The Times Advocate, 2004-08-25, Page 17Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Exeter Times -Advocate
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Keep saving pop cans
By Carmel Sweeney
ZURICH CORRESPONDENT
ZURICH —
Congratulations to Greg
Geoffrey and Michelle
Snow who were married
on Aug. 21 with a garden
wedding followed by din-
ner and reception held at
the Exeter Complex. The
groom is the son of Doug
and Darlene Geoffrey of
Exeter.
A buck and doe was held
for Darren Oesch and
Alicia VanderLoo on Aug.
21 at the Varna Complex.
The couple are being mar-
ried in October. Darren is
the son of Ron Oesch of
RR 2, Zurich.
Congratulations to
Randy and Nancy Regier
of RR 3, Zurich who cele-
brated their 25th wedding
anniversary.
Happy birthday to
Francine Vanasse on Aug.
18. A surprise party and
barbecue supper was held
for her on Saturday orga-
nized by Mike and friends.
Laurene Corriveau
returned home after
spending the past month
in California visiting her
son, Peter Corriveau and
family. She also visited her
sister, Ann Primrose in
Grass Valley, California.
The Saturday morning
Youth Bowling League is
having registration Aug.
28 at 10 a.m. at Town and
Country Bowling Lanes,
Zurich for ages 4 to 18. If
you can't be there and
want to bowl in
September call Mike 236-
4923 as soon as possible.
The next free bus ride to
the Bank of Montreal in
Hensall will be Tues., Aug.
31; catch it at the Blue
Water Rest Home and
Maplewoods Apartments
at about 9:15 a.m. or at
the corner in front of the
Hay Mutual Building at
9:25 a.m.
The Grand Bend Seniors
will be entertaining the
residents of Blue Water
Rest Home, Zurich on Fri.,
Aug. 27 at 2:30 p.m. On
Mon., Aug. 30 guest
speaker Jamie Ramer will
talk on Hockey Ministry.
On Tues., Aug. 31 at 2:30
p.m. Mary Dow and
Murray Christie will be at
the Blue Water Rest
Home. Anyone is welcome
to attend.
The Zurich Youth
Bowling group were busy
on the weekend providing
barbecued hotdogs and
pop at the park for a base-
ball tournament.
The families of the late
Adella and Fred Regier
attended the
funeral of
their relative, Vivian
Potier in St. Claire Beach
near Windsor, on Aug. 20.
Belated birthday wishes
to Monique Gelinas whose
birthday was Aug. 18, and
also to Gordie Smith and
Irene Hoffman both on
Aug. 22.
A bus trip to the
Thousand Islands was
enjoyed last week by 51
people from various places
such as Mitchell, Clinton,
Seaforth, Dashwood and
Zurich. The travelers
stayed at Hill Island Lodge
and had a great time. The
meals were delicious.
They went on a bus trip
and a three-hour boat
cruise at Gananoque.
A fair board meeting will
be held on Thurs., Sept. 2
at 8 p.m. in the small
room at the Blue Water
Community Centre in
Zurich.
The Huron County
Plowing Match, to be held
at the farm of Bill and
Joyce Dowson, begins with
a princess competition for
girls 12 to 15 years of age
on Thurs., Aug. 26. The
rest of the events will take
place on Aug. 27 as well
as a barbecue supper at 5
p.m. Queen of the Furrow
competition is open to
young women 16 to 24
years of age. For more
information call 519-887-
9996.
Be sure to come out to
the annual Bean Festival
in Zurich this Sat., Aug. 28
which starts with a pan-
cake and sausage break-
fast at the arena from 7
a.m. to 10 a.m. The bean
dinners will be served
from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
There are lots of activities
going on all day.
Cruise night is Fri., Aug.
27 at 7 p.m. followed by
fireworks at the park at
dusk. Entertainment will
be going on all day.
Saturday night the dance
at the new Blue Water
Community Centre will go
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The Village Prosperity
Committee will be selling
tickets on a quilt at the
Bean Festival. It will be
drawn at the Christmas
Parade in December.
T h e
Rebekahs
group spent the weekend
camping at the Zurich
Fairgrounds Pavilion.
Anyone wanting to go to
the Catholic Women's
League Deanery meeting
on Wed., Sept. 29 in
Dublin at St. Patrick's
Parish are to call presi-
dent Joan Regier at 236-
4289. Registration is at 8
a.m. with Mass at 3 p.m.
The Zurich Minor
Athletic Association are
once again selling Cash
Calendars for daily draws
that start Nov. 1 and run
to the end of February
2005. For more informa-
tion call Ann Craner at
236-7107.
Keep saving pop cans for
St. Boniface building fund.
Drop them off at the home
of Doug Debus in Zurich
or John Jacobs in Hensall.
Also, school will soon be
starting so you will be able
to send Campbell's Soup
labels with the children
again.
ZURICH NEWS
Seniors at Activest
ST. CATHARINES — Aug. 16 44 seniors from District
29 boarded a bus for St. Catharines compete at Actifest.
They would be competing in only one event each of the
next three days.
The group would represent 16 different events.
Wednesday night, the tired group returned home with
two bronze medals.
Carpet bowlers Christine Osmond and John Parker
from Grand Cove earned one medal and Joan Perrie
from Seaforth in the 200 metre prediction swim won the
other.
Exeter lawn bowlers won all their games the first day
but lost out the second day. On the final score they were
listed as fifth out of 28 teams.
Shuffleboard couple Edna Deitz and Lorne Archer
from Hensall won all games the first day also but lost the
second day.
Exeter swimmer Mike Underhill bettered his time both
days but missed out on the medals.
Fourteen hundred seniors attended for this all -Ontario
event which has a busy schedule.
Everyone from the District 29 group was quite happy
to win two medals and offer their congratulations to all
who participated.
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