Local churches getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving this Sunday
Nobleton Notes
By Angie Maccarone (905) 859-5174

Girl Guides

Guiding has commenced a new season in Nobleton, and we are looking forward to another exciting year.

All girls and women are welcome - Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Junior Leaders can sign up for our 2007-'08 Guiding year at the appropriate meeting place any Tuesday. Sparks (girls born in 2001 and '02) meet Tuesdays from 6:30 until 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, downstairs; Brownies (born in 1999 or 2000) meet Tuesdays from 6:30 until 8 p.m. at Nobleton United Church, downstairs; Guides (1996, '97 or '98) meet Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Nobleton Community Hall, downstairs; and Pathfinders (1993, '94 or '95) meet the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Nobleton Community Hall, upstairs. There is also the Junior Leaders program for girls born in 1990, '91 or '92.

Contact Donna Marchand at (905) 859-8088 for more information

We are looking forward to seeing old friends and making many new ones.

The registration fee this year is $125.

Guiding is an uniformed organization. Uniforms have been updated recently however, the old style of uniforms are acceptable. Suitable closed toe and heel indoor footwear is required at each meeting i.e. running shoes.

Guiding is a dynamic organization for girls and women that teaches and promotes leadership and respect of self, others, community, and the environment through games, crafts, songs, fellowship, excursions and camping. The energetic leadership teams look forward to an exciting year with your daughter.

Nobleton United

Church

Please join us Oct. 7, as we celebrate Communion and Thanksgiving.

Our readings will be from 2 Timothy 1: 1 - 14, and Luke 17: 5 - 10. We will be singing Come, you thankful people, come, and We plough the fields. Our Sunday Service is at 11:15 a.m.

A reminder that Nobleton United Church anniversary Sunday is Oct. 21, at 11:15 a.m. which will be a joint service with Kleinburg United, and our Oct. 27 bazaar is fast approaching.

Mark your calendars for Oct. 21, for our anniversary celebration and Oct. 27, for our bazaar.

See you there.

Horticulture

"The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards with fruits are bending down--"

With this nod to opening verse of Helen Hunt Jackson's wonderfully descriptive poem September, we note not only the huge number of ripening apples in our area but more noticeably the prolific stands of wild goldenrod everywhere around us. This native of North America has been embraced by European gardeners, especially in Britain, as a popular garden flower since returning travelers brought plants back with them more than 300 years ago. European horticulturalists have developed many garden friendly varieties over the years, some of which are now available here.

Crown of Rays, most closely related to the common field goldenrod (solidago canadensis), is one of at least 80 types of goldenrod that can be found naturally or in garden centres. It is aggressive and best suited for the back of a large garden as it can grow to a height of four to five feet.

Two much less rambunctious cultivars or varieties which grow in my small garden are a goldenrod Fireworks (solidago rugosa) and stiff goldenrod (solidago rigida), which has a flat yarrow like bloom and large blue-green oval shaped leaves. Both are quite hardy, growing two to three feet high and bushing out about the same.

A plant you might try is solidaster, a cross between goldenrod and its "kissing cousin," the wild New England aster (aster novae angliae). This gentle plant features gracefully-bending stems that carry myriads of tiny soft yellow flowers in a rounded cone.

While goldenrods, all members of the large asteraceae family, tend to spread, creating a patch, they are shallow rooted and easily kept in check (even those straight from the field) by digging out the unwanted clones that are produced. By the by, goldenrod pollen is too heavy to be carried more than a couple of feet by the wind, thus it is not the cause of hay fever.

Ragweed (ambrosia trifida), which blooms about the same time, is the culprit.

The members of the Nobleton - King City Horticultural Society wish all in the community the blessings of Thanksgiving.

St. Paul's Presbyterian

Church

The Youth Group will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. All youth from the community who are in high school are invited to attend and find out more about our exciting new program.

Join us this Sunday (Oct. 7) for our Thanksgiving and Communion Service, starting at 9:45 a.m. Rev. Ted Olson will lead us in communion. There will be no nursery care provided during this long weekend. Sunday school for all ages follows at 11 a.m.

For more information about any of our activities or events, contact the church office at (905) 859-0843.

Seniors'

euchre

Sept. 25 euchre winners were Annie Hill, Gwen Potter, Doris Watson, Lou Curtis, Murray Hilliard and Helen Groombridge. Lucky draw winners were Ray Hilliard, Rita Reid and Helen Bible. The next euchre will be Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Drop in Centre. All are welcome.