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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-08-09, Page 16100#1VANC5'7jME$ August 642 ARIES - March 21/April 20 Your dry sense of humor leaves much to be desired when used among the wrong people. Be careful. Letting a soft side show eases tension at home. A family member brings a good business opportunity to you. Focus on exercise And nutrition over the weekend. TAURUS -April 21/May 21 Wisen up Taurus. You can't always get things your way. Narrow your vision to one or two goals this week and move full -speed ahead with them. Money matters look good. Steer clear of needless calories over the weekend. There's just so many you can burn off at the gym. GEMINI - May 22/June 21 You're boiling over with creativity this week. Take time out to use it. It's a good time to change careers. Move slowly about it though. Work to rem- edy a romantic falling out on Friday. Take a selfless approach to love, especially if you have a Scorpio or Aries mate. CANCER - June 22/July 22 Are you a single crab looking for romance? If so, watch your step. You could fall in love this week. A poetic Pisces is sending the right signals on Tuesday. Read them carefully and then go for it. Matters at home are not as pressing as they seem. Grab a friend and go away for the weekend. LEO - July 23/August 23 Cupid's arrows are headed your way, but don't duck. A romantic Libra makes you purr on Wednesday. Enjoy and put work matters on the ' backburner. They will wait. A misun- derstanding with a Sagittarius friend will be easily resolved if you are willing to be open. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Things are going great at work this week. But your personal life needs attention. Take a Cancer's needs seri- ously. Make romantic gestures to make things right again. You might not get another chance. Be sure to award and encourage a young child's accomplishments. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Put your sentimental side to the side. Leave broken relationships in the past. It's time to start anew. A good friend trusts your instincts; so watch what you say. You don't want to lead anyone in the wrong direction. Friendships are changing. Your. chann leads you to new, more inter- esting circles. Follow it. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Don't let meaningless flirtations cloud your good judgment. Re- member, trust is hard to regain. A new career door opens this week. Go for- it. It could be the break you've been hoping for. A Leo has good advice on Thursday. Choose your words carefully this weekend. SAGITTARIUS- Nov 23/Dec 21 Dod't try to cram too many events into one week. There will be time in the next few weeks for everything you want to do. A Pisces needs your support at home. Don't let your ego take over this week. Avoid being a conversation hog. Give others a chance to talk over the weekend. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Love is going your way this week. If you're single, get ready to take the next step. Married? Make sure your mate knows how happy you are. A get -away weekend helps to keep things progressing. At work, don't take a comfortable position for grant- ed. Keep a competitive edge. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Stand up and speak your mind ip per- sonal matters. People will tune into what you're saying. Looking for a new job? Try' your hand in the com- munications field. Your good nature and off -beat approach will pave the way. Don't give in to unfair demands from family. PISCES Feb 19/March 20 Jealousy will get you nowhere this week Pisces. Be strong and talk things out. A Capricorn seeks your financial. guidance midweek. Take comfort in good, friends on Friday. A good movie sets the pace for the weekend. You will be inspired to make a change in your life. • YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK The next 12 months: It's a great time to focus on your career. Moving ahead is not the stren- uous climb it used to be. y close , attention to detail in the mos tedious projects. This is what set you apart from the rest -A- Taurus in an influential position will take notice. Immediate authority shifts by spring. A family member helps you find what you really want. You're foot- loose and fancy-free where romance is concerned, and serious relation- ships must wait until later. A friend who was on a long journey will settle back . in your area. This reunited friendship will have positive impact on your future. