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Times -Advocate, May 3, 1995
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Optimist Club sponsors non-violence day
ZURICH -The ice surface of the Zurich Community Centre is expected to be a
busy place this Saturday as several different organizations are joining together
to focus on the elimination of violence.
Sponsored by the Zurich and District Optimist Club, "Non -Violence Day"
will begin at 10 a.m. running through to 12:30 p.m.
The agenda is:
10:00 a.m. - opening remarks by Optimist president Leanne Studerus
10:50 a.m. - Phoenix House, S.W.A.N., constable John Marshall
11:05 a.m. -Survival Thru Friendship House, Michele Hansen
11:20 a.m. - Block Parents, constable John Marshall
11:35 a.m. - OPP, constable Jack
11:50 a.m. - Elder Abuse, Jean Peesker
12:05 p.m. - Dashwood Lock and Key, Brad and Jan Barnes
There will also be displays from several organizations, a food booth and
posters and essays from Zurich Public School and St. Boniface School students.
The essay, at right, on school -yard violence was written by Melanie Regier,
a student at St. Boniface School.
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By: Justin Glenn
Homegrown talent
performs in Exeter
By Chris Skalkos
T -A staff
EXETER - Exeter's night life got a double dose of homegrown talent as
two local bands delivered live performances at Gar's Thursday night.
Opening act, New Life Crisis warmed up the audience playing cover
tunes from Jimi Hendrix and Stevie RayVaughn. This young but talented
group of musicians delivered a tight performance with Dave Creces and
Darryl Romphf sharing vocal duties and exchanging leads on the guitar.
Headliners, The Stu McCann Band, made their debut appearance at Gar's
that night proving that these local musicians have a lot to offer.
Led by vocalist Darryl "Stu" McCann, they played an even mix of origi-
nals and cover tunes dividing their repertoire of songs for the evening be-
tween three sets.
The band plays mostly high-energy rock and roll, but covers a variety of
music playing classic songs from Neil Diamond to contemporary grunge-
rock numbers from Nirvana.
The music is important to these musicians, but having a good time ranks
high on their priority list.
"We like to joke around a lot. We're just a fun band," says bass player
Scott McDonald.
According to McDonald comedy is an important element in their music
and it shows in their songs like "The Ballad of Barney Gumble," a slow
tune about a character off of the television show The Simpsons, and "I
Still Have My Health" a song about a relationship gone awry.
McDonald says the gig at Gar's was the most exciting concert for him
since he joined the band a few months ago, and he thinks the band will be
playing in Exeter again as their popularity grows.
McDonald is not only a newcomer to the band, at seventeen years of age
he's also the youngest.
"I like being the youngest one in the band. I usually get weird nick
names, it feels kind of neat," he says. However, McDonald admits being
that young also has its disadvantages. "When we go to a bar to play I usu-
ally get hassles at the door."
Despite his youth, McDonald feels comfortable playing with band mem-
bers McCann, Dennis Crawford, Jim Rogers and Jeph Mittleholtz who are
all in their late twenties and no strangers to the club circuit and house par-
ty venues.
McDonald started his musical career on the six string guitar just over a
year ago but switched to the bass guitar after joining the band in an im-
promptu jam session one day. McDonald said he's seriously thinking
about music as a career or at least a life-long hobby.
"I would like to see myself playing in a band when I'm in my 30's or
40's...I plan to have a job of course but I still want to play music," he says.
McDonald is enjoying the experience of playing out for a live audience
and he particularly likes playing with The Stu McCann Band because
they're all in it for one reason: "The love of music," says McDonald.
"That's what I'm in it for and that's what everyone else is in it for."
Celebrations in Zurich
ZURICH - An ecumenical festi-
val of faith will be held at Zurich
Mennonite Church on Sunday.
The festival will centre on the
"spiritual celebration of communi-
ty life". Through the different ac-
tivities planned for the day, the
Steering committee aims to offer
the people in the village and neigh-
bouring communities opportunity
to celebrate and be thankful for the
gift of the land. Safety and well-
being of farmers and their families
will also be an important focus of
the celebration.
Festivities start at 1 p.m. w1 th
bus tour to different places otl/in-
terest: deer farm, dairy farm, sheep
farm, nurseries and historical plac-
es in the area. This will be fol-
lowed by children's programs at
2:30 p.m.: games, videos, crafts
and balloon send-off. A public for-
um on issues confronting rural
communities will be led by rat
Milliken of the United Church and
Orland Gingerich of the Mennon-
ite Church. The forum will start at
3:30 p.m. A community pot luck
supper at the Mennonite Church
will conclude the afternoon activi-
ties.
At 7 p.m., the community will
gather for a closing worship cele-
bration. The Reverend Vern Cron -
miller of the Lutheran Church will
be the guest preacher. A choir of
about 50 voices composed of
members from the United Church,
Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran
Church and the Mennonite Church
will sing two anthems. The offer-
ings during'Riis closing worship
will be given to the Canadian
Foodgrains Bank.
The public is invited. For more
information, call 236-7337, 236-
4337 or 236-4933 or 236-4191.
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Dave Creces belts out a tune during a gig at Gar's Thursday
night. Creces and his band, New Life Crisis featuring Perry
Weido, Darryl Romphf, and Cam Dougall impressed the audi-
ence playing rock and roll cover tunes. They were the opening
act for headliners The Stu McCann Band.
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Shipka area students
finish university courses
By Annie Morenz
SHIPKA - Connie Russell,
daughter of Doug and Ann, who
has attended Lake Head University
at Thunder Bay the past four years,
graduated as a teacher and has been
practise teaching in local schools.
Michelle Vincent, daughter of
Harold and Lucille, has graduated
from the four year term of "Faculty
of Arts" at the University of Wind-
sor, learning Spanish as one sub-
ject. This year Michelle has taken
business courses at the University.
Lorne and Dorothy Fenner visit-
ed recently at Courtright with Dor-
othy's sister, Evelyn Nicholson.
Get well wishes go to Marian
Miller who recently underwent sur-
gery at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon-
don.
May
is Hearing Awareness
Month. This year the May Month
campaign will highlight "Access
and Communication" for deaf,
deafened, and hard of hearing peo-
ple in Ontario.
Being profoundly deaf myself
with only ten percent hearing in
each ear, it was enlightening to
read in Vibrations magazine about
a deaf girl, Heather Whitestone, he-
ing crowned Miss America, in Sep-
tember 1994, making history as the
first-ever woman with a disability
to win the pageant since its incep-
tion in 1920.
Oscar Miller, of Dashwood, has
taken up residence at the Bluewater
Rest Home, at Zurich.
Visiting Hugh and 1 last weekend
were my sister and brother-in-law,
Mary and Art Finlayson, of Sea -
forth.
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