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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-06-25, Page 271 BEGIN PATROL — The safety of swimmers and visitors to the beach qt Grand Bend will be in the hands of this highly trained team of five members of the beach patrol under captain Bruce Helm. Demonstrating some of the life saving equipment along with Helm (left) are Rob Wrigley, 22, from London; assistant capt. Geoff Four- nie, 25, London; Dan Reidy, 19, Brucefield; Mike Verhoeve, 19, Tillsonburg. SECOND TIME — It must be the wheels that make the difference! The "Bicycle Hospedal" bed designed by Dave Underwood formerly of Exeter brought victory in the men's bed race to this team for the second year in a row. The rest of the hard running team were Brian Campbell, Mike Nedvidek, Chris Couture, Terry Matthews, Lyle Papp and Ran Vandenhende. Dave runs the Bicycle Hospedal business now out of Ridgetown. Team work basic ingredient each p�tr�lrewly Ion season Timos-Advocate, June 25, 1986 Ppge 15A The rust few lines in the Waterfront Manual, Grand Bend Beach Patrol have been amended to read "Cap- tain" in' place of "Head, Beach Patrol", and is the one major point Bruce Helm wants to make. This patrol is a team effort and everyone is trained in all lifesaving procedures with this In mind. No heroic rescues, no chances taken, .no wasted energy: instead everyone performs in co-operation with the other so that no area of per- formance is left open to error. It might look glamorous getting a good suntan on the beach all summer surrounded by gorgeous girls in bikinis but that image is far from the truth. About Town Pupils of Mount Carmel and McCurdy schools were delighted with an "Adventures in Music" presenta- tion by Roberta Walker this past week. Mrs. Walker performed on piano and violin, and used wooden spoons and a piece of tin, with her songs, to illustrate the wide variety of sounds available, and how music can be enjoyed through the eyes and the imagination, as well as the ears. The Special Ed classes at McCur- dy, with grades 1-3, and the kindergarten, grades 1 and 2 classes at Mount Carmel, all seemed to enjoy the performance. A Grand Bend Public School parent Group has been formed. They will be informing everyone of next year's ob- jectives. On the committees are Pauline Lingard, Yvonne, Clay, Jeanette Stellingwerff, Suzy Turnbull, Nancy Rae Lovie, Sandy Stanlake and Lynne Desjardine. The Burgerfest weekend is now over, and we all hope the doffers of the Chamber of Commerce have benefited from the event. Most of us will be very glad to see the traffic get back to normal, though, after the tie- ups around Grand Bend streets. HIGHEST AWARD — Three years of study was rewarded with the presentation of an all-round cord to eight Grand Bend Guides at Tuesday's ceremony at St. John's Anglican Church. Back row are Brenda Hoist, Guider in charge, Peggy Smith, district Commissioner, and Guides Stacey Rader, Karen McKay, Julie Uniac, Susan Ratz. Front row: Gina Miller, Sarah Patterson, Julie Crown and Christine Schade. Big Alhambra weekend Vandenberk, and the ladies' trophy ended in a 2-2 tie. Cullen Kobe booted was won by Louise Vanderberk again in the GB goals. - three cheers for Louise! In baseball last week, the GB mites Mary Nadeau won some golf balls "Jays played at home against Pt. for second place and Charli Sadi got Franks. The Jays lost 33-13, with two an umbrella for "the most honest losses and one win to date. The Tiger golfer". The best foursome were mites won against Shipka 25-3 giving Louis Prieur, Joe Prieur, Frank Dubs them an undefeated record so far. and John Prieur, all of Windsor. Trent Stellingwerff and Jason More fun and dancing followed, Woodley each scored five runs, one of lasting into the wee hours. Sir Noble Stellingweff's a home run. Murray Tony Van Bree was in charge of an McKay, pitcher, also hit a home run. early breakfast next morning, prior Simon Desjardine scored four runs to the Council of Caravans Meeting. and Andrew Sharen was next with Our Algarve No. 168 was proud to three scoring runs. report their participation in the Dave The GB pee wee team played in Scatcherd golf tournament last Ailsa Craig, Wednesday. They lost weekend, as local members assisted 13-2. Brad Page hit a triple and Jason in registration of guests, taking Desjardine hit Page home. Steve tickets and tending bar all weekend. Chapdelaine sustained facial injuries They provided publicity for the when he collided with a fence. Get