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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-07-15, Page 1News ■ Sports_____■______Farm______J Entertainment Area students named Ont. Scholars See page 6, 7 Brussels hosts Huron County all-star game See page 8 Farm Safety Assoc, holds annual Media Day See page 14 2 plays debut at Blyth Festival theatres See page 22 West Wawanosh finalizes plans for Warrior Days The final details of West Wawanosh's 125th Birthday Celebrations were discussed at the the agenda for the Opening Ceremonies scheduled for Friday, July 24 at 8 p.m. at the Dungannon full committee meeting held on July 8. Mary Ellen Foran reported that Vol. 8 No. 28 . Wednesday, July 15,1992 60 cents Fairgrounds is organized. Ray Ulch is donating the helium for the 125 balloons to be released. Murray Gaunt, Paul Klopp and Murray Cardiff will be in attendance as well as past and present long-term (10 yr.) employees and representatives of West Wawanosh Township. The winners of the beard growing and home decorating contests will be judged and announced following the Opening Ceremonies. Ron Snowden (528- 2279) is the person to contact regarding these contests. The Lipsync Contest will then follow. David Errington is organizing this event. The shirt-tail parade at 10 p.m. is being lead by Bert Moss and Company and will proceed from uptown Dungannon to lhe Fairgrounds. A free dance to a D.J. will follow. The main parking lot (a cut grain field) for the Celebration is off Joseph Street. The parade is scheduled to start at Brindley's shed at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 25. All parade entries should be at Brindley's by 10 a.m. in order to register and be judged. The parade will weave its way through Dungannon and the winners of the various float categories will be announced by Gary Ballagh at John Debruyn's Garage. Traffic along County Road 1 will be rerouted around Dungannon during the parade. Roy Taylor is the contact regarding any further float entries. Jean Errington reported that The Tea Party at 12:30 in the Seniors Building is arranged. She would still like pictures and memorabilia of people and places of West Wawanosh for the walk down memory lane. Anyone willing to loan pictures, please call Jean (519- 7175). Registration for the mixed Horseshoe Tournament is at 12:30 p.m. with pitching starling at 1:30. The Township Challenge (involving invited teams from lhe surrounding townships showing off their skills in tug-of-war, plank walking and pic eating) will take place at 1:45. The children's tractor pull, with three weight categories, will begin at 2:30. Face painting has been arranged from 1:00 to 4:00. The Local Talent Show begins at 3:30. Ron Alton will be master of ceremonies for this event. Anyone who was not contacted regarding the talent show and who would like to enter please contact Rosemary Foran (357-2847). Other activities available on Saturday and Sunday afternoon include pony rides, air walk, beer gardens and dunk tank. Lee Rintoul will be carving lhe beef for lhe barbecue from 5:00 to 7:00. The Dungannon Senior citizens, St. Augustine CWL and Donnybrook UCW will be providing the rest of the meal. Tickets are $7.00 for adults, $3.50 for ages five to 12 and preschoolers are free. Lyn Chisholm is in charge of tickets. Saturday night activities include a Teen Video Dance at the Agricultural Hall and an Open Air Dance, both scheduled to start at 8:30. Teen dance tickets ($5.00 per person) are available from the Dungannon Agricultural Society members. Open Air Dance tickets ($5 per person) are available from M.E. Foran (529-7870) or other committee members. On Sunday the Church Service will be taking place at Brookside school at 10:30 a.m. followed by pot luck lunch. People should bring their sandwiches and squares and the St. Helens Women's Institute will provide coffee and cold drinks. The School Reunion will take place at 1:00 at Brookside school. Open Arm Wrestling will begin at the open air stage at the Fairgrounds. If anyone would like to volunteer to help in preparing for this event please contact Roy Taylor. Landfill to remain open Saturdays Going down! M.P.P. Paul Klopp took a dip Saturday in the dunking tank at the Hullett Hospital Appreciation Day. Clinton and Seaforth hospitals and representatives from each town competed to outdo the other in funds raised while being dunked. Thursday evening Blyth council held a meeting to reconsider lhe closing of lhe Blyth-Hullett Landr fill site on Saturdays. The final decision made was to open the site on Saturdays on a trial basis. The motive behind the proposed closing of lhe landfill site on Satur­ days was to reduce the costs of operating the dump and prolong its life. The garbage has to be covered after each day qf operation of the landfill site. That requires addition­ al labour and more earth for the covering. The additional material will use up the space in the site sooner. Due to numerous complaints the council decided to hold a meeting to discuss the outcome of a dump opening on Saturdays. Village Store changes hands Ye Old Village Store in Auburn had a change of ownership on July 10. Jack and Berylc Davies handed over the keys to new owners Sharon and Tony Martens, former­ ly of Stralhroy. Helping the Martens around lhe store for the summer are their ihree children Scan, Andy and Becky. The Martens arc keeping the name of lhe store as it is. The landfill site will be open on Saturdays from noon until 1 p.m. starting July 18 through to the end of September. Attendance will be monitored by way of the ratepayers identification cards. The users of the landfill will have their names and addresses taken down to deter­ mine which days people use the site. The landfill will continue to operate on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Blyth man injured in fall The Blyth Fire Department responded to an accident call mid­ morning July 10 at the home of Fred de Boer of Blyth. Mr. de Boer had been working in the yard with his ladder leaning against the clothesline pole when lhe ladder slipped and he fell 10 to 12 feet into a swingset. According to Fire Chief Paul Josling, he land­ ed on his face and cut himself badly on lhe forehead just above the right eye. A neck injury was suspected but there was none. Mr. de Boer was kept in the Wingham hospital for observation.