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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2016-11-09, Page 2020 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Remembrance Day banners in Clinton honour the fallen Justine Alkema Postmedia Network Central Huron wanted to go above and beyond for this year's Remembrance Day to honour the Cana- dian service men and women from our area that fought for our freedom. You will notice that six banners have gone up on street poles on Albert Street by Clinton's cenotaph, each one with the face and name of a local veteran. The banner idea origi- nated last year when Coun- cillor Dan Colquhoun, the council rep for the BIA, shared the idea after seeing a similar display in another town. Jeff Roy, past chair of the BIA, thought this was a great idea and sent in a photo of his grandfather, Victor Roy, to his branding company, the Seamless Brand. They designed a mock up banner. The idea sat on the shelf for almost a year until Roy brought it up at the newly formed Central Huron branding committee meet- ing in September. At that point, Angela Smith, the new Commu- nity Improvement Coordi- nator, took the idea and ran with it. To get a banner on every sign post in Clinton is a huge undertaking, so for this year, they started small with just six banners. This is to get the project up and rolling to create a tradition for years to come. "Families of service men and women can see them, and if they would like to honour their relative, they can contact me and pur- chase one that will be up in time for next year," said Smith. "We hope to do all of Albert Street [and beyond in the future]:' The banners will be up for a few weeks each fall. Those interested in the project can contact Smith at angela.smith@central- huron.com. Smith emphasized that she doesn't want people to feel excluded since there were only six banners this year. The reason for six was during their discussion about the initiative, six peo- ple committed right away, including Councillor Colquhoun, Facilities Man- ager Steve Campbell, Wes Chambers and Jeff Roy. Smith purchased those banners the following day. "We want to open it up to the entire community and honour everyone who wants to participate," said Smith. "But it is a big investment, so we want it to be done right; we wanted to see how it went before we One of the banners up in Clinton by the cenotaph. do the whole street." Each family purchases their own banners. So while on one hand it adds to the downtown, on the other hand it is a chance for peo- ple to honour their family members who have served. "We're really pleased to share a visual reminder of the sacrifice our veterans made," commented Mayor Ginn. "We want those men and women to be remembered" A1TENTIONau DEADLINES r Our Weekly Deadlines are ADVERTISING & EDITORIAL Friday @ 2:00 pm OFFICE HOURS: Mon. - Thurs. 9am - 5pm • Fri. 8am - 4pm CLOSED TUESDAYS isme .raittit�, tIon Expositor 8 Main St., Seaforth PH: 519-527-0240 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com ea ort uronex s ositor.co Walton native wins gold and silver at world championships in dancing Shaun Gregory Huron Expositor Teegan McGavin consid- ers herself to be a "half decent" competitor in danc- ing, yet the silver and gold medals at the 2016 IDO World Championships in Germany echo a grander outlook. Across the Atlantic Ocean she traveled on a more than 6000 km plane ride accompa- nied by her teammates from Danceology in Lucknow as well as her father and mother. There was not much time to sightsee or indulge in all the foreign land of Europe had to offer on their trip from Octo- ber 21-31, as this retreat was strictly business. Five days later, giggling in their home, her mother Shan- non McGavin of Walton Ont. said they are still a little jetlagged. Contending as a team rep- resenting Canada East, McGavin and her competitive team usually enter roughly five to six competitions a year, however she confessed to having never danced in some- thing of this degree. "I was very nervous, you are dancing on the world stage against everyone from all these different countries, it was live streamed when you made it to the finals;' stated McGavin, 16, November 5. "It was played live in Germany on national television, it was stressful and nerve-wracking. Her mother responded with confidence immedi- ately, "well nobody looked was very nervous, you are dancing on the world stage against everyone from all these different countries, it was live streamed when you made it to the finals," — stated Teegan McGavin, November 5. It was played live in Germany on national television, it was stressful and nerve-wracking. stressed out on stage:' What impressed her mother the utmost was the age group the dancers entered in. There were three specific categories at the champion- ships -children -junior and adult. "They were actually a very, very young adult team, exceptionally young," the mother said about the team that just met the age require- ments that goes from 16-23. While in Toronto Last March, the team was invited to audition in front of three to four well-known chorog- raphers to see if they made the cut to represent Canada in world competition. Which, they did make. This translated into the team having two weeks to learn a totally different dance routine for jazz and modern -style dancing. These same two routines would eventually earn them a silver and gold at the inter- national level in Germany. Getting her first taste of dance at what most call late, seeing as she was nine - years -old at the time, her coaches saw something unique for the late -bloomer. "I never thought it would go this far, we tried every other sport, her siblings play hockey, nothing worked stated her mother. "We said we might as well try dance, then we (were) like you are actually good at this." Currently the Grade 11 student is unaware of where dancing will take her, but at the moment it's not a hobby or pastime, this is a lifestyle. "It's pretty much all I do," she said. Part of the winning team who were also successful in medaling were Bailea Erb and Megan Erb from Goder- ich, Emily Plumsteel from Clinton, Ava McCutcheon from Brussels, Mikayla and Kaitlyn Dowler from Luc - know, Taylor Pollard from Ripley and Jasmine Gould- ing from Mildmay. Shaun Gregory Teegan McGavin, 16, from Walton sports the silver medal for a jazz formation and a modern formation gold medal she won at the 2016 IDO World Championships in Germany last month.