaning that the truck was
nearly paid off.
The first early bird draw was for a
snowblower provided by Doc’s
Repair Service in Blyth. Tim
Derrough of Goderich was the lucky
winner.
Sparling said the goal is to have
the remaining 600 tickets sold by
June 1 for the second early-bird
draw for a barbecue, provided by
Hotel Lux.
Sparling said she is scheduling a
meeting at Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. at
Memorial Hall to brainstorm some
ideas for the new Rutabaga Festival.
She encourages people to come to
the event and bring their
memorabilia from past Rutabaga
Festivals to help guide the event.
“We want to bring in the whole
community,” she said, adding she
has heard from the Huron County
Local Immigration Partnership,
which hopes to encourage some
multi-cultural dishes as part of the
festival.
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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NEWS
FROM BLYTH
Big winner
Tim Derrough, right, was the winner of the first “100 Bucks For A Truck” raffle early bird draw.
The prize? A snowmobile from Doc’s Repair in Blyth. The next early bird draw, for a barbecue,
is set in June while the draw to win a new Ford truck is late this year. The raffle is in support
of the upcoming Blyth Rutabaga Festival. From left: draw organizer Annie Sparling, Gerald
Benninger of Doc’s Repair and Derrough. (Denny Scott photo)
MacGregor speaks at service
Greeting at Blyth United Church
on Sunday, Jan. 13 were Mary Lou
Stewart and Emily Phillips.
Ushering were Emily Phillips and
John Stewart. Marilyn Scott was
organist, Katie Dockstader was choir
director and Lavern Clark ran the
power point.
Trish MacGregor, guest speaker
welcomed everyone to worship. She
drew everyone’s attention to the
announcements printed in the
bulletin. Special attention that the
ladies will resume pie making in
February. Turkey pies will be made
on Wednesday, Feb. 6 and beef pies
will be made on Feb. 20. If you wish
to order please call Donna Moore at
519-523-9855.
Trish lit the Christ candle on the
altar table. She invited the
congregation to greet one another
with a hearty “good morning”
instead of a handshake in this flu and
cold season.
The call to worship was repeated
responsively. The first hymn, “Come
In, Come In and Sit Down”, was
sung followed by the prayer of
approach said responsively.
The children were asked to come
to the front for their story time. Trish
noticed that one of the children had
an Edmonton Oilers shirt on and she
asked him if it was his name on the
back. L-I-T-T-L-E were the letters
on the back and she asked if this was
his name. He told her his name was
Grady Little, so the letters were his
name.
Trish had many stickers in her
hands with all different ways to spell
her name and how she was known is
different places. She was known as
Trish, sometimes Patricia. She asked
the children if they had a nickname
and explained to them what a
nickname was. We often give people
labels such as good, kind and honest.
God gives us names as well. We are
His precious children. We are all
God’s precious children.
The scripture reading was from
Isaiah 43:1-7, the story of “I have
called you by name, you are mine.”
Lavern Clark represented the voice
of God in the passage. The second
scripture was from Acts 8:14-17, the
story of Peter and John in Samaria
and the gospel reading was from
Luke 3:15-17 and 21-22, the story of
Jesus’ baptism. The choir sang the
anthem “’Till the Storm Passes By.”
Trish’s message to the
congregation was “Bigger Than We
Can Imagine.” Most of us do not
remember our baptism, as we were
babies when our parents had us
baptized. It probably was a big
celebration with relatives in
attendance. There are only two
sacraments known, they are the
sacrament of baptism and the
sacrament of holy communion.
Baptism is special.
Trish told the story of her
attending a baptism of four babies in
a church in North Bay where she did
not know anyone. The service
became very emotional for her.
Baptism is an event in the church, it
is part of our worship. The
congregations are a part of the
baptism service.
They promise to raise the child in
a faith community. Trish showed the
congregation a dress that she and her
mother had made for her children’s
baptisms. She had put each of their
names and the dates they were
baptized on it. In some families this
is a tradition to have your baby
baptized in a long white dress from
generations before or it may be a
new tradition starting. God is at the
centre of our lives and He loves us
all.
The next hymn, “I Was There to
Hear Your Borning Cry”, was sung
followed by the receiving of the
offering, the offertory response “As
With Gladness Men of Old,” the
offertory prayer, the singing of “God
Our Protector”, leading into the
prayers for the people, silent prayers
and the singing of the Lord’s Prayer.
The last hymn, “Jesus, You Have
Come to the Lakeshore”, was
followed by the benediction and the
singing of the response, “Go Now in
Peace.” Everyone was invited for
coffee and fellowship.
Happy birthday to the following
people who will celebrate their
birthdays this coming week:
Elizabeth Phillips of Goderich will
celebrate on Jan 18, Joan Clark and
Bev Walden, Jan 20, Lori Brooks on
Jan 21 and Mark Caldwell of
Seaforth, Jan 22.
Happy anniversary to John and
Ann Nesbit who will celebrate their
anniversary on Jan. 22.
Nesbits mark
anniversary
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
From Marilyn’s Desk