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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-06-04, Page 17PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015. On Saturday, June 6 at 12:30 p.m. there will be a ceremony and ribbon- cutting to recognize the Wingham Branch Library being renamed the Alice Munro Public Library. The event will include speeches by local politicians, Library Board Chair, Wingham Friends of the Library Chair and Britt Gregg- Wallace, a representative for Alice Munro. A new sign for the branch will be unveiled. There will also be refreshments as well as a clown and craft for kids. Alice Munro was born and raised just outside of Wingham. On Dec. 3, 2013 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. This event ties into the Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story which runs from June 4 - 7 with workshops taking place around Wingham. Continued from page 1 about farms and small towns and so few shows about this unreal body of water that is just huge,” he said. “It’s not just a lake. It’s actually kind of demeaning to call it just as lake and it has stories like these that need to be told.” The final part of the evening was the re-dedication of a wreath that had been placed at the site of the S.S. Wexford. As part of a joint effort between Save Ontario Shipwrecks and the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Remembrance committee, a wreath, which had been placed at the wreckage of the S.S. Wexford, was recovered and affixed with a plate listing all the crew of the ill-fated ship. The re-dedicated wreath will be placed at the site of the Wexford later this year. Save Ontario Shipwrecks Provincial Board Director John Charest was on site to explain the importance of the plaque. He said that the S.S. Wexford was the most popular diving site throughout the Great Lakes and explained that many divers had requested that the wreath be relocated. The recently re-dedicated wreath will be placed in a different part of the wreck in response to those requests. Garratt said that the event went extremely well and that seeing all the presenters really brought things in perspective as far as the S.S. Wexford and other ships that were lost in the storm were concerned. “What was really striking was hearing the passion that the audience and the presenters had for the material,” Garratt said in an interview with The Citizen after the event. “It also really struck me that there were two streams of thought following the storm, the research and collection of facts and the imagination that follows.” Garratt said all the presenters from the committee, when talking, would mention individuals and what they must have said or felt. “That really struck me in an odd way,” he said. “I think that looking at that and looking at Fury, Sam and Peter have really managed to capture that idea.” He was also impressed with the band, saying that seeing them perform was great. “Here are a bunch of students who are not just learning the facts about the events of the Great Storm, but also are being creative and being inspired about it,” he said. “The music was so moving.” The audience was also moved, according to Garratt, and said as much in the reception after the event. He also said they were very interested in talking about what had been discussed, learning more and sharing their stories and he liked that. “It was an impressive experience.” Library renaming Saturday Wreath re-dedication central to ‘Fury’ event An important night As part of Faces of the Fury, a special evening focused on remembering the storm and lives lost because of it as well as recognizing Fury, an upcoming play at the Blyth Festival set on the S.S. Wexford, one of the ships lost during the storm, the site was re-dedicated. Shown re- dedicating the wreath are Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Remembrance Committee member Paul Carroll, left, and Save Ontario’s Shipwrecks representative John Charest, while below is the St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary School band which took to the stage to perform “Songs of the Karegnondi”, a special piece written about the Great Storm of 1913. . 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