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PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015.
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HURONWAY FARMS
AZ Driver — Swine Livestock
Looking for experienced AZ Drivers to move market hogs
and/or feeder pigs. Local travelling. Will be home every
evening. Competitive Wages and Health Benefits available.
Wages will be depending on experience.
Please send résumé to
huronwayfarms@xplornet.ca
or call 519-887-6181
As we move towards
80 years in business;
we are looking to expand our team.
Parts Counter Person
Job Description:
The successful candidate will be responsible for part sales, inventory control, stocking and ordering and be
able to communicate with the public in a courteous and professional manner. Fast Paced, the applicant will
need to handle multiple parts orders on a routine basis between customer and the service shop.
Qualifications:
• Computer skills
• Must be organized and maintain a neat
and clean work area
• Excellent people skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Mechanical aptitude, farm equipment
background an asset
• Willingness/ability to learn
• Ambitious attitude
• Marketing skills
• Some physical labour required
• Willingness to work 40 plus hours (including some
Saturdays), Basic Computer skills an asset
Equipment Setup & Assembly Person
Job Description:
Thesuccessfulcandidatewillberesponsibleforthetimely,accurateandcompletesetupofequipmentreceived
from various equipment manufacturers.This position requires physical attributes to deal with large equipment
assembly and the operation of necessary equipment to upload trucks and follow the assembly process of
various pieces of farm equipment to their finished state.
Qualifications:
• Must be organized & maintain a neat & clean work
area
• Ability to work with others as needed for
equipment assembly
• Mechanical aptitude, farm equipment background
an asset
• Willingness & ability to learn new things
• Ambitious attitude
• Ability to handle physical nature of
heavy equipment assembly
• Exercise the safe operation of equipment,
hand tools and motorized equipment
• Willingness to work 40 plus hours
(including some Saturdays),
Basic Computer skills an asset
Small Engine Mechanic
Candidate must:
• Maintain neat and clean work area
• Have excellent people skills
• Have ability to work under pressure
• Have mechanical aptitude and engine knowledge
• Have willingness/ability to learn
• Have strong work ethic
• Be a team player
• Have apprenticed or completed small engine
technician program
• Willingness to work 40 plus hours
(including some saturdays), basic computer
skills an asset
Ag Equipment Technician
The successful candidate will be responsible for servicing farm equipment in a safe, timely, thorough and
efficient manner.
Qualifications:
• Computer skills
• Must be organized and maintain a neat and
clean work area
• Excellent people skills, be able to communicate with
the customers in a courteous and professional manner.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Mechanical aptitude, farm equipment background
an asset
• Willingness/ability to learn
• Physical labour required
• Willingness to work 40 plus hours (including some
Saturdays), Basic Computer skills an asset
These positions offer competitive wages and benefit packages and only the successful
applicants will be contacted. McGavin Farm Equipment has been in business for 79 years
and are a multi-line dealer, handling New Holland equipment and numerous short lines.
Please forward your résumé by email to:
McGavin Farm Equipment Ltd.83145 Brussels Line, Walton N0K 1Z0
Email: office@mcgavinfe.ca Attention Jeff
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Huron County is set to celebrate
the short story form in the landscape
that inspired Nobel Laureate Alice
Munro. The Alice Munro Festival of
the Short Story from June 4-7, will
present readings, book signings,
presentations and masterclasses with
some of Canada’s most respected
authors and literary figures,
culminating the jubilee gala at which
the Adult and Youth Short Story
Competition Awards will be
presented.
Writers and readers alike have the
opportunity to partake in writing
masterclasses and facilitated
discussions with celebrated
Canadian authors. Heather O’Neill
(2007 Canada Reads winner) will
present a reading of her new
collection of short stories,
(Daydreams of Angels), best-selling
author and Wingham native Andrew
Kaufman will present a “Story
Structure of the Screenplay”
masterclass among other
appearances; Man Booker Prize-
nominated Lisa Moore is the jubilee
gala keynote speaker on the theme of
women and the short story in
Canadian literature and a
masterclass; Governor General’s
Literary Award-nominated Merilyn
Simonds will facilitate a book club
discussion on reading Alice Munro
stories; and Giller Prize-nominated
Caroline Adderson will present two
masterclasses - “Writing Linked
Short Stories” and “Writing
Narrative Scenes”.
The Alice Munro Festival of the
Short Story reaches across Huron
County with the Readings in the
Country series: Thursday, June 4 at
the Clinton Town Hall with Heather
O’Neill, and Sunday, June 7 at the
Bayfield Town Hall with Lisa
Moore, Caroline Adderson, and
Merilyn Simonds. Readings in the
Country are free events, although
guests must confirm their attendance
through the box office at the Blyth
Festival.
