HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1999-02-17, Page 15First tapping
of a sweet
season
BLYTH - Feb. 22 at 11:30
a.m. Blyth Festival
favourite, actor/playwright
Ted Johns will be the guest
of honour of the SW
Ontario Maple Syrup
Producers Association, tap-
ping the first tree to begin
the annual maple syrup
harvest. This early spring
ceremony is the season's
kick-off event hosted at
McCully's Hill Farm, St.
Marys, Ontario.
Johns will appear as
'Aylmer', a local maple
syrup producer waging
war against modern tech-
nology's influence on this
historic annual event.
Johns, who created this
favourite character for the
1994 Blyth Festival play He
Won't Come in from the
Barn, has developed an
especially humourous and
pertinent skit for this tap-
ping ceremony. His produc-
tion The Great School
Crisis of '99 will premier
this season at the Blyth
Festival.
The McCully and Pullen
families of McCully's Hill
Farm will welcome guests
as they sample maple
syrup products and take
sleigh rides to the sugar
bush on the farm. As well
as meeting local maple
syrup producers, guests
can enjoy a luncheon creat-
, -ed by local chefs Chris and
Mary Woolf featuring
maple products. The
Woolfs are proprietors of
Woolfy's of Wildwood
Restaurant.
For' complete information
please call: David and
Darlene Pullen, McCully's
Hill Farm, 519-284-3179,
or Laurel Armstrong, Blyth
Festival 519-523-4345.
From The
Eagles' Nest
News
From Exeter Public
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le
School
by Shannon Baier, Aaron
Daters
On February 11 we held
a Storytelling Competition
for grades 1,2,&3. They
each told one of their
favourite stories.
The winners' are as fol-
loWs: first place,
Kathleen Anderson, sec-
ond place, Taryn Anstett
and third place, Amy
Eveland. Honourable
Mentions were given to:
Brittany Janke, Candice
Janke and Mackenzie
Holtzmann.
Also on Tuesday,
Feb.16 the Junior grades
4,5&6 and the
Intermediate grades 7&8
are going to be saying
their speeches in the gym.
Student Council held a
Valentine's Day Dance on
February 12. Rod, White,
and Pink Day was also
held on February 12.
Congratulations to Troy
Elder who was the first in
the school to reach the 10
feather plateau to earn
his wings.
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