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table with the best intentions, with
the exception of the YMCA, which
he said was not acting in good faith.
“We’re acting in good faith and
they’re not,” he said. “In other
words, we can’t trust anyone.”
Westerhout said one solution
could be to opt out of the agreement
with the YMCA if there was nothing
the municipality could do to enforce
what they thought should have been
in the agreement.
“At the end of the day that [opting
out of the agreement] is an option,”
Westerhout said. “That needs to be
part of the calculation when the time
comes to renew.”
Councillor Burk Metzger,
however, was careful to not jump to
any conclusions, saying he felt the
issue could be resolved without
going to such extremes as opting out
of the agreement.
“I think this is a dangerous
tangent,” he said. “We need to find a
way to work this out and not cancel
[the contract] over one Zumba
class.”
Dykstra said she was presented a
very clear picture of what the
YMCA was going to be in Clinton.
She said it would be a “small-scale
YMCA” that would provide
exercise machines and a walking
track, but that if people wanted to
participate in programs or use the
pool, that they would have to travel
to the YMCA in Goderich.
“I just want the YMCA to stay the
club it was supposed to be,” Dykstra
said. “We’re going to get squished
out. We will. I’ve seen it.”
Lobb took responsibility for the
misunderstanding, saying that the
contract should have been examined
more closely by municipal staff.
“It’s our fault and we have to
accept that,” Lobb said. “It should
have been in the agreement. It was
very clear to us.”
Lobb said that when the
agreement comes up for renewal,
that will be something council will
look at adding for the contract’s next
term.
“We want to make that clear,” she
said.
Lomas-McGee said it won’t be a
problem to meet with Garon and
Dykstra to discuss programming in
an attempt to avoid duplication of
services. No official motion was
made and the issue was left in the
hands of the three gym owners and
operators.
This year marks the 40th
anniversary of the The Farm Show.
The Blyth Festival Young Company
has been busy these last few weeks
preparing their own version called
The Farm 2012.
Director Severn Thompson, whose
father organized the original show,
says the show will open Aug. 30 and
run through to Sept. 1 in the Phillips
Studio.
“We will be using a similar
method of how the actors worked in
1972 [original play],” explains
Thompson. The actors travelled to
local Huron County farms and spent
time on the farms and with the farm
families.
The final result was a collection of
improvised scenes of what the actors
had seen and done on the farms. The
same sort of collection will used for
this year’s version of the play.
“I have no idea what it will be,”
says Thompson. “This will be [the
actors’] own piece.”
The actors were eager to learn
about farming and set to work on the
show.
“My grandpa used to own a farm,”
says Gordon Law. He considers his
time on the farm a good experience.
Ben Hearn admits he has a lot to
learn as he says, “I’ve only helped
out on a farm for one day.”
“I hear a lot about it,” says Hannah
Lobb. Her extended family is
involved in agriculture.
So far the group has been busy
touring farms and agriculture
businesses. Thompson says they
visited somewhere between 15 and
20 places.
The highlight for Nicholas
Beardsley, Nathanya Barnett and
several others was touring the local
rutabaga plant and visiting a dairy
goat farm. They all agreed that goat
kids were among the cutest animals
they got to experience.
Now the Young Company is
preparing to turn their experiences
into a show that will present local
stories the way the actors
experienced them. They hope that
putting their own touch on The Farm
2012 will give the audience a
memorable experience like The
Farm Show did 40 years ago.
Zumba classes cause council
to question YMCA contract
Young Company returns with ‘The Farm 2012’
On the farm
This year’s installment of the Blyth Festival Young Company will return to The Farm Show,
which led to the creation of the Blyth Festival decades ago. At the helm is the daughter of Paul
Thompson, the man who brought The Farm Show to Blyth, Severn Thompson, back left. The
Farm 2012 begins on Aug. 30 and runs until Sept. 1 Back row, from left is director Thompson,
Emma Enders, Rachel Bundy, stage manager Curtis teBrinke, Ben Hearn, Marlayna
Kolkman, Ty Mellor, Shane Logtenberg, Virginia Iredale, Jillian Bjelan, Nicholas Beardsley and
Gordon Law. Front row, from left is Jordyn Trebish, Taylor Watson, Amy Thompson and
Hannah Lobb. In front is Nathanya Barnett. (Ursina Studhalter photo)
Happy 35th
Anniversary
Bert & Susan
Buffinga
August 26
Love from your family
You are invited to help
Bob Cunningham
celebrate his
85th Birthday
Sat., Sept. 1, 2012
Come and Go Open House
from 2-4 pm
in the Common Room at
Perth Meadows
710 Nelson Ave. S., Listowel
No gifts please. Your presence is my gift.
Love your family
Congratulations Richard & Norma Moore
as you celebrate your
60th Wedding Anniversary
August 16, 1952
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