HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times-Advocate, 2002-11-06, Page 1By Scott Nixon
TIMES-ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — A local
writer has made it to
CBC Radio.
Grand Bend resident
and Exeter financial
planner Paul Ciufo will
have his one-hour radio
drama, ‘On Convoy,’
broadcast on CBC three
times.
The first broadcast is
Nov. 10 at 10 p.m. on
93.5 FM. Two broadcasts
are planned for
Remembrance Day, Nov.
11, at 3 p.m. on 93.5 FM
and at 9 p.m. on 100.5
FM.
Ciufo originally wrote
‘On Convoy’ as a play,
which was produced at
the Livery in Goderich in
March 1999. Ciufo was
inspired by the late John
Webster, a former mer-
chant navy member who
fascinated Ciufo with his
war stories.
After the play’s run in
Goderich, Ciufo sent it to
CBC Radio, which asked
him to develop it into a
radio drama.
Seven drafts and two
years later, Ciufo had his
two-hour play down to a
one-hour radio drama.
“It was a really inter-
esting experience,” he
said of the learning
process involved in writ-
ing for radio. Ciufo is
quick to credit script edi-
tor Dave Carley and
executive producer
James Roy with helping
him re-write the drafts.
During the recording of
the radio drama, Ciufo
worked with
director/producer
Mladen Ovadija and
“amazingly talented”
actors. Ciufo said unlike
stage and screen actors,
radio actors only have
their voices to convey
emotion.
Ciufo adds Ovadija kept
him involved in the
recording process and
would ask his opinion
after a take was finished.
‘On Convoy’ deals with
the hardships encoun-
tered by a group of mer-
chant navy sailors trying
to cross the Atlantic
Ocean from Halifax to
Liverpool in March 1941.
It features a young, inex-
perienced sailor trying to
overcome cowardice.
Ciufo considers ‘On
Convoy’ a tribute to
Canada’s merchant navy,
a group he said had the
most dangerous job dur-
ing the Second World
War and who are over-
Wednesday, November 6, 2002 $1.00 (includes GST)Exeter, Ontario, Canada
As the clock strikes
11 a.m. on Nov. 11, Canadians
will pause for two minutes in silent tribute
to Canada’s fallen heroes.
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Unassumed roads becomes
issue at South Huron council
By Scott Nixon
TIMES-ADVOCATE STAFF
SOUTH HURON — The issue of unassumed roads in
shoreline subdivisions has reared its head in South
Huron.
While a hot topic in the Municipality of Bluewater
since amalgamation, the issue has been a quiet one in
South Huron.
However, council discussed the issue at Monday
night’s meeting in response to a letter from Kingsmere
resident John Buechler.
Buechler’s letter refers to Bluewater’s recently
approved plan to provide road grants.
Bluewater’s policy:
• is available for roads created by plan of subdivision
or by reference plan regardless of road ownership;
• the road must be open for public use and can’t have
a ‘no trespassing’ or ‘private road’ sign;
• there must be a formal subdivision association;
• the grant can be used for maintenance of the roads
and capital improvements to roads;
• if the allotted amount is not spent in the year, it will
go into a reserve for that subdivision;
• the allotment is based on $1,900 per kilometre.
Buechler wrote in his letter, “I think the time has
now come that (South Huron) do the same thing.”
Buechler points out there are three cottage associa-
tions (Oakwood, Maple Grove and Kingsmere) in South
Huron that have borne the responsibility for maintain-
ing their private roads. He explains a large portion of
the Stephen ward tax base comes from the associa-
tions which do not receive full municipal services. He
said taxes have become so high that residents need
help offsetting the expenses of maintaining their roads.
Deputy Mayor Dave Urlin said he drove through the
South Huron areas in question and saw posted ‘no
trespassing,’ ‘private road,’ and ‘no entrance,’ signs.
He said those areas wouldn’t even be eligible under
Bluewater’s resolution. Urlin added he was asked to
leave when he stopped on one of the roads to see the
situation for himself.
Coun. Ken Oke said he doesn’t think the situation in
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