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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2019-10-03, Page 7 THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2019. PAGE 7. Blyth Christian Reformed Church Invites YOU to join us throughout the week! We have programs for all ages Sunday School: Every Sunday at 10:15 am ages: 3-6 at 11:00 am Grades 1-6 Gems: Girls Grades 4-8. Every Wednesday starting September 25th at 7:30 pm Contact Information: Kirsten Passchier 519-523-4421 Email: dkpasschier@hotmail.com Cadets: Boys Grades 4-8 Every Wednesday starting September 25th at 7:30 pm Contact Information: Jim Shortreed 519-523-4903 Email: jimshortreed26@gmail.com Coffee Break: Women’s Bible Study starting October 2nd Wednesday at 10:00 am — babysitting available Contact Information: Brenda Sjaarda 519-440-2744 Evening Coffee Break Thursdays at 7:30 pm Contact Information: Hillie VanAmersfoort 519-525-2783 Youth Group/Faith Instructions: Grades 9-12 Every Tuesday at 7:30 pm Contact Information: Lisa Baarda 519-440-9961 Email: lbaarda@hotmail.com Facebook: BlythCRCYouthGroup Careers & College: Bible Study Ages: 18-30 Every other Thursday night year round at 7:30 pm Contact Information: Luke Siertsema (location of meetings change) 519-955-5579 Facebook: BlythCRCYoungAdults Happy birthday to Bill Andrews who celebrates Oct. 2; John Stewart, Oct. 7; Christa Haggitt, Oct. 8; Gord Haggitt and Jeffery Walden, Oct. 9. Happy birthday everyone, hope you have a good day. There were six-and-a-half tables of players at the Sept. 24 Shoot party. Winners were: first, Dorothy Carter; second, Marie Millian; third, Sharon Freeman; most shoots, Theresa Machan and share the wealth, Liz Balser, Brenda Brooks, Jewel Plunkett and Paul Moss. The next Shoot party will be on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at Blyth United Church. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. with cards beginning at 1 p.m. The next Monday afternoon euchre at the Blyth Legion Hall is on Oct. 7. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. with cards beginning at 1 p.m. All two-and-four-legged pets are invited to the Blessing of the Pets at Trinity Anglican Church, Blyth on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. Come out to the fundraiser for Huron Hospice on Friday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Blyth Trinity Anglican Church. Entertainment is by the Irish Cowboys. Beer and pretzels will be available at intermission. By Marilyn Craig Call 523-9318 From Marilyn’s Desk Hospice fundraiser set Blyth Rutabaga Festival set up for success: Taylor Crystal Taylor of the Blyth Community Betterment Group (BCBG) says the Blyth Rutabaga Festival on Oct. 5 is shaping up to be very successful. During the Blyth Business Improvement Area’s (BIA) Sept. 26 meeting, Taylor said that the kick-off concert at Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company was already 81 per cent sold out one week before the event. The fundraising truck draw was completely sold out. “For those who said it couldn’t be done, look where we are now,” Taylor said. “That was a real community effort.” Taylor confirmed that 14 vendors and three food trucks would be at Blyth Lions Park that day. She was excited to announce that an estimated 200 cyclists will be coming to the community Rutabaga Ride and the Cowbell-sponsored Gravel Run on the Goderich to Guelph (G2G) Rail Trail. Taylor told the BIA that Regional Tourism Organization 4 had offered funding to make a video of the festival, which Taylor said would be helpful when remounting the event in three years. She also announced a new contest at the meeting, encouraging local businesses to decorate their storefronts in preparation for the event. Bunting is available through local businesses like Stitches with a Twist. Businesses were then judged in the days leading up to the festival. “We hope that will encourage businesses to get on board,” she said. She said that other programs include a kids fun zone at the Blyth Lions Park, a community stage featuring local talent, tours at G.L. Hubbard rutabaga factory and a ping-pong tournament for teens. Taylor also said the paved space beside the Blyth Pharmacy, which hosted the final Blyth Outdoor Market last Thursday, was available to anyone with a creative idea about how to use it to bring festival-goers to the downtown core. For more information, contact Annie Sparling of the BCBG at 519- 523-9303. By Denny Scott The Citizen Hitting the goal The Blyth Community Betterment Group’s $100 Bucks for a Truck fundraising draw is now sold out. Representatives Lissa Kolkman, left, and Candace Chaffe marked the success. (Denny Scott photo) Garratt ‘inspired’ Continued from page 1 been a goal of his since he took over the position. In fact, next year he said the Festival is looking at ways to really package performances so audiences can see three shows in a matter of two days. With the popularity of Bonanza Weekend, he said, expanding the programming for audience convenience only makes sense. The season was not without its challenges, however, Garratt said. While the Festival was able to assuage concerns about a play that addresses the crimes of Canadian serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer, doubling nightly audiences by the end of its run, casting replacement emergencies turned some hair grey in the Festival offices. First it was Don Nicholson, who was supposed to play P.T. Barnum in Jumbo, the season’s opening play, who came down ill and needed to be replaced. Garratt took on the role for a handful of performances before Layne Coleman formally took over. Then, veteran Festival actress Catherine Fitch suffered great tragedy with a death in the family and had to travel to Alberta, creating another hole in the cast, which Garratt was able to fill with the very capable Jane Spidell. No stranger to the Festival, Spidell had performed in productions of Test Drive and 13 Hands and did a great job in the Wettlaufer role, Garratt said. While the season proved to be a success at the box office, Garratt also said it was very creatively fulfilling for him and the other artists involved. He hoped to bring variety to the Memorial Hall stage, wisdom handed to him from previous leaders of the theatre. So, he said, while every play may not have appealed to every audience members, he hoped there was something for everyone. In the Wake of Wettlaufer and Cakewalk specifically, he said, brought enthusiastic audiences to Blyth. Garratt said he met numerous groups seeing Cakewalk who had acted in a production of the play elsewhere in the province and wanted to watch Blyth’s 2019 interpretation together. As for In the Wake of Wettlaufer, the repeat viewings by families of Wettlaufer’s victims, Garratt said, was really touching and inspiring. Garratt was also quite involved on a personal level, which he said really gives him an appreciation for the work being done and elevates the rest of the artists. When he’s there rolling his sleeves up and working alongside his fellow artists, they tend to elevate themselves, he said. Garratt directed Jumbo, while also starring in it for one week. He also co-wrote and directed In the Wake of Wettlaufer. It’s that work ethic and the true sense of a working company that continues to inspire Garratt and he really felt it when working alongside the other actors. The Festival will announce its 2020 season later this month, so watch The Citizen for that news. Meanwhile, Garratt and the Festival are now hard at work producing A Huron County Christmas Carol for Memorial Hall, which will run from late November to late December. End of an era The Queens Bakery shut its doors for good over the weekend and numerous locals made a point to stop in for one final coffee on Saturday. Lorie Falconer, left, and Julie Sawchuk, right, are seen here catching up with the bakery’s Anne Elliott, centre. (Darlene McCowan photo) Laundromat Blyth Laundromat 191 Westmoreland St., Blyth 519-523-9687 Catch up with The Citizen on Facebook, Twitter or huroncitizen.ca