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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-11-29, Page 27A pig’s lung was just one of the ways Rebels with a Cause showed Huron County high school students the devastating effects of smoking last week. It was ACTION Week, (Advocates Challenging the Tobacco Industry in Ontario Now). Youth across Ontario held events to take a stance against the tobacco industry. Last Friday was Fresh Air Friday and Rebels with a Cause asked students to join them in taking a deep breath of fresh air to inhale the truth about the tobacco industry. Over 2,500 students at Central Huron Secondary School, St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary School, Goderich District Collegiate Institute and South Huron District High School took part. Peer leader Tymen deWeerd from Central Huron Secondary School says, “We want Big Tobacco to know that Huron County youth will no longer listen to the lies of the tobacco industry. Every day 130 Canadians die from using tobacco industry products. Big Tobacco needs to replace those customers. Since 90 per cent of all regular smokers start before the age of 19, they are targeting us.” Rebels with a Cause spread this message in their schools all week. The youth organized announcements, skits and displays. They also used pigs’ lungs to show the difference between healthy lungs and smokers’ lungs. “Young people listen to their peers,” says Lyndsay Snowe, Youth Advisor of Rebels with a Cause. “It is important for us to stand united against Big Tobacco”. Rebels with a Cause is a group of 10 youth employed by the Huron County Health Unit. They are part of the Youth Action Alliance initiative of Smoke Free Ontario. Its aim is to prevent smoking in youth and to expose how the tobacco industry directly targets youth to use their products. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2007. PAGE 27. Making merry Residents at Huronlea and the Highland Apartments were treated to a special performance on Saturday by the Seaforth All Girls Marching Band. (Vicky Bremner photo) Susan Hay’s multi-mediaimpressionism will be featured on the Guest artist wall, at the Goderich Co-op Gallery during December. In trying to name her show, she remembered the CBC radio comedy show of the same name. That is exactly how she feels about her art at present. “I’ve always been an idea person but recently my ideas are coming from all over the map! I’m not ready to settle down to one medium or style yet; there are just too many ideas to explore.” Hay has been enjoying the exploration of more styles of painting than she ever thought possible in preparing for this show. For the past decade she has been honing her skills as a painter of acrylics and watercolour landscapes and florals. Past supporters of her art have been the late Rev. Willy Ziegler a trained artist and her minister, and Flesherton artist and art educator DeeterHastenteufel. Recently Hay has had the opportunity to participate in workshop and art courses in Goderich and Haliburton and the effect has been dramatic. Her show will feature impressionistic work on large canvases, textural work, some abstracts, a collage and also some representational work. Hay has spent 30 years working in nursing, the last 20 in her husband’s family medicine office in Clinton. Her work has decorated these office walls, and also been entered in community shows in Goderich, Grand Bend, and Blyth. She was one of three artists featured in The Left Side Gallery in Flesherton in May, 2006. She is an active member of the Blyth Festival Art Gallery committee. The Goderich Co-op Gallery is located at 54 The Square and is open between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. A working artist is always on duty. THURS. JAN. 10/08 – 7PM BLYTH MEMORIAL HALL www.tommyhunter.com Tickets on sale at Blyth Festival Office, Blyth General Store, Ernie King Music (Goderich & Wingham), Dixie Lee in Clinton. Credit Card Orders: 1-800-465-7829 The Rankin Sisters Monday, Dec. 17 at 7:30pm Blyth Memorial Hall 1-877-862-5984 or 519-523-9300 www.blythfestival.com Walton Hall presents A “Well Wishing Christmas Variety Concert” Sunday, December 2 at 2:00 pm Featuring local talent. Admission by donation for the new well. Blyth Rd., Auburn 519-526-7759 NOW LICENSED UNDER LIQUOR LICENCE ACT OF ONTARIO Stickers Family Restaurant Monday - 6:30 - 4:00; Tuesday & Wednesday 6:30 - 8:00; Thursday, Friday & Saturday 6:30 - 9:00; Sunday 9:00 - 7:00 Saturday, December 1 Pork Chops & Baked Potato 5 pm - 9 pm Friday Smorg. ~ 5 pm - 8 pm Sunday Smorg. ~ 4 - 7 pm High schools take ACTION Beat the temptation. TOLL-FREE 1-877-513-5333 BUY? SELL? TRY CLASSIFIED Goderich featuresSusan Hay’s work HH EEE MM AA DD EEE II TT !!!! Please join us to celebrate J. Jackson’s 50th Birthday December 2, 2007 at Godfather’s Pizza in Clinton (just off Hwy 4) Drop in any time between 7-10 pm For more information call Jenni at 519-523-9146 Best wishes only please! (Shhhhh!! It’s a surprise...)