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The Citizen, 2016-06-09, Page 9Red Walk On June 1, students took the day off to participate in Central Huron Secondary School's student council's bi-annual Red Walk fundraiser. The event, which saw students run through a cloud of red dust before walking from the school to Varna, is a fundraiser for the council. From left: Taylor Roth, Madelynne Graham and Kate Otterbein. (Dennyscottphoto) Locals help launch annual summer reading program Are you looking for a reading club that exhilarates, engages, and educates your children over the summer months? We have the perfect program for you: The TD Summer Reading Club! This summer, kids are encouraged to escape their everyday, step outside their ordinary, and seek the unknown and untamed through reading. Whether it's outdoors, outrageous, or out of bounds, the unexplored is calling, and with the weekly TD Summer Reading Club books, activities and crafts, kids can let go and find their wild this summer. Locals Morgan Deitner and Samantha Gowanlock will be helping with the program this year. The TD Summer Reading Club is a free program for youth between the ages of four and 12 that encourages readers to have fun while learning through exciting crafts, activities and games as well as reading. The reading club will meet once a week at all of the 12 Huron County Library branches starting on Monday, July 4 until Friday, Aug. 26. This program hopes to engage children in reading throughout the summer months Through the TD Summer Reading Club, children develop good listening skills, share with others in a team environment, and stimulate their creative capacity through arts and crafts, active play and reading. Programs such as this introduce children to the library as a source of pleasure and information which encourages them to use the library later on as our resources are tools for lifelong learning. You can register today by dropping in or calling your local library branch. All participants will receive a reading club notebook, pack of twelve stickers, top summer reads list, as well as a web -access code that can be used on the http://tdsummerreadingclub.ca website to track reading progress and receive additional club benefits! This year's theme is "wild at heART" so get ready to unleash your imagination and meet us at the library! You can find out more today by contacting your local Huron County Library branch or e -mailing summerreading@ huroncounty.ca. This local program is sponsored by the Toronto Dominion Financial Group. See you at the Huron County Library to get your reading on! Call or visit your local library branch for more information and to register for the TD Summer Reading Club. Two kinds of fuel Whether visitors to Blyth Memorial Hall needed to fill a gap in their stomach or their summer reading list, the Blyth Festival had just what was needed. The theatre company's annual used book and pie sale was held in the lower hall of Memorial Hall over the weekend offering every kind of book and three kinds of pie. (DennyScottphoto) THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016. PAGE 9. Streetfest introduces new 'Dunk a Hunk' Lettuce entertain you yet again! With just weeks to go until the fourth annual Streetfest, volunteers are putting together a fun -filled day for the whole family. On July 23, starting at noon, Blyth's main street will be buzzing with activity, full of market vendors, artisans, food, crafts, demonstrations and entertainment. Local businesses welcome you as well with unique shopping and eating experiences. Many of the businesses have graciously donated items for the silent auction. All items will be on display in our `Lettuce Headquarters', located in the former Sharon's Cars and Miniatures, beside Queens Bakery. It will be open periodically over the course of the two weeks before the event. Bids can be placed until 4 p.m. on July 23. The proceeds go back into the community. A variety of entertainment will be on the main stage at Ye Olde Sud Shop on Queen Street, including The Brussels Pipe Band, The Hiller family, JP Magic, Brinna Bremner and Powerhouse Dance. Kids are encouraged to bring their bike and helmet to join in the fun at the bike rodeo. This will be taking place 1:45-3 p.m. and will be hosted by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). The OPP will also be teaching bike safety. Skateboarding demonstrations can be found downtown as well. A corn - box full of fun is provided for children between the ages of one and five and face painting will be available as well. There will be fun for all ages. Food will be supplied by the Blyth Lions Club featuring their famous hamburgers and hotdogs, this year at the Lions Park. They are also hosting a holey board tournament, so get your team together and come to the park at 1 p.m. The pool will be open for the afternoon. Throughout the course of the day the committee will be fundraising with the new Dunk A Hunk event. Local celebrities will be spending time in a dunk tank, while you will get an opportunity to dunk them. Visit local businesses including CIBC, Scrimegour's Food Market, North Huron Publishing, Queens Bakery, the Blyth Festival box office and The Wonky Frog and participate in the fun by donating into your choice of celebrity's jar. The amount of money in each jar Continued on page 19 FREE 2016 Citizen Phone Books are available at our offices in Blyth and Brussels The Citizen 413 Queen St., Blyth 541 Turnberry St., Brussels cdnesday, June 15 1 48 Ontario St., Clinton Open House 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Photo contest winner revealed 11:15 a.m. Become an Owner from June 10 - 24 and receive a free barbeque set and expert one-on-one coaching!