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Vol 14 No. 28 Wednesday, July 15 1998
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Under her spell
Kyle Gibson went from prince to monster when the bad witch, played by Camerra Yuill wove
her evil spell over him during this perfotmance at the Lions Park in Blyth last Wednesday.
The event was the culmination of this years Blyth Festival Children's Workshops. The
younger children presented their performance in the morning.
Unique art exhibit opens at gallery
Education
Local students among
those named Ontario
scholars at LDSS, GDCI
Entertainment
See page 19
News
Blyth Optimist Club gets
grant money for habitat
stream work
See page 20
The North Huron
3 area brothers tizen in fair condition
Two unique and unusual
displays of art will be combined to
provide the second in a series of
exhibits on display at the Bainton
Gallery located at the Blyth
Festival.
The exhibit, entitled Polarized
Textures, will feature the work of
metal sculpturess Sane Marais and
Debbie New, who specializes in
knitted wall hangings.
The long, attenuated metal forms
of Marais will provide a striking
contrast to the soft, complex
knitted work of New in the
Bainton Gallery.
Polarized Textures will be
officially opened with a special
ceremony on Friday, July 17
beginning at 7 p.m. Immediately
following the opening at 8 p.m. the
Blyth Festival will present
Yesteryear by Johanna McLelland
Glass upstairs in Memorial Hall.
Later this summer, the Bainton
Gallery will host its third and final
exhibit of the season when
Installation and Paintings by Ada
K. Hunsberger opens Aug. 11.
In addition to the exhibits
displayed in the Bainton Gallery,
the Lower Hall is alive with the art
of students of the Avon-Maitland
Secondary School Board. This
dynamic exhibit, on display for the
entire summer, features original
pieces from each of the 11
secondary schools in Huron and
Perth Counties.
For more information on the
exhibits this year at the Bainton
Gallery, call the Blyth Festival
Box Office at 519-523-9300.
Error noted
in rainfall
report
There was an error in the report-
ing of rainfall amounts for the
Blyth area in July 8 issue of The
Citizen.
The correct figure was 35.5 mil-
limeters.
Three Grey Twp., brothers
involved in a car accident which
occurred on July 8 about three kms
east of Brussels, remain in Sick
Children's Hospital in London.
A hospital spokesperson said
Monday that James, David and
Michael Knight, ages eight, seven
and four, respectively, are in fair
condition.
The boys, who reside at RR3,
Brussels, were passengers in a 1984
Datsun pickup driven by their
mother, Maria, 40 at 1:30 p.m.
According to the OPP, she was
eastbound on County Rd. 16 when
she hit the loose gravel on the south
A charge of first-degree murder
has been laid against a Port Franks
man following nearly a year of
investigation by the Ontario
Provincial Police Criminal
Investigation Bureau, Major Cases
Section, in conjunction with
members of the Huron OPP.
On July 30 John Douglas
Windsor, 29, of Exeter, was shot
while on a hunting trip in the
Hullett Conservation Area, north of
Clinton. According to Senior
A trip to the West Wawanosh
farm of Tony and Fran McQuail
this weekend will touch on the eco-
logical, natural and even political,
when NDP MPP Marion Boyd vis-
its Sunday.
Beginning Saturday, July 18, the
family will host a tour of the Eco-
logical Farmers Association of
Ontario including a visit to the
community garden and greenhouse
which supplies 30 local families
with fresh organic vegetables
weekly.
Walking tours will allow partici-
pants to view rotational pastures,
fencing systems, livestock, crops
With somewhat cooler tempera-
tures and gently breezes, the 16th
annual Bluewater Kennel Club Dog
Show and Obedience Trials held in
Blyth last week were a success.
"The weather was ideal for the
dogs," said Florence Pullen, a show
organizer.
Entries were up considerably and
the American participants raved
about the food. Unlike at most dog
shows, the Blyth event offers a
home cooked meal put on by the
Anglican church women, said
Pullen.
This year had some special
guests as a spaniel, owned by
shoulder and lost control.
Police said the pickup rolled
several times and the boys were
ejected.
Two of the youths were taken to
London by ambulance while the
third was air-lifted. Their mother
was treated for her injuries and
released. •
Police said a technical traffic
collision investigator was called to
the scene. The pickup was taken to
a joint safety lanes operation in
Goderich between the Ministry of
Transportation and the OPP
detachment where it is being
inspected for safety reasons.
Const. Don Shropshall, Windsor
died of a gunshot wound to his
neck from a 20-gauge shotgun.
Shropsall said an arrest could not
be made until the examination of
forensic evidence was complete.
The accused, 54-year-old John
Dougherty has had business
dealings with the victim. Now in
custody at the Elgin Middlesex
Detention Centre in London,
Dougherty is scheduled to appear
in Goderich Court Aug. 10.
and orchards. _
Saturday tours will run from 10
a.m. until 3 p.m. Visitors are wel-
come to bring along a picnic lunch.
There is no charge for the tour.
Following a 4 p.m. swim and
horse-drawn wagon rides on Sun-
day, guests at the farm will be
joined in a potluck picnic by NDP
MPP Marion Boyd.
Boyd will give a presentation on
a progressive alternative to the Har-
ris agenda.
McQuails' farm is located in the
second block north of County. Rd.
20, two sideroads west of County.
Rd. 22.
Czech Republic residents compet-
ed. The daughter of the spaniel
owners, who were on hand, partici-
pated in the junior showmanship
contest though she was unable to
speak English.
Other entrants came from across
Canada, the United States and
Mexico.
A miniature poodle from Hous-
ton, Texas, won all five obedience
trials while honours for best of
show went to a Yorkshire terrier
from Sudbury on the first day, a
standard long-haired dachshund
from California on the second and
an Oil City dalmatian on the third.
Port Franks man charged
with first-degree murder
Boyd visits *Quail farm
Dog show entries up