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Prognostication. Calgary psychic Marilyn McLellan, left, reads Gladys Buswell's pair on Fri-
day in front of Clothes Crazy.on Exeter's Main Street. McLellan was in town for a wedding
and stayed at her sister Kim Bilcke's home. McLellan's service was just one of many
'Christmas in July' activities last week, an annual celebration sponsored by the Exeter Busi-
ness Association.
Sidewalk psychic
Use the family computer to keep
your children occupied this summer
• TORONTO - Short .on ideas ..on
how to.eniertain your children this
summer?
You're not alone but help may be
closer than you realize.
The, good _old family. computer'
can provide parents with peace and
-quiet and kids with a fun learning
- experience,- say the experts at Pack-
ard Belt NSC: .
"Computers are now a .way of life'
for most' Canadian_ :household and •
. they're_ a great learning tool. kids
loge: says. Henry Porsch. V ice -
president M1rketingfor ,Packard
Bell- NEC, Inc.. a Canadian Ipadet
in computers;fot the,home market:
'Even better. you :don't need the
latest. model or loads of, computer'
games tq keep your children enter-
/ tained throtighout their summer
'holidays." r : -
According to Porsch, the secret is
—.'matching up' your children's inter-
est with features your computer al-
. ready -contains.
For instance, Packard Bell's new
multi -media computers -come bun-
• died with software programs and
multi -media capabilities.
Here are Bothe 'suggestions from
Packard Bell NEC for keeping your
childrenentertained this summer -
especially on those rainy :days
you're looking for indoor activities!
1 Go on •a dinosaur trail and be,
come a, paleontologist. Surf the
World Wide Web- to research all
the dinosaurs seen in "The Lost
:World:' ,
• 2. Or let your kids be their own
Web Masters says Porsch. Design,
build and run the family's' World
Wide Web page by using inexpen:
sive software from your local corn -
:inner cp (music) store.
3. ,Develpp; investigative- skills.
Become a news reporter and editor.
Design and write,,a weekly family,
street or club house newsletter.
4. Put on the, detective: hat. Re-
search and build the family tree by
' using the, Internet and present the
family history on a simple spread-
sheet. :
5. Experience the world. Travel
around the world in $Q minutes 'by
visiting Europe,. Asia, Australia.
South America, Central America.
North America and Africa on the
World Wide Web.. ' '
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Teetering away
Summer celebration. Mark Myles, 10, left, and Jordan Wil-
liams, 9, start off Centralia Faith Tabernacle Sunday
School's fun night last week with a turn on a see -saw at
McCurdy Public School in Hurc" Park. Children, their par-
ents and volunteers enjoyed praying baseball and soccer
while children had their faces painted. There are still spots
available for the Daily Vacation Bible School's 'Operation
Lifeboat' on Aug. 18-20, 6:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m. at the
church. The free °^hool is open to anyone ages two plus.
For information, call Sunday school superintendent Cathy
Prout at 235-2879.
6. Become a photo editor: Touch -
up'the family photos using.the corn-
, puter and design the new,. family al-
bum on CD-ROM.
It will make a great gift!
"Computers are a real knowledge
tool that allow children to be enter-
tained, while at the same- time be
educated," states Packard Bell's
Porsch.
"Even when young people are
not in the classroom, they can still
learn about the world, expand their
writing' skills and develop their
computer proficiency for the next
school year."
Express
split deuce
. EXETER - Though they've
shown signs of coming around,
the Exeter Express Senior
Men's hardball team•failed to
turn around their losing record
on the weekend.
The Express split -a -double -
header at Tillsonburg on Sun-
day. Exeter blanked their hosts
4-0 in the first game, with Scot
Russell wielding the hot bat
with three hits while Rick
Boon; Mark Russell, Dave
Russell and 'Terry Gentner add-•
ed'one hit each. Dan Masse
dominated the Tillsonburg hit-
ters allowing four hits. Masse
struck out six andwalked one. .
The base running .in game .
one wore down starting pitcher
Scot. Russell in game two. He .
pitched well until the fifth
when reliever Paul Elston got
the,call. Exeter couldn't find .
their swings and ended up los- -
ing 0-1; Exeter hits came from
Scot Russell with two and
Boon, Mark Russell, Dave
Russell and Steve Farquhar
• added one each.
