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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-07-20, Page 14 (2)Page 14 Times -Advocate, July 20, 1978 Sets record straight Misconceptions in body building Body building is an art form few people appreciate. • says Kevin Short. The local Exeter police Officer and weight lifting (tsntbtisiast says the sport is surrounded by miscon- ceptions. - • One is that body builders r'en't strong. The second is that all the muscle will eventually turn to fat, and the third is that body builders are homosexuals. Once you meet those in:s ,you find all three idea a e wrong." Short became. interested in weight 'lifting when he was 17. "1 was so pathetic in phys. ed. I thought I should do something about it." Sport magazines and the local YMCA in London in- troduced Short to the sport of powerlif ting. There are three lifts in the competition sport • — bench press, dead. lift. and squat. The bench press lift in- volves lifting a bar bell weight while 1 'in ._ on.- a bench: 'etre -Squat lift is a deep knee bend with a bar bell resting on -the back, and the dead lift 'is a matter of walking up to a bar bell. bending over lifting until you are standing straight. Short's interest in body building developed when he went to Los Angeles to train for competition with Gold's Gym There he met top American power lifters and body builders. "The body builder is like a sculptor except he uses exercise instead of a chisel. The competition is judged on muscularity, symmetry and proportion," says Short. "A lotof people think body bwlders are egotists because they look in the mirror all the unie. but they are just studying themselves. They look to see if they need a bit more muscle here. or if they are out of propertion there. Then they usedumbbellsand• barbells to get what the want." Short has organized weight lifting and body ' building facilities at the South _Huron Recreation Centre for people interested in the sport. He has about a half dozep adults and a dozen youths who work _out•there regularly.. "Many of the adults come out for a week and then drop out." says Short. • DEMONSTRATING THE BENCH PRESS — Kevin Short shows press compet,t on. Snort s best sift rias been 340 lbs. the style used in. the bench T -A photo Judy was tremendous - You have to hand it to James Murphy. artistic director of . the Huron Complete 4. L Custom Framing . hr needlepoint, crewel,) photographs. oil 'paintings,. •tc. Regular or 'non-glar.g ipp gloss. Ready to hang, 48 hour se+rvvtold Tyndall Ice. tt 482-7404 CLINTON e 1, / Huron County Family Planning Project .,Invites fou To Atter,d FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC Every Tuesday from 6:30. 9 p m HURON COUNTY HEALTH UNIT Ann St.. Exeter For Information Call 235-1014 Weekdays or Tuesday evenings Everyone welcorne Country Playhouse. He has the gall to bring in an actress who's more famous for. her pronouncements on the mov- ing- of highs and lows and, then. to sign up an actor who appeared in one of the first ••ntdie'' shows that was presented on Broadway, Tuesday evening at the Playhouse, it all came together with -a sparkling performance of Charles Bell and Mark Swan's 1920's hit, "Parlour. Bedroom and Bath. A packed house was ex- posed to a performance by a 12 member cast which never faltered once. through the three act farce. Dominating; the show with a performance that must rank as one of the finest ever to be performed at the country theatre. was flex Stallings -as the bumbling. easy to manipulate husband of a wife who loved to think every woman in the world was after her. hubb'-1t was an energetic.noholds` barred performance by this veteran actor who last appeared at the Playhouse in 1975. The person that most of the audience came to see gave a performance that was' surpnsi nfly good considering the number of years which she's been away from the theatre • _ - Judy Savgy's- charac- terization = of Polly Hathaway. a 20's version of Rhona Barrett who used her feminine charms to get material for her gossip column in the Social Register, was on target. with the Savoy charm and wi coming through. Following her fine r- formance as Cecily Pid on in the "Odd Couple" n de Villiers was- so n the role` of Angelic eginald's ever- loving and ever -doubting wife- ' in his first appearance at the Playhouse. . Trader Selkirk gave an excellent rendition of Jeffrey .Haywood, Reginald's friend who appears to run this bumbling fellow's life yia remote control. Haywood is a suave. sophisticated, lady's gentlemanand Selkirk portrayed that Image to a hilt. . Rounding out the cast are Alden Jones as Frederic /Leslie. Marion Gilsenan