The Citizen, 2018-6-7, Page 1INSIDE
THIS WEEK:
SPORTS - Pg. 9
Londesborough martial artist
honoured with purple belt
FISHING - Pg. 11
Local fishing derby
comes to an end
FESTIVAL. - Pg. 19
`Pigeon King' returns to
Memorial Hall stage
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Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County Thursday, June 7, 2018
Fancy footwork
Saturday was reserved for the annual Brussels Ball Day in the village with several games
played at the Brussels Optimist Ballpark over the course of the day, culminating in a contest
between the Brussels Tigers and the Wingham Hitmen, which Brussels won by a score
of 7-6 in extra innings. Here, Kylee Nicholson of the Seaforth PeeWee team was light on her
toes as she made her way into third base. The Brussels PeeWees were on the wrong end of
a 7-0 score in that game. (Hannah Dickie photo)
Dora nods honour
Festival artists
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Last week with the announcement
of the nominations for the 2018
Dora Mayor Moore Awards for
Toronto theatre, a number of Blyth
Festival alumni found themselves up
for awards.
Michael Spencer -Davis has been
nominated for his work as part of the
ensemble cast of Jerusalem, an
Outside the March and Company
Theatre production in association
with Starvox Entertainment.
Spencer -Davis was last in Blyth
when he starred as Al Capone in
Beverley Cooper's The Lonely
Diner: Al Capone in Euphemia
Township.
Stuart Hughes of the Blyth -based
film The Drawer Boy was also
nominated in the same category for
his work as part of the Idomeneus
cast at Soulpepper in Toronto. Kevin
Bundy was also nominated for his
work in Confederation & Riel for
VideoCabaret in association with
Soulpepper.
Seana McKenna, well-known
Stratford Festival actor and wife of
Blyth Festival regular Miles Potter,
has been nominated in the
Outstanding Performance — Female
category for her work in Lear, by the
Groundling Theatre Company.
Falen Johnson's Ipperwash has
been nominated in the Best New
Play category for its run at Native
Earth Performing Arts, while
Remington North has been
nominated for his light design in the
Crow's Theatre production of The
Boy in the Moon.
Thomas Ryder Payne has been
nominated twice in the Outstanding
Sound Design/Composition
category for his work in Hamlet at
the Tarragon Theatre and for A&R
Angels at Crow's Theatre.
All five nominees in the
Outstanding Costume Design
category have worked at the Blyth
Festival in the past. Gillian Gallow
has been nominated for her work on
Soulpepper's Idomeneus, while Ken
MacKenzie has been recognized for
his work on Animal Farm for
Soulpepper.
Melanie McNeill has been
nominated for her costume design
work on Le Menteur (The Liar),
while Astrid Janson and Melanie
McNeill have been nominated twice
together for their work for
Confederation & Riel and Scandal
& Rebellion.
Daniel Roberts has been
nominated for his work on pool (no
water) for Cue6 Theatre in the
independent theatre division and the
Outstanding Ensemble Performance
category. Also nominated in that
category is Cam Laurie, who was in
the Blyth Festival's Falling: A Wake,
for his work on Punk Rock by The
Howland Company.
Ken MacKenzie has been
nominated a further three times in
the independent theatre division for
his work on Flashing Lights in a
collaboration between Ahuri Theatre
and Bad New Days. MacKenzie has
been nominated for his work on
scenic design, costume design and
lighting design.
Michelle Ramsay's lighting
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Special meeting set for Wingham police debate
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
The hotly -contested debate of who
will police Wingham will continue
to be addressed at a special meeting
of council on Monday, June 11.
During council's June 4 meeting,
Reeve Neil Vincent advised council
that due to unidentified issues
resulting in "tight timelines", a
proposed motion to bring a report
back regarding Ontario Provincial
Police costing for covering
Wingham should be pushed to a
special meeting instead of
waiting for council's June 18
meeting.
Council passed a motion
authorizing the special meeting as
well as a second motion to have staff
investigate bringing back the OPP's
costing proposal, which was
delivered last year and voted down
in March.
North Huron Council, save
Councillor Trevor Seip, who also
sits on the municipality's police
service board, voted in March in
favour of maintaining the Wingham
Police Service over switching to the
OPP.
In the months since, however,
council has been informed that, over
the next several years, an expanding
police department will result in
double-digit percentage increases to
the annual Wingham Police Service
budget.
The expansion is a result of the
police services board signing a
memorandum of understanding with
the Wingham Police Association, an
organization that negotiates on
behalf of the Wingham police with
the police services board,
guaranteeing a two -officer -per -shift
practice to be implemented by mid -
2019.
The change doubles the number of
active officers at any given time,
resulting in significant increases
to officers' wages and benefits.
Councillor Seip, during a police
service board meeting, said he
believed council was experiencing
"sticker shock".
After approving the Wingham
Police Service budget for 2018,
council indicated a desire to once
again investigate the OPP's costing
model.
Originally that model guaranteed
increases in cost over a three-year
period which included enhanced
service by the provincial
organization, however, after that it
may have saved Wingham ratepayers
significantly. In light of the increases
to the Wingham Police Service's
budget, however, the OPP costing
has apparently become more
palatable for council.
The special meeting is set in
council chambers on June 11
starting at 7 p.m.
Huron -Bruce goes to the polls
On Thursday, Ontarians will
choose the next Premier of Ontario,
as well as 124 Members of
Provincial Parliament, including one
in Huron -Bruce.
Six candidates have put their
names forward in Huron -Bruce: PC
Lisa Thompson, Don Matheson of
the Liberal Party, Jan Johnstone of
the NDP, Nicholas Wendler of the
Green Party, Ron Stephens of the
Libertarian Party and Gerrie
Huenemoerder of the Alliance Party
of Ontario.
Huron -Bruce MPP Lisa
Thompson of the PC Party of
Ontario is running for re-election,
seeking a third term in the position.
Thompson was first elected in
2011, beating out incumbent Liberal
MPP Carol Mitchell. Thompson
would be re-elected in 2014.
Thompson, who grew up in East
Wawanosh, currently serves as
Caucus Chair, as well as the PC
Critic for International Trade and the
Critic for Indigenous Relations and
Reconciliation.
Challenging Thompson in the
election will be Don Matheson of
the Liberal Party of Ontario.
The Southampton native is a
Saugeen Shores Councillor and has
served as a member of the
Southampton 150 committee, chair
of the local recreation and active
transportation committee and as a
member of the local chamber of
commerce and the Southampton
Business Improvement Area.
Matheson is a teacher who also
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