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Bakery, customers help Hoernig recover hearing aid
A tale worth hearing
Wendy Hoernig's hearing aid sat unclaimed at the Queens
Bakery in Blyth from September until last week. Fortunately
for Hoernig, a knowledgeable customer clued the Bakery's
owners in to a serial number on the device which enabled
them to find Hoernig and return it to her. Shown claiming
the device is Hoernig's husband Heinz with Bakery co-
owners Les Cook and Anne Elliott. (Shawn Lou
gnrin photo)
Wendy Hoernig of Benmiller
rediscovered a hearing aid that was
missing for months thanks to an
eagle-eyed customer and her
knowledgeable friend at the Queens
Bakery in Blyth.
The hearing aid, which she had
dropped when visiting the Bakery on
her way to the International Plowing
Match (IPM) in September, was
spotted on the ground by an
observant customer.
Les Cook and Anne Elliott, co-
owners of the Bakery, stored the
hearing aid and started looking for
its owner through social media and
word-of-mouth.
"We did some research to try and
find its owner," Anne said.
"We had some locals come look at
it to see if it was theirs, but it
wasn't," Les said.
After several months, however,
there wasn't any word and, every
time they were tidying the counter,
the two debated how long they
should keep it.
"We didn't want to discard it,"
Anne said, "but we didn't know if
we would find an owner."
Last week, the customer who had
originally found the hearing aid was
in with a friend who informed Les
and Anne that most hearing aids
have a serial number which can be
used to track down its owner.
"It was difficult to see, but it was
there," Les said. "We had to use a
camera zoom to be able to read it."
After getting the serial number, it
took 20 minutes to track down the
clinic where the hearing aid had
been fitted and sold and the owner,
Wendy Hoernig of Goderich.
"The company was glad to help,"
Les said, adding the goodwill on the
company's behalf was remarkable
because a replacement unit would
cost $800.
So on Friday, Wendy's husband
Heinz picked up the device. She was
happy to have the device returned.
"It's amazing," she said. "I
couldn't believe it."
Hoernig had thought she was
being careful with the device on the
day she visited the IPM, saying she
placed it in her case for her reading
glasses, thinking she wouldn't need
them for the day. She did pull them
out, however, and then forgot about
stopping for lunch at the Bakery, so
she didn't return to search there.
She said that she had ordered a
Food bank donations accepted Feb. 4
From Marilyn's Desk
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
Greeting worshippers at Blyth
United Church on Sunday, Jan. 28
were Lori Falconer and Marilyn
Craig. Ushering were Arletta
Hallahan and Emily Phillips.
Marilyn Scott was pianist and Katie
Dockstader, choir director. Lavern
Clark ran the Power Point.
Hillary MacDonald welcomed
everyone to church and drew
everyone's attention to the
announcements printed in the
bulletin with special mention that
meat pies are starting on Wednesday,
Feb. 7. If you wish to order please
call Donna Moore at 519-523-9855.
If you have a few hours to spare
come out and give a hand starting at
8:30 a.m. Many hands make light
work. She also reminded everyone
that next Sunday is the first Sunday
of the month and it is Food Bank
Sunday so bring along something for
the North Huron Food Bank.
Shoot party
set Feb. 6
Sympathy is extended to the
family of Ron Campbell who passed
away on Friday, Jan. 26.
Happy birthday to Vera
Hessselwood, London, who
celebrates Feb. 4; Mac Brooks, Feb.
5 and Evelyn Caldwell and Jeff
Josling, Feb. 6.
Shoot results for Jan. 23 are as
follows: first, Joann MacDonald;
second, June Thomas; third, Ethel
Walker; most shoots, Mae Ritchie
and share the wealth, tied, Dorothy
Carter and Joann MacDonald. The
next Shoot party is Tuesday Feb. 6
at Blyth United Church. Doors
open at 12:30 p.m. and cards begin
at 1 p.m. Come out and join in the
fun and fellowship. If you don't
know how to play someone will
help you learn. A good time is had
by all.
