The Citizen, 1999-04-28, Page 3A real mouthful
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1999. PAGE 3.
Blyth agrees to join in plan
for economic development
Three-year-old Robbie Franken of Goderich dug into the
delicious food offered at the Blyth Venturers' spaghetti
supper, April 19. The troupe held the supper as a
fundraiser with the money going towards a year-end
wilderness trek. The Venturers are also interested in
doing any odd jobs to help raise the money. Leaders
Arden and Mike Scott can be contacted at 523-9196 or
speak to President Jud Hakkers at 523-4844. „
Kathy’s Korner
By Kathy Bromley
We’re at that time of the year for warm wet weather. The good side is the
fact that we got a nice bit of precipitation, which is definitely needed.
In turn, weeds spring up (hence, the name of the season) moving to take
advantage of every bit of space available. The gardener curses dandelions
(unless they have plans of making wine), chickweed and thistles. With the
intentions of getting rid of them, weeds respond to your tugging and
digging. They obviously feel you are "pulling" for them, thus encouraging
them to grow even more vigorously!
For some weeds it takes brutal doses of chemical killer to stop their lively
rampage. Unfortunately poison also cripples the soil and destroys other
plants and even visiting birds. \
In April life ripens in the fresh waters, insects appear in abundance and
fish now prosper on the insects and move upstream to lay eggs.
Mother Nature keeps doing the same things, bringing out the new leaves
on the trees and the beautiful flowers that we enjoy, even though the
circumstances vary from year to year.
She never ceases to amaze us. Then again, this should not surprise us
coming from a mother.***
On Monday, April 19 Bainton's Art Gallery had five tables in play for the
second-last evening of euchre. The high scorers for the evening were Jean
Plaetzer and Norm Turnbull, while Dorothy Daer and John Norman were
the winners for the low scores.
For the most lone hands, Don Buchanan, Ruth Shiell and Jack Blake had
to cut the deck to determine the winner, who was Ruth.
As you are reading this now, euchre is over again for another season, as
Monday, April 26 was the final evening. I would like to give credit to all of
those who took the time to get the weekly card games available for the
public to enjoy, both euchre and lost heir. We hope to see everyone back
again later in the year.
Remember, if you cannot shuffle your feet like you used to, it's no big
deal. There is a good chance you can still shuffle the cards!
Kathy's Quote of the Week: Income tax time is when you test your powers
of deduction.
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
Looking for opportunities to pro
mote the village, Blyth councillors
approved participation in a new
venture by an economic develop
ment committee for Huron County.
John Grace attended the April 20
session to seek council's involve
ment in a joint plan with Bayfield
and Goderich.
Tourist sites in each community
would feature pictorals and dis
plays about attractions in the part
ner communities, encouraging
visitors to travel to the other cen
tres.
"We would identify the commu
nities as destinations of choice and
show the connections to the other
communities," said Grace.
financially and communities
involved will also be asked to con
tribute.
In a motion by Councillors
Scrimgeour and Jeff Howson,
council agreed to budget $500 to
$700 to the promotional package.
Pancake Breakfast
Sunday, May 2
8:30 a.m. to 12:30
at the
Blyth Memorial Hall
Adults - $4.50, Children
Grades 1-8 - $2.50
Kindergarten & under - free
Proceeds to the Blyth Public
School computer lease
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4- Treat your mom to a -$■
4. Mother's Day 4.
Breakfast Branch
or Dinner Buffet
Sunday, May 9
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4. Breakfast Brunch
from 11 a.m.
Dinner Buffet
4" from 5 p.m.
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4. Call 523-9381 today 4.
for reservations .
Queen St., Blyth
Horticultural Society
plans blooming contest
The Blyth Horticultural Society
is inviting the Village of Blyth to
enter a beautifying contest of their
homes including categories of:
• welcoming walkways
• attractive perennial gardens
• charming planters and hanging
baskets
• an organized vegetable garden
and
• lasting impressions which
includes landscaped areas, turf
areas, floral displays and plantings
for four-seasons appeal, visible
from the roadway.
Awards will be presented in each
category.
Anyone who would like to enter
the contest in one or all of these
categories or know of someone
who has a beautiful setting and is a
little shy about entering, contact
Bev Elliott, PO Box 369 (523-
9187) or Luann Taylor, PO Box
129 (523-4440) to enter by July 7.
There is still lots of time, but
now is the time to put your thinking
cap on and get out your gardening
gloves!
Councillor Doug Scrimgeour said
he would like to see such things as
the camping facilities, theatre, Old
Mill and Greenway Trail promoted.
Reeve Mason Bailey was also
pleased to hear of the plan, saying
it was time to get doing something
(regarding economic development).
Corporate sponsors such as
Champion Road Machinery have
agreed to support the program
UCW meets
Blyth UCW held its meeting
April 20 with 19 present.
Donna Moore and Dianne
Ferguson were in charge of
devotions with the theme "Woman
and her family". Several
appropriate poems were read and
hymns When Mothers of Salem
and Jesus Loves the Little Children
were sung.
Continued from page 3
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523-4793
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