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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1984-07-18, Page 3CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JULY* 1904*41A . Te 41/0 ; • • , ;441 „ 46. By Wendy Somerville CLINTON — Area resident Dorothy Piner, winner of a Dominion Drama Festival Award has returned to the stage in the role of Augusta Connors, in the Blyth Festival play, Cake Walk. Apart from acting, the seasoned per- former has assumed many "roles" over the past 44 years, including secretary, child care worker and auctioneer. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, she „began her career at 13 -years -old, performing in amateur productions with the Sault Ste. Marie Theatre Workshop. Dorothy said that here she was able to develop into a better ac- tress thanks to the influence of a friend. stage in Bly4 "She helped me a great deal," the actress remembered. Comparing the Sault Ste. Marie Workshop and the Blyth Workshop, Dorothy said the quality of acting at the Blytn Festival Children's Workshop is eX- ceptional. "It is definitely a professional operation," she said. She added that the Blyth people "seem to be quite positive." During the '60s, the actress appeared in countless dramas for Sault Ste. Marie au- diences. They included, The Importance of Being Ernest, Waltz of the Toreador, The Moon is Blue, the Glass Menagerie, Epitaph for George Dillon and Send Me No Flowers. Send Me No Flowers Won Dorothy the 13est• Actress in the Dominion Drama Festival Award in 1964. After moving to Toronto in 1965, she per- formed in two productions, The Emperor's New Clothes and Magic Planet. She also did two CBC Drama Festival performances; Mary, Queen of Scots and Variations. She also appeared in television commercials. One was an early Mutual Life commercial about hockey. In 1977 and 1978 she was in- volved at the Factory Lab Theatre, also in Toronto. Here she acted in The In- vestigators and Games People Play. This long term of performing for Theatre and television ended in 1979 when the ac- tress decided topurchase a building in Bayfield and convert it into an antique and coffee shop called The Bayfield House. "I really just slid into the business," ex- rod., ,piamett Porpthy. "I'd like to say it was a major decision but it really wasn't." Two years into the business, she ciqcided to go to Iowa and receive her auctioneer's licence at Reisch College of Auctioneering. Dorothy's decision was .based on the fact that she was constantly attending auctions, looking for antiques for her store. "I thought I might as well give it a try," she added. In November 1982, Dorothy sold her anti- que business, but she continued to chant at auctions from "the Soo" to Huron County. Of auctioneering, Dorothy says, "It was an experience." Today, Dorothy has left the auction world to return to the life of an actress. She says she considers herself a "working actress." "Working actors are not recognized by the public as stars," she explained. "They are really hard working talented people who don't get the money a star does." She said that there are literally hundreds of "working actors" who are simply scrap- ing up a living, acting. The retired auctioneer would now like to receive a full-time position acting. Though she describes herself as "being in limbo," she said she will always have the urge to act. Her performance in Cake Walk premiered in Blyth on July 17. The play runs until August 18. After that Dorothy's future is uncertain, but she will continue directing her talents and ambitions towards acting. Bolton speaks for better future at news conference By Darrell Kloeze EAST WAWANOSH TWP. - Valerie Bolton, NDP candidate in the riding of Huron -Bruce, was the first off the campaign blocks fpr the federal election to be held September 4. Ms. Bolton outlined the major issues she will be focussing on in this campaign at a news conference held at her home near Westfield on July 13. She listed, "five major challenges we Canadians can face," as the most important issues. •She said she will be 'speaking forcefully for new opportunities for a better future in these five areas: that Canadians can have a job, can participate ilia fair tax system, can receive high quality public ser- vices, that women can receive equality, _and that there is peace and nuclear disarnia— ment. The issue of job opportunities, she said, "must be our government's first priority....It's the work that we do that gives our lives meaning and purpose." She added that the issue of jobs is most pressing for young,people.. , • The