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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-11-15, Page 3WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IS. I$95 Madi11 ,:jpother year MacLaughlan opens town hall The F.E. Madill Secondary School drama guild is preparing or another year of entertaining ie. eir fellow students and the pub - series with enc ,, The fifth annual Performance ,Showcase will be held Thursday, bee. 14 in the Madill gymnasium, beginning at 7 p.rn. Dress rehear- sals will be held Dec. 12 and 13. Drama guild director Louanna Alexander said that there will be a :lapecial children's event during the Performance Showcase. r Tickets for the event are $5 per 'fief -son, but five tickets can be pur- chased for $20. The drama guild will be pre- senting Guys and Dolls in the spring. Auditions begin tomorrow ';after school, and will also be held Monday and next Thursday. Opening night for, Guys and Dolls will be Wednesday, May 1. performances will also be held May2and3. Tickets for this production are $7 each, with five tickets available for $30. And for $50, a person will get six tickets for both the Perfor- mance Showcase and for Guys and Dolls. Alexander said these tickets would make a great Christmas • gift. ' She noted that student Shane McKinnon would be directing the school's one -act production! of Catalyst for the Blyth Crossroads Drama Festival and for the Sears Drama Festival. The Blyth Crossroads Drama Festival will be held Feb. 29 to March 2, and the Sears Drama Festival will be held March 27 to 30. Firefighters Continued from front page able to attend the evacuation exer- cise at the. Fordwich Village Num- , . ing. Home. He told that board that he remained at the Wingham fire hall in case he had to respond to, a fire call. Board chairman Harold Gibson of Howick Township said that the adr'rent of 9-1-1 won't help make thei'saituation better. He said that there are three po- tential fire fighters going for their DZ licence at the of the month. He added that two work at Wescast and third works for the town. Chief Gaunt said it is difficult to get the fire fighters to get their DZ licence, especially those who do not need it for their work. He said the fire department can't force them to get their DZ, and there are some members of the department who don't want to•drive the truck. The chief was thinking about making getting a DZ licence 'a part of the requirements to get into the department. - John Jacques of Howick Town- ship suggested that because many people don't have the access to DZ training, they can join the fire department with a G licence but must be willing to get their DZ li- cence within a certain time period 'in order to remain a member of the fire department. Bruce Machan of Wingham askeed why couldn't Town of 'Wingham department heads Bob Thompson, Pete Quennell and Roy Wright help out on an emerg- cency basis, especially for driving one of the trucks. "The problem may be resolved by the end of the month," he said. l .Chief Gaunt then informed the board that because the three don't require a DZ licence for work, they would like to be reimbursed after getting their DZ licence. The chief was concerned about setting a precedent. Machan said that if they reimbursed these three, would they have to reimburse oth- er fire fighters who had gotten their DZ licence. Baker said that if they were willing to join the department then perhaps the board should be will- ing to reimburse them. - Chief Gaunt said once the DZ licence has been received it is not that expensive to maintain. Jacques said that if they are willing to be a fire fighter, then they should have a DZ licence. However, he didn't think it should be mandatory to have it prior to joining the department. Baker was concerned that if having a DZ licence was made mandatory, the detartment may lose some more fire fighters. Machan made a motion to reim- burse the fire fighters for getting their DZ licence, on a one-time only basis, after the six-month probation period. Canadian music legend Murray McLaughlan visited Wingham last Thursday for the first performance in a three-part "Centre Stage" se- ries. McLaughlan played to a large and enthusiastic crowd in the Wingham Town Hall Heritage Theatre. By all accounts, his perfor- mance was well-received with McLaughlan being called back for an encore. Prior to last week's concert McLaughlan sat down for a brief interview with The Advance - Times. An icon on the Canadian music scene, McLaughlan has re- corded 17 albums and is the recipi- ent of 11 JUNO awards for songs such as "Farmer's Song", "On the Boulevard" and "Whispering Rain". Aside from performing his own music, McLaughlan has enjoyed much success as a songwriter for other artists, including John McDermott and Barney Bentall, to name just two. He says he gets more personal satisfaction from •writing songs, but still enjoys per- forming. "I find expression in the art that I make," says McLaughlan, who adds that he enjoys seeing the af- fect that his writing has on people. However, aside , from song - writing and performing, McLaugh lan sees his most important role as shaping his young son into being a better human. being. "I would like to avoid waking up when I'm 87 years old-1nd being somebody that I wouldn't want to have been." PROUDLY CANADIAN McLaughlan also is a proud member of the prestigious Order of Canada Award, presented by the govenor general. The singer -songwriter is proudly Canadian. An accomplished pilot, McLaughlan .hosted a television special, "Floating Over Canada," a number of.years ago and has visited more parts of this. counti'y than most people ever will see. is He has some definitive thoughts on the recent referendum held in Quebec, in which a narrow majori- ty of Quebecers voted against sove- reignty: "It's time in Canada to raise consciousness to a better level of truth telling -- what we have and what we have to lose." McLaughlan says he wishes that Quebecers could see that Canada belongs to them, not just the "rest of Canada," a term which he ab - Music Legend...M Wingham Town Hall Heritage the "Centre Stage" concert se hors. "The Rocky Mountains be- long to Quebecers as muchaas• t3tey do to Albertans. This is. verq- body's country and . that +even means immigrants...If you pay tax- esand live in Canada, you're a Ca- nadian," McLaughlan asserts. "Centre Stage" continues this Thursday, Nov. 16, with Sylvia Ty- son in concert at the town hall and will conclude on Thursday, Nov. 23, when The Wilkinsons come to town. Tickets still are available by calling 357-4082 or at Wingham's Triangle Discount or Ernie King Music. urray McLaughlan played at the Theatre last Thursday as part of ries. The \Vinghani 'F n ll.all Flcritage Theatre Howick Mutual Insurance Co. & m.,g S present SYLVIA TYSON In concert Thursday, November 16, 8 p.m. Released 13 albums as part of Ian & Sylvia — Released 6 solo albums Wrote "You Were On My Mind" & "River Road" — TV producer & radio host of CBC's "Touch The Earth" Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992 — Currently travels with QUARTETTE, one of the hottest female acts in country music TICKETPRICES: CALL ADVANCE :_s12 357-4082 AT DOOR ... $15 TO RESERVE \T tRln itr' t tit \ ti Tickets available at Triangle Discount (Wingham) and Et•nie King Music t THE WHAM ADVAWOETIMES Food bank A meeting was held last Friday at St. Paul's -Trinity Anglican Church in Wingham to address the issue of hunger and what local Churches, industry and the commu- nity at large can do to help. Rev. Vicars Hodge of St. Paul's - Trinity said he believes recent pro- vincial government cutbacks to so- cial assistance have resulted in a crisis. In the past few weeks, Mr. Hodge says he has noticed an in- creased need for community in- volvement for the needy, whether through the establishment of a food bank or a soup kitchen. Last week's meeting was called to get feedback. Most Wingham Churches were represented and Mayor Don Carter was in atten- dance, as was Morris Township Reeve Bert Elliott. Management and the Canadian Auto Workers' Union from Wescast Industries in Wingham also were represented. A number of ideas were put for- ward at last week's, meeting and suggestions received. This Friday, a smaller group will meet to hold a "brainstorming" session. Another public meeting is slated for Friday, Nov. 24, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul's - Trinity Anglican Church in Wing - ham to discuss possible solutions to the problem. All are welcome to at- tend. 1 Marg Sande Licensed Stylist avail. 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