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Serving the communities of Biyth and Brussels and northern Huron County
Volume 21 No. 26 Thursday, June 30, 2005
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Six Brussels people were among
the 38- charged following an early
— morning drug takedown Thursday,
■June 23.
Approximately 76 police officers
of the drug enforcement section of
the Ontario Provincial Police, as
well as South Bruce, Bruce
Peninsula, Grey County, Huron
County and Perth County OPPs
seized over $614,657 worth of
illegal drugs destined for the four
counties.
Assistance was received from St.
Thomas, Sarnia, West Grey and
Hanover Police Services.
The action was a culmination of a
13-month undercover investigation
into illicit drug activity throughout
Huron. Perth, Grey and Bruce
Counties, in which police
concentrated their efforts on streel
level and mid-level
methamphetamine traffickers.
Nine search warrants were
executed. A total of 227 drug and
criminal code charges were laid.
Seized were: 1,680.57 grams of
methamphetamine, 130.8 grams of
cocaine, 17,709.37 grams of
cannabis marijuana, 1,639.74 grams
of cannabis resin, 80 marijuana
plants, 98 oxycodone pills, 25
morphine pills, 62 ecstasy pills, six
percocet pills, $7,854.03 in
Canadian currency and five
weapons.
Among those charged were:
Leanne Minielly, Kevin and Laune
Sturgeon, Michelle Tachauer,
Raymond Andrew White and Craig
Wood, all of Brussels.
Eleven outstanding warrants
remain for persons who could not be
located.
The investigation is continuing.
Decoration day
Members of the Brussels Legion colour party march during the Decoration Day ceremony held
Sunday afternoon at the Brussels cemetery. Members of the Legion pipe band as well as
Legion and Legion auxiliary members and Oddfellows and Rebekahs participated in the
ceremony. (Jim Brown photo)
Festival season opens tonight
The Biyth Festival kicks off its
2005 season on Thursday, June 30
with The Ginkgo Tree by Stratford
playwright Lee MacDougall.
MacDougall’s critically acclaimed
first play, High Life, won a Dora
Mavor Moore Award for Best New
Play and was nominated for a
Governor General’s Literary Award.
High Life has been produced across
Canada and in Ne York, Chicago,
London, and Tokyo.
His other stage plays include an
adaptation of W.O. Mitchell’s How
Has Seen the Wind and The Ginkgo
Tree. MacDougall is currently
working on the screenplay of the
film of High Life and several other
writing projects.
Artistic Director Eric Coates
describes that like the ginkgo tree
itself plays can be simultaneously
delicate and hardy things. This play
is a case in point.
Prior to the performance the
Festival holds an opening night
dinner to recognize and celebrate the
support of major donors. This year,
the guest speaker will be Blyth’s
honorary artist, designer Shawn
Kerwin.
Kerwin is an award-winning stage
designer who has been involved
with the Biyth Festival since 1977.
This year she is designing sets and
costumes for The Ginkgo Tree and
the remount of Spirit of the Narrows
in September.
From September through May she
is an active professor and serves as
chair of the Department of Theatre
in the Faculty of Fine Arts at York
University.
“As I continue to come to Biyth, I
am struck by the level of
commitment towards the arts in the
people who live here,” says Kerwin.
“I am very moved by the fact that in
this small village there are so many
talented people. The volunteers who
work for the festival and the people
in the community who support the
festival are such a clear indication of
why the arts are important.
Sometimes in the city you lose sight
of the relationship between what you
do and who sees it. In Biyth, you
never lose sight of that relationship.
The Ginkgo Tree stars Nancy
Beatty, Adrian Churchill, John
Dolan, Sharon Heldt, Mark
Harapiak, Ken Munday, Lisa Norton
and Suzanne Roberts Smith. It is
directed by Coates.
Citizen
closed
Friday
The staff at The Citizen will be
enjoying a rare long weekend this
weekend.
The offices will be closed on
Friday in recognition of Canada’s
birthday.
Dog
days in
Biyth
Dog lovers will be teeming into
Biyth next week.
Over 100 breeds of dogs will be
represented as part of the Bluewater
Kennel Club’s annual all-breeds dog
shows and obedience trials.
The event is being held this year
from July 5 to 7 at the Biyth and
District Community Centre and
fairgrounds.
An annual event since 1979, the
show came to Biyth in 1982. It is
now part of a circuit, which begins
this weekend and continues after the
Biyth event.
Although the show runs mid
week, it still attracts a number of
competitors from the United States.
However, it is not always as well
attended as those events that are held
on weekends.
Those attending the event are
given the opportunity to see dogs put
through their paces during the show
and trials, which go on all day,
beginning at 9 a.m.
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repairs
By Jim Brown
Citizen staff
A delegation from Huron East
council was at the June 21 meeting of
Morris-Tumberry council to present
a proposal regarding the roof of the
Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre.
Huron East treasurer Brad Knight
indicated that the roof could have
been done this year, but council’s
Trillium grant application was for the
Vanastra Recreation Centre.
And since a municipality can’t
apply for a second Trillium grant
until the first one is completed,
Huron East waited until the Vanastra
Recreation Centre project was
complete before proceeding with the
BMG roof.
Apologizing foi the lateness of the
application, Knight said they still
hope to submit the application before
the July 1 deadline.
Knight said the BMG board looked
at a number of options for the roof
then received a number of quotes for
the project.
The board selected the quote from
CoEm-Tek of Heidelberg.
Knight said the roofing material
would provide an economic benefit
as there would be a payback period of
from three to five years and there
would be a 20 per cent energy saving.
He noted there are some rust spots on
the roof, which was last painted in
1997.
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