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PAGE TWO Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, January 22, 2010

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In recognition of their generous support the Centre Wellington Food Bank would like to thank all of the volunteers in our community who worked at the Food Bank, in Christmas food drives, fundraising events, and at the Sportsplex for our Christmas Hamper Program.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who donated food, presents, and financial resources. Our caring community made Christmas special for volunteers, families and children in Centre Wellington.

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Fergus Santa Claus Parade Kinsmen Club of Fergus Fergus Quitters Guild Ladies Auxiliary Fergus Legion Branch 275 M&M Meat Shops Pine Meadows Community Maple Leaf Acres Community St.Andrew's Presbyterian St.John’s Anglican Church St.Mary's Church Melville United Church St.James Anglican Church Bethel Baptist Church Grace Christian Fellowship Elora Road Christian Fellowship Elora-Bethany United Barrie Hill United Church Speedside United Church Knox Presbyterian Church Wellington Advertiser Cogeco TelevisionLarry Peters CW Chamber of Commerce Dr.Cheryl Howe & Staff Wolfe, Smith & Forster Dr. Marg Manning & Staff Wellington Veterinary Fergus Family Chiropractic Fergus Elora News Express Francis Baker

OLG Slots-Elora Little Angels Development Heritage River Caressant Care-Fergus Wellington Terrace Tim Horton’s Fergus & Elora Flight Services Groves Hospital Staff Board of DirectorsFood Bank R.O.B.I. Construction Neudon Industries Nick’s Express Scotiabank Turkey Drive Domino’s Pizza O.P.P. Stuff a Cruiser Little Tree Nursery Sweet and Simple I Love Chocolate Artic Clear Damside Dev’t Ltd Village Hairstyling Curves R.B.C. Zellers Grand River Agricultural Society Kimberley’s Spa E.R.C.F. Youth Group Bob Johnson’s Grade 7 & 8 class L.C.B.O. Elora Highland Manor Residents C.W.F.B. Volunteers Royal City Charter: Order of DeMolay

If you know of anyone who has been omitted from this list, please call the Food Bank at 787-1401

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT The Canadian Cancer Society is in urgent need of volunteers. For more information call or email: 519-824-4261 or jcoyne@ontario.cancer.ca.

JANUARY 22 Arthur Legion Br. 226 Wing night 6-8pm. $10. Entertainment by “Almost Nashville.” *** Hootenanny will return to the 4th Friday of the month at 7pm.

Arkell United Church. Bring an instrument and play or come to listen. Free will offering to building fund for wheel chair accessibility project.

JANUARY 23 Rainbow Chorus “A Celebration of Song” Concert 8pm at Harcourt United Church, 87 Dean Ave., Guelph. Tickets $15, $5 for children under 12 and can be purchased using PayPal on the Chorus website at www.rainbowchorus.ca. Tickets will also be available at the door for $20 on a first come, first served basis. *** Adult/ Senior Ice Skating 8pm - 9:50pm Exhibition Park Arena, Guelph. Cost - $7/ person ($8 on Band nights) join us for fun, exercise, music and friendship. Contact 519-836-1015. *** Elora Legion Branch 229, 110 Metcalfe St. Elora, Saturday Night Dance. Entertainment by “Bill Beattie”. For info. call Judy Alles 519-846-5582. *** Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games presents a Robbie Burns Night at the Fergus Legion in support of the Grand Celtic Pipe Band and the Fergus Pipe Band. Entertainment includes the toast to the haggis and to the lassies along with a retrospective on the life of Robbie Burns with special guest performances. Tickets available at the Festival Office or on-line at www.fergusscottishfestival.com. *** Paws For Literacy® at the Hillsburgh Branch, Wellington County Library, 98B Trafalgar Rd. Hillsburgh. 1– 3 pm. To celebrate Family Literacy Day, our favourite literacy dogs are returning for another afternoon of reading with children. Space is limited; so please register early for your 20-minute visit with Koukla and her canine friends. 519-855-4010.

