The Citizen, 2003-12-10, Page 27THE CITIZEN. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 2003. PAGE 27.
Entertainment & Leisure
Dine with the Donnellys this summer
tor 125 eager
a full-day of
Blyth including the Legion Ladies
Auxiliary Branch 420. and the Blyth
Lions Club.
Alter Dining with the Donnellys,
the crowd loins the regular 6 p.m.
performance to watch three more
vignettes, and ol course (he mam
stage event III led with horses, music
and fire in the night.
fickcts tor these two special
performances arc available through
the Blyth Festival Box Office by
phoning I X62 59X4 oi 523-
93(H) \ll Dti\ I)i>iuii'll\\ tickets can
also he reserved on-line
www.blvthlestival.com
The Blyth Festival announced that
on June IS and 19 The Outdoor
Donnellys will become the All Da\
Donnellvs
theatregoers
Beginning
Donnellys
entertainment that runs until 10:30
p.m. Audience members will see an
extended version of the Donnelly
legend unfold and will also Dine
With The Donnellys, a completely
new program in 2004. Ticket holders
will enjoy a feast midway through
their all day adventure.
Artistic director Eric Coates, is
very excited about providing another
innovative experience for audience
members. “Blyth's greatest asset is
the artists' direct connection to the
audience. By giving us all a chance
to break bread together, that
relationship can only grow.”
Coates will also be joining the
crowd to dine as he is reprising his
role as Will Donnelly in the hit
show. The meal will be a traditional
country style dinner prepared by
various community groups around
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JV. Huron
Museum
celebrates
season
At the North Huron Museum in
Wingham. visitors are discovering
not one, not two but three different
Christmas celebrations.
In honour of the upcoming
Wingham Homecoming in 2004, the
museum devoted its first floor
gallery to the pioneers of the area.
Evergreen boughs and
gathered berry
transformed small log cabins and
lean-tos during the
forest
branches
IS
Christmas
season. In the parlour gallery, the
tabletop Christmas tree
resplendent in gold and purple.
Also featured is an old-fashioned
Santa in a sleigh pulled by one
reindeer.
In the 1920s, when houses were a
little bigger, so was the Christmas
tree. The full-size Christmas tree in
the Eaton gallery is truly unique.
Nestled among its branches are
carved wooden birds, made over
half a century ago by area artist
George Allen.
It was George Alien’s donation of
his carved bird collection that began
the North Huron Museum in 1976.
The museum curator, Jodi Jerome,
said “Christmas has changed so
much over the years. It is interesting
to see how our great-great
grandparents celebrated. For early
pioneers, it was not so much the
gifts that made Christmas, but the
serving of the Christmas pudding.”
The North Huron Museum is open
for visitors Monday to Friday 10
a.m. - 4 p.m. year-round and on
Saturdays until Christmas from 10
a.m. - 3 p.m. The Barn Dance
Museum is also open for viewing
during those times. It is located in
the same building as the North
Huron Museum. Guided tours
available.
Admission by donation until Jan.
1,2004
WEDDINGS From Grandma &
Grandpa B.
December 22, 23, 24
Open Christmas Eve 'til 4:00 pm
WEDDINGS
Performed - your location or our
iindoor or outdoor chapel
(non-denominational)
For brochure call
REV. CHRIS MORGAN
ALL FAITHS PASTORAL CENTRE
BENMILLER, 524-5724
Familiar tunes
A Don Messer Jubilee Christmas brought old favourites to
Blyth Memorial Hall this past Saturday afternoon. The
festive tour continues throughout the. province. (Vicky Bremner
photo)
Healthy diet can eat up
big chunk of income
for some Ont. families
For a family of four in Ontario, a
basic healthy diet costs at least $515
per month.
A family of four on social
assistance receives approximately
$ l .500 per month, including benefits
and tax credits. If one family
member has a full-time minimum
wage job. the family income is a
couple of hundred dollars more per
month.
It is clear that after paying fixed
costs such as rent. phone,
transportation and other necessities,
thousands of people in Ontario
cannot afford to buy enough healthy
food.
This is a concern for the Ontario
Public Health Association (OPHA)
and the Association of Local Public
Health Agencies (alPHa).
“Inadequate nutrition leads to poor
health," says Kayla Glynn, public
health nutritionist lor the Huron
County Health Unit.
“We all pay for this in rising health
care costs."
Inadequate nutrition has many
serious health effects, including
greater chance of infectious and
chronic diseases, and greater
incidence of low birth-weight babies
and neural lube defects.
Food banks across Ontario serve
ever increasing numbers of people,
including those with jobs. Reliance
on emergency food is not the answer
to food insecurity. Food banks are
not able to provide food for a family
more than once a month, nor can
they provide food which is
nutritionally complete Moreover,
many food insecure people would
never go to a food bank.
There has been no increase in the
minimum wage since 1995. and a
drastic reduction in social
assistance. According to the OPHA,
in order to reduce food insecurity
and hunger a newly-elected
government in Ontario must
increase the minimum wage, build
significantly more affordable
housing units, and mdex social
assistance rates to the cost of
living.
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