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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1985-2-13, Page 31Recreation update I III • le I t I I line I 11 ', I I Break dacin'{!' - and euchre, many programs offered Break Dancing Attention break dancers! The Recreation Committee will be offering break dancing lessons for youth ages 8 to 16 years. Two lasses will be offered, both six week's long follows: Mondays, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Youth ges 8 to 12, February 25 to April 1; Wednesdays, 8 to 9:30 p.m., Youth ages 13 to 16, February 27 to April 3. All classes will be conducted at the Clinton Arena. Registration is limited to 20 students per class. All registrants will be eligible to win a free break dancing tape or album. Monday Euchre The Golden Radars Club .is now staging Monday afternoon euchre at the Clinton Town Hall meeting room from 1:30 to,i4:30 p.m. All Clinton and area senior citizens are cordially invited to take part. For more in- formation please contact the Recreation Of- fice. Bread Dough Art II Good news! The Clinton Recreation Com- mittee is offering a bread dough art course Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Town Hall meeting room. This four- week (8 -hour 1 course started Feb:7 and will end Feb. 28. Registration is limited to the first 15 paid registrants. To register, please drop by or telephone the Canton Recreation Office. Please note that this course has started and there are only a few spots left. Register today! Fit Five Program The Clinton Recreation Committee is still eking available the fitness Ontario Fit 4iieve program to Clinton and area residents. s free personal fitness program involves recording the amount of time you as an in- dividual spend participating in your favorite fitness -related activity. This five level program also awards people with at- CIISS to host CLINTON - On Friday, February 22, choirs from Guelph, Listowel and Mitchell will gather in Clinton for the second Winter u is Festival sponsored by the Central Huron Secondary School ( CHSS I Music Club. This festival will feature workshops conducted by Deral Johnson from the University of Western Ontario and vocal coaching by students from the Faculty of Music. The major works for the day will be Handers "Zadoc.the Priest" and John Bar- ron's arrangement of "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen". These pieces will be us- ed by Mr.. Johnson to instruct about 250 students in vocal techniques. As well, music teachers throughout the country have been invited to attend the festival and workshops as part of their professional. development activities. • The day will begin at 9 a.m. with wenn- ups and rehearsal of the .massed choir. pieces in the gyms.. Following the intensive rehearsal,• the choir will split into groups and rehearse separate parts. Thanks to the generosity of Sherlock -Manning in lending two brand new pianos, there will be enough pianos to allow for these sectional rehearsals. After a brief break for lunch, supplied by f'1 Tuckersmith Sesquicentennial VALENTINE DANCE with competitions for King and Oueen. Prince and PnnCess anrhthe start of beards FEBRUARY15 Dancing 9 to 1 a.m, Sealt rlh and D!ncl Commun--y CFnves WHISKEY JACK MUSIC COMPANY '5 00 '2.0.0 • 15 years and older 2 15 years and under :No Blue Jeans Please -Advance tickets available from committee Lunch Provided Registrat nn for the Tuckersmith Sesour.entee, ,. heard growing compreiiinn wiu commence al rms ✓,lance February 151h and continue 'o FPt),iidr V 28'h Registration $2 00 Shaving permits g 5 00 tractive certificates and a lapel pin in recognition of their fitness activities. You can pickup your level one form at any of the following locations: Clinton Arena, Recrea- tion Office, Town Office, McLeflns or the Clinton News Record. For more information please contact the Recreation Director. Congratulations to the following in- dividuals for successfully completing their Fit Five Level One program. ( All of these ladies participate in the afternoon. Trim -A - Size program). Tina Bruinsma, Tara Bruinsma, Judy Vanstone, Joan MacPhee, Marilyn Peet, Mary Slotegraaf, Pat Devine, Dorothy Haan, Gertie Greidanus, Ann DeWeerd, Irene Brooks, Ingrid Bos, Rom- iny