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The Citizen, 2004-07-29, Page 1. •; • .%.••••• "" AO" ' NORTH HURON PUBUSHING COMPANY INC. Inside this week D 3 Firefighters take pg pg rg•training course Locals among GDCI • scholars 16 9 area students • CHSS scholars P g. 7 Celebrating 30 17 seasons Pg. 19 Johns's play opens Aug. 4 e Citizen Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Hur Volume 20 No. 30 Thursday, July 29, 2004 $1 (93c + 7c GST) With much thanks The Ontario Minister of Culture, Madeleine Meilleur visited the,Blyth Festival on July 22 to announce the Blyth Festival received a $14,239 contribution through the Cultural Tourism Marketing Fund to assist the theatre in promoting its 30th anniversary season of six plays. From left: Meilleur, Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell, Festival's board of directors member Bruce Whitmore, Margaret Whitmore and Festival artistic director Eric Coates, happily accept the donation. (Elyse DeBruyn photo) Man struck while lying on road Blyth hosts FFAO Firefighters from volunteer departments across Ontario will converge in Blyth this weekend for the annual 103rd Firefighters Association of Ontario convention. Friday will see the official opening of the new Emergency. Services Training Centre on County Rd. 25' at I- p.m. The convention, which is held at the arena, officially begins early Saturday. July 31 with breakfast and registration, followed by the annual meeting. At 9:30 a.m. the preliminary judging for Miss Firefighter starts. The afternoon has the games and competitions beginning at 1:30 p.m. This culminates in time for the final judging of contestants for -Miss Firefighter at 4 p.m. Sunday at 9 a.m. the firefighters line up at the arena for the memorial parade, which will proceed down Wellington Street east to Queen Street down towards Memorial Hall. There will be more games and competitions-, such as rescue race, ladder race, hose race and hose replacement that afternoon at 1 p.m. Monday will be highlighted by the apparatus parade at 10 a.m. It follows the same route as the Saturday parade, down to Westmoreland Street then turning west back to the arena. Closing ceremonies are at I p.m. Tourney cancelled For the first time in more than three decades the ball diamonds in Brussels will be quiet over the Civic Holiday weekend. The Brussels Invitational Fastball tournament, hosted by the Tigers has been cancelled for this year, which would have been its -33rd season, due to lack of teams. Tigers representative Doug McArter said changes are in the works in the hope that the event will attract more teams for next year. An OPP technical traffic collision investigator was called to assist with an incident which occurred on Hwy 4 in Hullett last week. The Huron OPP were first called to the scene, just north of Clinton, on July 21 after the collision occurred around 4 a.m. The tractor trailer, driven by Ryan Currie, a 28-year-old man from Lisa Carter 5 Five girls are vying for the title of ambassador for Auburn's 150th anniversary celebrations. The judging will be done this Friday at 2 p.m. with the winter be announced that evening in time for her to preside over the weekend's many festivities. Lisa Carter will turn 17 in September. She is the daughter of Wayne and Cathy Carter and has lived in the village of Auburn her entire life. She is entering Grade 12 at Goderich District Collegiate Institute this fall. Her favourite classes are drama and math. Lisa hopes to 'attend university in Toronto in the future and wants to become an elementary - school teacher. She plays soccer and broomball in Blyth and also likes to snowboard, play bageball, badminton and basketball. She likes to "hang out" with her friends whenever she's not London, was travelling north on Hwy 4, when -he came across 21- year-old David James of Huron County, whom OPP said was apparently lying on the road. Currie attempted to avoid James, but was unsuccessful. Paramedics rushed James to Clinton Public Hospital from where he was transferred by land Andrea Sturzenegger busy at her part-time job at Stickers _Restaurant in Auburn. Katie McClinchey, the daughter of Doug and Karen of RR1, Auburn, will celebrate her 14th birthday on Sept. 24. A Grade 8 graduate of Hullett Central Public School, she will be entering her first year at GDCI in September. An avid sports enthusiasts Katie's hobbies include baseball, swimming, figure skating, curling and volleyball. She enjoys watching reality TV, shopping and listening to country music. Andrea Sturzenegger, 15 is entering Grade 1.1 at Central Huron Secondary School in the fall. The daughter of Hans and Trudi is one of five children. The family resides on a dairy farm just outside Auburn, where they moved 13 years ago. She is actively involved in her ambulance to the London Health Sciences Centre with serious injuries. Officers closed that section of the highway and rerouted traffic from Hydro Line to Conservation Road. At this time, there is no further information regarding James's condition or events leading up to the incident. Eva Thomson church volunteering for Bible school and helping with church suppers. Her interests include playing soccer and broomball and horticulture. Erika. Sturzenegger is the 17-year- old daughter of Hans and Trudi. She graduated from high school this year and in the fall will be in the massage therapy program at Sir Sandford Fleming College, with the goal of someday having her own business. She and her family emigrated from Switzerland to Auburn in 1991. Erika's hobbies include playing soccer and working on art projects. Eva Thomson has lived in Auburn for the past 14 years. The 18-year-old will be attending college in the fall beginning her first year at Fanshawe in the food and beverage management program. The daughter of Jeff and Cathy Thomson is an active volunteer in the community. Festival kicks off big week with good news By Elyse DeBruyn Citizen staff During the July 22 matinee show at the Blyth Festival, the audience, along with festival employees, were the first to hear some exciting news announced by the Ontario Minister of Culture, Madeleine Meilleur. Before the afternoon performance of Anne Lederman's Spirit of the Narrows started, Meilleur announced that the Blyth Festival will receive a $14,239 contribution through the Cultural Tourism Marketing Fund to help "bring new audiences to the Festival." • "(The contribution) is to strengthen the Blyth Festival and the community. By investing in culture, we create a vital community. On behalf of the government, I applaud all of you for enriching your community," said Meilleur. The money is to assist the theatre in promoting its 30th anniversary season of six plays as well as helping the theatre -to promote the Just the Ticket packages with the Benmiller Inn. It will also go towards expanding its web marketing and promote special anniversary activities. There was even more good news when, after Meilleur's first proclamation, she announced that the Ontario government will also invest $1,766 for a summer experience grant program. The money is for students who are returning to school in the fall and give them experience in the field that they are interested in. The Festival decided to hire Josie MacDonald as the new Young Company director. Last week, MacDonald got the opportunity to work with three different stage managers and get a feel of stage production, which she is interested in. This week she is the stage manager for the Young Company show which begins Aug. 9. MacDonald will attend Sheridan College in the technical theatre program starting this fall. Later in the week it was • more celebration at the Festival as many area residents gathered with the company of past and present, the board of directors and volunteers to mark 30 years of great Canadian theatre. Avid Festival fans filled the Memorial Hall courtyard to show their support for all the time and hard work that employees and Continued on page 18 Katie McClinchey Erika Sturzenegger iris compete in Auburn