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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-04-24, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, April 24, 1991 INTT-TFWFWS_ Fame rehearsals in full sang In the wings - Because the set of SHDHS's Fame spans over four Opening number - Aimee Gelinas opens the show with her solo on sets, many characters, including Margo Ducharme, provide a pen- the familiar theme song of Fame. sive counterpoint to the drama in centre stage. Backdrop - Julie Rompf (left) and Julia Obre paint the backdrop which will eventually frame the centre stage of Fame when it opens May 8. Cast photo - While over 100 students are involved in the South Hu- ron District High School production of Fame, these are only those who have speaking parts. In front from left are Sally Morgan, Aimee Gelinas, Rob Drouillard, Amy Hawley, Dan Thiel, Steve Heywood, Jenny Wareham, Darren Boyle, Mike Graham, and Darren Malcolm. Behind from left are Rashona Good, Chantelle Crabe, Kendra Fen- wick, Diana Verbeme, Louise Augd, Jenny Weigand, Margo Du- charme, Melanie Phillips, Rob Gackstetter, Amy Relouw, Rob Mizzi, Judy Becker, and Becci Farquhar. Tickets for '91 Salmon Derby selling fast GRAND BEND - Registration for Grand Bend's 1991 Salmon Derby is already exceeding last year's, and the third annual event has still a few days to go before it opens. Tickets are still available to fish the derby from May 4-12 off the Grand Bend shore. Daily prizes will be awarded for the largest fish caught, a mystery weight prize, and the overall largest catch. Entrants will also get a chance to win a Marina 9.9 hp outboard at the awards night on May 25 hosted by the Grand Bend Legion. The early bud draws for early ticket buyers were held at the Pine- dale Inn on Sunday. Tim Steele of RRl Dashwood won a weekend for two in Toronto complete with Blue Jays tickets. Len Smith of London won a Salmon Charter Boat trip for four. Money raised at this year's Salmon Derby will be split three ways - the derby itself, the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce, and to the Blue Water Angler Fish Hatcheries to help restock the fish. Hensall council dentes assistance for new drain HENSALL - Hensall council has decided not to aid two resi- dents financially in the installation of a new water drain. Janeth Sangster 'submitted a let- ter to council Monday requesting assistance in paying for the drain estimated at 52,000. Sangster needs the drain to connect with the • drainage ditch to prevent further flooding problems. Council expressed concern that they would be setting dangerous precedent by approving the re- quest. Instead, council entertained the idea of offering a loan to Sang- ster but disagreed with helping in cost. Approve Grants Hensall council agreed Monday to approve $4,200 in grants from the village, up slightly from the 1990 amount. Council approved grants to 15 or- ganizations with slight increases in the village's donations to the Hen- sall Union Cemetery Board, Hen. sall Horticultural Society and Hu- ron County Playhouse. Fire pit inspections Herman councillor and fire chief, Butch Hoffman, informed council that he has already received several requests for fire pit in tions. Hoffman said that his department will begin inspections as of May 14, and anyone needing an inspec- tion is asked to call the village of- fice. Clinton author's book wins top. award TORONTO - Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro is this year's win- ner of the Government of Ontario's Trillium Book Award/Prix Trilli- um. Ontario Culture and Communica- tions Minister Rosario Marchese presented the author with the 510,000 prize at a reception held this evening at Toronto's St. Law- rence Hall. Marchese also present- ed McClelland & Stewart, the book's publisher, with a 52,000 award to support special marketing of the title. "Everyone who works in the pub- lishing industry right now knows that these are hard times in the book trade - even for a business that is no stranger to hard times," said Marchese. The Trillium Book Award/Prix Trillium is a timely re- minder of exactly why we value our authors, and recognize the need to nurture them." Three -time winner of the Govern- or Generals' award, Alice Munro at- tracts readers from across Canada and virtually every comer of the globe. She recently received the Canada Council's Molson Prize for her lifetime contribution to writing Publishers submitted over 180 works for this year's Trillium Book Award/Prix Trillium. To be eligi- ble, books must have been pub- lished in the previous calendar year and be written in English or French by authors who have lived in Onta- rio for at least three of the past five years. The winner and short-list titles were selected by an independent, bilingual jury which included: Mar- guente Andersen, professor and writer; Barbara Godard, translator, critic and editor; Bey Grieve, Chief Executive Officer of the East York Public Library; Ronald Graham, journalist and non-fiction writer, and Maurice Nettie, novelist. Previous winners of the Trillium Book Award/Prix Trillium are: Rites of Spring by Modris Eksteins, 1990; Stones by Timothy Findlay, 1989; In the Skin of the Lion by Mi- chael Ondaatje, 1988. Trillium award winner Alice Munro signs a copy for MPP Paul Klopp.