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Times Advocate, 1989-01-04, Page 6Page 6 January 4, 1989 TRIPP - LESPERANCE • Tracey Lesperance, daughter of Ed and Donna Lesperance of 1-turon Park and Kevin Tripp, son of .Norm Tripp, Centralia and Glena Tripp, Huron- Park, were united in marriage on Au- gust 19,-1988 in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church with Fr. Gary G o iating: Tammy Lesperance, ,sten of the bride, was Matron of Honour and bridesmaids were Diane Macln- tyre, sister of the groom and Cathy Smith," cousin of - the bride. Best man . was Collin Tripp, brother of the groom. Ushers.wereShane Lesperance, brother of the bride and Jay AI - blas, friend of the groom. Ring " bearer was Christopher Lesper- ance, sop of the bride. The reader was Mrs. Helen Creces, aunt of the. bride ane/ music was by . Mr. and Mrs. Mozart -Gelinas. The happy couple is now residing in -Huron Park; Ke- vin and Tracey would like to thank everyone for making this day a very special one. Phenomenal 1988 season at. Blyth Festival Theatre BLYTH-- "1988 has been a phe- nomenalone for the Blyth Festi- val:, says outgoing president, Mari- . an -Doucette. "In. -addition to mounting our most popular and longest running summer season to date, we continued to expand our. new.play development program, ex- tended- our Ontario touring circuit, increased- our inemberships. and fundraising base, and successfully executed more fund raising -events in a single season. than ever before. More important, we witnessed 'a tremendous outpouring of support for this orggpization from individu- als right across the country, ena- bling us to break ground oneour capital expansion project.' The Blyth Centre for the Arts Annual General Meeting was. held -at the home of Wayne Caldwell on Thurs- day, December 8. The following people were elected to the 1988/89 Board of Directors for the Blyth Center for the Arts: Carol Irwin, President (Blyth); Mar- ian.Doucette, Past -President (Clin- ton); Gayle -Waters, Vice -President (Bayfield); Wayne Caldwell, Vice - President (Goderich); Don McCaf- frey; Treasurer (Exeter); Mary Gregg, Secretary (Goderich); Sheila Richards (Brussels); Lois van Vliet (Blyth);. Margaret Webster (Wing - ham); Carol McDonnell- (Blyth); Helen Gowing. (Blyth);.Carrie Sals- bury (Clinton); Amber Underwood (Wingham); and Ann Coulter (Goderich). Newly elected Board members Anne Elliott (Blyth)/ Wayne Phibbs (Wingham) and Doug Whitmore (Blyth) were wet- -corned to the Board of Directors.. Last summer, over 43,000 people enjoyed outstanding plays at. the - "Blyth Festival. In addition, Border- town Cafe by Kelly Rebar was per-- fanned er-formed over 50 times in the course of nine weeks, stopping in 17. com- munities across Ontario. Including NEIL OSTRANOER PHOTOGRAPHY • Weddings • Portraits • Commercial • Groups • Framing • Custom Black & White R.R. 3 Parkhill, NOM 2K0 238-5056 Hwy. 81 halfway between Grand Bend and Parkhill B R I ••D�•A�•L have a wctUing date eAut yea Heol t6 puce ol= mind A croup Via: prSSexionais tient: 9atfferrc4 +o ether to precierif a 4eivti na r on t I t7A(. Pt-MNNINef. • Wedding Knot, Clinton • Wuerth Shoes, Exeter • Country Flowers, Exeter • Gwen Dykeman Catering, • Expressions Hair Design Centralia - - Exeter • Second Look, Exeter • Bart DeVries Photography In juyr 3 hour' - you will. know vir•i.lally .everything you need to know about. prepari.tg yotre eI1 for organiti a Weddi4g, -Plan to meet- with. 06. Wed • Januuni mss, PIM •• -from. 1 -lo pm at -the.- efer ToWh Halt. &ouittry.P1 pry -tvr wtore f,i orwtat-ion. 235-2350 • - rl� wull get you IP- the C4iurcli on fi me.1 the Bordertown tour, it is estimated that over 65,000 peopl€ saw a Blyth Festival production this year. The most popular plays at the- Blyth heBlyth Festival proved to the The Cookie War and fires in the Night which drew a 92 percent. capacity audience: • All in all, with 101 performances this summer, the theatre had a 82 percent capacity, a two percent in- crease from last ycar. "The popular- ityof our plays combined with -a continued effort to provide excel- lence in performers and production, reflects Katherine Kaszas's expertise as one of the finest young Artistic Directors in Canada," says- Board President, Marian Doucette. The Blyth Festival ended its sea- son With a surplus of S1,125 and - the Board announced