HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2018-04-12, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2018. PAGE 3.
United Church marks renovations with celebration
From Marilyn's Desk
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
Happy birthday to the following
people: Kerry Diebold will celebrate
on April 13, Kayden MacDonald,
April 16 and Colin Howson, on April
18.
Don't forget the Blyth Legion
Luncheon on Thursday, April 12 at
the Legion Hall from 11 a.m. until
1:00 p.m. This month's menu is
quiche and salads. Take-outs and
deliveries (in town only) are
available by calling 519-523-9535.
The luncheon is hosted by the Blyth
Legion and Blyth Ladies Auxiliary.
Come out and enjoy the delicious
food and fellowship.
Here are the winners of the April 2
euchre: first prize Dawn Climie, 81
and Lou Lahey, 84. Second prize
Susan Harman, 73 and a tie between
Jewel Plunkett and Marilyn Aiken,
68. Most lone hand winners were
Mortimer!
McGregor and Friends, along with the Foundation for Education Perth Huron, produced
another installment of A Bunch of Munsch, a series focused on the works of author Robert
Munsch. This year's offering, shown at the Blyth Festival this week and through to April 18,
feature Munsch works Angela's Airplane, Stephanie's Ponytail, Something Good, Love You
Forever and Mortimer, a scene from which is shown above. From left: Steve Cook (Mortimer's
father), Mortimer's siblings Layla Hays, Livia MacVicar, Halle MacVicar, Maddy Hill, Izzy
Siebert, Jakob Schiestel, Nigel Van Aaken, Isaac Van Aaken and Curran Foster who played
Mortimer. For tickets contact the Blyth Festival box office. (Denny Scott photo)
Snow decision frustrates BIA
Members of the Blyth Business
Improvement Area (BIA) Board of
Directors had one answer when
North Huron Councillor Bill Knott
asked them if they would pay more
for snow removal: No.
Knott reported to the BIA that,
during the April 3 meeting of North
Huron Council, a motion to
investigate restoring snow removal
to Blyth's downtown core to
previous levels was denied.
"It became a huge topic of
discussion when Councillor Trevor
Seip decided it should be a marathon
discussion of servicing differences
between Blyth and Wingham," he
explained. "It's not though. It's a
safety issue and an accessibility
issue. It should be done and, for
some reason... Seip didn't
understand what we were asking.
The motion was defeated."
Knott said East Wawanosh
representative Deputy -Reeve James
Campbell also objected to it,
alongside Seip and Wingham Ward
Councillor Yolanda Ritsema-
Teeningna.
"We have a policy and... while it's
great to have blanket policies, they
don't always work," Knott said.
"This is one of those cases."
He further explained that, while
Wingham is under thrice -weekly
snow removal, he has heard from
business owners there they aren't
happy with it either.
Knott then asked if business
owners would be willing to pay
more to have snow removed from in
front of their buildings when
necessary instead of on a schedule, a
practice implemented last summer
by council.
While the question was a simple
one and the most resounding answer
was no, business owners said that,
even under the thrice -weekly
program that sees snow removed
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the
job still wasn't getting done.
"They haven't done it in front of
my business," said Wonky Frog co-
owner Cat O'Donnell.
Queens Bakery co-owner Les
Cook said the snow can't be left on
the street because, as Knott had
pointed out to council, the roads are
too narrow to have any snow on
without causing accessibility issues.
Blyth service groups
representative and Blyth Legion
member Crystal Taylor said that,
currently, snow removal doesn't
occur until after 9 a.m., which
doesn't help anyone trying to get
into town in the morning.
"Doing it at 10 a.m. after a coffee
break isn't acceptable," she said.
BIA Chair Karen Stewart said that
Wingham and Blyth shouldn't be
compared in such a fashion as they
aren't comparable entities. Cook
agreed, saying this isn't a luxury, but
a right to be able to have people park
on the main streets and get to the
sidewalk.
Stewart set a date for concerned
business owners to meet on
Wednesday, April 11 to plan to be a
delegation at North Huron's next
council meeting. Knott said he
would reintroduce the motion at that
meeting, scheduled for April 16.
This is just the difference between the Christian
and the worldling
(Charles Spurgeon)
"Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The
LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD
be praised." Job 1:21
"It was good for me to be afflicted --so that I might learn Your decrees."
Psalm 119:1
This is just the difference between the Christian and the worldling:
The worldling blesses God while He give him plenty,
but the Christian blesses Him when He smites him!
He believes God to be too wise to err --and too good to be unkind.
He trusts God's heart --where he cannot trace God's hand.
He looks up to Him in the darkest hour --and believes that all is well.
"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: Innnanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
Pauline McMichael, four and Paul
Moss, three. Dorothy Carter and
Edna McLellan were winners of
Share the Wealth. Next euchre is on
Monday, April 16. Doors open at
12:30 and cards begin at 1 p.m.
Note Tuesday, April 24 on your
calendar for Bingo night at the Blyth
Community Centre. Doors open at 6
p.m. and Bingo starts at 7 p.m. Come
out and enjoy some fun.
Shoot winners for April 3 are:
first, Mae Ritchie, second, Ron
Taylor, third Mac Brooks and Share
the Wealth went to Marilyn Aiken
and Grant Ruthven and the most
shoots, was Ethel Walker. Shoot is
played every other Tuesday.
The next Shoot Party is April 17 at
Blyth United Church starting at 1
p.m. The doors open at 12:30 p.m.
Come out and enjoy a good game of
cards.
Come and join Blyth United
Church as they celebrate the
renovations to the Sanctuary on
Saturday, April 14 from 1-4 p.m. It is
come -and -go with remarks at 1:30
p.m. There will be live music and
refreshments for your enjoyment.
Toonie Tuesday is on Tuesday,
April 17 at the Trinity Anglican
Church Hall from 11:30 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. Come out and enjoy the
delicious food.
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