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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2008-02-27, Page 17Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Times -Advocate 17 26thAnnual Has-Beens HockeyTournament Feb. 29 By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH CORRESPONDENT ZURICH - Our community extends sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Mary Walker -Thiel, who passed away suddenly on Tues., Feb. 19, due to a car accident. Our thoughts are especially with her husband Hub Thiel. Also to the family of the late Louise Church (wife of Bruce) whose funeral was in Zurich on Saturday. A youth cafe for high school students is being held for six weeks at St. Boniface Parish Hall every Wednesday evening from 7 - 9 p.m. which will be led by other young adults. The cafe style gathering will run until Wed., March 19. Everyone is welcome to come out and bring a friend. Lions Club The Lions Club will be having their next meeting at Erb's on Feb. 27 beginning with supper at 7 p.m. The Lions are still collecting your old un -used eye glasses that they send away to the missions. There is a box at Erb's to put them in. Synchro skating The Exeter Synchronized Skating Club held a `friends and family night' at their arena on Sun., Feb. 17. It was really good and it featured other skaters from their club as well. The Exeter Classique Masters Synchro team recently finished third at the Bernie Deveau Competition in Chatham in February, and they also brought home the Memorial Trophy. We wish them the best of luck at the Bert Winfield Competition corning up in St. Mary's in March. Their coach is Melissa Hendrick. A bridal shower was held for Kim Geoffrey recently (daughter of Steve and Patty) at the home of her fiance Ted Hoffman, Dashwood and his mother Anne -Marie. The couple are planning to be married in March. The Bean Festival committee put on a great fun evening at the Zurich Complex Feb. 16 - the Hall was decorated with a Valentine theme for the "Laugh Out Loud" comedy show which was good, clean funny enter- tainment. There were three different comedians that kept us laughing with their jokes and stories. This was a great way to get rid of winter blues. A large crowd attended from Zurich and various places such as Detroit, Michigan. Once again it was a job well done by those in charge. Carmel recently returned home from a lovely nine day vacation with a group of 18 people from the Grand Bend area. My partner was Jeannette Wales on A Western Caribbean cruise for seven days. We flew from Detroit to Tampa to Board the Carnival Legend (what a beauti- ful ship). Several from our group were already in Florida for the winter months - so we met them in Tampa The weather was in the 80's everyday and the water was really calm (thank God). The islands we visited were Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Belize and Ratan Honduras. We sure saw a lot of inter- esting places. It was also a big surprise to run into Betty and Jerome Geoffrey from Tillsonburg who were also on the same cruise (a brother to Kevin in Zurich). Thanks to Joe Borg and his wife Gerry of Grand Cove Estates who arranged all the trip and made sure we all had a good time. Ray and Karen Mathonia and family recently spent a week in Florida and went to Disney World. Rob and Lisa Pedlar and two children enjoyed going to Florida for two weeks recently, also going to Disney World. Ken and Roxanne Brideau of Zurich along with her brother Greg and julie Overholt of Exeter had a great week's holiday together in Panama City recently. Roxanne came back with a nice tan. Seniors' Diners The Zurich Diners are in need of some volunteer dri- vers every Wednesday for their noon meals at the com- plex. Feb. 20 was public speaking by some of the students from the Zurich Public School. Feb. 27 is a penny sale. March 12 will be with a St. Patrick's theme with spe- cial music by Monica Doherty on the piano. March 5 Diners will be playing progressive euchre after lunch. See the bulletin board at the post office for more information. Call Kay Hay to attend 236-4632. Cindy Denomme and her sisters Lynn and Jackie, along with their husbands, spent a week in St. Petersburg, Florida. The trip was to celebrate Cindy's 50th birthday. While in Florida they went to Disney World and Busch Gardens. World Day of Prayer The World Day of Prayer will be held at the Zurich Mennonite Church this year on Fri., March 7 beginning at 2 p.m. The theme is "God's wisdom provides new understanding". The speaker is previous Zurich resi- dent Amy Kuepfer. Everyone in the community are welcome to attend this special service. Come and bring a friend. Several couples from the area just returned from a week's vacation. Stu and Linda Gingerich, Jim and Ruth Gingerich, Norm and Kathy Koehler, Bob and Barb Laye, Ron Oesch and Joanne Boyes had a wonderful time in Varadero, Cuba. Work-a-thon St. Peter's Lutheran Church ladies (E.L.W.) held their monthly meeting in the fellowship hall on Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. for the winter. On Tues., March 11 they will be having their annual work-a-thon to make crib quilts and tie comforters for two days that will be donated to the Lutheran World relief. On March 11 the work-a-thon runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. On March 12 it goes from 9 a.m. until noon. Bowl for kids sake Help raise money for Big Brothers / Big Sisters. Bowl at the Town and Country Lanes in Zurich for two days on Sat., March 1 or Sun., March 2. Both days from 2 - 4 p.m. Snow date is on March 16. Theme is `summer days'. Get some sponsors and come out and have fun. Bowl for a good cause! A good time was had by those who attended the sur- prise 50th birthday party for Pat Groot (RR 1 Zurich) at