that the total operation budget for the entire or- ganization and all activities will be in. the neighbourhood of SI mil- lion. 1988 proved to be the most successful year yct in fundraising for. the Blyth Festival, with over S107,000.00 raised for operating funds. Each of the five plays were spon- sored by corporations as well as the art gallery, writers' and chil drens'- workshop; poster and tour. A membership of almost 1,(X)0 -in- cluded over 225 patrons and 26 in-, dividual performance sponsors:. With October came the announce- ment from thc.federat Dcparuncnt ' of Communications through Mur- ray Cardiff, MP of- their commit- ment of 5450,000 to .the .Capital • Expansion project with ground be- ing eing broken in late November. As the new years begins, our capital expansion -program is_ well underway; our theatre season, new play development program, youih workshops and many other activi- ties are all growing and exciting announcementswill be- made in. February about our 15th -annivcr-' sary season and. activities -said Marian Doucette. "As we look to= wards the future, we must -remain well awarcof those qualities which • make us what. we today - our artistic abilities in producing out- standing new Canadian plays; our rural roots which arc -mirrored in many of these plays and our strong community tics. May these attrib- utes continue to serve us well." Well decorated -Judges' in the Lucan' Optimist :Club home decoration contest had a difficult time in making their decisions with literally hundreds of excellent entries. Thb home of Mr. and Mrs: Orland Hetherington, 133 Albert Street. Diners enjoy dinner at Revival Centre LUCAN - Members .of Lucan Revival Centre enjoyed a bountiful. -New Year's Pot.blessing dinner in . the Fellowship Hall of the church. Rev. Roger Mason conducted the New Year's Service Sunday after- noon.. , . Fey. fternoon.- Rcv. Mason, from -Genesis 4:33- 36, told ,how God showed Joseph - • himw to set goals to care for Egypt during seven .years of plenty; then seven year -Of famine. Because - God has given them a *mission Christmas should have certain Bib- lical goals to -strive for. All -Egypt • .had tt common goal as a matter of survival...For God's work to.sur- vive, Jesus gave His disciples goals to•spread the gospel. With- . out goals,a church, or a Christian, Just wyrks, but does not accom- plisli anything. • •To accomplish God given goals, Christians need .unity and co- operation. Those who have goals overcome- difficulties better than - those -Who ,don't. God 'gives us a way t0 evaluate. Pastors Mason and . Schink-lc- shock-have.-set a - list of .goals. for Lucan Revival Centre they hope to . reach, this year. _ Rev. Mason en- ' couraged each person to set God given goals for their'families: - ION Critters Corner formerly Atlantis Aquarium and Pet Shop now under new management COME SEE OUR COMPLETE LINE OF: * tropical fish * hamsters ' *birds *puppies *: snakes and lizards Full line of Fish and Pet Supplies Centre Mall 235-0251 WBG WATCHEZ EL] 'TJI@UtE Thurs. Jan. 5 at 7 a.m. at the ANGLICAN CHURCH, Church St., LUCAN No obligation to join •• • • Or ;iia' 41„,4 1 •• • t 4 On Romper Room = Shari Becker, six year-old daughter of Wally and Mary Lou Becker of Huron Park appeared on two Romper Room shows recently on CKCO Television in Kitchener. The -J.A.D. McCurdy student is shown here with - Miss Fran . • Shari made friends with other children from Kitchener,: •Waterloo, Guelph and especially Laura from Toronto. To learn about wool CLINTON - .What is durable and . members arc invited to, learn a lot colorful, keeps you warm in win- more about it by signing up for Jnr ,.,.1 ,. ;,n ►.. . r \Ir , t •'.i .• 8cti`.. anyining — to Yarn. Wool is the- answer, 4-H Members will follow the trans- formation of wool from the sheep's fleece to the yarn they arc using for their knitting 'project. Carding, spinning and dyeing will be dis- cussed, as well as the properties of wool and how to judge knitted pro- jects. Intcrestcd.i - cing a 4-H rncrn- bcr? Anyone w o is 11 years old by Jan. 1,-1989 is -eligible. interested in becoming a leader? Leadership workshops will be held Feb. 2 and 4. For more information contact Jane Mueggc, Rural Organization Specialist, Ontarld, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Box 159, (Ilinion, Ont. 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