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Erewhon
theatre
The Erewhon Theatre troupe vis-
ited Precious Blood School on
Friday, spinning a tale of how
the rain forests of Brazil fall prey
to the concems of big business
and politics. Students from Pre-
cious Blood, Exeter Public
School, and Usborne Central
School attended the perfor-
mance and a few even took over
small roles in the play. Above,
Theresa Wilhelm of Precious
Blood joins performers Nickie St.
John and Keith Cole (monkey) on
the Amazon. Below, Cole takes
on the role of a snake.
St. Boniface operetta;
tickets now on sale
By Carmel Sweeney
ZURICH - Tickets are now on
sale for the operetta that will be
held at St. Boniface School on
Wednesday, February 27. The
event will be presented at 7:30
p.m. by the grade seven and eight
students with the theme being The
Trial of the Big Bad Wolf.
Dress rehearsals will be held at
1:15 p.m. on February 25 and 26.
The $3 tickets can be obtained by
phoning the school at 236-4335.
Bowl for Millions
A reminder that Town and
Country Bowling Lanes will once
again be hosting Bowl for Mil-
lions. The event will be held Sun-
day, February 10 with proceeds
going to the Big Brothers and Big
Sisters Association.
Golden Agers
The Zurich Golden Agers will
be meeting at the Hay Township
Hall on Monday, February 11 at
2:30 p.m. Please note the time
change due to the foot care clinic
that day.
Teen Dance
The next Zurich Optimist Club
Teen dance will be held at the
public school gym on Friday, Feb-
ruary 15 for Valentines with music
by Serious Business.
Loonie Tickets /
Tickets are on sale at Most -Zurich
stores for a chance at winning 100
loons. The event will be run by the
Zurich Chamber of Commerce and
the tickets are $2.
Winter Carnival
Anyone needing a ride to the
Grand Bend Winter Carnival Satur-
day, February 16 can ilet one com-
pliments of the Zunch Optimist
Club. Reservations for the free bus
ride can be made by phoning Rob
Vandcrhoek at 236-7134. The bus
will leave the public school at
10:30 a.m. with 30 passengers so it
is best to call earl .
Zurich ns meet
The Zuri cons met recently
with 16 in attendance. The meeting
was chaired by President Joe Ken -
da Jr. and guest speaker was Peter
Million from Stratford, Chairman
for Zone 37. A
A Chinese auction was held for
collection of Lions Club pins from
the late Russell Grainger which
were donated to the club, and won
by Jeff Laporte. The second auc-
tion was won by Norm Koehler. A
motion was made that the club pur-
chase a plaque with the profits in
order to honour Lions.
Motion was made that profits be
waved from the last bingo split so
that the association could purchase
electronic bingo boards. Motions
were also passed to send $250 to
the Zurich Public School and $200
to Si Boniface to be used for VIP
programs on drug awareness.
The next regular meeting will be
February 18, while the Region 37
rally will be held at the Community
Centre in Bayfield on Tuesday,
February 28.
Personals
Birthday wishes go out to Greg
Masse, Melissa Jeffrey, Lorne and
Lloyd Klopp, Clayton Neilands,
Megan Gingerich, Denise Meiding-
er and Herb Klopp.
Congratulations to Henry and
Annie Becker on their 65 anniver-
Best wishes for a speedy recov-
ery to Russell Oesch who is a pa-
tient in Clinton Hospital.
May we offer our sincere sympa-
thy to the families of Gerald Sree-
nan and Ora Homer who passed
away recently.
Hensall
Block parent meeting
hosts good turnout
By Vanessa Cook
HENSALL - A Block Parent
meeting was held January 28 at
Hensall Public school. Richard
Packham chaired the meeting. Con-
stable John Marshall and MMararyy
Moffatt, principal of Hensall
school, were also present:
There was a good turnout for this
meeting which was good to see.
There are at present 41 active
Block parents in Hensall but there
is a need for more. If anyone *in-
terested in becoming a Block Par-,
ent, application forms are available
at Hensall school. Phone 262-2833.
If yon would like more inforrmt tion
about Block parents the new execu-
tive is planning an information
night sometime in April.
The new officers are: Chairper-
son, Jan Hoover Co -chairperson,
Shelly Hay; Secretary-Treasut'er,
Linda Persson.Shuffleboard
On Jan pry 29, shuffleboard was
played in HensaU. The high six
game winners were Eileen Dawson
with a score of 444, Dave Wood-
ward with a score of 406, Pearl
McKnight with a score of 388,
Glen Davidson with a score of 364
and Dave Kyle with a score of 361.
The next shuffle day will be
Monday, February 11 instead of
Tuesday due to the seniors meeting.
Library news
A book exchange has been com-
pleted so there will be many new
books available in the Hensall li-
brary this week. Susan is consider-
ing doing a Saturday morning sto-,
ryhour. If anyone is interested'
please call Susan at 262.2445 or
262-2449.
Bmwnics, Girl Guides, Beavers,
Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Reading
Circle, Nursery School and any oth-
er group I would like to hear from
you. Call me at 262-3026 and let
me know what you're doing.
I would be happy to attend one of
your meetings and write a piece for
the paper on your special activity.
Give me a call 262-3026.