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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-03-20, Page 16Page 4A Times -Advocate, March 20, 1985 Stop -off point for 10,000 big birds Museuni will help visitors enjoy swam migration With the return of spring, it is time once again for ht dredsiltspecies of birds to begin their annual migration northward. One of the earliest birds to arrive are thousands of magnifi- cient white tundra swans. which land on a 1400 hectare site of flooded land adjacent to the Lambton Heritage Museum and the Pinery Provincial Park. This year, both sites are again co- operating to host the 'Return of the Swans', on Sundays March 24 and 31 from 1 to 3 p.tn. Depending on weather conditions. up to 10,000 tundra swans land near the Heritage Museum as I stop off on their mass migration from the State of Delawareto the high Canadian Arc- tic. In addition, over 15,000 Canada Geese and up to 20,000 varied species of ducks also stop on this favoured site. Those wishing to attend the swan viewing days should make their first stop the Lambton Heritage Museum on Ilwy. 21, five miles south of Grand Bend. A film about the swans will be shown and refreshments will be available. Pinery Park staff and volunteers will then direct the visitors to the viewing site where telescopes will be set up and naturalists will be available to help with identification of the waterfowl. Being your binoculars and be a part of one of the greatest wonders of natural history, right here in Lamh- ton County! United Church On Sunday morning Hazel and Fred Willert welcomed the United Church congregation before the service. Jan Kobe read the scriptur .s• wherin Itev. R. Peebles named h.s sermon "Calvary". With the theme of love for today, he told us that love can be shown by example, doing it happi- ly and willingly. A congregational pot luck supper will be held this Friday. On April 5 Good Friday, a community service of witness will be held at 2:00 p.m. in the U.C. The Easter Ecumenical will be held on April 9 at 8:00 p.m. in the U.C. All ladies welcome. Church of God On Sunday morning, Pastor Camp- bell continued his series on the gifts of the spirit taken from I Corin. 12. A gift of help is a special ability given by God to help other Christians to use their talents and abilities. The impor- tant thing that everyone must work together to build up the body of Christ. Marion, Doug and Lori Steckle sang "We are so Blessed." In the evening Pastor Campbell spoke on "Truth or Consequences" taken from I John 2. Betty Campbell gave a report on their visit to the Montreal church on March Catholic News Father Morrissey was celebrant at all the weekend masses. Father Van- Zupthen delivered the sermon at 11:00 on Sunday taking his text from John's gospel by Nicodemus, who visited Jesus by night seeking the truth. We too, as Christians, enter from the darkness into the light, to let the spirit of God enter our souls and truly transform our lives. There will be a retreat day for CWL ladies on Wed. March 20 from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the Alhambra Hall. Sister Julia, former Superior - general of St. Joseph's sisters, will be the guest speaker. Bring your own lunch. The 63th annual convention of the London Diocese CWL will be held on May 7 and 8 in London. Please keep in mind the sick from this Parish, especially Marg. Bishop and Madeline Dalton who are in the hospital. Confessions during Lent will be heard in Parkhill Sunday night at 7:30 p.m and in Zurich next Monday at 7:30 p ni. Father Morrissey will be available one half hour before each mass Remember there are only two weeks until holy week. Please use your coin boxes and Share Lent Engineering that's just out of this world Heavenly pictures at down-to- earth prices Uniden Television Systems .Ak.9ntyte i TV b Appliances RR 2 Gond Bend 238-8270 envelopes to support Development in Peace. They will be collected around Easter. Easter eggs are now available at the back of the church for $1.50 each. They are not only delicious but sup- port the project to pay off the mortgage!! UCW Study Korea The afternoon unit of the UCW met Thursday with 16 in attendance. The program on Korea (100 years of Christianity) was done by Norma Carey and Eleanor Durie dressed in a Korean costume. Korean date balls were served as a tasty treat. Norma led the service with Nola Love play- ing piano for the hymns. President Elizabeth