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The upside-down world
The world is now upside down. Children aren't in school when they normally are. These
students at Hullett Central Public School got a head -start on the upside-down world on their
last day at school before the doors closed for the summer. From left: Brook Ohm, Lexus
Netterfield-Hubbard and Clara Heinrich. (Denny Scott photo)
`Berlin Blues' opens
at Blyth Festival
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community annually, not to mention
the hundreds of jobs and tens of
thousands of tourists who would
travel to the park annually.
Not only is Donalda torn between
her community and making her
community richer (but at a severe
cost), but she's also torn between her
new life as a divorcee with two
children and her previous life with
an old flame named Trailer, played
by Jonathan Fisher.
Trailer, named after his trailer
which is said to be quite an eyesore
in the reserve, is one of the biggest
roadblocks to the development. He's
identified rather early as a
community member who will need
to come on -side if Ojibwe World is
to move forward.
Birgit and Reinhart are more than
willing to work with the First
Nations folks they encounter in
Otter Lake. They are fascinated by
their culture, their actions and their
traditions when they finally come
face-to-face with those over whom
they've obsessed for a lifetime.
James Dallas Smith plays Andrew,
the reserve's police officer, and
Nicole Joy -Fraser plays his
girlfriend Angie — a fitness -
obsessed young woman who wants a
wedding in her future.
Smith and Joy -Fraser round out
the Otter Lake community that is
turned upside down when the
Germans arrive to construct
everything from a casino to an
International Longhouse of
Pancakes to a monstrous laser dream
catcher. There is even talk of on-site
musical productions in the spirit of
some famous Hollywood films
There are plenty of laughs in the
first half of the play as the two
cultures clash and get to know one
another in various ways. However,
in the second half, as the play turns
more introspective and critical of
what's happening with Ojibwe
World, the pace slows, as does
progress on the project.
The Berlin Blues delivers laughs,
while generating thought and
conversation with accomplished
director Brad Fraser at the helm of a
great cast. And for a play first
produced a decade ago, The Berlin
Blues has never been more
revelant.
The Berlin Blues runs in repertory
at Memorial Hall until Aug. 19.
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Central Huron park
coming along: Smith
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Angela Smith, Central Huron's
community improvement co-
ordinator, says the new municipal
park in Clinton is coming along
well, with a number of elements of
the park due to be ready for the
public this week.
The park's new pool was set to
open late last week, she said,
although there were still some
concerns with that date.
Councillor Marg Anderson asked
about children who had booked in
for swimming lessons at the pool.
With the original opening date for
the pool set in May, she was
concerned that some children would
have to miss their lessons because
the municipality was behind
schedule.
Smith said that there were some
children who had to have their
lessons postponed to a later date at
the park's new pool, but there is
space in mid-July and
accommodating those students
hasn't been a problem.
She also reported that the concrete
for the park had been poured and
that the rubber floor for the splash
pad was due to be laid late last week
as well, ahead of the scheduled
Canada 150 and P1ucKIN'Fest
celebrations.
As for the skateboarding park, she
said that tenders are now out for the
park and should return to the
municipality in the coming weeks.
It was a group of motivated
parents and community members
who got the ball rolling for a new
park when they attended a council
meeting and said they wanted to
raise money to build a skateboarding
park.
In the following weeks, other
groups came forward asking that the
municipality build a new splash pad
and playground, which led to
councillors rolling all three of the
projects into one park construction.
Along the way, council also opted to
add a gazebo to the park that has yet
to be constructed.
Smith said she would provide a
further progress report on the park at
a future council meeting.
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