as Nita ' Leslie. Marilyn Boyle as Leila Crofton, Murray Ellis. Janet Walters and Stan Lacey. Alistair MacRae's 1917 townhouse setting :was suitably restrained with adequate lighting an sound effects. Lunda , Matheson costumes for .the cast were quite well executed with only Marion Gilsenan's sailor Suit dress deing stightly under par According to Murphy. the one week run for "Parlour. Bedroom and Bath" is almost sold out, because of the immense drawing power of Ms. Savoy. • . This is a show that must he seen. It's too bad it only has a one week run. On tap for next week is the first performance of the new Canadian play, "Two Below", a comedy about a male recluse and a women's "libber." - PROFITABLE FARMING • begins in the fi,id Well -drained land can make the difference.between a profit or a loss. * Coll us for all your fa,Lm drainage requirements. * Our work is guaranteed. We are equipped to serve you now. Provincial drainage licence No. 2034. HODGINS & HAYTER LTD. Farm Drainage Contractors Phone 238-2313 ' Grand Bend A bench pressing • com- petition will be featured on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.. for sidewalk sale days outside the -Public Utilities Building: - Short says he has about a dozen entries and expects more to show up at the competition in search for the area's strongest people. Local marl faces counts Following investigations by the t xeter OPP and -the Exeter town police. a total of four charges have been laid against an Exeter man. The man who police will not identify, has been charged with contributing to juvenile delinquency , possession of stolen property; theft under .$200 and a breach of probation. Early Thursday morning. Constable Kevin Short of the Exeter Police and Constable Bill McIntyre of the Exeter OPP entered a mainstreet apartment avid apprended a suspect 'wanted by the London Police and -a child in need of protection. - •. Constable Short then returned to the apartment to lay char'es of contributing 'to juvenile 'delinquency, possession of stolen property. theft under $200 and breach of probation. ' The suspect had left the apartment in the interim and was apprehended by off-duty OPP constable Jack Strong while in the act of stealing a flower pot from ah' Andrew street residence. The suspect *as finally arrested by Constable Short at 3:20 a.m. at Strong's residence. Following the charging of the suspect, Constable Short returned to the apartment where he recovered $65 from a breakin that had taken place in Huron Park.. Furniture disappears According to the Exeter Police department there has been a considerable number of thefts of lawn'furpiture in the town in the .past .seek and a half. • The Exeter police are ask- ing for the public's co- ---operation in .the apprehen- sion of individuals•responsi- ble for the thefts. II you have any informa- tion please contact the police at 235-1235. Busy time coming up Once ,again Exeter mer- chants will be putting,some of their best values forward in sidewalk sale days Friday and Saturday. . Unlike. other years the main street will not be blocked off to traffic, but there will be pedestrian thoroughfares on either side of the street. Parking will be restricted in the downtown core. ^An added feature 'of this will . be the strong man competition sored by the Exeter police association.There.yvill '. also be a pee wee -ball tournament this weekend with Saturday's competition in Exeter and Crediton. The finals -will be held in Exeter. The Kinsmen Club will be holding a summerfest at the South Huron Rec Centre Friday and Saturday.. The Toppers will .upply 'the music 'for "a dance both night... • :001 raiglitiW BRIGHTEN APPROACH — Tourists coming into Huron County will hove o brighter welcome as a result of the work by Cheryl Chapman and the Huron County Junior Farmers. The Junior Fprmers are repainting the signs this week which welcome visitors to the county. T -A photo SS board accepts retarded students The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate 'School Board was informed at a meeting in Dublin Monday night that all the teaching positions in the system are filled for the coming term. - William Eckert, director of education. reported the follpwing additions to staff, transfers or re -assignments: Sherry Killby, Stratford, to Kinkora; •Ida Martin, -Wingham Gary Prince transferred to 44'ingham: Joe Blythe, returning from leave to ' Dublin; Vary Flannery re -assignment (Special Education r and Jim McDade re -assignment (.curriculum is Ferne Wickenheiser, Gadshill. special education'. Christine Kelly, Picton and London, Speech • Pathologist — Special : Education: JoAnne Eckert, St. Marlys, half