HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-10-18, Page 9THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2000. PAGE 9.
Duffs celebrates baptisms of children
It was a great day for baptism at
Duff’s United Church on Oct. 15.
Joan Tuchlinsky welcomed
everyone and thanked Neil and
Marie McGavin and Jeff and
Shannon McGavin and family for
the beautiful flowers that were
placed in the church for the special
occasion.
After the choir sang the baptism
song Out of Deep Unordered Water
Joan called the children forward so
that they could witness the baptisms.
Leona McDonald gave the names of
those being baptized and Jack and
Vai Gillies-Clarke with son, Daniel
Alexander came forward as did
Stephen Geddes with son Broderick
Harvey and Jeff and Shannon
McGavin along with Mackenzie and
Jacob, brought up Teegan Lane for
baptism. Each parent received a
baptismal candle and certificate for
their child.
Joan announced the time change
for the anniversary service next
week, which will be at 11 a.m.
Lunch will be served after the
service.
There will be a Walton/Bluevale
Pastoral charge meeting Thursday at
8 p.m. in Walton.
Joan's sermon was about World
Food Sunday. She began by saying
that Monday would be World Food
Day and since 1981 this time has
been set aside to raise public
awareness concerning global food
issues. Over 150 countries recognize
this day and the United Church and
the Canadian Foodgrains Bank are
part of this larger worldwide
movement to end hunger.
She asked how many people in
developing countries still don’t have
enough to eat? The answer is 800
million. Malnutrition is linked to the
deaths of seven million children
each year. There are 4.4 billion
people living in developing
countries and one-third have no
access to clean water. There is the
burden of debt on these developing
countries. For the one billion people
who live in the 52 most heavily
indebted countries of this world at
the end of 1997 these countries owed
more than $524 billion Canadian,
most of it in interest.
In the Deuteronomy reading it
names a group of laws that were
meant to protect the harmony of the
relationship between God and
people. Deuteronomy was seeking
to reform Israel into a society
of wholeness and social accord.
In this society, special care would
be taken of the poor and
marginalized members. Those,
whose needs were already met, had a
special responsibility to ensure the
needs of the less fortunate were met.
The poor were protected from
hunger through the social support
institution described in the passage
today.
It said, ‘When you reap your
harvest in your field and forget
a sheaf in the field, you shall not
go back to get it; it shall be left
for the alien, the orphan and the
widow.’
It was the same of the olive tree
and the grapes of the vineyard, Joan
said. These practices eliminated the
need for direct handouts or begging,
thus protecting the dignity of the
poor.
In the reading of Matthew, the
disciples tell Jesus to send the
crowds away so that they could go
and eat. Jesus told them to share the
food and that if they trusted him
there would be more than enough
food for all.
“As Christians we are called to
feed those in our world who are
hungry,” said Joan.
The Walton UCW held its Oct. 3
meeting with Judy Lee and Teresa
Baan presiding over the events.
Bailey announces bid for warden
At the Oct. 5 meeting of county
council, Mason Bailey, reeve of
Blyth, announced his intention to
run for warden — sort of.
“These are awkward times for
people like me,” Bailey began his
announcement. “If I get re-elected in
the Village of Blyth, secondly if I get
appointed to come to county council
and thirdly if I can find anyone to
nominate me, I plan to run for
warden.”
With the amalgamation of Blyth,
East Wawanosh and Wingham,
Bailey will run as a councillor in the
Blyth ward. Even if elected he has
no guarantee of returning to county
council. There will be two
representatives from North Huron in
the next county council, the elected
reeve of the new municipality and
the deputy reeve, who will be
appointed by the members of the
new council.
The divorce between the county
and the Huron Adult Day Centre has
been an acrimonious one.
The centre, after the county raised
the rent in an unsuccessful attempt to
get the province to provide a larger
grant, moved to a new location in
Clinton from the old Huronview site
where it has been for 25 years.
The centre sent a letter and photos
to the county estimating it had made
$54,800 in improvements to the
building during its tenancy and
asked for a grant to cover these
improvements. The county, in turn
sent a letter denying the grant
request and pointing out that many
of these improvements have become
part of the building under the
Landlord and Tenant Act and cannot
be removed.
