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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-07-08, Page 15E T N THE KNOW` Theresa Backx and Colleen Sharen are operating the Chamber of Commerce tourist information office this summer. The office, which offers everything from road maps to lists of things to do on a rainy day, is located on the corner of Highway 81 and 81 Crescent. Theresa, who lives at RR 2, Grand Bend will be going into grade 13 at North Lambton Secondary School, Forest in the fall, while Colleen who lives on Lakeshore Drive will be in her first year at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo.Staff photo Burned out business re -opens in trailer The Ontario Fire Marshall's office is con- tinuing its investigation into the fire which destroyed Lakeview Casino June 29. A representative from the fire marshall's office has been to the casino site twice, and Girls, pee wees win as others fall behind The Grand Bend Girls soccer team have continued playing well, with another win, Tuesday. The girls trounced Lucan 4-1. Grand Bend goals were scored by Trish Van- denbygaart, Tracy Dietrich and Helen Vlemmix. A Lucan player scored in the GrandBendnet, bringing the total to four. The girls play their next game in Stratford June 15. The PeeWees also played well this week, beating Taxandria 4-0. However, the Atoms didn't fare as well, losing to Exeter 2-1. Todd Hayter scored the only goal for Grand Bend in the game. The Colonials lost to Stratford Sunday 3-0. They play again in Kincardine July 12. The B team plays this Sunday at 4:00 p.m. against Taxandria Huun Country Playhor News & RevieE by Mary Alderson' First the good news — Huron Country Playhouse's production of The Fantasticks is the best you'll ever see. Now the bad news — I, personally, didn't enjoy it all that much. But let me hasten to say. that the. acting and singing were fine. It's the play itself that just doesn't interest me. Sure, I know that its been playing on Broadway for 22 years. Yes, I know that it's based on a classic. Yes, I realize that everybody always loves it. But, this is the third produciton I've seen of The Fantasticks. And I've never really liked the play. It's corny, syrupy, and the songs just aren't that catchy. The plot is rather thin, and if it's supposed to create nostalgic feelings about teenage love, I don't remember any such September. But go to see it! You may like it. Besides, it's good for you. It's one of the plays that everybody talks about, so you should see it, just so you can join in the conversation. And as I said, I have to ad- mit it is very well done. And it should be. Most of the cast members have been in it before. Wayne Burnett is ex- cellent as El Gallo. Aggie Cekuta as the girl has the best singing voice of the cast, and I was pleased to read that she will be here all summer with the Young Company, and will be in cabaraet shows, as well as the children's production. Andrew Bean does a fine job of portraying the boy in iove, and Terri Hawkes as the Mute moves gracefully. But for me, the highlight of the show was the comic relief provided by Don Flecksar and Tom Arnott as the fathers, and Peter Colley and David Homes as the un- employed actors. Holmes, as Mortimer, the actor who specializes in death scenes was hilarious. Colley as Henry made an excellent, it for him. The fathers in their "Never say No" and "Plant a radish" songs were great, as they stepped together in a satire of Vaudeville comedy. Several guests were pre- sent in the opening night audience Wednesday for The Fantasticks. Playhouse founders Bill Heinsohn and James Murphy with his wife Barbara were. there, as was Allan Stratton, who acted in the playhouse's 1972 version of The Fantasticks. Stratton who is now a playwright,will be back in August to see his play, Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii performed. The Fantasticks which was . directed by Ken Livingston with musical direction by Robert Cooper, continues until July 11. "The Incredible Magical Delfodil" - a Space Adven- ture - written by Rod Menies especially for the young audience will premier at Huron Country Playhouse July 11, at 11:00 a.m. The songs and colourful antics of the "Aliens" will hold the interest of the younger children while the suspenseful story and fan- tastic battle scenes will engage the older ones. This . exciting adventure story, unfolding at a rapid pace with plenty of action and music is truly a play with something for all ages. Don't miss "The Incredi- ble Magical Delfodil", a brand new Children's show. Tickets are available now for July 11, 18, 25, August 8, 15 and 22, at 11:00 a.m. Notice To Property Owners DESTROY WEEDS Notice is hereby given to all persons in posses- sion of land, in accordance with the Weed Con- trol Act, 1972, SEction 4, Nos. 11, 14 and 20, and amendments thereto, that unless noxious weeds growing on their lands withi/l the Municipality of the Village of Grand Bend are destroyed by date of July 15, 1981 and throughout the season, the Municipality may enter .upon the said lands and have the weeds destroyed, charging the costs against the land in taxes, as set out in the Act. The co-operation of