JANUARY 24 Erin Legion Branch 442 monthly Jamboree on the 4th Sunday of every month (in the upper hall). Everyone welcome! *** Elora Centre for the Arts presents Pastel Painting workshop from 12 -5pm. Learn basic techniques using pastels. Call ECFTA 519846-9698 for info. *** Robbie Burns’ Day 1- 4:30pm, Guelph Civic Museum, 6 Dublin St. S., 519-836-1221. Celebrating the birthday of Scotland’s poet Robert Burns. Talks on Scotland, Scottish music and dancing, displays, demonstrations, haggis, oatcakes, shortbread and family activities. Admission $6 Adults, $4 Seniors & Students, $12 Families. *** KidsAbility Annual Skating & Pizza Party 12 noon - 2pm at the Victoria Road Recreation Centre, 151 Victoria Road in Guelph.

This is a free event for all persons in our community with a disability, their families and friends. Please register! 519-780-0186 ext 300.

JANUARY 25 Erin Legion Branch 442. Want to Square Dance and meet new people? 4H and the Legion offer Square Dancing on the 4th Monday of the month in the upper hall. Cost is $3 for students, adults $5 and the entire family $6. No talent necessary. We can dance you through it! *** The annual meeting of the Palmerston Ag. Society will be held at the Community Centre starting at 7:30pm. Light lunch provided.

Members and interested persons welcome.

JANUARY 26 Puslinch Seniors' Euchre Club: Present and former Puslinch residents are invited to join us for friendly euchre games at the Puslinch Community Centre from 1:30-3:30pm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month. *** Annual General Meeting of the Guelph Horticultural Society, Dublin St. United Church, 7:30pm. New members welcome.

Sunday February 7, 2010 Games start at 1pm - Doors open at 11am share the wealth package $15 - main program package $25 (both packages are required - extra strips available)

“proceeds to local community projects” Held at Grand River Raceway 7445 Wellington County Rd. 21, Elora

www.ferguselorarotary.com Held under lottery license #M634122.

FERGUS ELORA ROTARY FOUNDATION Staffed by: Centre Wellington Rotary Club and Fergus Elora Rotary Club

JANUARY 27 Trillium Waldorf School- ‘Walk Through the Grades’ Tour 910:30am. Join us promptly at 9am and enter a selection of our grade classes while their morning lesson is in progress. Adults only please; babes in arms permitted. Call Connie Watson to register at 519-821-5140. 540 Victoria Road North, Guelph. *** Grand Valley Horticultural Society - First meeting of the year!

7:30pm at Trinity United Church. Guest speaker is writer, painter and Master Gardener Sonia Day. She will be promoting her most recent book "Middle-Aged Spread: Moving to the Country at 50".

New members and guests always welcome! *** “Beat the Winter Blahs" dinner dates set for St Andrew's Mount

Forest. 6:15pm. Reserve now, don't wait: call 519-323-2217. $10 each. 50 only available. *** Elora & Salem Horticultural Society Annual Meeting and Potluck Supper, 6pm at Heritage River. Christine Mather will speak on her herb garden growing experiences. Bring potluck item, own dishes and cutlery. Awards to be presented. Constitution amendments to be presented. Everyone welcome.

JANUARY 28 Euchre - St. Mary’s Family Centre, Mount Forest - 7:30pm, $2.50 includes lunch and prizes. *** “Fergus Hambleton of the Satellites”, accompanied by Circle 5, performing favourite reggae tunes. Concerts start at 12:10pm.

MacKinnon Room 107 (Goldschmidt Room) School of Fine Art and Music, University of Guelph. Admission FREE – donations gratefully appreciated. Everyone Welcome! *** Arthur Seniors Bid Euchre- every Thursday at 1pm. Arthur Senior Citizens’ Hall. Everyone welcome. Call 519-848-3469 for more details.

JANUARY 29 Alma Optimist Beef Barbeque 5-7pm. at the Alma Community Hall. Come and enjoy. Adults $12, children $4 at the door. *** YAEC Coffee House Unplugged at Elora Centre for the Arts. 12 to 25 yrs. Singing, acoustics, spoken word, dance and improv.

Bring a non-perishable food item for the Food Bank. Edible creations are for sale while coffee and tea are free of charge. Arrive early to grab a time-slot. 6:30-9pm. For info. call 519-846-9698. *** Harriston & District Horticultural Society Soup & Sandwich.

Harriston United Church. Served from 11:30am-1:30pm.

Everyone welcome.

JANUARY 30 Listowel Legion Dinner and Dance - Entertainment by Lindsay Thomas Morgan - 6pm. $20/person. *** Old Time Dance 8pm, $10 person, light lunch provided. Band The Old Timers. St. John Parish Centre, 160 Georgina St., Arthur.

