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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-09-04, Page 15THEY'RE OFF — Running with winds up to 20 m.p.h. in Sunday's Labour Day regatta at Grand Bend Yacht Club can mean lots of excitement. Mostly it is hard work and lots of scrambling with each tack. Russ Lingard and crew prepare to round the starting buoy and it takes full concentration. Colonials still have -shot at making playoff spot The Grand Bend Colonials played some of their best soccer this week. combining good passing. persistent attack and good defense, to defeat se- cond place Roma 2-0. Goals by Alex Herrot and John Michelson lead them to the win. Presently in seventh place, the Col- onials can still grab sixth place and thus make the playoffs. They have two games to play before -the playoffs begin. The Colonials also participated in the White Eagles tournament in Nilestown on the holiday weekend. They beat White Eagles in the morn- ing 2-0 by goals from Joe Mom- mersterg. However they did not play well after that and being short - manned. they lost their subsequent games 2-1 to Poachyrs, a goal by Greg Ryan and 2-0 to San Barts knocking them out of the tournament. Their next game is al home to Olympians on Saturday. September 7 at 4 p.m. The Ausable Grand Bend "B" team did not play on the long weekend. Playoffs start this coming Sunday. The bantams played Tuesday in Petrolia. There is no report on the game yet but the winner goes on to play a Sarnia team Thursday. In pee wee play, Grand •Bend lost 8-1 with Cullen Kobe getting the single. Their playoff tournament is September 14 in Lucan. The mosquitos of Grand Bend won again. heating Exeter I1 9-3. thus finishing tied for first place with Ex- eter iii. They play September :3 to break the tie and then"September 7 they play in the playoff tourney. In atom action. team one lost 10 team two 4-1. Goals were scored by Warren Mist. Thomas Cotter, Mark Mollard, Josh Thomas. Cotter with three. Josh Vermeulen with three and .Mark Molland with two. Team two. in a third game, lost to Exeter 111, :1-0. September 14 is ,the atom playoff tournament. The squirts tied Lucan 2-2 with Simon Desjardine getting the pair of Grand I3end goals. Their first playoff game was a win. 10-2 over Exeter 11. Scorers were Eric ('lay with four and Simon Desjardine. 'Troy Stellengwerf, and Brian Denome with a pair or goals. September 7 they play in the "A" division of the playoff tournament. Catholic Church news Pastor Father Morrissey was Celebrant for all Labor Day Masses and the church was really crowded at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday. lis sermon was titled "Why do peo- ple suffer''" Jesus embraced suffer- ing. pain and death as the clearest and lest proof of itis love for us. Why did God allow His Son to suffer like that - why do some of us suffer so'' i1 doesn't make sense. from our point of view. and often suffering can lead us to anger. bitterness and despair Remember that self-sacrifice still re- mains the most powerful example 01 Christ -like love. and suffering can Add New Life to your old furniture UPHOLSTERY Don't throw away that old' chair or chesterfield - let mus restore it for you! WIDE VARIETY OF FABRICS EIBVIVAV WOOD FURNITURE Let us do refinishing. Antiques our specialty LOU HEINBUCK UPHOLSTERY "30 Years Experience" 60 Victoria St. MITCHELL 348-9971 transform us into stronger, more lov- ing people. - The special music for the Saturday evening 1\lass was provided by six members of the choir who sang "Re- joice in the Lord Always" and a trio made up of Denise and Lydia Duchou and Roberta Walker, who performed "He" during the Communion service. The full choir sang for the regular liturgy. On Sunday morning. the special trio again sang at the Communion ser- vice. "Let There Be Peace On Earth". and "He". It was a beautiful way to end. the summer liturgy, and there were many compliments from summer visitors. some of whom would be going back to much less musical parishes. The members of the Algawa no. 168 conducted their annual Alhambra col- lection after all Masses on the Labor Day weekend. The money goes to assist their work with the mentally handicapped in our community. The Catholic Women's League held the drawing for the quilt raffle after the Saturday evening Mass. Father Morrissey drew the winning tickets. The first prize of a beautiful quilt. hand made by our ('WL ladies was won by Bob and Nancy Rae Lovie. one of our own CWL members. The second prize sweater. handmade by a CWL lady. was won by Julie Baltessen, daughter of Annie, who is also a CWL member and Annie will be glad to wear the sweater for her. until she grows into it. The third prize baby quilt was won by David Stubbs. of Thedford. This week is a First Friday of the month. so anyone wishing Commu- nion to betaken to the sick in their homes, please see Father Morrissey. There are only five vacancies open in the Marriage Preparation course. scheduled to begin October 9. Remember. you must notify the pastor at least six months before the wedding, and a preparation course is required. so please see him