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