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The Ministerscontendthat many
cling . tt} the local service broad-
casts.'"A:ffected by the removal are
seniors, nursing home residents and
shut-ins. They say that many will
be hurt by this decision.
Rev. Morrison states in his letter
that .during a conversion with Dan
Gall, CKNX Program Director, that
all but one of the religious -based
programs are from urban centres:
reaching from as far away as Van-
couver, Halifax and California.
"Perhaps we are resigning our-
selves to the idea that the opinions
expressed by urban or American -
Based religious broadcasters are
valued over those of our small town
and rural broadcasts. Yet, religious
broadcasting excels when it relates
matters of faith to life — life as it is
lived and experienced by the local
population. What does a preacher
in California know about issues
facing Huron County families or
Bruce County farmers? Yet, if we
believe CKNX, California thoughts
and words are more valuable —
more viable — than.our own."
Rev. Morrison continues: "I re-
fuse to betray myself and my com-
munity by watching only CNN for
my news, reading only the Toronto
Star for my political commentary,
patronizing only out-of-town stores
for my groceries, and broadcasting
only big -city program for religious'
content. I refuse to believe that my
small town and rural neighbor is
yesterday's news, politically inept,
a market liability, or the herald of
second-class value and beliefs."
In contacting CKNX-Radio,
Tri.Countyseries even
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Hickey hitting a single, and both
scoring on passed balls.
Walkerton tied the game at 2-2
in the sixth inning and the score
remained tied after seven regula-
tion innings.
In the ninth inning, Walkerton
was finally able to score the win-
ning run, with two out, on two er-
rors, a walk and a single.
Kyle Anderson went the dis-
tance on the mound for Wingham,
still throwing hard in the ninth, al-
lowing three runs on six hits, four
walks, and one strike out.
Although Wingham was put out
of the WOAA playdowns, the
team played up to expectations by
the end. of the season. The team's
record was 11 wins and 12 losses
for the season, but seven of the
team's defeats were at the hands.
of the strong Walkerton team.
In Tri -County League play, Bel -
grave tied the series at one game
apiece with a come -from -behind
7-6 victory last Monday.
The lead changed several times
in this exciting game before the fi-
nal outcome was decided m the
bottom of the final inning.
Both teams scored a run in the
first inning. Belgrave scored two
runs in the second to take a 3-1
lead. Wingham scored three times
in the third to go ahead 4-3, but
Belgrave tied the score in the
fourth and it remained tied until
Wingham two runs in the top of
the seventh inning.
In the bottom of the inning,
with. two out, Belgrave out a string
of hits together and scored the
winning run on a very close call at
home plate.
Wingham's offence was led by
a triple and single by Merkley and
two singles by Carter-. Watts
scored three runs, with Anderson,'
Merkley and Dan Ryan scoring
one each.
Wickens and Anderson split the
pitching duties, allowing seven
runs on eight hits and six walks,
and combined for eight strike outs.
The third and deciding game in
the series was played Monday in
Belgrave.
McBurney reunion held
BELGRAVE--The McBurney reun-
ion was held on Sunday, Aug. 13,
at the Belgrave Institute Hall with
51 attending.
Robyn Garvey entertained the
children. Neil and Verna Hardie of
Listowel were named president and
secretary for the year. Andrew and
Mary Margaret Smith of Kitchener
will be in charge of the 1996 reun-
ion, slated for the second Sunday in
August at the Institute Hall.
Relativeswere present from
Wingham, Listowel, Neustadt, Lon-
don, Kitchener, Cambridge, Sea -
forth, Goderich and Brussels.
Mennonite Fellowshi
BRUSSELS --Several members of
the youth group of the Brussels
Mennonite Church and sponsors
Ray and Wendy Martin attended a
convention in Wichita, Kansas, late
last month.
The event was a joint youth con-
vention of the Mennonite Church
and the General Conference of the
Mennonite Church. Approximately
4,000 youth from as far north as
Hunta, Ont. and as far south as
Puerto Rico attended the conven-
tion.