Norris chaired the business part. The roll call was answered by a thought from Upper Room or "Your Favourite Irish Song." Plans were finalized for the Easter Ecumenical on April 9 and the UCW June Thankoffering service was discussed. Lunch hostesses were Beatrice Wilson and Fern Love. About the People You Know The swans are here! There are numerous swans and geese in the lagoon south of Grand Bend by the Lambton Heritage Museum. Vera Harlow and DA Goldie ) Golden have returned home from their winter vacation in South Carolina. Plans are being finalized for their May move! The Rovers (Myers, Mavitys) have moved- into a first -place tie with the Bad Connections (Algers, Ansems in the Southcott Pines dart competition. * %ter... FIRST TO OPEN — Preparing to open for businets this past weekend is Happy Days owner Andrew Clark. The Clarks purchased the booth last June and plan to be open every weekend from now on. Darters win in Exeter Pucksters in tournaments The Parkhill tyke team travelled to St. Marys last Tuesday morning where they downed their opponents 13-1. Parkhill goalgetters were Mat- thew DeJong, Simon Desjardine and Ian MacGregor with a hat trick each; Jimmy Watson, Shane Maguire, Casey Wall and Wayne Conway add- ed sin:les. The res r I ese scorers. After two tie games out of the three playoffs, the Kings pee wee teatn defeated the Strathroy Rangers 5-0 in their third game Monday night at home. Shannon Desjardine notched the hat trick, while Shaun Glavin and Kevin Eagleson added singles. Assisting were Paul Timmermans, Trevor Vincent, Brad Page and Cap- tain Darryl Timmermans. The Kings advance to round two against Strathroy Devils this week. In the spring break tournamen_ wee rugs played three games on .Tuesday beginning at 8:00 a.m. In the first game against St. Marys, Parkhill won 4-2. Goalgetters were Shannon Des- jardine, Brad Page, Trevor Vincent and captain Timmermans. Assists went to Jason Desjardine, Glavin, Bil- ly Jennison and Vincent. The second game gave the team their second win of the day, 3-2 against (he St. Marys Hawks. The Kings scored three times before their opponents got on the board. Page and round with Vincent and Jennison get- ting one each. In the championship round at 5:45 p.m. the Kings faced the Parkhill Jets for the trophy. Piet Blaaboer scored first followed by captain Timmer - mans for the Kings. Rick Walsh and Derek Turner added two more to give the Jets a 3-1 lead going into the third period. Vincent notched two goals from Desjardine and Glavin but the Kings lost 4-3 when Turner scored once more unassisted for the Jets. Dart Tournament Congratulations to Jim O'Neill's team from Grand Bend who won at the annual dart tournament in Exeter on Saturday. They were sponsored by Rollies Sports, Grand Bend. At the Legion branch 498 regular dart action, Halina Crawford and Bob Voissin won the tie-breaker, with Marg Hedley and Barry Clark close behind. The la ies' high in euchre was won by Nellie Obermeyer and Jake Wilson played the men's high cards. Grace Masse and George Gallant won the low prizes. Lucille Masse claimed the door prize. Mary's Musings One of the drawbacks of having a baby is the paper work. No, I'm not talking about the Pampers -- that's paper that has to be attended to.fre- quently. i You know, people told us that when we had a baby everything would-be changing -- they didn't know how right they were 1. Actually, Pampers are one kind of paper work 1 don't mind. Before Chelsey was • born, my mother presented me with a nice selection of cloth diapers. Well. it didn't take much for me to convince myself that even at $11 a box, Pampers were cheaper than the wear and tear on my washer and dryer, not to mention the 1 cost of electricity, detergent and pum- ping out the septic tank. The cloth diapers have proven to be quite useful in wiping up moist burps. Now. back to the paper work that I don't like much. Ilaving a baby necessitates the filling out of so many forms that the paper work is almost as difficult as the delivery. It all starts before the baby is born. You need to fill out numerous -forms in order to get maternity leave money. The government provides us with a portion of our salary for 17 weeks when we have a baby. But before we start feeling loo grateful we should remember that employees and employer's have been donating to the fund so that the money is available. The Lambton County Board of Education •.