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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-06-03, Page 13Here's the scoo Ice Cream! Is anything more delectable than ice cream? Why, even the most respectable eat ice cream It's wonderful on a summer's afternoon, in June Ice cream, the recipe's something serious But ice cream makes everyone so delirious, That ice cream is certainly worth the trouble that it takes -- When Anne of Green Gables sang that song, she was turning the crank to make her own ice crbam. Fortunately for us. we don't have to go to all that trouble to enjoy our favourite treat. There's seems to be a revival of oldtfashioned ice cream parlours - but for the 1981 customers. the ice cream parlours are more like fast food stores. • Nevertheless, they provide the same delicious and cool treat. that so many people associate with a summer's walk. Sisters-in-law Libbie Davis and Mary McPhail operate the Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop in Grand Bend. Baskin-Robbins is a North -American wide chain, that boasts 31 different flavours. There are. in fact, Mrs. Davis explains 17 standard flavours, while the rest are rotating flavours. Each month a new flavour of the month is introduced. Baskin-Robbins makes !ng up with new Ideas for ice is also the favourite flavour more than 500 flavours, and cream and sherbet across Canada - pralines and they are continuously com- The top seller in their shop cream. Pralines and cream OP' EVERYBODY LOVES ICE CREAM — Especially little boys!! Shannon Cassidy, 10, and his brother, Trevor, 7, enjoy cones at The Scoop on Exeter s Main Street. Staff photo on ice cream! is toasted pecans and a butterscotch ribbon in vanilla ice cream. Interestingly enough, the best seller for Baskin- Robbins in the United States is basic chocolate. Nice to know Canadians have exotic tastes, eh? But pralines and cream is far from the most exotic flavour served up at Baskin- Robbins. How about peanut butter and chocolate or peanut butter and banana? Or there's Sunflower Power - candy coated sunflower seeds in ice cream. A new flavour just in is carrot cake ice cream - a very spicy taste treat. Mrs. Davis says that all the kids love Pink Bubblegum ice cream - which contains little pieces of pink bubblegum that can be chewed long after your ice cream has been licked away. But while the kids love it the most, pink bubblegum is the flavour that Moms hate the most. It's among the stickiest of the ice creams. New at Baskin-Robbins is a designer ice cream called Daniel Hechter. If you buy a T-shirt or ,jeans designed by Daniel Hechter, you get a free ice cream cone. Daniel Hechter ice cream is actual- ly strawberry and banana flavour. Other popular flavours in- clude Jamoca Almond Fudge and New England Maple Walnut, as well as JUNE 3, 1981 Price Per Copy 40 Cents Irregular shaped lots create headache in sewer billing No decision has yet been made on how council will charge people with irregular shaped lots for sewer in- stallation. Original bills sent out by council for the sewer installation were based on frontage. However. council received many complaints from people who live on pie shaped lots, with a large frontage and a small yard. Several discrepencies between the sewer billing, and the billing for water lines have surfaced. Coun- cillor Keith Crawford reported that he has been go- ing over past minutes of council meetings to deter- mine what criteria were used in water billing. He said he has not been able to get any information from the old minutes. Edna Woodburn of Green Acres attended the meeting to sortout the differences between her water billing and sewer billing. Council told her they have not yet come up with alicy. Leroy Keyes, also of Green Acres, appeared before council to complain about calcium on his street which had killed his lawn. At the last council meeting, Green Acres residents were told that their road could not be paved for a few years, until it had settled. Later calcium was spread to stop dust. "We still have dust, after two coats, and dead grass," Keyes said. In another delegation, council went in camera to discuss legal matters with Ronald Purdy. Council also heard a proposal from Joseph Nader who was hoping to obtain land for docking purposes. In othe business: Councillor Keith Crawford gave other members of council a draft of a property standards bylaw, which council hope to pass. Such a bylaw would allow the village to step in when homes and properties are in a run down and shabby con- dition. It was learned that no res- ponse has been received from the Public Utilities Commission on terms of reference for their employees, which council had requested. Council also asked for verification on hydro costs for a pump which the village owns. Steve Shanahan of S.J. Shananhan Sanitation of Bayfield came before coun- cil to ask if he could empty his sanitation truck into their sewage lagoons. Shananhan said that he can- not dump the waste on open fields as has been done in the past, because of plastic tam- pon applicators, which have been flushed down toilets. He said that he has seen seagulls choking on the plastic, because the birds thought is was something they could eat. Council agreed that the disposal of waste was a problem, but said that they would have to contact various government ministries before any agree- ment could be considered. Council refused to endorse a motion from Forest asking that the county .find a sanitary waste disposal site in 'North Lambton. At pre- sent, Grand Bend operates the only waste disposal site in the north part of the coun- ty. Council felt that their dump was operable for several years to come, and they weren't in need