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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-07-21, Page 1Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County Volume 21 No. 29 Thursday, July 21, 2005 $1 (93c + 7c GST) NH NORTH HURON PUBUSHING COMPANY INC | Inside this week 2 Fair ambassador wins Ont. Mid-West title 7 Pg-13 Railroad fans visit Londesborough home New life for Maitside Pg-16 Student returns . from Guatemala ‘Powers and Gloria’ ** has ‘legs’ Whimsical Disorder at Art Gallery The Blyth Festival Art Gallery presents large-scale watercolours by a veteran of Canadian art. The work of June Selznick Drutz is distinguished by an abundance of pattern, playful use, of perspective, touches of surreal humour and consummate painterly technique. Selznick Drutz. now in her 80s. has been exhibiting her magical paintings and watercolours since the mid-80s. She taught at the Ontario College of Art from 1967 to 1985 and is a well respected artist in the Toronto art community. This exhibition features 20 works dating from 1993 to the present. “1 realized fairly early that 1 saw in shapes rather than lines. I can draw according to convention because 1 was taught how. but I like to devise shapes and to place them as if they were cut-out. decorative elements rather than realistically modelled forms,” explained Selznick Drutz. The Blyth Festival Art Gallery operates solely by volunteers in the community. Artists represented are all Canadian, primarily from southwestern Ontario. Annual activities in the Gallery include a secondary school student exhibit, a non-juried community art show and three professional exhibitions. It has posted a surplus on annual operations every year. Whimsical Disorder is on display in the Bainton Gallery at Blyth Memorial Community Hall in Blyth lulv 18 to Aug. 10. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday until Sept. 10. Hours are extended until 9 p.m. when performances are on stage al the Blyth Festival. For more information on the Blyth Festival Art Gallery, please contact Ron Walker at 519-523-9403. Going wild It was a muggy Monday morning for the start of the Blyth Christian Reformed Church’s Vacation Bible School this week. The theme was Prayer Safari with the focus on The Lord's Prayer. Dressing the part in the junior kindergarten room were from left: Cody, the leopard; Caleb, the lion and Curtis, the monkey. Classes were also held at the United Church. (Bonnie Gropp photo) Provincial ui> minister attends Ontario eattle feeders meeting By Jim Brown Citizen staff Minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs. Leona Dombrowsky made one of her first public appearances, since becoming the new minister, at the Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association summer meeting in Brussels on July 13,biI led as the largest beef meeting in Ontario. Former provincial agriculture and food minister Steve Peters attended the evening’s event as well. According to Dombrowsky, the Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association saw the potential to seek out new market opportunities years before the BSE crisis happened. “1 am referring to the Ontario corn-led beef program, which you launched back in 2000.” she said. She said it underscores the association’s commitment to produce a high-quality, consistent product that will increase beef consumption. “I commend tbe association on its mandate to reclaim and increase the market share for beef in Ontario and congratulate you on your success,” said the minister. Dombrowsky said that with more then 60 producers enrolled in this program, she was told they supply 2,500 program cattle each month to five certified packers. “1 believe branding initiatives like this will improve the demand for Ontario beef on international markets,” she said. The Ontario government is - committed to strengthening the prosperity of its agri-food industry and she added it recognizes that strategic investments in research and development consistently yield significant returns to this sector. “Through the Agricultural Policy Framework, we have partnered with the federal government to bring programs to Ontario that will help us to maximize the benefits for our agri-food industry,” said Dombrowsky. “We are seeing those benefits crystallized through the framework’s Canada-Ontario Research and Development program (CORD).” She slated that CORD will deliver $35 million in research and development funding to Ontario’s agri-food sector. The minister noted it is an outstanding example of industry- driven innovation that can create new opportunities for Ontario’s agri- food sector and. in turn, bring huge benefits to the people of this province. “As long as we continue to broaden our knowledge base through the types of projects CORD will fund, we can be confident that we’re building a foundation strong enough to support growth and change in the agriculture and food sector,” she said. She stated that to date, 125 projects totalling about $10 million in government fund’ng have been approved. “1 am pleased that the Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association was named as one of the successful applicants for CORD funding,” said Dombrowsky. "This will help you to build on your Ontario Corn-fed Beef Market Recovery initiative.” She slated it is initiatives like these that enhance the competitiveness of the Ontario beef industry and strengthen partnerships across the food chain and that when farmers Continued on page 2 Fastball tourney back After a one-year hiatus, the Brussels men’s fastball tournament returns this year with a new format. The tournament features four Masters teams and eight recreational teams. The four Masters teams are from Brussels. Walton. New Hamburg- Mifverton and Clinton. Masters teams are comprised to players 35 years of age and older. The recreational teams are from the Huron County Fastball and the South Perth Leagues. The competition begins on the downtown diamond on Friday night with the Brussels Masters playing the Walton Masters at 7 p.m. • The Brussels Tigers square off against the Walton Brewers at 9 p.m. Play resumes at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, with games being played at both the downtown field and the arena field. The Walton Masters play the Clinton Masters at 10 a.m. Saturday on the downtown diamond and the Brussels Masters play New Hamburg-Milverton at 11 a.m. The Masters B final goes at 5:30 p. m. on Saturday on the downtown diamond, followed at 7 p.m. by the Masters A final. The Walton Brewers play the Wroxeter Rippers at noon on the downtown diamond on Saturday, with the Brussels Tigers taking on the Fullarton As at 1:45 p. m. on the arena diamond. The Tigers play the Rippers at 10:30 on Sunday at the downtown field and the Brewers go against the As in the final round­ robin game on Sunday, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The C final is scheduled for 3 p.m. The B final is played at 4:30 p.m. The A final is scheduled for 6 p.m. Farmers say thanks There were prayers of gratitude throughout the area this past weekend, as the remnants of Hurricane Dennis brought rains to dry fields. According to local weather observor Boyd Taylor, though the rainfall amounts were variable throughout the area, the run-off was minimal. “It was certainly needed, and I don’t think it was too late.” Saying that as of this past Friday he wondered if what farmers had today for crops would be here by this week, the rain was “well- welcomed.” He expected that the effects of Dennis, which moved up from the Ohio Valley, would be felt until mid-week. “That rain didn’t change the air.” Hurricane Emily, which has veered off On a more westerly path should not have the same effect on this area.