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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-06-18, Page 23ii £OMMIIIVJTY Times -Advocate; lune 18, 1997 Page.23 A helping hand. Liz Stephens of the Exeter Lionelss'Club/ presents a cheque for $1,500 'to Helen Jean Snell and Robin MacDonald of the Anago Resources Heron Street Residence. in Exeter on Friday. Mandy Bennett of Anago Resources 19c. and .aurie Dystra and Mary Lou Becker of the Lioness Club joined i,the presentation. The funds were used to construct new bathroom facilities in the home. The licensed facility'provideS 24-hour care to five resi- dents with physical and developmental challenges. Hit, run and throw returns EXETER - Once iagain. active arms, )cgs and hats will participate in the •Hi' Run and Throv0 contest sponsored by Baseball Ontario. ' • Each .year for the'past six years. this competition has been ,held ;Toss Canada for youths up to 13 years of age. The competition tures three stations,' the hitting, of the hall. the running of the bases. and the throwing ofj the. ball; hence the name, Hit! Run and Throw. Boys and girls are divided up into fiv'c : categories. ;Pre Rookie boys' and girls born -1990 and 'later: Rookie. boys and. -girls - born irk ' . 1988-89; Mosquito boys and girls/, born in 1986-87; Peewee boys horn ilt_J_28.4,95 and Peewee-gids_borttr_ in 198401• later. . . • f The /competition emphasizes • a fair play code that includes respect for all .players and the spirit of tete .competition amongst fellow players: For an entry . fee of $6.. each player receives a drink, hot- '' dog. signed Blue Jays baseball and a record of times and. points for theirrespectivc Stations. • The top three from each category then compete at the regional event • in mid July with the winners of these events moving on to the Sky - dome for the Ontario finals, and fi- nally;_the winners of the Ontario di- vision will . compete again at -the Skydome for the Ontario finals; an finally. the winners. of the Ontario division will compete again at the Skydome for the Canada widecom- petition. Last year- Lucan was well repre- sented as five players advanced to the regionals. where Logan Couture advanccd -on to the Ontario .finals and then again on to the Canadian finals where he won the Goldin the Pre Rookie division. The competition will be held on. June 29. 1997 at the Lucan' Com- • munity Centre beginning at I i a.m. and finishing around 2 p.m. Entry forms arc available at . MacLeans . Home Hardware and Darling's Foodland in Exeter. and in Lucan at Clarke's Foodmart and- Darling's Foodland. - • The Honda Hit, Run and Throw is a great day of fun and competi- tion so why nut get your local assn- ciation -involved and be a part of • this event! 'For. more information please call Lori Couture at 666- •2234. County Road 83 to be resurfaced! GODERICH - The years of dodg- ing potholes on County Road 83 (formerly Highway 83) will soon be over! According to Huron County engi- neer Sandra Lawson, the road from Exeter to Highway 21 will be re - paved in 1998. At the same time, three bridges (two crossing the Ausable River and one crossing Black Creek) will • be rebuilt. Lawson estimates the project will take from April to Sep- tember. 1, Donated goods needed for project By Roberta Walker -.Grand Bend correspondent GRAND BEND - Sunday, June 15 was Graduation Day at imniaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Parish for all • the young participants M. the parish Sunday School. Each child received a special patch or scroll for atten- dance. presented by Father Paul Beck. He thanked Bonnie Vandenherk and all her helpers for providing such an interesting and enjoyable opportunity torr these children: Delaney Maria Coates. infant daughter. of Bradley Coates and Cindy Vandenherk, was recently. baptized Into the Catholic Cor r pity. Kyle B:dtessen recei' First Holy Communion Doug Relouw• and S: •intshaw celebrated their wedding on June + The parish wcl: • . Father Martin Royackers, a Jesuit Missionary priest from Jamaica, :10 he celebrant at the 9 a.m. Mass. H :is visiting parents and relatives in the Parkhill area, while on vacation. Parishoners may notice and appreciatethat the entire , parking lot has now been paved. Grand Bend's former pastor. Father Douglas F. Boy-• er, celebrated his 50th anniversary as.a priest on May 31. (1)47 - I9y7). . • • There's still time to donate items to the Canadian Food for Children Project. •A list of suggested food. supplies; containers. etc.) is available at the back of the Church. A truck will he collecting everything next weekend for • transport to the central shipping/ distribution area: ,Have your donations in by noon on Sunday. Cal) Lia Vandenberk, 23$-8403 for infonna tion. 11 Tickets are on sale to a,parish pork barbecue, held on the grounds of the Alhambra Hall on -August '10 at 5 p.m. Call 238-8222 or 243-2989 for tickets. On June 3. the Catholic Women's League Council of Immaculate Heart cif wlarY parish hosted a parish potluck supper for all the seniors. -About 100 seniors and C.W.L. members attended the event. with a special guest of Father Paul Beck, Bishop John Sherlock of the London diocese. There was an abundance of food to he enjoyed by everyone•, including the North Lambton Secondary. School Jazz Band. who provided • some great music. Music instrue;tor Dave Williams conduct- ed this talented group of young musicians. After the dinner and entertainment, about 30-C.W.L. members attended a• business meeting; chaired by vice- president Nancy Stokkermans. Organization .(invencr Margrit Breuer reported 91 paid ur member; for this year so far, including t w C.W:L. members. A thank you was r/ L. . from Save -A -Family Plan of India for the annual 1,150 sponsorship. Plans were finalized for the pork barbecue parish picnic,'to be held on August .10 at the Alhambra Hall. Tickets prices. were set, and several 'members are selling tickets. Call 296-5521 for more information. . There were nine young people confirmed on Pente- cost Sunday. Father Beck:thanked the choir apd young musicians wh.t:contrihuted to the beautiful liturgy, the C.W.L. women who served a party afterward, and the council who presented gifts to the confirmants. ' Quilt tickets. for the • annual raffle have near)), all been distributed. The 'summer. bake sales were sched- uled Tor July 12 and 13, after Masses. and for August 23 And 24. The three raffle tickets will be drawn after the I I a.m. Mass -on -August 24. Father Beck.was pleased -to announce that two worn en would he received into the Church during the next Easter Vigil, and one fa.nily was so impressed by this year's liturgy that their grandmother will be faking the RCIA study for a. ceremony of initiation .in October. 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