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Summer watchers
Exeter Times -Advocate
Wednesday, July 14, 1999
Community
Outdoor activities at Queensway
Stephen Township Pool lifeguards Erin Miles, left,•Sarah VanSligtenhorst and Leanna
Little will be the ones making sure the young and old alike that cool off this sum-
mer in the pool have a safe time. Public swimming is held each weekday from 1
p.m. -3 p.m. and 5 p.m. -7 p.m. and on the weekends from 1 p.m. -3 p.m. Cost is
$1.75 for students, $2.25 for adults and $5.50 for families. Swimming lessons are
also offered. For more information, call 228-6169.
Dial NIforA.iurder,4 classic mystery
HENSALL
Queensway's. Volunteer
-Auxiliary met Monday
and previewed the July
calendar. Among the
special scheduled events
are barbecues each
Friday in July and Ice
Cream Parlours outdoors
each Monday afternoon,
weather permitting.
Residents want .to enjoy
the outdoors as much as
possible while summer is
here. In the afternoon,
residents enjoyed ice
cream sundaes with a
variety- of toppings.
Rev. Pirie `Mitchell held
the worship service on
Tuesday afternoon. Belva
Alfred Hitchcok called Dial M for. Murder "the perfect murder mystery" now
playing at Huron. Country Playhouse until July 17. Back from left, Shaun Clarke
and Andrew Dolha. Front from left, Catherine O'Brien and Desmond Ellis.
By Kate Monk
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
GRAND BEND —
There's nothing, like • a
good murder mystery
when you're staying at
the cottage.
Huron Country Play-
house is featuring one of
the classics, Dial M for
Murder, on its Main
Stage until Saturday
night. The three -act play
opened to an, ap-
preciative audience on
July 7.
The play was written
by Frederick Knott in
1952 and made into a
film in 1954 by the mas-
ter of suspense Alfred
Hitchcock.
This is a story of a hus-
band who married for
money and stands to in-
herit his wife's fortune
upon her death.
He blackmails a scoun-
drel to kill his wife, sets
the stage for the murder
and arranges a perfect
alibi for himself. But he
doesn't count on his wife
killing the murderer dur-
ing the attack.
The husband is not
fazed by the turn of
events and manipulates
the investigation, in an
attempt to have his wife
convicted of the murder.
Luckily, the police in-
spector from Scotland
Yard and a young man in
love with the wife dis-
cover the truth and trap
the husband into re-
vealing his guilt, thus
freeing her from death
row.
Shaun Clarke, Andrew
Dolha, Christopher Heal-
ey and Catherine O'Brien
do a solid job throughout
the play. Desmond Ellis,
in the role of Inspector
Hubbard, adds an inter-
esting touch with a char-
acter that's a little differ-
ent from the rest.
Performances are:
Wednesday at 2 p.m. and
8 p.m.; Thursday at 8
p.m.; Friday at 2 p.m.
and Saturday at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $25 for
adults and $15 for youth
under 16.
Fuss played the organ
and Marg Cole assisted
residents. Current events
had residents alert and
testing their knowledge
Wednesday morning on
several topics. In the
afternoon the women
were welcome to visit the
sunroom for a luxurious
hand soak and manicure
topped off with the nail
polish colour of their
choice.
Thursday, the residents
and sixteen senior diners
all enjoyed the iltntastic
music of the Bodacious
Jazz Band made up of
George Godbolt, Bob
Fletcher, Elwood
Tremner and Ed
Mittleholtz. A highlight
was singing along with all
the Old Tyme Tunes.
Friday, the barbecued
food was savoured
indoors and just the cooks
got wet barbecuing out-
doors during the sporadic
rain. The hot dogs and
hamburgers were still a
great treat and hopefully
therewill be more suit-
able weather next Friday.
Coming Events
July 15, 2 p.m. Music
with Carol Lebeau and
Bill Pepper
July 16, 7 p.m.
