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The Citizen, 1988-02-24, Page 1I Comedy cooking for Biyth Festival's 14th opening Serving Brussels, Biyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships VOL. 4 NO. 8 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1988.45 CENTS A comedy about a battle be­ tween huge food corporations over an old-time Amish cookie recipe will open the 14th season of the Biyth Festival June 17. “Cookie Wars” by Kathleen McDonnellislooselybasedon a true story involving famed cook­ book author Edna Stabler in which two huge food conglomerates tried to get exclusive patenton an old order Mennonite recipe for a chewy, crunchy cookie. Each company hired top lawyers and each lawyer got a group of Amish to cook the cookies to prove they had legitimate claim on the recipe. Caught in the middle is the cook-book writer who is also being convinced to run for mayor of the town. The Evel Knievel of the snowmobile set, two participants in the Walton Sports Club’s Poker Rally on Sunday take a death-defying leap over a snowbank in Grey Township - all for the benefit of the camera. More than 200 machines took part in the rally, which raised much-needed funds to support W al ton Minor Ball in the upcoming season. The Biyth Snowtravellers also sponsored a Poker Rally over the weekend, which was equally successful. Bruce McCall MVCA president Bruce McCall of Brussels has been re-elected to the position of chairman of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, aposition he first accepted early in 1987 after then-chairman Vince Judge stepp­ ed down as a result of other commitments. Mr. McCall served as acting Biyth lift now officially open Blustery weather cut down the length of the opening ceremonies but not the enthusiasm as the new liftforthehandicappedat Biyth and District Community Centre was opened Saturday night. Nearly all the guests from a distance and even some local officials weren’t able to attend after a sudden storm made driving Storm causes 4-vehicle pileup High winds and heavy, drifting snow are being blamed tor a four-vehicle pile-up on Highway 86 near the junction of Highway 87 at Bluevale early Monday morning. On Monday, a spokesman for the Wingham detachment of the OPP said that few details could be given out as the investigation had not been completed, butadded that chairman of the Authority for several months before being ac­ claimed to the position at the MVCA’s general meeting last August. Following a nomination by Leona Armstrong, MVCA director for Grey Township, Mr. McCall was again acclaimed as chief executive officer at the Authority’s hazardous. Among those unable to attend were Huron M.P.P. Jack Riddell. Two ribbon cutting ceremonies were held, one at the main floor entrance to the lift and one at the second floor exit. Taking part in the downstairs ribbon-cutting were Janice Henry, president of the Ladies Auxiliary to Branch 420, three cars and a tractor-trailer were involved in a chain reaction which began when the first car, driven by William Horne of Port Elgin, went out of control in whiteout conditions and became stuck in a snowbank. A second vehicle, driven by John Jamieson of Listowel then collided with the rear end of the Horne vehicle; a third car, driven by annual meeting in Wroxeter last Friday. Carman Kaye of Minto Twp. defeated George Wicke of Ellice Twp. for the position of vice-chairman of the MVCA. One of the major items of business on the agenda involved the re-structuring of the MVCA Advisory Board, a move which Royal Canadian Legion and Ruby Pattison, vice-president of the group which spearheaded the fundraising drive which made the installation of the lift possible. Also taking part was Bill Vincent, Legion president. Following the first ribbon cutt- Continued on page 17 Donald Datema of RR 1, Auburn, rear-ended the Jamieson vehicle; and finally, a transport belonging to Ron Walden Trucking of Wing­ ham and driven by Dale McLean of Gorrie piled into the rear of the Datema vehicle. The police spokesman said that there were no major injuries involved. Chairman McCall said would have the effect of keeping all the members of the Authority better informed and more knowledgeable of all the organization’s functions. Under the motion to re-struc­ ture, which was unanimously Continued on page 2 Citizen of the Year nominations needed After many nominations being received in the past two years for the “Citizen of the Year” awards for Biyth and Brussels, only one nomination has been received with nominations set to close Friday. The Citizen of the Year award is designed to reward those who have made outstanding contributions to their community. One award is given out for the Brussels area and one for the Biyth area. Lastyear the awards went to Wayne Lowe for his many years of work in Brussels organizations and to Franklin and Cenetta Bainton in Biyth. Nominations can still be receiv­ ed this week. A nomination form is enclosed in this issue of The Citizen. The award is presented by The Citizen. The play, says Festival Artistic- director Katherine Kaszas shows the clash of cultures between the rural Mennonite world and the high pressure, big-business New York way of life. It is the first time in her four years choosing plays for the Festival that she has opened the season with a comedy, Ms. Kaszas said. The second show will be “Mail Order Bride” by Robert Clinton, an Alberta Playwright. Ms. Kaszas describes it as a funny, warm, moving play. It is the story of a young couple in the 1950’s who return to a Saskatchewan farm to clean up after their grandmother has died. Little by little they discover the history of their family, the relationships and, the charac­ ters. The play deals with the way we tend to revise our family history to fit our own needs, Ms. Kaszas said. Mail Order Bride opens June 22. The third opening will be a one-man play from New Brunswick called “Lucien” which will bring a familiar face back to Biyth. Ted Johns will direct the play which he had previously directed in New Brunswick. The play by Marshall Button is about an Acadian millworker, Lucien works the graveyard shift and who is filling in a new employee on the secrets of getting along on the job but it also tells a lot about life in the maritimes for work-class people. The play opens July 6. “Fires in the Night” the story of former Blyth-teacher Fred Slo- man, his wife Cela and family and their life on the first school-car teaching children in remote areas of Northern Ontario. The play, dealing with the passionate com­ mitment of a teacher to universal access toeducation for even the most disadvantaged, isolated com­ munitiesis written by David Craig, former writer-in-residence at the Festival. The story was dealt with in a young people’s workshop at the Festival last year and that work, along with other research, has gone into Mr. Craig’s play. The play has four acts, one in the 1920’s, one in the 1930’s, one in the 1940’sandoneinthel960’sand will involve a large cast including “kids and dogs” as four genera­ tions are examined. It will utilize virtually the entire company and opens July 27. The final production of the year will bring back a hit from last year, “Bordertown Cafe’’ by Kelly Rebar which has had several productions across Canada since premiering at Biyth last year. The play deals with the relationship betweenamotherandasonwho must decide if he wants to stay with his mother with her “boring” lifestyle in the family’s prairie cafe, or accept the invitation of his father, who moved out years ago, tojoinhimintheexcitinglifeqf being a trucker in the U.S. Bordertown Cafe opens August 24 and runs at Biyth until Sept. 17 when it will go on a tour throughout Ontario until early November.