of a new location. It was es- timated that opening a new - dump would cost the municipalities about a half million dollars. It was decided that three lots owned by Carol Spence could be made into two lots, as she requested. Council received a letter from the Lambton Health Unit saying that council CHALLENtiE IS ISSUED — Members of Grand Bend council have been challenged to a baseball match by members of the Forest team. Gerry Morrison, Karlene Beaulieu and deputy -reeve Leigh Crozier of the civic committee issued the challenge and directed it to Reeve Bob Sharen and his team. The baseball tournament has been set up for teams from all the municipalities in lambton. The prize Is the golden pitchfork, suitably engraved as the "Piled higher and deeper" award. Staff photo should force people selling food and providing seating, to provide washrooms whithin 90 days of being con- nected to the sewer system. Reeve Robert Sharen reported on a meeting of the fire committee. He said that Allan Walper, the Stephen township representative on the committee is looking into the possibilites of purchasing the Thompson - Please turn to page 3A Butter Pecan. A favourite o many is Rocky Road - a combination o marshmallow and nuts in a cream chocolate ice cream When asked which is he favourite, Mrs. Davis pauses, then says, "Gosh, like them all." Later, she confesses to having a preference for Apricot sherbet, and the new Pas- sion Fruit sherbet. A single scoop of any of these flavours will set you back 65 cents. If you want to mix two scoops together, it will cost you $1.10. If you really can't make up your mind - although they do give you all the time you need - why not go for a Matterhorn. That's a moun- tain of ice cream - seven big scoops of seven different flavours, with a topping of whipped cream on the moun- tain peak. You can climb the Matterhorn for only $4.00 If that's just a bit too much, you can scoop into a basic banana split for $2.70 - tr�e scoops of your choice of ice cream. Baskin- Robbins has seven different flavoured toppings to go with any concoction. And sometimes the re- quested concoctions are just a wee bit odd. Like the time a family ordered orange sherbet topped with chocolate sauce. If you have $10or so to spend, maybe you'd like a turtle pie, or perhaps a mud pie. The popular turtle pie is pralines and cream ice cream, while the mud pie is jamoca almond fudge ice cream. Despite the fact that Mrs. McPhail and Mrs. Davis are skilled in the making of par- ty pies, and fancy desserts (yes, even baked Alaska), their store is basically a cone store. Most people just drop by for an after -supper or mid-afternoon treat. While some Baskin- Robbins stores sell mostly cones, such as the one in Grand Bend. others feature hand -packed take home ice cream. Still others sell mostly milk shakes. sundaes and fountain goods. Then other are basically party good stores. Baskin-Robbins recently celebrated their tenth an- niversary as a chain. and for the day they sold single scoops for 25 cents. That was the price of one scoop. when the first Baskin-Robbins store opened in 1971. Sundays are always busy, Mrs. Davis says. but during f the rest of the week. the weather plays an important f part in the sale of ice cream. Barry Strong, owner of the Dutch Boy ice cream r shop on Grand Bend's Main Street agrees. Ice cream I sales soar when the sun is hot, but plummet in cool weather. Strong. a denture therapiist in Windsor (he says ice cream is fine if you brush afterwards) set up the ice cream shop to create employment for his family. There are 10 children in the Strong family - seven girls and three boys, ages 19 to three. The Strongs spend the summer at their cottage in Grand Bend just a few blocks from the Dutch Boy shop. In keeping with the Dutch Boy theme. the Strongs have made their own Dutch style costumes to wear while scooping ice cream. This summer they are serving Shaws Ice Cream. Strong says that the Shaws dairy from St. Thomas is "one of the last of the old time dairies." They have found that one of the most popular flavours is Chocolate Mint - That's a mint green ice cream with chocolate chips. The Dutch Boy is really a family affair - the older children scoop ice cream on the night shift. while the younger ones work the after- noons. The youngest children clean the floors and tidy up. And. their father says, "I'm never too far away." Mary's musings Grand Bend council has been challenged! Now, I know these clever, fast -thinking politicians meet and conquer challenges every day, but this is a special challenge. Forest's deputy reeve Leigh Crozier has challeng- ed Grand Bend council to a baseball game. A tourna- ment has been planned for all municipalities in Lamb - ton, but Leigh has issued a direct challenge to reeve Bob Sharen. The trophy is the much - coveted golden pitch fork. It's called the "Piled higher and deeper" award. The pitchfork is suitably engrav- ed as the "Piled higher and deeper" trophy, and also bears the winners names over its two year history. After the first baseball game, the Kettle Point coun- cil took home the pitchfork, which they proudly propped up in their council chambers. Then last year, the "Piled higher and deeper" 'pitchfork was won by Arkona council. Unfortunately. Grand Bend hasn't been represented at these baseball tournaments, and that's why Leigh Crozier is issuing the special challenge. Now, Grand Bend council may be lacking in ex- perience, and they may not know much about baseball either, but I'm sure they could win a "Piled .higher and deeper" award. I've been covering their council meetings for over two years, and I know for sure that these people could and should get some kind of trophy