The Citizen, 2018-03-15, Page 19THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2018. PAGE 19.
Festival nets ,60,000 for `Pigeon King'
The Pigeon King will fly again this
season at the Blyth Festival thanks to
a $60,000 grant through Celebrate
Ontario 2018, a provincial program
to celebrate diversity, heritage and
culture.
The Pigeon King will expand the
Blyth Festival 2018 season, with 19
performances from May 30 to June
15. This comes after a successful run
in 2017 and the recent announce-
ment that the play will be part of the
2018/2019 National Arts Centre
English Theatre season in Ottawa.
"We are hugely grateful for this
lift from Celebrate Ontario,
especially as it will help us amplify
this powerful, vibrant, hilarious,
confounding and singularly Ontario
story, putting our own community on
stage. Blyth continues to grow, and
extending our season in this way will
not only bring more artists to live
and work in town for longer, but will
also help boost tourism throughout
the area, offering
more people even more reasons to
come to Blyth," said Gil Garratt,
Artistic Director of the Blyth
Festival.
This year, the province is
supporting 328 festivals and events,
the highest in the history of the
program that celebrates Ontario's
diversity, heritage and culture.
Support from Celebrate Ontario
helps festival and event organizers
enhance programming, activities and
services so that festivals and events
can offer new experiences, reach
new audiences and support jobs in
their communities.
"Our government's continued
support for festivals and events is an
investment in the livelihood of
communities all across Ontario.
Festivals and events are powerful
economic drivers and play an
important role in bringing
communities together. Our diverse
events give visitors and Ontario
residents a reason to visit, discover
and experience the riches of this
wonderful province," said Daiene
Vernile, Minister of Tourism,
Culture and Sport.
remount
Boosting tourism through festivals
and events is part of Ontario's
plan to create fairness and
opportunity during this period of
rapid economic change. The plan
includes a higher minimum
wage and better working conditions,
free tuition for hundreds of
thousands of students, easier access
to affordable child care and free
prescription drugs for everyone
under 25 through the biggest
expansion of medicare in a
generation.
New cafe owners retire commercial designation
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
The former Fireside Cafe will not
be re -opening as a restaurant in the
near future. However, the structure
may still see some commercial use
down the road.
At last week's Morris-Turnberry
Council meeting, the Wingham-area
site, which has been host to several
commercial endeavours, was the
focus of a rezoning application that
will allow owner Pam Hagen to use
the land and structure as a home.
The site is currently zoned AG -3
(Agricultural Commercial or
Industrial) with a status zone for
setbacks for the existing restaraunt
structure. The proposal, which came
before council during its Feb. 20
meeting, will see it changed to AG4-
14, Agricultural Small Holdings if
Huron County Council approves it.
Huron County Planner Jennifer
Burns told council that the property
has very little workable land,
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What an impact!
Bob Kellington and his fellow organizers had a good weekend earlier this year when they
hosted a special lunch to raise money for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. The final tally from
that day is in, with just under $4,000 being raised. This includes donations from the Brussels
Lions Club, Huron Feeding Systems, the Brussels United Church's loose change collection
and Sunday School bake sale and a donation from the church's stewards. Kellington is seen
here presented the Lions Club's cheque to his wife Marguerite Thomas, representing the
Foodgrains Bank. Plans are already underway for next year's lunch, which will be held Feb. 24,
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McInroys return from Thornbury
Continued from page 17
Wednesday evening for play.
Arriving was no problem for the 18
darters, but the drive home was a lot
trickier, with the arrival of the
driving snow making it slippery!
Team one was right on target
winning all six games for the night.
Ernie Lewington and George Zwep
were locked in that night! George
also had the high shot of 128 and
Annette Lewington hit the high of 83
for the ladies.
Rick and Margaret Mclnroy have
returned from a short holiday at
Thornbury. They stayed at the Royal
Harbour Resort and enjoyed a
lovely, relaxing time. The pool and
hot tub were very popular. They
were pleased to run into Dave who
used to own the Fireside Cafe in
Wingham, and had a nice visit.
He is employed by the resort.
They went to the Dam Pub, which is
a very popular place. It has 900
kinds of whiskey for the discerning
taste and hosts a dessert and six
tasting choices evening once a
month. Their room overlooked the
marina and when they arrived it was
covered in ice and when they
left it was open water. Welcome
home!
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Kaleigh McCallum,
Neil McDonald, William
Ringgenberg, Jerry Zwep, Allison
Braecker, Jeannette Robinson, Eric
Ross, Fred McClure, Bridget
McCallum, Carali McCall Hughes,
Alex Melady, Linda Bird, Allison
Baan, Victoria Williamson, Joanne
Knight Black, Jo -Anne Workman,
Parker Grobbink, Christine Knight,
Lisa Gingrich, Jim Humphries and
Ross Mitchell. Happy birthday to
all!
Congrats to "Muzzy"
of Murray Lowe's
Barbershop
for celebrating
55 years of business
on March 14, 2018
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Muzzy has seen lots of changes over
the years on main street but his
smile, good sense of humour and his ;
"muzz buzz haircuts"
have always remained the same!
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however, when strictly considering
the Morris-Turnberry and Huron
County Official Plan documents, the
proposed change didn't meet
guidelines.
"The proposal to switch this to a
residential zone doesn't meet those
policies," Burns said, explaining the
recommendation of denial from
the Huron County Planning
Department.
Council requested additional
information on the change, including
how the existing structure would be
changed and Burns said it was
minimal
"I believe the changes are limited
to a deck, shed and garage," she said.
Hagen said she was pursuing
using the property as a home as she
could not secure funding to open a
restaurant, though there was
discussion about the site possibly
becoming a bed and breakfast in the
future. Having such a business,
however, would rquire a zoning
change back to AG4.
Morris-Turnberry Council
suggested Huron County Council
Committee of the Whole approve the
change, with Councillor John Smuck
saying the move made sense.
"We have a property sitting there,
and people have made attempts to
have a restaurant there that haven't
worked," he said. "This is one way
to get taxes out of it."
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