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Brussels-based camera
club to host gallery night
Retired Blyth police officer takes over Mounsey run
The beginning
Brenda Orr, centre, has decided to take on leadership of the Dave Mounsey Memorial Fund’s
annual Run Around The Square, held on Mother’s Day in Goderich every year. Orr was in a
relationship with Mounsey from 1999 until the time of his death in 2006. At the time, she felt
she couldn’t emotionally assist in the charity formed in Mounsey’s name, but is now ready to
step up and volunteer with a charity that couldn’t be closer to her heart. Orr is seen here in
2007 donating the defibrillator to the Blyth Fire Department that started everything. Mounsey
and Orr ran a marathon in British Columbia to raise money for the defibrillator before Mounsey
died in an on-duty crash. Orr is seen here with Mounsey’s late stepfather Colin Stanway, left,
and late Blyth Fire Chief Paul Josling. (File photo)
The Maitland Valley Camera Club
will be hosting a gallery night/open
house at the Brussels branch of the
Huron County Library this evening,
Sept. 5.
The club will be showcasing the
talent of its members in the
community room of the library,
featuring the work of approximately
20 members according to executive
member Lynda Smith.
The club is a non-competitive
entity, Smith said, and puts a priority
on enjoying taking pictures and
learning from each other. She said
that has been crucial to the group’s
continued success.
“We’re about learning and
encouraging and helping each
other,” she said.
The club consists of members of
every skill level, she said, from those
using point-and-shoot cameras to
semi-professional photographers.
Having been around for about a
decade, the group moved to Brussels
several years ago and is trying to
encourage more local participation.
For more information, contact
Smith at 519-955-3510.
Brenda Orr of Blyth will be taking
over as chair of the Dave Mounsey
Memorial Fund’s annual Run
Around the Square.
The event, held annually on
Mother’s Day, has been running for
10 years and routinely raises
thousands of dollars for the charity
which places defibrillators in public
buildings in southwestern Ontario.
Orr retired last year after 30 years
as an Ontario Provincial Police
officer and felt that now was the
right time to pledge more of her time
to a good cause. The organization is
one that is extremely close to Orr’s
heart, as she and Dave were in a
relationship from 1999 until his
untimely death in 2006.
Mounsey died as a result of
injuries sustained in a single-vehicle
crash in his police cruiser late in
2006. Orr said that at the time, she
was in no position emotionally to
pitch in when Mounsey’s OPP
partner Patrick Armstrong formed
the Dave Mounsey Memorial Fund,
but she is now.
The charity is built on Mounsey’s
mission just before his death to raise
money to buy a defibrillator for the
Blyth Fire Department. He ran a
marathon in British Columbia and
would eventually raise the money, so
the fund has continued to place
defibrillators, over 100 now,
throughout southwestern Ontario.
They have saved three lives.
While Armstrong remains at the
head of the Dave Mounsey
Memorial Fund itself, fellow OPP
officer Jason Moon had led the Run
Around The Square for 10 years, but
now feels it’s time to take a step
back and let someone else lead.
Recently retired, Orr said she was
ready to step up to the plate and help
keep Mounsey’s legacy alive.
For 2020, Orr will be working
alongside Moon to organize the run,
however, after that Orr will be free
to take the reins herself after she’s
learned all she can from Moon.
Because of her connection to
Mounsey and the fund’s clear
relationship with law enforcement,
Orr said there is no charity that is
closer to her heart than the Dave
Mounsey Memorial Fund. Now that
she’s retired and it’s been nearly 13
years since Mounsey’s passing, she
says she’s happy to be involved.
Orr has not been on the sidelines
during that time, however. In
addition to her work as an OPP
officer and raising children, she has
also made a point to participate in
the Run Around The Square every
year, including its 10th year last
year, when she took part in the new
addition, the half-marathon.
Orr jokes that by volunteering to
run the event, it means she won’t
have to run the half-marathon again,
but she says she’s looking forward to
keeping a well-run event going and
building on all of Moon’s hard work.
The Run Around the Square, she
said, has become a great event on the
Huron County calendar. It’s on
Mother’s Day every year and it has
built a great atmosphere that’s fun,
but also reverent. She hopes to keep
that and Mounsey’s legacy alive
through her involvement.
Knowing that Mounsey, through
the fund and through the placement
of defibrillators, is still out there
saving lives, which is what he
committed his life to through his
work with the OPP and the Blyth
Fire Department, is a great feeling,
Orr said, and it has created quite a
legacy for such a great man.
For more information on the Dave
Mounsey Memorial Fund or the Run
Around the Square, visit
davemounsey.com.
The Spirit’s leading!
(“Every Day!” Author unknown, 1872)
“As many as are led by the Spirit of God — they are the sons of God.” Romans 8:14
Here is a mark of divine sonship: All who follow the leadings of the Holy Spirit — they
are children of God.
The Spirit leads His followers to the looking-glass of Divine truth. Here they discover
their spiritual deformity and impurity. Here they see what they are — and what they
need.
The Spirit leads them to the throne of grace — and there He helps their infirmities, and
makes intercession for them according to the will of God.
The Spirit leads them to the cross! When they see Jesus dying for their sins, atoning for
their transgressions — they lose the burden of guilt.
The Spirit leads them in the path of loving obedience — and they experience the
blessedness for keeping Christ’s commands.
The Spirit leads them in the track of the Good Shepherd — and enables them to hear
His voice and follow Him.
“As many as are led by the Spirit of God — they are the sons of God.”
Many, alas! are following the leadings of a very different spirit — “the spirit that works
in the children of disobedience!” He leads, by paths of unbelief and sin — to endless
misery and ruin! Beloved reader, beware of following his leadings — and prayerfully
yield yourself to the guidance of the Spirit of truth and love.
“Show me Your ways, O LORD, teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach
me, for You are God my Saviour, and my hope in You all day long.” Psalm 25:4-5
Spirit of Truth, my Leader be,
And seal adoption mine;
Impress Christ’s image on my heart,
The pledge of bliss divine!
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
From the playwright of last year’s sold out comedy
The New Canadian Curling Club comes a slap-down drag ‘em out
comedy about being truly “out” in small town Ontario. For a limited
run. Two more of Mark’s plays premiered at Blyth: Stag and Doe
and The Birds and the Bees.
BED AND BREAKFAST
Written by Mark Crawford| Directed by Ashlie Corcoran
Season Sponsor Media Sponsor Hospitality Sponsor New Play Sponsor
For Tickets Call 519.523.9300 Toll Free 1.877.862.5984 or visit blythfestival.com
Image by Kelly Stevenson
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By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
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