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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2004-10-14, Page 10Hot dog! Blyth firefighters hosted an open house on Saturday for Fire Safety Week. In addition to all the firefighting equipment being on display there were refreshments. Kaitlyn Michie enjoyed a hot dog. The event was interrupted when firefighters responded to an two-vehicle crash in Morris, involving a police cruiser and a pickup. (Vicky Bremner photo) No service at United Sunday, Oct. 17 Check out the classifieds ATTENTION EXCAVATING CONTRACTORS! • SEPTIC TANKS • DISTRIBUTION BOXES • HOLDING TANKS FOR PORTABLE WATER • PUMPING CHAMBERS • WELL RINGS • CATCH BASINS SPECIAL DISCOUNTS OFFERED, CALL FOR PRICING CAN AM PRECAST PRODUCTS LTD. OFFICE 519-247-3752 PLANT 519-228-7520 CENTRALIA, ONTARIO PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004. There will be no service at Londesborough United Church on Sunday. Oct. 17. You are invited to worship with the Auburn Knox Church congregation to celebrate its 100th anniversary (church built in 1904) in same building at 11 a.m. Rev. Pat Cook will conduct the service. Paul Steckle is the guest speaker. Margaret Kai will direct a choir of former members. Following the service a reception will be held in the Auburn Community Centre. The Londesborough United Sunday School invites you to join them for a nature walk on Sunday, Oct. 17 at the Hullett Wildlife Sanctuary. Participants are to meet at the parking lot of the sugar bush trail by 2 p.m. Londesborough United will celebrate its anniversary service on Sunday, Oct. 24 at 11 a.m. Guest speaker for the service will be Rev. Colin Swan. The new church addition will be dedicated that morning as well. For potluck following the service, congregants are asked to bring either salad or main course. Dessert and beverage will he provided. The Londesborough UCW will meet on Monday, Oct. 18 for dessert at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will begin at 8 p.m. Copies of a video of the Musical Fashion Show will be available. Carman's Cameras of Goderich will do the processing. To order a copy, sign the sheet in the narthex or call Laura Scott 523-4429 before Oct. 31. With an order of 40 or more copies, the cost will be $15. The Londesborough United Church pastoral charge was originally a three-point charge of the Londesborough church, a Kinburn' church, and the Burns church. The Burns church was situated at the top of the rise on Londesborough Road just before it intersects with Burns Line. The building sat between the cemetery and the church shed. As society changed and farms ceased to exit; it became difficult for the small churches of Kinburn and Burns to meet their financial obligations. During the 1970s both those congregations closed and the members joined other congregations. Many of them became a part of the An item in another newspaper came to our attention this past week and we decided to follow it up with our own report about a former Hullett school pupil and Londesborough community member. The Shoreline Beacon out of Saugeen Shores carried an article about a sports coach by the name of Randy Millar. Our followup is along the line of "whatever happened to...?" that one sometimes catches on television. One of Hullett Central Public school's original pupils back in the fall of 1966 was Randy Millar,- the eldest son of Hugh and Betty Millar. The amalgamation of the small rural schools into a central school gave pupils interested in sports a chance to play on teams. That suited Randy just fine and prepared him somewhat for the transition to high school and the opportunity to experience other sports. During his school years in Huron County, Randy played PeeWee and Bantam hockey on Blyth teams, Midget and Junior hockey with • clinton teams while also playing football and throwing discus at high school. Randy attended the University of Western Ontario and received an Honours degree in physical education. During three of these years he played with the Stratford Senior A hockey team. In 1981, Randy moved to Port Elgin to teach elementary school and later moved to the town's high school where he teaches phys ed and coaches volleyball and track and field. His interest in sports attracted the attention of Earl Farrell, a coach with the Saugeen Track and Field Team. Randy is now a level three certified track and field throw coach and teaches_ local youth in the javelin, hammer, discus and shot put. He feels it is important for a coach to teach the mechanics of a sport but also to understand and relate to the kids. Having his own two children, Brad, age 17 and Adriana, age 16, as part of his teams must certainly keep him in sync with the young people he coaches. With wife, Lysanne, going to track and field events becomes a family affair. He says the rewarding part of coaching is seeing the athletes succeed. Ten of the youths he has coached have advanced to the Londesborough church family. However, the UCW group of the Burns church continued as an entity of their own and met monthly. As time brought changes, it became an ecumenical social gathering of women. However in the last few years, it has become a challenge for the remaining ladies to get together on a regular basis. But last Wednesday, Oct. 6, 12 former members of the Burns UCW met at the Betty Cardno Centre in Clinton for a Thanksgiving dinner. Rev. Pat Cook was a special guest for the afternoon. Following dinner a social time was enjoyed at the home of Josephine MacGregor. national junior and senior levels and five have become members of national teams. The success of these young people make all the time he spends coaching and going to meets year round worthwhile. He has visited many provinces while coaching at track and field meets. Randy states that he was inspired to become a coach because of all the wonderful people who gave their time to coach and transport him to events when he was a kid. He wanted to give something back as a way of showing thanks. Which is a great thing to realize at this Thanksgiving time of year. The virtues program is still being used at Hullett Central Public School to teach morals and good living to the pupils to help them become valued citizens of society. Staff and pupils watch each other each week to find examples of the week's emphasized virtue put into action. Persons are recognized for these actions during the monthly assemblies, one example for each of the month's virtues. All adults would do well, too, to study and live by these values. During the first week of September, service was the virtue and one particular girl was noticed helping a new pupils with the routines of the classroom and the school demonstrating that she understands the value of service to others. Another girl arriving at tht .office to speak with Mrs. Miller realized the secretary .was busy on the telephone and taking notes. The pupil -waited patiently until Mrs. Miller was finished and then said, "excuse me", to get her attention. This action was an example of the virtue that week of "courtesy". Flexibility was demonstrated by one particular pupil who, when her schedule was changed a number of times at the beginning of the school term, adapted with a smile and not a complaint. One young girl took time to help a student who was upset and also to explain with kindness the situation to the teacher. Thursday, Oct. 14 the school's senior soccer teams are taking part in the regional tournament at Brucefield school. Friday is the rain, date for that event. The parent council had its first meeting of the new school year and elections were held for the new executive. Ian and Jennifer Fleming accepted the nomination to remain as co-chairs again this year. Treasurer is Linda Middegaal and Barb Derby will be secretary. FROM LONDESBORO Each classroom has a parent representative on the council to give the meetings input from all children. Community representative is Rena Kolkman. Staff reps are Audrey Kemp and Sue Wyatt. The next meeting of the committee, to which all parents are welcome, is Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. A rite of each school year is the taking of class and individual pupil photos. That happened last week at Hullett. The parent council is holding a family portrait day on Oct. 16. This photo session is also open to community persons interested in a portrait. There is a sitting fee for each photo sitting of $10. This fee is a fundraiser for the school. If you are interested contact Missy Gibbings 482-9935 by the end of this week. 16 tables at Gang's euchre The Londesborough Happy Gang Seniors had 16 tables of card players at their monthly euchre party on Friday, Oct. 8 at the Londesborough Community Hall. Marie Park and Lois Cunningham had a very good evening scoring 91 points for first place. There was a tie for second and third place with 71 points. Kay and Vera Hesselwood and Bob and Dorothy Dalton took the prizes. Couples Clarence and Adeline Allin, Wayne and Joan Robinson and Evelyn Christensen and Helen Russell all shared the most lone hands score of six. Winners of the share-the-wealth draw were Marlene Forbes, Kay Hesselwood and Doris Muir. The next euchre card party will be held on Friday, Nov. 12. Local son featured in news story Program teaches morals, good living