Alhambra organization, and helped well soon, Steve. Dave Scatcherd to contribute to their Final Meeting at Macey's mutual charity, retarded children. E eryone was served a dylicious Once again the Sultanas provided a turkey dinner. Millie Desjardine tempting buffet for lunch, as presided at the short meeting. items everyone had a final visit, before being planned for the Zurich fair were packing up and heading for home. displayed, and two dinners to be serv- Congratulations to Grand Com- ed, ne on June 25 and one ,on mander Cor Van�teenberk and Chair- Sept ber 4. Groups 1 and 2 will be man John Smits on another suc- in charge of the serving. cessful weekend. Nola Taylor, past president, was presented with a thank -you gift. A thank -you note from the Children's llospital was read. it was decided to buy trousers and stirups for the GB Girls pee wee baseball team. The meeting adjculrned for the summer. Catherine Junker reported that the next meeting will be on September 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Grand Bend U.C. Sunday school rooms. Mount Carmel News The end of the school year brings many field trips for the classes. The grade 4-5 room has been studying In- dians and sampling Indian cooking. On June 5, they enjoyed a trip to Brantford, to visit the Indian Museum at the Six Nations Indian Reserve. Rooms 1 and 2 visited the London's Region Children's Museum on June 11, and the grade 6-7 kids went on a three-day camping trip to Camp Sylvan. The grade 8's woon-to-be graduates, accompanied by principal Laurie Kraftcheck and teacher Terry Wilhelm, took a trip to the Niagara region last week. They toured Niagara -on -the -Lake, Fort George, and Fort Niagara and Power Vista on the U.S. side. in the evenings they en- joyed the falls, the wax museums and the fun houses. One of the highlights was the ride across the whirlpool rapids on the Spanish aero -car. Graduation ceremonies, Mass and a banquet will be held for the grade eight students on Wednesday. Members of Algarva No. 168 of Grand Bend hosted their annual weekend for about 180 members and guests, held at the Alcarar on the Klondyke Road. Special guests included Supreme Vizier George McKenty from Dear- born, Mich., Regional Director Winston Eagen, of Western Ontario, plus Grand Commanders and their Sir Nobles and wives from caravans from Windsor, Michigan, Toronto. Scarborough and London. The weekend began with a welcom- ing party Friday night, where players registered for the tournament Satur- day morning. Some couples stayed in area motels, others camped out on the grounds behind the hall and tent, erected to hold the crowd. Over 70 Alhambrans, the largest tournament so far, played golf at the Bayview Course, starting around -A a.m. Grand Commander Cor and his Sultanana Louise Vandenberk, roasted a whole pig for the dinner, complete with dressing, roast potatoes and alMhe trimmings, serv- ed up by all the Sultanas. After a delicious meal, a Mass was held in the tent for all the members and guests, celebrated by Father Stortz, of Windsor. After Mass, Philip Walker award- ed the golf prizes. Winner of the trophy for first low gross was Doug Nadeau, and Joe Prieur of Windsor won a Labatt's Tote hag for first Lew net. "Happy" Al Bondy got one dozen golf halls for second low gross and Phil Damico got head covers for se- cond low net. Trophy for the best Algarve golfer (Grand Bend) went to Bill Minor Sports Update The squirt soccer team travelled to Exeter Thursday evening and won with a shut -out 8-0. Goals were scored by Matthew DeJong, 4, Simon Desjar- dine with 2, and Tommy Maguire and Christopher Schoeley with one apiece. The GB atoms played in I,ucan los- ing 3-1. Mark Fluter scored the lone GB goal. The mosquito team's game was cancelled. The pee wees played at home against Strathrov. The game UP TO GUIDES In the fly -up ceremony on Tuesday evening these 11 Grand Bend Brownies, by the right of their Brownie Wings, were received into the Grand Bend Guide Compony. Standing, from left to right are: Nicki Von de Ven, Cathy Wagner, Julie Weber, Amy Roder, Tamara Wood, Jenny Sharen, Kelly Hoffman, Karen Lovie and Kim Nagle. In front are Terri -Lynn Luther and Heather Wragg. "Patrols will be called upon to ex- ert a maxiinwn effort for unlimited periods of time in the performance of duty," is a quote repeated several times in the manual. Having just completed a rigorous training period, the Patrol assumed full time duty on Monday. Captain Bruce Helm .praised Grand, Bend council