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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2003-04-02, Page 3were”WS<»<— THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2003. PAGE 3. From Marilyn’s Desk By Marilyn Craig Call 523-9318 The surrounding area was saddened to hear of the death of Winnie Vincent. It isn’t a month since we were helping celebrate her 100th birthday. Our sympathy is extended to Amy and Ralph McCrea and family, Blyth and Irene and Jim Lamont and family of Belgrave. We are sorry to hear that Ruth Johnston of Belgrave is in London hospital. We wish her a speedy recovery. Euchre results for March 24 with nine tables playing were high lady, Mary Vere, 69; high man, Clarence Allin, 88; low lady, Vera Hesselwood, 49; low man, Darrell Wood, 41; most lone hands, Hazel Reid, four and Jane Giousher with four; share-the-wealth, Adeline Allin and Marie Park. The door prize was won by Joann MacDonald. The next euchre is April 14. Canvassers for the annual cancer campaign for the Village of blyth are Janice Peters, June Patterson, Doreen Siertsema, Donna Govier, MaryLou Stewart, Rosie Lee and Jean Plaetzer. All monies collected in this area go to the Huron-Perth unit so give generously when someone calls on you and remember “Cancer Can Be Beaten”. Volunteers are still needed. Your help would be required for one evening in the month of April. Contact Mary Lou Stewart at 523- 4528. Greeting at Blyth United Church Sunday, March 30 were Doug Howson and Fred Hakkers. Ushering was Shirley Fyfe. Guest musician was Elva Brown. The children’s hymn was Sing a New Song to the Lord. For the children’s story Rev. Eugen Bannerman asked them if they ever had an angel sit on their shoulders. He related this to the story of a man last week slipping from the shore of the Niagara River. He was taken downstream and he managed to grab onto a rock just at the edge of the falls. He climbed up on the rock and some people on shore saw him and called the police who enlisted a helicopter to help them. They couldn’t get him so they enlisted the help of the firemen who tied ropes around themselves and waded into the water and rescued him. It was said that he must have had an angel sitting on his shoulder as he was there for about two hours. The dramatized Lectionary Reading was Numbers 21: 4-9, read by the drama club, Brandilyn, Amanda and Wyatt Bearss, Chelsea and Amelia Carter-Brown. The responsive reading was Psalm 107. The gospel reading was John 3: 14- 21. Come, O Fount of Every Blessing was sung. Rev. Bannerman’s message to the adults Hope and The Bronze Serpent. Hope is one of life’s greatest guides. If we lose hope it stops us from living while still alive, he said. What we hope for often affects our bodies. He related the story of Joanne Pittman, a blonde white woman in Africa, and a black warrior who came to get her to heal his brother Isaac from a snake bite. She didn’t know medicine so she drove them to a doctor two hours away. Hope in God gives courage and clarity. Hope is the greatest quality of human life, Rev. Bannerman said. Blyth group tours food processing facilities FROM BLYTH for Humaniti/ A group of Blyth residents hoping to turn Blyth into a centre for small- scale food processing were part of a tour, Wednesday, of small food processors sponsored by Huron County’s Field to Table initiative. A group of 10 county residents toured Mapleton’s Organic Ice Cream near Teviotdale before going on to Whitfield Farms and Goodies By Two Shoes, a maker of jams, jellies and other bottled products near Shelburne. The Blyth food group is represented on the county’s Field to Table project, which includes an initiative to encourage more processing of Huron County farm produce into finished products within the county. The project also seeks to find a sustainable future for the Good Food Box program. Currently the $12 monthly charge pays for the cost of food included in each box but the program depends on a grant for administration and co ordination. The Blyth group hopes to provide financial and marketing support and mentoring to attract small, craft scale food processors to the village’s main street, taking advantage of tourist traffic already in the village for the Blyth Festival and leather outlets. At Mapleton’s Organic Ice Cream the group toured the on-farm ice cream plant that processes milk from the dairy herd of Martin De Groot and Ineke Booy. The family, whose daughter now runs the plant, sought Sampling their wares WE CAN DO IT ALL! A COMPLETE PRINTING^ SERVICE V Blyth Pathfinders, from left, Chelsea Carter-Brown, Laura Kelly and Ashley Cartwright taste the new Girl Guide cookies (the same vanilla/chocolate mix). The girls all agreed they were “lick-a-licious”. All Guiding units will be selling door-to-door Tuesday, April 8 from 6 p.m. -8 p.m. (Photo submitted) BLYTH PRINTING INC. BLYTH 523-9211 a value-added market for the milk from their organically-managed dairy herd and turned to making ice cream and yogurt in 1999. Today their products are shipped as far away as British Columbia but also attract hundreds of customers to the small shop on the farm. On one long holiday weekend last year, 900 people drove from as far away as Toronto to buy cones or larger containers of ice cream fresh from the farm. Janet Horner, a former Bruce County resident, and her husband Brian built a large catering business at Whitfield Farms from a small start barbecuing pigs raised on their hog farm. When they decided to make catering a larger part of their operation they converted an old drive-shed into a large preparation kitchen. Today they serve 30,000 meals a year, both at events and as managers of concessions in various locations. They employ up to 25 employees for these events. They’ve since stopped raising pigs, though they still farm 400 acres of land. At catering events they had people asking for their salad dressings and other sauces so thought they’d like to bottle some for sale. They approached Chris Dickson who was operating Goodies by Two Shoes at Belmore at the time but she said she was hoping to sell her business. They bought it and built a new, larger scale processing kitchen on the farm. Today they turn out close to 100 dozen jars per day of all kinds of jams, jellies and pickles and custom pack products for other clients. They also rent out the kitchen to people like Diane French who, with her husband, grows 60 acres of rhubarb as well as other fruits and vegetables near Shelburne. The Frenchs use the facility to cook and pack their rhubarb, blueberry and five other kinds of syrup and eight types of jam. In the interests of encouraging more processing of locally produced foods in Huron, the Field to Table project has been supporting the BBA plans annual dinner The Blyth Business Association held its monthly meeting March 25 at the Blyth Inn. The coming year’s events were discussed. New this year is an Easter basket contest April 19 to coincide with the Greenway Easter egg hunt. The BBA’s annual dinner meeting is April 15. Happy Hour is 6 - 7 p.m. followed by dinner. The meeting begins at 8 p.m. Cost is $12 for members and $14 for non-members. Blyth initiative. Key to making the Blyth project work will be funding entrepreneurs with a love of processing food, said Keith Roulston, a spokesperson for the group. “If we can find people who want to start a food processing business, our group can help them achieve their goals, but they must have the interest and drive within themselves to be successful.” The group is seeking people interested in creating a food business or moving an existing business to Blyth. Anyone wishing more information should contact Keith Roulston at 523-9636 evenings or email kroulston@tcc.on.ca. lawn QUESTIONS? 100% Organic Programs! 524-2424 -Trust the Professionals - PRINTING IS OUR BUSINESS •Colour Printing • Posters • Letterheads • Envelopes • Business Cards Call Habitat for Humanity at 1.800.667.5137 NOTICE CHANGE OF PHONE NUMBER Anyone wishing to book the Blyth Lions Park please call Ken Stewart at 523-9620 • Business Forms • Brochures • Flyers • Carbonless Forms • Labels