Feddes, Brenda Bernier, and Ann Ger- rits. A second note of congratulations to Dorothy Haan for successfully completing the Fit Five Level Two Program. Good work ladies! Cake Decorating Good news! The Clinton Recreation Com- mittee will be offering- a eake decorating course in March. Should you be interested in participating in this course, please contact the Recreation Office as soon as possible. Calligraphy Plans are now being finalized for a calligraphy ( beginner) course to be held in April. This course will be open to individuals ages 13 and over and will be held one even- ing night per week for a four to five week period. Please contact the Recreation Office at 482-3398 if interested in enrolling. Public Skating Clinton Arena Public Skating this .week will be as follows. Friday 1 to 4 p:rn., Sun- day; 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Monday 1 to 4 p.m. and Wednesday 1 to 3:30 p.m. For more information please contact the Clinton Arena at 482-7731. VALENTINE'S PARTY this Thursday, February 14 and you are invited. There will be contents, prires, favours and a special gift for the ladies. Bring your Sweetheart or come and find one. ENTERTAINMENT .4, • choir festival the parents of the CHSS Music Club, rehear- sals start again with sectionals followed by massed choir practice. Before supper, in- dividual choirs will have an opportunity to practice their own repertoire. The culmination of the festival will be an evening concert starting at,7:30. This con- cert will feature performances by. all four participating schools as well as the massed choir of 250 voices under the direction of Mr. Johnson. Since all three visiting choirs have well established reputations for excellence in music, this concert should be a treat for all music lovers. Members of the public are urged to attend this special event. Admis- sion is $2.00: . Announcing savrn1gs you'll find in the Classifieds. , I I 1 ere I 1 1 I', I I I I CI JNTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDN"SDAY, FEBRUARY I3,1 5—Page 23 Four-year-old Michael Stephenson, of Varna, gets a helping hand with his skates from his father, Blain during the Varna skating party. The party, which attracted people of various ages, was held ou Feb. 9 at the Bayfield Arena. ( Anne Narejko photo I • • • 11N1 R NS ants to curt corners Snow ads area Scouts at campout By Jaen Fitzgerald CLINTON - The boys of the Clinton Cub Pack certainly earned their winter related badges several week ago when they went on their annual winter . The 12 boys and their eilat parent escorts got a taste of nature at Pier Worst but are none the worse for wear ruse of It. They got to their winter camp near The Pinery on Friday night, January to sad enjoyed a great night and a flan -fill* Saturday doing various outdoor activities We tobogganing and hiking and learn'+; t; "low the forest behaves in winter. The to cadre up on the Sunday and the group Couldn't gest back to Clinton. Undeterred, they condoled to camp until the food ran low an Mond when they were forced to move into a motif in GriMd Bend. They finally made it horde ori Tuesday mor- ning none the worse, for wear, Aker Janet Cameron reported. Although the Scouts wureitnable to make it to their scheduled winter campout in Owen Sound the following weekend, they did get together with the Bayfield Scouts and the Clinton Pathfinders fol° an outdoor camp on February 2 and 3 just outside of town. They made their own snowhuts in which they lived until Sunday Morning, and one reliable source reported the girls rade bet- ter huts than the boys. They had a great • weekend working on many winter badges, as well as skiing, tobogganing, playing com- mandos and running an obstacle course. The Thursday night lavers also had a chance to get outside they enjoyed a toboggan party on B1a ik'dt Tiill on January 26. Boy, five dozen hottlogt doesn't last long around 16 boys and five ad Its. Next week, February VI to 24 is the big week in the Scouting rtaover'nent as the Clin- ton groups mark Scatting Week and celebrate the birthdays of founders, Lord and Lady Baden Powell. The various groups hope to have window displays in several downtown Clinton stores s all next week and the climax of the week will Provtnctalj)arks for re n.t In an attempt