HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-08-07, Page 4ust 7, 1980
Reaching for the sky
An editor's prayer
Blessed are those who do not expect the editor to
know everything. but who tell him whenever an in-
teresting event occurs in which they are interested,
for they shall have a better newspaper in that town.
Blessed are the merchants who advertise, for
they have faith in their business, and their prosperi-
ty shall increase manyfold.
Blessed is the woman who sends in a well written
account of a wedding or other social event, for she
shall see the details and names of her guests cor-
rectly reported.
Blessed be the advertisers, correspondents and
other reporters who get copy in early, for they shall
occupy a warm place in the publisher's heart.
Blessed are they who co-operate with the editor in
his efforts on behalf of the community, for their
town shall be known to all men far and wide as a
good place in which to live and do business.
Blessed are they who do not think they could run
the paper better than the editor runs it, for it's not
as simple as it looks.
Blessed are they who pay their subscriptions
promptly and who realize they are getting a real
bargain.
Blessed are they who read the paper for the good
they can get out of it rather than for the errors they
may find in it.
Need community's involvement
Less than a year from now an event which could
prove to be the focal point for years to come will be
taking place in this community.
No, we're not talking about the opening of a new
business or the closing of an old one or some type of
massive growth along the lakefront.
What we're talking about (if you haven't guess-
ed by now) is the 125th anniversary of the founding
of this community. It's an event which should at-
tract thousands back to the community, a happen-
ing that should be remembered for years to come.
While a year may seem a comparatively long
time, any of those people involved in the organiza-
tion of either the bean festival or fair could tell that
365 days can go by awfully quickly.
Members of this community will have the op-
portunity this Tuesday to have real say in the form
of celebrations which will take place in and around
July 3, 1981.
It's a time which could prove to be lots of work
but at the same be lots of fun for both the par-
ticipants and the organizers.
Thanks to the recreation and parks and com-
munity centre board, the celebration has an ex-
cellent focal point in the Fun -Day barbecue and ball
game which proved to be so successful earlier this
summer.
Judging from a quick glance at the book which
was published MT the occasion of the community's
100th birthday there were lots of activities.
With a little work, Zurich's centennial and a
quarter can be just as much of a success if lots of
people pitch in.
See you Tuesday at the Zurich Arena.
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Pilsoeltlianeous
Ramblings
By
TOM CREECH
Learning a
new game
As mentioned on many a past occasion, one of the
sports which the writer likes to take part in is the
game of fastball, a glorified version of good old
fashioned softball.
Previously, this column has dealt with the exploits
of McKnights, an entry in the. Exeter and area men's
rec fastball league. Just over a week ago as a couple of
hundred fans may attest to, this writer had his initial
exposure to the game of slo-pitch as practiced by .the
Bayview Blue Bombers.
The game was .not your normal slo-pitch game
thanks to the antics of the Blue Bombers and the CJBK
N -Stars.
Aside from the usual on -field activities the
"game" featured three separate whipped cream at-
tacks, three slightly,.used grapefruits and one slightly
out of whack umpire. Without fear of being repudiated
one could say these were the ingredients for an in-
teresting evening.
By. far the best pie attack of the game came
midway through the contest when the Blue Bomber's
Don Oesch in addition to tasting defeat had a fine op-
portunity to sample the delicate aroma which is part
of Sealtest instant dessert topping.
The incident started off innocently enough when
Oesch went out to cream the umpire, a Dashwood
gentleman by the name of Brian Rader. The eagle-
eyed Mr. Rader spotted Oesch from the corner of his
eye and took off in great haste.
A dejected Oesch began his lonely walk back to the
Blue Bombers bench when suddenly, the fleet -footed
first baseman of the radio players caught up to Oesch
and ever so gently placed the pie squarely in the mid-
dle of the ball player's face. •
It was a moment which the crowd savoured and
which Oesch will never forget if for no other reason
that his wife could not find a towel to remove the white
stuff from his face.
Earlier in the evening the Blue Bombers Doug
Turkheim executed a perfect pie stuffing on CJBK's
first baseman John "Macroni". Once again, an abun-
dance of white stuff could be found on a gentleman's
face.
Unfortunately for this reporter "Macroni"
vented some of his anger on a gentleman who was only
doing his job and attempted to coat his camera with
the white topping.
Fearing that his insurance company would not pay
for a camera which had been damaged by fake
whipped cream, the writer pulled an "exit, stage
right" and took off for the friendlier confines of the out-
field.
Needless to say, a good time was had by all,
before, during and after the game.
When the score of the game was phoned into the
radio station that night, the disc jockey gasped in
amazement that his fellow record spinners and
technicians had come away victorious, albeit by only
one run.
To paraphrase a famous sportscaster "Slo-pitch is
a funny game."
As members of the bean festival committee can
only tell you so well that the annual celebration of the
white bean is but two weeks away.
Here at the Citizens News we're getting ready for
our big bean festival edition which will hit the streets
August 21.
As in past years we'll be featuring special articles
on the festival and advertisements from the many
area businesses.
Once again. the festival will be sponsoring a queen
Please turn to page 11
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