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Blyth Outdoor Market may return later this month
The Blyth Business Improvement
Area’s (BIA) Blyth Outdoor Market
has been a triumph despite a shorter
planning period and shorter season
than its predecessor.
Market Co-ordinator Courtney
Bachert told the BIA board, during
its Aug. 29 meeting that by all
accounts the Thursday night market
was a welcome addition to
downtown Blyth.
“It was a really big success,” she
said. “We’re looking forward to our
plans for a Christmas market as well
as considering lengthening the
market season next year.”
She thanked everyone who had
supported the market, saying she
already had received many ideas
from vendors and shoppers for next
year.
The market, which replaced the
Blyth Artisan Market, has benefitted
from being more centrally-located,
Bachert said, referring to its location
beside Blyth Pharmacy.
“The vendors have been very
supportive,” she said, adding that
some have travelled from as far
away as St. Thomas or Heidelberg to
take part in the event.
Bachert said she hopes to attract
some of the same vendors to the
Christmas market during the
village’s Christmas celebration set
for the weekend of Dec. 6. She said
more details about that would be
available in the coming weeks.
Bachert also said that this year’s
market season, that was set to end on
Aug. 29, may be extended.
While there will be no market
today, Sept. 5, as she felt it didn’t
make sense to compete with the
annual reunion of the Huron Pioneer
Thresher and Hobby Association
starting tomorrow, she did say that
there may be some markets this
month if there was buy-in from
vendors.
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NEWS
FROM BLYTH
A good move
Blyth Outdoor Market organizer Courtney Bachert said that moving the weekly market from in
front of the Blyth Christian Reformed Church to beside the Blyth Pharmacy has been a good
move and has benefitted the market substantially. While it was originally scheduled to run July
and August, the market, which runs Thursdays from 4-8 p.m., may return in September
depending on vendor interest. (Denny Scott photo)
BIA issuing social media package
Happy Birthday to Kelden
Pawitch who celebrates Sept. 6;
Lauren McNichol, Sept. 10 and
Brett Glousher, Sept. 11.
Happy Anniversary to Lavern and
Joan Clark who celebrate Sept. 7 and
Sheila and Paul Rintoul, Wingham,
Sept. 11.
Winners of the Aug. 27 shoot
were: first, Jewel Plunkett; second,
Gord Haggitt; third, Brenda Brooks;
most shoots, Joann MacDonald and
share the wealth, Gord Haggitt,
Nancy Turner and Theresa Machan.
Next shoot is on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at
Blyth United Church. Doors open at
12:30 p.m. with cards beginning at 1
pm. Come out and join in on the fun
and fellowship.
Welcome to all the visitors to
Blyth to the Huron Pioneer Thresher
and Hobby Association’s 58th
reunion.
It is a time to visit with friends you
haven’t seen since last year and a
time to make new friends. You can
enjoy the music and all the exhibits
and crafts of all kinds, food of all
kinds both on the grounds and at the
arena.
By Marilyn
Craig
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From Marilyn’s Desk
Plunkett claims Aug. 27 shoot
The Blyth Business Improvement
Area (BIA) Executive has taken an
important step to revamping its
online presence with a training
session from FauxPop Media.
During the session, held during
the BIA’s Aug. 29 meeting,
representatives of FauxPop
explained the basics of Instagram
posting, alongside some minor
discussion about the merits of
Facebook posts.
Tips from the seminar included
what and when to post, as well as
some suggestion for using digital
hashtags to drive more traffic to the
BIA’s social media presences.
The lesson was part of a multi-
pronged project that FauxPop was
hired to provide including helping
the organization to schedule posts
from participating businesses to
make sure the work doesn’t all fall to
one person.
As part of the discussion, the
representatives from FauxPop
Media directed the BIA to distance
itself from Twitter as a social media
tool, saying that business owners
like themselves have gone away
from it, relying on Facebook and
Instagram instead.
Executive Chair David Sparling
asked if the current social media
direction, which included Twitter,
should be changed and the FauxPop
representatives said it would be a
wise decision as they didn’t see
Twitter generating as much exposure
for organizations like the BIA.
The FauxPop representatives also
encouraged BIA members to utilize
hashtags like #BlythNow,
#OntariosWestCoast and their own
businesses to start building and
piggybacking on local brands.
FauxPop’s introduction to
Instagram will now be sent out to
BIA members for both association
purposes and to start promoting their
own businesses online.
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Celebrated Canadian
Best-selling Canadian author Lawrence Hill visited the
Blyth Festival on Aug. 28 to talk not about his award-
winning books, but his views on elder care and assisted
death. His mother, Donna Mae Hill, a civil rights activist all
her life, had to travel to Switzerland for an assisted death as
Canadian law doesn’t allow it. Hill made the intercontinental
journey with her. (Shawn Loughlin photo)