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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-07-11, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013. REPRINTS OF PHOTOS taken by Citizen photographers are available to purchase. ALL ARE IN COLOUR 4x6 - $4.00 5x7 - $5.00 8x10 - $8.00 Phone to order ~ 519-523-4792 or 519-887-9114 Broken Washer? Blyth Laundromat 191 Westmoreland St., Blyth 519-523-9687 Obituaries WILLIAM EDWARD SIEMON William Edward Siemon of RR 4, Walton passed away suddenly at his home on Sunday, July 7, 2013. He was in his 65th year. Bill was the beloved husband of Vicki (nee Masse) Siemon for 33 years and loving father of Anette McTaggart (Dean), Clinton; Janet Keys (Brian), Seaforth; Tracey McGrath (Kelly), London and Jim Roth (Mary), Kitchener. He was the cherished grandpa of Jodie, Lindsey and Trevor Keys, Nathan and Brett Roth, Adrian and Chelsea McTaggart, Megan and Shanon McGrath and great-grandpa of Ruby Roth-Speirs. Bill was the loving brother of Jean Mastin, Richmond Hill; Elsie Beuermann, Dublin; Beatrice Dawson (Murray), Grand Bend and Keith Siemon (Pauline), Slabtown. He will be dearly missed by his sister-in-law Phyllis Gilbert (Dick) of London, all the members of the Masse family, as well as many nieces, nephews and friends. Bill was predeceased by his parents, Albert and Lucy (nee Eckert) Siemon, father-in-law Elzer Masse and brother-in-law Ron Beuermann. Bill was a recent recipient of a certificate of merit for his 25 years of public service as a municipal politician. He was also a member of the Brodhagen Chamber of Commerce for over 30 years. Visitation will be held at McGlynn Family Funeral Home, Seaforth on Thursday, July 11 from 2 - 4 p.m. and 7 - 9 p.m. A funeral service to celebrate Bill’s life will be held at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Brodhagen, on Friday, July 12 at 11 a.m. Interment will take place at St. Peter’s Cemetery followed by a reception at the Brodhagen Community Centre. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Cancer Society, Diabetes Association or to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church would be greatly appreciated and can be made through the funeral home or by visiting Bill’s memorial at www.mcglynnfamilyfuneral home.com BERTHA LOVE Bertha Hazel Love of Goderich, formerly of Walton, passed away peacefully at Maitland Manor Nursing Home, Goderich on Monday, July 1, 2013. She was in her 103rd year. Bertha was the loving mother of George Love (Gloria) of Clinton; Faye MacDonald, Goderich and Tom Love (Cynthia), Burlington. She will be fondly remembered by her grand- children and great-grandchildren. Bertha was predeceased by her husband George S. Love. Cremation and a private service have taken place. Funeral arrange- ments were entrusted to McGlynn Family Funeral Home, Seaforth. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations to Duff’s United Church, Walton would be appreciated and can be made by calling McGlynn Family Funeral Home. Continued from page 9 we’ve spent on the dogs all together,” Mike said. “But the costs get high, it probably runs us about $20 a day for food. “During the summer, you take maybe an hour a day to feed them,” he explained. “Then, when you start training, you’re looking to do 55 to 60 hookups before you start racing. You’re probably looking at 150 to 200 hours outside of the racing season which runs from January to March.” A hookup is getting the animals prepared for a race and running training exercises. Luke explained that, when off-season training begins, they start the dogs off with a one- mile run and work up from there. This usually happens in early September, but is heavily weather- dependent. During the racing season, the time investment becomes much harder to meet according to Luke, who said that, when they race it’s often a one- day trip there, two to three days for the race and then a one-day trip back. Some trips require more travelling, however. Aside from the aforementioned technological advancements made in the sport, dog breeding has also featured prominently in what makes a winning team. Breeds like pointers and Polish Greyhounds are being bred with other breeds to provide the best possible racing dogs like the Eurohound, which is typically a cross of an Alaskan Husky and a Pointer. “A lot of people expect northern breeds, but competitively they aren’t really used outside of their own class,” Mike explained. “The all-breed races are faster than most northern breeds can keep up to.” Luke explained that dogs are bred for different qualities. “You mix with a greyhound or an african hound for speed, pointers can tolerate the heat well, huskies have strong feet, the genetics make the dog,” he said. Mike explained that, at one race, all the dogs were pedigreed by a geneticist who found that, while many of the dogs looked different, they shared most of the same lineage. Luke is currently working as a park ranger at Algonquin Provincial Park but he plans on starting his own kennel one day. The only thing he hopes he finds is that his neighbours are as friendly as the ones the family already has. “We need trails to train,” Luke explained. “That hasn’t always been easy to come by.” Mike explained that he has to thank his neighbours for letting them run the dogs during the winter because they used to have to truck the dogs all over. “We used to have to load up a truck, find a place and train whether it was a side road or trails,” he said. “Now our friends help us out and it’s great.” Mike is sure he will continue to race for at least one more year, but Luke isn’t as sure at this moment. “My job is seasonal and I never know when and where I might end up next year, so I’ll just have to play it by ear,” he said. For more information on the sport, visit ISDRA’s website at www.isdra.org ‘Kiss a Pig’, silent auction featured in StreetfestThe Blyth Business ImprovementArea (BIA) first annual Streetfest isshaping up to be chock-full ofentertainment and fun.Emceed by Don Vair, betterknown as Country