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Young voters feel left out
PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2004.
Jenna McDonald. five, had her very first haircut recently
for a good reason. The 10-inch braid will be donated to
Locks of Love, an organization for children with alopecia or
cancer, based in Florida. Jenna's mother, Michele, heard
about Locks of Love on the television and mentioned it to
Jenna, who said she'd like to help. "It's a nice bob now that
she can brush herself," said Michelle. (Photo submitted)
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to adults and not to the younger
generation."
"I don't think we're paid attention
to. They don't seem to care what the
younger generation thinks. Our
votes count, but our voiced opinion
probably doesn't," said DeWit.
Jackie Falconer, a 19-year-old
Blyth native, is also casting her first
vote, but like DeWit, she is still
deciding what party to go with.
"I've gotten a good sense of them
(each party) through school, but for
each party, I need to do more
research. I do feel more informed
than previous years," said Falconer.
Hunter said he feels too
uninformed to even decide on a
party let alone vote.
Myron Hussey, 21, of Belgrave
McKenna
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relationship began. Potter and
McKenna are now married and have
worked on more than 26 plays
together.
McKenna said she'd have been
crazy to turn down this replacement
offer because, "when you accept an
offer from Blyth, anything can
happen. That's the theatre and that's
life... I'm truly honoured. touched
and tickled to be here."
Other guests at the opening night
gala were Huron-Bruce MPP Carol
Mitchell who thanked the Blyth
Festival theatre community for all
their hard work saying. "it doesn't
go unnoticed."
said he feels informed enough to
vote and knows which party he will
be voting for.
"1 watch enough in the news to be
informed and I take pride in voting,"
said Hussey.
Falconer, Hunter and DeWit each
said they know where to vote on
June 28.
"The most important thing to do is
vote. Of course it should be an
informed decision, but people
should vote," said Falconer.
DtWit said she "doesn't care who
wins as long as they have the right
morals."
Falconer said she does care who
wins because "it makes a big
difference."
"The controversial issues brought
up make the difference between who
Huron-Bruce
MP Paul Steckle
was also on hand
to offer
congratulations
before heading
off to Exeter for a
debate which he
described as "live
theatre"
Artistic director
SEANA
Eric Coates was MCKENNA
not at the dinner
because, as his note said, he was
"somewhere in Lucan circa the
1800s" performing in The Outdoor
Donnellys, which was opening the
Festival's 30th season.
wins. I think our votes count, but
sometimes it feels small, but when
votes are split into.fidings, it's more
than just one Canadian," said
Falconer.
Falconer said she has been
noticing younger organizations, like
MuchMusic, have been putting more
effort into informing the younger
public, but she's "satisfied with what
she is seeing (from campaign
organizations) to get kids to vote."
Hussey said he thinks that a lot of
the younger people don't care about
voting as much as older people.
"I think politicians aim more for
the older people (through
campaigning.) I'd like to see them
aim more issues that relate to the
younger generation," said Hussey.
Festival board of directors
president Carol Oriold had a
message to pass along before the
evening ended, "Spread the word -
Blyth is alive and well."
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