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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-08-12, Page 13Onion and potato crops best in twenty years "The best in 20 years!" That's how Irvin Ford, manager of Klondyke Gardens, described crops in the bog area south of Grand Bend. Tickets on sale for Sylvia concert Tickets are selling quickly for Huron Country Playhouse's tenth birthday party this Sunday. Highlight of the celebration will be a special concert by singer Sylvia Tyson. The party begins at 5:30 p.m. with a buffet dinner at the playhouse. The meal will be served in the Snackery (where the cabarets are held) and in the court yard, if weather permits. The dinner is being catered to by Oakwood Inn. At 8:00 p.m., Sylvia Tyson will take the stage in the playhouse. Ms. Tyson has been a popular soloist since she and her husband split up their Ian and Sylvia folk duet in the early seventies. She has several albums to her credit, including her latest. Satin on Stone, which is sellin: well. She is orginally from the Chatham area and is now living and performing in Toronto. She will be appearing later this summer at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Tickets for the dinner and concert are selling at $15 per person. This is a fund raiser for the playhouse, to add to the Wintario Challenge coffers. The playhouse is hoping to raise 1333,000 over the next three years, which will be matched two for one by Wintario. The playhouse will also be having their Big Apple draw again this year. They are selling raffle tickets for a trip to see Broadway productions in New York. The draw will be made at the end of the season. This is the second year for the Bi: Apple draw. Actress Miriam Newhouse describes Nurse J%ne Goes to Hawaii as "one of the fun- niest, silliest plays I've ever been in!" But other than that, she is very mysterious about the play. "I don't want to give away the plot," she says. And like Ms. Newhouse, the folks around the playhouse don't want to say too much about the new play either. A press release sent out by the publicity staff only confuses the reader with a myriad of wild and crazy characters. But, betweeen hints from Ms. Newhouse and the confusing press release, this is what I've been able to piece together about Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii: Vivian Bliss writes Harlequin Romances, and she decides she needs to spend a romantic weekend with a married man to help her with ideas for her lastest novel — which happens to be titled Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii. Unfortunately the married man's wife finds out about the weekend. Her and naive Vivian. Ms. Newhouse confesses that most of the cast mistakingly call the character of Vivian, Nurse Jane. But that's alright. she says, because Vivian identifies with the heroine in her Harlequin romances. Ms. Newhouse stressed that although the characters in Nurse Jane appear to be crazy, one can identify with them. "They are very real people. even if there is this surface madness," she ex- plains. She praised writer Stratton for his "richness of character." A cast of seven will be on stage for Nurse Jane. Edgar - Chisholm, the married man with whom Vivian hopes to have an illicit weekend, will be played by Stanley Coles. Coles is a favourite at HCP, having played in Fool: Paradise, Harvey, and The Sunshine Boys, where he was the frustrated nephew who tried to get the two old ac- tors together. His wife. Doris, the advice columnist will be played by Barbara Wheeldon. She played the popular Faye, in Chapter Two earlier this summer. Also in Nurse Jane will be Don Saunders who has had to squeeze rehearsals in between performances of Arsenic and Old Lace, which he played Officer O'Hara. Also in the cast are Patricia Strain. Michael Menegon and Jenny Turner. Maurice Good is directing the play. Ms. Newhouse is enjoying her re -run of the role of Vi- vian. She is just back in Canada after working in a CBS movie of the week, en- titled Cagney and Lacey , starring Loretta Swit, "Hotlips" of MASH fame. Ms. Newhouse has worked in most of Canada's theatres. including the Shaw Festival at Niagara -on -the - Lake. and the Citadel, in her hometown of Edmonton. She has been working in Canada for the past four years. and prior to that she name is Doris Chisholm and she's also known as Chloris Beinfait, advice columnist. When the personal life of an advice columnist gets mess- ed up. the whole world goes crazy. That's when the army of other zany characters gets involved. It turns out that all these people are in some way related to other people. and this is where the descriptions get confusing. But Ms. Newhouse assured me that I really don't want to know about all these people because it would spoil the plot. Anyway. Ms. ,Newhouse left just enough mystery about the plot to rouse my curiosity. it will be refreshing to see a play, and have no idea of what's going to happen next. A nice break in between Arsenic and Old Lace and The Music Man, which we all know. Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii is an all -Canadian play (cheer and wave your flag!) written by a London native. Allan Stratton has been on stage in Huron Country Playhouse. as an actor before he became a playwright. Nurse Jane is set in Toronto, and there are some local references , Stratton has several hit plays to his credit now: 73 Under the 0, which has been performed in Vancouver, Joggers, which was done in Calgary and Toronto. and Rexiel the story of MacKen- zie King which was also per- formed in Toronto. Nurse Jane Goers to Hawaii was first pefformed in Toronto la;it fall at the Phoenix Theatre. Stratton was on hand to mhke minor changes in the script, and Ms. Newhouse starred in that first production. She is happy to be taking the role of Vivian Bliss once again. She insists that she really does like the innocent It's a 'Long Shot' Ford said that he has been checking the crops from his airplane, and reports that they are uniform and healthy. "There's hardly any misses," Ford added. Klondyke Gardens ships produce for area vegetable growers. They deal mainly in potatoes and onions. In the past, they shipped lettuce and carrots as well, but few farmers grow them anymore. Ford described this year's lettuce crop as "hardly significant." He said that only three growers in the bog are handling let- tuce now. This season's let- tuce has already been cut and shipped. "We had no problem moving it," Ford said. Ford said that potato and •onion crops are progressing well, and at present the prices are very good. He said that unless there are any disasters, growers should do well this year. He said that the only things that could hurt the product now would be a major storm, or hail. A wet harvest this fall could also harm the potatoes and onions. While quality appears to be excellent, yields might be down slightly this year, Ford added. Ford said that insects and weeds have not presented great problems this summer. However, he ex- plained that because the government has been eliminating certain her- bicides, weed control has been a little more difficult for the growers. He said that the chemical companies are coming up with new sprays, and the farmers have to do some experimenting. Some herbicides have been banned because environmentalists were concerned about wildlife, and fish in streams. Ford added that the spray- ing program has become in- creasingly expensive for the growers. He said that they have already shipped early potatoes to the various markets in southwestern On- tario. The early potatoes have gone to London, Chatham, Hamilton and Kitchener. Ford said that this year, potatoes were shipped earlier than ever before. The early potatoes are called "superior". Some red skinn- ed potatoes are now on the market. Ford said that they have been shipping 60,000 tons a week. Onions have also been moving well, Ford reported. He said that the early set onions have all been harvested, and the set cook- ing onions will be ready in another week. Ford said that the dry period in July didn't hurt the Klondyke at all. "Better dry than too wet," Ford said about the bog land. The only problem encountered in the dry weather is that the her- bicides are less effective. rttiViloge LOCAL ARTIST DISPLAYS WORK — Grand Cove artist Gordon lambert has many of his oil pointings and water colours on display in the Grand Bend Library, located in the public school. Many of Lambert's works feature local scenes, including snow scenes in Oakwood,orsand dunes Staff photo Many accidents keep police busy Provincial Police at Pinery Park have been busy with car accidents during the past week. On August 3, police in- vestigated a three car crash at the intersection of High- ways 21 and 82. Drivers of the vehicles were F. Cheah, Sarnia, H.C. Whiting, Oil Springs, and J. Gooder, London. Total damage was estimated at 13500. Passengers in the Whiting vehicle received minor in- juries, while all others weren't harmed. Constable L.J. Weir investigated the crash. Damage was estimated at $1700 in a single car crash on the Main Road in Pinery Park. Driver of the car, M.D. Burns of Mt. Clemens, Michigan and a passenger Liquor charges up Liquor licence act charges again topped the list of charges laid by Ontario Provincial Police in Grand Bend. During the week of August 2 to 8, 86 charges were laid under the four li- quor offences. Many of these charges tesulted from Civic Holiday weekend merry- making. Three impaired drivers were charged, and three arrests were made. One charge was laid under the narcotic control act, and 13 people were charged for causing a disturbance. Two assault charges were laid, and two .thefts were in- vestigated. One break and enter was reported. Three cases of wilful damage were investigated. In addition 172 general oc- currences were reported. P.M. Durieu, of Harper Woods, Michigan sustained minor injuries. Constable D.J. Cardwell investigated the accident which took place August 4. A tractor trailer collided with a car on highway 21, one-quarter mile south of the Pinery entrance, also on August 4. Driver of the truck, B. Croeze was not hurt, but the car driver, C. Shainline of London sustained minor injuries. Damage to the car was estimated at $6000, while the truck received 13000 damage. Constable F.S. Hubert investigated the accident. On Friday, Constable Cardwell investigated a single car accident at the intersection of the Klondyke and Greenway Roads. Driver of the car, M.J. Errey of Parkhill escaped injury, and damage was estimated at 1650. On Saturday a passenger in a car had to be taken to Strathrdy Hospital following a two car