for piling it higher and deeper. A pitchfork would be most appropriate. The basebalf tournament is scheduled for Monday evening, June 29. There's no council meeting that night, so they have no excuse not to attend. They have already BY MARY ALDERSON The Challenge received their special invita- tion, and deputy reeve Harold Green volunteered to get a team together. so with the special challenge from deputy reeve Crozier. they must get out and do their best. Do you want to live in a village where your council can't even win the golden pitch fork? Or worse yet, they don't evey try? Put pressure on your favourite politician. Let's see, there's five on council Bob Sharen. Harold Green. Keith Crawford, Dennis Snider and Mae Morenz, and of course, clerk Louise Clipperton will be glad to join in. along with her assistant Christine Smith. Why. there's half a baseball team already. I'm sure former council members would be glad to lend their expertise in piling it higher and deeper. Bill Baird and Judy Uniac could be invited to help out, along with other members of previous councils. Then, of course. there's the public utilities com- missioners. Prosper Van Bruaene and Roy Johnson would be assets to the team. From there we move to the planning board. Chair- man Bob Clay could join in with the rest of the board. Similarly, chairman Paul Houston could bring along the rec committee who should be excellent baseball players. Then or course, village employees should be willing to play in the outfields. Foreman Jack Stanlake and Paul Bossenberry, along with the summer students could certainly help out the team. If that still isn't enough for a successful baseball team, all of the afore -mentioned people could bring along spouses and friends. By that time there should be enough for pitchers. outfielders, coaches and even bat boys and water boys. as well as a cheering section. Now. I should think Bob Sharen would want to accept this challenge. Afterall, it might prove to be a way to get even with Bosanquet reeve Charlie Srokosz. Last summer Charlie challenged Bob to a turn in the Op- timists Dunk Tank at Burgerfest. When Bob wasn't dunked. Charlie helped the machine out a bit. Now perhaps Bob can snatch the pitchfork from Charlie's grasp. Or maybe he could think of another use for the pitchfork. The municipal baseball tournament is just one of many events being planned by the Forest Civic Com- mittee for Canada Week. On Tuesday June 30. Forest has graciously in- vited the winners of the Grand Bend Burgerfest bed race to their bed derby The race will be on King Street. (which is Forest's main street) at 7:00 p m Perhaps the arch -rivals from the Colonial Hotel and Sanders Tavern could take their beds to Forest for a re -match after the Burgerfest race. With their experience they could show Forest a thing or two about bed racing. Other events include a parade on Saturday mor- ning. June 27. followed by Nonsense Games at North Lambton Secondary School. There are rugby matches, lawn bowling tournaments. golf tournaments. tennis games. A special kids day has been planned for Sunday afternoon with game and races. A horse show has been scheduled for Wednes- day. July 1 I'd really like to see Grand Bend accept Leigh C'rozier's challenge and play baseball. 1 understand that Lorne Henderson will be umpire for the match. Perhaps that would give Bob Sharen's team an edge over Leigh's. Len Veri, owner of The Scoop on Exeter's Main Street says that he enjoys selling ice cream. because it's a "friendly, happy business." Veri explains that people are generally in a happy mood when they come in to buy ice cream, and there are seldom any complainers as there are in other businesses. People can be lined up wa,ting, but they never ob- ject. Veri says. Most of the time. people waiting to be served are still deciding on which flavour they want. The basics chocolate, vanilla and strawberry are the best sellers at The Scoop. However. Veri says that young children have their district favourites, such as Bubblegum, which isn't always available. and Tiger Tail orange ice cream with black licorice stripes. The Scoop serves up 36 different flavours of ice cream. but not all at the same time. The ice cream is provided by Silverwoods. Silverwoods also makes ice cream for Magoo's. Bordens and Baskin-Robbins. accor- ding to Veri. A single scoop at The Scoop will cost you 60 cents. A double cone is $1 05 and a triple is $1.45. Sundaes and banana splits are popular The Scoop serves a ginger- breadman cookie with each sundae. made by the Cookie Cutter, another of Veri's Ex- eter businesses Like Strong. Veri employs his family at The Scoop. His son Michael. oversees the business. and his daughter does the scoop- ing, along with five or six other school girls. Unfortunately. Veri himself con't enjoy his ice cream. He recently suffered a heart attack. and was put on a speical diet. "I've got to stay away from it( ice cream). Other than that I'd be eating it everyday." he says. Veri says that ice cream shops are making a come back. "For a while. soft ice cream took over the market, then people got tired of it," he says. He believes that there's a revival of love for hard. hand scooped ice cream. in all flavours. TRIPLE SCOOPER -- Mory McPhail stacks up three big scoops of ice cream, everybody's favourite summer treat. ICE CREAM DELIGHT - Melanie Lovell, Exeter, piles ice cream on a cone at The Scoop. Photo by Schwartzentruber 1 GOOD TO THE LAST ful if anyone will Nevertheless, Alison is truber DRIP toke Allison Walker's T -Shirt says "I'm Huggable". but its doubt. her up on that offer with ice cream dripping down her front more than happy licking her ice cream cone.Photo by Schwortzen. 1