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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1986. PAGE 19.
Fun in the snow scheduled at Conservation area
Familiar winter statements from
some include, “Bah humbug’’ “I
hate winter”, “Help! I’m stuck”.
Are these some of the things
you ’ ve been saying lately? It’s time
to change all that. Visit Wawanosh
Valley Conservation Area on Sa
turday, January 25, to beat those
winter blues and have “fun in the
snow”.
Join the Wawanosh staff at 11:00
a.m. for an indoor session on
winter birds. We’ll be looking at
several characteristics of our fine
feathered friends including: iden
tification, winter menus and tips
for home bird feeders. We’ll also
visit the Wawanosh bird feeders to
see who’s dropped by for brunch.
Bring a picnic lunch and relax in
our heated education centre, while
watching the films. A variety of
films on snowshoeing, cross coun
try skiing and other winter topics
will be shown throughout the day.
At 2:00p.m. bundle up, don your
skiis or snowshoes and we’ll head
out on a winter hike to discover
some of the mysteries of the winter
world.
James Roy loses out
A limited number of snowshoes
will be available for rent at
$1.00/pair. Anyone wishing to rent
snowshoes is asked to wear
flat-heeled boots. Snowmobile
boots are ideal for snowshoeing.
Wawanosh Valley Conservation
Area is easy to find. From Belgrave
and Brussels areas drive 2 km.
south of Belgave on Highway #4,
Turn west on East Wawanosh
sideroad 6-7 and drive 6.5 km. to
Wawanosh.
From Auburn, following county
road #25, turn left on the first
sideroad east of Auburn, East
Wawanosh sideroad 30-31. Drive
6.5 km. to the Wawanosh Valley
Conservation Area.
For further information, contact
the Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority at 335-3557.
in Manitoba power struggle
theatre organizations often require
more of an artistic director’s time
than putting plays on stage.
In addition, Mr. Roy had the
unenviable task of following flam
boyant, showman in Richard
Oouzounian as artistic director.
Oouzounian often made more news
as artistic director for his outra
geous publicity stunts such as
taking over a role dressed as a
woman when the leading lady was
unable to go on, than for the work
he put on stage. Roy is a much more
low-key director who lets his work
speak for him.
James Roy, Blyth-area native
and founder of the Blyth Festival,
will be looking for work at the end of
the current season. His contract as
artistic director of the Manitoba
Theatre Centre (MTC) has not
been renewed.
Although the timing of the
announcement was a surprise,
coming as it did while the theatre
was playing its biggest hit in years,
behind-the-scenes politicking had
kept Mr. Roy on the hot seat almost
since the day he accepted the
position over two years ago.
Politics within the boards of large
Blyth council
Continued from page 3
work is needed, he said.
The truck is now back in
operation.
In other good news Reeve
Wasson reported that the extra
insulation installed in the attic of
Memorial Hall seems to have
solved the heat loss problem there
and there has been no problem
with icicles this winter. Clerk Larry
Walsh said that with the insulation
and with getting the heating
system working properly it is now
costing no more to heat the
building this winter than it did two
years ago despite a 14 per cent
increase in electricity rates (and
now the building is comfortable).
Not so good news was reported
from the arena board where a
report has been turned in that a
new brin-cooling tank may be
needed at a cost of $15,000 to
$18,000. The board is seeking
other opinions before agreeing to
the expense.
The committees for the next
three-year term were struck. All
members of council will sit on the
streets, drains, water and light
committee, a change from the old
procedure. Reeve Wasson said it
was felt that eventually all mem
bers of council generally get
involved in these matters anyway
and this way it would be easier to
get enough councillors out to a
meeting on short notice.
Other committees are: Law and
OrderandFireBoard-- William
Howson, Tom Cronin; Finance -
William Manning, Lloyd Sippel;
Cemetery Board - Lloyd Sippel,
William Manning; Arena Board -
Lloyd Sippel, Tom Cronin, Larry
Walsh, Wm. Howson; Memorial
Hall Board, -- Wm. Manning,
Albert Wasson; Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority, William
Manning.
The next council meeting will be
changed to Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at
the council chambers.
And it had been speaking loudly
lately with a production of the new
play Tsymbaly about a Ukranian
family in Manitoba. Written by
Ted Galay who also wrote Primrose
School District 109 at the Blyth
Festival last season (also directed
by Roy), the play was the first new
play by a Manitoba playwright
presented on main stage at the
Theatre Centre in years. It drew a
standing ovation opening night
(unheard of with the staid Mani
toba first-night audiences) and
despite grumbling from critics, set
box office records. It was the kind
of theatre the board professed it
wanted when it hired him, reach
ing out to new audiences not
generally attending MTC, but the
board apparently changed its
minds in the meantime.
“It’s the ultimate irony that you
reach the highest point and then
everything is swept from under
you,” Roy told the Canadian Press.
He had just told friends in this area
about how well the play was going,
thinking the worst of his turbulent
time in Winnipeg seemed to be
over and making enthusiastic
plans for next season when the axe
fell. He and his wife, award-winn
ing playwright Anne Chislett. had
bought a house and put down roots
in Winnipeg although they had
hoped to get back to Huron county
more often in coming years.
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