question isn't getting:work for people but how to pay them, Ms. Bolton said. Most people can find work to keep themselves busy, but we are in danger of creating a society of paid elite." She said the NDP recognizes the future , • impact of high technology as it increases productivity and profits while taking away jobs. The NDP really cares about this, she said, and advocates policies such as 'work - sharing, shorter work weeks, and oppor- tunities for earlier retirement.. . Women's issues will be another important part of Ms. Bolton's campaign. She cited • statistics which she says show women do not now have a chance for economic equality. For example, the average income of a work- . . ing woman is half that of a working Man; 60 per cent of Canada's poor are \,.vonien, most- ly older and single parents; and women and men who work in the home have no economic rights. Ms. Bolton supports the principle of equal pay for work of equal value. She said she also wants to make child care accessible and affordable, to, have more free services available. to women, such as health and other special services for the needs of rural women. She also supports the principle of affir- mative action quotas, Calling for equal numbers of men and women in higher levels of responsibility usually dominated by men. "It's only.the NDP that has really given this example," She said. She referred to an NDP resolution passed at their conference last year which called for women to take an equal share of management of -the Party. IA a sure hit with anycrowd. Now open at 10 a.m. Monday to Sunday for the summer. 14 'TWINS' kntucky Frie Chicken 04 Elgin Ave. East GODERICH Josephine St. WINGH AM 227 Main St. EXETER •••••*•••••••••••... Ms. Bolton also outlined the NDP policies on nuclear disarmament which made up another part of her campaign speech. She addressed the despair and hopelessness we feel about the threat of nuclear war. New Democrats, she said, want Canada to act as a strong force for peace. Canada's peace advocacy must be matched by peace action. The NDP supports making Canada a nuclear weapons -free zone. They also sup- port a no first -use pledge, a comprehensive ban on nuclear weapons, and an end to nuclear missile testing in Canada. On the issue of taxes, Ms. Bolton said the tax system is unfair toward individuals and small businesses and to the benefit of cor- porations. •She said the NDP raises cam- paign funds strictly from individuals and in- dividuals through labor unions, and does not accept the contributions from large cor/ porations which fund much of the Liberal and Conservative campaigns. "That reflects who we'll be responsible to if elected:" She said the NDP Will make tax breaks to corporations only on the condition that they , provide programs of job creation, worker retraining, and other employee services. Public services is the other issue in Ms. Bolton's list of five major issues. She listed NDP goals of establishing pensions for all Canadians as a right, new health care in- itiatives, financial aid to part-time students, most of whom are women, ensured clean-up of toxic ,waste sites, environmental impact studies, and investigations into pesticide use. "The NDP has been a voice for these services," she said. All these issues are as important on the national level as on the local level here in Huron -Bruce, said Ms. Bolton. The economy is a prime concern for farmers, and she said t is necessary to stabilize low interest rates Ind to prevent them from rising. "We need „0 provide farmers and small businesses with access to low cost loans,l2 Jobs is also the major issue for Huron - Bruce, she said, and she pointed out in par- ticular the opportunity to maintain jobs on the family farm. She said that although farmers are not the only people in tpe riding, the return and wealth on farms is related to the health of the whole communi- ty. Ms. Bolton said she chose to run as a can- didate for the NDP because she felt that par- ty combined strong policies with creative ideas and strong leadership. "The NDP will create opportunities for ordinary men and women,' she said, including opportunities for jab equality, equality for women, and for terested in politics, that's what I hear them saying." • Ms. Bolton, 32, lives on a farm in East Wawanosh Township with her husband, Dean Walker, and two daughters, Monica end Amber. She is a project director for Women Today, and has organized a number of workshops and seminars in the area. - She was born in Vancouver and studied sociology and psychology at Simon Fraser University. She moved