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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-07-11, Page 4vssA RENAULT • IDIEITRICT NEWS 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 Community 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 start at 8 p.m. in the Goderich Community Centre, will feature some of Ontario's best professional and non-professiona singers, dancers, actors ad musicians. Advance tickets are on salt The Livery and tourist information 'booth in Goderich as well as the recreation departments in Wingham, Clinton, Seaforth, Exeter and Goderich. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children while tickets puithased at the door will cost $7 for • adults and $4 for children. Ticket ,sales are now taking off organizers say, and should be 'purchased advance for the one-night performance. ( Produced by Showmakers Inc. of Tor nto; 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. Other performers include; opera star and 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 Ree 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. Dinah Christie will sing Biggest festivities in years Colborne To 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 Benmiller. 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 Elstori,Town of Goderich Mayor Eileen Palmer, and Huron County Warden Tom Cunningham. The plaque is to be mounted on a large boulder in front of the Foresters Hall. The d, nship to celebrate Bicentennial in style udder, 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 prize for the closest guess' is .a dinner .for two 'at the Beruniller 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 chime the afternoon. The local Sharp's' 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.m., 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 be moved to the Colborne Township )load Department shed on lot 5, concession 8, just north of County Road 25. .Snriday morning begins with a pancake ea ast from 8 .a.m., to noon. At 2 p.m., ere an open air church Memorial • service at Colborne Township cemetery. Rev. Robert Bali 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 o service will be held at. Colborne Central SchOol in the event of rain. • On Sunday afternoon, the bus tours.vvill conti,nue, and people are invited to go back 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 Iluron County Board of Education will ix' asking education minister Dr. Bette Stephenson for permission to fire anti-nuclear protester .Joanne Young. After a 3' 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 rnath teacher at South Huron District School in Exeter, has also been suspended without 14 until the minister's decision is known. "During the past. the board has exhausted ev ery avenue including verbal and written warnings. Mrs. yobng has been counselled and after continual refusals to report for work .she was suspended without pay. Mrs.. Young has been elven the opportunit y presenting her position to the board in both Written and verbal form." states a prepared board press release. rs. 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 itr in -camera session. I tried to explain my position, why it's important for me to dp 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 ' ev erytime she wants to participate in an anti-nuclear priit est. "I was unable to give them any definite 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. "I think the Ward has represented the opinion of the people." the chairman added, Trbstee 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. -People 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 Sales • . • • . Leasing [rtAivic Jeep® Parts • • • • . Service JEEP et ALLIANCE VON - Now in Stratford \11 _A AVIOTOR CCL 570 Huron St. Stratford Tel.(519) 271-7528 ILleeeeelene•••••••••••••••••111111MIRMeNee•MIMMVIIMMONIellele•MNIelleMereelene•Mellee • • MOP GODERICH SIGNALI-STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1984—PAGE 3' requested a recorded Vote which ended up13 to 3 in favor of seeking the minister's decision. The board tical ..assisted •in preparing the resolution by its solicitor Dan Murphy of Goderich who was in attendance at the meeting. Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation OSSTF 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 OSSTF groups have Made decisions regarding Mrs. Young's future. ' In 'the recorded v'ote,' all trustees were present and only Tony McQuail, Joan Vanden Broeck and Dorothy Wallace voted against it. ze. ..••• • . • . •••. • . . • The VanEgmond ; House, seaforth 1-• ' Come Visit ' "The Sitting Room' • ii . featuring i Quality .Heritage Crafts i •i Created by Local Artisans i ± Walk Through ' , ..1' ' 1 on a.Guided Tour el , ? 1 -Open Daily 'S:30 am - 4:30 pm l . i? Egmondville 527-0413i ........ 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