***
The Huron County Health Unit is
preparing to administer flu shots to
the population this fall under a new
provincial program.
Dr. Beth Henning, acting medical
officer of health told the September
meeting of the board of health that
the province provides funding of $5
per dose for low risk individuals
Teresa opened the service with
prayer followed by Judy giving a
reading called, Thanksgiving Day.
After a responsive prayer read by all
the women, another reading called
Harvest Time was given.
The worship part of the service
was followed by a short meeting.
It was noted that since 1953,
Duff’s.. United Church had been
serving turkey dinners at the
church. It will be different for
the church this year as the
fowl supper will be held at the
Brussels arena. The 650 pounds of
which will likely cover the cost of
hiring casual nurses and the cost of
equipment.
Sheryl Feagan, acting director of
said the health unit is working with
clinics and hospitals to administer
the vaccination program. High risk
individuals will receive their shots in
October while the universal program
will begin for anyone over six
months of age in November and
December.
***
Despite some unhappiness with
the direction taken by the county in
planning for the takeover of
ambulance service on Jan. 1, 63 of
69 full and part-time paramedics
sought interviews for jobs with the
new service, Jon Hambides the
county’s consultant on ambulance
service told the council.
“We haven’t seen any indicators
there will be people leaving the
Council considers park name
Continued from page 3
in 1973.
It was recommended that a plaque
be placed at the park, naming it W.C.
Thuell Waterworks Park.
Councillor Doug Scrimgeour
suggested that family members be
prepared to add features to the park
and help with upkeep in the future.
With amalgamation, it may be up to
the people of the community to
maintain special aspects of Blyth, he
said.
The Hired Hand
maintenance, eavestrougi
cleaning, painting, snow
removal, odd jobs
house and
(helpful home maintenance)
turkey have been ordered and
everything is coming together just
fine.
After the meeting Phyllis Mitchell,
Judy and Teresa, showed the
women how to make beeswax
candles. Each person chose their
colour of wax and learned how to
roll them and add wicks and
decorations. The results were some
very pretty candles.
Although Barb Durrell, Mary
Mann and Nicole Stevenson
couldn’t be there they did provide
lunch for all the women.
system,” Hambides said.
***
Two local artists were among the
winners in the Huron County
Museum’s Huron County Art Show
2000.
Ron Walker, RR3, Blyth was
named third-place winner with his
painting “Swamp on Lime Kiln
Line”. Walker received $700 and his
painting, along with those of the
other top three winners, will become
part of the museum’s permanent
collection.
Three “honourable mentions”
were also named, one of them being
Auburn artist Jane Stryker for her
work entitled “The Bath”.
***
Harvesting of Huron County’s
forests has accelerated-according to
the number of “notices of intent” to
cut trees approved by council at its
October meeting. There were 48
Nesbitt suggested placing picnic
tables while Dougherty proposed
a gazebo. Dougherty also said
there should be no problem with
the family helping to care for the
park.
Reeve Mason Bailey and
Councillor Rob Lawrie said the idea
was excellent and that Thuell had
earned the honour.
Council supported the idea and
agreed to take the suggestion to the
PUC for input.
PEOPLE AROUND
CRANBROOK
By Peter
Hagedoorn
Call
887-6935
We are sad to report that Dick
Bradshaw, who used to live in
Cranbrook years ago and was
involved in the community died very
suddenly last week.
The Knox Presbyterian Church of
Cranbrook dating from 1865 will
celebrate another anniversary
service on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 11
a.m. which will have the Rev.
Ted Nelson as the speaker, who
used to be the minister for the
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years.
On Friday, Oct. 20 a euchre party
will be held at the Cranbrook
Community Centre starting at
8 p.m. Please bring lunch.
On Saturday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m.
there will be a potluck dinner party
held at the Cranbrook Community
Centre for John and Nancy Vanass
who are moving to Mitchell.
Everyone is invited to attend and
join us in thanking John and Nancy
for all they have done for the
community over the years, to
express regret at seeing them go and
to wish them well in their new
surroundings.
Kyra Cheyanne Mason, just a few
days old, was spotted walking the
dogs Bear and PJ down the
MacNabb Line just one day after she
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