the town hall last Saturday. Seventeen members of the Smith family from Kitchener, Barrie, Dublin, St. George , Waterdown, Acton, Exeter, Goderich and Zurich travelled to Southern Shores, North Carolina for a week's vacation. A wonderful time was had by everyone, staying in one large cottage. Those going from Zurich were Gord and Cecilia, Ed and Dorothy and BM Smith. Daylight savings time On Saturday night March 8 remember to turn your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed. The Grade 7 and 8 students from St. Boniface and St. Peters Youth group are going to be canvassing the town of Zurich for non-perishable food donations on Sat., March 1 in the morning for the Food Bank as part of the Think Fast that they are participating in for Development and Peace. Please think of the less fortunate in this cold weather. Has-Beens HockeyTournament The 26th Annual Zurich Has-Beens Hockey Tournament will be held at the complex on Fri., Feb. 29; Sat., March 1, and Sun., March 2. Teams will be coming from Tavistock, Goderich, London and Zurich areas. Their delicious Sunday morning community breakfast will held at the arena from 10 a.m.-1p.m. Dan and Vicki McCarter and two girls recently spent a Talented Queensway musicians step in HENSALL — Gail Mason and The Fellowship Singers visited Sun., Feb. 24 and delivered a rousing gospel music program to residents. Everyone agreed that it was a won- derful way to spend a Sunday after- noon. Exercise group started the week for residents who gathered in the sunroom to work out the kinks at the exercise program. It's great to see the motivation and determina- tion displayed by those working to increase their mobility. Rev. John Zwann led worship again this week with Idella Gabel as the volunteer pianist. We are so thankful to have two wonderfully talented musicians in the retirement residence at present who are willing to step in as needed. Freda Johnston is another resident who has helped out by entertaining in the retirement residence lounge when the weather prevented the scheduled musician from coming. Volunteer Donna Smale organized the euchre games Wednesday after- noon with a good number of retire- ment and nursing home residents engaging in some friendly competi- tion. Thursday afternoon residents gathered in the baking room to stir up some basic white cookies using Elsie Mathers' recipe in our Queensway Cookbook. The cookies were cut out with a Shamrock cook- ie cutter baked and iced with green icing to be frozen until the upcoming St. Patrick's events in March. Lisa Stewart, music therapist spent Friday at Queensway working with nursing home residents in the morning and then her Rhythm for Life group in the retirement resi- dence in the afternoon. Katie, our Community Living support worker and several residents played host to the Community Living drumming group in the afternoon. Coming events Thurs., Feb. 28 2 p.m. Birthday Party with entertainment by Lorne McKenzie Sun., March 2 - 2 p.m. St. Patrick's Tea Party with Sharon Fri., March 7 at 7 p.m. Friendship Friday with Andy and Friends (weather permitting) week's vacation in Florida going to Disney and Sea World. Donna and Jim Hoffman of Dashwood are happy to announce the recent arrival of their granddaughter Kaitlyn born on Feb. 9 to proud parents Kelly and Ryan Gilmore of Grand Bend. Best wishes for a speedy recovery go out to Lottie Grenier (due to a knee operation). Dog tags 2008 Dog tags must be picked up at the Bluewater Municipal office before the end of February. There is an extra late fee of $10 after Feb. 29. Bluewater Rest Home Annual Meeting will be held at the Zurich Mennonite Church Hall on Wed., March 5 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. Bean Festival Committee Wed., March 5 -Annual Bean Festival Meeting at the Zurich Complex at 7:30 p.m with president Carol Prang. The Bowling Alley was a busy place on Family Day when several kids and their parents had fun together. Rick and Marge Gingerich recently returned home from a Caribbean cruise. Randy and Vicki Geoffrey were away for a two week holiday and came back with nice tans. Blood Donor Clinic Blood Donor Clinic in Zurich at the Zurich Complex on Sat., March 8 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Students at St. Boniface School are busy practicing for their up -coming play called "High School Musical" to be held April 16,17 and 18 each night at 7 p.m. Mark it down on your calendars as I'm sure you won't want to miss this one. Ruth -Arm FlaxBard of London spent the weekend visit- ing her dad Earl FlaxBard, as she had just returned from a lovely cruise with some friends and relatives. Son, Paul FlaxBard and wife Cathy also stopped in on Sunday. Exeter Skating Club The Exeter Skating Club will host the "Future Stars" competition at the Exeter Arena on Sat., March 1 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Then again on Sun., March 2 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be over 500 skaters taking part in the two day program. So be sure to go and see the skaters that will be coming from various clubs far and near. Heart to Heart begins March 18 Zurich Mennonite Church is once again hosting the spring session of Heart to Heart, a multi -denominational women's ministry for women of all ages and from all walks of life. There are seven different faith studies to choose from, such as Bringing Up Boys, Love and Respect, Becoming a Woman Who Listens to God, and more. We also have many electives to choose from including Basic Cooking, Kool Aid Jammers Bags, and others. The program runs every Tuesday morning (9:30 a.m.- 12) from March 18 -May 13. Free babysitting is provid- ed. For more information, please contact Jenn Ramer at 236-7823. 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