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The Citizen, 1991-06-19, Page 3THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19,1991. PAGE 3. Entertaining Blyth Festival Singers entertained opening night guests at the Blyth Festival Thursday night. A full house was on hand for the opening of The Two Brothers by Ted Johns. Blyth to host Jr. Farmer convention After considerable deliberation al the area zone meeting, Huron County Junior Farmers' won the bid facing stiff competition from the other counties of Perth and Bruce. The county organization will hold the events at the Blyth Memo rial Community Hall. The occasion will include one act play, farmers' feud, doodlemania, farm scrap competition, spelling bee, public speaking, slide presentation, poetry recital, poetry composition, callig raphy, sketches, craft competition, floral arrangement and photogra phy. Young people from across Ontario will display their talents in a fun-filled competition. The day's activities arc open to the public. Purchasing a vehicle is a big decision! Let us help you make the right one' GARRY WOODCOCK Quality Cars & Trucks LUCKNOW Help Spread The Word: LITERACY Without literacy, controlling disease Hon, using and main taining complex machinery, staffing schools and government as well as democratic govern ment become almost impossible. FACT- and i To donate, or for more information contact: Blyth Reeve loses sleep over calls about noisey dances at arena Complaints arising from noisy dances at Blyth and District Com munity Centre have Blyth Reeve Albert Wasson upset and tired of not getting action. Reeve Wasson told fellow village councillors Wednesday night that he had received a call after mid night Friday, June 7 from neigh bours angry with the noise coming from a dance being held on the arena floor. He understood there were more such complaints about a Saturday night dance as well. He sent up to the arena and tried to get someone to lower the level of the music being played but "The response I got, in my opinion, was not acceptable". Nobody wanted to take responsi bility for the loud music, he said. He talked to the DJ and he claimed he just worked there and the spon sors were responsible. He had trou ble finding anyone from the sponsoring group who would take responsibility. "I fell the request I had made was not that unreasonable", he said. He talked to the arena staff and they had concerns about what they could and should do. One worry was a way to measure what is an accept able level of noise. They wanted some sort of meter to measure sound levels (council looked into that possibility a year ago and found there is no reasonable way to measure the sound. "It seems to me it's high time there was a procedure set up to deal with problems," the Reeve said. The council's two representatives on the arena board didn't feel it should be up to the Reeve to answer the complaints. "Why do you get the calls?", Councillor Dave Lee wondered. Although the arena is in Blyth the running of the complex has been turned over to the Community Centre Board. While he understood why the Reeve got involved he said that "As long as you run up after midnight the Board won't do anything". Councillor Steven Sparling said as far as he was concerned there was a responsibility on the part of the board to deal with such prob lems, not leave them up to the Reeve. "It's your responsibility to respond to a ratepayer's concerns," he told Reeve Wasson, "but it's not your responsibility to be a babysit ter. Councillor Lee wondered if some sort of municipal noise by-law should be passed to allow police to take action but Clerk-Treasurer Helen Grubb said the OPP do not enforce municipal bylaws, only provincial and federal statutes. Councillor Lee suggested starting a blacklist of musical groups that cause problems might be the begin ning of a cure. Reeve Wasson suggested the issue be left with Councillors Lee and Sparling to bring it up with the arena board but added: "You can assure the arena board that if I’m called over there again it will be quieter before I leave." He said he would pull the plug on the music or do whatever it lakes to quiet the noise. Xour Local 321 Chapel St. Ottawa, Ontario KIN 7Z2 co°' (613)232-3569 The CODE Literacy Foundation Community o RIENTED P OLICING -COMMITTEE- TIP OF THE WEEK Drop in and get to know your local OPP officers at the new ESO office or call 523-9770 THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: 5P SP9r*,n9s WE CAN HELP WITH YOUR STANDARD TRUST G.I.C. CERTIFICATES they are all called for redemption June 25/91 Call Murray Siddall, C.L.U. Maitland Valley Financial Consultants Ltd. 887-6663 1-800-265-9686 Blyth. People On June 11, 117 superannuated teachers of Huron's Unit of Huron and Perth S.T.O. attended their annual spring meeting encompass ing social hour, dinner program and business which for the last five years has been held in Clinton's United Church's spacious recre ational hall. Comments which followed left no doubt that this year's event was lops. The full course sit-down meal with its generous servings of roast beef, salads, relishes and vegetables complete with pics and beverage; and the program consisting of 14 members of C.H.S.S.'s Jazz Band conducted by teacher Hugh McGre gor played a large part in giving this whole function top rating. Marie Toll, Mary Holland, and Melda McElroy, former teachers living in Blyth were delighted to see and hear Blylh's John Ramirez at the electronic keyboard during band selections. Those present are greatly indebt ed to whoever selected Roger McCombe of Ingersoll as guest speaker. He is a high school teach er, an Anglica*. minister and a policeman. To prove the last occu pation he displayed his badge. Mr. McCombe is also a talented speak er greatly in demand. On his way to Ottawa to deliver a speech the same night, he made lime to stop in Clin ton and entertain 117 senior former teachers, to make them laugh, every last one of them, and to make them think as they chuckled. His theme, beautifully and humorously illustrated throughout, comes out in one sentence gem: "I can complain because roses have thorns, but I can rejoice because 'horns have roses". Most of us, Mr. McCombe main tained lake life too seriously dwelling among thorns when the roses should lake most of our atten tion. A surprise birthday parly was held June 16 at the home of Joann MacDonald's to celebrate her moth er Merle McFarlane's birthday. Those attending were her daugh ters Shirley and Pete Harvey, Wil lowdale; Bev and Ross Hayden, Wingham; grandchildren and great grandchildren Peter Laurie and Joann Harvey, Willowdale; Jill Marks, Melissa and Derek, Wing ham; Julie and Andy, Joelle and Robyn Ried, Wingham; Brad Hay den, London; Jen Dennis, Wing ham; Todd MacDonald and Annette Lucas, Blyth; Janice Mac Donald, Hamilton; Shirley Pearson, Clinton; Friends Jean and Ken Dunbar, Chatsworth; Joy and Ken Thompson, Wingham; and Josie and Norm Anger, Wingham. She received many cards and best wish es. PICK YOUR OWN STRAWBERRIES PATCH OPEN: MON. - SAT. 8 A.M. - 8 P.M. ORDERS NOW BEING ACCEPTED •JAMESTOWNNORTH HURON GARDENS CALL 887-6870 BEFORE 8 A.M.BRUSSELS^ WINGHAM AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL CORPORATION Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Wingham and District Hospital Corporation will be held in the Nursing Assistants Training Centre, Catherine St., Wingham, Ontario on Thursday, June 20, 1991, at the hour of eight o’clock p.m., for the revisions of bylaws; for the election of Governors; for the appointment of Auditors; and for the transaction of such other things as may properly come before the meeting. Copies of the Annual Report and Hospital Financial Statements may be obtained at the front desk of the Wingham and District Hospital prior to three o’clock p.m., Thursday, June 20, 1991. Said documents will also be available at the Annual Meeting. Memberships granting voting privileges may be purchased at the front desk of the hospital for five dollars ($5.00) prior to five o’clock p.m., Wednesday, June 5, 1991. No membership sold after that time, on that date, will entitle the purchaser to a vote. Dated at Wingham, Ontario, this tenth day of May, 1991. By order of the Board of Governors. N.M. Hayes, Secretary