crash on highway 21, two kilometers north of Lambton County Road 5. Drivers of the two cars were L.D. Sine of London, and C.G. Wolfs, of Southwold, Ontario. S.L. Daskin, a passenger in the Sine vehicle was in- jured, while the others were not hurt. Damage to the Sine vehicle was estimated at 12000, while the Wolfs vehicle received $1000 damage. Constable H. Marissen in- vestigated. During the week of August 2 to 8, Pinery OPP laid 51 charges under the liquor licence act. Two impaired drivers were charged, and one driver was charged for driving while under suspension. Times -Advocate, August 12, 1981 Page 13 Designs, constructs boat She's going to be christen- ed "Long Shot", because that's what she is, her creator says. "Long Shot" is a hand crafted trimaran or three - hulled sailboat and her designer and builder is Skip Izon. She will be ready for her maiden voyage sometime this month Skip says. He is calling her Long Shot because she is unique. She is quite simply a prototype for a larger cruising boat, which Skip hopes to build eventual- ly. A small scale trimaran, such as Long Shot; is "so far out in left field", Skip says, because tri -hulled sailing vessels are usually much bigger. The creation of Long Shot is a trial and error period for Skip. who works out of a small room he rents at Manore Marine on the beach at the end of River Road. Long Shot is radical because it is only 24 feet long. and with the three hulls it will be 17 feet wide. Skip s• ys that there are a lot of €.:justments "built in" to the boat. which will show him better ways of designing and constructing a bigger craft. He hopes to build a 33 to 35 foot long trimaran next summer. Long Shot will have three wooden hulls. each weighing about 70 pounds. She will have a fibreglass mast, and Skip has already ordered the sail. He built his own wooden wishbone boom for the sail. When it's all put together the sail with the boom will look something like a board sailer. except that it will be sitting on a centre hull, sup- ported by two outside hulls, rather than a board. Boat building is not new to Skip. His first endeavor was the making of Terri Ann, a houseboat which is now his summer home. Terri Ann is docked at Snider Marine. This is her sixth season in Grand Bend. Last summer. Skip made three row boats to "get a feel for hull design." He made one nine and half foot row boat. and then two fif- teen foot boats. He has sold one. decided to keep one for himself. and has the other up for sale. But like his present project. the row boats were just a stepping stone to the creation of a big sail boat. Skip. a native of Port Credit. began spending his summers at Grand Bend while he was a student at the University of Western. He came to Grand Bend because it was the nearest water. and he now likes Lake Huron better than Lake On- tario. He says he's been sail- ing since he was "just a pup." He has continued liv- ing in London during the winter. and spending the summers on board Terri Ann. In winter he works as a waiter at the "Ceeps", a favourite watering hole of Western students in the CPR Hotel on Richmond Street. In the summer he works part time at RD's Hotel. "That pays for all this." Skip says, indicating the materials go- ing into his boat building. He puts in a long day on his boat building. He works steady from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.. and then takes a two hour break. He's back at work at 5:00 p.m., and stays BOAT BUILDER AT WORK — Skip Izon, a summer resident of Grand Bend applies epnry to one of three hulls he is building. Skip is calling his trimaran "Long Shot" because it is unusual to have such a small scale three -hulled sail boat. Staff photo JlllllllllllllllIiIllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllltllllllllllllll Mary's musings BY MARY ALDERSON at it usually until 11:00 p.m. To most of us it would appear to he slow, tedious work But for Skip, it is ob- viously a labour of love. He doesn't use any nails or screws in his boat, it is just wood and glue. Skip has used fir. spruce and cedar as well as mahogany plywood. It is all held together with a special epoxy. Skip is continually putting more and more glue into the three hulls. He uses a small hand mirror to see inside all the nooks and crannies and make sure he is spreading the epoxy evenly. He figures he will use 10 gallons of epoxy. worth about 8500 by the time the boat is finished. He plans to coat the exterior with epoxy as well. Skip says that he is in- terested in a future in boat designing. He has taken several correspondence courses. and spends his winter sketching designs. Shelves in his workshop are covered with engineering and design books. But before you can be a designer. you have to be able to build them, Skip says. Skip is a one-man welcom- ing committee for the village of Grand Bend. He sees most of the visitors who take a tour down River Road and use his outdoor work place as a turn -around. Usually the passers-by are intrigued by his boat building and ask questions. Skip answers them all, but never stops working. He had regulars who stop by daily to check on his progress. "It's nice to see how much he's done." one onlooker says. Among Skip's frequent guests is his sister, Lucy Izon. Her column, Youth Travel. appears each Satur- day in the London Free Press. as