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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-07-01, Page 15Times -Advocate, July 1, 1981 Page 3A Sewer Rats not given chance Let's just make one thing perfectly clear. The Grand Bend Sewer Rata (alias Grand Bend council) are not poor losers. But it does make them mad if they don't get a chance to showoff what they can do. ., The Sewer Rats made their debut into the baseball world Monday ' evening. It was a short visit. • . Let's face it — with the ,major leagues on strike, this team could have been a viable alternative. But, alas, they just weren't given a chance. The Sewer Rats, under the direction of team captain Harold Green, and their fans, travelled to Forest to take part` in a baseball tour- nament of all municipal councils in Lambton county. After a long wait, they final- ly got their turnatbat. Four runs were scored against the Bosanquet team. Grant: Bend was sent to the out- field. Bosanquet scored four runs. And then it was over. After one lousy inning! The umpire mumbled something about rain coming, having to get on with the tournament, and sent the Grand Bend players off the field. Their baseball careers were over. There appeared to be no golden pitchfork, suitably higher and deeper" award? set rules for the length of engraved as the "Piled games, and organizers went Who knows? Who cares? along changing rules as they saw fit. Grand Bend got the short end of the stick. The Sewer Rats consisted of all members of council ex- cept Reeve Robert Sharen who had to attend a board of education meeting, clerk Louise Clipperton, her assis- tant Christine Smith, Forman Jack Stanlake and their families. Disgruntled. the Grand Bend contingent left the park. Who won the coveted SUCCESSFUL GOLF TOURNEY — The new owner of Oakwood Inn, Dave Scotchard presents the trophy to Howard Costigone and Bernice Nugent, while organizer Vera Morrison looks on. The winning pair came out on top of the two ball mixed tournament for Sadie Hawkins day Wednesday. Oakwood owner presents trophy Dave Scatchard returned home from playing in the Pro -Am golf tournament in Kitchener Wednesday just in time to, present a trophy at Oakwood, his own golf course. Scatchard recently purchased the 18 hole golf course, along with the dining lounge and the accom- modations from the Iveys. "I always wanted to get into the resort business," Scatchard said. Scatchard spent summers at Oakwood as a boy and since that time has been liv- ing in Calgary and Hawaii. He has no changes planned for the immediate future of Oakwood, but hopes that it continues to grow. He is spending the summer in Grand Bend with his wife, Valerie, and children, John, 13, Colin, 11, and Helene, 7. He says his wife is a native Hawaiian, but she calls Oakwood "paradise". Eventually Scatchard says he would like to see the old log inn winterized, and kept open on a year round basis. He would like to open the golf course for cross country skiing, and add such things I asked if I could meet with the star of The Fan- tastkks. Later, I found myself sitting down to talk to the en- tire cast of eight, as well as the director, the musical director, and the pianist. So I asked them what the highlight of the show would be. They told me the whole thing is going to be good. But instead of trying to describe the show to me, they invited me to sit in on part of the rehearsal. They were right. There is no one star in The Fantastkks. And because there isn't any one star, there's no particular scene which is better than another. •• The cast had nothing but praise for each other and for their directors. Phrases such as "cracker jack FINTIffICKS group"; "fabulous casting," and "cream of the crop" kept coming up. • They are sure that this, the first production of the tenth season at Huron Country Playhouse, is going to be excellent. The Fantastkks opens July 1 and plays until July 11. The curtain goes up each evening at 8:30, except Sunday. There are matinees Wednes- day and Thursday. Thi Fantasticks promises to be a real crowd pleaser — iit is currently in its 22nd year on Broadway, and is the longest running play in the United States. It's not a typical Broadway musical, yet appeals to all ages. It is a musical fable by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. The Fantasticks deals with a young man and the girl next door, whose parents have built a wall to keep them apart. The youngsters neverthelesscontriveto meet and fall in love. Their parents, meanwhile, are congratulating themselves for wall and stages have erect feudhe in & Reviews `Alderson order to achieve, by nega- tion, a marriage between their willfully disobedient children. They even hire a desperado to pretend to abduct the young lady, and to pretend to fall before the onslaught of -the young man. Unfortunate- ly, however, the children detect this ruse and they part, each