For cancellation information due to weather, call 519-848-6723.

Proceeds to Advocates of "Health Study before Wind Turbines". *** Fergus Legion, Branch 275, dinner and comedy night, featuring Russell Roy & Jim Michaels. Cocktails – 5:30, Dinner - 6:30 and Show – 8pm. Tickets $25 per person, are available at Branch or call 519-843-2345. *** Alzheimer Society of Guelph – Wellington annual Walk for Memories. Indoors at Old Quebec St. Guelph. Registration begins at 9am. Call 519-836-7672 for more info. *** Adult/ Senior Ice Skating 8pm - 9:50pm Exhibition Park Arena, Guelph. Cost - $7/ person ($8 on Band nights) join us for fun, exercise, music and friendship. Contact 519-836-1015. *** “Sing For Literacy”, a family event to celebrate Family Literacy Day in music and songs at the Hillsburgh Branch, Wellington County Library, 98B Trafalgar Rd. Hillsburgh, 10am. Please register as space is limited. 519-855-4010. *** Karaoke at Arthur Legion Br. 226. 8:30pm *** Arthur Seniors Euchre. 1pm. Arthur Senior Citizens’ Hall.

Everyone welcome. Call 519-848-3469 for more details.

JANUARY 31 Open Jamboree and Dance at Mount Forest Legion. 1:30-5pm.

Roast Beef Dinner. Everyone Welcome! *** Bigfoot Lives! Guelph Lake Nature Centre 2 – 4pm. Please register at 519-836-7860. Join us for an afternoon of snowshoe fun.We will provide the snowshoes (kid sizes as well as adult) and a quick lesson. Snowshoes are limited so please call to reserve space.

Program fee: $10/adult, $5/child, $25/family of 4. *** Passion, Love, Change 3pm. A ‘Students on Ice’ expedition to the Arctic this past summer transformed the life of Fergus high school student, artist and activist Sarah Hennekens. She will join David Noble, the founder of 2degrees C,together they will share their thoughts and experiences while presenting some incredible images from both poles. This is a fundraiser for the CWDHS Environmental Group. Tickets $10, $8 for students and seniors.

Elora Cinema Gorge. For tickets contact Sarah at 519-787-0461. *** Royal City Volleyball will hold its next co-ed Volleyball Tournament. Recreational divisions only. Prizes for winning teams. Proceeds to charity. For information call 519-822-6353. *** Nature walk under the full moon. Walk, ski or snowshoe using the light of the full moon. Bring your flashlight and winter gear. 7pm.

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Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, January 22, 2010 PAGE THREE

Ivan Fair celebrates 50 years as Arthur firefighter

by Mike Robinson

On call - Ivan Fair demonstrates a radio pager test with Guelph dispatch.

by Mike Robinson ARTHUR - It is rare for people to spend 50 years at a single job - let alone a volunteer position - but Ivan Fair is the exception to the rule as he celebrates 50 years of service as a volunteer firefighter.

Fair joined the Arthur Fire Department on Feb. 6, 1960.

“I think the biggest reason I joined was that they were really, really short of help.”

He said a number of men joined that night, including Roy Dixon, Lloyd Ross, Lloyd Mulholland and himself.

When asked about what it was like at that time, he said “All we had was the old ’47 [truck] up where the OPP station is now.”

The fire hall at the time later became the Arthur village municipal office, and currently serves as home to the OPP community office and the Arthur community archives.

But Fair said when the building served as the fire hall, “It was so packed in there, you couldn’t get around the front bumper or the back end. We had to open the front door to get around the truck. That’s how close it was in the single bay.”

As for the gear, “Our bunker clothes were all done up with our hip boots in the middle, the coat wrapped around it, the old toque hung over the back, and they were hung on the side of the fire truck with leather straps.”

When asked about helmets, he responded “Oh no. There were no helmets, just leather toques.”

He chuckled as he remembered how the toques were famous, “for running the water down the back of your neck.”

Though the responses to calls are far different now, Fair said “at that time, they were all fire calls, and you might have one every two weeks ... maybe.”

Still, he noted, there were also a few technical difficulties with which to deal.

“Quite often in the old truck, the battery would be dead and we would have to shove it down the main street by hand to push start it. It was a good job it was downhill,” he laughed.

