Huron Expositor, 2005-05-18, Page 7THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MAY 18, 2005 -7
Shakespeare spreads 'Good Will'
towards tourism in Huron -Perth
Spreading "Good Will"
towards tourists planning to
visit Huron and Perth
Counties this summer,
Shakespeare paraded last
week through Seaforth,
promoting the second year of
the Shakespeare to the
Shoreline tourism project.
Played by retired Stratford
teacher Ken Keegan, William
Shakespeare took a ride on
the Seaforth firetruck as part
of a day -long promotion of
the second year of the
tourism project that
encourages visitors to the
Stratford Festival to venture
out into the countryside
towards Lake Huron.
Project manager Laurel
Armstrong said a new
accommodation and dining
section in the program will
encourage tourists to stay
longer and use a local hotel
or bed and breakfast as a
home base as they explore
Huron County.
"We're very excited
because it augments the
notion of the depth of
experience up and down
historic Highway 8," she
said.
Marketing to residents of
Susan Hundertmark photo
William Shakespeare, played by retired Stratford teacher
Ken Keegan, disembarks from a Seaforth firetruck while
promoting tourism at the Van Egmond House Thursday.
the Toronto, Oakville and
Niagara regions, Shakespeare
to the Shoreline lists seven
themed tours through the
area, ranging from artisans to
farm markets to nature walks.
In the Huron East area,
Seaforth's bed and breakfast
Home and Hearth is listed
under the new
accommodation section,
along with the Dublin
Mercantile, Beechwood
Pottery, Merv's Patio and
Shewan's Ornaments, the
Seaforth Museum and Van
Egmond House and the
Hullett Provincial Wildlife
Area as local attractions.
"We're building each year
towards more and more
attractions," said Armstrong.
"We want tourists to come
here but we also want to
welcome local residents to
explore in their own
backyards and celebrate their
own history. This project can
be a real key to that," she
said.
Armstrong said the
Shakespeare to the Shoreline
brochure can "help to
animate an afternoon some
day this summer."
By Susan Hundertmark
Allen's Country Junction takes over
Main Street gift and craft store
By Jason Middleton
Expositor Staff
Sumthing has changed at one of Main Street
Seaforth's gift and craft stores.
The store, formerly known as Sumthing Special,
has changed its name to Allen's Country Junction
and has a new owner.
Lori Allen, of Crediton, said that she would like to
bring "something different than what's already" in
the stores in Seaforth.
As a vendor at the store for the past several years,
Allen has been making replica antique furniture,
wreaths and floral arrangements.
Owning her own store is something that has always
been in the back of Allen's mind.
"It's something I have always wanted to do and the
opportunity was there," Allen said.
Although she has never run a store before, Allen
operated her `antique country" furnishings business
which had the name Allen's Country Junction.
When Allen took over the store from its former
owners Christine and Maureen Harburn, she decided
to change the name.
Allen's Country Junction features "a big variety" of
vendors who create items ranging from home
decorating, furniture, kids toys and clothing, gift
baskets, garden decor and candles.
"I know the previous owners said they always tried
to make sure they didn't have too much replica as far
as what other gift stores in town had," Allen said.
Hours for the store located at 100 Main St. S. are
Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Starting the Victoria Day weekend the store will be
open Sundays from 12 to 4 p.m.
Huron residents
well immunized
against measles
From Page 1
92 per cent of all seven-
year-old children in
Huron County are
immunized against the
rubella with the MMR
(measles, mumps,
rubella) inoculation,
while 96 per cent of 17-
year-olds are
inoculated.
"Huron County does
have a fairly good
immunization status, so
we're hoping not to see
it here," Taylor said.
According to a press
release from the Ontario
Government, most
people born before 1957
are likely to be immune
as a result of exposure
to rubella.
The press release also
states that most children
are immune as 95 per
cent of school children
in Ontario have already
been vaccinated.
The measles, mumps,
rubella vaccination is
part of the routine
vaccinations available
free to all children in
the province.
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