time Special Education in Stratford: and Debbie Hobbs. Ottawa, special education, hired -for one year to fill the vacancy of Denise Culligan. •,who was. granted leave -of -absence for 1978-74 school term. The hoard voted to support Stratford council in bringing the .Discovery Train to Stratford, September 4 to 9 The Discovery Train, Mr. Eckert explained. is a project of the federal government. . He said the trait!, acquired from the American Freedom Train Foundation will be a $3 million in- vestment when completed and will travel across - Canada for the next five years. Stratford is its second stop. Eckert handed out a news release on. the 15 -car thinwhich reports it to be the these have already been spent, the board will vn vote o a motion tabled at the meeting, to be brought forth at the next meeting, August .21. on whether to pay the full transportation costs $60 • estimated to be about 0 total for all- the schools. A letter from Chris -Hill,' RR 3 Mitchell, asking Tor accommodation for a special school in the Stratford area that 17. parents are in- terested in forming, will be answered by a letter outlining board policy. The school will Ke. -a -non-denominational private elementary school run under Ministry of Education guidelines, Mr. Hill said in his letter. Trustee David Teahen, Stratford, pointed out "We are a denominational system supported by catholic ratepayers." -Mr. Eckert said that while some non -catholic students do attend the board's schools they are not excused from religious education. The Stratford and Di,trict Association for Mentally Retarded'asked the board to accept ,some advanced studehts/ from ' the Atwood and thea Portia Schools for the mentally retarded in the system's schools. The board agreed to in- tegrate some students on an individual basis on the recommendation of Superintendent Joseph Mills if he would advise it following his investigation and evaluation of a student. Chairman Donald Crowley read a letter from the prin- cipal of the Precious Blood School in Exeter' and one from the president of the Parent Teacher Association commending the board for the renovations being made at the 'school to improve _facilities: The PTA president said -it was "a vote of con- fidence to catholic education in Exeter." . With- municipal elections to'be held early this year -the board policy on the inaugural meeting will be changed for it to be held on the first Monday in December rather than the first Monday idJanuary, as in past years. - • The next meeting of 'the board will be h eld on August 21.. •world's Largest mobile museum .designed by the Natibnal Museums of Canada as a inajor travelling exhibition depicting the .story of Canada. Ile sbid the train can accommodate 1,000 visitors an hour, and it takes 36 minutes to see through it. The hoard members hope alt the Grade land 8 students in its 19 schools will visit the train as .a '`field "trip": as their history and geography courses cbincidemore closely with the theme of the train. - Transportation will . be provided by board owned buses where possinle, with costs paid out of "field trip funds by each school". If ANYTIME... ANYWHERE.. ANYBODY Owners of smaller businesses The Federal Business Development Bank can provide you with: • Financial assistance • Management counselling (CASE) • Management training • Information government programs for siness EEPrRA( BUSINESS (�I VEIc3!'MENT BANK See our Representatives ROSS ARMSTRONG and • DINESH RASTOGI at: THE DEVON BUILDING, 476 Main Street South, Exeter on: "EVERY TUE DAY" (Branch Office Address) If convenient, please call collect for prior appointment 1036 On - brio St., Stratford (271.5650) No response for rec centre outlet There has been no response to the placing of ari ad advertising the availability of space for the operation of a pro shop at the rec centre, according- - to administrator Kirk Arm- strong. At the last meeting of the board, Armstrong said Ron Bogart had asked him if the centre was going to tender for such a facility which would be operational during the hockey -school that's to start operations at the end of July. Armstrong told the board that space for such• an operation had not been `allotted to the Huron Hockey school but that they had operated a pro shop at their Huron Park facility. When asked if the establishment of such . an operation could affect the agreement between the school and the rec centre, Armstrong replied that only certain portions of the centre were rented out to the hockey school and that the proposed. location of the pro shop was not in the area rented by the school. Ile said hec ould foresee no problems. George Godbolt wondered if they could be setting -a precident by the_ -establish- ment of a pro shop during the hockey sehool period with Godbolt • asking what the hoard would do if there was interest in a pro shop for roller skating Jerry MacLean voiced opposition to the proposal saying that the local - businesses who donated to the rec centre fund should be protected.