► NOTICE Kindergarten Registration Parents of children who were born in 1980 should con- tact their nearest elementary shool as soon as possi- ble. Registration for Kindergarten and The Early Iden- tification procedures will begin shortly. Registration will be completed by April 27. The quality of your child's introduction to school depends, in part, on the planning which complete registration makes possible. ,"Lambton County Public Education - in the tradition of yesterday, -in touch with today, - in trust for tomorrow." Mr. R.T. Allen, Chairman Dr. A.R. Weals, Director By Mary Alderson The paper work problems began when I thought that becausp I work- ed in Exeter, I could take the forms 'into the Exeter Employment office. I learned that as a resident of Lambton, the forms had to go to Sarnia. The forms are confusing because the government doesn't provide forms for those on maternity leave -- they must apply for benefits as if they were unemployed. ()ne would think that with the governrnent's penchant for special forms to fill out, they would have a specific form for mater- nity leave benefits. To make matters more confusing. the government sends out forms every two weeks to see if you are still unemployed or if you have been look- ing for work. It seems to me that the vast majority of women would be tak- ing the 17 weeks they are allowed for maternity leave and the government could actually cut the paper work and postage costs if they came up with a form that lasted for the entire 17 week period. Also, this must be the only place where you are penalized for fill- ing out a form and returning it too promptly. I made the mistake of returning the form before the two week period was up 1I knew that I was not going to be working, nor was I looking for work in that time period 1 but the "Employment" office mailed the form hack to me, so that I could turn around and mail it back to them -- and thanks to the postal service -- the form was now late. Before you figure out the materni- ty leave plan, bills start coming in from the hospital, and forms for the insurance company have to he filled out. Then, of course, there are the birth registration forms. You till those out and mail them in and you receive a little card that looks suspiciously like a birth certificate, and you might, be fooled, except it says "This is not a birth certificate". So to get a birth certificate you fill out yet another form and this time, enclose $5. The birth certificate arrives, looking very much like the first card. Birth cer- tificates are no longer neat little plastic cards like those of my genera - lion -- they are hits of paper that say they will be void if laminated. It would be interesting to know why. Then. just when you have writer's cramp, you have to fill out another form in order to get family allowance money. And you thought the money just rolled in automatically.L -. Reminder that the evening UCW will meet on Monday, March 25 at 8:00 p.m. Sympathy of the community is ex- tended to Mrs. Elda Adams and fami- ly, on Elgin's death, Thursday. Alex and Clara Hamilton are home from their southern holiday. Jason Grogan has joined the Pinedale youths in road hockey play, since returning from his southern March break vacation with his family. The Parkhill Silver Blades skating club will present two shows on Satur- day March 30 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Theme is "Happiness is..." George Kadlecik Construction has received congratulations from On- tario's New Home Warranty Pro- gram for a perfect record. Keep up the good work!! Welcome to the new Senior Housing MOVING ON IN - Wilf Mothers with suitcase in hand steps into his new apartment at 40 Souble Rd. Grand Bend. The second floor is now finished with a few ad- justments left to do. on Sauble Road to Wilf Mothers from London; Mrs. VanGeffen, Strathroy; Mrs. Ada Dietrich, Crediton; Mrs. Betty Sage, Turnbull's Grove; Mrs. Janet Desjardine, Goderich: and Mr. and Mrs. Matt Relouw, G.B. Bob and Marg Hedley visited her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Hornsey, in Brampton on the weekend. They also stayed with Bob's nephew, Bob and Evliedley in Norval where they en- joyed an evening of dancing at the Legion branch 120 in Georgetown. Bob carried the flags for the 50 -year installation team celebration. On the way home the couple visited his brother Matt and Dolly Hedley at Port Credit. 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