On Friday, host Lakeside
erased Exeter's one run ninth •
inning lead by scoring three in
the bottom of the 10th. -
Coaches Doug Fairbairn and
-J,oe Fula') said two bad umpire
calls,and a bag giving way as
John Fountain rounded third
"cost us dearly."
Marty Herner pitched nine' - -
scoreless innings in only his
.second start of the season.
Boon relieved Herner and al-
lowed seven runs (three un-
earned) on nine hits while col-
lecting three strike outs and a
walk. Fred Gregus had three
hits and Mark Russell hit a
homer.
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Carey Hickson wins
third at Micro Speedway
• GRAND BEND - It was Arkona
Tire night at the Grand Bend Micro
Speedway on July 19, and another
packed house was in attendance.
In All Sport Jr. Micro Sprint ac-
tion, Chris Hearn of Chatham, Ste-
ven Rees of Parkhill, and Robert
Kuenzlen Jr. of London all won
heat races. In the main, Rees
jumped, from the pole " position to
the lead, a spot that he would battle
for all night long." Shawn Thomp-
son of Ailsa Craig joined the battle
up front, and would fight with Rees
for the feature victory. The two
swapped the point time and time
again, before the checkered flag fell
on Thompson. •
Rees finished second, with.
Kuenzlen, Kyle Patrick of Tilbury
and Brent Kemps of London round-
ing out the top five. Paul Shipway
of Ailsa Craig came into.the night
leading the point standings by two
over Kuenzlen, but a spin in the
feature made- him twelfth. two laps'
down. and losing the point lead.
Aquafina Mini Sprint heat wins
were picked up by Ryan t of
Chatham, and Samantha .Rows
Corunna. In the feature. Shaun Jen-
nison of Grand Bend jumped out to
an early lead. but it was short•lived
as Josh Wood of London stole the
top spot. He would lead every lap
after that in picking up his first lea-
ture win of the season. "I just drove
it hard. because I felt the pressure."
said Wood. "This sets ,a tone for the
rest of -the season." Darrell Potter
of Dorchester seemed to be the fast-
est car en the track. He started sev=
enth, and moved into the top three:
before spinning late in the race. On
the restart he started last and blitzed.
through the field, before 'running
out of laps and finishing third.
Point • leader Dustin Lashmar _ of
:London wound up second, while
Carey McLennan of - Lambeth and
Dylan Hache of -London finished
fourth and fifth.
In the Pepsi Micro Sprint, heat
races, Bill Crocker of - Aylmer, ..
Doug Crocker of Port Stanley and
Shawn Kemps -- of St. Thomas
.picked up -checkered flags. -The fea-
ture saw Jeff Campbell of Lucan
jump from the pole into the lead.
Darrell Limon of Watford took the -
lead next,'and -led a majority of the
feature,' before Carey. Hickson of
Lucan -made his move in- the late
going and held on for his third -win
of the season. "I'm pretty happy
that I'm the first one from Luc,an to . .
win three features this season. We
have -a friendly rivalry about it,"
said Hickson. •-
Limon faded after losing the lead,
but recovered to finish 'a close sec-
ond. The best battle on the speed-
way was between Tom Kyle of Lu -
can and Kemps. Kemps has one of
the-fastestCarson the night, but hag
to settle for fourth behind Kyle.
Jeff Champion of Dorchester fin-
ished fifth.
The -next event will be July 26,
sponsored by Stan Rees Automo=
five: It will be a regular card, con-
sisting of All Sport Jr. Micro' -
Sprints. Aquafina Mini Sprints. and
Pepsi Micro Sprints. Gates open at
5'p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. -
Bud's Driving School
Early Registration Bonus)
Register with $100.00 deposit
for September 10 / 97 course at
S. 11. D. H. S. before Aug. 23 / 97
and save $2.5.00 off course fee.
For more information or to'
register call (519) 284-3348
Registration forms available
at Exeter State Farm Insurance
Non Students Welcome j
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