determined to see life "as it really is". For the girl this involves the dis- covery that dashing bandits on horseback sometimes suf- fer from saddle rash. For the boy, it means being beaten and burned in various exotic ports around the world. The tunes are exceedingly pretty and the lyrics, clever. Ken Livingstone is direc- ting the cast of eight who in- clude Terri Hawkes (The Mute) in the non -speaking role of a very active changer of props and scenery, and Peter Colley (Henry) and David Holmes (Mortimer) as actor assistants in the ab- duction scene. Andrew MacBean (Matt) and Aggie Cekuta (Luisa) will have the leading roles in this rueful and disarming lit- tle romantic fantasy. They will be seen as a pair of sweethearts whose romantic imaginations have been turned toward each other by a simple use of their fathers pretending to oppose the match they hope for. Tom Arnott of Centralia and Don Fleckser will be seen as the two fathers who hold to the theory, revealed in a song called "Never Say No", that the way to get children to do what is wanted of them is to forbid it. Wayne . Burnett, as the Narrator, not only will hold the freshly pastoral story together with connecting comments between the scenes, but he will also play the part of a roving vaga- bond who is hired to stage a fake abduction of the heroine so that the hero can glory in her eyes by rescuing her. Robert Cooper, musical director will guide the cast through this liltingly lovely musical. ' You'll hum, you'll whistle, you'll hardly ever get out of your head such songs as "Try to Remember", "They Were You"; and "Soon It's Gonna Rain." as an indoor pool and sauna to attract winter guests. "It's such a fantastic area, and it's a super in- vestment," he said. He add- ed that he thinks Grand Bend has great potential as a year round resort, and he hopes it will develop. Scatchard and his wife have nothing but praise for manager Bill-Keunecke. "He's done a fabulous job in the past five years," Mrs. Scatchard said. Scatchard said that he vented to emphasize that O twood was open to the Public. "People think that rt's private — we have to get away from that," he said. He added that he has en- joyed meeting the members of) the club at Oakwood. "They've created a good family," he explained. He said that people from Grand Bend Cove Estates had been a "great help" with the club. Scatchard also said that he hoped to have a tournament for retarded children at the golf course sometime. He said that his family started the Scatchard home in Lon- don for retarded children. Scatchard, an avid golfer, says that he's "good friends" with Arnie Palmer. He has also played in the Hawaii open withCrosbyand Hope. He hosted Bob Hope's 76th birthday in Hawaii. He plans to invite some of his golfing friends to a grand opening party at Oakwood. He has also invited Peter Lougheed to the golf course. Just after his return to Oakwood from playing in the Pro -Am torunament, Scatchard presented the trophy to the winners in the two ball mixfld tournament. The tournament was put on by the ladies of the Oakwood club. More than 80 people took part. Golfers played in couples. Each per- son teed off, then the better ball was selected for the rest of the hole. The couple then took turns hitting it. Winners of the tourney were Bernice Nugent and Howard Costigone. They had the low gross score. The low net players were Trudy McParlan and Bill Timmerman. Jean Gibson and Gordon Lambert were second low gross, and Muriel Rimmer and Pat Patchett were second low net. Third low gross were Grace Powell and Ed Nugent and third low net were Kit Neill and Art McFadden. It was Sadie Hawkins' Day, and the ladies had to buy their partner's drinks. Soccer scores The Grand Bend Colonials soccer team tied Saugeen in a good match Sunday. Dave Nolan scored the only goal of the 1 - 1 game. The Colonials play again next Sunday against Stratford at 2:00 p.m. On Wednesday, the Grand Bend Mosquitos conquered Lucan in an easy 12 -2 game. Jonathon O'Conner scored three times, while Steve Lingard Danny Oliver, Daryl Glavin, and Jim Fleming each put in two. Scott Fields scored one goal. The Mosquitoes play again Wednesday against Taxan- dria. On Monday the Atoms lost to Taxandria 2 - 1. The girls team tied Strat- ford in an exciting 1 - 1 match, Thursday. Trish Vandenbygaart scored the only goal of the Grand Bend team, but Marg Grootjen played a good game. r - ` 1 GRAND BEND CONTINGENT — The Sewer Rats and their fans managed to smile despite their disappointing ball game Monday night. Next year the invitation to the tourney will be filed before it's voted on. Absent from the photo is Captain Harold Green. Staff photo OPP win ball games The Grand Bend OPP baseball team had a successful weekend, as their winning streak continued. On Saturday, the OPP team won over the Optimists 11 -4. Jim Lord of the OPP team played