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New Year's Day celebration a success: Taylor
demonstration put on by Blyth dog
sled professionals Mike and Luke
Siertsema.
"I looked over at one point and I
think there were 75 to 100 people
there and they loved it," she said.
The event also featured a
successful Christmas tree burning,
which Taylor said was a highlight of
the day.
The children's games were well
attended, Taylor said, and she was
told by attendees that the children
had a lot of fun.
In response to those asking her to
make the event an annual one, she
said it's definitely being considered
and will be brought to involved
organizations like the Blyth Legion
and Legion Ladies Auxiliary and the
Blyth Business Improvement Area
(BIA).
The event was free, with snacks
and beverages being donated by the
groups above. Taylor said a donation
jar was put out and with what was
brought in, the committee was able
to cover the insurance that was
Toe -tapping tunes
The New Year's Levee event put on by the Blyth 140th committee on Jan. 1 was filled with
activities for those celebrating the new year including dog sled demonstrations, children's
games and outdoor music, provided by the Phil Main band, shown above. (Photo submitted)
Carter takes
top shoot spot
From Marilyn's Desk
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
Happy New Year everyone. This
year has started out with two
beautiful, bright sunny days.
Winners from the 2016 shoot
games are: first, Elsie Carter;
second, Janis Vodden; third, Sharon
Freeman; most shoots, June
Thomson. Shoot is played at Trinity
Anglican Church Hall every second
and fourth Tuesday of the month.
Come out and join in the fun and
fellowship.
Birthdays for the first week in
January are: Connie Nesbitt and
David Webster, Jan. 1; Deb
Hakkers, Mike Haggitt and Jenna
DeCorte, Jan. 4; Brodie Nesbit, Jan.
5; Jaxson Bromley, Jan. 8; Hanny
Meier, Jan. 9 and Marion Young,
Jan. 11. Happy birthday to
everyone.
The Craig family held their
annual Christmas get-together at the
home of Marilyn Craig and David.
Everyone enjoyed a delicious
dinner and reminiscing of days
gone by. Those present were from
Atwood, Gowanstown, Listowel,
London, Strathroy, Waterloo and
Blyth.
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By Denny Scott
The Citizen
To celebrate the 140th anniversary
of the creation of the village of
Blyth, the Blyth 140th committee
hosted a special New Years Levee
that was a big success according to
organizers.
Blyth 140th Committee Chair
Crystal Taylor said the New Year's
Levee event, which was held Jan. 1
at the Blyth Campground, brought
out between 150 and 200 people.
The event, which ran from
1-3 p.m., featured dog sled
demonstrations, children's games,
snacks and hot beverages and, if the
number of people asking her to make
it an annual event is any
indication, it was a well-received
celebration.
"It was excellent," Taylor said
"We were absolutely ecstatic with
the numbers. We had no clue how
many people would come out, so
we're extremely happy with how
things turned out"
Taylor said the biggest draw for
the event was likely the dog sled
The last day of the year!
("Daily Bible Readings in the Life of Christ"
J.R. Miller, December 31, 1890)
"Jesus said unto him: Follow Me!" John 21:19
We have come now to the last day of the year! For a whole year in these
daily readings, we have been walking with Christ. Is there any better
word with which to close this book and close the year, than this last
invitation of Jesus, "Follow Me!" This is the true outcome of all learning
of Christ. Mere knowledge, though it be of spiritual things, avails
nothing --except as it leads us to follow Christ.
We have seen Jesus in all the different phases of His life. We have heard
many of His words. Now it remains only for us to follow Him. The
outcome of seeing and knowing Jesus --should be holy living and doing.
The last day of the year suggests also the same duty.
Who is satisfied with his life as it appears in retrospect? The past,
however blotted, must go as it is; we cannot change it, and we need not
waste time in regretting. But the new year is before us, and if we would
make that better than the stained past, it must be by following Christ
more closely.
To follow Christ is to go where He leads --without questioning or
murmuring. It may be to a life of trial, suffering, or sacrifice --but it does
not matter; we have nothing whatever to do with the kind of life to which
our Lord calls us. Our only simple duty is to obey and follow. We know
that Jesus will lead us only in right paths, and that the way He takes
slopes upward and ends at the feet of God!
The new year on which we are about to enter is unopened, and we know
not what shall befall us; but if we follow Christ we need have no fear. So
let us leave the old year with gratitude to God for its mercies, and with
penitence for its failures and sins; and let us enter the new year with
earnest resolve in Christ's name to make it the holiest and most beautiful
year we have ever lived.
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
necessary for the event as well as
expenses.
"We at least broke even," she said
of the event.
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