The Citizen, 2017-02-02, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017.
Speeches, story telling to be held at Hullett soon
King of the hill
Some deep snow had settled in over the playground at Hullett Central Public School, making
the high ground some of the warmest places to be. Shown staying out of the, in some places,
knee-deep snow are Chase Coates left, and Markus Heinrich. (Denver Scott photo)
PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
FPI
By BRENDA
RADFORD
Call
523-4296
The Jan. 19 edition of The Citizen
had an interesting item in its
"Looking Back Through the Years'
on the editorial page. There was a
report about the 2,600 -mile hike
taken by Gary Sottiaux along the
Pacific Crest Trail. Calling the trek a
tremendous life experience Gary
hiked from the Canadian border to
the Mexican border along that trail.
Apparently he had learned about the
beautiful trail from a National
Geographic. The article did not
mention how long the trek took but
he says he lost 15 pounds along the
way.
Long-time residents of the area
will recognize that Gary was the son
of Bill and Dorothy Sottiaux who
ran the general store and post office
in Londesborough for a number of
years having purchased it from the
Thompsons. The family of five came
to Londesborough from just outside
of Montreal. Bill, you may
remember, was quite a cyclist. Gary
obviously enjoyed the west for
eventually he settled in Alberta.
Winter activities are keeping staff
and students at Hullett Central
School busy this month. I hear
reports of ski trips and tubing days,
basketball and volleyball. At the
recent volleyball tournament at
Central Huron Secondary School,
Hullett teams did very well.
Coached by Mrs. Gilroy, the girls
team ended the day in second place.
The boys team, coached by Mr.
Campbell, won their division. Four
schools participated in the event.
With February upon us, pupils
from Grades 1 through 8 will be
working on oral presentations.
Primary pupils choose between
telling a story or giving a speech.
More senior pupils must write and
present a speech. This is an exercise
in organizing thoughts and facts
about a theme, writing it down
comprehensively and gaining self-
confidence in front of an audience.
All good reasons for the study but
still it is stressful for the pupils.
The next item this week does not
particularly pertain to the village.
However, I thought there are enough
persons left in the area who might
find it interesting. It falls under the
idea of "Whatever happened to ?"
We are in the habit, especially on
the weekends, of picking up a
London Free Press. I enjoy doing the
wonderwords, jumbles and other
puzzles and John enjoys the rest. My
interests are in the "Today" section
of that paper. The title on the front
page of that section last Saturday
caught my attention. It was about an
actor who was to be presented with
a Brickenden Award for his
countless contributions, both on and
off the stage, to theatre in London.
That actor is John Turner and the
name seemed familiar. I
remembered a John Turner from my
high school days so I read through
the article and discovered the two
Johns are one and the same.
John mentions in his interview
that he grew up in Clinton. So I
pulled out an old yearbook and
realized he was in my sister's year.
On his quip page he stated his
ambition as Hollywood. For a boy
Confirmation classes available for youth
"Upside Down" was the theme for
Rev. Fletcher's message to both the
children and the adults at
Londesborough United Church on
Jan. 29. Marsha Szusz was pianist
for the morning service.
During the children's time Terry
asked them if they had ever stood on
their heads and how did the world
look when they did. That action
gives a whole different perspective
to the world, to how things appear.
Jesus, they were told, often suggests
we do things that seem upside down,
such as being nice to people who are
not nice to us, people who are poor
and unhappy. When we look at
things as Jesus would have us do our
vision of the world changes and we
see thing as Jesus does.
Supporting scriptures for the
adult's message were responsive
Psalm 25, Micah 6: 6-8 and
Matthew 5: 1-12. The Matthew
passage contains "The Beatitudes".
In today's "me -first" society,
team -building retreats and exercises
are arranged by companies to build
trust and co-operation among their
employees. This was the societal
thinking as well in Christ's time,
typical of the times in middle
Eastern culture. Some scholars
believe that what we know as the
Sermon on the Mount may actually
have been just such a team -building
time for the disciples.
Jesus took His disciples to a quiet
place to teach as He prepared to
commission them to do His work.
The lessons may have taken a week
to deliver and crowds gathered to be
part of the lessons. He was
encouraging disciples and others to
look at life differently, to take an
"upside down" perspective to
circumstances.
Rev. Fletcher spoke of how with
each of the Beatitudes the negative
becomes a positive. Then he offered
a more modern language reading of
them. For example, Blessed are the
merciful interprets as, if you show
care for others, you, too will be
cared for. And Blessed are the
peacemakers interprets as, when you
co-operate with others you will find
your place in God's world.
Terry encouraged congregants to
look at life from a changed
perspective.
Joint Confirmation classes under
the leadership of Kathy Douglas
have begun for any youth who are
interested.
The Sunday school invites
everyone to their soup and sandwich
Snow fort 101
With a fresh layer of good packing snow, students at
Hullett Central Public School wasted little time in getting
the foundations laid for snow forts at recess on Monday
morning. Shown firming up the wall for their snow bastion
are, from left, Greg Bell, Zackory Spencer, Aiden
Hoekmeijer and Dinnie Miller. (Denver Scott photo)
lunch on Feb. 12.
Londesborough United Church
will hold its annual meeting on Feb.
26 following the morning service.
The question of retaining or selling
the manse will be an important issue
for that meeting. Your attendance
and vote on this issue is important.
FROM LONDESBORO
from Clinton I guess being awarded
for the London theatre world is not
bad. The article noted that John
worked a night shift for years at
Labatts which gave him the
opportunity to learn his lines and
pursue his passion. The article
chronicles a number of productions
in which he appeared. One of them
had him silent on stage merely
peeling an apple the whole time.
We adults may question the
number of field trips our children are
a part of but John remarked that a
trip to see Romeo and Juliet at the
Stratford Festival in 1960 helped set
him on his theatre path. Incidentally
Christopher Plummer and Bruno
Gerussi starred in that play, so he
watched two of the best. Seems he
actually had a role early in his career
on that stage before moving on to
London.
Here's another random thought.
Perhaps in this year of 150th
celebrations all of us should
consider some clothing such as Don
Cherry is known to sport. He never
fails to champion his Canada. I can
see some of his jackets being offered
for charity auctions.
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