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Entertainment & Leisure
Wingham Town Hall Theatre gets Trillium funding
The Wingham Town Hall Theatre Council's May 16 meeting. Wingham Town Hall Theatre, for -
committee made a big The committee, which has set out merly the Wingham Heritage
announcement at North Huron to refurbish, repair and re -open the Theatre, on the second floor of the
North Huron Town Hall, has always
aimed to accomplish its goal without
spending any tax dollars and, with a
Trillium Fund Grant of $30,000 to
help with a fire suppression system,
the committee is close to achieving
that goal.
The committee, which had the
daunting task of raising more than
$120,000 for the project, which will
see fire code requirements met as
well as a new heating, ventilation
and air conditioning (HVAC) system
installed, has achieved $90,000 in
donations and pledges including the
Trillium announcement, leaving
only $30,000 to be raised.
Committee representative Doug
Kuyvenhoven said the group has
several outstanding grant applica-
tions that have yet to be ruled upon
and that he felt fairly confident
the group would meet its goal
soon.
A staff report stated the site could
not be opened until work had been
completed and paid for and
Kuyvenhoven said the committee is
in complete agreement with that
assessment.
Council received the report and
Kuyvenhoven's fundraising budget.
Community on display
The Blyth Festival Art Gallery opened its annual Community Art Show on Saturday. Artistic
members of the Huron County community were welcomed to bring their creations to the gallery
for display — an annual tradition that has encouraged members of the community to explore
their artistic side for years. Here, Michelle Zarytshansky is seen with her creation, which will
be on display for the next few weeks. (Vicky Bremner photo)
HE Road to remain unpaved
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management plan.
"In reviewing our asset manage-
ment data, there are 36 rural road
sections that have reached their crit-
ical age -based condition and are
ready for their second application of
surface treatment," Mills told coun-
cil and the numerous Canada
Company Road residents in atten-
dance. "As a result, it creates a
catch-up scenario where surface
treatment takes priority to
maintain the asset over creating
new assets for future maintenance.
The repaving requirements
(at $140,000 per block) has
all but eliminated any
potential for rural road reconstruc-
tion."
The improvements to the road,
suggested by Mills, are not included
in this year's budget, however, it is
council's intention to use the pre -
amalgamation McKillop Township
reserves to fund them.
Under the guidance of McKillop
Ward councillors, council voted to
approve Mills' original proposal for
$65,000 of road improvements on
Canada Company Road, using the
former township's reserves to pay
the bill.
The picture of success
The annual Community Living Last Light photo show was held in Goderich earlier this month
and again, as has become tradition, it yielded another local winner. The show is held annual-
ly in honour of former Citizen reporter Sarah Mann of Lucknow. From left: Lynne Mann; Barb
Storey of Winthrop, whose photograph from a recent Thresher Reunion placed first in the
Huron at Play category; Steve Mann, Pauline Mclsaac, who placed first in both the Sunrise and
Extreme Depth of Field categories; Jessica Mann and Tracy Meurs, who placed first in the
Colour Green category. Funds raised from the show's photo sales will benefit Community
Living Central Huron. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
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Ravenous, Ravenous Robots
Students at Central Huron Secondary School held their
year-end robotics competition using VEX robots last week.
The students worked in groups to create robots which
could gather tennis balls from the centre of the gymnasium,
drag them back to their team area and then pick the balls
up and place them in a basket with the team that collected
the most winning. The excercise is based on the classic
board game Hungry Hungry Hippos. Shown above is stu-
dent Zak Goos getting low to work on his team's robot.
(Denny Scott photo)
Hospital campaign hits
60 per cent of goal
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from Bank of Montreal has made it
possible for the Our Hospital, Our
Future Campaign to achieve 60 per www.wdhfoundation.ca.
cent of its goal prior to the CKNX
Healthcare Heroes Radiothon. All
pledges that were called in that day
were added to the campaign total
and will assist in reaching the target
of $4 million. Currently, work is
underway to transform the gymnasi-
um of the former Wingham Public
School into a state of the art medical
clinic and work is ongoing to expand
Future campaign is ongoing.
For more information on how you
can make a difference visit
the Rehabilitation department.
Donations to the WDH Foundation's
Radiothon goal will be accepted
until June 30. The Our Hospital, Our
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