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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 1999-08-18, Page 1In brief Thursday's Showcase Hockey Game brings wealth of talent to Seaforth While the August heat may still be here, the Dave McLlwain CCM Hockey School is going to put things on ice "Thursday night - That's when the Summer Showcase Hockey, Game takes place at the Seaforth . and District Community Centres. The hockey school, which began .on Monday, brings a wealth of hockey talent to town and the school's celebrities take to the ice on a fund raising game for Seaforth Minor Hockey. . "People are probably going to see the best. hockey game they'll see all year." Arena Manager Graham Nesbitt. It will feature talent from the NHL. OHL and American Hockey League and will see the hockey school staff challenge. other local professional` and amateur talent in a game that showcases much of .the amazing hockey. talent that has been produced in Seaforth over the years. "You're looking atguys who can skate and move thepuck," said Nesbitt. Without: any heavy hitting... tans' will see on - ice skillsot ibe likes they aren't used. to seeing in regnlar hockey games. Reis Murray of Edmnonton Oilers fame will be on one team against New York Walden' Mike Watt. And !bat's just one example of how the teams are matched up. Alan on the ice will be NHL linesman, Scott Driscoll, Dan Wddfong of CQJgata_Univer_eicy and Milts Mala ei the New York Rangers. Th puss begins at 7:30 0JL. by Scott Hilgendotff 11Kif.... Day inWeof Dart' ludge Poe* f Herron Hospice fid loom,/ Pop IS MOioaoie In WdIen Pegs 14 August 18, 1999 Si (includes Gyp t ocat weather Wtadnuday--Sunny with cloudy periods High 21 Thursday --Mainly sunny High 24. low l4 - Friday --Sunny High 25. Low 13 Saturday --Sunny High 26 Low near 14 From Environment I onodo Hildebrand proud husband George has place on Main Street mural By Susan Hundertmork Expositor Staff While she doesn't remember the specific parade a .mural shows her late .husband leading, Hazel Hildebrand is very proud that Qeorge will be immortalized in the work being painted on a Main Street wall. "1 was always there at -all the parades and f was always very proud." she says. "George would be very_ pleased. She guesses- that 'tin George's 21 years as bandleader:of the Seaforth District High School All - Girls Marching Band: he travelled the route down Main Street at least four times a year during parades and cadet inspections. And. she remembers helping to make the capes the'. girls are shown wearing in the mural at a- sewing bee at the high school.' • • , Hazel has also helped remember the colors of SN MURALS, Pogo ! Mural ollist. Allen Hilgendorf works away at his depiction Marching Bond he is painting on o Main Street woll of a 1956 -photo' of the Seoforth District -igh Schccl �I1 qtr s a Murals bring history to life, says artist By Susan Htw.dertmork Expositor Staff Painting murals,is for Allen Hilgendorf. The Chatsworth painter: who is currently working on a- mural of the Seaforth District High School All -Girls -Marching Band on a Main Street wall: 'says-hes•often challenged by passersby the color of a building or the design of a horse s harness while at, work painting. And occasionally. he finds: himself sharing i% id memories -with those invoh'ed"in the story' being told -in the mural. . - • Once. while painting a mural in .Wilberforce of soldiers corning home by train. from serving in the .Second World:War. the last engineer to fire that an interactive experience particular train's engine came around to see him. " It Has like history .coming to life,w ith the ' en vi, id .memories that `carne hack to him. It say a me goose bumps:' he says.. ,Also. a train buff who collected model 'train 'eta was a great help to him-by'bringing his books so that Hilgendorf could get the calors and proportions of the trainiust n_ht. . "l alwas_ s welcome comments and that generally s y on . leacts-tbl tot of interaction. I dust kee_p_paintitie and talking." he caws. " • • Hildgendorf began Working as "a mural artist in 199? after a car accident in 1991 shattered his pelvis and forced him to'quit the work he'd been. doing as a laborer and retrain. - Always artistically -inclined. he de. ided to attend "the School of Design and Visual Art, at the Oven Scott Hkendorf1 photo Garden delights Morie Kelly lakes a'closer look at one of the Seafor.th Horticultural Society flower show displays on Thursday afternoon at the legion Winners of this yea's shuns were Drys Fmnigon Nrstt. Eleanor Horst !second! and Jean Durst (third) Sound campus of Georgian core _ • . h• -e he made the dean's list:alltour semen. • �n several awards. " Betore the accident. I<had no 'tontidencc to pursue my art but m' confidence grows with each mural 1 paint."" he say s. The Seaforth mural is about hi: aitch �in` `he began six years ago. His first mural 1, in Durham. where he , .ince painted ti e. He has .tint painted murals in manother towns. indu ins Lucknow: CIinton. Port. Elgin,-ltrchr and 4t 1-- Lions Head. Haliburton and Muskoka": \turals.are a growing b,uaness that inav take .ane hevondiSouthwestern Ontario. " ne :av;'. ad'lin_� that the three mural:" he's painted for rh_ Intersattonal.Plo« tr.,; NI itch in 1.14sh,> 'i'd tr - SMPASSERSBY, Pgge 2 Ambulance service will continue in January Owner is committed to community despite lay-off notices, he says By Susan Hundertmork Exposlor Scoff Ambulance^services'v►i1I iiriRniie"m'be provided in January, regardless of the las-oft notices recently given to paramedics Seafotth, Clinton and Zurich: says ambulance provider Brad Lucas. "1 want to assure the community that they .should have no fear of being without ambulance services. Morally. I wouldn't allow that to happen." he says. . "Ambulance service is. more than .a business. It's a commitment -to community and I don't -want to jetipardizr.an'. 'n health in any ways' says Lucas.' Paramedics working her Lucas were �r•rn their pink slips during the.fitst August to meet Luca... legal 01 -11,01,•••• under the collective agreement with the Ontario Public Serytce_Emplovees' Union ' OPSEU t. to which the paramedic: w ho.,w 'I s for him belong: Their collective.agree'n,~- requires.fout.months:nutt-ce lot is orfs-. ."The paramedics ha‘e.a•right to k,,,.... what's going on and need.to base .ul opportunity. to plan their lines. Lhave a great deal of respect for them and want them to be aware of the situgtion. says Lucas. Huron County. council has been given a year's extension toa Sept. 30 deadline iron! the province to decide how it will pro. ide land ambulance services. which were rerenti' See LUCAS, Page 2 Huron PiowingMatch reduced to one day Pentland said there normally isn't plowing al the final day of the International Plowing Match but this year. they have moved the Huron 4H Sodbusters achievement program to thauday. Sept. where young plower% v►ill take to the fields- and spectators of the IPM can watch. By Scott Hi gendorff Expossortdttor Despite being knee deep in furrows in preparation for this year's International Plowing Match, organizers are sparing time for the Huron County Plowing Much which will take place on Friday. "We wanted to give out local plowers a chance at competing in their own county and to prove that Huron's able to do it .and even though we're busy at one thing, we've got time to look after our plowmen." said Huron County Plowing Match President Paul Pentland. Because Huron is hosting the international match, organizers had a choice not to bold a county -level competition because of the enormous workload involved in hosting the international match. But Pentland said they decided to go ahead with the match to ensure 'local plowers had a chance to compete and earn the points necessary to be eligible for international competiticin: He said some plowers might not be able to get to other county matches. This year. they have decided to host a single -day event instead. of the " traditional two days to lessen' the workload and to add an extra day where plowing takes place atthe international match. Set HURON, Pogo 2 Your community newspaper since 1860