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Cherreyfeatured in play about Goderich tornado
`Straight through the Heart'
Blyth's Audric Cherrey will play Calleum in the upcoming
play Straight through the Heart being performed at the
Goderich Little Theatre. The play is focused on the F3
tornado that tore through Goderich and the surrounding
area five years ago. (Denny Scott photo)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Audric Cherrey, a newcomer to
Blyth, hasn't wasted any time finding
a chance to flex his theatrical muscle.
Cherrey, who moved to Blyth with
his brother Everett, mother Sarah
and father Derek over the summer,
was recently cast in Straight through
the Heart, a play by Goderich Little
Theatre at The Livery that
dramatizes the events surrounding
the F3 tornado that devastated
Goderich and the surrounding area
five years ago.
The play is written by Warren
Robinson and David Armour, who
also directs the show.
The play opens in November and
10 -year-old Cherrey will be playing
Calleum, a six-year-old boy taking
shelter with his family in the
basement during the storm.
"He went with his parents and two
sisters to hide in the shelter when the
tornado came," he said. "When they
come out of the shelter, they
look at all the destruction before
looking for anyone else who
was there."
Cherrey heard about the play from
a neighbour, who suggested he
audition.
"I went to the audition," Cherrey
said. "There were a few people
there. I came in, got my papers and
we practised our lines. I was excited,
but I was nervous too."
Cherrey said his previous non -
school -related theatre experience,
being a member of the Lollipop
Guild in a production of The Wizard
of Oz at the Drayton Festival Theatre
had prepared him for a different kind
of audition.
"I had heard about that on the
radio," he said. "I went there and
there were 400 people auditioning
for 36 parts. I had about a six per
cent chance of getting in, but
surprisingly, I did."
While the audition in Goderich
was part of a group, Cheney said the
one for the Drayton production was
just him on a stage singing "Ding,
Dong the Witch is Dead".
Prior to that, Cherrey, who had
attended Wilson Avenue Public
School and now attends Hullett
Central Public School, had
performed in several pieces at school
including a winter play called Bring
on the Snow which was similar to a
fashion show and a play called Stars.
Both plays had musical components
to them.
Cherrey said he enjoys performing
and that he continues to get involved
because it is his first choice of extra-
curricular activity.
"I'm not really into a lot of sports,
but I like being part of the play," he
said.
For more information about the
play, visit the Livery website at
www.thelivery.ca or look up
Goderich Little Theatre on
Facebook.
Fighting cancer
The Brussels Lions and Optimist clubs once again ran the
Terry Fox Run for the village last week. Shown is Lion Bob
Kellington giving Cole, left, and Brooke Hamilton, centre,
from London Terry Fox stickers after giving the two youths
ribbons. The Hamiltons are grandchildren of Dianne
Huether of Brussels, not pictured who did the walk with
them. More than 60 people and 10 volunteers participated
and raised $4,064 for the cause. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Stewardship Council reports good year
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
There have been plenty of
positives in Huron County in the
way of stewardship in the past year,
says Stewardship Co-ordinator
Rachel White, who presented her
annual report to Huron County
Council last week.
White spoke to council at its Sept.
14 committee of the whole meeting,
saying that projects focused on
biodiversity and wildlife research,
land stewardship, forestry and
woodlot management, youth
initiatives and partnership
building throughout the
county in the past year have been
going well.
Work done by the council has
resulted in government funding,
local jobs, a partnership with the
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Forestry and province -wide
Queensnake research, White told
councillors.
One of the biggest projects
undertaken by the council in the past
year is the Reptiles at Risk program.
Presentations were made to local
schools and councils. There were 55
presentations in total at 19 schools
as well as four to community
groups. The presentations,
White told councillors, reached over
2,200 Huron County residents
in total.
Also, in partnership with local
conservation authorities, the council
planted 5,000 trees on eight different
properties in 2015 and this
past spring saw another tree -planting
event held.
White told council that $179,070
in funding was received by the group
in 2015 and 2016, with funding
coming from both the federal and
provincial governments, as well as
several other funding sources and
service clubs in addition to Huron
County.
Council accepted White's
presentation and commended her on
the great work being done by the
Stewardship Council.
Committee receives second grant for study
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wouldn't fund hospice beds if and
when they were created in the
county.
"I would hate for the study to go
on without us and have all the beds
end up in Perth," she told
councillors.
Huron East Mayor Bernie
MacLellan said that if council were
to approve a motion, it should read
that the county would help fund the
study, but would not pay to fund
hospice beds in the future, which
was added to the proposed motion.
Bluewater Mayor Tyler Hessel
said that the county shouldn't be
paying for a study that should be
funded by the province. He said the
proposal just sounded to him like the
provincial government attempting to
convince Huron County to pay for
its study, which he felt was wrong.
Several other councillors agreed,
saying that approving grants for
hospitals and hospice beds goes
against the mandate of the county,
when the provincial government
should be funding anything related
to healthcare.
In his report to council, Treasurer
Michael Blumhagen indicated that
the committee was asking for a grant
of $20,000 from the county,
resulting in a total county
contribution of $23,000 to the
project after the county gave the
committee $3,000 in 2015.
In the end, the motion was passed
by council, including the addition
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