for their support and recogni- tion that this is one of the busiest beachfront areas in this region. Ac- cordingly, the Patrol has been in- creased to five members; Rob Wrigley and Mike Verhoeve are ser- ving for their first year, Dan Reidy has returned for a second year, while assistant captain Geoff FQiwn beaennd captain Bruce Helm have. on the team for five years. This highly qualified group are all graduates of the National Life Guard Service program, all trained in C.P.R„ aquatic first aid and moat im- portantly are experienced in water- front patrol work as opposed to swim- ming pool guards. Radio,procedure, rescue boat tac- tics, a system of hand signals and special pier rescue format are all part of the training: In addition, each .. patrol must be conservant with an MI- pre5sive array of equipment. "Always carry your rescue can" is a primary rule. A rescue can is a torpedo shaped buoy with handles for the victim to grab onto, while the rescuer has the buoy on a short rope and attached over his shoulder by a harness. This prevents both rescuer and victim from drowning. A paddle board is used for problems that are a fair distance away- it's faster than swimming! A stretcher, mobile radios, oxygen ventilator, first aid kit, signs, flags and an inflatable patrol boat all add up to making Grand Bend one of the finest and safest beaches anywhere. The town can be proud of its water- front Patrol team. GRADUATION — Diplomas and mortar -board caps were the format order of the day for the morning classes at Grand Bend Nursery school graduation ceremonies. The children are: back row, Laura Shergold, Sarah Breen, Andrew Bannister, Derik Whiting, Scot Musser, Vicky Smith, Ainslie Murdock, Lisa Masse, Shannon Went, Cameron Eddy. Middle: Miranda Case, Lori Pergel, Jonathon Forrester, Teri -Lynn Shep- pard, Leanne Pergel, Shaun Jennison, Callen Turner and Luke Hayward. Front: Greg Dunn, Adam Eisdon, Joshua DeBrum, Rebecka Jennison, Jill Kelders; Sarah -Rae Lovie, Jamie Mason and Daniel Suppan. With the local churches Church of God Rev. Barnhart and his wife Cecile, from the Grand Bend Church of God, attended an international convention for the Church of God in Anderson, In diana, this past week. They spent several days attending interesting workshops and conferences. The most beautiful and meaningful event featured a candle -lit service in a 7000 seat auditorium, to celebrate the "lighting of the flame", as all are mis- sionaries in this secular world. John Steckle led the adults in a Bi- ble Study on Wednesday evening, and Deanna MacGregor conducted the youth bible study session, in absence of the Barnharts at convention. On Sunday morning, Rev. Cecile Barnhart provided both,a solo and a ,sermon. She sang "We are so Blest ; ; .,and then based her sermon on Phitli- pians 1:27 to 2:11. She discussed how we as Christians are called to stabili- ty in the faith, called to harmony and humility, and how Christ is our supreme example. After the service was a picnic luncheon for the whole congregation, with devotional and hymns following, to complete the day's worship service. Catholic Church News The 11 a.m. mass at-dmmaculate Heart of Mary Church was offered for a very special intention on Sunday, to mark the 50th wedding anniversary of Elmer and Verna Zimmer. Father Morrissey enjoined the congregation to celebrate the joyous occasion with the couple, their family and friends. The choir sang "Thank you Lord, on this Day," and "Let there be Peace on Earth." Roberta Walker perform- ed a solo, Gounod's "Ave Maria." Rose Van Bruane was the reader, and Rose and Jerry were later lay - Communion distributors at the mass. Father Morrissey's sermon dealt with the topic of faith. We value our faith, but want the practice of it to be as easy as possible. Jesus said that whoever believed in Him, and follow- ed Him, had to take up their cross each day and follow Ilim. Jesus was merciful to sinners, but had no pa- tience with the proud and self- righteous. After all, Christ was not crucified by lowly sinners, but by respected, important members of the community. Christ challenges us to carry our cross each day, to dare to forgive, to love, to spread peace, and to sacrifice ourselves for others, as he did. That is the challenge of our faith today. Congratulations to Nancy Backx, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Backx, and to Frank Moore, son of Wilma and the late Frank Moore, who were united in matrimony on Satu,r- day at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Congratulations also to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tighe, who celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last week, with all their family. Father Morrissey would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Van Leeuwen, who donated all of the love- ly flowers now planted around the church grounds. United Church It was the day for the Sunday School awards at the. Grand Bend United Church with 40 boys and girls in attendance. The Sunday School children performed four hymns, "Jesus loves Me, the B -I -B -L -E, Jesus in the Morning and Only a Boy Nam- ed David. Many awards were given for attendance and performance dur- ing the year. The choir sang "Saviour, Teach me Day by Day", and "Begin the Day with God." Flowers were placed in the sanctuary by the families of Ross Desjardine and Bill Love. Rev. Peebles told the children a story of a little girl rescued from a burning home. Her rescuer was bad- ly burned, needing hospitalization, and her parents were lost in the fire, leaving her all alone. Later, her rescuer came forward to claim her as his own, to take her into his home, having proved his love, with the burn scars to show it. Jesus died on the cross to atone for the sins of all mankind, and He too carried the scars as proof of His love for us - the nail prints on His hands and feet. Christ died that we might have forgiveness of our sins and eter- nal life with Him, and those scars give Him a claim on each one of us. There were two funerals this week at the United Church, for Ross Des- jardine on Saturday and for Bill Love on Sunday. The congregation mourns the loss of two such faithful members of the church. Catholic Women's League Twenty-five members of the Catholicn's Women's League attend- ed the June meeting at the Alhambra Hall. President Thea Stokkermans presided. CWL members Roberta Walker and Madelaine Dalton . have volunteered to attend the provincial convention in July, for the day of Ju- ly 9 and to attend the banquet, which features Bishop Sherlock as guest speaker. Father Morrissey com- mented on the very successful brunch held at Oakwood on June 8, with 12 members in attendance. Ad Smeekins brought in a quantity of knitted items for the "Christmas in July" donations, to be sent up north to the Eskimo missions. The bake sales will be held on August 3-4 and Auguest 23-24 this summer. It was decided to extend the CWL monthly meetings into the summer months, to facilitate planning the fund raising events, and to perhaps cancel the January -February meetings in- stead. A pr.ce list was passed out to all menters, for a price guide to the bake sae items donated. The sum of $60.00 was allocated for prizes for a fish pond, to be at the bazaar. Bazaar chairman Nancy Stokkermans also passed out tickets on a bicycle to be raffled at the bazaar in August, and outlined work duties needing extra volunteers. Suggestions were made for enter- taining senior citizens in rest haemes, as June is Senior Citizens month. There were also suggestions for treating the teens in the parish to some outings or parties. Several members were commend- ed for perfect attendance for 1985-86. Jeanne Kelders, Tillie VanLeeuwens, Toni Vandenberk, Thea Stokker- mans, Nancy Stokkermans and Roberta Walker. Father Morrissey suggested that our CWL give some thought to plann- ing a tour of shrines in Quebec, as an educational and religious experience. The next meeting will be July 21. After the meeting, a huge decorated rthday cake, made by Nancie Rae , was presented to Father Mor- rissey and served complete with ice cream. Anglican News This Sunday marked the 37th an- niversary of St. John's By -the -Lake Anglican Church. This was celebrated on the weekend by a most successful picnic for the congregation on Satur- day, held on the church grounds. Both services on Sunday celebrated with holy communion, with pastor Rev. Jim Sutton. A highlight of the service was the baptism of Laura Elisabeth Best, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Best, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Best. OFF TO BIG SCHOOL — This afternoon graduating class of the Grand Bend Nursery School is looking forward to kindergarten classes in the fall. In the front row left to right: Erin Jennison, Sean Maguire, Karie Jennison, Rickey Hamel, and Jason Moody. Bock row, Jason Bennett, Ryon Chandler, Kristen McIn- tyre, Jonathan DeJong, Emily Miller and Ryon Heywood. Teachers are Sharon Kyle and Connie Hodgins. r