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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1998-04-01, Page 11Compiled by Patty Banks Phone 887-6156 McDonalds mark 45th pn~r a ~u~ DONS VIRs Longtime service Customers and staff paid tribute to Blyth CIBC employee Donna Longman for 25 years of service. Blyth CIBC honours employee You take your Investments seriously. You should. You expect a fair deal. You should. You demand Security and guarantees. You should. TERM RRSP INDEX FARM PLUS DEPOSITS RRIF LINKED T.D. GIC LIMITED TIME RATE OFFER 6 MONTHS (Minimum $10,000 New Money) 0/0 15 MONTHS (Minimum $500) INTERST PAID ANNUALLY AT END OF TERM All funds are reinvested in our local community and deposit insured by Deposit Insured Corporation of Ontario. Call today. You should! CLINTON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION 48 Ontario Street 118 Main Street North CLINTON 482-3466 EXETER 235-0640 OPEN: MON. to THURS. 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. FRI. 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1952 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1998. PAG.E.11. Frasers greet at Duff's Doug and Marg Fraser were greeters at Duffs United Church on March 29. It was welcome back to Rev. James Murray as he was away for part of the spring break. The choir sang A Prophet Woman Broke a Jar. Following this Rev. Murray announced that the UCW will meet April 1 at 1:30 p.m. and there will be the 'Copper Contest' as well. Next Sunday is Palm Sunday and communion will be served. Palm branches will be handed out as well. The Easter Sunday Service will begin at 11:30 a.m. Rev. Murray's sermon was called, 'Doing a new thing.' He said he often prays for the proper direction to take as captain of this gospel ship. In challenging times he often turns to the prophet Isaiah, who lived in a time of great upheaval in the life of Israel. The Faces come and go on our main streets these days, but at the Blyth CIBC branch, there as been one familiar face for 25 years. Donna Longman marked a quar- ter century of service as an employ- ee at the Blyth bank on March 4. The occasion was celebrated by her colleagues on Thursday. Following her graduation from Central Huron Secondary School, Longman was a typist at The Blyth Standard for a few months before taking a part-time teller's position at CIBC, March 1973. She is now a people had lost their temple, their familiar way of worshipping God and their traditional homeland. He collected the songs and stories and the scriptures of his people and wrote them down so they would not be forgotten. He helped develop a new style of worship, not focused on sacrifice at the temple. For Rev. Murray Isaiah's message to him is 'In the face of hard times, God isn't afraid to do something new, so we can have hope.' Paul gave a practical example of humble living and passionate faith, which inspires people to look beyond their present circumstances. Paul's tools were his tents and the cross. He stitched together the ancient Jewish faith and his modern world, so God could make sense to a whole new generation through the cross. Paul says to Rev. Murray in the customer service manager. In the 25 years she has been with the company, Longman said, there have been a lot of changes. "They have been phenomenal, especially when you look back to how every- thing was done 25 years ago." Longman has enjoyed working with the public, saying that at times it seems like only yesterday that she started working there. "The years have gone by and you don't really realize it," she said, then added with a smile, "Other days it seems like 25 years." face of hard times, God isn't afraid to do something different so we can be faithful. Another concern is the empty pews in the church. It is heartbreaking, said Rev. Murray, to think of all the youth and young adults who have fallen away from this church." We do not want this church to die." Lazarus, he said, was a friend of Jesus who died and whom Jesus had raised to new life. "Lazarus is a witness to the power of resurrection. His message for us is, "In the face of hard times, God isn't afraid to do something impossible so we can experience new life." The scripture reading told the story of Mary Magdelene anointing Jesus with expensive perfume. "Throughout history God has been seeking to reassure us how each problem will be worked out in its own way, in its own time. Our task, our calling, is to be open to God to hear what new things God wants to do with us next." Rev. Murray asked if people ever noticed in scripture that it is always God who is trying to get them to do something new? The people throughout the Bible didn't have all the answers, he said. What they did know was God was calling them to do something different. To be passionately open to God's experimenting with novel solutions. Their strength came from knowing God's spirit was going to be with them every step of the way, whatever the final destination might be. Congratulations to Sarah McDonald who plays on the Belgrave Jr. Girl's hockey team. They won the WOAA girls championship in Ripley on Sunday. She's very proud of her gold medal. Congratulations to Andrew McDonald who plays on the Brussels Novice Houseleague team. They won their WOAA playoffs in Zurich on March 24. School boards host science fair The Avon Maitland District School Board and the Huron-Perth Separate Board of Education announce their 20th Anniversary Regional Science Fair to be held April 7 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Goderich. Public viewing time is 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. The winner from this fair attends the Canada Wide Science Fair. In the last few years, the winners from the regional fair have been very successful. They have won gold, silver and bronze medals. The students will be judged by 25 volunteers, according to a standardized format provided by the National Science Fair Committee, beginning at 10 a.m. Judging will run until 4:30 p.m. when the fair will be opened to public viewing. There will be approximately 90 students presenting in the order of 60 projects covering life sciences, chemistry, physics, engineering and computer technology. The regional winners have been quite successful at the national level in recent years. The regional fair is sponsored by the Avon Maitland District School Board and it is supported by generous donations from local businesses and service clubs. Anyone interested in helping to support this very worthwhile project should contact Mike Ash at the Clinton office of the Avon Maitland District School Board (482-3510). Congratulations to Don and Marilyn McDonald who celebrated their 45th anniversary on March 28. The family helped them celebrate the occasion by taking them to dinner at Grand Bend. Val Gillis from Val's Custom Sewing, decided that she would like to provide a little fun for the Walton community this Easter, so she made a bunny and an Easter basket from material and filled it full of candies and displayed it in her large downstairs show window. Everyone is welcome to come in and fill out a ballot for the free draw which will be April 10 at 6 p.m. See if you can guess how many candies are in the basket. Good luck everyone! A few families from the area this March break went to see butterflies, lots of butterflies at the Butterfly Conservatory at Niagara Falls. Barb Durrell and her family went and she said that it was an incredible sight to see all the butterflies flying around. It was well worth the trip there and she highly recommended it as a family outing. If anyone else had an interesting spring break and would like to share it with the readers, please give me a call. Heidi and Fred McClure and children spent their spring break in Switzerland where they travelled to see Heidi's two sisters. One sister lives near Zurich, where the people speak German. Her other sister is closer to Geneva where they speak French. The weather was beautiful with green grass and flowers blooming. Jennifer said that she loved mountain climbing. It wasn't a real high mountain, she said, but a challenge nonetheless. Adam loved the cable car ride up the mountain. Fred enjoyed touring the farms. His farm is considered large in comparison to the farms over there. Heidi said that the roads are winding, narrow and mountainous and there seems to be one town after another. It was the first trip over for Fred and the children. 12 tables in play at euchre A record high of 12 tables of euchre were played at the Walton Hall. Winners were: first, Frank and Kay Baer; second, Tom and Eileen Sloan; third, Charley Schebarth and Bob Regele; ladies' lone hands, Ila Pollock; men's lone hands, Larry Elatin. Euchre will continue into April as well.