Clem, the July 27festival will feature music,entertainment, the one-time return ofa farmers’ market to Blyth, food,artisans, vendors, a horse-drawn wagon ride and the “Kiss the Pig” challenge. “It’s starting to look like it will be a lot of fun,” Streetfest committee Chair Sharon Davies said. The event, which spawned from the Blyth Buskerfest held last year in concert with Campvention, will feature less on busking this year and more on a main stage according to committee member Lorna Fraser. “All our entertainment will be on the main stage at the corner of Dinsley and Queen [Streets],” Fraser said in an e-mail to The Citizen. She also said that there are a lot of local acts involved as well as some from further afield including magician Dickey Bird. Bird is being brought in by the Blyth Lions Club and, according to Fraser, is for the children. Other acts include Wayne McClinchey and the Old Dogs opening the shows as well as Emily and Robyn Nicholson, and Jim Lee of Cinnamon Jim’s. Vendors will include Painted Black Studio, Maple and Moose and Davara Studio as well as other businesses that are going to set up sidewalk sales according to Fraser. Food will be sold by the Blyth United Church Sunday School who will peddle candy floss and snacksas well as face painting and balloonanimals, CIBC will sell slushies andtreats, the Lions will serve hot dogsand hamburgers and Brian Garnettwill be running a meat smoker in themunicipal parking lot in front ofScrimgeour’s Food Market. The farmers market will featurefresh local produce. “We’re going to have antique cars in front of the buildings north of Memorial Hall,” Davies said during a recent BIA meeting. “It should look really good.” The festival is also hopefully going to feature new parkades which will allow local businesses to expand their business outside, however complications at Huron County Council will cause a delay in those plans. Davies also explained that the horse-drawn wagon rides will focus on the history of the village with North Huron Councillor and local historian Brock Vodden narrating a brief history of Blyth as the rides tour around the village. Two of the most anticipated events at the Streetfest, thanks to the fact that they have already started, are the “Kiss the Pig” challenge and the silent auction. The “Kiss the Pig” challenge features donation jars placed around town at locations including the Blyth Festival box office, the Queens Bakery and Scrimgeour’s with three jars in each. The jars are labelled for the three competitors in the event, BIA chair and local business owner Rick Elliott, Blyth Festival Theatre interim Artistic Director Peter Smithand North Huron Reeve NeilVincent.Whoever’s cash total is the highesthas to pucker up and kiss the “north”end of the pig, or it’s mouth. Thesecond place fundraiser, or thewinner depending on how much youlike bacon, has the honour ofholding the swine while the last place winner has to pucker up and kiss the south “business” end of thepig. Elliott explained that he isdefinitely prepared for the eventdespite the fact that his participationwasn’t strictly voluntary.“I’m absolutely ready, I have wetwipes in hands regardless of theoutcome,” he said then added, with alaugh that he was ‘volun-told’ to participate. Smith said that the event is definitely something that he andothers are looking forward to.“I think it will be a hoot,” he saidin an e-mail to The Citizen.“It’shappening in the middle of thehighway on a stage with me, RickElliott and Neil Vincent aboard - thethree amigos from here, there andeverywhere.” Smith said that the money being raised has already reached some Sled dog racing a year-round event to prepare for Continued on page 20 The Huron Historic Gaol’s popular Behind the Bars program is returning Tuesday and Thursday evenings July 11 to Aug. 29 in Goderich. Visitors will meet volunteers portraying real prisoners and staff from the gaol’s past, as they make their way through this National Historic Site for an interactive evening tour. Experience the true stories of the Huron Historic Gaol, as told by the prisoners and staff that lived, worked and died there between 1841 and 1913. Meet some of the lunatics, thieves and vagrants that occupied the cells at 181 Victoria St. N, and ask them about their time behind the bars. There are 18 new characters visitors may encounter and have the opportunity to interact with on this self-guided tour. You can learn about what life was like behind the bars from the gaol’s long-time matron, Margaret Dickson. Hear the farmer’s wife accused of slowly poisoning her husband tell her side of the story. Talk to an English sailor who would rather jump ship than defend the Great Lakes from Fenian attack. Ask a young boy how he spent the $4 he fraudulently took from a local judge. Find out what crime sentenced a 12-year-old girl to six months of hard labour, and help a teenage prisoner plan his imminent escape over the gaol walls. Visiting hours for Behind the Bars are 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. – last entry at 8:30 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to leave themselves at least 45 minutes to meet as many faces of the gaol as possible. Special admission is $10 for an adult, $5 for children and $25 for a family (prices include tax). Children under five are free! The Huron Historic Gaol is located at the corner of Victoria Street North (Highway 21) and Gloucester Terrace in Goderich. It operated as a county jail from 1841 until 1972, and is now a designated National Historic Site. Look for the large road sign on Highway 21. The Gaol’s regular hours are Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. You can find out more information about Behind the Bars, and other summer activities at the Huron Historic Gaol by calling 519-524-6971 or visit www.huroncounty.ca/museum. This special event is an annual one that has been a popular attraction in Goderich since its inception, featuring excellent local actors and true local stories. ‘Behind The Bars’ begins at Huron Historic Gaol July 11