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Clinton News Record, 2015-02-25, Page 66 News Record • Wednesday, February 25, 2015 A trip down memory lane as Beatlemania comes to Blyth Memorial Hall Special to the Signal Star Calling all Beatles fans! The look, the sound and excitement of The Beatles' live performances will be re-cre- ated at Blyth Memorial Hall when the international tour- ing cast of Beatlemania Revis- ited comes to Blyth for a spe- cial performance on Sat., March 7 at 8:00 pm. According to a media release, all songs in the Beatlemania show are performed "note for note" by the cast members who are further augmented with cos- tumes and vintage instru- ments to truly capture the spirit of the Fab Four. The evening kicks off with their famous 1964 appearance on the Ed Sullivan television show and follows The Beatles through their entire career with numerous costume changes including the Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road eras. In total, over 30 Beatles songs are performed live throughout the evening including I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Ticket to Ride, Yester- day, Penny Lane, Help!, A Hard Day Night, Yellow Sub- marine, Eleanor Rigby, Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band and of course Hey Jude amongst the many audience favourites. Colum Henry, who portrays John Lennon, said, "This is a family oriented, audience -interactive perfor- mance that will have every- body singing, dancing and clapping along': Tickets to see Beatlemania Revisited at Blyth Memorial Hall are on sale now for $35 for adults and $30 for seniors. Tickets are available at the theatre box office at 423 Queen St. in Blyth, by phone at 519-523-9300 or online at www.blythfestival.com. r__eAuFtgl,/, a 1 -f Zlle ?moi ?a Tendo at 7e4e Aea �%'unckar Clinton United Church 105 Ontario Street } Minister Rev. Randy Covey 1 -Director of Music: Louise Dockstader Church Office: 519-482-9553 www.clintonunited.ca March 1 10:30 am WORSHIP Sunday School LENT II ALL WELCOME Christian Reformed Church 243 Princess St. E., Clinton Pastor Ron Luchies 519-482-5264 Sunday March 1, 2015 10:00 am- Morning Service 3:00 pm- The Family Project: Video and Discussion Thursday's 7:15 pm Girls and Boys Ages 9-13 Gems and Cadets "0 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" Psalm 8 vs 1 All Visitors Welcome! First Baptist Church 85 Huron St., Clinton 482-3598 SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2015 MORNING SERVICE 10:30 AM Lay Pastor - Wally DeWolfe Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 PM TO ADVERTISE IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE CALL Clinton News Record 519-482-3443 PRESS '0' BIBLE MISSIONARY CHURCH 35 Toronto Blvd., Vanastra (519) 482-8183 MARCH 1, 2015 Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 AM Sunday Evening Worship 7:00 PM Pastor Josh McCarthy Everyone Welcome! Heartland Community Church (52 Victoria Street, Clinton, Ontario) For information see www.heartlandemc.com Church 519-606-1015 Pastor Charles Gingerich SUNDAY MARCH 1, 2015 10:00 AM FAMILY SERVICE: Worship as a family with us. Then the children enjoy their program while adults are blessed by a message for them. 7:00 PM SHARE & PRAYER SERVICE Expect a welcome and a blessing! St. Paul's Anglican Church A Congregation of the Parish of The Holy Spirit 49 Ontario St., Clinton The Reverend Karine A. Snowdon BA, M.Div Organist & Choir Master: Dana Prouse SUNDAY MARCH 1 Worship at 11:15am Thursday Feb. 26 Taize prayers & Worship 7pm EVERYONE WELCOME Contributed photo The excitement of Beatlemania will be coming to the Blyth Memorial Hall on March 7. The Fab Four will be portrayed by Ian Garcia (Paul McCartney), Colum Henry (John Lennon), Mark Matthews (Ringo Starr) and Bill Black (George Harrison). Draft budget pushed one step closer to final approval Dave Flaherty Goderich Signal Star Huron County's 2015 budget is one step closer to being approved. The draft budget was passed at the committee of the whole meeting on Feb. 18. Treasurer Michael Blum- hagen told council that staff had reached the two per cent levy increase they had requested. He also indicated that using approximately $377,000 of the 2014 surplus would not have an affect on the county's reserves, which are estimated to be about $38 million at the end of 2015. However, Ashfield-Col- bome-Wawanosh Reeve Ben Van Diepenbeek disagreed. "You are going down from $42 million to $38 million," Van Diepenbeek said. Blumhagen said he was try- ing to explain that in the con- text of the surplus, it would not affect reserves, but did agree that the service levels of the county and funding budget items from reserves wouldn't be sustainable for much longer. Van Diepenbeek conveyed his displeasure with the over- all composition of the budget "We didn't cut one thing out," he said. In his opinion, the county has been granting the requests of every organization that approaches them. "The rumour on the street is if you need money, go to the county," he quipped. Blumhagen said there were a number of items that were taken out of the budget to bring it down to the two per cent increase. He also pointed out that Ontario Municipal Partner- ship Fund (OMPF) alloca- tions to Huron County were down approximately $700,000 this year, which amounts to about two per cent of the county's budget. Central Huron Mayor Jim Ginn said lower -tier munici- palities have suffered OMPF cuts as well and have had to find ways to cut down on their spending. "We have to have a really tight budget, he said, adding that the actual growth for Huron County is 0.8 per cent - a figure he believes should be the goal for this year's budget increase. Central Huron Deputy Mayor Dave Jewitt said they need a service review but it is too late in the budget pro- cess to start now. "We should have meet- ings to see what services we want to be involved in," he said. "But don't cut just to get to an arbitrary number." Goderich Deputy Mayor Jim Donnelly said the budget was "reasonable" under the county's circum- stances but steps need to be taken so they are not in the same position in future years. The budget will be brought back to the March 4 county council meeting for final approval.