The Festival’s Short Story Contest
has been in existence since 2003,
and in 2014 drew over 250 entries in
the adult and youth categories from
across Canada and U.S.; finalists
were from Ontario, BC, PEI, New
York and South Korea. This year,
short story contest finalists are
judged by Lisa Moore (adult) and
Andrew Kaufman (youth) and the
2015 awards will be presented at the
jubilee gala at the Wingham Knights
of Columbus Centre on Saturday,
June 6.
The event features a keynote
presentation by Lisa Moore and a
homemade local buffet dinner.
The Alice Munro Festival of the
Short Story is generously supported
by the Township of North Huron,
Huron County Libraries and
Cultural Services, Municipalities of
Morris Turnberry and Central Huron
and Employment Ontario.
Full masterclass and event
descriptions, schedules and ticket
prices are available at
alicemunrofestival.ca or by calling
Blyth Festival box office at 1-877-
862-5984 or 519-523-9300.
Raceway busy with Mud
Bog, Challenge Course
Continued from page 7
and Tim Lee on the weekend.
Our condolences are extended to
the Sparling family on the passing of
Grant Sparling, a well known
businessman and a well liked
community supporter. He will be
missed by his children Jim, Jayne,
Steven and David. Our sympathies
to all.
We send our best to Audrey
Hackwell, who is doing rehab at
Stratford Hospital. We hope she is
improving daily in her therapy.
The Mud Bog hosted at the
Walton Raceway on Sunday was
very well attended with nearly 300
campers on site Saturday evening
preparing for the next-day event. It
has been very dry this spring, so
creating water holes or bogs, has
been the order of business this week
for the track crew. It was a very
successful day.
The Edge of Walton Challenge
course is off to a very good start.
They have had numerous groups in
to try the course from church
groups, birthday party groups,
families and schools groups.
Alice Munro festival re-imagined
For the past year, several arts
organizations in Huron County have
been fundraising as part of a
artsVest, a matched-donation
program. The results of that year of
work will be unveiled at a special
celebration tonight, May 21, at Blyth
Memorial Hall.
ArtsVest, a project of Business for
the Arts, in conjunction with Huron
County, Canadian Heritage and the
Ontario Trillium Foundation are
providing dollar-for-dollar matched
donations to the Huron Arts and
Heritage Network, the Art Around
Town program in Exeter, Goderich
Little Theatre, the Bach Music
Festival of South Huron and the
Blyth Centre for the Arts. This
evening at Memorial Hall, exactly
how much money was raised will be
announced at a special public
presentation.
Claire Hefferon, the artsVest
national program director, explained
the program to The Citizen, and said
that, typically, it’s worked on with
municipalities, not counties.
“Usually municipalities apply for
the program from Business For the
Arts,” she said. “They apply for
funds to go to the community and go
through the application process.
“A year ago, Huron County was
selected for artsVest and we
launched the program last May,” she
said. “We invited organizations from
across the county to come and
participate in sponsorship training to
help them get started.”
Hefferon said that artistic groups
often rely on several streams of
revenue including funding, box
office sales, advertisements and
donations and the program looks to
add to that.
“We aim to get them to think about
creating partnerships with the
private sector,” she said. “These are
real, beneficial partnerships, not the
art organization asking for a hand-
out. We take the organizations
through the process to show them
how to access and create these
partnerships then provide
funds based on how much they
raised.”
Throughout the year-long process,
groups like the Blyth Centre for the
Arts are getting steady mentorship
from corporate partnership partners
from across the country Hefferon
said.
“Some are familiar with the area,
while some aren’t, but they all
provide valuable mentoring
opportunities,” she said. “The
organizations get all this coaching to
help them reach their goal.”
To help with creating those
partnerships, the event on May 21
starts with a public mixer of sorts.
“The event’s first purpose is to get
professionals from the county to
come in and meet with the arts
organizations and talk about
volunteering, either through specific
events or activities or by becoming
part of the board of directors,”
Hefferon said. “These boards are
always looking for new blood, so
that helps.”
The event, which starts at 5 p.m.,
will begin with the meet-and-greet
running until 5:30. Shortly after that,
a wrap celebration will be held to
celebrate the successes of the arts
organizations and the partners they
have found through the artsVest
program. The event will feature
speakers from the community,
including Huron County Warden
Paul Gowing.
For more information, or to attend
the event, visit www.artsvest.com/
events/huron-county
Donation, connection program
for art groups to be celebrated
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