“As far as the trucks go, I drove the tank truck quite a bit; the way they’ve changed is unreal.

“I think the old pumper was rated at 650 gallons per minute.

The new pumper is rated at

1,250, but the minimum amount is 1,000 gallons per minute. That’s pretty near double what the old one was. It’s a lot of water. You want a couple of good boys on the other end of the hose.”

He shared a memory of just exactly what that water pressure can do.

During a fire at the old Coop mill in Arthur, “I remember Clifford Colwill and I on the extension ladder putting water in the gable end. Right across the road was a hydrant, but it was froze up, so they had to go way up the street ... and they turned the water on. But there was no radio ... no nothing. We didn’t know the water was coming.”

The pressure pushed them back three to four feet, still on the ladder, before swinging back to the building, he said.

Over the years, Fair operated the pump as well as the tanker.

“It wasn’t too long after we started getting other equipment that Bill Shaw and I were the only two who could run the pumper.”

He suspected the old ’47 pumper would still pump water if needed, although he hopes it would never come to that.

More likely, the Arthur department would call in mutual aid from other local departments first.

Dealing with emergencies on a frequent basis, there are a number of things that have happened over the years, but for some, Fair considered it best that he not discuss them.

However, Fair did say one incident that really shook him up a number of years back “was a young lad who burned to death in a barn in Arthur Township in the hay mow.

They’d been playing with matches and one thing led to another ... and away it went.

“Larry Cudney and I found him.”

Of course, Fair said there were better memories over the years and, “We did have fun as well.”

Unusual calls back then included a response to the 1996 tornado that crossed the townships of Peel, Arthur and West Luther, and an earlier tornado in 1985, which crossed through West Luther before hitting Grand Valley.

He noted the tornado in 1985 started on the 14th Concession and went right back the Second of West Luther, going back and fourth

across the road.

“It was quite a night,” Fair said of that 1996 tornado.

“It stopped for nothing.”

Some of the farm implements were flipped over “just like toys.”

He noted rare times where the fire crew would end up in the wrong township as a result of dispatch error on the other end, “But I don’t know if you’d call that funny or not.”

Covering various townships of the day, there were a number of duplicate or similar Concession and Sideroad names ... or identical property descriptions within the neighbouring municipalities.

Even now, some of that confusion still exists in the amalgamated municipalities.

The Arthur department covers a wide area and people calling in could say Third Line when they meant Third Concession - each of which is in a different location, he explained.

When asked if the rural addressing has been sorted out, Fair said “No, it has not. It’s not too long ago we had a number on the Second of West Luther township, near County Road 14, and a property at the

He has also been called into situations requiring the use of an air ambulance. He noted that at one accident near Kenilworth, the air ambulance landed right on Highway 6, and another time, near Alma, when a guy ended up in a corn harvester.

“They landed the air ambulance right in the cornfield,” Fair said.

But having that service makes a difference. He said the air ambulance is a benefit, noting the 20-minute travel time from Toronto.

But the use of air ambulances was only one of many changes he’s seen. Compared to when he started, the equipment is radically different.

“When I started in 1960, there was only the one pumper.

Now we have two pumpers, a rescue van, and a tanker truck.

We train 50 Wednesday nights a year. We take Christmas and New Year’s off,” he laughed.

Communications with the fire crew has changed significantly over the years as well.

When he started, the only notification to firefighters was the sounding of the siren on the old fire hall. That siren is still sounded once per year - on

“I have truly enjoyed giving my time to our town and the surrounding townships.” other end with the same number.”

And over the years, the changes to what the fire department responds to meant getting training on new equipment.

“There’s been quite a few car accidents over the years,” he said. He cited an accident on County Road 109 where a man pulled out to pass a transport truck.

“He went into the ditch and hit the culvert. We’d have had him out of there if it hadn’t been for the seatbelt. We had him by the back of the neck, but the fire drove us out.”

At that time in the department’s history, it did not have equipment to cut seatbelts - it now does.

“There’s no end to it,” said Fair when asked about the need for updating fire fighting equipment.

Remembrance Day. He said the original siren sounded for two minutes to call in the firefighters.

“I’ll tell you at 3 o’clock in the morning, to get your clothes on and into the hall in two minutes ... you’re not losing any time.”

