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The Citizen, 1991-01-23, Page 1Students fight problem Students aim to halt drunk driving See page 10 Numbers dropping Huron loses 16% of pork producers in one year See page 15 Ouch! Bulls lose biggest game of season See page 12 Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave^ Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. VOL. 7 NO. 03 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1991.60 CENTS |56c + 4c G.S.T.] Blyth Festival announces first play of season “Cornflower Blue” one of the 1991 season plays at Blyth Festival will premier in Blyth on August 8. Peter Smith, Artistic Director an­ nounced January 14. From the imagination of one of the country’s funniest storytellers, Kelly Rebar, comes a play about coming home. With music of the country, by composer Michael Tay­ lor, weaving a musical seascape throughout, her newest play is true to Blyth’s commitment to telling stories of our country. “Kelly Rebar tells a great story and we’re delighted to be able to share it with our audience in Blyth,” said Mr. Smith. Commis­ sioned by Prairie Theatre Ex­ change! Cornflower Blue will tour communities in Ontario in Septem­ ber and October and will appear in Winnipeg at Prairie Theatre Exchange in November. Ms. Rebar is an award-winning playwright, best known for “Bor­ dertown Cafe”, a play commis­ sioned by Blyth Festival, which premiered at Memorial Hall in 1987. It has since been produced by nearly every ' major theatre in Canada and will be released this year by Cinexus/Famous Players as a feature film. “Cornflower Blue” continues the writer’s fascination with small town life and the people who dwell there. It takes place in Cornflower, Alberta, a town like many other small Canadian towns, filled with intriguing lives, mystery people: Mervyl, a local who keeps going away and keeps coming back; her husband “Pog”, local hero and deep thinker; Judy, a hairdresser with more going on in her head than hair and Jeff, another local guy (married to Judy) who has a real need to fix tables and curtains that are hung improperly. The play was workshopped before Christmas at the Festival’s winter writer's retreat. Blyth Festival’s full season of five plays will be announced in February. Voucher coupons are on sale now for $50 (four admissions). For more information about special events or for a free brochure (mailed in March), please call, (519) 523-9300. Back to winning wags Brussels’ Peter MacDonald and his new partner Suz­ anne Killing will be off to the National Figure Skating Championships in Saska­ toon next month. They placed first in the Western Ontario Junior Dance Championship and third at the Central Canada comp­ etition. It's off to Nationals for Peter MacDonald and new partner Peter MacDonald of the Brussels Figure Skating Club and his part­ ner Suzanne Killing of the Tavi­ stock Figure Skating Club are the 1991 Western Ontario Junior Dance Champions. After winning Sectionals, the pair were awarded the Bronze medal at Central Canada Division- als held in Burlington on January 11. 12, and 13. This third place win qualifies the couple to compete at the Nationals, in Saskatoon, Sas­ katchewan from February 3-9. Coaches of Peter and Suzanne are Paul McIntosh of Waterloo and Marijane Strong of Toronto. Their choreographer is Robert McCall, a former Olympic and World Bronze medalist. Nominations wanted for Citizen of Year Nominations are now being ac­ cepted for the sixth annual Citizen of the Year awards for the Brussels and Blyth areas. The awards, sponsored by The Citizen, your community-owned newspaper, honour those who have made an outstanding contribution to life in the community. Last year’s winners were Bessie John­ ston in the Brussels area and Simon Hallahan in the Blyth area. Nominations will be accepted (see the nomination form on page 2) until Feb. 15. The names of the nominees will then be passed on to a committee in each community which will choose the winner. Winners will be presented with a plaque in recognition of their contributions. Nominations can be submitted in writing either by mail or by bringing them in to either the Brussels or Blyth offices of The Citizen. Bd. of Ed. to replace fuel tanks The Huron County Board of Education (HCBE) decided at its January meeting to replace under­ ground fuel tanks at five county schools on a lease-to-purchase basis. The tanks are located at Grey, Howick, Turnberry. Stephen and Brookside Central Public Schools. Total cost of the project is estimated to be $26,000 for a cash purchase this year, while the lease-to-purchase option amounts to $30,750. After discussion it was agreed that the most cost-efficient method was the latter. The reason for this is the $26,000 can be invested for the five years of the project. The payments will come out on a regular basis, but even at a fairly low interest rate the money would still accrue a total of between $11,000 - $14,000 interest by the end of the fifth year. HCBE had wanted to look at the possibility of a joint venture with the township to share municipal facilities close to the schools, regarding Howick, Grey and Ste­ phen Central Schools. The two sides, however, could not come to an agreeable solution. Another possibility that the board looked at was buying fuel at commercial outlets, but this too was seen as impractical. Transpor­ tation manager Dennis Harris as­ certained that such fuel could be expected to cost at least four cents a litre more than fuel sold by its present fuel supplier Hensail Co-op. The board is presently in the third year of its three-year contract with the Co-op, which has made the timing for the upgrading of the tanks bad. Paul Carroll, Superin­ tendent of Operations for HCBE said that it would have been preferable to replace the tanks at the end of the tender process, but a January 1 deadline for upgrading made that impossible. Having the tanks run out would have been a greater problem, he said, as they can not legally be filled.