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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2018-07-12, Page 19Entertainment THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018. PAGE 19. Leisure Free lease of station offered for NH museum By Denny Scott The Citizen The North Huron Museum may have found a new home in Wingham, however there are some unanswered questions council needs reviewed before moving the facility. The museum's building closed earlier this year as part of budget discussions and the presentation by North Huron staff member Melissa Scott didn't address the existing building. She said her presentation Most important meal As part of the annual PIucKIN'Fest celebration in Clinton over the weekend, the Central Huron Fire Department hosted a breakfast at the Clinton Raceway. (Shawn Loughlin photo) was about the programming and artifacts. A local property owner that Scott described as a philanthropic business owner had offered the railway station on Wingham's main street as a home for the museum at no lease cost to the municipality. The municipality would need to pay to staff the facility, utilities and taxes, however the 3,000 -square - foot facility would be free to use provided North Huron keeps it open to the public as a museum and tourist attraction. That clause would be built into its lease. While council was happy to hear about the opportunity, Councillor Trevor Seip, echoing the concerns of Councillor Brock Vodden who was absent from the meeting, said that if North Huron wasn't going to support the museum, moving it made no sense. He said in recent years, priorities have shifted and council has had no appetite to fund the museum. He said that considering moving it without an idea as to how much it would cost to have staff trained to operate the site as a full-time `Behind the Bars' tour open The popular Behind the Bars evening tours at the Huron Historic Gaol are returning again this summer with new characters to meet! This event takes place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings in July and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings in August. When you visit Behind the Bars you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with characters from the Gaol's past including the Gaol staff, thieves, accused murderers, lunatics and even inmates as young as 12 years old. The Huron Historic Gaol operated as a county jail from 1841 until 1972 and is now a designated National `Despicable Me 3' free in Goderich The fun of watching a free movie outside is coming to Goderich's Courthouse Square on July 20. Families are invited to come to Courthouse Square Park and watch Despicable Me 3. In this popular animated children's comedy, Gru teams up with his long -lost twin brother Dru to defeat their new enemy, Balthazar Bratt. The movie is part of a tobacco - free event which includes activities, games and trivia to promote tobacco -free living. Activities begin at 7 p.m. and the movie begins at dusk. Please bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit on. This family-oriented event brings attention to the role of media messaging in tobacco use. "Movies remain one of the last places that the tobacco industry can advertise to youth," says Jacqueline Uprichard, public health promoter with the Huron County Health Unit. "Our efforts aim to get tobacco imagery out of youth -rated movies." At the event, Huron County Health Unit staff and students will be addressing the issue of smoking in movies rated for children and the effects that these movies may have. The rain date for the smoke-free movie night is July 27 at the Courthouse Square Park. This event is hosted by the Goderich Business Improvement Area in partnership with the Huron County Health Unit and the municipality of Goderich. 1ell losiory 6Uth annievr/Mvtq J.axtcqip.orf Please help us celebrate 60 years of marriage for Pat and George Langlois Sunday, July 15th at the Huron Fish and Game 278 Alma Street, Clinton Starts at 2 p.m. and goes until the party ends Food, drinks, music and a party Best wishes only please Historic Site. Behind the Bars tickets are available to purchase online at www.HuronCountyMuseum.ca Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids under 12, and children under five and Museum Members are free. The Gaol's regular hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and Sundays 1 - 4:30 p.m. You can find out more information about Behind the Bars, and other summer activities at the Huron Historic Gaol by calling 519-524-6971. museum would result in revisiting the issue again in the future. There were also concerns that, at 3,000 square feet, the facility was less than a third the size of the existing museum, and that would result in some focusing of the collection. Scott also presented information about the investment needed to divest the municipality of the existing museum's artifacts if council decided to not pursue a new space or programming options. Council received Scott's report and directed her to prepare another report outlining the costs to move to the train station and hold programming there. For more in-depth coverage of the presentation and discussion, look to next week's edition of The Citizen. Action -packed Central Huron Mayor Jim Ginn hosted the annual Mayor's Mingle at the Windmill Lake Wake and Eco Park near Bayfield late last month. The annual event offers a chance for residents to rub elbows with municipal staff and councillors and, this year, featured some fun outdoor activities including wakeboarding. 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