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY WEPNESPAY,PONT 9,1995 a e'ss Place unveiled -in premier Johns' Barn also enjoying success icl run By Marion Duke BLYTI-It's a busy day for playwright Ted Johns, less than a week before his latest work*, Jake's Place, has its premier on the stage of the Blyth Festival. But if Ted Johns hasn't enough hours in his day, the last person to know it, will be the one occupying his time. His face reflects love and laugh- ter as he outlines his latest crea- tion. Jake, he says, is one of those "marginal" people who live in eve- ry community. Everybody thinks they know him, but they don't take the time to know him at all. Jake is a composite of some of the many characters Ted Johns has met. "But many people in the Listow- el area might recognize the influ- ence of Jimmy Adams," Mr. Johns said. A talented country fiddler who died this year, Mr. Adams was a good friend of Paul Thompson's Theatre Passe Muraille when the group performed The Farm Show throughout Southwestern Ontario approximately 25 years ago. Mr. Adams was invited to join the company when Passe Muraille journeyed to England to perform:. Ted Johns is a close friend and associate of Mr. Thompson and was a member of the original Farm Show. 'GRASSHOPPER' MIND The character Jake is 'diag- nosed' by his neighbor as someone with a 'grasshopper' mind the kind, of quick mind that jumps from topic to topic, finding con- nections that sometimes escape his listener. "Jimmy was like that," M. Johns said. "You'd be talking about one thing, or going to de something, and before you knew it, Jimmy was doing half a doze* different things at once."',.,�'' It's no wonder Ted Johns has gained a reputation for capturing TED JOHNS the soul of 01rAl Otu rite in his plays such as Pk Wont Coma in From the & nt, Gtort,knt's (w- age, The School Shock, Country Hearts and now Jake's f'ittce. Born in Seafbrth and educated at Mitchell District SQcondary School and the University of To- ronto, he has returned lime and again to his rural gots. But he's also travelled far. One of his most popular plays is bis one-man show, Naked' on the North Shore, set in Labrador. Audiences in Lis- towel and area have enjoyed most, • if not all, of his plays. Mr. Johns said on a recent drive through the countryside, he and his wife Janet Amos, the artistic director of the Blyth Festival, not- ed a lot of the farms they visited while developing The Farm Show are still owned and operated by the same people. "There is a lot of stability in ru- ral areas," he said. "It isn't that ru- ral people are all thatdifferent from people living in city commu- nities. But they have the stability and the continuity to be able to mythologize the things that have happened to them." MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Besides exploring his observa- tions about marginal people in Jake's Place, Mr. Johns has coura- geously included that most infa- mous of small town happenings, a council meeting. There.. isn't a doubt but what. people throughout rural Ontario will recognize most of the people at the council table - not to men- tion the clerk -treasurer - as be- ing their very own council. The play is set in a small hamlet in Hu- ron County. "Jake as a character has been in my head for a couple of years," Mr. Johns said, adding that he's the mature version of the confused brother in Two Brothers. Jake Palmer (played by actor Michael Healey) lives alone in a shack at the edge of town. No- body much cares, until the water outside his abode starts to rise, threatening to cut him off. Jake demands a driveway and that's when the fun starts. The writing of the play started in January with the character more resolved than the "conflict" which Mr. Johns built in during the months leading up to rehearsal. The conflict, among other things, reflects Mr. Johns' obser- vations concerning health foods and natural cures, and how they are viewed by doctors and phar- maceutical companies. While some town people want to get Jake involved in council, because they believe he will be a rubber stamp, his new next -door neighbor, a city woman whose "weeds" are used in herbal reme- dies, gets to know the real Jake. Complicating the picture is Jake's daughter, a newspaper edi- tor. . ACTING IN 'BARN' Jake's Place which premiered July 26, is being directed by Miles Potter who also began his career as an actor with Passe Muraille. Both he and Mr. Johns have a long association with the Blyth Festival. Ted Johns said he's going to en- joy • Jake's Place "a whole lot more, because I'm not acting in it" However, Blyth Festival -goers will get an opportunity to see Mr. Johns on stage this season. He's playing the lead in his own play, He Won't Come in From the Barn which is having a limited . run from Aug. 29 to Sept. 9. "I'm getting nervous just think- ing about it," be laughed. Barn was first produced by Passe Muraille in 1977 and by the Blyth Festival in 1977, 1981 and 1994. This year, Paul Thompson will direct it. Jake's Place will run at the fes- tival to Aug. 26. C ci rteil t® pay mileage BELGRAVE - East Wawanosh, Township council will compensate dog counter Harry Brydges mile- age. The claim was submitted after the dog counter made five trips to one residence to help alleviate a problem, of roaming dogs. A two -strand electric fence has been put up on the east side of the property. 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