as soon as possible. You are reminded that from September 3 to 6. the assessment of- ficers will be visiting and you will have an opportunity to check if your taxes are supporting Catholic Educa= tion. This is one way to witness to your faith. - There will be a Pro -Life walk and Rally in Toronto on Saturday. September 21, and the Catholic Bishops are requesting everyone to support the Pro -Life stand against abortion and euthanasia. if you are free that Saturday, and would like to go by bus. call 393-6332. or 273-4104. give your name, bring your own lunch and attend the biggest rally in Toron- to's history! The bus leaves the Strat- ford arena, Lakeside Drive at 10:45 a.m. and gets home between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m. See you there. The altar boys will be having an in- door pool party next Saturday. September 6 at the home of Lia Vandenberk. Father Morrissey would like to thank all of the altar boys: Kevin and Jason Peters, Pat and Dave Vrolyk, Brent Johnson, 'ferry Gettner, Steve Arnold. Adam Smith: Jamie Baker and Steve Vanderberk. Weare going to, begin to train new servers, so any'boy who is in grade four or up, can see Fr. Morrissey after Mass. • Bridge Se -ore Four and one half tables played the Howell movement of duplicate bridge Wednesday evening at Stl John's Parish hall. First place. Joan Dargent and Ev Horton: second place. Mary Lloyd and Harley Crawford: third place. Ruby McKellar and Lena Buxton. ENJOY BUFFET Adorned in leis and brightly coloured floral shirts. about 500 people enjoyed the fun. dancing and sumptuous Hawaiian style buffet dinner at the ninth annual Hawaiian Luau given by the Grand Bend Cruising Club this holiday Sunday evening. Bill Mahoney and wife -Doreen look forward to dinner after being served all the trimmings by Lil Richardson and Barbara Shepherd ()eft and right in background). Weather fails to daunt cruise club Lightning. thunder and pouring rain failed to dampen the spirits of the Grand Bend Cruising Club Sunday night as about SIKI members and guests feasted al the ninth annual Hawaiian Luau. Roasted whole hogs and hams were served from the huge barbecue ovens al Oakwoxxl Inn. accompanied by dressing. baked potatoes. lots of salads and special ila►waiian baked beans with ham and pineapple. Hawaiian music provided by two ADAMS Heating & Cooling • Heating Systems of all types INSTALLED, MODERNIZED and MAINTAINED • General Sheet Metal Work • Air Conditioning • Humidifiers • Ventilation 235-2187 133 Huron St. E., Exeter female D.J's of The Part ie Sound add- ed to the fun atmosphere while diners huddled under huge tarpaulins and tried mol to let the rain dilate the ap- plesauce on their plates. Stalyarthy- stubborn. most people ignored the power failures and lightn-. ing lolls that struck a telephone pole I00 yards away. They were then rewarded around 9:10 p.m. with a let- up in the rain that allowed the party and dancing to continue even if they did have to wade through two inches of mud to gel to the cement patio. -All members of the Grand Bend ('raising Club wish to express sincere sympathy to the wife and family of member Jack Woods who died Thurs- day, August 29. ,)1(I,(41 A STORE FULL OF BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE On the Main Street of Dublin 345 2250 Free Delivery Times -Advocate, September 4, 1985 Sound of Music still delights at Playhouse "Back by popular request" may seem Tike a hackneyed phrase and may even elicit an "Oh, not again" reaction in some. Nevertheless. The Sound of Mukic" is once again filling every seat at Huron Country Playhouse from • August 21 to September 7. Departing Playhouse director Ron Ulrich knows and respects his theatre going audience and this version of the musicahjy far from a re -hashed ho- hum, let's go through the motions, production. In fact. it brings tears to the eyes of even the most jaded of us New director outlines goals Following the formal Board 01 Directors' announcement last week that the new artistic director Steven Schipper will come to Iluron County Playhouse. the media were given a special day Saturday to meet and talk inform`alf with him a Fthe Play Having leen repeatedly interview- ed since nine o'clock that morning. Schipper was silting and relaxing with a cup of coffee at the beginning of this interview and mused "one of the first things.we are going to do is. hopefully. get a small fridge for the office so we don't have to put 'edible oils' in our coffee". Everyone agreed and manager Heather Redick enthused "it would be even tetter if it was donated - and preferably beige!" When asked about his plans and three year commitment to Grand Bend's Playhouse. Schipper pointed out that although he would still direct on a free lance basis in other centres he would he here "spiritually" all year. calling Grand Bend "home" for the next three years. Ile is alread- looking for suitable accommodations (also' perferably beige! sic! ► for himself and his actress/wife Terri Cherniak. "Spiritual" and "home" are key words to this man's attitudes to the theatre and to life. Ile sees his talents as a director the has also