While he doesn’t sleep in his clothes, “I do have them handy,” he chuckled.

He added his wife, Dorothy, has joked that “Someday I’ll lose my pants on the way to the hall.”

Although there were fire phones for the officers, for most of the firefighters, it was a switch from the fire siren, to a paging system out of Guelph.

“It was a big change. But it still took the same time to get to the hall. The types of calls have changed radically over the years as well. They’ve

photo by Mike Robinson

A piece of history - the department’s 1947 pumper truck. photo by Mike Robinson

changed and there’s more of them.”

He attributed the number of calls increasing over the years in part due to the variety of calls the department now faces.

The Arthur department responds to be between 175 to 200 calls per year, although chief Jim Morrison later noted calls have decreased a bit over the past few years.

Morrison said calls peaked around 200 but decreased about 25 per year over the last few years.

As for the support of his family, Fair said, “Oh you’re right on that.” He did not believe he could have done the job without the support of Dorothy. “No way,” he chuckled. “I think I’d have been out of here about 15 years ago.

She’s been a pillar.”

As for the biggest improvement, Fair said one of them is the pumping facilities. “There’s been a lot of good management along the way somewhere,” he said.

Now, after 50 years, he’s only scaling back his involvement.

“I’m just semi-retiring,” he said, adding he’s still going to be helping out at the fire hall, just not be on the active roster.

“Our daytime help can sometimes be near nil,” Fair explained. “If I’m around town, I’ll be here in the daytime. But I’m packing it in for the night trips.”

He agreed that after all these years, firefighting is basically in his blood.

When asked if he could imagine his life without being involved in the fire department, Fair said, “This is why I don’t want to drop it all at once.”

He explained it is like when he “gently” got off driving

transports. “The last year I drove for Inter-County Transport, I drove 80,000 miles. I’d turned 50 and I thought, ‘Ivan maybe you better slow down a bit here.’

“We’ve accomplished a lot over the years. I have truly enjoyed giving my time to our town and surrounding townships.”

Fair also served as Arthur’s fire prevention officer and now works at the dispatch desk in the Arthur Fire Hall.

“I have enjoyed working with the fire chiefs, firemen, and attending the mutual aid meetings and fire conventions.

Fair served under Fire Chiefs Bill Moos, then Howard White, Don Cudney, Mike Curtis, Brent Barnes and now Morrison.

“He’s passed on now, but Mike Curtis was one of the best chiefs I ever worked with,” he said. As for others, “They’ve been super, just super. We’ve had our ups and downs, but we could always iron them out.”

And, he noted, “We’ve had very, very few injuries over the years. We’ve been very fortunate, considering what we’ve run up against from time to time. As far as I’m concerned, these accidents out on the highway are just like fires ...

There’s no two of them the same. You have to assess each one individually.”

He said there are also more accidents involving chemicals “which you really have to watch out for.”

Fair will be officially recognized next month by the Ontario Fire Fighters Association. A celebration for Ivan Fair will be held on Feb. 2 at the Arthur arena community hall from 6pm to 10pm with presentations at 8pm.

PAGE FOUR Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, January 22, 2010

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Many are becoming concerned about environmental issues. Issues and questions such as water safety, non-toxic garden maintenance, green cleaning products, air quality, real versus artificial Christmas trees and methods of composting are coming more and more into

people’s consciousness.

They need a place where they can ask questions, to wade through the information bombarding them, and be directed to existing resources.

The Green Hotline is a unique, and timely environment resource to answer those kinds of questions for those living in Wellington and Dufferin Counties. It is a central place people can call with questions on a wide variety of environmental topics. It is staffed by

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The Elora Environment Centre will also post the answers to the most commonly asked questions on its website.

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Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, January 22, 2010 PAGE FIVE

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Finding the greenest ways to heat a house or cottage - by controlling soot

by Diane Saxe and Jackie Campbell It seems that nothing is simple.

People know the environmental damage caused by heating homes directly or indirectly with fossil fuels. So what about cozying up to a wood stove? Nothing could be more renewable than wood - at least if it is sustainably grown.

Surely that is as green as it gets?

But, nothing is simple.

Wood is never completely burned in a home stove or fireplace. Some of the residue is left

as ash, but the rest goes up the chimney, much of it as soot.

Anyone who has ever tried and tried to wash soot off clothes will understand its other name: black carbon.

