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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-06-29, Page 1Community News Entertainment A 2 page pictorial of Rutabaga Festival memories See pages 6, 7 West Wawanosh Coalition Group gathers information See page 16 ‘Glengarry School Days’ gets Blyth Festival’s 20th season off to a good start See page 27 Fund honours Fest, founders On the opening night of the 20th Anniversary Season, Friday the Blyth Festival announced the establishment of The Roulston Roy Play Development Fund. The fund will be specifically directed towards the creation and development of new scripts by Canadian writers with a particular view towards the possible production on the Blyth stage. The Roulston Roy Play Develop­ ment Fund is being inaugurated in the 20th Anniversary Season to recognize and honour James Roy, Keith Roulston and Anne Roy, the Founders of the Festival. The mandate for the new play development at Blyth began with the first season, in 1975, when James and Keith chose to take the considerable risk of presenting a new Canadian play Mostly in Dog days arrive in Blyth, July 5-7 The Blyth community will be host to the Bluewater Kennel Club Dog Show from July 5 to 7. This is the 11th year the event will be held at the Blyth and Dis­ trict Community C-entre and local club member Florence Pullen of Clinton says, "A large group of American competitors is expected this year because of the lower Canadian dollar." "In recent years we have had entrants from Georgia and as far away as Texas and we expect to see them again," she says. "We have over 400 dogs regis­ tered for each day's events and 435 for Tuesday," says Mrs. Pullen. "There will be close to 100 breeds competing in seven classes." The classes are sporting, hounds, working, herding, terriers, toys and non-sporting. The competition will be held in both indoor and outdoor rings though the obedience trials have been moved into the arena this OPP charge driver An Ethel man was charged fol­ lowing an accident on County Road 12 just south of Brussels early Fri­ day evening. A spokesperson from the Wing- ham OPP said that John Bishop, 64, had stopped at the intersection of Cone. 6/7 and County Road 12, but pulled out in front of a north­ Barn fire in McKillop A McKillop Township farmer was very lucky when his bam sus- /» J j • jfor holiday ‘Citizenecloses i The offices of The Citizen will be closed this Friday in recognition of Canada's 127th birthday. Deadlines for advertising and editorial will remain the same. Clover, based on the work of Huron County native Harry J.S. Boyle. Over the ensuing two decades over 65 new Canadian works have premiered on the stage of Blyth Memorial Community Hall. The establishment of this fund will enable the Festival to pursue its truly unique mandate of developing and presenting our own stories on stage well into the future. Charter contributor to The Roulston Roy Play Development Fund is CKNX Radio, Wingham, part of The Blackbum Group Inc. Anyone interested in contributing to The Roulston Roy Play Development Fund may do so by contacting Lynda Lentz, Develop­ ment Co-ordinator, Blyth Festival, P.O. Box 10, Blyth, Ontario NOM 1H0 (519) 523-4345. Receipts for a tax credit will be issued. year. Mrs. Pullan says, "The proceeds from the gate will go to the Huro- nia Humane Society and any profit from the entrants' fees will be split amongst the humane society, Canine Vision and the Pet Trust Fund at the Ontario Veterinarian College." The gates will open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. Admission fees are $2 for adults, $1 for children and free for young children accompa­ nied by and adult. Animal product booths will be located around the fairgrounds. Food will be available from the booth in the arena and the Anglican Church women will be providing breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout the event. Mrs. Pullen says the generous donations of trophies and support from the community has made Blyth a successful venue for the dog show. bound car, driven by Mary Duncan, 50, of London. Neither driver was injured, though Ms Duncan's 1989 Ford did sustain severe damage. Damage to Mr. Bishop's 1981 pickup was light. Mr. Bishop was charged with failing to yield to traffic. tamed only minor damage in a fire on June 24. Blyth Fire Chief Paul Josling says, "Nick Kleber of South Half Lot 7, Cone. 14 McKillop had pre­ viously been burning a large pile of garbage approximately 30 feet east of his bam." Strong winds on Friday blew sparks towards the bam, igniting straw on the lower level. Mr. Josling says the doors in the lower stable area were burnt off Continued on page 23 Vol. 10 No.26 Wednesday, June 29,1994 60<gGSTinduded On the street The dismal weather at this year's Blyth Rutabaga Festival couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of street performers like this group of Blyth Festival Young Company members who entertained those at the Buskers Festival with their rendition of That's the Glory of Love. While downtown businesses offered the shoppers plenty of bargains, the buskers put everyone in the festive spirit with acts from dancing to clowning. From left: Rachel Thompson, Renee Devereaux and Rachel Brophy. Rutabaga rally a success In spite of the inclement weather on Friday evening and throughout the day on Saturday, the 5th Annu­ al Blyth Rutabaga Festival went quite well says committee Chair Brenda Burkholder. Committee Treasurer Jeannette McNeil says, "Though we didn’t make a profit, the festival did fine considering the rainy weather." Attendance was down for most outdoor events on Saturday, but many others were very well received. The Friday night car rally had a very good turnout," says Ms McNeil, "and all the participants said they had a great time. The dis­ tances travelled over the two hour course were very close to the required distance so few people lost their way." Saturday morning events went very well with approximately a half dozen groups performing along Queen Street as shoppers took advantage of the sales available in the shops. Ms McNeil says most merchants had good turnouts for the sales. Scrimgeour's Food Market barbe­ cue for Big Brothers and Big Sis­ ters went very well. The parade was well attended, but there were slightly fewer Continued on page 3