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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-08-14, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, August 14, 1996 Close-up MORE WORK THAN MEETS THE EYE - Keeping the greens at the Seaforth Lawn Bowling comrrlittee responsible for the various choresand groundskeeper Fred Tilley, who has held seasons'. Therpresent greens were officially opened exactly 67 years ago. They should be in when the biggest event of the season is on tap, the club's annual Anniversary Tournament. Care taken to keep greens IIY CRECOR CAMPBELL ,Expositor Staff . The. grass isn't necessarily greener - but it's -certainly shorter and freer of weeds at , the Seaforth Lawn Bowling ('tub. • Thr present clubhouse and grccns. all 18 of them. under some hig old maple trees by the:tracks off Main Street, officially hpened exactly 67 yyears ago today, on August r4 in 1929. • ' t The club itself is older. -It -used to he across --he street, east of, what is now the - ('anadian Tire parking lot: • But today's greens will he in as fine a fettle as ever again next Wednesday when • the local- club holds its biggest event of every -sea- ,. sort, its annual Anniversary Tournament. You could play snooker on (his grass. that feels like a carpet. There is more work to it, than elects the rye. or nature intended. The greens ;are .cut to 3/16 of an inch twice a week and are getting about six hours of • water a day now; starting about 8 every morning. unless its raining. Thcrc is a moisture gauge ,they go hy. Plugs are taken • regularly. and the soil tested. The local -greens ate bigger than most in the region (usu- ally from eight to 12 grccns ). 1400 square Icer of "natural" carpet. a type of turf called " Penross creeping hent". the satin: that's used on the grcens.of the Seaforth golf course. TIiE: KEEPERS • Fred Tilley has been grounds chairman at the Scaforth Lawn Bowling*, Club ` for the past half -decade. 9 You could play snooker on the grass. although a lawn howler here since the early 1960s. There is also a.committec of the club that specifically con- cerns itself with the grounds. Tilley says he credits Rod - Doig, the -master keeper of thc local golf links, with con-_ wincing him that healthy blades of grass are cut, not knocked off to Netter prevent disease from snaking inroads. The special motorized reel mower they use at the lawn howling club is set so fine, like a razor, that if it won't cut paper it's considered out of whack. Among others, Tilley also credits Sandy Pepper, who preceded him and kept the grccns for Scaforth howlers for• about 15 years, with teaching him many tricks of technique. Few complain. in any case, about the conditions of the Seaforth greens. It is usually the other way around - com- pliments galore. You won't find any weeds. The few that sprout overnight out of the hluc. as weeds tend. to do. arc quickly popped out by the old knife from the pocket method. No chemicals are used. These keepers arc purists. It doesn't have anything to do with being politically correct. •The local grccns arc only rolled before tournaments. They arc fertilized every 14 days this time of. year. -The trick to keeping the grass level is the heavy layer of sand underneath the surface, and preparing the pitch right in -the first place. PHOTOS BY GREGOR CAMPBELL Club is no easy task for the the position for the last five fine shape next Wednesday in shape A SMIDGEN erwise, judging by the num her of howlers themselves who inch towards thc shade in their "whites" on hot and sticky summer days in- Scaforth. Tilley says a Icvcl indicates there is officially only a 1/2 - inch drop of difference from corner to corner, diagonally . across all 18 greens. There is a "walker" that' automatically waters evenly by pulling the big sprinkler along at leisurely but con- stant pace, then shuts itself off. - it makes two. passes in those six -hour drinks these dog days of summer. Other sC t Utift bring their own particular problems, SO differing chores. Tilley says last winter was a mean one, with lots of freez- ing, and about one-third of the greeds had winter kill. it usually takes about a week of preparation to get the local .grccns rolling hcfcirc the season starts each spring, around May 24. The season generally finish- es the end of September, then grccns-keeping gets the busiest, with aeration and the tasks required .to put the grccns to bed before snow flies, chores which usually take from 10 days to two weeks. The trees that rim the perimeter pose a bit of a dis- ease problem for all those who concern themselves with the condition of our grccns. Many clubs in the region tend to he more out in the -open and don't have such worries. . But Tilley says they look nice and give the club a nice setting. and if given his choice he would still stick with the old trees. So would a lot of lawn howlers, out of town and oth- VANDALS AT WORK - Bowling Club points to a dais at the local club. Jim Stotts of the Seaforth Lawn fence recently damaged by van - Businessman killed on motorcycle curve on Highway 4 at about 3:45 p.m. a week ago Sunday, Aug. 4. He was 44 and, among other things, on the executive of Lucan's Irish 6 hockey club. The founder and president of the Donut Delight Cafe chain of more than 30 stores, inc (;aragozzo of Lucan was killed while riding his motor- cycle at the Clandehoye August 7 Expositor Exposed! The Ex -Files: Spotted Mistakes: 1) "epidemiologist" instead of "epidemclogist" - Dr. Elizabeth Van Maanen 2) "Old Bill, who for some reason dislike Fiddler John" - should be "disliked" - Ina McGrath 3) Page 12 - "Chcoros" not "Chcrcos" - Frank Phillips Night owls can count moths for Wildlife Federation Night owls who like to hang out on the porch can be making themselves officially useful this summer by count- ing luna moths. The Canadian Wildlife Federation's coast-to-coast butterfly survey includes not only the not -so -elusive Luna, but other common varieties including red admiral, tiger swallowtail, monarch and mourning cloak butterflies, and the polyphemus moth. Survey participants get a pocket -sized booklet filled with colourful illustrations and instructions to help them identify the insects at a glance and record findings. More information can be had by contacting: Butterfly Survey Canadian Wildlife Federation 2740 Queensview Drive - Ottawa. ON / K2B 1A2 Tel: 1-800-563-9543 .E-mail:.info@�cwf-fef.org Web site: http://www.toucartnet/cwf- fef/cwfhome.html. Ice going into arena Ice is being installed once again in the local arena this week, overseen as hest he can by Seaforth and District Community Centres manager Graham Nesbitt, still ham- pered by a hack injury which has had him off duty since the last half of last month. 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JONES - is pleased to announce the opening of his chiropractic practice on August 14, 1996 at 493 Main St. S., Exeter HOURS: Mon 8-12; 1:30-5:30 • Tues., Thurs. 8-12; 1:30-5:30; 6:30-9 • Wed. 8-12 • Fri. 8-3 • Sat. 8-12 Member of the ACUPUNCTURE COUNCIL OF ONTARIO PHONE 235-4892 FAX 23 5-2 589 ANNOUNCEMENT The Physicians and Staff of the SEAFORTH MEDICAL CLINIC 28 Centennial Drive, Seaforth Are Pleased To Welcome DR. SHAWN EDWARDS to our group of seven 4 Dr. Ken Rodney, Dr. Shawn Edwards, Dr. Alon Koscuic. Dr. Dan Rooyakkers, Dr Janet Zettel, Dr. Heather Percival and Dr. Mak Woldnick. NEW PATIENTS WELCOME BRUSSELS 887-9952 Mon. 2 p.m. -8 p.m. Tues. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. • Wed. - Thurs. 9:00 a.m.-5 p.m. Fd. 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. SEAFORTH 527-1770 Mon. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed. 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri. 8:30 o.m.-5 p.m.