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Cultural awards marks 10 years with special event
The Huron County Cultural
Awards are turning 10 this year and
in recognition of that its organizers
are doing things a little differently.
Since 2010, when the Cultural
Awards were first handed out, 46
individuals, organizations and
businesses have been recognized
from the arts, culture and heritage
sector of Huron County. Normally
the finalists and winners for the
awards are selected from
nominations sent in by members of
the public but this year rather than
asking for nominations, organizers
are asking the public to go online
and vote for their favourites.
The public is encouraged to go
online at creativehuron.ca between
March 15 and April 7, 2019 and vote
for their top 10 from the list of
previous winners. If you don’t see
someone who you think should have
been recognized with an award by
now, you also have the opportunity
to place one write-in vote for a
person, organization, event or
business who hasn’t previously won
a Cultural Award.
The top 10 list of exceptional
cultural events, creative people and
inspired organizations will be
revealed at the Cultural Awards Gala
on Friday, April 26 at the Goderich
Legion. The top 10 vote-getters will
receive a framed photograph from
one of two local photographers:
Bonnie Sitter or Devin Sturgeon.
The gala begins at 6 p.m. with a
locally-sourced dinner prepared by
Bon Vivant Catering. The evening
also includes entertainment by a
variety of local artists and a silent
auction of unique items and a cash
bar is available.
The Huron County Cultural
Awards celebrate the best in arts,
culture and heritage in Huron
County and are co-produced by
Huron Arts & Heritage Network and
the County of Huron.
For more information about the
Awards Gala, including how to order
tickets, please visit creativehuron.ca
or Huron Arts & Heritage Network’s
Facebook page.
911 call results in
drug, theft charges
On March 12 at approximately 3
p.m., members of the Ontario
Provincial Police (OPP) Huron
County detachment were called by a
concerned citizen about a possible
stolen vehicle in the Township of
Morris-Turnberry.
OPP officers responded quickly
and located two males with a pickup
truck that had been reported stolen
earlier in the day. The two males
were arrested.
A 34-year-old from the
Municipality of North Perth was
arrested and charged with
Possession Property Obtained by
Crime Over $5,000 and Fail to
Comply with Probation Order.
A 22-year-old male from
Kitchener was arrested and charged
with Possession Property Obtained
by Crime Over $5,000, Fail to
Comply with Probation Order and
Possession of a Schedule I
Substance - Methamphetamine.
The two suspects were scheduled
to appear for a Bail Hearing in the
Ontario Court of Justice, Goderich
on March 13.
If you have any information,
contact the OPP by calling 1-888-
310-1122. Should you wish to
remain anonymous, call Crime
Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS)
or submit a secure web-tip at
www.hc-cs.ca where you may be
eligible to receive a cash reward of
up to $2,000.
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liturgical frontals (the coloured
cloths that hang from the altar,
pulpit and lectern) are purple. These
hangings or frontals are changed
with each liturgical or church
season. (On Easter Day they will be
white, symbolic of the purity of the
risen Christ.)
Q: When does Lent start?
A: Lent begins on Ash
Wednesday. (You should have got
that answer, I mentioned it above!)
The Ash Wednesday service is a
time where we look deep within
ourselves and acknowledge our
imperfect humanity, our need of
God and ask for God’s forgiveness.
We say or sing together Psalm 51:
“Create in us a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me”.
Those who wish, receive a cross of
ashes on their forehead. Ashes
remind us that we are God’s
creatures, made from the dust of the
earth and the cross reminds us of
Christ’s sacrifice for our sakes.
Q: When does it end?
A: Lent ends with Maundy
Thursday, the Thursday before
Easter. At this service, we
acknowledge ourselves as God’s
servants, just as Jesus our Lord and
brother was servant to humanity.
We signify this through a symbolic
washing of feet just as Jesus washed
the feet of his apostles. (John 13: 1-
17)
On Good Friday we gather in a
service of solemnity to
acknowledge the immensity of the
gift of love Christ gave by so
willingly going to the cross, and
meditation on the cross. Some
traditions symbolically “walk with
Jesus” through the stations of the
cross.
Holy Saturday services, still done
by some churches, are traditionally
done in the evening, after dark. The
service begins outside, with the
lighting of a fire. The Paschal
candle, the big white Christ candle
that sits beside the baptismal font, is
lit from the fire and carried into the
darkened church to symbolize the
light of the risen Christ coming to
bring light to the world.
Q:How long/how many days does
Lent last?
A: This is a trick question!
Sundays in the church are
considered like mini-Easters,
because on Sunday we celebrate the
Eucharist meal, celebrating that
Jesus is alive and with us in our
lives, Christ resurrected, so Sundays
are not “counted” as days of Lent.
The period of Lent is actually 44
days, but take off the Sundays, and
you have the 40 days of Lent. Why
40 days? This is reminiscent of the
40 days that Jesus fasted in the
desert. (Matthew 4: 1-11)
So, there you are, maybe more
than you wanted to know about
Lent, maybe enough of a taste to
want to know more! Wishing you a
blessed and spirit-filled Lenten
season.
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Honoured
Blyth broomball players were honoured earlier this month at the association’s year-end
awards banquet, held on March 3 at the Blyth and District Community Centre. Winners from
the Junior divisions, including Atom and PeeWee players are, back row, from left: Abi
McNaught, PeeWee Silver most improved girl; Titus Buttar, PeeWee Silver most improved boy;
Lukas Greidanus, PeeWee Silver most dedicated boy; Tori Kennedy, PeeWee Silver most
dedicated girl; Brooklyn Bromley, PeeWee Bullets most dedicated girl; Hayden Lee, PeeWee
Bullets most dedicated boy; Carson Beauchamp, PeeWee Bullets most improved boy; Jessica
Toll, PeeWee Bullets most improved girl and Sydney Bromley, the PeeWee Bullets
sportsmanship award. Middle row, from left: Abby Mitchell, the PeeWee Silver sportsmanship
award; Clay Hoggart, the Atom sportsmanship award; Noah McWilliams, Atom most dedicated
boy; Keryn Dale, Atom most dedicated girl; Sloane Bolger, Atom most improved girl; Myah
Bos, PeeWee Ice most improved girl and Rowan Gaspirc, the PeeWee Ice sportsmanship
award. Front row, from left: Ty Hoggart, PeeWee Ice most dedicated boy; Nathan King,
PeeWee Ice most improved boy and Macie Taylor, PeeWee Ice most dedicated girl. Absent
was Aiden Albers, Atom most improved boy. (Photo submitted)
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