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Pipe bursts in Memorial Hall sprinkler system
A broken pipe in the sprinkler
system at Blyth Memorial Hall led to
an evacuation of the building last
Friday and may result in some
damage to the facility.
The assumption among those at
Memorial Hall is that the pipe,
located at the back of the Bainton
Gallery froze and broke, resulting in
water flooding into the room. The
flooding was isolated to the room
and the TCC Link at the east
entrance of the structure where
firefighters later directed water
outside.
North Huron Director of Public
Works and Facilities Sean McGhee
confirmed that a burst pipe was to
blame for the flooding.
While initial reports indicated that
a smell similar to natural gas was
caused by a chemical designed to
prevent freezing was in the sprinkler
system, McGhee told The Citizen
that it was, in fact, just the smell of
standing water in the pipe.
Members of the Fire Department
of North Huron were on scene on
Friday, first shutting off utilities to
the building to make sure the issue
wasn’t further complicated, then
verifying there wasn’t a natural gas
leak. Finally, the firefighters,
alongside other volunteers, grabbed
brooms and squeegees and started
clearing water from the site in hopes
of preventing damage to the
municipally-owned structure.
While no major problems were
immediately visible, there may be
damage that hasn’t been discovered
yet, McGhee said.
The firefighters’ quick response
will hopefully mitigate any damage,
he added.
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa
Thompson was hosting an
agricultural roundtable at the site,
which was moved to Blyth Cowbell
Brewing Company.
The Blyth Festival office was also
evacuated. Audience Services
Manager and Volunteer Co-ordinator
Lisa Harper explained that the
flooding occurred on the
organization’s first day of ticket
sales for members, though she said it
had little impact on the day.
“In the grand scheme of things, it
didn’t change much,” she said. “Our
voicemails were backed up, but,
once we got back into the building,
we were able to start connecting
with those members looking for
tickets.”
By Denny Scott
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INSIDE
THIS WEEK:
Seaforth’s Fisher elected Huron East Deputy-Mayor
4-H Clubs
awarded
Seaforth Councillor Bob Fisher is
Huron East’s new deputy-mayor,besting two others who put theirnames forward at the inaugural
meeting of Huron East Council on
Dec. 4.Fisher, Tuckersmith CouncillorRay Chartrand and Grey Councillor
Alvin McLellan all let their names
stand for the municipality’s second-in-command position. This came
after Huron East eliminated the at-large deputy-mayor position,reducing the size of council from 12
members to 11 just ahead of
October’s election.It was Fisher who nominatedChartrand for the position.
Chartrand then paid the favour back
by nominating Fisher. FormerDeputy-Mayor Joe Stefflernominated McLellan for the
position.
Fisher told his fellow councillorsthat he has lived in the community
for over 40 years. In addition, he hasbeen a councillor for 12 years andspent nearly 40 years in business, all
experience he felt would aid in being
the deputy-mayor.Fisher also listed a number ofprojects he’d like to see undertaken
or continued both in Huron East and
in Huron County.In Huron East, Fisher said hewanted to see the municipality’s
community centres better utilized
and to promote a harmoniousrelationship between residents
of all of Huron East’s five wards.At the county level, Fisher said hewanted to see a greater focus on
tourism, saying that Huron County
could easily be the Prince EdwardCounty of southwestern Ontario. Healso said that while the county’s
accessibility advisory committee has
done a lot of great work, there is stillmore to be done.Fisher also said that, as someone
who is legally blind, he also hoped
that being named deputy-mayorwould inspire others with disabilities
saying that if they “get [their] ass offthe couch and do something” like hehas they can accomplish anything.
McLellan said that his decades of
experience as a councillor and onnumerous boards and committeeswould make him an ideal choice for
the deputy-mayor position.
He said that being self-employedwould ensure that he wouldn’t missany meetings, adding that he hates to
miss any council meetings.
He said he had been asked if he
The Huron County 4-H Leaders’
Association Awards Program was
recently held at the SeaforthAgriplex, recognizing 4-H membersfor their efforts throughout the year.
COUNTY AWARDS
Loretta Higgins won the MurrayCardiff Award for Top All-RoundMember.
The Don Pullen Award for highest
overall score in the county went toEvy Verschaeve. She also won theDedication Award for dedication to
the club. The Warden’s Novice
Award for first year competitivemember with the highest score wentto Emily Datema.
The Ben Lobb Award for the
junior member with the top essaywent to Kayla Drennan.