all citizens is earnestly solicited. By Order of Council Municipality of Grand Bend has completed the on-site work. However, investiga- tion continues. No cause has yet been named for the fire, which the fire marshall's office describes as "of indeter- minate origin". At Monday evening's meeting of Grand Bend council, one merchant who was burned out in the fire, received permission to re- establish his business in a trailer on the casino proper- ty. Phil Chedore of Fads, a shop which sold kites, frisbees, and T-shirts, told council that the trailer would be fixed up so that it did not look like a trailer. He promised to add skirting and verandahs to the commer- cial trailer. Chedore said that the trailer would only be used temporarily, until casino owner Paul Fraleigh erected a new building on the site. He said that he would not be using the trailer next summer. Councillor Keith Crawford voted against letting the trailer on the Casino proper- ty. He said that in past years council went through a "smozzle" with businesses in trailers on the beach. Council discussed the possibilities of allowing Howard Solomon of Missy's, whose business was also destroyed in the fire, to open a trailer. Threaten to lock dump, keep Bosanquet out Grand Bend council has Bend has already agreed to p.m. threatened to close the gate have the dump open an extra Snider said that t h e and change the lock on their day this year on July 18. But washrooms should be open waste site to keep out unless an agreement is until 11:00 p.m. or midnight. Bosanquet township, un- reached, that day will be Deputy reeve Harold Green lessthey are able come closed to Bos an quet argued that they would be up with an agreement residents. vandalized if they were left between the two Snider said that he would open later. municipalities. talk to Bosanquet represen- Snider said he would talk The two councils have been tatives right away, and try to dockmaster Cam Halst bickering over a waste site to arrange a special meeting about locking them up at agreement for several with them. 8:00 p.m. The possibility of months. Bosanquet pays Later at Grand Bend's providing boaters with keys Grand Bend to use the council meeting which was was also discussed. village's dump, which is held Monday evening, coun- In other business: located four miles south of cil again had problems get- A delegation appeared Grand Bend on highway 21. ting co-operation. before council asking for The last agreement expired Earlier this spring, coun- permission to set up a wet in March. cll had agreed to cut grass bike rental on the beach in Councillor Dennis Snider and plow snow at Grand front of the casino property. has been handling Bend Public School for the Council approved the plans, negotiations with Bosanquet Lambton county Board of in principle, which were township. Councillor Keith Education to help keep presented by Fred Wareing. Crawford instructed Snider education taxes down. They He had approached council Monday night to tell Bosan- learned recently that a con- last year, with a similar quet that unless they come tract had already been given scheme. up with an agreement within out by the board to cut grass A representative from a week, the locks will be " for the summer, and their CKSL radio London, came to changed July 13 , and services were not wanted. the meeting to ask permis- Bosanquetwill no longer be Council is planning the sion to erect a bill board on able to use Grand Bend's purchase of a new riding the roof of the bath house. It dump. lawn mower, and said that was decided that the sign Bosanquet had sent Grand they wanted to clear up the would list the lifeguard's Bend a cheque to cover the situation before any warning flags, thereby cost of using the dump for purchase is made. It was providing a public service, April, May and June, but decided to contact board ad- as well as advertise the they did not include interest ministrators again. radio station. as Grand Bend had re- Despite strong protests quested. Grand Bend council from Snider, the rest of agreed that the payments council would not agree to should be made in advance. leaving the new washroom Several other discrepen- open late at night for the cies exist between the two boarters. The new facility, councils. Bosanquet has ask- which has been erected ed for three open house days, behind the village hall, near while Grand Bend propose the municipal boat docks is only two. However, Grand being locked each day at 5:00 'The best ever' Fireworks popular. Canada's 114th birthday was celebrated in grand style in Grand Bend Wednes- day evening. About 500 peo- ple crowded onto the main beach to watch a display of parachute jumping, listen to the music of a marching band, and view a spectacular sky filled with fireworks. The evening began with members of SWOOP (South Western Ontario Organiza- tion of Parachutists) doing precision jumping on the beach. Most of the jumpers were able to control their parachutes to land on a small marker. Two of the skydivers landed in the waters of Lake Huron deliberately. To qualify for certain licences, jumpers must land in water. The SWOOP club. who flv THE PANTASTICKS ON STAGE --- The cast of the