Hillary lit the Christ candle on the
altar table. She invited everyone to
greet one another. The first hymn,
"Come Touch Our Hearts" was
sung. The call to worship was said
responsively followed by the prayer
of approach. Hillary asked everyone
if they had a junk drawer and asked
what was in it. Some answers were
gum, a flashlight with no batteries,
keys not knowing what they opened,
a variety of stuff.
Our lives are something like the
junk drawer, they are full of regret,
worry, self-centered things we wish
were not there. We should fill our
lives with peace, love and faith. We
should replace the junk with things
that will help us.
The hymn "A Light is Gleaming"
was sung. The scripture reading was
from the Gospel of Mark 1: 21-28.
The choir sang the anthem "No
Room Today." Hillary told the story
of a man on a cold January morning
in 2017 dressed in only a t -shirt and
jeans playing his violin. Many
people came by and some of them
noticed him playing and a few
stopped to listen. Some put money in
his case to the sum of $32 and others
passed by and didn't even notice
him. He was a renowned violinist.
He would have been recognized if he
had been in a concert setting but not
on the street corner.
In the scriptures, Jesus was like
the violinist, He was not recognized
when He went into the synagogue to
teach. The only man who recognized
Him was a man ridden with unclean
spirits.
The scriptures tell us to be
humble. We need to remember that
we need to act and speak the way
God wants us to. God will guide us
through our life and help us to
respond to others in a good way. The
hymn "In Loving Partnership We
Come" was sung. The offering was
received followed by the offertory
response "What Can I Do?" the
offertory prayer, the singing of
"Take, 0 Take Me As I Am" leading
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Notice of Annual General Meeting
The 14151 Annual Meeting of the Members of
MCKILLOP MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
will be held at the office of McKillop Mutual
91 Main Street South, Seaforth, Ontario
Wednesday, March 7'", 2018
at 7:00 p.m.
To receive, consider and approve the 2017 financial statement
and auditor's report. The statement will be available on the
Company's website at www.mckillopmutual.com and a member
may request a copy by contacting the head office in Seaforth,
Ontario at least 14 (fourteen) days before the Meeting.
To appoint Auditors for 2018.
To elect two qualified Directors for a term of three years.Any qualified
member wishing to seek election must file his or her intention to
stand for election in writing with the Secretary of the Company
at least 21 (twenty-one) days in advance of the Annual Meeting.
By order of the Board of Directors
McKillop Mutual Insurance Company Rob Moorehead, CIP
Seaforth, Ontario Corporate Secretary
into the prayers for the people, silent
prayers and the singing of the Lord's
Prayer.
The last hymn "We Are Pilgrims
on a Journey" was followed by the
benediction and the singing of the
response "May God's Sheltering
Wings". Everyone was invited for
coffee and treats.
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replacement around Christmas,
saying she searched long and hard
before admitting the unit was lost.
"I think it's a lovely story and it
shows how caring and thoughtful
people saved the day," she said. "If
the customer who had found it
hadn't asked Les and Anne about the
hearing aid, and the woman she was
with hadn't shared the information
about the hard -to -see number, I
wouldn't have got it back."
While Les and Anne were happy
to return the device, they were
perplexed that more people,
themselves included, weren't aware
of the identification numbers.
"It's good to know that code is
there," Les said. "We didn't know
and those devices are worth a lot of
money and are so small. It's
definitely something worth
learning."
FROM BLYTH
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Clinton, ON
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Everything is necessary --Nothing is necessary
(John Newton)
Everything is necessary, which God sends.
Nothing is necessary, which God withholds.
How happy are those...
who can resign all to Him,
who see His hand in every trying dispensation, and
who believe that He chooses better for them --than they could possibly
choose for themselves!
Faithful are the wounds of that Friend who was Himself wounded and
slain for us, and who now reigns over all!
Christ is sovereign over all of our trials.
He is the Supreme Disposer of all that concerns us, that He...
numbers the very hairs of our heads,
appoints every trial we meet with --in number, weight, and measure,
and will allow nothing to befall us, but what shall contribute to
our good.
The view of trials as a necessary medicine suited to our disease --
powerfully reconciles us unto every cross.
What a comfort to be assured that our afflictions do not happen to us at
random --but are all under the direction of infinite wisdom and love, and
all engaged to work together for good to those who love the Lord!
"We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those
who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
Romans 8.28
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956