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Home My WebLink AboutLucknow Sentinel, 2009-06-03, Page 7Page 6 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Trinity Church celebrates 140th anniversary love. from your family RIT GRADUATE Bob Raymond graduated from Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology with a Bachelor's degree in industrial and Systems Engineering. Bob studied in R1T's Kate Gleason College of Engineering. His par- ents, Loree and Keith Raymond, sister Lindsey, and cousin Paige attended the gradu- ation ceremonies in Rochester, N.Y., the weekend of May 23,- 2009. Congratulations and lots of love, Mom, Dad and Lindsey On Sunday, May 24, Trinity United Church (Originally Hacketts) celebrated their 140th anniversary. There were about 175 members and guests that filled the auditorium and base- ment where a sound system had been installed. e A beautiful flower arrange- ment in memory of forefathers and past members sat on the communion table in front of the pulpit. William Irvin, the clerk of ses- sion, welcomed everyone and drew attention to the cross that was on the wall behind the pul- pit. He said that the cross was made from the railings of the Blake's, Zion and Hackett's churches and they were con- structed " by Ruth Alton and Sharon Nivin. Jini apd Isobel Hunter, the oldest couple attend- ing the celebtion, came up and lit the Christ Candle. Two duets were also played by Wilma Blake on the violin and Lori Melitzer (Hackett) on the accordion. The guest speaker was Pastor Gordon Alton from Erb St. Mennonite Churcli in Ki For the 's stray he - ed many memories he had while Trinity. • He remembered learning the catechisms and receiving seals for, perfect ,attendance, the Christmas concerts in the base- ment and the annual .Sunday school picnics down at the lake. Pastor Alton spoke of the time when the church was hit by lightning on Pentecost Sunday leaving a hole in the ceiling; for- tunately no one was injured. He also said that Trinity Church laid the base for him to go into the ministry. It's also interesting to note that six generations of Hacketts have attended the church as well. The title of Gordon's message was. Celebrating the Church and Re -imagining its Future. He mentioned that in earlier years, the church was the central meet- ing place in the community However, today through many opporttmities to advance and improve their lives and career%: the youth of the com- munity go to :the cities: or travel abroad, while : others get involved with sports. It's :a changing world and church attendance • Submitted photo On Sunday, May 24, the 140th annive , .:of Trinity United Church (originally Hacketts) was celeb . From kit to right taddng in the celebration were Lorene Alton, Frank Alton, Isabel Hunter and Russell Alton. Thechurch has to and r bord lunch of sandwiches, accept work with family issues that are squ, relishes and two 140th changing in the world and corn anniversary cakes. .0n the walls rn , . were many photos depicting_.. dif- unity.... At the close of service ferent years of the church. The William Irvin thanked everyone ' collection included of faircoming and for - all who past ministers, . UCW activities, helped to make it a very suc- junior and senior choirs, Sunday •events and many cessful anniversary.also said school �� aspecial... thank you to all who more photos relating to the past took pmt in the seance:He then of T church. invited everyone to corm over " Everyone reminisced with Brookside Public School for a friends, .many they _had not seen .�; and social time. in years. It was an anniversary At :Brookside close to 1.30 that everyone will always people sat down to a smorgas- iemember. Councillor pitches for smaller librar� BY CIIIERYL BEATH Clinton Nears Record Ste Size matters. So argued County Councillor George Robertson (South Huron) May .6, in making a pitch for a small- er library board during county council's regular. session. As it stands, Huron County's library board oper- ates . under the Public Libraries L. 4 PAR THEATRE 30 The GODERICH 524.781 Fri & Sat 6:45 & 9:15 Sun - Thur 8:00 Sat A Sun Mat 2:00 1001$ PAM 43' 74, 1/40-,'� � .. 1 NIGHT T MUSEUM RAI tit Of lilt SMi tti9uftiAk • June OS -11 Fri & Sat 6:45&9:15 Sun - Thur 8:00 Sat & Sun Mat 2:00 rtigeitsrang Scones PG www.movielinks.ca long th toI,CI11-800-265-3430 Act. The board is comprised of six councillors, six citizen representa- tives " and the County. Warden, with matings tak- ing place on the third Tuesday of each month, 11 times a year.a The problem, says Robertson, is it is difficult to jus- tify the haonorari- ums and mileage paid given library - board meetings are sometimes only 20 minutes in length. Plus, says Robertson $20,000 in : confer- ence expenses were paid out tn. 2008 alone for library -board members and library staff to attend the annual Ontario Library Association con- ference in Toronto. "For one year,. that's kind of excessive," he says, noting $11,000 of that figure was paid out to library -board members. A step in the FAIR FACTS Theme for 2009 Fall Fair - Sept. 18,19, 20 "Dairy ... More Than Milk" Daniel Steep, a Canadian family magician, will bring a show full of magic, music, comedy and lots of audi . ence participation. Daniel will be performing on the stage at the arena on Saturday, Sept. 19. Times to follow. No matter your age, you are sure to enjoy this magi- cian! Doubietake, who performed last year on stage, will return again this year. Mark Sept. 19 on your calendar! Joke: Why does cow wear a bell? Because her homs don't work! right direction, he says, is to abide by the province's bare -minimum standard of two members from the public and three representatives from council, including the war- den. "That would cut down on a lot of the costs," he says. While agreeing a smaller board could be a sound plan, ,Conn. Deb S h e w f e l t (Goderich) argues there should be more community representatives than councillors. Coun. John Bezaire (Central Huron), mean while, says com- mittees and boards with community representatives should continue to play a role in poli- tics. t ;. "I think we're throwing the baby out with the bath water here," he says, noting when he was first elected to Central. Huron Council, there were several sub- committees that included represen- tatives from the general public. Since then, he says, "There's been a change in the public attitude because there's not the opportunity for people to be involved . at this level." Bezaire suggests another option to cut costs would be to look at axing honorariums. Coun. Dorothy Kelly (Morris '1%rnberry), ch - woman of the library board, cau- tioned council that a p p.," r: .o v i n g Robertson's motion to reduce the - board's . size without first receiving input from county librar- ian Beth , Ross, who was absent, would be inappro- priate, especially board given Ross _. was asked tom. contact other area library. boards to find out more about their composition. As such, Kelly says, it would make sense to defer the motion until the report is reviewed. During the debate, Coun. Bill Siemon_(Huron East) noted the issue is one that could perhaps be dealt with under a service -delivery review if the coon ty chooses to undertake one. County council- lors chose not to reduce council's composition of 20 members earlier this year. Kelly's motion to defer a decision passed with a few dissenters, includ- ing Robertson and the motion's sec- onder, Reil Rintoui (Ashfield Colborne Wawanosh). n 1,01001,44,