seven innnings despite an injury. Dave Quinten and Steve Reid both scored home runs, clinching the OPP win. In the absence of The Ghoul, Larry Strange coached the team. Their success continued on Sunday .when they conquered RD's 20-15. • BUSY BEES — Counsellors Karen Guenther of Shipko and Alina Bielawski of RR 2, Grand ' Bend are as busy as bees getting ready for day camp. Camp starts next week behind the village hall. Staff photo Busy Bees start buzzing The Busy Bee Day Camp will be opening the gates for children Monday. The day t • THE FANTASTICKS — This popular musical promises to get Huron Country Playhouse off to a good start for its tenth season. In the cast of The Fantasticks are director Ken Livingstone, Peter Colley as Henry, Don Fleckser as Mr. Bellamy, Tom Arnott as Mr. Hucklebee, Wayne Burnett as El Gallo (the narrator), musical director Robert Cooper, and David Holmes as Mortimer. Sitting in front are Aggie Cekuta as Luisa the girl, Andrew McBean as Matt the boy, Terri Hawkes as the Mute, and pianist Marilyn Daelman. Staff photo PROPANE Birch Bark Trailer Park Hwy 83 - 1 '/ mile E. of Hwy. 21 OPEN 7 DAYS 9 -Dusk Phone 238-8256 Inquire at House Beside Propane Tank camp will be held at the Ellber Street parkette, behind the village hall. It is sponsored by the local recreation committee, un- der the direction of volunteer Jean Gibson. Mrs. Gibson says that both counsellors are returning from last summer's day camp. Karen Guenther and Alina Bielawski will be look- ing after the children. The camp will be in session from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Alina recently completed a course in effective counselling at Centrennial College. in Toronto. Both girls have completed their high school education. Karen hopes to attend the Universi- ty of Western Ontario this fall. while Alina plans to travel west. The counsellors are asking parents to send along used items which can be re- cycled as crafts. They are looking for such things as egg cartons. margarine tubs and lids, shopping bags, cloth scraps and paper towel roils. Several adventures are Main Street, Grand Bend OPEN DAILY Mon - Sat 10 - 5:30 Sunday 12 - 5:30 Mens and Ladies All Sizes County council tours museum Members of Lambton County Council and their families were treated to a special slide show and tour of the Lambton Heritage Museum Sunday. Hamburgs, hot dogs and strawberry shortcake were made available to the coun- cil members by the Grand Bend Catholic Women's League. This Saturday and Sunday, the museum is hosting another special events day. On July 4 and 5, from noon until five p.m. the museum will be displaying more than 100 quilts in their Heritage Quilt Show and Sale. From their roots in the _pioneer homestead, quilt - making and quilts have con- tinued' to the present day. Many patterns still reflect the traditional names and themes of a byegone age, names such as Hole in the Barn Door, Sherman's March, and Log Cabin. To- day the interest in this craft has mushroomed to the point planned for the children. They hope to camp out at Pinery Park, travel to the museum or playhouse. or go to Storybook Gardens. Lon- don. ' The day camp is free to children age six to 12. Children between the ages of four and six can attend if ac- companied by an older sibl- ing or a parent. The Grand Bend chamber of commerce has donated towards the purchase of supplies for the day camp. Assisting the counsellors will be junior counsellor , Shelly Finch. Those children who are in- terested will be taken to the library Thursday mornings for the SLIC (Summer Library Club). It will cost $2 for 10 weeks. WEDDING CAKES & TOPS FAVOURS CAR DECORS Invitatibns Ingredients & Pans Cake Wraps Decorating Supplies eaaczy 1�ccoz int 123 Wortley Rd., London 673-0150 that quilts are extremely popular, and much in de- mand as gifts for special oc- casions. Selection of quilts for this event will be decided by the members of the Jura Guild, who are this year celebrating their 70th an- niversary. The Jura Guild will also demonstrate quilting at the museum, and operate a tea-room and bake table. Lambton Heritage Museum is lotted on highway 21, south of Grand Bend, near the entrance of Pinery Provincial Park. Roller Skating Grand Bend Ontario Skating July August Daily 2-4 p.m. 8-11 p.m. GRAND BEND - EXETER Swim Program 2nd session registration July 7 - 1-9 p.m. Grand Bend Municipal Hall Bus Transportation available from Grand Bend Second session runs July 20 - Aug. 7 HOME BUILDING? For All Your Home, Cottage and General Building NEEDS... See us at CENTRALIA FARMERS SUPPLY HOTSON LIGHTING Hwy 21 1 Mile North of Grand Bend 238-8240 1'' • c. Quilt Show & Sale July 4 & 5th noon to five • tea room • bake sale • co-sponsored by Jura Guild LA M BTON HERITAGE M USEU s 1 Hwy. 21 across from the Pinery Provincial Park 5 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND BEND