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play at the school memorable.
She has been at Blyth Public
School for two years and was more
than happy to take the lead on the
play when requested to.
“I was honoured to be asked to be
a part of the play, and even more so
be in charge of the last play here,”
she said. “We decided there was
only one thing we could do: go
classical.”
The play focused on the story of
the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
and the events that led up to it.
She said that the introduction of
400 year old language and
traditional carols seem old-hat to her
and maybe to the students’ parents,
but to the students themselves, they
were a brand new idea.
“The play was a real trip down
memory lane for the parents, but it
was really interesting to see the
connections students make with the
material and what they know,” she
said. “It was incredible to see them
realize that, yes, Santa brings
presents, but the three wise men also
brought presents and that could be
one source for the idea of gift
giving.”
Thorpe-Hearn stated that it was a
very conservative play in its
message and in its content and that it
was familiar to parents, but the
children really bought into the
themes and messages of the play.
“They really approached the story
of Christ as a contemporary one,”
she said. “They saw it with fresh
eyes and are all learning this is one
possible reason for the holidays, not
necessarily the reason.”
The play was also different this
year in that it features the Grade 8
class.
“We wanted real leads and to
make it special for the senior
students,” Thorpe-Hearn said. “It
wasn’t all about the Grade 8s, but in
the past they have supported the play
while younger students took centre
stage, this year we wanted everyone
involved.”
Thorpe-Hearn has been involved
with other productions at previous
schools but says this year was
special due to the enthusiasm of the
entire school, the involvement of
past graduates and the amazing
facilities made available to the
school by the Blyth Festival at
Blyth’s Memorial Hall.
“This year’s play is going to be
great,” she said. “We have a
wonderful venue [in the Blyth
Memorial Hall], great lightning and
options that wouldn’t be available to
us in the gymnasium.
“We had everyone involved,” she
said. “There were more than 150
students and some graduates in the
play.”
Thorpe-Hearn made mention of
Joel Snell, a former student at the
school, who played guitar for the
concert.
The technical aspects of the play
both amazed and complemented
the play, according to Thorpe-
Hearn.
“We’re had some very impressive,
elaborate costumes,” she said. “The
ending, following Joy to the World,
was a frozen tableau of the manger
scene, which was difficult to arrange
but really turned out well.”
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North Huron council to appoint vehicle caretakers North Huron Council is going to
be changing the way the township’s
fleet of vehicles is handled in light of
some concerns regarding the safety
of the vehicles.
At their first council meeting in
December, North Huron councillors
discussed issues arising from a staff
member making comments
regarding the safety of some
vehicles and were puzzled to learn
that they had not been maintained as
well as councillors believed they
should have.
Since then the vehicles in
question, which are two of the three
pickup trucks operated by the North
Huron Facilities and Recreation
Department, have been removed
from the road council heard at its
Dec. 19 meeting.Council had some concerns as tothe direction they had given andwanted to be sure the intent of their
instructions was being followed.
“I have concerns that staff are
going to tell mechanics what to fix
instead of letting the mechanics
decide what is necessary,”
Councillor Alma Conn stated. “I
don’t want to micro-manage but it
seems this problem wouldn’t have
happened if things were being
repaired when they should have.”
The plan was to have two quotes
brought back to council before any
decision about repairing the vehicles
was made but the discussion that
followed centred around two things:
why the repairs hadn’t already
occurred during normal servicing
and who was in charge of it.
As it stands the care of the vehicle
is left up to the department thevehicle is in and the individualsdriving it, however council felt itshould have more structure than that.
To that end, council decided that
an individual in each department
should be charged with maintaining
two sets of maintenance logs for
each licensed vehicle; one for
records and one to stay with the
vehicle, to ensure that the vehicles
are being cared for as they should
be.
“Each department should appoint
someone to take care of this issue,”
Councillor Ray Hallahan said after
another councillor had suggested
putting someone in charge of all the
vehicles used by the township. “If
we get into making someone a fleet
manager, that’s not just adding a line
to a job description, that sounds
more like creating a whole new job.
“Someone needs to be heldaccountable for this,” he said. Chief Administrative Officer GaryLong agreed stating that with seven
departments and each with their own
vehicles, one individual caring for
everything would require a huge
investment of time.
Councillor Bernie Bailey
suggested that the responsibility fall
to department heads, however other
councillors felt it better to have the
department heads delegate the
responsibility.
Later in the meeting Reeve Neil
Vincent stated that this was just the
beginning and that he hoped that
similar responsibilities would extendto every piece of equipment,however for now it would only affectlicensed vehicles.
Council carried a motion to have
direction given to department heads
to appoint someone to take care of
the maintenance logs of the vehicles
and ensure they are receiving the
care necessary.
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Merry Christmas
Before we close on another year
We’d like to list our best wishes here.
Along with appreciation and gratitude, too
For each and every one of you.
By Denny ScottThe Citizen
Old-fashioned concert new in
students’ eyes at Blyth school
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