Black carbon is not a greenhouse gas, but it is carbon's accomplice in global warming.

In fact, it may be the second or third biggest culprit, after carbon dioxide (CO2) and (perhaps) methane. Soot absorbs and scatters solar radiation, increasing the heat captured, and sometimes affecting local cloud formation and precipitation.

Soot particles travel long distances in brown clouds, mixing with other aerosolized particles, like sulfates, nitrates and fly ash.

When it lands on snow, it increases heat absorption, leading to accelerated melting. On the other hand, soot prevents sunlight from reaching the earth, resulting in "global dimming."

Soot also affects local air quality, potentially harming human health, and it can be a cause of great enmity between neighbours.

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Developing nations are the major sources of soot, but the rich world has considerable room for improvement. Approximately 20% of soot emissions are from biofuels such as wood, dung, and crop residue,

40% from fossil fuels such as coal and diesel), and 40% from open biomass burning such as forest fires and crop residue burning.

The good news about soot has two parts: First, reducing it would have quick benefits, because soot is washed out of the air in a few weeks, unlike conventional greenhouse gases that can cause warming for 100 years.

Second, there are many effective technologies for reducing soot. For example, dieselpowered vehicles can be retrofitted with soot filters.

Great progress is being made in many poor countries, helping women switch to solar cookers or more efficient stoves. Some such programs are being paid for through carbon offset programs. In Canada, soot emissions are indirectly regulated and minimized through provincial air quality standards that limit emissions of small particulates.

As for that wood-burning stove, a little care and attention will go a long way. People can reduce the amount of wood they need by keeping the room draft free and well insulated.

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ENTERTAINMENT Robbie Burns party at museum on Jan. 24 GUELPH - The life and times of Scotland’s favourite poet will be celebrated at Robbie Burns Day at the Guelph Civic Museum on Jan. 24 from 1 to 4:30pm.

Those who enjoy all things Scottish will be entertained with special talks, music, Highland dancing, spinning and weaving, calligraphy, traditional food (including haggis), and family activities.

A full itinerary of special presentations continues all the afternoon. Starting at 1:30pm, the haggis will be piped in and Don Macrae will entertain with a presentation of Ode to a Haggis. At 1:45pm, enjoy a lecture entitled Bur Burns and the Radical Tradition, by Mark

Dorsey, Scottish Studies, University of Guelph; and at 2:30 pm, members of the awardwinning Mary Ellen Cann School of Highland Dance will perform. Throughout the afternoon students from Riverside Celtic College will entertain with Scottish music.

Ongoing will be demonstrations and displays organized by local groups who continue to keep alive the traditions of Scotland. They include representatives from the Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games, the Guelph Guild of Handweavers and Spinners, The Royal City Calligraphy Guild, and the Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Guelph. Visitors will

also enjoy sampling haggis and oatcakes and participating in the many hands-on activities planned for the day.

Burns’s love of Scotland, its language and people, continues to endear him to Scots throughout the world. Celebrating Scottish heritage would not be complete without the traditions that surround Robert Burns.

The museum is located at 6 Dublin Street South.

Admission is $6 for adults, with seniors, students and children, $4, families $12 (Guelph Museum members pay half price). Contact Guelph Museums at 836-1221 or visit guelph.ca/museum for more information.

Troupe’s comedy-drama to run Jan. 28 to Feb. 14 GUELPH– Guelph Little Theatre is ready to open The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, an off-beat comedy and drama on Jan. 28 at its Morris Street Theatre.

Set in working-class England, Little Voice tells the story of LV, a painfully shy girl with a hidden talent.

A hopeless introvert, she sits alone in her room, trapped in the past, listening to her dead father’s records, while her ginsoaked mother chases lost opportunities.

Fuses flare when mom teams up with a sleazy talent scout, pushing LV into the spotlight with magic (and tragic) results.

Director Trevor Smith Diggins calls Little Voice "an edgy Cinderella story from the dark side. It’s a unique mix of comedy, drama, tragedy, and a

bit of cabaret, so that’s a lot to squeeze into one show."

He added, "Plus, we have live music, dance, celebrity impersonations, hundreds of sound and light cues, and some surprising special effects."

His biggest challenge was finding a young actress who can sing, dance, act, and also channel such iconic divas as Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, and Shirley Bassey.