• ' On a motion 'moved by Bruce Shaw, Armstrong was told to place 'an ad in the newspaper advertising the availability of space in the rec centre fora pro shop with not any, or the highest tender being accepted. The board also told Armstrong to notify Brian Gilmour of the hockey school. of the hoard's actions. • Tenders for the shop are to be opened at tonight's meeting of the board. In a report on swimming - activities, Armstrong • reported that the newly repainted wading pool in Victoria Park had attracted 140 children in its first week of operation. . . -He-said an assessment of (Be pool's viability will be conducted at die end of August. The board agreed to send a letter to the three sororities who took an interest in the pool, thanking them for their work and organization. Chairman Bob D n said it was "great" t hay com- munity involve ent wit the co-operation of the sororities being cited. • This year's shortened swimming instruction periods. seem to have had little effect in terms of the number of registrations,with Armstrong reporting 602 had signed up for lessons this .year so far, while the total figure for 1977 was 640. In reply to a question from Godbolt; Armstrong said he had received some flack over the shorter instruction period but that it was sub- siding. Shaw questioned if the one Week cut -hack in the in- struction was going to affect the numberof swimmers who were passing their levels, with the mayor adding _ it seemed on the surface to be a short time in which to cover the material. The• rec administrator replied that he and head instructor Debbie Wooden would evaluate the program after the first set of tests had been conducted. In other business, the board: Agreed to the raising of arena bookkeeper Janet Wedlake's pay frorri'$2.85 per hour to $4.00 per hour. Armstrong said she was becoming a very important member of the arena staff and that her job should be reclassified. Were told by the ad- ministrator that he was investigating the possibility of obtaining special occasion permits for the serving of beer and liquor at the Hawk's -hockey games. He said the alcohol would be consumed in a marked off area away from the playing surface. MffiWitaiNI B•y SNIDER To keep your car seat cool -when you park- in the sun, cover it with a beach towel. You'll ap- preciate it when you return. Have your alternator in- spected twice a year. At the some time, it's s good idea to check the drive belt for damage and wear os well as cor- rect tension. ' - .- What causes your engine to 'ping"? In a high -mileage car, it usually means pre- ignition, often caused by poor ignition timing, high engine heat, heavy cprbon formation, or something as simple as fuel that is too low in oc- tane. • 11 you smell oil but don't see any leaks, check the- --valve. he valve. 1f it's clogg- ed or dirty, it may cause thos!,odors. * * Which way are you going?• -You can`t---get-- — lost in the Ostfriesland area • of West Ger- many—all the trees there point - east per- manently, because the wind always blows from the west. - . * Where are you going? Before you leave home, hove your car checked al Larry Snider MOTORS LIMITED EXETER 235-1640 LONDON 227-4191 Huron County s tonyest- Ford Dealer - Make sure .13 roodworthy .f you ore going to depend on It for your trip MEMQ" Don't Miss CL out on the Fun! . For Bargain Hunters, Fun lovers and.Baseball Fans - 1. Do some bargain hunting at the Sidewalk Sale downtown. 2. Visit the Kinsmen pub. at the Exeter arena - 3. Spend some time • watching the peewee baseball tournament at the Exeter diamond. SECOND ANNUAL INVITATIONAL EXETER PEEWEE HARDBALL TOURNAMENT SAT., -JULY 22 9 a.m. - Wmgham vs Dashwood 10 a.m. - Strathroy vs Wyoming (Crediton Diamond) 11 a.m. • Kincardine vs Exeter - 12 p.m. - Hanover vs Clinton (Crediton Diamond) 1 p.m. - Winners vs Winners 2 p.m. - Losers vs Losers (Crediton Diamond) 3 p.m. - Winners vs Winners 5 p.m: - Losers vs Losers - SUN., JULY 23 1 p.m. - Consolation Championship 3 p.m. - Grand Championship NOTE: - All- games at Exeter Diamond unless otherwise stated. - ADMISSION - ADULTS - $1.00 - good for all day. Children • free. Come out and see Youngsters having fun today, learning to be good citizens for tomorrow. THIS AD SPONSORED BY JERRY MacLEAN & SON AUTOMOTIVE & DISCOUNT DAVE'S CONKLIN e LUMBER-COE r 1 1