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.
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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
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Mary's
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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.
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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