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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-07-02, Page 17CITIZENSHIP AWARD Lioness Angela Whiling of Grand Bend' presents Steven Mothers with a citizenship award. Steve was chosen by the teachers of Grand Bend Public School to receive the Lioness plaque for his all-round contributions to school life, and his personality. Staff photo • • , GOOD BYE, WIDE:OPEN SPACES —Adriana *dinilla, 19, leaving for her home' in We'xico City after spending 10 months with the Cleve family near Grand Bend. Adriana holds the family cat, while her hostess, Patti Cleave, 15, pats the dog. Adriana says there are no open spaces in Mexico City, as there are in Cleve's back yard. Staff photo Liquor charges up, timist club receives charter, ifts by "Loose Change" A raffle The winner is Dwight. Zehr of draw was made for a canoe. Zurich. ev+4 Ow*, "It is indeed unfortunate that we are not given our neighbours' children to raise," Max Davis quoted those lines in the opening of his speech to the. newly formed Optimist club of Qrand Bend. Davis; the Optimists'district youth club chairman from Lambeth told the audience that by being Gptimigs they could help raise their neighbours' children. The Optimist club is dedicated to youth work. The new club held their charter presentation at a dinner and dance meeting at the Dashwood community centre. Saturday night. This was the officoal beginning of the club which was formed earlier this spring. Provincial minister of Agriculture and, MPP for tornbion Lorne. Henderson presented the new club with the flag of Ontario. Federal member of parliament for Lambton-IVliddlesex Ralph Ferguson gave the group a Canadian flag. • The. OptiMist . Club of Watford sponsored the new Grand Bend group. The Watford club presented the Grand Bend club with lectern, Dave ceWley, the district Lieutenant governor, also from Watford, gave the club their banner. • The Lambeth Club gave Grand Benda bell and gavel, and the Strathroy club presented a creed banner. Name badges came from the Thedford Optimists, • and certificates came from-the Parkhill, eittb, In a light-hearted presentation, the .litanoka optimists gave the Grand Bend club a bedpan to be, used as a fine pot. 'optimists, are .charged. eharged. fines . for not wearint3heir pins to the meetings*, or other such infractions. The .board of directors was inducted at the meeting. They are: president ,Shane Burley, vice presidents Tim Connolly and .Bill McNichol, and secretary-treasurer John Griffith. Directors are Bill Dniac, Keith Crawford, Reid Burley, Don Labelle, Tony Mennen, Joe Green and Jim Turnbull. Charter members of the club were also given cer- tificates. They are: Joe Adams, Frank Backx, Hank Baltessen, Paul Bossen- berry, .Gary . Chalmers, Robert Chapdelaine, Hans DeJong, Gone, Gronier, Henry Jameozinski, Doug Jennison, Stanley Johnson, Theo Rood Jr, Stanley Kwarciak, Robert Lovie, William McBachern, Michael Owen, TrevorOwen, Stan Pachlarz, William Peckitt, John Russell, Edward Stanlake, Frank Smeekens,, Doug Smith, Steve Turnbull, Brian (Toby) Tyler, John Whitefield and. David Wilkinson, Grand Bend reeve Robert Sharen and Bosanquet reeve Charlie Srokosz brought:, greetings to the new club, In his closing remariW, new presidentShane Purley said that he bece0e in- terested in the Optimists 'because he would like to support sports in. the Grand Bern area. Burley vowed to givelhe presidency "a good whirl". He lidcled that, "We hope all our members stick with us." After a dance FLAG PRESENTATION — Federal MP for Lambton-Middlesex Ralph Ferguson and provin- cial minister of agriculture and MPP for Lambton Lorne Henderson present Optimist presi- dent Shane Burley with flags from their governments at the Charter meeting of the newly formed Optimist Club. Staff photo Page 1 A JULY 2, 1980 Price Per Copy 35 Cents 0 • girl will . miss '' friends, . wide open Canadian spaces Placiop-honouroople's ROLL OUT THOSE LAZY, HAZY, CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER — Fishing from the pier in Grand Bend is one of the most relaxing ways to welcome July, even if you don't catch anything. Staff photo towards new barn at museu Jack MacDonald of ,,,jlerctrine ia Nlexico. She is, Thedford unveiled the .very (excited '-'ilbout 6getting plaque. He is the deputy bEienosm her family, but reeve of Bosanquet, and'' a L- '-says , she is sad to be leaving member of the ,p-museilm . her:sta, the Cleve family board. r' , 1 ':,.near • Grand Bend, and her `Also speaking at? the new friends vin the Exeter ceremony was. Edgar Sitter' areaShe'kays she'll be back of ArkOna, an executor the to visit soon. ,. Janney estate. ge nephew;" Her'hostess, Patti Cleve is Fred Brown of Arkonal going this week to visit spoke, as did Arkona reeve; Adriana at her home. Patti Peter'lhuss.,,,Rev. Arthur* *tvhe is 15 says that she and 19 Thrower retired minister-or, year old Adriana are as close said a prayer. The4anneys - as sisters. Adriana says she,enjoyed the Arkona United'. Church' attended that h h ' ,her "stay in Canada-'very The large rock in which the much,except for the fact that bronze plaque wasIaid4as she was very susceptable to time they wanted to shop brought to the museum from colds, and .spent much of her was very foreign to Adriana. the farm of Charlie Clark visit sniffling and sneezing. The Cleves kept Adriana near Thedford. Another rock/ She';-,,blames the many very busy travelling. She was brought at the seine ;.extreme changes in tern- says the highlight of her stay time to hold commemorative tc perature for her illnesses.,In was a trip to Ottawa, where plaques in the future. ,,-,, ,Mexico' the weather seldom they sdiv the parliament ra) tglaWaW 1 trainaMitiM A,' e• r':?.10'." f ritil l a0 Sr, `Mlaanov 90 By MARY ALpERSON ,.changes; it his alytys hot. Her use of . the English SheSays shejs sitrprised by language has improved a th'e*xtretnely het aniPPOld , great deal,even,4f she isn't 'weeper here. aware of it. Adriana o &it ,dektte her battles Medinilla going home to ,,Avith cold; she was hopingle. Mexico City after spening see aplizzard, She waited all the last lie) months as' an ,„,iiiiin(er for the huge-Snow exchange student 'at South Zi `drifts eVeriOne promised, Huron,District High SChtiel, bur' none Materialized. I. noticed CA Ironically, her, mother PreiVelnerit in her Engliah,':0 plionedeat one'point to say , betWeen the interview 0 had thaCthere was snow in., with her last, SeptertibefaiWMexico City, something when*Vspolce',Avith,her Adriana has never seen. week. Adriana shrugs. "I' Patti says the biggest to gueis:it'a betterrshe'sayi disappointmenttwas the lack ,'Adriana .Jeft for of snow at Christmas. They were hoping to show Adriana a typical Canadian Christ- mas. ''The biggest change Adriana found was not in the difference between Mexico and Canada, but in the dif- ference between city and country living. She lives in downtown Mexico City. She was astounded by the open farm land, and meadows around the Cleve home, Exeter is a very quiet, small town compared to Mexico City. The idea of riding a school bus, and having to drive each About 40 people gathered at Lambton Heritage Museum southlofiGrandBend Sunday for a dedication ceremony. A bronze plaque honouring the late Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Janney was Pinery service may be reduced Forest fires in northern Ontario may cause reduced service in Pinery Provincial Park this summer. Terry Crabe of Pinery Visitors Services says that eight Pinery employees have been sent north to fight the fires and another eight are on stand-by. The ministry of Natural Resources is using experienced staff, leaving summer staff behind to operate the park. Crabe said that campers may find some of their services reduced. "They'll all have to pitch in and help out," he added. Crabe said that forest fires are not yet under control. He said that one fire near Thunder Bay burned 80,000 acres in a single day recently. Some equipment is being moved north from the southern parks to help fight fires. unveiled, The Janneys who lived in Arkona left a large donation to the museum when they passed away last year. The museum has used $16,000 of their bequest to erect a new barn to house antique farm implements. The Ivey foundation donated $7,500 to the cost of the building, and one third of the total of the two donations, was matched with a Wintario grant. I am always amazed when people ask me if my husband does my hair. Good grief - he's a licenced hairdresser. Do they think I'd pay money to someone else to get a tut, perm or colour?.. Do they think he'd let me? Heck, I'm his best customer. My thick hair grows faster than anybody's, and I could keep him busy regularly. But unfortunately, because of my non-paying StatUs, he gives priority to the customers with inOiley.That means many of my cuts, perms and colours take place at Midnight. Quite Often the police are peeking in the doer to see what's going on when I'm getting a trim. So let me set this straight, here and now, - I wouldn't dream of letting anyone else Muth my hair. The shoe went on the other foot recently, when someone asked Victor if he actually read my Colianit,Good,grief, again - do. think he would dare not read it? I force him to read every :Wora I Write Actually it doesn't take much force. He likes to read my column just to find out what's going on. He bought a subscription so that the paper gets to his shop on Wednesday mor- nings. By the time we both get home Wednesday nights, he's usually read my column. That means he's either laughing at me for something stupid I've said, or he has a bone to pick with me, for something dumb I've said. Sometimes he doesn't even need to read my column; he knows what its going to be about in advance. But I try not to 'disturb him when I jump out of bed to jot down an idea in the middle of the night. So don't ask again folks - yes, I have him do my hair, yes, he reads this newspaper. I'm sure there's plenty more we could add to the list - like, don't ask a farmer's wife if she cooks her husband's potatoes. Someone else in the family is a faithful reader - our dog, Pepper. He has to struggle With some words, So I read it outloud to him. But he only likes to hear the stories that are about him. Fortunately, he keeps me supplied with tales. A few weeks ago I wrote that he had discovered swimming. Well, now it's boating. If we take off from the dock with out him, he jumps in the river and paddles his hardest to catch up with the boat. If Victor and I are waterskiing, he really tries to keep up. So we have to let him accompany us on every cruise. He sits as far forward in the boat as he can with his nose quivering in the wind, and his ears flapping. He has yet to fall out, but he sure leans over the side far enough. We'll find him sitting in the boat by himself when its tied up at the dock, just hoping we'll take him for' a ride. He especially likes to jump in the