well as 20 other newspapers in North America. Among the other papers are the Los Angeles Times. and the Chicago Tribune. She manages to spend some weekends in Grand Bend each summer. in between her jaunts to Europe. Miriam Newhouse lived in England for 10 years. While there, she and her husband Peter Messaline wrote books for Dutch and Danish people learning English as a second language. She and Margaret Bard have co -edited a book en- titled "And what are you go- ing to do for us?" which is a selection of pieces which ac- tors can prepar for auditions. Ms. Newhouse described the company at HCP as "wonderful", and said she hoped she will be asked back another season. "It's a delightful setting," she said. She is presently staying in Stratford, where her hus- band is acting in three productions at the Festival. A REAL SWINGER — Michael Whitney of RR 2, Grand Bend goes for a swing on the creative playground equipment in the parkette at the corner of 81 Crescent and Gill Rood in Grand Bend. Staff photo A while ago, I told you that I didn't mind rainy days. I thought it was nice to have the rain to water my little Carden. We'll that was during a dry ;pelf. But now, enough's enough! If it keeps raining, we're boing to have to build an ark in our front yard. (It will sit out there with the toad stools that have popped up in the front lawn in the past rainy days.) It was just fine when it rained on week days. But it's not supposed to rain on weekends. I just finished reading a book by Nancy Stahl, and the title was very appropriate -- "If it's raining, this must be the weekend". On the cover is a woman sitting by the bar- becue, under an umbrella in the pouring rain. It seems as if certain things bring on rain -- little things like weekends. or planning a barbecue. Just when you get the steaks thawed out and ready to cook, the heavens open and the rain falls. I'll bet we weren't the only ones with steak thawed out this past weekend, and a rain falling on the barbecue, not to mention the entire out- doors. isn't it maddening to have that delicious meat all ready for the outdoor fire, and then have to cook it in your electric frying pan? it just isn't the same. Many other things bring on rain. Like a big tub of laundry and getting it hung on the clothesline, The sky is bright and clear, and a brisk breeze is blowing. Just when the laundry is nearly dry, suddenly the sky turns black. and ,.town it pours. Or if you've had a series of rainy days, and your lawn has suddenly decided to, grow again, It sprouts inches over night, You awake to a bright day, and gas up the lawn mower. You make five or six rounds, when you notice the wind changing direction, and you feel a couple of drops. You run a little faster behind the lawn mower, but before you know it, you're soaked, and the gobs of wet grass are sticking to everything. You head for shelter, and look at your lawn which still has a chunk of long grass in the middle. Another action which will bring on rain is taking the sun roof out of your car. This can result in two different kinds of rain. If you take out the sun roof, put it in its vinyl case, and strap it in the hatchback of your car, you will probably find yourself struggling to get it out in a steady drizzle. But if you take out the sun roof, and leave it at home in the garage while you go for a drive, rest assured that you will be in for a downpour. Everybody knows that if you go out without your umbrella in the morning, it is sure to rain. Or it always rains just after you wash your car. But all in one weekend^ Crediton By MRS. PETER MARTIN The Crediton Parks board are holding another dance at the pavilion this Saturday night. Mystery Train will be providing the music. Come out and support your parks board. August 16 will see the resumption of Sunday worship service at Zion United Church. Eugene Fox will be conducting the ser- vice. Everyone is welcome. Air. and Mrs. Harvey Hodgins enjoyed a much deserved holiday, as they attended the Old Time Fiddle Contest in Shelburne this past week. The children who are attending Spark enjoyed a three day camping trip to Falls Reserve this past week. They enjoyed swimming, eating and sleeping in tents. All returned with happy memories. A few of the campers were a little tired after the big event but all recovered in time for Monday when they placed second in a games meet in Zurich. This week it's bees, swimming and Wonderland. Have a good time! Crediton East By MRS STAN PRESZCATOR Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Regele RR 1 Woodstock spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator and on Saturday Mrs. Harold McCallum RR 1 Walton and Mrs. Mary Yost,Dayton Ohio visited with the Preszcators. Mrs. Dora Ringland Rush- ville N.Y. was a recent visitor with Mrs. Stan Preszcator and Mr. and Mrs. Don Finkbeiner RR 2 Crediton. Masters Robt and Dennis England, Huron Park spent Friday and Saturday with their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator. Sympathy is extended to the families of the late Ross Clark. • .4 v ewe bN THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW - - Jeremy Anderson wotches carefully as he tries to stay between the lines, under his Dad, Cam's watchful eye. Jeremy took port in the bicycle rodeo sponsored by the Grand Bend lioness Club of the public school