HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-04-16, Page 1VOL, 124 WIC 16:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1997
65e INCLUDES G.S.T.
`Grandpa's vin Sister', suras:
by Pat Livingston
The untoldhours of
rehearsal paid off in
spades for the cast and
crew of Grandpa's Twin
Sister, a three-actfarce,.
sponsored last weekend by
the Lucknow Agricultural
Society. Capacity crowds
both evenings were enter-
• tained by 10 local • actors.
The play takes place in
Grandpa'.s living>i•oorn,,
where from his chair he
bellows at various mein-
,bers of his family., Surehe
is going to pass :on soon,,
individual family mem
•hers are determined_ w
have his 'money for,thei-r,
own: use.
The: play,.,runn.ing; if, or
about, two and, a: half,
hour's, had 'the audience
• laughing so hard',at times,
that:tears, trickled, down
cheeps,. •
Rick'.Gateman gives.:,a
first' rate''perforinance ,of
Grandpa, 'Abner. Hatcher,a
crotchety, demanding, ,pill
popPi•ng Mak,' 'whose
money. is' a bone'of con
tention:'amongstithe fame.
ly,' Part way through the
play' .he 'i s forced ,to
become his; `twin sister' to
elude the: amorous, ' multi
hatted Widow Williams,
who has already buried
three husbands.
As the Widow
• Williams; Joan Black is
superb' as a rather stiff-
backed, gossipy widow.
whose ardent pursuit :dr-
ves Grandpa to shave his
whiskers, don a wig,.
dress,[and :black•, knee
highs that•his .spindly legs
refuse to• hold in place.
`cramps' in female attire
could use a lesson on the
appropriate crossing of
legs,or,ankles to .portray.a
more demure lady', how-;"
ever the open -knee seated
stature 'lent itself, to more
laughs.
Great nephew Edgar
(Bill 'Bresnahan) is:a poor
hen -.pecked Man whose
'domineering ,wife :Clara
(Margaret Hamilton) tries.
to talk 'Grandpa, intosign'.
ing papers making'. Edgar'
his,guardian.,
Bresnahan''s interpreta
• tion of the milds Mannered,'+
Edgar jumping to his's
wife's every -demand is
raght..;.on
the. ...money .:.'
Hamiltoii's .body' language .
portrays the right*,amount
of rigidness and bossiness '.
demanded by her part.
Mixed up•with greed, a
love triangle ,plus one
evolves.. •
Dr. Ralph Wyatt (Mike
O'Neill),, described by
Grandpa as "fast," is after:
great niece Louise .(Sherry
Gateman). Fickle Louise
accepts the doctor's
engagement ring but
doesn't 'hesitate togo after
greener pastures when
Henry Collins, .a local
lawyer,. played by Wayne
Forster, comes upon the
scene
Betty • (Rachel
Pritchard),, • who is
Grandpa's' granddaughter,,
ha's eyes for the doctor
who has eyes 'for 'Louise,
who has eyes for. the
lawyer with dollar :signs.
fore. es.,
y ... .
Pritchard, with her
beautiful French' accent, is
excellent and appears :to,
be `'the 'only one who is
really close t'o Grandpa
and; aids and abets him, in'
his attempts to escape .: the
Widow. Pritchard' also
very ;capably pulls Off a
dual role,'
`,Ruth,'Bell, an 'Irish.; lass
named Maggie', IS
Grandpa's 'coo.k, ; and
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success
he cast frd ' 'Grandpa's a's Twin Sister'. `t' on an. excellent erforman e`'
' �T a tri r p . p put, performance
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to: capacity crowds;' on the weekend. They include, from the lett, . back
row: Wayne Forster, Sherry Gateman, Mike O?Neiily Margaret Hamilton;
centre row: Bill. Bresnahan, Rick Gateman, Ross. Errington, Rachel
.Pritchard, Ruth Bell, and Joan Black in front. (Livingston photo);
Hospztal resturcturing
'Till all hospitals
rvive. : future cuts.
by Pat Livingston
The group that gathered
in Wingliam last • week to
hear more about • the
Huron Perth hospital
'restructuring : report stated
'concerns that are still.''
uppermost in their minds:
Verna Steffler,.• who
,- •chairs the ,Wingham
Hospital Action
{Committee, said in a tele.
phone interview.pn Friday,
that "concerns centre
around whetherwe would
'be able to maintain 'all•
eight hospitals.'w.ith the
amount of cutsthat are
anticipated: There's also
been' a lot of nursing cuts
' at the hospital, and that •
was raised as .well,"y said'
Steffler..