done some acting and is skilled inlighting and stage management i as an artistic gift he has been given and the theatre "provides the opportunity to com- municate joyous ideas." He is serious and earnest in his desire to make the Huron County Playhouse a family oriented com- munity theatre with the local people involved all year round. He hopes dur- ing the winter months to involve many of the local and surrounding resideuts in a total immersion theatre production undertaking - acting. lighting. set building. directing etc. all by the community. for the community. Although headmitted to enjoying baseball. football and perhaps chess. Schipper really wants to pursue the -"hobby" of talking 10. getting to know. living among and learning about his friends and neighbours here in Grand Bend. Ile woul(1 gladly give his time as a speaker to the many ser- vice organizations in (;rand Bend but tetter still. he ants tojointhem and become a part of the village life. Known and praised by his col- leagues as a man Who will give loll percent to his work and com- mitments. Grand Bend will certain- ly be 11K1 percent richer for the ex-. perience of knowing and receiving this gentle and considerate man into the community. at just the right moments and leaves one humming along all the way to the parking lot. The effective opening scene with nuns in black against a simple black backdrop. highlit with candles and a rich stain -Mass window, firmly established the classic style of An- drew M. Stearn set designer. Thoughout (he play. the sets are elegantly simple, uncluttered, yet richly ornamented using a sophisticated colour range. There isn't a hint of overdecorated "kitch" eidelweiss anywhere,Each scene - the abbey, (he castle inside, its garden. and finally the abbey garden - glows with a stark beauty, enhancing only the essential elements needed to set the mood. The mood shifts are frequent and run close together in this version of the play which has been considerably shortened from the original. The tran- sition from a tender and sweet in- terlude with the children. for exam- ple, to a scene of anxiety and abhorance of the nazi presence is ouse. dobe smoothly andbelievebly. The audience is carried along from bubbling laughter to feeling the ten- sion and fear experienced by (he Cap- tian without any jolting disorientation. Some choreography miracles are produced on stage by Cindy Toushan Brnjas. Shetnanages to get the two young Von Trapp boys to waltz bet- ween scenes as if they were enjpying it, not even counting 1-2-3, 1-2-3. The dance duet between the young lovers Lies! and Rolf is a joyeous celebra- tion. Kevin Bergsma is a dynamic and athletic dancer: a suitably ador- ing partner to Paulina Gillis who por- trays the coquette image of Lies! with just the right amount of natural innocence. The "sounds" of the music in this production are the only thing that mar an otherwise pleasant evening. The distracting stiff outstretched arm movements of the conductor Linda Roland must surely have been an -ir- ritation to anyone seated front row. centre. 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Alas, the orchestra played like a_grade eight school band. Even the .somewhat weak and uninspiring vocal quality of the lead part of Maria (sung by Deborah Ten- nant ) was overcome by the excellent Voices of tie nuns who definitely carry the show. The new postulants introduced- after the intermission would be welcomed into any abbey choir simply on (he merits of their full ringing voices. The harmonies when all the choir was involved were spine - tingling. If one could be assured of top-notch entertainment like this every time. "back by popular request" wouldn't strike such fear into some skeptic's hearts. Personals Visitors during this past week with Lorne and Loreen Devine. %vere her sister Mrs. Vera Latta. Point ('lark. Ed 'Turnbull. and Harold and Edith Vidrick, of 'Zurich. also Randy. ('ailw and Kevin Weiberg. of Waterloo. Final event for outdoors The last. outdoor service of • the season was held at the United church Sunday morning with the green ben- ches filled. The special music was provided by a group named "Level Heads", of Sarnia, who shared Gospel in words and music. The group consisted of live young men and one -young lady. with Jim Chevalier. guitar. Scott Douglas. marimba. Craig Gillings. guitar. Todd Gillings, drums. -'slack Col, quhoun• synthesizer, Sue [louden. sound. Soloist was.Jim Chevalier. .Rev. R. Peebles meditation topic was titled. "A call - A (halienge', Ile said every home needs a family altar. Some people lose their Christian faith. but when all else fails we should read God's word. there is only one way nut and only one. God. Greeting the congregation with bulletins and song books were ('achy Southcoll and Alex Hamilton. rt. ALMOST OVERBOARD -- Hoping to gain a few more feet on the competition skipper of the Nautilus, Russ Lingard crouches on the rail and shouts instructions to trim the sails. 1 t. 1 OUT The IRREPLACEABLE employee ALWAYS gives notice two weeks before your planned .vacation. 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