to Ontario in 1974. She became involved in politics in the 1979 federal election, and joined the NDP then. In the last federal election, she worked as campaign • manager for NDP candidate Tony McQuail. • Association elects 1984 executive GODERICH - The Goderich and District Association for the Mentally Handicapped elected new executive members at a June 27 meeting held here. peace and nuclear disarmament. four positions were open to fill the 12- is4 member board: Pat Spence 'of Goderich was to gel people to participate in the political ' elected 'to the botirdlalot her first tAM° process. Politics, she said, "means our erected were Bob Irwin of Clinton, Don chance to have a voice," especially in issues Young of Auburn and Betty Reid of Saltford. which directly affect the public. Not being Mary Donnelly of Goderich was elected .nterested in politics means not being in- president; Shelagh Sully, vice president; terested in democracy, or the future, she Ellen Connelly, treasurer and Pat Spence, said and -when people say they are not in- secretary. HISTORIC ST-REETSCAPES Of HURON COUNTY CLINTON — BAYFIELD BLYTH _211 *Available at: Board & Batten, Clinton Country Store, Bayfield Bayfield House, Bayfield Blyth Saga, Blyth E.W. Oddleifson *And by Mail from: Box 190, BAYFIELD, Ont. NO 1G0 Cost - $11.95 per copy Plus $2.00 Postage 4 The Clinton Knights of Columbus completed their $1,000 pledge to the Clinton Hospital this week. Hospital administrator flan Steyn accepted the cheque from Clinton Grand Knight.Bill Brand. The money was raised through two Jamaica draws. (Shelley McPhee photo) Township discuss landfill site By Wilma Oke VANASTRA - Tuckersmith Township Council discussed a landfill site in Tuckersmith Township proposed by the geologist as a possible site for the Town of Seaforth, and Tuckersmith and McKillop Townships. Tuckersmith Council was reluctant to give its approval for this suggested site own- ed by the Ministry of the Environment near the Seaforth lagoon west of Seaforth at the southern edge of Harpurhey. • John Brownridge, Tuckersmith represen- tativeon the landfill site committee, said he would not like to see the landfill site so close to residences and he would not like to see garbage trucked 'through Harpurhey by. local garbage collectors and various Citizens who take theirOWn, garbdge there: . Another suggestion, for garbage—to—be trucked to , the Holmesville Landfill site. Tuckersmith Council wants more informa- tion before making any decision. Passed for. approval was an application for a tile drainage loan of $18,600. Two building permits were approved for Cor Dorssers and -Hugo Menheere for manure tanks on their farms. A long discus- sion was held with Ron Fleming from the Ministry of Agriculture and Herman VanWeiren, township building inspector, on firm guidelines on construction of these tanks. Passed for payment were the following accounts totalling $196,180.69 including: Vanastra Recreation Centre, $21,537.01, Day Care Centre at Vanastra, $7,519.00; special Day Care Centre at Vanastra, $5,235.63; roads, $94,876.37 and administration, $67,012.68. '' Reeve Robert Bell and Councillor John Brownridge will attend a meeting to discuss a joint operation of a landfill site on invita- tion from the Township of Stephen. A; letter was received from the Seaforth. Con:unuriity Hospital advising Tuckersmith there were 166 patients from the township admitted during the 1983-84 fiscal , year for which council will send a grant of $498. The Federation of Agriculture acknowledged the receipt of the township grant of $700 for the 1983-84 term. :1 CLINTON FARM MARKET FREW ONTARIO PRODUCE ARRIVING DAILY Fresh Daily - Ontario SWEET CORN It's here - in limited supply *,514 %,•4l ONTARIO FIELD TOMATOES and ONTARIO MINI -CARROTS now at „ Clinton Farm Market ONTARIO - FIELD POTATOES now at Clinton Fortin Market ONTARIO CAULIFLOWER and ONTARIO GARDEN PEAS now at Clinton Farm Market — Wide Variety Of Fresh Produce — Ontario Romain'e Lettuce - Ontario Cctulitiower - Grapefruit - Oranges Pears • Apples Bananas Gropes • Fruit JUices (1OO°. Pure • Wiley Bros. • No Additives - 6 varieties) • koccoli • Pineapple • Tomatoes Lemons Farm Fresh Eggs - Maple Syrup - Green Peppers - Mushrooms • Celery • Carrots - Radishes Cabbages • Lettuce Cucumbers • Squash. 42 'sr ' I -0 •omoto CLINTON FARM MARKET 212 Viktoria St. (Hwy. 4 South) Clinton OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 9 AM -9 PM 44 #, 2- •.'" 4..\-- -, -- .4.14.4 , ,,... 4" ". ,.......z.. ' -•' '4,. 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