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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-09-05, Page 10FROM LONDESBORO J Win Your Local Business Otb the RECOGNITION it Deserves! Enter The NEBS Business Products/ The Citizen 2001 The LOCAL BUSINESS Ci tizen 0 A•WsA,R,D,S ,/ e6, c'"n9 2510)14 you can be recognized among the most outstanding local businesses in Canada. Enter the NEBS Business Products/The Citizen Local Business Awards - and win recognition in one or more of four categories. • Most Community-Involved Local Business • Most Unique New Local Business (Est. since Jan. 1, 1998) • Best Local Business Web Site • Oldest-established Local Business Special recognition and valuable prizes will be awarded to finalists. As well, winners will be featured in The Citizen's special Awards Issue to be published later this year. It's easy to enter! Fill out the entry form below and send to Local Business Awards, c/o The Citizen, by Sept. 15, 2001. Help us Choose Blyth and Brussels and area's Most Community-Involved Local Businesses As part of the NESS Business ProductsdThe Citizen Local Business Awards for 2001, we're asking readers to vote on which business they feel is the mast community-involved in Blyth and Brussels and area. It's easy to vote. Just fill out this form and mail or drop off at the office of The Citizen. If you wish, you can also vote by email, sending your vote to norhuron@scsinternet.com . Please, only one vote per person. r NE B S Business Products / The Citizen 2001 LOCAL BUSINESS AWARDS NAME OF BUSINESS: Address' Postal Code Phone: E-mail' Name of Contact (Owner/Manger) J Indicate which of the following categories you wish to enter: J Most Unique New Local Business J Best Local Business Web Site Web Site Address' (For each of the above categories, include a 150-word letter stating why you believe your local business should win an award). 3. Oldest-established Local Business (Provide documentation on the launch dote of your business, such as copy of incorporation papers. doled newspaper ad or article, or other evidence), Note: The Most Community-Involved Local Business will be determined in a poll of the readers of The Citizen. Please see Reader's Ballot. Encourage your customers and friends to vote for youl L Who should win? Here are some things you might consider in deciding who you wish to support: V Past sponsorship of community activities, such as a sports team, 6/Participation in local charitable activities, V Exemplary employment policies and practices, V Other unique contributions to the community. r -6>4-1 MOST COMMUNITY-INVOLVED LOCAL BUSINESS READER'S BALLOT My choice for the Most Community- Involved Local Business is: Submitted by: Address RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. The Local Business Awards Program is sponsored pinny by NEBS Business Products Limited and.The Chines. All decisions on acceptance of entnes and award of pnzes shall be at the sole discretion of NEBS and this newspaper, and all decisions will be heal 2 Deadline for enInes is Sept 15. 2001 3. Independent panels of judges will select winners in the Most Unique Business and Best Web Sde calegones. Local winners in these two categories will advance to a regional final where they will compete against other local winners from the same region • 4 Winner of the Most Community-Involved Local Business will be determined in a poll of the readers of The Citizen. The Citizen will select the Oldest-Established Local Business on the basis of evidence submitted by entrants 5. Pnzes. consisting of certificates. plaques. and Special Pnzes including office equipment or other items will be awarded at the sole discretion of the lodges 6. Results of the Awards and the winners will be publisheclin The Citizen dunng Small Business Week. Oct 21-27. 2001 Mail or drop off at The Citizen, 81011/Brussels, no later than 5:00 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001. PAGE 10 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2001. Esther, topic of sermon at United Church Sunday, Sept. 2 the Londesboro United Church congregation renewed its acquaintance with Old Friend #5, Esther. Like the Book of Daniel. the Old Testament Book of Esther is a work of fiction. However. the story of Esther is based on an actual histori- cal figure during the time of the rule by the Medes and Persians when the Jewish nation was in exile. The Book of Esther is secular in nature with no reference in it by the author to God. Esther. a Jewess, was chosen as Queen of Persia when the king's first wife was deposed for defiance of the king's orders. However, a plot to