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The Citizen, 1987-05-13, Page 31People from all over Huron and Bruce counties turned up in Blyth Thursday to audition for the movie “Blue City Stammers” as a number of small parts open in the movie which will begin shooting in Blyth later this month. Above writer Layne Coleman [centre] reads with one of those trying out while Tony Armstrong [right] videotapes the performance for later review. Below, nervous actors read over their scripts and wait their turn in front of the camera. PD day focusses on PR. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1987. PAGE 31. Festival's big book sale on June 6-7 For the first time in its history, the Huron County Board of Education has sponsored a Profes­ sional Development Day that involved both professional educa­ tors and support staff, over 1,000 people in all. Teachers, both elementary and secondary, school trustees, ad­ ministration staff, secretaries, custodians, bus drivers and teach­ er’s aides from all over the county were given the opportunity to take part in the day-long session which was held May 4 at F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham. According to Paul Carroll, superintendent of student servi­ ces, the day was designed to 4-H sheep club meets BY JENNIFER PROCTER The third meeting of the Huron County Sheep was held on Satur­ day, May 2. The meeting was held at the home of Lila Rintoul at 10 a.m. The meeting opened with the 4-H pledge. Members discussed coming events, the upcoming Clinton Fair and judging competi­ tion and meeting three about rams and their diseases. They closed the meeting with the 4-H motto. Kim Rintoul served cookies and juice. The Rintouls were thanked for hosting the meeting. provide an opportunity to enhance the internal communication oppor- tunities between Huron County educators and their support staff, as well as to recognize the contributions to the system made by the support staff, which makes up from 40-50 per cent of all Board employees. Staff members could take part in several of the nearly 50 different workshops featured throughout the day, most of which focused on some aspect of public relations and designed so that participants could meetwitha cross-sect ion of the people who make the school system work. The day also included the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education, held in Wingham as part of the communi­ cations theme, and offering teach­ ers and support staff the opportun­ ity to see school trustees conduct­ ing the business which is usually done at the Education Centre in Advertising helps good things happen. CANADIAN ADVERTISING FOUNDATION Clinton during school hours. The development of a compre­ hensive public relations agenda is a major mandate of the 1987-88 Board, with the overall aim of fostering public confidence in the Huron County Board of Education. The Board's Communication Com­ mittee, which is made up of educators, members of the public and of the administrative staff, and representatives of the media, planned the day and hosted the workshops. At the end of the day, all participants gathered in the school gymnasium, where plaques were presented to one person from each group of support staff, as well as to the winners of the slogan contest which has been conducted in all schools across the county over the past few weeks. THURS., FRI., SAT 5P.M.-12A.M. Blyth Inn EAT IN OR TAKE OUT 523-9381 The annual treat for book lovers, collectors, bargain hunters, and just plain avid readers, Huron County’slargestused-book sale, is coming up Saturday, June 6 from 10a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, June7from 12 noon until 4p.m., in the Blyth Memorial Hall. This popular fund-raising event for the Blyth Festival is in its ninth year. Thousands of used hardcover and paperback books will be on sale at low prices. The London Child­ ren’s Book Shop will also be on hand with a selection of new books for sale. In addition to the book bargains, there will be a bake table and lunch counter, and tours of the theatre. The Festival Box Office will be open on the Saturday from Karla King runner-up in provincial speaking Karla King of Brussels, a Grade 12 student at F.E. Madill Secon­ dary School, was runner-up at the provincial public speaking contest, sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion, May 2. Mr. and Mrs. Bill King of Brussels accompanied their daughter to the Kingston contest, as did Mr. and Mrs. Bill Farnell of Wingham, long-time public speak­ Agricrew now hiring students for summer Agricrew is looking for students between 15 and 24 years old who have unlimited energy and experi­ ence working on a farm. Agricrew is composed of three crewmembersand aforeperson who work as a team. The fore­ person of the crew is required to provide transportation for his crew from a designated meeting place to the farm and back again. The Agricrew program is accept- ing bookings for the coming summer. Farmers can hire Agri­ crew for such jobs as haying, painting, field cleaning or general clean up. The cost is $90.00 per day for a four person crew. Crew members are responsible for their own transportation and lunch. Formore information on both aspects of Agricrew please contact the Clinton OntarioMinistryof Agriculture and Food Office at 482-3428 or 1-800-265-51 70. Donna Kieffer will be covering 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for those wishing to purchase tickets for the Festival’s summer season or the coming fall/spring events. There is no admission charge. Memorial Hall is located on the main street in Blyth. Donations of used books for this event may be left at any of the following locations prior to June 1: Clinton, Mary’s Sewing Centre; Seaforth, Huron Expositor, Culli- gn Real Estate; Goderich, May’s and Jana Natural Foods; Blyth, Festival Box Office; Wingham, Harris Stationery and Investors; Belgrave, Taylor’s Groceteria; Lucknow, Lucknow Sentinel; Brus­ sels, Maitland Valley Insurance; Listowel, Listowel Banner. ing enthusiasts and Legion repre­ sentatives. Miss King was second out of a group of four senior speakers. The topic of her speech was “Emo­ tions.’’ Prior to the Kingston competi­ tion Miss King had won public speaking contests at the local Legion branch, the zone, the district and the area. Huron South and Susan Diemert will be the Youth Employment Co-ordinator for North Huron. The familiesof CHARLIE & EVELYN MERRILL invite you to their ZOtft "WeMoty Often mwrde SUNDAY,MAY17TH 1:30p.m.-5.00p.m. Auburn Community Centre EVERYONE WELCOME