Questions were posed
as to the. •makeup of the
new; governing board:
$teffler;said the idea than
the urban centre may want
to have more .representa-
tion than the '.rural' .areas' is
Still • uppermost in' many
minds.
-Deb-Campbell, of the
Huron Perth, District
Health Council, spoke at
the meting as well.
Present plans are for an
interim governing boagrd
made up of three' people
from each of the 'hospitals.
Steffler said that should be
in place byJune, with the
,hiring of a CEO done by
that board. for September
of this year. In April • 1998,
an elected board would be,
inplace with the interim
board dissolved. (,
• "A. lot of. what she
(Deb) was saying is that
they have done their study,
they've made their recom-
mendation and it is being
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What could have been .a
major main street fire, On.
April 8, was' quickly
brought under ;'control
thanks to it being spotted
early in the evening rather.
than during the night.,
Theroof';' at
McDonaghs' apartments; '
on the corner of Campbell
and Inglis :streets,- was
dan aged' by the :':high
winds on April 6.'Fire•
Chief Peter Steer said
egttipinent being used to.
repair the roof damage'
•
ignited. ,
The:fire was spotted
and reported about 8`:36
p.m and;wasextinguished
within five minutes, said..
• Steer
The local fire depart
nrent has had three other
calls'this 'month: On April.
2, a barn: owned by Bill .''.
Congram on the second
concession of Kinloss,
received minor damage:,
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by Past Livingston.
-After; years of practicing the. law profession: on one
will
stile:
of the bertchx local lawyer George Brophy w
view things from the;other side. :effec•tive May. 12:.
B ophy was ppointed as provincial .court judge last.;
week by Attorney General's office. Heg will: assume
those duties rn Sarnia.
inal
l�roplt�r�atd his designation is tet; he• c o
But. Ne use I v:e had an xnterest ikn t'arrii ty law
o be'e'ati they need tp have; pple p1-.
st falters when<t rete rs thaci tliiey arc:
l me' into fartnilyOP
g•owelt, he;sa d
ge € p) aoh ll nge,
`x :ar`e r;
iiit.lieeprrag with the modem w ld7 riphod
xe ..thing all of H err lits It teemed tike a
tun ty 1`t?: w f rese ted tc; us and we:;
ftouid try t kf advantage pf,
gto`bring a yitrfrtt onhxs2i
lrotglit*s
Attei..
' practice
xn
rovide"servs'
keeping hint,. "lt's very +early to that process.
because: it's. sornething I've had:: to dt in the last: three-
cia, ar r .h in a<t -lepi onc';intervtew: last: da. +.
Brophy: saxd: he. and: h>I ::'wife Igo ne` arx :farxarl: ;
will. w>f be.'i :o�v.in . to f fieri West Waw.anosh fa zrr: as> . rrrf h
tanned and wd txse rt>as•their hom.
e base:with.George
planned
on the .weekend...
"That:' will ►b is be: ;the case for two or three::
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w t he.wif „l.
ths: uttEtt �e>sce ha sad acihtal : r and<
mod l�. ,
where they send.; me� They; could send me:. •some place-
cclioseryt�oy{hoxne," saitLiOnv ryry:whO will I hascd<outof:
j`It's gri tty uncertaint.right4, now. Oulr.•inteinf, or hope.,
is thatwe ca n' aintal the;home out of'St. Au gtisti;ne
8.
We have ehjoye imrncnsely.our nitric in ucknn r and::
vie tr` to he x r Litckriow .for urt+ 'a dew year*:tai;
ca•t ut: visiting, "
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