eradicate all the Jews was taking shape also. Esther's uncle, Mordecai, learned of the plot. He sent word to Esther to intervene on behalf of the Jewish people. Knowing she risked death for entering the king's inner court unsummoned, Esther asked the Jews to fast and pray for her safety. The king spared the Jewish people and the Jewish nation, centuries later, recognizes the importance of Esther's actions for them. Mordecai and the Jews believed Esther was given this place of royal dignity for just that reason. The morning's first scripture pas- sage was Esther 4: 9-17, an account of Mordecai's request to Esther. In Matthew 5: 13-16, Christ likens those who walk in, God's way to salt, bringing flavour to life, and to light, showing God's works to others. Christ urges Christians to do God's work in ways which will cause oth- ers to give glory to God. The question to ponder is, how did Esther become the right person in the right place at the right time? Was it by chance? or by design? Do events in life happen through freedom of choice or pre-programming? Rev. Paul Ross suggests that most of what people do in life is by hap- penstance but that there are moments when God's spirit gives 'purpose to lives. One must be open to these opportunities or moments. In conversation with the children . Charley Horse revealed that he 'wanW ed money for a new scooter. Rev. Ross pointed out that in .life one has to work for the things one wants. Children, too, need to work hard to live as God 'wants them to. Muffins and coffee, provided by Garnet and Marg Wright, were enjoyed prior to the service. Greeting churchgoers were Mary Peel and Helen Dale. Rick and Brenda Konarski did the ushering duties. Flowers on the memorial stand were placed in loving memory of Kent Shi I I inglaw. The committee of stewards will - hold its annual roast pork dinner on Saturday, Sept. 29. Tickets are avail- able from any one of the stewards. There will be a silent auction in conjunction with the pork dinner. Again, speak to any member of the board of stewards if you have an item to donate to the auction or con- tact Joan Whyte at 527-0349. Rob Berry, of Team Challenge Farm will give a presentation on Monday, Sept. 17. Two teens will also be on hand to give testimonials on how the farm has changed their lives. The evening, sponsored by the UCW is open to everyone and begins with dessert at 7 p.m. Consider bringing along that evening a dona- tion for the farm — towels, dishcloths, men's toiletries, etc. Please Recycle Tan* This Newspaper Needing support and prayer at this time are Ken Hulley and Sandra Mayberry, both of whom are dealing with health/body malfunctionings. The forecast for the upcoming week is for more summer weather and heat. Take time to check out the action at Londesboro's ball diamond. Slo-pitch teams from all over the area will be competing in the annual tournament held by one of Londesboro's men's teams. Could be the last ball for the vil- lage until next spring. Passenger trains featured in book When was the last time you board- ed a passenger train and experienced the magic of travel on steel rails? Today, most of Canada's passen- ger trains are gone. Canadian Rail Travel, a photographic record of pas- senger train journeys 1964-1991, allows you to sit back and relive the excitement of train travel throughout Canada as recorded by one-time Colborne resident railway historian and photographer John R. Hardy now of Hanover. Each of the book's 14 chapters describes a train trip taken by the author over a variety of Canadian branchline and mainline routes. Trains ridden include a double-head- ed steam excursion out of Hamilton, 'the P.E.I. mixed train traversing Northumberland Strait by ferry, a single rail diesel car operating through the Badlands of. Alberta and the historic Atlantic running east from Montreal to Saint John. A highlight of the book is a chap- ter chronicling the author's three week coast-to-coast trip on VIA Rail's system of 1983. Ride from Montreal to Vancouver aboard the Canadian, from Victoria to Courtenay on a Rail Diesel Car and from Montreal to Halifax on the Ocean. As in his previous book, Rusty Rail, John R. Hardy writes in a unique personal style and illustrates the text with more than 200 of his own quality photographs, including 16 in full colour. The historic photos and railway data are of special inter- est to history buffs and model rail- roaders; however, Canadian Rail Travel also offers a very personal journey through the changing land- scape of rural Canada. Copies of the book are available in hard cover at bookstores and hobby shops (ISBM 0-9684993-1-7).