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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1991-03-13, Page 23Entertainment Easy does it Pepper the Clown, gingerly eases his way over a bridge in his show at Blyth Memorial Hall Saturday. A combination of mime and contortionist, he delighted the audience of young and old alike. Theatre review Mime’s actions louder than words BY NICKI GROPP Pepper the Clown drew in a full crowd of people of all ages at his performance in Memorial Hall on Sunday afternoon. Pepper Kami- noff shows how mime speaks louder than words in his special performance. Pepper is the actor, set designer, director and stuntman of this slapstick comedy. All through the performance he dazzled the audi­ ence with amazing acrobatics and daring stunts. Throughout the per­ formance he captivated the audi­ ence and kept everyone laughing continuously. As soon as the show started Pepper gave individual members of the audience a chance to come up on stage and help him with the performance. This is the first time 1 have ever seen an actor pick an adult to come up on the stage. This made the crowd laugh along with the man who had been picked. Pepper went all through the audi­ ence and picked different children Brussels Public School news review by Stacy Hahn and Jamie Nesbit Recently three senior students and three junior students went to the Brussels Legion to compete with Grey Central School in the speaking contest. The Brussels winners were Chris Burkholder who placed second in the senior division and John Lowe who placed second in the senior division and John Lowe who placed second in the junior division. The first place winners were awarded $25 and two plaques. Those who won second received $10 and everyone else was given $5 for all their hard work. On March 1, all of the students and staff members wore yellow ribbons and Canada flags to wish our troops a safe homecoming from the Middle East. An assembly was held first thing in the morning where they had a moment of silence to thank God for ending the war. We are grateful to Mrs. Elsmore at Country Garden Flowers for supplying the school with the yellow ribbons and to Murray Cardiff for the Canadian flags. to help him build the Eiffel Tower and hold up pieces of wood. A comment I overheard was one that 1 was beginning to think myself, “This guy must be made of rubber’’. Pepper had an amazing amount of flexibility. He could put his feet and head through a barrel and walk with his head beside his ankles. He could bend himself all through a ladder which made the audience laugh at all the different positions he put himself in without really needing to. The part in the show that I found most amusing was when Pepper asked a grown woman onto the stage. Pepper looked at her and by the expression on his face the audience could tell that Pepper had fallen in love with the lady. Pepper went through many trials to try to impress the woman and ended up embarrassing himself and getting himself all tangled up, once again, in the ladder. Pepper used to be in the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Cir- We presented gifts to Julie Harrison and Sue Gowing for the helping the school by counting the money from the magazine fundrai­ ser that we held. Mr. Rea the new custodian of Brussels Public School enjoys the work that he does and he really likes being around kids. He has been a custodian for five years. He used to work at Tavistock Public School before coming to Brussels and he worked as a retailer for fifteen years. His hobbies include collecting baseball and hockey Morris Council Continued from page 22 Golley’s that as there are no policies established in the secon­ dary plan to allow this type of severance application it was unlike­ ly the county planning committee would approve it. However, they said the owners of the land could apply but if denied would lose the application fee. They can then appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board. Council had no objections to the cus. He is also a worthy successor to the cinematic clowns: Buster Keaten and Charlie Chaplin. Pep­ per and his brother Stephen have always been acrobats, which would explain his flexibility and courage. Pepper began entertaining 28 years ago when he was a magician, but stopped to do what he is doing now. He has created a silent movie which has been performed all over ’ the world. Pepper has toured all over Canada, USA, and Australia and appears at Children’s Festivals in Toronto and Vancouver. In Mon­ treal he appeared in the Just for Laughs Festival and the Winnipeg International Mime Festival. Pepper is a great mime actor. He has a special talent to hold child­ ren’s attention and to keep people of all ages laughing at all of his problems. 1 thought his perfor­ mance was amusing and I’m sure all the other people in the audience did too. cards and golfing and he watches almost every sport. Almost all the students of Brus­ sels Public are looking forward to the March Break. To most of the students the March Break will be a time for relaxing, and to others it will be a time for working. Some of the very lucky ones will be going away for the holidays to far away places or perhaps to another coun­ try. Wherever you go for the holidays, I hope you have a good time and return to school prepared to have a good final term. consent application of Paul Kinnon, Lot 25, Cone. 5, parcel 100 feet by 100 feet, adjoined with adjacent property owned by Clem and Edna McLel­ lan. Councillor McLellan had de­ clared a pecuniary interest regard- this issue. That property would have to be rezoned agriculture 4. It is to incorporate lands that house a shed and the septic system for the Agricultural Small Holding. Mac- for a to be THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991. PAGE 23. Don’t postpone debts to future, council told Continued from page 1 strator of the Social Services de­ partment told council. He added that February figures aren’t com­ plete but “they aren’t going down’’. There was no way for his department to deny people aid because “95 per cent of the people who apply are going to qualify. You can’t just cut people off to cut the budget. For most of these people it’s their only source of income.” Despite the huge increase, Huron is still in the bottom five of municipalities in the percentage of people on welfare, Mr. MacKinnon said. Huron has less than 1.3 per cent of the population on welfare. Municipalities with more than four per cent are eligible to have 90 per cent of their welfare expenses picked up by the province. warned breaks, of the they’ve Hullett Reeve Tom Cunningham said the current government had indicated it felt welfare should be 100 per cent funded by the province and the Association of Municipali­ ties of Ontario has supported that proposal. Perhaps when the pro­ vincial budget came down there may be a change in the rate of the welfare paid by the province. But Mr. Bellchamber against counting on any “It’s the fervent desire province to do that but couched it in terms that they may not be able to do it,” he said. Group face grant phase out Grants for several county groups were approved by Huron County Council Thursday but County Council authorized the executive committee to prepare a phase-out plan for the grants. Grants were approved for the Goderich Municipal Airport ($17,500), Huron Day Centre for the Homebound ($16,800), Wing­ ham and Area Seniors Day Centre ($8,916) and Blyth Festival ($1,400). However, the council also agreed with the recommendation of the executive committee that a plan to phase out the grants be developed. The Sweetest Buy in Town! SPECIAL OFFER! Reddi-Chef Fried Chicken is always a good buy. but for the entire month of March (or while supplies last), a good buy is an even sweeter deal with this delicious chocolate cake WITH THIS COUPON AND ANY ...while supplies last! Victoria St. Clinton I I f XHR( S I < ) Call ahead for faster service 482-7337 Mr. MacKinnon pointed out the federal government has capped the Canada Assistance Act which pro­ vides federal input into social programs such as welfare. Some­ body, he said, is going to have to pick up the shortfall created by the federal cutbacks. 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