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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1991-10-16, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, October 16, 1991 COMMI I This giant squash, weighing in at 355 pounds, won second place in Port Elgin's Ontario contest on Monday. Unfortunately, Ailsa Craig's pumpkin growing committee were unable to defeat their Port Elgin counterparts in the all-important pumpkin category. From left are Terry Shipway, Trevor Moore, Dave Scott and Paul Shipway. Sitting on top is Matthew Shipway. Great Pumpkin Challenge Ailsa Craig pumpkin just shy of mark By Adrian Harte PORT ELGIN - The great pumpkin rose from the patch and travelled all the way to Port Elgin. However, the Ailsa Craig contender shed a few pounds along the way and weighed in just a little less than the Port Elgin pretender and left council to face the ignominy of losing two out of three pump- kin challenges to their northern counterparts. This Thanksgiving weekend was the third and last time Ailsa Craig and Port Elgin councils challenged each other to a pumpkin growing contest. Ailsa Craig won in 1989, lost in 1990 and again this year. The judges were no less than those of the Confed- eration of the World's Pumpkin who judge pump- kins, squash and radishes for Ontario in Port Elgin each year. Ailsa Craig's pumpkin this year weighed 366 pounds just after it was picked Thursday, but mois- ture loss before Monday's official weigh-in reduced it to 347 pounds, putting it behind the contender of Port Elgin council at 360 pounds. The loss means Ailsa Craig council will have to buy a steak dinner for their Port Elgin counterparts when they visit the village in November. If Ailsa Craig had won, Port Elgin councillors were obliged to each buy a sponsored brick for the new recrea- tion centre. The overall winner in the pumpkin contest was said to be a 600 pound -plus monster from the pumpkin patch of Kevin Leitch in Denfield. Ailsa Craig did, however, take second place in the squash competition for a 355 pound green giant that began life as a pumpkin. "It looks like it wants to be orange," said Trevor Moore, who thought it might be a winning pumpkin before it was cut from the vine on Friday afternoon. Port Elgin council had no entry in that division. Surprisingly, Ailsa Craig came out way ahead of Port Elgin in the giant radish growing challenge. Village council had believed their six -pound radish would not be in the running with the boasts of Port Elgin council, but the weigh scales could do no bet- ter than a pound and a half for the northern chal- lengers. While the days of the pumpkin challenge may be over, there are already rumours of a new contest in the works. It is said Port Elgin mayor Fred Wuerth has already been bragging to Ailsa Craig reeve Don Shipway about his municipality's superior water- melon growing powers. "The mayor says he's going to start watermelons next year," confirmed Shipway's wife Jean on Mon- day evening. Green or orange, giants or dwarfs, wins or losses, the hyperbole that surrounded the three years of the Great Pumpkin Challenge is bound to be missed by members of both councils and their municipalities. Four convictions in Exeter court • EXETER - John S. Brown of RR3 Parkhill pleaded guilty in provincial court in Exeter last Tuesday to charges of break, enter and theft, break and enter with intent to commit a theft, as well as a separate charge of theft. The court heard that on February 17, the ac- cused and two others gained entrance through a window into the Petro Canada in Stephen Town- ship. A total of $117 was taken. The court also heard that the accused and two accomplices entered a home in Hensall where they stole two cases of beer valued at $50 on June 17. Brown admitted to being involved but said he didn't enter the home but was a lookout for the other two. The accused, along with one young offender, also stole a half of a 12 pack of beer from a truck at the same residence. Judge R.G.E. Hunter ordered a predisposition report and sentenc- ing has been delayed until November 26. Mischief James Oke of RR3 Usborne Township pleaded guilty to a charge of mischief under $1,000 after an incident July 24 in which damage was done to fresh asphalt in Stephen Township, property of the On- tario Development Corporation. The court heard that at approximately 4:50 p.m. the accused was driving in Huron Park and did "donuts" on the pavement in the pa- rade square. Asphalt had been put down the day before and several ruts and circles were left in it by the vehicle. The accused made restitution for the $140 damage and was given a conditional discharge and 12 months probation. Possession of narcotics Charges of possession of narcotics and failure to appear in court have resulted in a $250 fine or 10 days in jail for Craig A. MacEach- ern of London. The accused entered guilty pleas to possession of a narcotic on August 10, and failure to appear in court August 21 for fingerprint- ing. The court heard that at 12:56 a.m., August 10, the accused was sit- ting in a car in the lot of a local bar and had in his possession canna- bis resin. He failed to appear in cant at the later date stating that he had lost the paper with the date on it. The accused was given 90 days to pay the fine. Assault charges John Ferris of Hensall pleaded guilty to assault charges against Ja- son VanHaarlem stemming from an incident June 19. Exeter police were called to 122 Anne St. at 9 p.m. where they found Ferris and VanHaarlem. The accused had once been married to the woman VanHaarlem was living with, and punched VanHaarlem giving him a bloody lip and knocking his glasses off. Ferris was given a conditional discharge, 12 months probation and Ordered not to have any contact at all with VanHaarlem. resent e' - • ."'":00 10 • • People on By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH - Carmel Sweeney at- tended the 72nd annual convention in Toronto and spent a few days with daughter Beth. Jerome Swee- ney later joined them on Wednes- day and on Thursday they attended the Legislative Assembly at Queen's Park where they met and returned home with son-in-law MPP Paul Klopp. Brian and Michelle DePaepe along with Doug Klopp enjoyed Octoberfest activities in Kitchener on the weekend. Arnold and Coby Vanden Boo - men along with Lee and Rose Regi- er spent a few days up north in Sud- bury visiting daughter Maureen Vanden Boomen. 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