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Doris Robinson and Kendra
Robinson greeted worshippers at
Knox United Church on the second
Sunday of Epiphany, Jan. 20.
Catherine MacDonald provided
inspiring prelude music.
The sanctuary was decorated with
beautiful poinsettias that families
had placed in memory of loved ones.
Minister Brian Hymers lit the Christ
candle. In the day’s lesson from
John, the congregation learned of
Jesus’ first works, performed at a
wedding in Cana.
Change us from simple church
attendees into the finest of Christian
people, just as You changed the
water at the wedding into the finest
of wine. “When all Your Mercies, O
My God” was the opening hymn.
Brian went over the announcements
as printed in the bulletin.
Knox United Church Annual
reports are ready for pickup at the
church. On Jan. 27, the annual
meeting of Knox United Church will
be held after the church service.
Please bring sandwiches, fruit or
sweets.
Birthday greetings were extended
to Muriel Coultes and Happy
Birthday was sung. The call to
worship was read responsively.
Kendra Robinson read scripture
from Isiah 6: 1-5, I Corinthians 12:
1-11 and John 2: 1-11. Brian
reflected on scripture from John 2
about Jesus and his helper friends
going to a wedding party. They had
run out of wine. Jesus told the
servants to fill some big jars with
water. When the servants dipped out
the water, it wasn’t water anymore –
it was wine. The people said it was
the best wine at the party.
The servants knew that God had
given Jesus special power to do this.
We need to be more active in the
church recognizing each other’s
achievements. We need to be more
active in the church recognizing
each other achievements. We need
to better serve God and the
community at large. New members
are needed on the boards with
positive thoughts to make the church
grow and continue our journey.
The hymn of response was “All
Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”.
Don Shiell and Doug Walker took
up the offering, which was
dedicated. The congregation sang
the first verse of “We Praise You, O
God” for the offertory response. The
Lord’s Prayer was sung, the parting
hymn, “The Church’s One
Foundation” was sung, followed by
the benediction and blessing, the
Giving of the Light of Christ and
“Go Now in Peace” was sung which
concluded the worship service.
DONNA HALL
Mrs. Donna (Henry) Hall
formerly of Wingham and Port
Colborne, passed away at Huronlea,
Brussels on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019.
She was 88.
Donna was the beloved wife of
Dr. James Hall, Brussels and the
loving mother of Bill and Mav Hall,
Vankleek Hill; John and Janet Hall,
Sutton; Jim and Silvija Hall, RR 7,
Lucknow; David and Joanne Hall,
Grimsby and Pamela and Andrew
Brown, Schomberg.
She was the dear grandma of 13
grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren. Donna was the sister-
in-law of Marion Middlebrook,
James Currie and Susan Hall. She
was predeceased by her parents
James and Ethel Henry, brother
Harold Henry, sister Audrey
Currie and brother-in-law George
Hall.
A private family service will be
held at McBurney Funeral Home
Chapel. Rev. Richard Hall will
officiate. Final resting place will be
Wingham Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Wingham and
District Hospital would be
appreciated as expressions of
sympathy.
Online condolences may be left at
www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com
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East Wawanosh councillors dispute changing ‘reeve’
North Huron Council finds itself
divided on the notion of changing its
council heads’ titles from reeve and
deputy-reeve to mayor and deputy-
mayor.
The issue was brought before
council by Reeve Bernie Bailey
earlier this month, but was only fully
discussed during council’s Jan. 21
meeting, at which point, there was
some strong resistance to the
change.
Bailey left the reeve’s chair to
address the issue, leaving the
guidance of the discussion to
Deputy-Reeve Trevor Seip. His
motion for the evening was to have
staff prepare a report on the impact
of the change.
While Bailey said that he had
nothing against being reeve, pointing
to the fact that he was proud to hold
the office and proud, as a son, that
his mother had been a deputy-reeve,
he said that many people don’t know
what a reeve is.
Bailey pointed to his time
canvassing before the municipal
election, saying he had to explain to
multiple people that a reeve is,
essentially, a mayor.
The issue crystalized, for Bailey, at a
recent meeting in London with
representatives from Bruce Power.
The meeting was about the future
expansions of the site and how the
municipalities in the area could
benefit. He said that it was explained
to him that when dealing with larger
companies, like Bruce Power, he
should introduce himself as mayor,
indicating that people believe it to be
somehow superior to the title of
reeve.
“When I get information from
companies, it’s addressed to Mayor
Bailey,” he said, adding the same
could be said when he is dealing
with provincial and federal
ministries and ministers.
Bailey said that he isn’t aiming to
get rid of the past with the proposed
change, but rather to propel the
municipality forward.
“I see this as a tiny little step to
help us evolve,” he said. “I see this
as a sign to move forward.”
Councillor Anita van Hittersum
felt that keeping the reeve moniker
was a better move than changing.
“I think being a reeve is
celebrating your rural roots,” she
said. “If ministers don’t know that,
it’s their education that’s lacking.”
She went on to say that North
Huron is a rural community and that
the reeve title is a great conversation
starter.
“I think that reeve is a little bit
more back to our roots,” she said.
Councillor Chris Palmer agreed,
saying “there’s history here” and he
was told by constituents that, at
amalgamation, the reeve term was
kept to honour East Wawanosh’s
governance system at the time.
Palmer agreed with van Hittersum
that there is ignorance of the position
of reeve with larger municipalities,
but that can be a great way to break
the ice when meeting.
Finally, he asked if there was any
kind of financial cost associated with
the change.
Seip reminded council that the
issue at hand it was not to make the
change, but to investigate it and have
a report brought back. From there, a
motion could be made to have the
change made.
“We will have all that information
in the report including the history of
the title, the cost to change it and
how we change it,” he said. “I want
to make it clear that the motion is to
have staff prepare a report no
different than on any other [issue].”
Councillor Kevin Falconer, who
had attended the Bruce Power
meeting with Bailey, said the
experience opened his eyes to what
Bailey was addressing.
“I’ve started seeing what Reeve
Bailey is seeing in some of those
meetings,” he said, adding that his
experience was people see a reeve as
something less than a mayor. “If we
keep doing things the same way,
we’re going to have the same
results.”
Falconer said he was a proponent
of moving forward with new results,
and this change.
For van Hittersum, moving
forward wasn’t a problem, but being
“overtaken by city rules and city
ideas” was a concern.
“It’s important to realize we are
rural and proud of that,” she said.
Council unanimously passed the
motion to investigate the change and
bring it back to a later council
meeting.
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By Denny Scott
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