The Citizen, 2015-09-10, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015. PAGE 3.
Core team chosen
‘Lighting’ set for Nov. 20
The Blyth Business Improvement
Association (BIA) has set the date
for the annual Lighting of the
Lights, marking the beginning of the
Christmas season.
Scheduled for Nov. 20, the week
after Remembrance Day, the
Christmas lights in front of
Memorial Hall as well as those on
light standards up and down Blyth’s
main street will be turned on for the
first time this season in a special
ceremony featuring a guest emcee
that was undecided as of the BIA’s
Sept. 3 meeting when the date was
set.
***
The Blyth BIA’s Golden Ticket
fundraiser officialy started at the
group’s Sept. 3 meeting.
Tickets were available to be
distrubted at the meeting and are
now available at local businesses.
The winner will be entitled to two
tickets to each main stage play put
on by the Blyth Festival at Memorial
Hall in 2016 as well as four tickets
for special, public performances
throughout the year.
For more information, contact
Blyth BIA Vice-Chair Peter Gusso at
226-523-3663.
***
The first meeting of the vision
committee for the Blyth BIA was
held recently, however BIA Chair
and committee member Rick Elliott
said that the meeting would
essentially have a “do-over” after
there was a miscommunication for
the meeting.
The vision committee is a group of
BIA members with the mandate of
thinking for the future. Elliott hopes
that by having such a group, there
will be more direction available for
the BIA as a whole.
“We’re going to have to try it
again,” he said during the group’s
Sept. 3 meeting, adding he hopes for
a wider audience. “We’ll do the
meeting in October and try and draw
more people.”
***
A report from North Huron staff is
forthcoming after the BIA asked
council to consider safety concerns
for cyclists after Blyth resident Julie
Sawchuk was paralyzed from the
chest down when she was struck by
The Blyth Business Improvement
Area (BIA) chose its representation
for the steering committee for the
new economic development
initiative started by Huron County
staff.
Initiated by the manager of the
economic development co-ordinator
Natasha Fritzley, the new project
will see core teams from each lower
tier municipality trained to help
create a strategic plan for their
respective councils. Those plans will
then help form the basis of the
county’s strategic plan.
The core teams will be trained by
representatives from the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) through
grants.
The training will consist of four
instructional days with three weeks
between each to allow the core team
to reach out to community churches,
clubs, BIAs and Chambers of
Commerce to help guide the
program.
“The benefit is that it allows us to
collaborate, address the gaps and
make sure there is no duplication of
services,” Huron County Chief
Administrative Officer Brenda
Orchard explained.
Orchard and Fritzley were at the
BIA’s Sept. 3 meeting to explain the
project and get the BIA “excited
about what’s coming,” according to
Orchard.
North Huron Chief Administrative
Officer Sharon Chambers explained
that the existing team consists of
herself, North Huron Economic
Development Officer Connie
Goodall, Blyth resident Ashleigh
Scott, Blyth Festival General
Manager Deb Sholdice and Huron
Business Development Corporation
Project Manager Joan Van Der Meer.
The core team is also part of the
aforementioned larger steering
committee in North Huron that will
consist of ratepayers, community
service groups, the Blyth and
Wingham BIAs and potentially
council Chambers explained.
The BIA moved to have board
members Lissa Kolkman and Gary
van Leeuwen represent the
association on the local steering
committee.
The BIA, Chambers and the
representatives from the county
discussed what projects needed to be
looked at as well as what changes
need to be made from the lower tier
and BIA’s standpoint. Topics
Happy birthday to Lauren
McNichol, who celebrates Sept. 10;
Brett Glousher, Sept. 11; Jean
Nethery, Sept. 12 and Edgar Daer,
Sept. 15.
Happy anniversary to Sheila and
Paul Rintoul, who celebrate Sept.
11; Blair and Shannon Bieman,
Belgrave and Jeff and Shanann
Josling, Sept. 16.
Welcome to all the campers who
have come to see the Huron Pioneer
Thresher and Hobby Association’s
three-day weekend from Sept. 11 to
13. Enjoy the music and all the
shows.
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If My people
(Daniel Webster, 1782-1852)
If we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules
of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy the
political constitution which holds us together--no man can tell how sudden a
catastrophe may overwhelm us, that shall bury all our glory in profound obscurity!
“If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek
My face and turn from their wicked ways--then I will hear from Heaven, will
forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14
A Grace Gem
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From Marilyn’s Desk
Some assembly required
Labour Day has, for a number of years, been the day when members of the Huron Pioneer
Thresher and Hobby Association meet and prepare the Blyth grounds for the reunion the
following week and weekend. Sure enough, Monday, before the area was hit with intense rain,
dozens of volunteers were at the grounds preparing them for the thousands of people due to
arrive in mere days. Here, Orval and Ruth Bauer work to assemble a piece that will be on
display at the 54th reunion of the association. (Vicky Bremner photo)
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Reunion coming
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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