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Excellent turn -out for Ride for Cancer in Pinery
Sundays cooler temperatures
failed to deter the turnout at the
fifth annual Great Ride for Cancer
at the Pinery Provincial Park. Orga-
nizer Peggy Smith, Port Franks,
said there was an increase of 30 rid-
ers this year, for a total of 298 par-
ticipants. Ninety-seven of those
registered at the Grand Bend table,
with the Girl Guides and Brownie
leaders helping with registration. A
grand total of $13,300.00 was
pledged and will be turned over to
the Lambton Unit of the Canadian
Cancer Society by May 15. The to-
tal for 1987 was over S 10,(X)0, also
a record.
Winner of the new bicycle from
Canadian Tire, Forest, was Melissa
Tattersell, eight, RR 2, Grand'
Bend. Melissa is a Brownie. Anoth-
er Grand Bender finished the 20 km.
ride in just an hour, and arrived
back in fifth place overall.
Bill Janssen, Grand Bend, owner
of the Old Mill Restaurant in Park-
hill, received S500 in pledges, one
of the highest in sponsors.
Steve Stellingwerff was on hand,
making a number of service calls to
the many bike tires before the ride
began.
A big thank you to a all those
who ventured out and also to the
many sponsors for their great sup-
port against an awful disease.
This was the most successful
"Ladies Great Ride For Cancer" ever
held at the Pinery Park, according to
organizer Peggy Smith. There were
nearly 300 riders registered, who
raised $13,300 in pledges for 1988,
easily topping last year's amount of
S10,300. People from all over an-
swered the challenge to "Come
Pedal the Pinery", coming from
London, Komoka and Sarnia to take
part in the annual event.
The weather cooperated in a cool,
sunny day, perfect to tackle the
hills, with free drinks provided for
bikers at the halfway mark, and a
free hot dog and drink when they
finished. Each one to complete the
course also got a button "I Pedalled
the Pinery". Melissa Tattersall of
RR 2, Grand Bend won the draw for
a bike of her choice, and the person
to hand in the most money in
pledges by May 15 also wins a bike
of his/her choice.
Four pick-up trucks with radios
patrolled the bikers' route to provide
assistance or fix a bike, and the St.
John's Ambulance stood by for
emergencies. Many thanks to Peggy
Smith, her volunteers and all the bi-
kers who have made this event so
successful and generated such fund-
ing to fight cancer.
Mount Carmel wins
Two local schools did very well
last week in the Huron -Perth Sep-
arate School Board Finals in Strat-
fQrd. grades 3-4 presented their pro-
jects at St. Aloysuis School and
grades 5-8 at St. Michael's Secon-
dary School. Of the 16 students
who competed for Our Lady of
Mount Carmel in Stratford, five
won prizes: Marty DeBruyn, first
prize in Consumer Division for his
work on comparison batteries; Ian
Jean got second prize for Physical
Science to determine the approxi-
mate height of an oleic acid mole-
cule, using some impressive calcu-
lations; Adam Jean won third prize
in Physical Science for "Factors
Affecting the Pendulum". All of
these were in grade 5-8.
In the Junior Division, Stepha-
nie Coeck won second prize in the
Consumer Division for her project
"Rating Popcorn"; Chris Reaburn
got third prize for "How Sound
Travels" in the Chemical -Physical
Division.
Nine students represented Pre-
cious Blood School, Exeter and
three brought back prizes. Erin
Kraftcheck won first prize in the
Chemical Division for the
"Function of Water In Bread" on
the consistency of dough. Jason
Coolman won second price in the
Chemical Division for his work -on
"Antacids", experimenting with
various brand name antacids to de-
termine their effectiveness in neu-
tralizing acid. Kevin Coolrnan got
third prize for his project on
Golden anniversary
Lloyd and Eva Fahner celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
this weekend, joined by all their rel-
atives and friends. Lloyd's brother
Ezra and his wife and his sister
Louise (Madcly) and her husband,
all came from Alberta for the occa-
sion. They began with a special din-
ner for the family on Saturday even-
ing, then had the open house on
Sunday afternoon at the Dashwood
Community Centre, where nearly
165 came to pay their respects to
this well -loved couple. -Dinner was
provided for about 60 relatives and
friends on Sunday evening with
daughters Barb and Nancy helping
to keep things running smoothly.
Lloyd and Eva Fahner have eight
grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren as of Friday night.
One surprising anniversary present
was a new great-granddaughter Sa-
mantha Gardener, who made her ap-
pearance at 11:15 p.m. Friday, 45
minutes before the actual date of
their anniversary! Congratulations
to Lloyd and Eva and the whole
family on a half century together!
Legion news
Winners of the Friday meat raffle
at the Grand Bend Legion were At-
wood Cahoon, Remi Van Praet,
Clint Babcock won twice and Gord
Glazer. Don Baker won the mystery
prize.
The general meeting will be held
on Monday, May 2 with installa-
tion of officers, officiated by the
Zone Commander of Sarnia.
NATURE DISPLAY
& INFORMATION
CENTRE
GROUP OF RIDERS - Awaiting for start signa at reat 't'e to -tnery Park.
"Bubblegum" in the consumer di-
vision, comparing "which flavor
lasts the longest".
The best overall project and that
was a tough decision, was "The
Human Eye" by Sharon Kelly of
St. Patrick's, Dublin. She had
made a model of the eye and tested
reactions of the eye to colour and
shape, using various pictures of
"optical illusions". It was very
thoroughly done and quite impres-
sive.
The theme of Education Week
this year was "Dare to Dream" and
these youngsters were very creative
in their choices of experiments,
following through with some fas-
cinating and nrovocative results.
Examples: studies in acro -
dynamics; effects of detergents on
weed growth; experiments on con-
ductivity of metals, corrosion of
metals; ability of various insulat-
ing materials to trap and hold heat
The committee of judges ‘ .is
very pleased with the quality of the
work presented and exoned the stu-
dents to continue to strive for ex-
cellence.
The prizes were awarded by the
Perth -Huron Unit of the Ontario
English Catholic Teachers Asso: ia-
tion (O.E.C.T.A.) Laurie Kraft -
check, principal at Mount Carmel,
was instrumental in organizing this
year's science fair.
Congratulations to all the ‘‘ in-
ners.
REAL CHAMPS - Last week the T -A mistakenly ran the picture of the
runners-up in the Grand Bend dart tournament. Legion 11 was the best of 12
teams registered in the 1987-88 Thursday night dart league. Shown (back
left) are Brian Hitchcock, John Teevins, Tony Gaudio, Alex Leatherland,
Wally Turple and (front) Joe MacNeil, Rick McCavour and Jim Price. They
won three straight in the best of five games of 701.
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All proceeds from the Flowers of Hope campaign
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