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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-07-11, Page 3Ij L. r ' T u T'isJEWS Bicentennial Showcase will be here Tuesday The Bicentennial Showcase, a $1 million touring family entertainment extravaganza, comes to Huron County Tuesday, July 17 with one performance at the Goderich Memorial Cor'timunity Centre. Sponsored by the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture and billed as a family entertainment show, the Bicentennial Showcase is designed to help celebrate Ontario's 200th birthday. The 90 minute variety show, which will staff at 8 p.m. in the Goderich Community Centre, will feature some of Ontario's best professional and non professiona singers, dancers, actors and musicians.• Advance tickets are on sake at The Livery and tourist information booth in,Goderich as well as the recreation departments fin Wingham, Clinton, Seaforth, Exeter and Goderich. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children while tickets purchas(ecLat the door will cost $7 for adults and $4 for children. Ticket sales are now taking off , organizers say, and should be purchased in advance for the one-night performance. . Produced by Showmakers Inc. of Toronto, the Bicentennial Showcase is a complete entertainment package that, will play in 26 Ontario towns and cities. The Showcase began in Aurora July 3 and will wind up in Thunder Bay August 23. The show will feature cabaret singer and stage and television star, Dinah Christie as master of ceremonies. Qther performers include; opera star aid actor, Jan Rubes; contemporary dancer, Rene Highway; song and dance sensation Denis Simpson; musical perfomer Liliane Stilwell; Juno award winning singer, Shirley Eikhard; the musical group Cano and Franco-Ontarian singer and musician, Donald Poliquin. The Showcase, while saluting the accomplishments and contributions of each Ontarian, is 'intended to epitomize the Bicentennial slogan, 'celebrating together.' "One of the most important aspects of our Showcase is the benefit to the communities. Not only will it give towns and cities across the province an opportunity to play host to some of our top performers, but the revenue, generated by the nominal admission fees will be donated to local cultural GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1984—PAGE 3 ONLY 8 DAYS LEFT,,... until Pontiac ALPINE TRANS AM DEMONSTRATOR CAR ARRIVES JULY 19th -20th & 21st In Conjunction With Sidewalk Sale. Come in and hear the industry standard for Prestige > Quality-- Performance In car stereo systems. RIV E 7 S RADIO & TELEVISION LTD. 34 SHOPPERS SQUARE GODERICH 524-9432 Seetheart Special Rene Highway will dance organizations chosen by each community sponsor," Minister Susan Fish said. Only 1,800' tickets will be sold for the Huron County show.: Contact your local ' recreation department for tickets' or information or call 524-2125-. Biggest festivities in years Dinah Christie will sing Colborne Township to celebrate Bicentennial in style Colborne Township will be celebrating Ontario's Bicentennial in style this month, with probably the biggest festivities seen in the township for years. • The party will take place on the weekend of July 21 and 22. Weather permitting, most . of the activities will be held outside at the Forester's and the township ball diamonds in Benrniller. The grounds- will open on Saturday, July 21 at 11 a.m., and the celebration starts with an official dedication of a" bicentennial memorial plaque at 1:30. Local dignitaries will attend, and guests at the ceremony will include MP Murray Cardiff, MPP Murray Elston, Town of Goderich Mayor Eileen Palmer, and Huron County Warden Torn Cunningham. The plaque is to be mounted on a large boulder in front of the Foresters Hall. The boulder, now known as Arnie's Pebble, was -donated by Arnold Fisher and family, and is already sitting in place in front of the hall.. People are invited to guess the weight of the rock when they see it. First price for the. closest guess is a dinner for two at the Benrniller Inn. • Throughout the afternoon there will be a number of activities. For the children, there will be . pony cart rides, movies, and a magician's show by Tom Kubinek every hour during the afternoon. The local Sharp'§ Creek Band will be entertaining throughout the day, and there will also be a historical display in the basement of the Benmiller United Church. On both' Saturday and Sunday, two bus tours will leave from Benmiller to visit the township's -historic' sites. The tour will run about two hours, and will include such sites as Tiger Dunlop's tomb, old schools, and the Saltford salt sites. At 4 .p.m. on Saturday, the Kinburn Foresters will be hosting. a pork chop barbeque. , The Benmiller Foresters are operating a refreshment garden throughout the day. After the supper, from 5 to 9 p.m., there will be a talent show made up -of local entertainment, including residents and former residents of the township. Then at 9 p.rn., an open air dance will, be held, with music by "Sound Era." In case of rain on Saturday, all the activities that can be held indoors will Se moved to the Colborne Township R'dad Department shed on -lot 5, concession 8, just forth of County Road 25. Sunday morning begins with a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon. At 2 p.m., there will be an open air church memorial service at Colborne Township cemetery. Rev. Robert Ball will be conducting the service, and musical guests will be the MacMillan' family and the Goderich Harbouraires. People planning to attend this service are asked to wear period .costumes if this is possible. The church tservice will be held at Colborne Central School in the event of rain. On Sunday afternoon, the bus tours will continue, and people are invited to go Mack to the Benmiller ball diamonds to visit family and friends. People are well advised to bring their own lawn chairs on both days of the celebrations to ensure a place to sit down during the day. The . township was helped in the preparation of these celebrations by a grant received from the Secretary of State of Canada, given to help mark Ontario's Bicentennial. Board seeks consent to fire anti-nuclear protestor By Stephanie Levesque CLINTON - The Huron County Board of Education will be asking education minister Dr. Bette Ste henson for permission to fire anti-nuclear protester,Joanne Young. After a 3'2 hour in -camera session, the board announced at 11 p.m., July 9 that it would be seeking the provincial minister's consent. Mrs. Young, a math teacher at South Huron District School in Exeter, has also been suspended without pay until the minister's decision is known. "During the past, the board has exhausted every avenue including verbal and wriiien warnings. Mrs. Young has been coup. ed and after continual refusals to report for work she was suspended without pay. Mrs. Young has been given the opportunity' of presenting her positionio the board in both written and verbal form," states a prepared board pr¢r ssrrelease. Mrs. Young, who will await the minister's decision before she. decides whether she will appeal it. said the board gave her a "fair hearing" in its in -camera session. "1 tried to explain my position, why it's important for me to do this. Also what function the education system should be in facing a nuclear holocaust," said Mrs. Young. She' said trustees asked her two or three questions. particularly directed at her suggestion that she take a leave of absence everytime she wants to participate in an anti-nuclear protest. • '1 was unable to give them any definac Sales • • • • • Leasing times though," said Mrs. Young. Board chairman Eugene Frayne said the board had made a thoughtful deliberation on the future of Mrs. Young. "It's not an easy decision," he said. "1 think the board has represented.the opinion of the people," the chairman added, Trustee for the Exeter area, Clarence McDonald agreed, noting it wasn't a difficult decision for him to make as representative of the South Huron District High School parents. Ile said he has heard nothing but criticism of Mrs. Young's actions. "I2e.ople,are fed up with her," he said. • 'She's being paid to teach kids...she'd be better off doing what she feels she should be doing." Goderich trustee Dorothy Wallace Jeep. Parts • • • • • Service JEEP AvON Now in Stratford 570 Huron St. Stratford Tel0(519) 271-7528 J requested a recorded vote which ended up 13 to 3 in favor of seeking the ministers decision. The board was assisted in preparing the resolution by its solicitor Dan Murphy of Goderich who was in attendance at the meeting. - Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation i OSSTF i representative from Toronto, Jim Ross, was with Mrs. Young as a witness. . Two local OSSTF representatives were there to strictly "monitor" the situation. Neither the local or the provincial OSSTP groups have made decisions regarding Mrs. Young's future. 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