At 18, Akasha Di Tomasso performs the title role. And playing her slatternly mother onstage is Di Tomasso’s offstage mom, actress Michele DiTomasso.

Rounding out the cast are Steve Robinson, Stephen Young, and Bob Calwell, who play double-duty as actors and nightclub musicians; Robin Jackson, and Shaw Forgeron.

Playwright Jim Cartwright

wrote his off-beat script for British actress Jane Horrocks, who also played LV in the 1998 film version with Michael Caine and Brenda Blethyn.

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The Rise and Fall of Little Voice runs for 10 performances at Guelph Little Theatre Feb. 14. The show will be adjudicated on Jan. 30 for entry into the Western Ontario Drama League Festival, to be held in Owen Sound in March.

For tickets and information, call 519 821 0270, or reserve online at http://www.guelphlittletheatre.com.

The show contains mature themes and strong language, and is not recommended for young children.

Veteran dance troupe at River Run on Jan. 29 GUELPH – River Run Centre presents Coleman Lemieux and Compagnie Jan. 29 at 8pm.

The program features the work of celebrated Canadian choreographer James Kudelka, known for shows that are exuberant, thought provoking, and passionate.

Coleman Lemieux and Compagnie (CLC) was formed by husband and wife Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux in 2000. First based in Montréal and now in Toronto, it has toured Canada, the United States, and China, Mongolia, Russia, and Brazil.

It is known for presenting work that is eclectic, daring, technically sophisticated and emotionally arresting. The company engages some of Canada’s finest dancers Kudelka is one of the country’s foremost choreographers. Resident choreographer and artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 1996 to 2005, he created over 70 dances for some of the world’s renowned dance companies. The presentation will showcase three of his pieces:

Fifteen Heterosexual Duets, Soudain l’hiver dernier and In Paradisum.

The first was commissioned for Toronto Dance Theatre in 1991 was awarded a Dora Mavor Moore award. Soudain l’hiver dernier premiered in 1987 and is a duet for two men.

The final piece is for nine dancers. Originally made for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens

in 1983, it combines turbulent movement with emphatic gestures, memorable tableaux and surprising moments of ethereal serenity.

Tickets are on sale through the River Run Centre box office and range from $23 to $30. They may be purchased online at www.riverrun.ca, by phone at 519-763-3000 or at the box office.

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County of Wellington “Connecting Citizens with County News” Family Literacy Day is Wednesday, January 27!

Family Literacy Day is a national initiative that promotes the importance of reading and learning together as a family. Research has shown that exposure to books and reading helps children at school, improves listening, vocabulary and language skills, and develops imagination and creativity.

Play Family Literacy BINGO! Horizontal, Vertical, or Diagonal - any way you play, you’ll have fun and have a chance to win a fabulous grand prize! Pick up your BINGO card at any Wellington County Library branch.

For more Family Literacy Day activities, visit: www.wclib.ca or ask the staff at your nearest branch.

Biotechnology Bucks the Trend!

Good News for Manufacturing Biotechnology could be just what the manufacturing industry has been waiting for. It may be the very technology that will keep Ontario at the front of the race in manufacturing. The world’s largest auto foam manufacturer is using soybeans to replace petroleum-based resins, and the world’s largest fibre manufacturer is using materials from starchy plants to make carpet that is superior to nylon.

The potential of biotechnology is evident. Local manufacturing businesses should consider the new bio economy. The Federal and Provincial governments offer generous funding opportunities, and tax credit programmes to help with development costs and market development.

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Roads Winter Maintenance Whistle Stop Cooperative Preschool DANCE & SILENT AUCTION Saturday, February 6 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

Puslinch Community Centre in Aberfoyle FUN • FOOD • FABULOUS PRIZES This annual fundraiser has SOLD OUT in previous years!

For more information, please call Cathy at: 519.249.1021.

Winter is here! County plow trucks are ready and on stand-by for the accumulation of snow.

For winter road conditions on Wellington County Roads, please contact Central Garage 24/7 at: 519.821.2090 or 1.866.799.4166.

This number is available until April 10, 2010.

Watch for the flashing blue lights of county plow trucks.

When approaching them from behind, slow down, stay back and be patient, DO NOT PASS around them.

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Contact the Engineering Services, Road Division at: 519.837.2601* or 1.866.899.0248.

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