HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-11-03, Page 1Community
Future grim
for
Brussels' FunFest
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Sports
CKNX Tryhards
come to
Brussels
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Farm
Man completes
controlled grazing
study
See page 13
Entertainment
Set for Lighthouse
touring production
built in Blyth
See page 23
Janet Amos comes
home to Blyth Fest.
The board of directors of the
Blyth Centre for the Arts is pleased
to announce that Janet Amos is
returning as artistic director for the
20th Anniversary 1994 Season of
the Blyth Festival.
Ms Amos, who was artistic
director from 1979 to 1984,
replaces Peter Smith. Smith's three-
season tenure saw the revitalization
of the Festival's commitment to
new play development, and the
rekindling of the Festival's
community roots with such
productions as Many Hands, a
community spectacle with a cast of
over 130 performing to capacity
audiences early in the 1993 season.
Ms Amos has had a long and
notable history with the Festival,
staging some of its most
memorable and successful
productions. Over a dozen plays
had their world-premiere on the
Blyth stage during her directorship
including Peter Colley's eternally
popular I'll Be Back Before
Midnight (1979), Quiet in the Land,
and The Tomorrow Box by Anne
Chislet (1981), and the hit comedy
Cake-Walk by Colleen Curran
(1984). Many of these plays have
gone on to successful runs in other
theatres, including The Tomorrow
Box, which became a major success
in Japan featuring that country's top
An East Wawanosh youth Was in
satisfactory condition, Monday in
Wingham and District Hospital
after being injured in a single car
accident at 12:45 a.m. Saturday
morning.
A spokesperson from the Wing-
ham OPP said Cameron Sweiger,
16 of RR3, Wingham was south-
bound on Sideroad 36/37 in East
The Brussels Fire Department
was called out shortly after 8:30 on
Halloween night.
A fire at the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority park in
Brussels destroyed the outhouse.
JANET AMOS
stage stars.
Another highlight of Ms Amos's
previous seasons was the last
production of the Blyth classic, He
Won't Come In From The Barn,
written by her husband, popular
playwright and actor Ted Johns.
This play premiered at Blyth in
1977, and was brought back by
popular demand in /981.
Commenting on her return to
Blyth, Ms Amos said she was
thrilled to be back and to see so any
old friends. "You can go home
again," she said.
Wawanosh when his 1988 Ford
pickup went off the edge of the
roadway. The spokesperson said
that in attempting to bring the vehi-
cle back onto the road, it appears
Mr. Sweiger overcorrected and
rolled the truck.
He was taken to Wingham by
ambulance with major injuries. The
truck was demolished.
the building was destroyed and
there is no estimate of the monetary
loss.
It is probable the fire was set,
says Mr. McArter.
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Youth in satisfactory condition
Fire destroys outhouse at park
Fire Chief Murray McArter says
Mitchell man dies in car fire
Grey firefighters were called to a
grisly scene early Monday morning
after a hunter found a car blazing in
a field at Lot 18, Conc. 17. There
was a lone occupant in the car.
Fire Chief Gary Earl said the car
was at the back of a field on the
property. The scene was turned
over to officers from the Wingham
OPP when they arrived Chief Earl
said.
A spokesperson from the OPP
detachment said police have com-
pleted their investigation. The vic-
A Brussels-area youth escaped
injury after losing control of his car
on an icy bridge surface in Morris
Township early Sunday morning.
A Wingham OPP spokesperson
said that Alec Gulutzen, 17, was
tim has been identified as Douglas
Ross McTaggart, 46, of 149 Arthur
St., Mitchell.
Police do not suspect foul play.
Walton P. S. is one of six Huron
County elementary schools which
will offer junior kindergarten (JK),
beginning in January. Two other
schools are receiving continued
consideration.
travelling west on County Road 16
at 12:05 a.m. when his 1983 Olds
began to slide on the ice. Once over
the bridge, Mr. Gulutzen lost con-
trol of the car, police said. It
entered the south ditch, striking a
farm fence and poles.
The JK ad-hoc committee of the
HCBE presented the report at the
Nov. 1 meeting, outlining the
schools involved and the procedure
required.
The following schools have been
approved by the committee for
beginners JK: Brookside, 14
spaces; Colborne, six; McCurdy,
13; Stephen, nine; Walton, seven
and Zurich, six.
These schools are presently able
to accommodate the increase in stu-
dents without additional staff.
Turnberry and Grey Central will
get further consideration by the
board. They are in a situation
where the beginner JK could be
added and the kindergarten class
split. This would require an
increase in staffing of half a posi-
tion.
The board initially approved
going ahead with JK under the
assumption that no additional staff
would be needed.
The board outlined the following
procedures for registration.
The children who could enroll in
JK would qualify under the "begin-
ners" definition in the education
act. They must reach their fifth
birthday between Jan. 1 and July 1,
1994. Students will be accepted by
the earliest birthday until available
space is filled.
Classes will be integrated junior
and senior classes to a limit of 20
students.
Applications for admission must
be made to the principal by Dec. 3.
If space is available and trans-
portation is provided by the par-
ents, students from outside the
normal school boundaries may be
accepted after all students from
within the boundary are accommo-
dated.
In a related matter, the board has
received approval from the Min-
istry of Education and Training
regarding large equipment grants
for JK.
Huron County has been approved
for a $3,000 grant for each school,
up to 18, which establishes JK by
Sept. 1, 1994.
Serious stu ff
Bradley Greidanus of Londesboro takes his eating seriously at the Blyth Christian Reformed
Church stamppot supper on Oct. 30. The tradition Dutch meal consists of a kale and potato
dish, sausage and a variety of salads and desserts. The fundraiser, which has been held for
many years, supports the Calvinettes, an activity group for young girls.
Area youth escapes injury
after losing control of car
JK comes to Walton school in 1994