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Meurs is fan favourite
BY PAT MCKILLOP
Special to the Sentinel
On Oct. 7, friends and fami-
ly of Ripley boy Garrett
Meurs, gathered at the Harry
Lumley. Bayshore Arena : in
Owen Sound to watch him and
his team, the Plymouth
Whalers, take on the Owen
Sound Attack.
It was obvious that Garrett
was not his usual self, an ACL
injury was keeping him from
playing his normal lightning
paced game, but he was deter-
mined to playand not let down
the 100 plus fans from Ripley
and area that came . to watcb
him play. Even Huron -Kinloss
Mayor Mitch - Twolan showed
up to watch Garrett play.
Garrett's, focus was
absolute, even the five lovely
ladies, sporting t -shirts : that
spelled out the name M -E -U-
R -S, who wiggled their fingers
at him during the . anthem,
could not deter him.
Things started off with a
bang... The Whalers scored the
first of the game in the first
minute and Garrett got an
assist. Excited cheers erupted.
The game went, 2 -0, 3 - 1, 4 .-
2,
2, Owen Sound tried. to fight
back, but the Plymouth goalie
Matt Hackett showed his stuff
and despite being outshot, held
them off.
Garrett was slowing down
as the game went on, the pain
from his knee was obvious,
but gamely trying for the mul-
titude, picked up his game
while his fans cheered him on.
A ' scrimmage in the Attack
zone almost scored him a
much coveted goal but it was
not to be.
Finally, the last shift of the
game...30 seconds :to go... the
Whalers moved into the
zone...Garrett gets possession
and, he shoots, he scores!
The fans go wild! What a
game! So, okay I could -not
sleep for a long time after, but -
darn, it was so worth it.
After the game, Garrett had
the chance to visit with many
of the fans that stayed and
waited for him. There were
pictures, autographs etc.
He currently is tied for sec-
ond place amongst OHL rook-
ies in scoring with six points in
sever! games.
Garrett played last week in
London at the John Labatt
Centre (JLC), the second
meeting of the season for the
two teams. They met in
Plymouth on Sept. 26, where
Garrett scored his First career
OHL goal. The goal can be
seen on YouTube (do a search
under Garrett Meurs) where
last time I checked it had over
600 hits:
Garrett' Meurs
Everyone enjoyed Tuesday's Table dinner on Oct. 6
Tuesday's Table was held at
St. Peter's Anglican Church on
Oct. 6.
All attending enjoyed a deli-
cious Thanksgiving dinner.
Friday, Oct. 9 saw the Good
Food starting up again for the
fall at the Lucknow Community
Christian Reformed Church.
The Lucknow Sepoy Ranees
spent Wednesday evening shop,-
ping
hop=-ping at Nine Waves and drink-
ing Mary's Restaurant out of
coffee. `
Hockey season has started in
Lucknow; we wish all the teams
a fun filled winter.
Photo by Garit Reid
Ruth Jardine and Irene
Haldenby_ were hard - at
work, but with smiles on as
they prepared the stuffing
for Tuesday's Table, which
took place on Oct. 6 at St.
Peter's Anglican Church in
the Parish Hall. In addition
to the Anglican Church,
The Lucknow United
Church and The Christian
Community Reformed
Church are involved in the
program, which provides a
_ free meal to anyone in
need three times a month.
The dinner rotates
amongst the three church-
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