The Huron Expositor, 1998-06-10, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 10, 199S
Snowbirds
to fly past
11 you didn't see the
Snowbirds tly over Seaforth
in the noon hour last
Tuesday - you were not
,clone.
13ecause the Canadian
:mrd Forces' famed
hr,cision-flying team was
[ there.
Mayor Dave Scott told
S alurth Council last week
th.rt they were supposed to
tl, over town enroute to the
(. ntralia air show, where
ilk.) performed the next day,
it high headwinds across
:mark) scuttled their flight
r•l;ui so the team flew direct
( cntralia.
But don't give up hope.
The Snowbirds are
hcduled to again fly over
_at�+rth on their way to the
( :odcrich air show later this
onth.
SDHS FORMAL - Something was in the stars over Seaforth, Saturday night. The annual
Formal was held at the Seaforth Agricultural Complex. Pictures preceded a dinner with the
theme "Writteh in the Stars" reflected in the decorations prepared by Amanda Denys, Lee
Ann McDonald and Michelle Stephens. Enjoying the meal from left to right, Stacey Dayman,
Andrew Dale, Kerry Blake, and Sean Ludwig. Formal Queen was Cheryl Thompson and
Formal King was Brent Ribey. (POWELL PHOTO)
Program may bring new doctors
( f' mw conies hack, it's all been worth it,' says a student visit organizer
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it exposure is, with family
sicians.
I undin was not available
Ior this first group of
tudents and Page said
estern is covering the
>;ti 1 it's travelling costs. the
L+•spitals are covering
accommodations and the
s;,idents are paying for their
Ylany kids are
' ROM -Pave 1
,shout a decade.
l here arc not enough
fidget and junior men's
Cams to feed the seniors
ow, he says. and there arc
.ufious reasons.
'TIGER' FACTOR
\livor team schedules got
-,mailer and rosters got
bigger. so younger players
lont actually get to play
:hough." he says. "With 16
17 kids on a tram, some
rla�ers only get to hat twice
a game; that's part of it.-
- Ile thinks complicated
official rule changes in
regards to pitching also
,fantpcned the enthusiasm of
young players. Good hurlers
can dominate a game.
-Nesbitt notes there is more
for youths to. do in the
summer now too. compared
to when he was growing up
the game, for instance
roller hockey and in
t ;rrticular_lunior golf.
(;o11 has no fixed Schedule,
he points out, and that game
ha, blossomed with youth
here and everywhere else
since "Tiger Woods came on
the scene. he says.
"-Ile has made golf front
and centre." Nesbitt says.
11e also notes that the
popularity of roller hockey
v ith the young appears to be
ss ailing. Registration for
Seaforth's boys teams is
meals and expenses
themselves.
Through_ SWORM and
Western, these students wilt
he exposed to more aspects
of rural medicine as they
progress through their
second and third years.
Next year, the students
take part in a rural research
program.
"They'll ,spend the
summer in places like
Goderich and Seaforth,
helping physicians with
research," Page said.
In third year, they come
back to rural areas again for
hands 'on experience
working with doctors. life, said Page. "If one
Before this program was comes back. it's all been
developed, the students worth it."
would have spent their third
year linked with doctors in
urban centres.
The first year program is
now a permanent part of the
curriculum. -
"it's just to get them out
here and see what life is
impatient today and don t want
•
down to 52 from 68 this year
compared to last, and girls
roller hockey registrations
have plummeted from 44 to
18 in the same span.
QUARTER-CENTURY
.Bob Beuttenmiller
remembers when the Seaforth
men's fastball league began
back in 1969 with six teams,
playing at the public school
and Lions Park. Before then
he says mostly hardball was
played in town. In 1970 the
local fastball league
expanded by two teams to
eight.
The fastball here was
"really terrific for almost a
quarter century, until the
early '90s, he says. Then the
younger guys started to play
sio-pitch, and some of the
older guys got a bit long of
tooth for fastball, or moved
on into other things.
"So many young people are
golfing now it's unreal," he
says. "You can really sec it
when you go out to the golf
course."
Fastball is not an easy sport
to master, especially if you
are a pitcher, says Doug
i conhardt of Seaforth, who
started out in Brodhagen,
pitched for 25 years and was
arguably the best chucker in
the Seaforth men's fastball
league in its glory days.
He remembers when
Brodhagen had nothing, but
after diamonds were built a
junior team that played in
two leagues, and an
intermediate team.
Games were longer then,
nine innings; but the sport
almost became too popular
and the crush of teams meant
some weren't getting their
games started until after 10
p.m.
"HIT AND GIGGLE"
So games got shorter and
players had fewer at bats.
Then Slo-Pitch came along
and all of a sudden
youngsters and the spectators
in the stands took that up to
play "hit and giggle,"
Leonhardt says.
And nowadays there's
summer ice hockey for
would-be NHLers, and sports
like roller hockey that
weren't around when he
started out.
Most kids today are too
impatient. Leonhardt thinks.
When he started it was
understood and accepted that
you sat on the bench until
you learned the finer points
of the game and earned a
spot on the roster.
This is still the way good
teams in the arca work, he
says, for instance fastball
teams around here coached
by Janet Buchanan.
"For many the interest in
fastball is no longer there
because it takes too much
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to be benched
time and effort to become
top-notch," he says.
Also there is a lack of
pitching.
Even in its heyday here.
very few pitchers in the local
men's league developed in
Seaforth, he points out. Most
came from out of town.
There arc still a few hot
beds of the sport left, and
some good young fastball
players in the area. Leonhardt
observes, but there is no
league around here that
commands respect from those
scouting for talent.
He notes a women's team
has begun here this year, the
Sintinals, and it is scheduling
out of town games, but he
thinks it may take three years
of continuing good coaching
and development before a
team such as this begins to
get that kind of fastball
respect for Seaforth
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MINOR HOCKEY
REGISTRATION
The Seaforth and District Minor Hockey
Association would like to inform everyone that
they will be doing REGISTRATION .for the
1998-99 Season on
Wednesday, June 17, 1998
Thursday, 0 n e 18 1998
7:00 to 9:00 pm both nights
at the Seaforth Community Centres
You will need 2 post dated cheques
Houseleague fee dated for
September 1, 1998
Travel fee dated for
November 1, 1998
The $50.00 Draw Ticket will also be
handed out on this night.
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A LATE FEE OF $25.00 WILL BE
APPLIED AFTER JUNE 19, 1998
All players will now have the option of
playing houseleague only - travel only -
or both
Coaching applications are now being
accepted. Deadline will be July 1, 1998
Applications can be picked up and
dropped off at the Seaforth Arena or
the Recreation Office
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