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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-06-27, Page 1Festival fotos 2 pages of Rutabaga memories See page 18,19 Soccer booms Local teams busy See page 17 Surprise hit Field of Flowers moving, funny See page 26 Rain can’t ruin Rutabaga Festival success It rained, and it rained, and it rained, but the weather failed to dampen the success of the first Blyth Rutabaga Festival as nearly every event attracted more partici­ pation than organizers had hoped for. “I was just more than impressed VOL. 6 NO. 26 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1990. Yuck! Ross Clark looks like he isn’t really sure fishing is such a good idea after all as he tried to bait his hook Sunday morning at the Blyth Rutabaga Festival Fishing Derby at Radford’s Pond. With some encouragement from his mother Joan he finally gets the job done. More than 150 children took part in the contest catching 80 trout. Information service set up in Huron Dr. Maarten Bokhout, medical officer of health for Huron County, introduced a new innovative tele­ phone service at a press conference in Huronview on Thursday, that will provide information for seniors, physically disabled adults and their families. The telephone number will be listed under one heading in the phone book, making it easier to discover services available. with the community spirit for every event on the weekend,” Festival chairman John Elliott said. Looking back a couple of weeks, he said, the response from volunteers, from donors giving money or trophies and people entering the parade made him feel the event couldn't help but be a success. According to Dr. Bokhout, Huron County has experienced a rapid growth in the number of services provided. In addition there are specialized programs that have been started to meet the needs of specific groups such as.jfhe aged or to help those with certain illnesses, like Alzheimer’s or Parkinsons. By calling the information num­ ber people can explore the best The big weekend started off with fine weather Friday morning as nearly 100 people gathered as early as 6 a.m. in the sunlit courtyard of Memorial Hall for the broadcast of Ontario Morning on CBC radio. After that the weather went stead­ ily downhill. Friday night’s Gong Show had to choices for them. Co-ordinator of the system, Bev Brown, says they are not providing a service, but information, allowing individuals to make arrangements that best suit their needs. ‘‘They are given a choice of action and the opportunity to make a decision,” she says. The service is designed to pro­ vide up-to-date and useful informa­ tion and Ms. Brown says that one be moved from its original down­ town outdoor location to the protec­ tion of the Blyth and District Community Centre. With the size of the turnout, upwards of 500 people, organizers wondered where they might have put every­ body outdoors anyway. Saturday morning the baking 50 CENTS of the best ways for this to work is for people to use it. ‘‘We encour­ age people to let us know if they have additional needs. By receiving calls we find out if anything is missing.” There are upwards of 300 services presently on the computer, including doctors who make house calls, and stores that Continued on page 25 contest drew nearly 80 entries, far more than organizers had hoped for in their wildest dreams and judges were amazed at the variety of tasty foods people cooked up using rutabagas. The weather did co-operate long enough to get off the huge parade at 1 p.m. The uncertain weather did mean a few of the expected entries didn’t appear but there were still nearly 100 entries in a parade that took nearly an hour to pass any given point. The weather stayed dry enough for the auction of prize winning baking and the band tattoo before a deluge sent everyone scurrying indoors. Saturday night’s awards cere­ mony had to be moved to the arena from the Lions Park. The awards were given out prior to the Lions Club’s Fifties and Sixties dance vhich attracted record crowds. Sunday morning’s pancake breakfast at the fire hall attracted 300. Afterward crowds streamed to Radford’s pond south of the village for the fishing derby. Some 153 children under 12 took part with adults pushing to total in atten­ dance to 350-400 people. A total of 80 of the 300 fish stocked in the pond for the event were pulled out. The community picnic and sports day were victims of the weather, having to be held indoors at the arena because of the uncertain weather. Still organizers say the sports day, the final event of the weekend was successful with near­ ly 70 participants taking part in the games. See page 3 for full results. Monday holiday hours set Monday will be a holiday for most businesses as Canadians cele­ brate Canada Day. The Citizen will be published Wednesday morning as usual so our offices will be open Monday but with some small changes. Because some staff will be on holiday there will be some changes to office hours. The Brussels office will be open from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Monday. Prior to that news and advertising can be put through the slot in the office door. Ads and news can be called in all day and will be accepted until the 4 p.m. deadline as usual. The Blyth office will maintain regular hours with a 4 p.m. deadline. Dorothy Thornton wins essay contest The entries weren’t numerous but the quality was good in the Citizen’s Canada Day essay con­ test. Dorothy L. Thornton of RR 1, Bluevale submitted the prize winn­ ing entry in the over 21 category. There were no entries in the under 21 class. Mrs. Thornton received $15 as the prize winner. The prize-winning entry is print­ ed on page 4.