Four buses traveled from Onta-
rio, trasnporting 175 young people
to Wichita. The following youth
from Brussels Mennonite Church
attended: Terry Pardys, Brandon
Anger, Lyle Hemingway, Phailop
Larprom, Tim Goodland, Kristi
Procter, Christine Knorr, Christa
Knorr and Cindy Koch.
Morning and evening worship
services were held. Tony Campolo
and Mike Yaconelli were two of
the keynote speakers. Yaconelli
stressed that Christian life is to be a
wild, spontaneous adventure.
Besides the worship services,
there were seminars, workshops,
late-night activities and recreational
activities for the youth to enjoy.
Christine and Phailop were part of
a 200 -voice youth choir, which
sang for the group as a whole.
Service projects also were on the
agenda. Ray Martin and Brandon
Anger helped with a 20 -house blitz.
These new homes were constructed
by volunteer tabor during the week.
Another highlight of the conven-
tion was a Ken Medema concert.
Ken has been blind from birth and
is a talented musician who compos-
es words and music spontaneously
before the audience. He plays the
grand piano, synthesizer and elec-
tronic percussion machine. He chal-
lenged the youth in their commit-
ment to walk with Jesus on the road
of life.
On Sunday, Aug. 6, the youth
shared their experiences and spiri-
tual excitement with the congrega-
tion at Brussels Mennonite fellow-
ship. Christine Knorr was worship
leader for the service and all the
youth reported on various aspects
of the Wichita experience.
Phailop Larprom, Cindy Koch
and Brandon Anger presented a skit
about letting Jesus carry your bur-
dens, which was adapted from one
performed at the convention.
Wendy Martin read the scripture
from Luke and the group sang the
Wichita theme song, "With Jesus
on the Road".
Monday morning, we were in-
formed the Gall was on holidays.
However, station manager Jack Gil-
lespie spoke with the Advance -
Times and said the decision to dis-
continue the local church services
came as part of an overall review at
the AM station.'
"The decision came as part of a
variety of reasons: our overall AM
changes which involves a number
o4 areas."
Gillespie said the station is at-
tempting to appeal to a younger
demographic. Part of that was to
cancel the Sunday evening taped
broadcast.
"We do four and a half hours of
religious programming every Sun-
day morning," he said. "The local
broadcast is only from Wingham
and we have had comments from
people outside the area as to why
we only broadcast Wingham servic-
es. They have indicated that this is
not of interest to people outside the
area. We are trying to appeal to a
broader base, and this, we feel,
does not attract a large audience."
As for bottomline discussion,
Gillespie said the idea of asking the
churches to pay for the time is
something they would have done
long ago if money was the only
concern.
"It's something we don't intend
to do. It has never been a bottom-
line concern. Our objective is to ap-
peal to as large an audience as pos-
sible."
Gillespie added that since the de-
cision was announced, they have
not had an overwhelming response,
which he said indicates support for
their position.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sproule Of
Bayfield visited with their uncle
aria aunt, Helen and Lewis Stone-
house, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Smithsdn
of Downsview visited with her sis•
-
ter, Beth Procter, last week. Maxide
Zettler, Sherry, Amanda and Alicia
of RR 4, Walkerton, visited with
Mrs. Zettler's mother, Mrs. Procter,
last week. Mrs. Procter also spent
few days at the home of her daugh-
ter, Marjorie Stopforth, of Oakville.
On the way home .they stopped at
St. Jacob's for dinner. Karen Proct-
er attended the Blyth play "Thi's
Year, Next Year" with her grand-
mother and they report it was thor-
oughly enjoyable.
Last Monday, Aug. 14, the Bel -
grave seniors boarded a bus to see
the Jubilee Concert at the Roy
Thomson Hall in Toronto. There
were 26 seniors and all enjoyed
dinner in Mississauga on the way
homne. y�
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cook and
daughters Kandace, Alaina and Jen-
na of Delaraine, Man., spent time
visiting his mother, Lorna Cook
and his brothers and sister recently.
Also spending time at Mrs. Cooks
home were Doug Cook and Grette
Burnett of Airdrie, Alta.
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