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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1991-03-06, Page 27Entertainment THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1991. PAGE 27. Brussels man pleads guilty to theft, assault Festival wins Canadian award The. four Artistic Directors of Biyth Festival, past and present, were together at the Young People’s Theatre in Toronto on February 25, to accept an award on the Festival’s behalf. The Drama Bench Award is presented annually in recognition of distinguished contribution to Canadian Theatre. This is the first time ill its history that the award has been given to an organization. The Festival’s Artistic Director Peter Smith, along with his prede­ cessors: James Roy, Janet Amos and Katherine Kaszas, were all on hand for the presentation. Mem­ bers of the festival staff and board of directors were also at the ceremony. “The real beauty was having everyone there when the award was presented,’’ said Mr. Smith. The Festival is in good company with such past Drama Bench recipients as: writer/actor Anne Marie McDonald, actor/director William Hutt, and actor/artistic director Martha Henry. Winners are selected by a committee of six Toronto reviewers, who have tra­ velled across Canada to see theatre before reaching a decision. “Blyth Festival has worked over the years to develop Canadian plays and we will continue to evolve as a Canadian play centre,” said Mr. Smith. “It’s really rewarding to be recognized for our work from people outside the fold.” A Brussels man pleaded guilty to assault and breaking and entering when he appeared in Ontario Court of Justice, Criminal Division Feb. 27. David John Gauthier, 20, of Turnberry St., Brussels pleaded guilty to assaulting Cora Lyn Kuepfer on Aug. 1, 1990 in an altercation on Brussels’ main street. He also pleaded guilty to taking part in the break, enter and theft that took place at the Brus­ sels, Morris and Grey food booth in Brussels on July 17, 1990. Earlier Ms. Kuepfer had pleaded guilty to taking part in the theft as well. The court was told that typ two had been going* together but had split up. They met on the street Aug. 1 and in an argument Mr. Gauthier had taken a swing at Ms. Kuepfer, striking her on the side of the head. Duty Counsel John Schenk speaking in defence of Mr. Gauth­ ier said that Ms. Kuepfer had come to call on Mr. Gauthier’s home, dressed in a wig and acting silly. He tried to knock her wig off and scratched her, he said. But Judge R.G.E. Hunter said that hardly constituted assault so either the Crown and the defence agreed on the facts or a not guilty plea would be accepted and a trial date would be set. After some consultation with Mr. Gauthier Mr. Schenk said the accused agreed he had been reckless and did strike her on the head. Judge Hunter imposed a $200 fine for the assault charge and gave him 18 months probation for the break, enter and theft. He was also told to make restitution of $55 for the items stolen in the break-in. the Blyth Iw 523-9381 SPECIALS Top award Blyth Festival of the Arts was recently the recipient of the Toronto Drama Bench Award in recognition of its distinguished contribution to Canadian Theatre. Artistic Director Peter Smith pictured, accepted the award with his predecessors James Roy, Janet Amos and Katherine Kaszas. Also present at the awards ceremony held at Young People’s Theatre were: Karen Stewart, Festival staff, left and Jennifer Hill, Assistant General Manager. Blyth Seniors hear about Russia The Blyth Swinging Seniors held their regular meeting in Memorial Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 27 after an absence of three months due to holidays and a cold hall. The meeting started with dessert at 1 p.m. and a good crowd was present with 40 members of the club and 11 members of Auburn Silver Tops who were guests for this meeting. After a sumptuous Communion planned at Blyth United Church dessert, everyone was welcomed by President John Hesselwood and a sing-song and 0 Canada was led by Lloyd Walden and Vera Badley with Ella Richmond at the piano. Happy Birthday was sung for those having birthdays during January and February. The president then conducted the business part of the meeting and then introduced the guest speaker Ross Proctor who had been on a tour of Russia and China and showed pictures and commented on the trip. At the end of the meeting draws were made for several draw prizes. Brussels will be the guests at the March meeting which will start with a pot luck dinner at 12 noon on March 27 followed by cards and games and another good turnout is hoped for. • THURSDAY NIGHT IS WING NIGHT Wings 30c Each Minimumorder 10 A variety of sauces available SORRY NOTAKE-OUTS THURS., FRI.&SAT. NITES 5 P.M. - MIDNIGHT WINGS & CHIPS EAT IN OR TAKE OUT THURS., FRI. & SAT. NITES PIZZA BUY ONE & GET A 2nd FOR 5 P.M. - MIDNIGHT EAT IN OR TAKE OUT Greeters at Blyth United Church on Sunday, March 3 were Bill and Brenda Burkholder. Ushers were Jim Walsh, Earl Fyfe, Joan Clark and Lenore David­ son. Rev. Ramirez opened the service with the Call to Worship followed by the hymn “Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore Him”. A responsive reading of Psalm 25, 1-14 was followed by a scripture reading John 2: 12-22 and the hymn “Love Divine, All Love Excelling.” Letter from the editor Continued from page 5 in Brussels. We see the efforts of groups all over the area to provide suppers for the Blyth Festival guests. Yet we’ve also lost a lot of that community spirit and the sense that we need to work together. We have too few chances to bring people together to look at what we’d like to improve in our com­ munities and how we can go about it. The choir sang the anthem “Peace Like a River”. Anyone wishing to subscribe to “Leader­ ship” or “Christian History” is to contact the office. Palm Sunday, March 24 will be Communion and the Communicant Class is invited to participate. Rev. Ramirez’ sermon was “The New Temple: a house of worship, prayer and fellowship where God cleanses us of our sins and teaches us to share the Gospel with others.” The service closed with benedic­ tion and choral response. Brussels hires building inspector Paul Josling was appointed chief building official for the village of Brussels by village council Monday night. Mr. Josling, who is also the chief building official of Blyth, was chosen from among four appli­ cants. Councillors’ said they liked the idea of being able to share the cost of seminars and other educa­ tional upgrading with another com­ munity to make the cost of having a qualified building inspector less expensive. In an increasingly global word if often seems we’re helpless to change our lives but in the thous­ ands of good minds in our county there are solutions we haven’t even thought about yet to solve pro­ blems. We just need to find the way to harness all those imagina­ tions. GIFT CERTIFICATE 7 PM ONLYNITELY Based On A True Story GODERICH 524-781 1 White Jang | FRIGHTNING SCENES | PICTURES Jack London's * PARK THEATRE • 9 PM ONLY NITELY FRI.-THUR. MAR. 08-14 3 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS INCLUDING: BEST PICTURE BEST ACTOR - ROBERT DE NIRO Robert DeNiro robin Williams , There Is No Such Thing As A Simple Miracle. 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