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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-12-02, Page 120 page North Huron Gift Guide included Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, &thel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. VOL. 3 NO. 48 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1987.45 CENTS Busy day for Santa Saturday Asusualthistimeoftheyear, Santa will be busy on Saturday making appearances in both Blyth and Brussels in the afternoon. Blyth Lions are again sponsoring Santa's visit to Blyth. Children are invited to see a free movie at Memorial Hall at 2 p.m. After the movie Santa will appear right on cue to hand out candies for the youngsters. In Brussels, a bigger and better Santa Claus parade is promised. “Christmas in the Future” is the theme of the 1987 parade. The parade starts at 2 p.m. at the CIL Agromart and winds its way downtown to end at the Legion Hall. Prizes will be offered for best commercial float; best original float, senior and junior; best decorated vehicle; best animal - drawn float and best clown, senior and junior. Santa, as always will be the climaxofthe parade. He’ll then vist with children and hand out candy at the Brussels Legion Hall. Entertainment for children will continue at about 3p.m. when Earl and Martha Heywood will present a magic show. Rai! hearing postponed The hearing into the closing of the Canadian National railway line from Listowel to Wingham through Brussels has been postponed indefinitely. The hearing had been postponed from Nov. to Dec. 1 but word was received late last week that the hearing had been postponed again. No new date has beerpset and a new national railway regula­ tory agency takes over in January. Christmas Memories contest held again In what has become a Christmas tradition, The Citizen is sponsor­ ing its third annual Christmas story contest. Prizes will be offered for stories on “My Favourite Christmas” with memories from past Christ­ mases related by our readers. A prize of $20 will be offered for the story chosen best. $15 will goto the second prize story. Any other stories chosen for our special Christmas issue, to be published Tuesday, Dec. 22 will be paid $5. Deadline for entry is Dec. 17. Entries can be brought or mailed to either Citizen office. Meeting the great man himself walking up and down the Main Street of Blyth on Sunday afternoon was an overwhelming occasion for Meghan Walker [centre] and her brother Shawn, of Wingham. The Walkers were among hundreds who took advantage of the second annual Blyth Walkabout to shop in local stores. Santa will be busy again on Saturday paying a second visit to Blyth and being guest of honour at a parade in Brussels. Opportunities needed for Opportunity Tour The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology (MITT) and the County of Huron have invited the village of Blyth and the Brussels, Morris andGrey area to takepart in an investment tour scheduled for the fall of 1988 through the counties of Huron, Perth, Grey, Bruce and Middlesex. The tour will bring 30-35 poten­ Local skaters win at sectionals in Preston World class figure skaters Ker­ rie Shepherd of RR 1, Blyth and PeterMacDonaldofRR2, Brussels placed first in their division at the Western Ontario Sectional Figure Skating Championships in Preston last weekend, bringing home yet another gold medal to their proud communities. Skating in the Novice Dance Pairs category, Kerrie and Peter placed first in both the compulsory dance program on Friday and in the variation dance program on Satur­ day to clinch the overall champion­ ship in the face of stiff competition from 11 other couples in the same division. The win qualifies them to proceed to the Central Canada Divisional Championships to be held at the Thompson Arena in London on December 10-11, which in turn qualifies medal winners to compete at the Canadian Cham­ pionships in Victoria, B.C. on tial investors from the north­ eastern United States to the area, each of them pre-selected by MITT because of a willingness to move to Canada, and each ofthem with a minimum of $250,000 they may be willing to invest. But local entrepreneurs must act fasttogetin on the action, warn committees set up in both com­ January 20-23, 1988. The pair won the silver medal in the Novice Dance category at the Divisional Championships in Bran­ don, Manitoba last January, and went on to place 11th at the National Finals in Ottawa in February. The area’s other international skaters, Kevin Wheeler of RR 5, Brussels and his partner Michelle Menzies of Preston, skating in the Senior Pairs division in Preston on the weekend, were forced to skate exhibition rounds only, due to a lack of competition intheir divi­ sion. However, their participation in the Sectional Finals qualifies them to proceed to the Division competi­ tion in London later this month, where they will compete for a berth at the Canadian Championships. Kevin and Michelle won the gold medal at the Canadian Finals in Ottawa last February, skating in munities to co-ordinate the re­ sponse to the invitation. Profiles of interested parties must be in the hands of MITT organizers by the end of January to enable them to finalize the arrangements and scheduletourstopswellin advance of the actual tour, and there is much local preparation to be done first, they say. the Junior Pairs division, then went on to win two more gold medals at international competi­ tions in France and West Germany last September. If the couple makes it to the Wintario draw coming Regular Wintario Lottery play­ ers will have their chance to see if theywinfirsthandonDec. lOwhen Wintario comes to Blyth Memorial Hall. The cast and crew of the lottery broadcast will be on stage at Memorial Hall along with local talent. The doors open at 6:30 and the entertainment with local dan­ cers, singers and pianists, begins at7andcontinuesuntil8p.m. Door prizes will be given out and last As a result, the newly-formed Blyth Business and Tourism Com­ mittee has set a deadline of December 11 for any local business interested in attracting investment capital, while the Brussels, Morris and Grey Industrial Committee has said preliminary applications must Continued on page 2 Canadian Championships, a medal there could qualify them to try for a spot on the Olympic team at Calgary in February. Other local skaters performing Continued on page 36 minute purchases of Wintario tickets for that evening’s draw can be made. Those buying a ticket for the show will have a stake in the action. Each $4 admission includes one free Wintario ticket on that night’s draw. Proceedsfromtheadmis- sions will go toward helping the Blyth Festival’s recently announc­ ed $1.6 million expansion drive. Tickets are available from the Festival Box Office at 523-9300 or at The Saga, 523-4331.