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Local girl to donate locks to Angel Hair for Kids
Chopping it off
Twelve -year-old Alycia Coultes is cutting off her locks for
Angel Hair For Kids and is hoping to raise $1,000 for the
organization as well. Coultes' cut will be held at Touch of
Class in Wingham on Sept. 7. (Photo submitted)
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Alycia Coultes, a 12 -year-old
from Morris-Turnberry is cutting her
hair for Angel Hair for Kids and is
looking to raise $1,000 to aid her
donation.
Coultes, who started school at F.E.
Madill School this week as a Grade 7
student, is going under the scissors
for the second time. She first donated
some of her locks three years ago,
raising $800 in the process.
After first discovering the
program at a fall fair near her
grandparents' home, Coultes
immediately knew she wanted to
take part and make a difference in a
child's life.
This year's cut will take place at
Wingham's Touch of Class on Sept.
7 at 5 p.m. courtesy of Mike
McDonagh. McDonagh has been
collecting hair for Angel Hair for
years when customers choose to
change a style from long hair to
short. Coultes says McDonagh
already has a year's worth of pony
tails ready to donate to the program.
Coultes, the daughter of Paul and
Kim of Cardiff Line just north of
Belgrave, has already raised $635
towards her goal and will be
continuing to collect money until the
end of the month.
She has collection jars set up at the
Belgrave branch of the Huron Bay
Co-op and at the Wingham hair
stylist.
This year, Coultes says she will be
taking between 10 and 11 inches off
her hair, which she hopes will make
a difference in a child's life.
Angel Hair for Kids is a program
administered through A Child's
Voice Foundation. It provides wigs
and hair -loss solutions to
disadvantaged children who have
lost their hair, either due to treatment
or a medical condition.
Coultes says it takes between 10
and 12 donated pony tails to make a
wig, as well as between $800 and
$1,000 to cover manufacturing
costs.
"We believe that providing a wig
or hair -loss solution will increase a
child's self esteem and improve their
self image during a difficult and
sometimes painful time in their
lives," the organization's website
states. "We hope to help them face
their condition and daily life with a
greater confidence."
Since the program's inception
three years ago, the organization has
already helped over 150 children
and the demand is steadily
increasing.
For more information on the
program, visit its website at acvf.ca.
To donate to Coultes, visit either the
Huron Bay Co-op in Belgrave or
Touch of Class in Wingham
Worldwide scam targets locals
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
An alleged recent scam that made
it to the front page of a local
newspaper has taken some Huron
County residents for $120 or more
each.
The alleged scammers claimed
that a student from Central Huron
Secondary School, working with
students from British Columbia,
developed a wearable action camera
called a Volt X. The camera is
similar in power and operation to
GoPro cameras, but for a lower
price.
The story was run in several local
newspapers, including being
featured prominently on the front
page of one paper, but within a day
of those papers being released, the
story was removed from websites,
replaced with an apology letter
explaining how the scam happened.
The local papers involved are far
from the only newspapers to have
been taken in by the scammers who
claimed to be students at schools in
both the United States of America
and Australia, with more reports of
the story appearing each day.
Shortly after the stories appeared,
a campaign on Indiegogo, a
Festival founders among R2R moderators
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Vital Imagery founder Charlie Hoy,
The Citizen Editor Shawn Loughlin,
Blyth Festival Artistic Director Gil
Garratt, Blyth Cowbell Brewery
Company Vice -President Grant
Sparling and14/19 Inc. Board of
Director member and tourism
professional Chair David Peacock.
Smith is extremely excited for the
streams due to sitting in on
teleconferences among panelists
over the past several weeks. He said
the stories that will be shared will
help form a new idea for what it is to
be rural.
Topics covered include the
importance of stories from rural
communities, internet's
transformative power in rural
communities and news media,
retaining youth and stories of
innovation from across the country.
For a full list of the panels,
including information on
moderators and panelists, visit
www.ruralcreativity.org
After the panels are held twice
each, giving participants an
opportunity to take in any two of the
four events, The Pitch, The Catch, a
special event focused on providing
economic development
opportunities in the area, will be
held.
Smith said the event is centred
around one of the most important
parts of the conference: the take-
away.
"There is going to be lots to take
away from this conference," he said,
explaining part of the preparation
work for the panelists is to focus
on what people will gain by taking
part in the streams. "This is
something tangible that might
result in two or three companies
walking away with investments
they didn't have before."
The event features investors who
will see eight different business
owners or aspiring entrepreneurs
with ideas to expand business in the
area. Each has the opportunity to ask
for investors and possibly walk away
with a new business partner. The
event will be modelled after popular
television shows like Dragon's Den
in Canada and Shark Tank in the
United States.
The event will run 5:30 to 6:45
p.m. in Belgrave and will be
followed by a special pig roast
dinner and an address by keynote
speaker Amy Cronin.
Cronin runs an international farm
operation with her husband Mike
and is the chair of Ontario Pork. The
couple were named Canada's
Outstanding Young Farmers in 2015.
After dinner, musical
entertainment will be provided and
conversation is encouraged.
Thursday starts with breakfast
provided by local service groups and
marks the opening of the Fashion
Arts and Creative Textiles Fibreshed
interactive studio which runs 9 a.m.
- 4 p.m.
The second set of panels will run
9-10:30 a.m. and then again from
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. before
lunch, which will feature KHOR II,
a special theatre program from the
Netherlands.
The third set of panels will run
1:30-3 p.m. and again from 3:15-
4:45 p.m.
Thursday evening features
keynote speaker Leona Dargis who
will share her experiences with
organic gardening in the Yukon and
The Pressure Cooker, an event
where eight delegates will be chosen
to work out a single rural issue in a
local kitchen for further review.
Friday features the last of the
panels at 9 a.m. and again at
10:45 a.m. with closing ceremonies
featuring Smith and Huron County
Cultural Development Officer Rick
Sickinger.
Smith says the event is a labour of
love for both him and 14/19 Inc.
administrator Karen Stewart.
"We're the little engine that
could," he said. "Karen, myself and
so many volunteers. It's been really
exciting just to meet the people, both
the panelists and the delegates, and
I'm looking forward to them all
coming and participating and
sharing their knowledge and wisdom
with everyone."
For more information on the
groundbreaking event, or to book
tickets, visit the organization's
website at www.ruralcreativity.org.
Big smiles
The Blyth Festival organized a town -wide photo in front of
Blyth Memorial Hall in an attempt of recreating a similar
photo taken over a century ago. Shown is Festival General
Manager Deb Sholdice, left, and actress Rebecca
Auerbach, a familiar face at the Festival, posing for the big
event. (Denny Scott photo)
crowdfunding website, had the
project bringing in nearly $15,000.
According to an Indiegogo
representative, the campaign and
accounts have been frozen because
the campaign violated Indiegogo's
terms of use.
Funds are being returned to those
who contributed to the campaign.
Kickstarter, another crowdfunding
website, had the project listed as
"not live" as it didn't meet the site's
rules.
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