HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-07-16, Page 21PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1986.
Blyth boy chosen to be in hit play
Jason Lee, a 12 year old Blyth
resident, is the youngest actor on
the Blyth Festival stage this
season. Jason plays the role of
Sandy Purves, the youngest in a
Country Arts exhibit
opens July 22 at Gallery
The general public is invited to
the opening of the Blyth Festival
Art Gallery’s second exhibition of
the season, Country Arts, on July
22, at 7:00 p.m.
This exhibition is a selection of
fine craft work by four area artists:
Barry Cleave, a folk-artist whose
specialty is painting chickens;
Susan Rankin whose modern and
colourful quilts are always popu
lar; and Robert and Phyllis Woods
of Alisa Craig who specialize in
woodworking. All four artists
practise their crafts by using
time-honoured and traditional me
Residents of Callander Nursing Home raised $122.68 for the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation with
their Ice Cream Parlour day where they sold ice cream cones and sundaes on main street. Taking part
were; [front row, left to right] Debbie Trollope, activity director, Bill Close, Marion Leatherland; [back
row] Betty Campbell of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Lottie McCutcheon, Frank Dunn and Audrey
Seaton. -- photo by Pat Langlois.
MOE sees few problems
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oing to have to follow MOE
estrictions. ”
Although the MOE will be
nancing 50 per cent of the initial
tudy which will cost between
150,000 and $200,000, the re-
laining costs which could reach as
igh as $500,000 will not be
□bsidized. At present, municipal-
ies can seek subsidies to upgrade
resent facilities but such financ-
lg is not available to those
mnicipalities/counties wishing to
stablish a completely new facility.
According to Mr. Petoia the
linistry of Municipal Affairs and
ousing controls the disposal of
family spanning four generations,
in Another Season’s Promise.
He first heard of the acting
opportunity when Mr. Black,
Principal of Blyth Public School
thods to produce beautiful, and
sometimes not so traditional,
pieces.
In addition to the Country Arts
exhibition, photographs and arti
facts showing life on the family
farm at the turn of the century will
be on display in the lower hall,
courtesy of the Huron County
Pioneer Museum.
These exhibitions, sponsored by
N. D. Cameron Ltd. and Joan
Perrie, will be open to the public
du ring regular Box Office hours
through to August 16. Call
523-9300/9225for details. There is
no admission charge.
waste within municipalities under
the Municipal Act. Counties have
the right to accept such control as
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where Jason is in Grade 7,
announced that the Festival was
looking for a boy for one of the
plays. Along with several other
hopefuls, Jason read lines from the
script for Katherine Kaszas, Artis
tic Director of the Festival and
Keith Roulston, co-author of the
play and editor of The Citizen.
Was he nervous on stage? “For
the first few nights I was pretty
scared, but now I’m not. I was also
really tired at the final rehearsals,
right before the play opened’’ he
says. “But now I’m used to it. I
normally go to bed around 11:00
p.m. anyway so it’s not much
different.”
Jason’s family has lived in Blyth
“ever since I can remember.” He
doesn’t think his two brothers or
baby sister are much impressed
with his current fame. And his
fortune? “It’s nice having some
money to spend,” says Jason.
“I’ve already bought a radio and
I’m going to buy a fishing rod and
equipment, too. The rest I’m
are in agreement. He said those
municipalities which don’t want to
be included in such an endeavor
may have the right to opt out.
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next year.”
And his plans for the future? “I
don’t know what I want to do yet,”
he says. “I’ve got lots of time to
decide. But I don’t think I want to
be an actor I”
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