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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-04-13, Page 5■ TT'S YflhJR R1ISII\JFSS Back in ig frau the archives Time °fthe c`s 10 Years AO.' April 11, 1984 - The new Ex- eter Optimist club became a re- ality Monday night with Kevin Short as the president. Charter night will follow shortly. Workers at Bell Aerospace at Grand Bend go back to the job this week after an eight week strike, but the decison to return was close by a vote of 34 to 33. The Exeter firemen recently received more than $800 to buy wheel chairs. The money came from a disbanded Exeter and area gun club. Original club members making the presenta- tion were Russ Brintnell, Henry Green, Doug Triebner and Irwin Ford. The winners of a gourmet din- ner in a draw sponsored by the Kirkton fair board were Gerald and Norma Paul. The chefs were Mike O'Shea and Jim Hodgins. The Hensall Sherwoods won the South Huron intermediate hockey championship. The club is coached by Don Reid and John Baker. South Huron District High School has again won the Hu- ron -Perth gymnastics champion- ship. Overall division champi- ons were Ronalyn Bell, Lee O'Rourke, Catherine Patterson and Starr Jesney. '2g'Ye rs Ago April 18, 1969 - Exeter coun- cil Monday night quickly en- dorsed a resolution asking the Ontario government to take im- mediate steps to relieve property owners of an "imminent enor- mous tax increase" brought about by education costs. A portable classroom may be added to Precious Blood Separ- ate School in Exeter this fall to accommodate an expected in- crease in enrolment. Grand Bend council took defi- nite steps Monday night to en- force provisions of the recently passed water installation bylaw. One commercial establishment that was hooked up without ob- taining a permit was given 24 Alfto have the water turned ,e ff and follow proper proce dures. The Crediton Tigers have won the Western Ontario Ath- letic Association intermediate grand championship for the sec- cond straight year. Plans are underway for the Centennial celebrations this year of the Crediton United Church. 40 Years Ago • April 17, 1954 - With the help of district farmers and sports- men, the South Huron Game Conservation Club will raise and release over 1,000 pheas- ants again this year. SO Years Ago April 16, 1944 -A feature of the opening of the Sixth Victory Loan was the zooming of a Mosquito bomber over the town, Monday morning. Citi- zens rushed from homes and stores to get a glimpse of the plane. The Exeter Public Utilities Commission last week moved to their new quarters in the building formerly owned by the Bank of Montreal. The main of- fice has been remodelled and re- decorated and new fluorescent lights have been installed. The Exeter bowling club now has a new power roller for roll- ing their greens. The roller which is a fine piece of work was built by Thomas Coates of the Sunoco arae. The automobile speed limit has been increased by the Onta- rio Legislature from 15 miles per hour in towns and cities to 20 milesper hour and from 20 to 25 miles per hour in the coun- trY. Two more Exeter boys have returned from the war. They are Doug Stewart and Fred Brima- cmnbe. Times -Advocate, April 13, 1994 Page 5 Flytower will add dimension to Playhouse By Fred Groves T -A staff GRAND BEND - The theme for the 1994 summer theatre season at the Huron Country Playhouse is 'We're Flying.' While the Playhouse is in the midst of a long range plan which will cost a total of over $4.5 mil- lion, the attention now is some 41 feet above the stage itself. Stage 2A of the massive four- year plan is just about completed and when theatre -goers drive out to the country a couple of months from now they will see a big change. Outside the barn which houses the main stage has been face -lifted with a new exterior while inside, directly above the stage, a flytower has been built. "Realisticaly the flytower should have gone on 20 years ago when they built the theatre," said Simon Day of the Playhouse who has been keeping a close eye on the project. Unless you are well versed in the ins and outs of theatre, you will not know what a flytower does. Here's a brief explanation provided by both Day and Playhouse Artistic Director -General Manager Max Reimer. It is a series of 24 overhead cranes with 40 -foot long pipes which are moved by the use of air- craft cables. There is a series of pulleys and counterweights and the whole system allows the backstage crew to move not only people but sets, lighting and anything else they want to. While the grid system is 41 -feet above the stage, the new roof on the Playhouse is 56 -feet high allow- ing for the crew to walk along the grid. "You can walk around 4l -feet above the stage and drop ropes and things in and lift scenery without going up on ladders. It saves a lot of time," said Day. ' Prior to the construction, there were six lifts but the new system is far more elaborate. Fly Peter, fly: Audiences will get a first-hand look at this when the hit musical Peter Pan opens on June 14. The main character will be played by Leisa Way who starred in the Sound of Music and Came- lot. " "The actual flying of human be- ings is a very