Emily Franken won the Ontario
Plowmen’s Association Award foroutstanding agricultural 4-Hmember as well as the Longstanding
Graduating Member Award. She
also received her graduation seal.The Citizen-Rural Voice Awardsfor press reporter book competition
awards went to Dugald McIntosh
(first) and Mercedes Prout (second).The Huron County 4-H Leaders’Association Award for club
secretary book competition were
awarded to Emily Bieman (first) andKayla Drennan (second).The winning team for the county
Go for the Gold Competition was
the South Huron Sheep Club Teamwhich consisted of Amanda Bos,Rachel Gras, Grace Hallahan and
Evy Verschaeve.
The Top Gate Sign Award for the
White Christmas
The snow was falling on Friday night as Clinton held the
final Santa Claus parade of the Huron County season,
bringing residents and visitors out to the town to help
celebrate the holiday season. One of the main attractions of the
parade every year is the Clinton Pipe Band, seen here appealing
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NEWS
FROM BLYTH
Greeting worshippers at Blyth
United Church on Sunday, Feb. 3,
was Marilyn Craig. Ushering were
Hope Button and Marilyn Craig.
Susanna Lyman was guest organist
and Katie Dockstader, choir director.
Lavern Clark ran the Power Point.
Angie Lannin, guest speaker,
welcomed everyone to church and
drew everyone’s attention to the
announcements printed in the
bulletin. Special mention was made
that the orders for meat pies are full
for February. In March, the ladies
and gentlemen are making turkey
pies on March 6 and beef pies on
March 20. Call Donna Moore at
519-523-9855 to place your order.
Angie lit the Christ candle on the
altar table. She invited everyone to
greet one another with the Peace of
Christ. The first hymn, “Let Us
Build a House”, was sung followed
by the call to worship repeated
responsively and the prayer of
approach repeated in unison.
For the children’s story, Angie
asked a helper Ollie Craig to put on
a set of earphones. Angie asked
Ollie if she could hear her. If she was
facing Ollie she could hear her, but if
she turned her back to her, she
couldn’t hear her. Often we can’t
hear what God is telling us because
we have too many distractions in our
everyday lives. We should find a
quiet place and listen to hear God
speaking to us.
The children’s hymn was, “Will
You Come and Follow Me.” The
choir sang the anthem, “I Thank
You, Lord.” The scripture readings
were from Jeremiah 1:4-10 and
1 Corinthians 13:1-13. The gospel
reading was from Luke 4:21-30.
Angie’s message to the
congregation was “To Hide or to
Rise.” This is the time of the year for
most church annual meetings. It is a
time to look back at what we have
accomplished and to look forward to
what we can do in the coming year.
It is a time to volunteer for a position
within the church, whether it is to
chair a meeting or accept some other
position within the church.
Often we hide our heads hoping
no one will ask us to fill a position.
In smaller churches, we are often
asked to do more than one job. We
wear many hats. We all have many
difficult decisions to make to allow
for the time to be able to serve in the
church. God knows if we are ready
to fulfill our obligations to the
church. Often the fear of the
unknown stops us from taking on a
certain task.
The next hymn, “Here I Am,
Lord” was sung. The offering was
received followed by the offertory
response “Spirit, Open My Heart,”
the offertory prayer, the singing of
the verse “Lord, Listen to Your
Children Praying,” leading into the
prayers for the people, silent prayers
and the singing of the Lord’s Prayer.
The last hymn, “We Have This
Ministry,” was sung followed by the
benediction and the singing of the
response, “Thank You Lord on This
Day” to the tune of Edelweiss.
Everyone was invited for coffee and
fellowship.
Happy birthday to Renske
Ribbink Daer who celebrates Feb.
10; Jacob Josling, Feb. 11 and
Shirley Nicholson, Feb. 12.
Don’t forget that the game of
shoot is on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at Blyth
United Church. Doors open at
12:30 p.m. with cards beginning at 1
pm. Come out and enjoy a good
game of cards. If you need help
there is always someone willing to
help.
What a difference a week makes.
Last Monday when I was writing
this column it was so very cold -
15°C feeling like -20C and today it
is 5°C. Wiarton Willie didn’t see his
shadow on Feb. 2 so we will have an
early spring. Something to look
forward to on the cold days to come.
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
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From Marilyn’s Desk
Shoot game
set Feb. 12
February meat pie orders full
Sweep!
A burst pipe caused a commotion at Memorial Hall on Friday. The pipe itself spilled water out
into the Bainton Gallery forcing members of Fire Department of North Huron firefighters to
grab brooms and squeegees to clean the mess up. (Denny Scott photo)
In last week’s issue of The
Citizen, the future location of the
Tanner Steffler Foundation’s
residential facility and wellness
resource centre was misidentified as
being earmarked as Seaforth.
Members of the foundation have
yet to determine the location of the
future site and it will be announced
at an appropriate time.
In addition, Tanner Steffler’s
cause of death should have read
mental health issues and substance
use disorder.
The Citizen apologizes for the
errors.
Correction