to cut high operating costs, the provincial ministry of natural resources has put two more provincial parks up for bids. Both Point Farms provincial park just north of Goclerich Fiord Sauble Falls provin- cial park near Sauble Beach will be added to the growing list of provincial parks to be operated by private enterprise. " The private contractors will supervise the .operation and maintenance of these, parks but must follow ministry guidelines. ' • Officials from the ministry say the policy to make private theprovincial parks will be beneficial.ip the long run and will save thee. Ontario taxpayer's. money by cutting out traditional park deficits. • - The policy calls for all recreational class parks. to be considered for tendering. However, it is only the operation which is being tendered.. The same provincial. park rules • and • fees apply at the privately operated parks. '• . There arc eight ' rixTeational parks in Southwestern Ontario. Five have been put up for tenders with three .still operated by the province The remaining ministry milsommummoitataL Blackbeard's Valentine's Special Proves that even Pirates have a heart! THURSDAY FEB. 14 - 4 PM - 8 PM Roast Goose or Ham Served with choice. of potato. dressing. turnips. or baby corrots. plus all you can eat salad bar. Includes dessert. Beverage extra. Every Wednesday Night is our ALL -YOU -CAN -EAT FISH FRY Saturday, Feb. 16 is STEAK NIGHT BLACKBEARD'S o�m<•rly D,,hhiv . R,,,.Inur int 2 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON ON HWY 4 OPEN 7 DAYS :1 WEEP • 7AM-Sl'S1 operated, parks are not. immediately af- fected because potential tendering is decid- ed at least two year's ahead of time. All of the privately operated provincial parks are being retendered this year because of either unsatisfactory perfor- mance or contractors have found the • business. unprofitable. Each are tendered for five year leases. The ministry says no park employees will lose their jobs because of the move but will be shifted to . other government positions. One superintendent from each of the two parks will be affected.. be a church parade and giant family pan- cake and sausage brunch on Sunday, February 24 at St. Joseph's Church. ' The pancake brunch gets underway at 9 a.m. and continues until p.m. at the Legion and is guaranteed to satisfy even the - hungriest appetite. It is the major fund rais- ing event for the Scouting movement in Clin- ton, with prices set at $3 for adults, $2 for children from five to 12 years, and $1 for preschoolers, so drop in either before or after church and help out the boys. And 'if that's not busy enough, the Cubs have to have their miniature cars ready for Saturday, February 23 when they journey out to Vanastra to take part in the annual Cub -Car Rally. Dinner and Dance Huron -Middlesex (Prov.) Liberal Assoc. Saturday, February 23, 1985 Parkhill C nimunity Centre meet fravid Peterson M.P.P. Leader of Opposithtm Jack Riddell M.P.P. Agricultural Critic Music by MapleSugar. Reception 6 p.m. Dinner 7 p.m. Dante 9 p.tttn. Tickets $ 15.0Q each For tickets or if interested in bus transportation call 228-6356 294-6771 235-2853 524-7901 11•4*. ILEIEMM. •; Lk�e OLij3iflU d 1e'1'-I'1l l'\lik q Leos Valentina Ijance IIIHI ‘in 10th. 1985 \he -ie leo ''S. 9 9 1)a11(•iPi' l) Ilrli-'1 ;1111 :fib .to► Ocllori,�iatel - I.; 1 i .11 ,toll II\ 1 1 \\ 1•11'1 dr I FAMILY RESTAURANT AND DINING LOUNGE FAMILY BRUNCH SERVED EVERY SUNDAY 10 30 am 1.30 pm Includes several salad fruits dishes desserts All you can oat hot ADULTS 14"$2" $20 WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE PIRATE'S DEN FEBRUARY 15 16 "Jim Purdy" PUB MFNU AVAILABLE TILL 1 AM CLOSING TIME FULL MENU WITH DAILY SPECIALS Including 20 Item Salad Bar HIGHWAY 21 BAYFIELD 565-2992 OPEN: 7 days a week 11:'30 am 1 am. except Sunday open 11:30 aro 7 30 pm Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday February 14 15 - 16- 17 THIS WEEKEND ONLY!1-t•-/ One FREE Chicken Dinner WITH THE PURCHASE OF ANOTHER CHICKEN DINNER AT REGULAR PRICE WITH THIS COUPON. f f •i -Hs ret, 14 83 VALENTINE'S INE'S I)AY ONLY ! 33 Victoria Street CLINTON 482-7337 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 10 AM - 10 PM EXCEPT SUNDAY OPEN 11 AM- 0 PM Owned and Oparerted By Doug Ithude