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Friday, October 14, 2022
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Volume 38 No. 41
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Ironmen even record, settle into fifth place By Denny Scott The Citizen
A little chaotic The Wingham Ironmen were back in action on Friday night to kick off the Thanksgiving weekend with some on-the-ice entertainment. The home team took on the Walkerton Capitals and ended up on the right side of a 4-3 score, evening their record on the season at three,
with three wins and three losses. The Ironmen now sit in fifth place in the North Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League. Wingham is next in action on Friday, playing the final of five straight home games, this one against Kincardine. (John Stephenson photo)
With a 4-3 victory over the Walkerton Capitals, the Wingham Ironmen have brought themselves to an even record of three wins and three losses, earning them a fifthplace position in the North Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League. On Friday, Oct. 7, the Ironmen managed a comeback from an earlier deficit to shut down the Capitals, despite being outshot 1817. Walkerton started out strong, scoring the only two goals of the first period. Caleb Morrison struck first with a power-play marker, assisted by Sam Shakes and Ryan Oakes. Kyle Durrer then netted a point with an assist from Jett Morningstar. Wingham’s Austin Becker scored just 32 seconds into the first, assisted by Matt Tolton and Kyle Stanbury. Another 32 seconds later, at the 1:04 mark, Stanbury netted his own goal, assisted by Becker and Dawson Fahrer. Walkerton broke the 2-2 tie with an early third-period goal, assisted by Kevin Perrott and Shakes, but Wingham’s Matt Tolton would clinch the win for the Ironmen with two back-to-back goals. First, he scored a power-play marker assisted by Coleson Fischer and Stanbury, then he scored an even-strength goal assisted by Becker and Stanbury. Will Crump claimed the win for Wingham, stopping 15 of 18 shots, while Logan Bromley was in net for Walkerton, saving 13 of 17 shots. The Capitals had seven penalties totalling 14 minutes, while the Ironmen served six totalling 12 minutes. Wingham took the first three penalties, all two-minute minors, including Fahrer serving a cross Continued on page 2
Rural Talks to Rural comes to Brussels next week By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen Next week, the fourth Rural Talks to Rural (R2R) conference will go ahead at the Four Winds Barn in Brussels, marking the first time the conference has been held outside of its unofficial home of Blyth. Hosted by the Canadian Centre for Rural Creativity, the four-day event runs from Oct. 17-20 and each day comes with a specific focus. Day one is all about wellbeing, while day two will take aim at housing, day three will focus on climate and community and the fourth day will look ahead to future considerations and include art and the R2R Market. The first two conferences were held in Blyth, while the third
conference, held in 2020, was completely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Paul Nichol of Community Futures Huron has been part of the planning committee and has attended past conferences. He says that bringing the conference to Brussels, specifically the Four Winds Barn, is a great thing for the village. He says the plan to bring the conference to Brussels was already taking shape about six months ago when it became clear that Memorial Hall in Blyth wouldn’t be available for the conference this fall. For this year’s event, Nichol hopes that while it will bring people to Brussels from rural communities all over the country, it will also attract Brussels residents to take part in
events like the Oct. 19 concert featuring Al Lerman, which is open to all, and the Oct. 20 R2R Market and Nichol’s own walkabout, which are both open to everyone. Nichol says it’s important that the people of Brussels feel welcome to participate in this community event and that it’s not just being held in the village, apart from those who live within it. The whole concept of the conference, from its inception from a concept by Citizen and Blyth Festival co-founder Keith Roulston, is about bringing rural people together to discuss the issues they’re facing and the opportunities they may have, all over the country. Nichol says that one thing the conference has made abundantly clear in previous years is just how
different rural communities are from one another and just how similar they are at the same time. Many of the problems or issues are the same, but there can also be similar opportunities as well. The first day, on Monday, Oct. 17, carries the theme of wellbeing and is presented in partnership with the Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health. Ron Thomas, a Six Nations advanced care paramedic, will open the conference with a discussion on Indigenous healing, specifically regarding post-traumatic stress disorder and how Indigenous knowledge is impacting community wellbeing. Dr. Baretta R. Casey, former director at the Center of Excellence in Rural Health in Hazard,
Kentucky, will give that morning’s keynote address. She plans on sharing her journey from being a rural doctor to the creation of rural health and wellbeing centres all over the world. After lunch, Gateway President and Founder Gwen Devereaux will bring Dr. Casey back for a conversation about Gateway and the centre in Kentucky that inspired it. There will then be workshops on percussion and non-violent communication before a “junk food pairing” with Bad Apple Brewing, Hessenland Shatz Winery and Cornerfield Winery for the day’s “sundowner” just ahead of dinner. On the second day, presented in partnership with Huron County and Continued on page 32