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The North Huron
Vol. 9 No.26
Wednesday, June 30 1993
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Wives of Blyth fire Department firefighters proved they really were the better halves when
they won this "heat" in the firefighters barrel fight at Saturday's Blyth Rutabaga Festival.
Dianne Josling and Brenda Burkholder aim the hose at the barrel in a contest against another
team of women. In this game, however, even the winners proved to be all wet.
Good time at Rutabaga Fest.
Opening snip
Cutting the ribbon to officially open Huronlea are , from left:
Warden Tom Tomes, MPP Paul Klopp, Ms Gail Ure, the
area manager of the long-term care division of the London
office, Ministry of Health, Mr. Jack Beattie, president of the
residents council and Councillor Norman Fairies,
chairperson of the 1993 committee of management.
Sun shines on Huronlea
The day was blessed with sunny skies for the official ribbon cutting
at the Huronlea Home for the aged and Highland Apartments in Morris
Township, south of Brussels last Friday morning.
Ms Gail Ure, the area manager of the long -term care division for the
London office of the Ministry of Health said the facility was one of the
first built on the premise of people oriented planning. 'The continuing
challenge now is to provide support to help the residents make it a real
home," she said.
President of the Residents Council Jack Beattie spoke on how happy
he and his wife were to be living at Huronlea and expressed his wish
that all the residents would soon feel equally at home.
During his remarks, Huron MPP Paul Klopp talked about the plan-
ning and work involved in making Huronlea a reality.
Councillor Norma Fairles, the 1993 chairperson of the committee of
management gave credit to the people who got the project started, did
the work and helped with the move. project of this magnitude
requires a number of people," he said.
Following the blessing of the new facility by Rev. Cameron McMil-
lan those present were invited to tour the building.
Feature
2 pages of photo memories
of Blyth's fourth
Rutabaga Festival
See page 6, 7
Special
The Citizen honours
the 1993 grade 8
graduating classes
See page 13
Review
Curran comes back to
Blyth Festival with
Ceili House
See page 31
D. Fortune, heads
Wingham hosp. bd .
The Blyth Rutabaga Festival is
over for another year and Ray
Salverda, chairperson of the com-
mittee, said the festival provided "a
good time for everyone."
The parade was very good this
year and was enjoyed by all in
attendance.
The winners were; best overall,
Carry on Cloggers; comedy, Harm
Thalen and family; use of the
rutabaga, Blyth soccer; imagina-
tion, Blyth and District community
play; individual, Ryan
McClinchey; business, Radford
Auto; agricultural, G.L. Hubbard;
municipal,Village of Blyth;
church/service, Blyth Lions Club;
school, Seaforth District High
School girls marching band; youth
If Blyth is to have a pilot project
for a farmers' market more vendors
will need to be found.
So far three people have come
forward to express interest in tak-
ing part in a market, but more are
needed if the project is to go ahead.
The idea, which came out of a
Blyth Idea Group meeting, was to
try the market for a couple of
weeks (one day a week) in August
to test the water for a full-season
market next year. Robert Chorney
(16-25), Blyth Festival Young
Company and bicycle, Theresa
Machan and Marie Palin.
The afternoon events for the chil-
dren were very entertaining and the
families were pleased, said Mr.
S alverda.
The Betsy Bingo was as funny as
expected. Once the three cattle had
spent the day loading up on hay,
they were released into a small
fenced in field. After some head
butting and jostling for position,
the event got under way. The win-
ners were: first Judy Brown of
Blyth, $400, second Colin
McCracken of Bayfield, $240 and
third Dorothy Hunking of Petrolia,
$160.
A brother and sister from Brus-
sels showed the prizes could be
of Farmers' Markets Ontario has
said he would be willing to come to
a meeting to help a market next
winter if the project gets off the
ground.
Needed for the market are people
to sell home grown or cooked and
preserved goods, or hand-made
crafts.
Anyone interested should contact
Peter Smith at the Blyth Festival,
523-4345 or Keith Roulston at The
Citizen, 523-4792.
A local man, Mr, Doug Fortune,
of Belgrave was elected chairper-
son of the Board of Governors for
the Wingham and District Hospital.
The inaugural meeting was held
on June 23 at which all the new
officers were chosen.
Mr. Fortune has been a board
member for three years.
After being involved in munici-
pal politics in Tumberry Township
for several years, Mr. Fortune was
recommended by a friend on the
board.
The main objective of the board
is to assist the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO), Lloyd Koch and to
set policy for the finances and any
capital projects.
Much of the previous year was
consumed by the selection of a new
For three days beginning July 6,
the dog days of summer come to
Blyth when the Bluewater Kennel
Club hosts its annual Dog Show at
the fairgrounds.
This is the 10th year the show
has been held in the village after
moving from Exeter.
Florence Pullen, of RR2, Clinton,
a member of the club, says there
will be over 1100 entries over the
three day event.
All dogs are registered with the
Canadian Kennel Club or its Amer-
ican counterpart, however, Mrs
Pullen says before a dog can
CEO. At present the board is deal-
ing with the social contract talks.
Mr. Fortune said they have "not
been hit too hard by the cutbacks."
The Wingham hospital is finding
other ways to adapt by "adopting
new surgical practices to shorten
patients' stays", said Mr. Fortune.
He said he "doesn't know what it
(social contract cutbacks) will
amount to but, he says, the hospital
should be able to carry on with no.
difference in the quality of care."
Mr. Fortune said however that
there may be less hours available
for the part-time workers.
Other members elected to the
board are Mrs. Noreen Gnay, vice-
chairperson; Mr. Lloyd Koch, sec-
retary; Mr. Gordon Baxter,
treasurer.
become a champion it must be reg-
istered by CKC.
Continued on page 3
Theft in Walton
A Young Offender and an as yet
unidentified adult will be charged
with theft following a break-in June
23 at the Walton Country Store.
A spokesperson from the Wing-
ham OPP said the pair entered after
prying open a door at the rear of the
building. Taken were 33 large
packages of cigarettes, pouches and
tins of tobacco and some lighters.
kept all in the family when they
took part in the rutabuggy races at
the fourth annual Blyth Rutabaga
Festival Saturday.
Brooklyn Wheeler won the girls
9 and under category while brother
Brent won the boys class for the
same age. Since they were sharing
a car they couldn't race off for an
over all championship..
In the boys 10-12 age class,
Duane Schiestel of Wingham
defeated last year's champ Ben Fin-
layson of Walton in a best-two-out-
of-three final. Ben also took home
a plaque for having the rutabuggy
best decorated in the Rutabaga Fes-
tival theme.
There were no entries in the girls
10-12 or 12-15 category and no
boys in the 12-15 group. Altogether
six racers took part in three excel-
lent cars.
The barrel fight proved to be
exciting with the Lions Club win-
ning several of the initial chal-
lenges. However, the theatre group
proved to be the most accurate and
won the event.
The Shriner's fish fry was very
successful, serving approximately
250 people. Mr. Salverda said,
everyone "loved it."
The festival committee will begin
meeting in September and they are
looking for suggestions from every-
one on how to make the fifth annu-
al the biggest and best yet.
Other contest results were not
available at press time.
Blyth needs more vendors
for market project success
Dog days come to Blyth