musical are, clockwise from top centres Terri Hawkes as The Mute, Tom Amott as Hucklebee, Andrew MacBean as the boy, Aggie Cekuta as the girl, and Don Fleckser as Bellamy, with Wayne Burnett as El Gallo, front. out of Grand Bend airport, gives skydiving demonstrations on Grand Bend's beach every Wednes- day evening and Sunday afternoon. Following the precision skydiving display, music was provided by the New Dundee Marching Band, who paraded down Main Street to the beach with a police es- cort. The band. which delighted the watching children with antics, was hired by the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce to I entertain the crowds while waiting for sufficient darkness to set off the fireworks. When the sky finally darkened. the Chamber of Commerce put on the biggest display of fireworks in recent years. Oohs!. Aahs! and applause came from the crowd as the sky lit up with each firework. The dicriminating audience also booed when a firework failed to go off. Secretary manager of the Chamber of Commerce Bob Simpson described this year's display as the "best ever". Simpson said that more than $2000 was spent on the fireworks, which were set off by Gene Grenier of Rollie's Sports and Cycle. In addition the Chamber spent $400 to hire the New Dundee band, and $500 to advertise the event. The Chamber of Commerce received some financial assistance for the fireworks display from the village's rec committee. The chamber received $400 to go towards the purchase of the fireworks from the rec com- mittee, a sub -committee of the village council. Simpson hinted that the chamber may plan other such events over the summer to attract families to Grand Bend, thanks to the success of the Canada Day celebration. 6266 to all who worked so hard in making Burgerfest '81 such a great success Brand Bend and Jlrea Chamber of Commerce Council approved the transfer of leased property from fisherman Terry Copeland to Pauline Church of Kingsville. Council listened to a lengthy description of the Lambton County Economic Development Commission from commissioner Ray Jenkins. The new commis- sion was set up by the city of Sarnia and Lambton county to promote industry, com- merce and tourism. With Jenkins was his assistant Belle Baines. Council learned that the Lambton Medical Officer of Health Dr. Lucy Duncan had given persmission to Charcoal Charlies and the Cheryl Ann to go another season without providing washrooms. Earlier council had been told that any eating place which provided seating, must have washrooms as soon as sewers were operational. A letter was received from Murray Desjardine com- plaining about the lack of garbage cans along highway 21. Desjardine accused coun- cil of putting all the garbage Please turn to page 12A Naming the quilts highlight of show Drunkard's Path, Sunrise, Lone Star, Pineapple. New punk rock groups? No; old quilt patterns. Over 75 quilts were on display at Lambton Heritage Museum south of Grand Bend this weekend. The different patterns were nearly as numerous as the quilts. Helping the museum staff with the quilt show was the Jura Guild, which is celebrating its 70th an- niversary. The ladies of the guild which represents the community of Jura near Forest, served tea and pastries, as well as offering a table of baked goods for sale. There was a demon- stration of quilting, and several quilts for sale, as well as a raffle on a quilt. The crazy quilts, a log cabin and pineapple patterns were representative of pioneer days. But there were many more modern patterns on display as well. The Colonial Lady, Umbrella Girl or Sunbonnet Sue were very popular as well as Dresden plate, Dahlia and Daisy. There were some Cen- tennial quilts on display and many examples of cross stitching and liquid em- broidery. The quilt show was just one of several events planned by the museum this season. On July 26, the museum is hosting a craft show. to Grand Bend, Dashwood, Thedford fire departments. The superlative efforts of all concerned during the recent Casino Fire prevented what could have been a major disaster for Grand Bend, generally and our property in particular. Nick & Tib Carter & Family Surf Shop, Sun Shop Grand Bend Times -Advocate, Ju 8 1981 Poe 3A UNIQUE QUILT — Connie Armitage of Forest stands beside one of the many quilts at the Lambton Heritage Museum Quilt show. This quilt belonged to Connie's great aunt's father, and was made of ribbons which he hod won for his prize winning Costwold sheep. More quilt shows pictures on page 9A. OPEN DAILY Mon - Sat 10 - 5:30 Sunday 12 - 5:30 Mens and Ladies All Sizes Resort Wear THE SUN SHOP FEATURES A FABULOUS COLLECTION OF CASUAL CLOTHES FOR CAREFREE SUMMER LIVING FOR THE BEACH OR POOLSIDE YOU WON'T FIND A FINER SELECTION OF GLAMOROUS SWIMWEAR ANYWHERE IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 10 a.m. — 9 p.m. MASTER CARD -VISA ACCEPTED the sun shop 0.3 MAIN STREET GRAND BEND — 238.2511 DIESXL rowxaED AND PRICED TO CLE4k11,! 1980 BUICK PARK AVE. 4 door Sedan diesel Light Sandstone and complementary gold vinyl top. Loaded with all the extras and tran- sport Canada ratings of over 30 M.P.G. Hiways. 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