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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-08-18, Page 5Wednesday, August 18, 1999 Exeter Times -Advocate 5 Events and draws support arena project HURON PARK -- The Stephen Twp. Arena Board is continuing the drive to raise funds for the arena expansion project. The Old -Timers Baseball Tournament will be held at the Centralia and Crediton ball diamonds Aug. 27, 28 and 29. Players must he 30 years old and over. The tourna- ment will•aiso inciude a mens/ladies home run competition. Call now to register your team. The deadline for regis- tering a team is Aug. 22. The event may be cancelled if team regis- tration is insufficient The Centralia Huron Park Lions Club has organized a Y2K Power Saver Draw with all proceeds going to the arena. The draw features three Yamaha genera- tors sponsored in part by Brian's Service Centre in Dashwood. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased by contacting the Centralia Huron Park Lions Club. On Sept. 4, the arena fund-raising committee will be hosting a barbe- cue at Wright's IGA in Grand Bend from 1.1 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your family out for a hot dog and a pop. The committee is requesting old Stephen Twp. Minor Hockey team photographs that will be used for an upcoming advertise - tent on Ex-Cen Cable. All photographs will be returned to their right-' ful owners. Each donation to the . arena fund over $100 will be recognized with a permanent wall plaque in the new foyer signifying the donation. Every $100 donation will be entered in a draw sponsored in part by Carlson Wagonlit Ellison Travel and Key Tours Inc. The draw for the three-day trip for two people to Las Vegas will be drawn Dec. 18. If you have any ques- tions about the above events, contact Kerri- Lynn Case at (519 234- 6331 or Rob Funston at (519) 228-6425. Donations can be made payable to the Stephen Twp. Building Fund and sent to the Township of Stephen. Stephen Township Arena Fundraising Campaign, 38 Victoria St. East, Crediton, NOM IMO. �. P Calendafishowcases artists' work By Katherine Har+ ng TIMES -ADVOCATE S'TAFF GRAND BEIIfi. The River Road Ards Co-op Gallery has proven world- class art can be produced even in small places like Grand Bend. A calendar featuring works by seven Grand Bend -area artists who belong to the art gallery has won an international competition against 7,500 entries. The art work depicting local regional scenes was included in a 1999 calen- 'dar created by Commercial Print -Craft Ltd. of Woodstock. The printer, which *J the calendar mainly for pro- motional purposes, entered it in the four- colour calendar category of the Premier Print Awards, a graphics arts competition. The gallery initially became involved with the project when Tom Downing, a board mem- ber from Commercial Print -Craft, visited the gallery while vacationing in the area. While the artists did not receive ar ley for includinf )rks in the calen printing company gave; i.ne gallery calendars to sell. P01.ItE BRIEFS Lock cut leads to theft STEPHEN TWP. -- Thieves cut a lock to gain entry to a Stephen Twp. Conc. 6 shed after midnight Aug. 11. Stolen were chainsaws, an outboard motor and a generator. rt w; •;;..:„ ..;£ j 4.41jig Tools stolen fr Creditor' shed s. CREDITON --- Tools were stolen from a shed of Victoria St. in Crediton overnight Aug. 9. ST -Cab theft HURON PARK .-- Tools worth about $900 were stolen from Huron Park's Saf-T-Cab overnight Aug. 12-13. London OPP Const. Myra Rusk said although a point of entry into the building could not be found, an interi- or door to the equipment room was smashed open. Thieves o extra mile to steal cas HENSALI. What would you do for $50? That question comes up after thieves stole a cash box containing about $50 from Country Drive In Fruit Stand on Main St. in Hensall overnight Aug. 11. "(The) thieves made a huge effort to carry a picnic .�; table away from the fruit stand and over to the railway `s' tracks," London OPP Const. Myra Rusk said. Once at the tracks, the thieves used a saw to cut of the legs of the table to. free the cash box that was. chained to it. Gallery co-op member Barry Richman said the calendar has helped to promote their gallery all across North America. "They have definitely Increased our sphere of Influence," he said. "The calendar is also good for Grand Bend because It promotes Huron shore images." The first calendar, was so - es'sf u1 than a sec- ond 16 -month calendar beginning this Sept. is already in the works. Commercial Print -Craft and the gallery are offi- cially launching the calen- _ dar during the River Road Art Gallery's seventh Kippen Gun Club August 11 - Trap Bill Stewart Paul Hoff Wayne Peachey Brad Mann :1 Tom Allen Ernie Marshall Rodger McNeil Steve Graham Dennis Boyd Mark Tuckey Jon Gaiser George Hamm Gord Robinson Tim Hoff Jack Parkinson Frank Zawalsky Matt Harold Cook Jan Hoff Brett Crrerar 50 - 25 �25 25 25 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 -23 22 - 20 20 19 13 annual juried art show and sale later this month at Huron Country Playhouse II. Each calen- dar costs $20. Richman said works by 150 artists will be on dis- play at this year's show. The event will run Aug. 25-27 from 6-10 p.m. and Aug. 28 from noon -10 p.m. The River Road Art Gallery, which is housed in a transformed fish house at 63 River Rd., has been in operation for three seasons. It showcases the seven artists work along with other consignment pieces by local artists. 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