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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
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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.
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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.
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July
August
Daily 2-4 p.m.
8-11 p.m.
GRAND BEND - EXETER
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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
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