Friendship Friday with
Gary Boyle
Director wins prize in the BigApple
BLYTH - The Blyth Festival ; is- excited
to announce that James Roy, founder of
the Festival and director during this
25th anniversary season, has been
awarded the Gold World Medal for Best .
Director, Radio Drama as well as the
Finalist Certificate for Best Radio Drama
Special in The New York Festivals 1999
International Competition for Radio
Media. •
These prestigious awards were given
to Roy because of his work as a director
with the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation in Toronto. Big Box was
originally commissioned by CBC Radio
Drama and broadcast on that network's
Sunday Showcase. Roy is directing the
stage version of this new Canadian play
by Dave Carley at the Blyth Festival this
season. The production is running in
repertory until Aug. 28:
The CBC production of Big Box won
the Best Director award for Roy. The
Finalist Certificate was awarded for a
drama written by Michel Tremblay
which Roy co-produced, directed an,d
hosted - "Sainte -Carmen of the Main".
This year 1,297 radio entries from 31'
countries were submitted to The New
York Festivals competition.
The New York Festivals were estab-
lished more than 40 years ago to honour
excellence in communications media.
The Radio Media competition in pro-
gramming, promotion and advertising
beganin 1982. During the 1998 compe-
tition more than 16,000 entries in all
media were submitted for review and
awards.
Later this summer Big Box will be pre-
sented as part of the Barrington Stage
Company's New Works Festival, in
Massachusetts. •
Roy is the Area Executive Producer
with responsibility for the radio drama
programs, Sunday Showcase " and
Monday Night Playhouse for the CBC
Radio network. Twenty-five years ago,
Roy, Anne Chislett, current{ Artistic
Director, and Keith-ttoulstbn, local
newspaper publisher, founded the Blyth
Festival. All. three founders are still
actively involved in. this unique, rural
Canadian theatre organization with a
mandate to nurture and develop=
Canadian works for the stage.
For complete Blyth Festival 25th sea-
son information please contact the Box
Office at 1-877-862-5984.
Submitted by The Blyth Pestivcd
POLICE BRIEFS • POLICE BRIEFS
Two youths
caught for
paint incident
GODERICH --- Police
caught two Brucefield
area young offenders
paint gunning people and
property in Goderich on
July 6.
Around 11:30. a.m.
police received a.call
about a blue truck shoot-
ing paint pellets at people.
A truck fitting • the
description was stopped a
short time later on
Kingston St. The vehicle
had two young males in it
that were questioned
about the incident. They
denied any involvement
but the officer checked
the vehicle and found a'
Brass Eagle paint gun
located under the front
seat. Also found in the
truck was a quantity of
yellow and pink paint
balls and extra cartridges
of carbon dioxide. ,
The youths then admit-
ted to the incident and
took the officer around
town to show what they
had shot with the gun.
Damage was done to the
jail sign on Victoria St.,
four vehicles, a boat and
a telephone booth. The
two youths are 16 and 17
years old.
Theft From
at
GRAND BEND -- During
broad daylight thieves
entered a 1988 Four
Winds boat docked at
Bernie Greens Docks in
Grand Bend on July 5.
The culprits managed to
make off with a water-
proof flashlight, binocu-
lars and two hats. They
also emptied a fire extin-
guisher on board causing
damage to the interior of
the cabin.
Thieves enter
business
GRAND BEND -- Mai's
Bangkok Cooking on Main
St. was broken into on
July 5 sometime during
the evening hours.
Thieves entered the
premises by smashing a
west side window. Once
inside they Went to the
cash register and dam-
aged it by trying to open
the tray section. The
owner hasn't found any-
thing missing from the
break in.
Windows
smashed
LUCAN — Baseball bat
wielding• vandals smashed
in thrfle windows at
Biddulph Public •School
over the weekend. The
damage is estimated to be
,$z00.
Correction
In the T -A's June 16
edition it was incor-
rectly reported a
house involved in a
Brucefield fire on
June 14 was unoccu-
pied by .its owner and
was being used for
storage. The owner,
Helen Higgart, did re-
side at the house but
was not at home at
the time of the fire.
The...fire was caused
by an extension cord.