HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-05-27, Page 1VOL. 3 NO. 21
Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1987.40 CENTS
Brussels
swimming
registration
strong
Registration for swimming les
sons at the Brussels, Morris and
Grey Community Swimming Pool
matchedthoseoflastyear, with
more than 300 kids signing up for
instruction in June, July and
August, according to head super
visor Sharon Scott of Listowel.
Registration nights were held at
the BMG Arena on May 19 and 21
in preparation for the pool ’ s second
yearof operation, which begins
this Monday.
Ms. Scott says registrations will
likely climb well above 300 as some
students, now registered for one
set of swimming lessons, decide to
take more than one course.
Each set of lessons will be of four
weeks’ duration, as itwaslastyear,
instead of the three-week courses
held at most area pools. BMG Pool
instructors feel that the extra week
means that many children who
might not otherwise pass their test
at the end of a session will qualify
for the next level of instruction.
The June session, which runs
from June 1 to June 26, will have
Red Cross classes for categories
yellow, orange, red, maroon, blue
and green. It will also include a
“Bubbles” class for four and
five-year-olds who have not yet
started lessons. In June, the
Bubbles class, which familiarizes
small children with the water, will
be held each day Monday to
Friday, and will be offered every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
in the July and August sessions.
Both July and August sessions
will add instruction in the green,
white and bronze categories,
including bronze medallion,
bronze cross and senior resuscita
tion. The July session runs June 29
- July 24; the August one, July 27 -
August 21.
There will also be lessons for
adults which do not require
advance registration, and are paid
on a per-lesson basis, which is the
same as public swimming admis
sion, $1.50 per day witnout a
season’s pass. Adult swimmers
will be allowed to progress at their
own rate, taking lessons each
Thursday as they can fit them in,
with individual attention from an
instructor at each session.
Both aquabics and a fitness
swim will be offered if the demand
warrants, Ms. Scott says, with
times and days that may be
changed to suit the participants.
Aquabics is aerobics in the water,
while the fitness swim allows
adults to swim lengths at their own
pace for exercise.
Anita Bos of RR 3, Blyth, will
take over as pool supervisor in July
and August when Ms. Scott leaves
to fulfill other commitments, while
Judy Ten Pas, Cindy Bernard and
Shannon Rice, all of Brussels, have
been hired as new instructors. Last
year’s instructors Karla King and
Kim Fritz are also back on the
teaching staff.
Training next September’s kindergarten students in school bus safety is a responsibility that the Huron
County Board of Education takes seriously. Every June, Constable John Marshall of the Goderich
Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police tours county schools to make sure the five-year-olds will come
to no harm when the big yellow buses start their routes in the fall. Above, Const. Marshall explains to Blyth
Public School pre-kindergarten students Dean Wilson [centre] and Richard Baechler how to cross in front
of a standing bus.
Blyth lady beats epilepsy odds
BY TOBY RAINEY
Kathy Bromley wants all her
many friendstoknowthat she is
home from hospital, feels great,
andisfully confidentthat she is
"one of the lucky ones ’ ’ whose long
ordeal by epilepsy is finally over.
"Before I left (University Hospi
tal) the doctors gave me a big hug
and said they were quite sure they
wouldn’t see me again,’’ she says.
"It made me happy ... very, very
happy. But I still get a little tired
It’slittie wonder. Two weeks ago
today (Wednesday) the slender
Blyth mother of two underwent a
six-hour operation in London,
during which she remained fully
conscious while a team of the best
surgeons in the world actually
removed the malfunctioning part
of her brain that had caused the
epileptic seizures which dominat
ed her life from the time she was 11
years old. And all she has to show
from the ordeal is a neat and
fast-healing scar on the left side of
her skull, already partially covered
by a softly becoming brush-cut of
new hair only slightly shorter than
some of the season ’ s hottest styles. |
Mrs. Bromley says that although
the brain is such a fragile and
sensitive organ, it heals faster than
any other part of the body,
contributing to such a near-mira
culous recovery. She was home
seven days after the surgery, out
visitingfriendsnine days after.
She concedes, however, that she
won’t be going back to work * ‘for a
while, anyway.”
By making the choice to remain
conscious throughout the delicate
operation, Mrs. Bromley vastly
increased her chances of total
recovery, as she was able to keep in
total touch with her surgical team,
following their step-by-step direc-
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Extras
wanted
for movie
Local residents get a chance to
be part of movie making this
weekend when the movie Blue City
Slammers calls for extras for crowd
scenes at the ball game.
The movie’s production com
pany, Raymond International Ltd.
and Shatalow Productions Inc. is
looking for 200-300 extras for both
Saturday and Sunday at the Blyth
ball park. They will be part of the
crowds attending a ball game of the
Slammers. The Slammers, includ
ing some local members, will be
playing a women’s team from
Blyth.
Those attending will get a
chance to see movie making from
the inside and will also be
rewarded with T-shirts and hot
dogs and Cokes. The only deterent
may be the starting time: extras are
asked to register between 8:30 and
9:00 a.m. on each day.
Those who wish to take part
should dress in the type of clothing
they would wear if they attended a
real ball game.
Saturday and Sunday will be the
first day of shooting on the movie
which will continue shooting in the
Blyth area for the next three weeks.
Cast and crew began arriving in
Blyth this week. They’ll be staying
in Goderich and travelling to Blyth
for the shooting.
Blue City Slammers is adapted
from the play Blue City, written by
Layne Coleman and first perform
ed at the Blyth Festival in 1984.
Pipe Band
celebrates
35 yrs.
Brussels Legion Pipe Band
membersfrompastand present
reminisced Saturday night when
the 35th anniversary of the band
was celebrated with a dinner and
dance at the Legion Hall.
All past members of the band in
attendance were introduced as
were present members and three
people training to join the band.
A special presentation was made
to Tom McFarlane and Ross
Bennett, the two remaining char
ter members of the band.
Mr. Bennett presented the
following history of the band:
"Thirty-Five years ago in Janu
ary, 1952 a committee was appoin
ted by the Legion to inquire into the
forming of a pipe band. The Legion
agreed to help with the expenses if
it was successful and it was to be
called The Legion Pipe Band.
There was some discussion as to
whether it would be called The
Veterans Band or The Legion
Band.
“In the early spring several
Legion members went to Lochalsh
to take pipe lessons from D.A.
McLellan, and in the summer the
drummers started taking drum
lessons from Mack Webster of
Kincardine.
‘ ‘The band held its first meeting
in October/52 to organize and
make plans for raising funds to pay
for uniforms. Dances and turkey
bingos were the main events.
Twelve members made up the first
band. They were: Cal Krauter,
Ross Duncan, Gordon Krauter,
Ray Bronson, Ken Coleman, Wal
ter MacFarlane, Tom MacFarlane,
David Hastings, Jack Willis, Ross
Bennett, Orwell Elliott, and
George Elliott.
"By April/53 we were ready to
meet the public, but thought we
should get some outside opinions.
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