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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-01-22, Page 3! «« i CALL SWS i HKMf Helen M. Hetherington (519) 887-9964 or 1-800-869-8922 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22,1997 PAGE 3. Blyth Festival wins 3 awards Blyth People Saturday, February 1 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9 to 5 Office Hours Dr. Greg Antoniadis R.R.S.P. LOANS AVAILABLE AT PRIME RATE Associated Financial Planners Anyone having a Blyth Rutabaga Festival Trophy please drop it off at The Citizen office by February 15 Fajr / IIEP oil®Sil BMffit It’s all in the hands Quick hands and fast feet where definitely in play for Mary Lou Johnston, winner of the Blyth Lions Club three minute shopping spree at Scrimgeour’s Food Market, Blyth. Johnston racked up $800.26 worth of merchandise as she cruised the aisles Wednesday, Jan. 15. Funds raised by the Lions Club will go to the Blyth and Area Fire Department for the purchase of rescue equipment. Pictured with Johnston are, from left, Lion Charlie Shaw, Lion Alex Donaldson and Brent Scrimgeour of Scrimgeour Food Market. Stage Door on the Net has announced the winners of the first annual Stage Door Awards. The Blyth Festival won three of the 20 awards, called the Stage Door Johnnies, which recognize excellence in live professional theatre on the stages of Southwestern Ontario for the 1995/96 season for winter theatres, and the 1996 season for summer festivals like Blyth. While the Shaw and Stratford Festivals presented the highest number of award-winning productions, with nine and five respectively, productions at Blyth received three awards, the Huron Country Playhouse in Grand Bend garnered two and The Grand in London took one. The Blyth Festival's awards include Best Actress in a Drama for Wanda Graham who portrayed- Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell in Mabelle Mabel', Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for Rustey Davenport who played Jamie, the mentally challenged grandson in Fireworks', and Best New Play for Gordon Portman who wrote Fireworks. All live professional stage presentations running at least two weeks on my Southwestern Ontario stages outside of Toronto are eligible for the Stage Door Awards. Stage Door on the Net was created two years ago to help publicize smaller theatres in the region. Several larger theatres, such as Stratford and Shaw Festivals, have their own web sites, and Stage Door provides quick links to their sites for full and colourful coverage of their season's offerings. Most of the smaller theatres, however, such as those in Blyth, Drayton and Fergus, do not have a presence on the Net, and Stage Door set out to remedy this. Stage Door is located at www.cyg.net/~stampact/ or can be easily found by entering "Stage Door Theatre Ontario" in most web Continued on page 19 Blyth euchre winners from Jan. 13 were: high lady, Ruth Shiell; high man, Jack Blake; ladies' lone hand, Geraldine Dale; men's lone hand, Millar Richmond; low lady, Audrey Thompson; low man, Frank Konarski. Jack and Shirley Johnson of London visited their parents Alvin and Gene Snell on Sunday. Blyth Office 221 Dinsley St. E. 523-9377 May call for appointment (Call forwarded) Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday 1 to 5 p.m. Community Appreciation Day for Dr. Frank Newland and Dr. Brian Baker Afternoon Reception at Clinton Public Hospital 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Evening Reception in the form of a Roast, Toast & Boast at Goderich Township Hall Holmesville Cocktails 6:00 p.m. ~ Dinner 7:00 p.m. Dinner Tickets now available $20/person Former patients and friends wishing to donate to a community gift please contact Clinton Public Hospital 482-3440 Ext. 254 For tickets or more information call 482-9864 or 565-2934