boat just , when Victor has finished waxing the fibreglass surface, polishing the vinyl seats, and cleaning the floor. That's just after Pepper has been rooting around the river bank and his feet are covered with mud and his fur is coated with sand. buildings, the war museum and tlie museum of science and technology. They also Awned to Niagara Falls, and she enjoyed a day spent at Western Fair last fall. Thisspringfr they toured the city of Stratford. She went with the Grand Bend Lioness Club on a trip to Detroit where they visited a school where dogs are trained to .helt blind people. „ St. a had her first ex- perience on a toboggan this winter at Pinery Park. Patti' says that they cleared the area of spectators when they lost control of the toboggan. Adriana went ice skating at the Pinery's outdoor rink,. too. She fell on the ice several times, she admits, Adriana says she is looking forward to getting home to Mexican food. She misses the hot spicy flavours. When in Ottawa with the Cleves, they all went to a Mexican restaurant, which Adriana enjoyed very much. Bat she has developed a taste for a few favourites in Canada. She especially likes Mrs. Cleve's banana bread. She also acquired a taste for rice crispy squares. Patti reminds her that she likes spaghetti, but she says she can eatcit in Mexico, too. Adriana wasn't too worried about marks in school this year. She has already completed high school in Mexico. She says she found Canadian history difficult because sheAidn't have any background on Hat all. All the subjects were difficult until she mastered English she adds. '`' She F says she„has made many friends,at high school. "Some' that take Spanish win0,me to)Write ,,theni in Spanish," she pays, Patti ,attests' to the fact that Adriana is a good letter writer. ',Ibex., know, her, in the post officebecause she buys a loti`pfotamps," Patti says. Adriana kept her family in Mexico well- informed about her ac- tivities in Canada. To remember her year at Exeter's high school, the student council presen- ted Adriana with a necklace holding a pendant from the town of Exeter. The grade 13 class has promised to send her a yearbook as soon as they are published. Adriana says she is loaded with things to take home. "I cannot close my luggage," she complains. Her best souvenirs are the many photographs she took. She is taking Canadian souvenirs for her parents and her two brothers and three sisters. Adriana smiles at Patti and says that she can't wait for Patti to follow her to Mexico. She has promised to take Patti to disco's in Mexico City. The girls are only sorry that they can't travel together. Adriana's flight was booked in advance, and then Patti found it less ex- pensive to travel during the week, rather than the weekend. Patti is funding her own trip. "We'll spend the month taking Patti to many places," Adriana says. After leaving Patti, Adriana is going to look for a job as a tour guide. She thinks that after her stay in Canada she is the ideal person to show Canadians around Mexico City, Patti says that the student exchange has been a very worthwhile experience. She has learned a lot about Mexico and has even picked up some Spanish. Patti also says that having Adriana in their home has been no problem for the Cleves. Patti, the eldest in her family, has enjoyed having an older "sister" to talk to. Adriana has pitched Charges under the liquor licence act increased at both Pinery and Grand Bend detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police. Grand Bend OPP laid a total of 83 liquor licence act charges, while Pinery detachment laid 45 during the week of June 22 to 28. Pinery police charged 31 people under the provincial parks act. There were five people charged under the highway traffic act and Grand Bend laid 19 traffic charges. Grand Bend issued 18 traffic warnings. Four people were charged with impaired driving by the Grand Bend OPP. Grand Bend officers also in- vestigated seven minor accidents. There were four thefts in with the housework, and the only expense was the food she ate, Patti says. The exchange was organized by International Fellowship in Buffalo, New York. "It was really very simple," Patti says. When Principal Joe Wooden asked for host families, the Cleves volunteered, They soon learned they would be get- ting a girl from Latin American. A picture and hstory of Adriana arrived after that, and they were told when to meet Adriana at the air port. Patti says she would highly recommend the student exchange. She says she hopes someone at high school will volunteer to host a foreign student this year. investigated by Grand Bend OPP and property stolen was valued at $170.00, Pinery police handled one theft, Pinery OPP also looked into two trespass com- plaints, and investigated three reports of missing persons. SOCCER The Grand Bend Atoms soccer team continued their winning streak this week. Steve Lingard scored two goals to beat Zurich 2-1. Then they topped Goderich 2-0 with goals scored by Jonathon O'Connor and Scott Boyd. The Colonials had a week off after soundly beating the Grand Bend B's the week before. . . DEDICATE PLAQUE — A generous donation to the Lambton Heritage Museum from t e Janney estate was honoured Sunday at a ceremony. Bosanquet deputy reeve Jack MacDonald, Arkona reeve Peter Thuss, estate executor Edgar Sitter, nephew of the Janneys, Fred Brown of Arkona and Rev. Arthur Thrower all spoke during the ceremony. Staff photo E; BY MARY ALDERSOk All in the family