rare use of a flytow- er," said Reimer. He admitted he will want to show off the flytower s use to the audi- ence and said that Peter Pan gives a perfect opportunity to do that. In the music 1, the flight to Neverland calls for the entire set to break apart. "It's an artistic decision whether to reveal the flying of scenery to an audience," said Reimer. There are many other changes to A plan to get the old spirit back Sidewalk Sales will return to closed -off Main Street EXETER - The Exeter Business Association is looking to recapture past successes of the Sidewalk Sale Days in town. The event in the past few years has not drawn the traffic, or generat- ed the sales, it used to. A plan is un- derway to once again close down Main Street for the sale and re- direct traffic around the downtown area. Terry Schwartzentruber, repre- senting the BIA, asked council for its approval to close the street July 20 and 21, a Wednesday and Thurs- day. `/ Schst•artzcntrsbcr said thc last thing the BIA wants to do is upset motorists coming through town and is proposing that traffic be detoured west all the way to Marlborough Street. "I always thought that when the streets were closed, it was a better sidewalk sale," agreed councillor Dave Urlin. "We were asking for permission to close it 24 hours a day," said Schwartzentruber, who said the 131A is hoping to bring in attrac- tions that would require semi- permanent installation. Should overnight closing not be possible, then the displays would have to be different, he said. Karen Brown, BIA manager, said the OPP has the final say on thc street closure, and that safety con- cerns about traffic and its direction take precedence. r INVESTMENTS GIC/RSP 1 Yr. - 6.20% 3 Yr. - 6.90% 5 yr. - 7.50% Segregated Funds 1YR. -16.19% 2YR. -11.72%. 3 YR. - 10.31%1 Gasser-Kneale 235-2420, 238-8484 • rota subject to thane. Short. !erre rates available. Segregated food rates reflect actual part performance. Future return' will vary. The BIA is still discussing whether Main Street would be closed from Huron Street north to Sanders or Gidley Streets. Howev- er, the plan to hold the event in the middle of the week is seen as a positive move. Retailers are being encouraged to bring in aggressive - 13I -pored merchandise for the event. "Sidewalk sales will continue on Friday and Saturday, but the em- phasis will be on Wednesday and Thursday," said Schwartzentruber. the Playhouse this year including the installing of heating and air- conditioning. This has meant that the barn has become air tight so the audience won't have to duck any- more to avoid the odd bird or bat. There is a new roof and as men- tioned, the exterior has all been re- done with a golden pine board. It certainly doesn't look like the adja- cent barn but Reimer says once it weathers, it will. "It looks like a new barn but it definitely looks like a barn. The structure is still there. I'm anxious to see the reaction. I bet it will be split," he said of the patrons initial response to the new look. When asked if the audiences will feel the country atmoshphere will disappear, he said no. "Bigger and better doesn't always mean more glamorous," said Reim- er. The Playhouse's tradition of pop- ular musicals will continue as Peter Pan runs from June 14 to July 2 and Oklahoma which caps of the sea- son, rens from August 16 to Sep- tember 3. "The product we do is big -book musicals, broadway classics. No- body can afford to do that on a pro- fessional level. The only people do- ing it are big profit shows in Toronto. ei Looking up from the bottom of the 41 -foot flytower at the Huron Country Playhouse are left; Si- mon Day and Max Reimer. Mayor says situation at Camp Ipperwash could hurt tourism GRAND BEND - The mayor of Grand Bend feels the situation at Camp Ipperwash, south of the com- munity resort, may hurt tourism this summer. "It's a personal feeling that 1 have. Our business is tourism and the perception by the public of what is happening at Camp Ipperwash is judgmental to the whole area." Natives of the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation have being occupying the 1,976 acre former Canadi- an Forces training camp since May, 1993. As part of the recent federal budget, Finance Min- ister Paul Martin announced that the government was returning the camp to the natives. There are still several issues which remain includ- ing clean-up and compensation fdr the 'use of die land dating back to 1942 when it was expropriated under the War Measures Act. "I think it could have an influence on the area," added Lawson. "I've heard from a number of peo- ple who are now questioning whether they'll spend time down in the parks in that area, cottages and so on." Back in 1942 the government agreed the camp would be returned to the natives when no longer needed for military purposes. As part of the new budget, the government chopped millions from its defence budget. Lawson added he has been incontact with both the federal and provincial ministries of tourism and said, "you can see that has fallen on deaf ears at this point." In recent years the camp has been used mostly as a training base for cadets. 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