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$1.25 GST included Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County Thursday, May 23, 2019
Volume 35 No. 21
NEW FACE - Pg. 14
Four Winds Barn
welcomes new manager
CULTURE - Pg. 23
County begins work on
new cultural plan in Blyth
ADDITION - Pg. 7
Iranian-born pharmacist
to set up shop in Blyth
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INSIDE
THIS WEEK:
Gallery begins search for next season’s artists
CH fire
claims
one life
Things are humming along for the
Blyth Festival Art Gallery with its
first two shows, the Student Show
and the Community Show, both in
the books.
Art Gallery Board President Carl
Stevenson said he’s constantly
impressed with the quality of art that
comes to the gallery by way of the
students of Huron and Perth
Counties.
“I’m always impressed with [the
Student Show],” Stevenson said,
adding that when he first saw some
of the work to be exhibited this year
in the hours before the show opened,
he was blown away by both its
quality and its diversity.
“My jaw drops when we get the
work we do from the student artists
of Huron and Perth,” he said.
This year the show received over
120 entries, which is relatively high
compared to recent years.
One of the most fulfilling aspects
of being involved with the Student
Show year after year, Stevenson
said, is to see students submit pieces
year after year. Seeing them grow as
artists, Stevenson said, is very
rewarding.
Hot on the heels of the Student
Show was the Community Show,
which opened to the public on
Saturday night.
Stevenson, who has submitted his
own photography into the show for a
number of years, said the show is
always a great opportunity for
members of the community to brush
shoulders and share gallery wall
space with some of the county’s
most established artists.
Furthermore, it’s another chance
for students to have their work
exhibited at the Blyth Festival Art
Gallery. There are always students
who submit work to the show,
Stevenson said.
For example, he said, there is a
local public school student who has
submitted her work for the past two
years. Seeing that confidence and
willingness to present art in a
professional setting is what the
Community Show is all about.
Stevenson and other members of
the gallery board are currently busy
conducting visits to choose artists
for the next two seasons of the
gallery’s professional shows.
There are some very good artists
in the mix for the coming seasons,
Stevenson said, with some very
high-quality art being considered.
The board members have
approximately 10 visits scheduled
for the coming two seasons, to be
conducted in the next few weeks. He
said that visiting an artist in their
creative space is a great way to learn
more about the artist and the
motivation behind their art.
For more information on the Blyth
Festival Art Gallery, visit
blythfestival.com or find the gallery
on Facebook.
Brian Radford, a 62-year-old from
the Londesborough area, perished in
a fatal house fire last Friday
evening.
Radford was found deceased in a
home on Londesborough Road
between Dutch Line and London
Road, that was fully-engulfed by fire
late on May 17 after local
firefighters spent hours battling the
blaze.
Fire Department of North Huron,
with mutual aid assistance, battled
the blaze from 10:30 p.m. on May
17 early into the morning on May
18, and the section of
Londesborough Road where the fire
took place was closed for most of
the day after the blaze.
After the blaze was extinguished,
upon searching the interior of the
residence, Radford was discovered
deceased.
A post-mortem examination was
scheduled to take place on Monday,
May 20.
Any person with information
regarding this fire is asked to contact
Huron OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or
(519) 524-8314.
Should you wish to remain
anonymous, you may call Crime
Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477),
where you may be eligible to receive
a cash reward of up to $2,000.
For more information on the fire,
see Brenda Radford’s Londes-
borough News on page 9.
Thirty-four of the most junior
teachers in the Avon-Maitland
District School Board have been
handed redundancy notices,
meaning they may not have a full-
time position for the 2019-2020
period.
After seeking an audience with
Minister of Education and Huron-
Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson for 10
months, Avon-Maitland Elementary
Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
President Kent Cleland finally held a
press conference of his own in front
of Thompson’s Blyth constituency
office last Thursday afternoon,
plastering the window of the office
with redundancy notices.
Cleland explained that, as a result
of changes to the provincial budget
implemented by Thompson and
Premier Doug Ford, the Avon-
Maitland District School Board had
$2.6 million lost in its budget,
leading to the redundancy notices.
The shortfall, according to
Cleland, can be tied not only to cuts
to funds for the area, but also to the
provincial government’s choice to
A-M teachers challenge notices
Time to get serious
Huron Christian School held its annual track and field day
on Friday, inviting all students to strut their stuff on the track
in their pursuit to be stronger, run faster and jump higher
than their fellow classmates. Here, it was time for a race
and in the few moments before the action began, some of
the students were more focused than others at the event, held at
St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary School. While there is some
stretching and chatting going on, Olwakhe Heyink, front, wouldn’t
let anything break his concentration. From left: Drew Feddes,
Barak Meinen, Micah Schilthuis and Heyink. (Denny Scott photo)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
By Denny Scott
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By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen