Times-Advocate, 1987-11-04, Page 16Page 4A
REMOVE SLOOPS — A large number of Grand Bend Yacht Club members and friends gathered on River
Road last Saturday for the grand finale. Here "Wildcat" is gracefully lifted from its dock to the winter
cradle located on River Rd., Grand Bend. Work continued for 41/2 hours until the Grand Bend harbour
was bare. Two other boats one "Cat's Meow" worth over one half million dollars each, left their docks
last week and headed for Sarnia/Port Huron.
Grand Be
and district news
Lynne Desjardine - 238-8788
Roberta Walker - 238-2471
Medical facilities to expan
Not only has Grand Bend's boun-
daries become limited, but the area's
medical facilities also have need to
expand:
Tuesday, October 27 the directors
met with the doctors, Wm. O'Connor
and Robert Clay to study this expan-
sion. Due to the growing population of
Grand Bend, as seen with the con-
dominiums alone, the directors of the
medical centre realize that the ex-
isting facilities are fast becoming in-
adequate for the growth of the village
and surrounding area.
DirecLar E.G. (Ted) Hunt said that
it is apparent both to the board and
doctors, that the centre is in need of
more medical help.To accommodate
the increase in staff, the area of the for a smaller area! This expansion
present building would have to be in- would be added on to thy present
creased to almost double its size. building. While no government
_While--no—firm—costs-has -been—assistance was ° forthcoming -with the
established on the increased area original centre; all avenues of finan-
plans have been drawn up. It is cing are being explored by the direc-
estimated that' the cost could be tors at the present time, said Hunt.
around the $100,000 mark. Directors on the medical board are
The centre as it exists today, was Gerri Backx, 'tom Baxter, Robert
opened in 1b71 and costthe communi- ( Bob) Chapdelaine, Madelaine
ty approximately $30,000. All of that Dalton, Wm. (Bill) Harwood, Ted
amount was raised by organizations Hunt, Irene Kennedy, Jean Pollock,
and individual people of this area. The Jack Smeekens, Wm. (Bill) Sturde-
GB Lion's club played a big part in. vant, Grant Taylor (chairman), and
the development by donating the land Prosper VanBruaene. Secretary, Ed -
where it is located. na Frampton said that these directors
Presently, the board is faced with may change roles at their annual
a much larger sum of money required meeting in November.
CWL will assist Meals on Wheels
The ladies of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary Catholic Women's
League met on October 17 with
about 36 present in the Alhambra
Hall. CWL president Rose Van
• Bruaene presided at the meeting.
Members rolled pennies collected
for the missions, targeted for the
Esk-Omi Mission of Northern
Canada, totalling $106.68.
In the correspondence, the CWL
were invited by the Grand Bend
Lioness to a "Gold Fever" jewelry
party at Oakwood Inn on Thurs-
day, November 26, with dinner at
7 p.m. There was also an invitation
to Sacred Heart at Parkhill for
their annual Fall Bazaar on Satur-
day, November 14.
President Rose Van Bruaene
thanked CWL member Margaret
Schoeley for decorating the church
so beautifully at Thanksgiving.
She also thanked the 11 CWL
members who attended the
Thanksgiving Ecumenical at the
Anglican Church and Roberta
Walker who represented the CWL.
Five members attended the fall
Deanery meeting at St. Brigid's in
Logan, and Roberta Walker gave
a report of the day's events,
especially the workshop on
Resolutions and Legislation. Each
council has been encouraged to
work on a new resolution of their
own, or to help research and com-
pose a resolution on garbage
recycling and waste disposal
presently being composed by the
London Diocese.
Plans were finalized for the
CWL to serve at the annual
Alhambra Cash Draw Dance on
November 20. Father Beck en-
couraged any interested CWL
members to sign up for the Church
choir, especially for Christmas. He
also emphasized that all the lai-
ty are called upon to evangelize
and to bring new members into the
Church, for instruction, baptism or
sacraments.
It was agreed that the CWL will
support the Grand Bend Lioness •
with Meals on Wheels next spring
HALLOWE'EN AT GB NURSERY — Nursery school students at Grand
Bend United Church had a party Friday morning. Bock, left, Stacey
Case, Jeremy Ive, Jennifer Rath, Katrina Zaranik and Danny Sharpe.
Front, Jordi Mason, Christopher Oke, Michael Mosse, Cassandra
Henry, Holly lovie,ChristopherO'Brien and Stephen Chandler. Miss-
ing was Jason Byelis. T -A photo
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in March. Christmas baskets will
be prepared by the CWL for the
sick and shut-ins of the parish: A
collection will be held in church for
needy families, on the last Sunday
in Advent, to contribute food, toys
and other gifts by members of the
parish.
The next CWL meeting will be
Tuesday's November 17 at 7;30
p.m. with a Christmas Craft
demonstration. The ladies will be
shown how to make their own
straw or grape vine wreaths. The
craftsperson will provide all
materials except the grape vine
wreaths which are more
expensive.
Following the meeting, CWL
member Ann Arnsby gave a
demonstration of "Creative Kids
Toys". These toys ranging from
inventive rattles for infants to
complicated puzzles and spelling
games for teens, are all targeted
to stimulate the mind and en-
courage better neuro -muscular
coordination. Severdl members
ordered some toys, getting a head
start on Christmas.
Catholic news
November 1 marked the Feast
of All Saints Day at the Im-
maculate Heart of Mary Church in
Grand Bend 'with Father Paul
Beck as celebrant at all masses on
the weekend. Walter Costello was
the reader at the 11 a.m. Mass on
Sunday, with Lydia Duchow as
cantor and Paul Dietrich as
- organist. Madge and .Walter
Costello were Eucharistic
Ministers at communion, and the
choir's communion anthem was
the hymn "Ave Maria".,
. In his sermon, Father Beck
discussed the nature of sainthood.
Who is a saint? In one sense, a
saint is someone who performs
well at what they are supposed to
be doing. We are the saints of to-
day, who come together each Sun-
day as a worldwide community of
the baptized, to worship and give
thanks to God.
Being asaint,involved much strug-
gle for those now proclaimed "saints"
- it is still a great struggle to live out
the Beatitudes today. We are all
children of God, trying to become
saints in His heaven.
Bible Class
The ladies Bible/coffee hour mit
last Tuesday, October 27 in the
• Sauble Court Lounge with 15 ladies
present. Nita Sinclair openedthe
meeting with prayer and Millie
Desjardine led the singing.
Vera Brown was in charge of the
study. They read the two varying
accounts of the deaths in battle of
King Saul and his sons. They
discussed why the amalekite
would have approached David and
claimed responsibility for the
death of King Saul. The conclusion
was that the Amalekite was hop-
ing to ingratiate himself with
David as the new king of the
country.
There was also a discussion of
David's lament over the deaths of
Saul and Jonathon. It appears to
have been written partly for
historical purposes, and to record
David'sclose friendship with
Jonathon.
Annual- soccer awards banquet
The Grand Bend and District Soc-
cer Association held its annual pot
luck banquet at the Dashwood Com-
munity Centre Sunday.
Many thanks go to the president,
' Tony Mennen and executive director
Tom Vlemmix and referee Eddie
Mommersteeg for the organization.
Three teams won their divisions this
past season, the Atoms won the B
trophy, in Dublin, the Mosquitos won
the A in Exeter, and the Peewees on
the A in West Williams. Congratula-
tions to these teams and coaches.
Squirts coach, Tony Mennen had a
difficult time picking his outstanding
players. Most valuable offence was
Jason Wilson, MV defence was Bryce
Kadlecik and most improved player
was Judd Desjardine.
Atom coaches Willy Forrester and
Henri Bylsma presented trophies to
MV player Simon Desjardine, MVD
was Ben Kaak, and MIP to Trevor
Struth. Each member of the Atom
team was presented with a 13 champ
trophy as well.
• In the Mosquito division, individual
trophy winners were Jeff Lingard,
MVP, Ian Jean MVD, and MIP was
Marty Vanderhoek. Coaches John
VanLeuwan and Russ Lingard prais-
ed the enthusiasm of their team who
defeated top place teams in the final
to capture the "A" title.
Peewee coach and veteran soccer
manager, Martin Vandenberk, gave
MVP award to Cullen Kobe; MVD Bil-
ly Jennison; and MIP to Steve
Chapdelaine. Jennison presented a
memento to player Shaun Glavin who
was injured during the season.
Bill Baltessen was awarded the
MIP trophy, for the GB senior team
by coach Luke Mommersteeg MVP
went to Rob Mennen and MVO was
won by Bill Vandenberk.
Special thanks to door prize spon-
sors, Best's Restaurant,. Jackies
Donuts, Pinedale Restaurant, Coun-
try Market, Kelders Campground, Go
Fly A Kite, Rollies Sports, Prospers
Garage, J.T. Karry Home Centre, GB
Image Cleaners, The Basket Case,
Steve's Automotive, The Barefoot
Pedlar! I.G.A. Colonial Restaurant,
Dale's Dominion Hardware, Oakwood
Inn, Young Classic, GB Winter Car-
nival Executivq,` Tenderspot Food
Mart, Coconut Bay Dining and
Bluewater Hardware. Also to spon-
sors of each team.
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First concert well attended
The Grand Bend Concert Associa-
tion was well pleased with the large
attendance at their first concert last
Wednesday.
Sophie Rolland, cellist, Montreal,
and Andre-Sebastien Savoie, piano,
performed conscienciously to the GB
audience. Sophie studied cello at the
Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec,
bringing her talent to Grand Bend
while on tour for a special series of
concerts. She is currently residing in
London, England.
The audience applauded with en-
thusiasm to pieces by Bach,
Beethoven and a sonata in D Major by
Debussy. Sophie's rapore with her au-
dience was tremendous as she related
each piece's history. The music came
right from the heart with the har-
mony of cello and piano together in
each set. Rolland and Savoie la ed
beautilu y together and I'm sure
everyone there would have to agree
that a lot of talent was shown.
The next concert will be the
Cathedral Brass, five brass player's
on Wednesday, November 25 at 8 p.m.
Legion News
Tuesday was darts night out at the
Grand Bend Legion, with about 20 at-
tending. Barry Clark won the door
-prize. Kay Allen and Mary Clark won
first place, with Bonnie Humphries
and Velda Clarke, and Rick
Tiedeman and Sy Cuckuyt tying for
second place.
Young Carrie Tiedeman got a
perfect score of 180 - Congratulations!
The winners for the Friday meat
raffle were Alex Leatherland, Art
Chambers, Vern Fisher, Eva Duggan.
and Geoege Gallant. Tom Duggan,
Anne Fisher and Bob Mitchell won the
door prizes.
United Church
There was good attendance on Sun-
day for the 60th Anniversary Service
at the Grand Bend United Church.
The guest speaker was Rev. Wes Oke
of London, who gave a timely
message based on Psalm 72.
Rev. Peebles told the children's
story with an object lesson on keys.
He told them that Baptism, Commu-
nion and being religious, led to the
keys of believing and accepting.
The special music was provided by
Mrs. Barb Hodgins of Clinton who ac-
companied her songs on her guitar.
Dianne Rice was the doorgreeter for
the service.
Church of God
Pastor Desjardine preached a
message from Acts 12 in the Sun-
day morning worship at the
Church of God. The title of his
message was "Facing the Cen-
flict". The early Church faced
persecution for the first time from
the outside as they gathered to
pray for Peter's release from
prison.
Mike Vincent led the morning
worship service and Richard Des-
jardine led in the evening. Millie
Desjardine sang at both services,
with her husband Morley accom-
panying her in a duet during the
evening service.
The youth group enjoyed their
hayride on Friday night at the
Whipple Tree Stables. Afterward
they returned to the church for
. games, food and a devotional lec
by Bruce MacAlpine. Bruce has
recently moved to this area after
graduating from University of
Saskatchewan with a degree in
agriculture.
Church of God invites everyone
to come and hear the Proclaimers
sing and play their harmonicas on
Sunday, November 8 at 7 p.m.
About Iown
Another Hallowe'en is safely behind
us, as the tiny ghosts and goblins hang
up their costumes and wash off the
make-up, until next year. It was a
perfect night for the trick or treaters
with fine weather on . a weekend
besides, so they could all stay out as
late as possible to enjoy it.
Hallowe'en parties were in abun-
dance too, and many of them were at-
tended by somewhat bigger, older
merry -makers. Oakwood Inn,
Coconut Bay and Finnegans' hosted
some special ghostly gatherings, just
to name!!! few places celebrating the
autumnal equinox, or "feast of
Samhain" with something stronger
than candy and cider.
It's the first time in several years
that the Christmas Place, now sold,
was closed to local youngsters. Each
Hallowe'en the store was.a witch's
brew of delight for tiny tots - the best
stop in Grand Bend - now the end of
a tradition everyone will ' fondly
remember. To the former owners -
many thanks for the talents and
creativity, displayed year round.
The only blotch on the Hallowe'en
scene was found in the Southcott
Pines area - literally hundred of blot-
ches, in fact. Some of the older trick
or treaters engaged in egg -throwing
• contests resulting in the total waste
of many hours of work by many
chickens, a waste of quite a few
omeletes and leaving a real mess on
the streets for Southcott Pines
residents to clean up. Several younger
children were menaced by egg -
tossing teens.
No one minds a few tricks in high
spirits, but this kind of thing tends to
spoil a holiday, both.for the younger
kids and for those who are faced with
egg -shell littered streets.
Grand Bend Seniors are on the go
again! Elizabeth Norris, Elda
Adams, Catherine Junker and Loreen
Gill went on a one day bus tour to the
Colasantie Tropical Gardens near
Leamington last Tuesday, October 27.
They joined others from the
Dashwood and Grand Bend area.
Afterunc m e ardens
restaurant, they went to Jack Miner's
Bird Sanctuary to view the flocks of
ducks and geese. Afterward they en-
joyed supper at a Chatham
restaurant, then headed for home.
The Grand Bend Golden Agers are
reminded 'that their November
meeting will be held on:November 11,
at the St. John's Parish Hall, at the
usual time of 1:30 p.m. '
- Don't forget the Grand Bend United
Church women are serving up their
annual turkey supper today. For
those who prefer a take-home dinner;
call Susan McKay at 238-8490.
Art and Betty Haist, Pinedale sub-
division have returned home from a
great holiday in the Soviet Union and
Helsinki, Finland.
Many trick or treaters were on the
prowl Saturday evening. The Stell-
ingwerff Hallowe'en mobile vehicle
loaded with . a group . of
ghouls/punkers in the back was seen
travelling throughout the area.
Freda Farrell, .Carol Anne
Bonenberg and Lynne Desjardine at-
tended the annual dinner meeting of
the Lambton unit of the Canadian
Cancer Society Monday at the Sarnia
Golf and• Curling Club. Dr. Leslie.
Levin, director of the London
Regional Cancer centre told the group
of a new facility in London (leader in
North America) opening in April of
1988.
The Grand Bend Public School held
its cross country in Forest last week, -
joining six other area schools for the
competition -Eric -Clay finished= -
cond, Kyle Vermeulen, fifth, Simon
Desjardine seventh,- and Michael
Stanlake ninth in the junior boys.
Junior girls were Teresa Petch
seventh, Tracy Turnbull eighth, An-
drea Ridley -ninth and Sarah DeBrum
'eleventh.
• In the Bantam division Trent Stell-
ingwerff was first with a great'perfor-
mance, Josh Vermeulen was sixth,
Keith Crawford eighth and Chris
Stanlake ninth. LeeAnn Peckitt was
third in intermediate girls. Nicole Gill
finished sixth and Patti Desjardine
seventh in senior girls. Our senior
boys didn't place in the top 10 list.
. Congratulations to all the Grand Bend
team!
CANADIAN TALENT IN GRAND BEND — At the first concert by
Youth and Music at the Grand Bend United Church last Wednesday,
Jason Clay, left and Andrew Sharen, right both 11 years old were
ushers for the large audience. In the centre is Andre-Sebastien
Savoie, pianist and Sophie Rolland, cellist.
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