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Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County Thursday, August 24, 2017
Quite the collection
The organizers behind the International Plowing Match,
scheduled to take place in Walton this September, held
their much -anticipated quilt show on the weekend at the
Seaforth and District Community Centre. The arena
floor was full of quilts submitted to be displayed at the
match and even included a wall displaying the numerous
barn quilts that now adorn the Huron County countryside,
part of the Ontario Barn Quilt Trail, ahead of the match. The
collection features 165 barn quilts, many of which have been put
up in the last six to eight months. Deb Falconer, chair of the
beautification committee, has been at the head of much of the
work, while Lucknow's Vicky Morrison has done a lot of work
organizing the barn quilt portion of the committee's mandate.
(Quinn Talbot photo)
Local athlete wins at national meet
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Belgrave's Ryan Jacklin has
reached the pinacle of track and field
competition through the Royal
Canadian Legion and came back
with a gold, silver and bronze
medal.
Jacklin finished his season off
with a trip to the University of
Manitoba to compete in the National
Track and Field Championship Aug.
11-13. He brought home the gold in
the Men Midget Shot Put
competition with a put of 16.09
metres, silver in the Men Midget
Discus competition with a throw of
55.81 metres and bronze in the Men
Midget Javelin throw with a throw of
53.35 metres.
Jacklin said the competition at the
match was like nothing he had run
into yet.
"The field was amazing," he said.
"There was great competition."
While tough to compete against, the
other throwers were welcoming and
helpful in a number of ways, he said.
"Everyone was very encouraging,"
Jacklin said. "Every time I would go
someplace to do an event, or every
time you saw people having a
problem with something, people
were helping out."
He said that, when he was facing a
new situation on the grounds, a
competitor from British Columbia
helped him out alongside one of his
coaches.
While he won the gold medal,
Jacklin said he was a little worried
that Jeremy Elliott, a fellow Saugeen
Shores Track Club member from
Walkerton, might have edged him
out.
"I got my 16.09 metre put on my
second attempt," he said. "I secured
the gold with that, but Jeremy...
threw a 15.99 that looked pretty
close. I didn't know how far he had
thrown until they announced it."
This was the top tier of
competition for Jacklin, however, in
the coming years, he will be able to
pursue world competitions and
commonwealth competitions.
Looking back, having just
started competing within the
last two years, he said it was an
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Locals
prevail
at match
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
The Huron County Plowing
Match took place last week in South
Huron on the farm of John and
Kathy Gielen near Crediton and
many locals took top spots
throughout the event.
Paul Dodds of Winthrop took the
top spot in the Senior Plowing
Championship with Seaforth-area
competitor Kevin Haney coming in
second and earning the Reserve
title.
Blyth's Lucas Townsend won the
Junior Plowing Championship with
Shawn Ryan of the Mount Carmel
area taking the Reserve spot.
Walton's Craig Baan brought
home the Warden's Award, usually
given to the junior champion
however previous winners are
ineligible, and the McGavin Family
Award for highest score in the junior
class.
The Val -Lea Farms Award for the
Youngest Huron Plow Person was
awarded to Walton's John Ryan.
Richard Elliott of Middlesex
County won the Antique Plowing
Champion while the Don Dodds
Visitor Award was given to Carman
Weppler of Wellington County.
Kara Hendriks of the Dungannon
area brought home the Queen of the
Furrow title and will represent
Huron County at the 2018
International Plowing Match (IPM)
in Chatham -Kent. Kara also won the
Miss Friendship award.
Also in the Queen competition,
Nile -area competitor Eugenia
Pentland took Top Plow Girl and
former Huron County Princess
Maranda Klaver received the First
Runner -Up award.
Brooklyn Hendriks of the
Dungannon -area brought home the
Huron County Princess award and
will represent Huron County at the
2017 IPM in Walton next month.
Hendriks has been busy in recent
months, as she has served as the
president of the Huron County
special IPM 4-H Club project,
which will be hosting the county
club's tent at the match this
September.
Young Company show to open this week
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
This year's Young Company
production is heading into
previously unvisited territory with
its one -woman show, From Sallows
to Selfies.
Produced by the Blyth Festival
Young Company, directed by Young
Company alumni Curtis to Brinke,
starring Emma Marcy and managed
by stage manager Marina Glanville,
the play focuses on 100 years of
photos, starting with famous Huron
County historical photographer
Reuben R. Sallows and following
through to modern cell phone
selfies.
Marcy, the star of the one -woman
show, explained that the play is
going to document photography
since Sallows took one of the
earliest original selfies 100 years
ago through to modern photography.
"We're looking at everything from
Sallows to documenting now," she
said. "It's been a really cool process.
We looked at the internet and what
people decide to do with photos and
the ability to document their
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