The Times Advocate, 2008-06-11, Page 15Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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Tickets available for Zurich Fair Elimination Draw 2008
By Carmel Sweeney
ZURICII CORRESPONDENT
ZURICH - Congratulations go out to
Richard and Jenna Desjardine (nee
Dayman) who were married on Sat.,
June 7 with an outdoor wedding at the
Bailey Farm with reception held there
also. The groom is the son of Ron and
Sally Desjardine, Zurich. The couple
will be living in Brucefield.
Congratulations to bride and groom -
Melanie Seip and Adam Bedard whose
wedding was held on Sat., June 7 at the
Recreation Centre in Exeter with dinner
and reception. Adam is the son of Ivan
and Rosemary Bedard of Zurich. The
couple will live in Exeter.
Congratulations to newlyweds Sarah
Vermunt and Vimal Gandhi who mar-
ried on Sat., June 7 at Hessanland near
St. Joseph with dinner held there as
well. The bride is the daughter of
Brenda and Walter Vermunt of RR 2
Zurich. The couple is living in Toronto.
Zurich Fair 2008
Be sure and get your tickets for the
Zurich Fair Elimination Draw and
Dance on Fri., July 25 at the Bluewater
Complex starting at 8 p.m. Cost is only
$10 for a chance to win up to $1000.
Live music will be provided by the band
"Quarter Mile Lane" with Kati Durst.
Tickets may be purchased from the
Lions Club members or Fair board
members as well as at some stores
around town.
The Agriculture Society meeting will
be held on Thurs., June 19 at the town
hall at 8 p.m. with president Hilda
Lansbergen.
Everyone is encouraged to attend and
help plan the Zurich Fair on July 25 -
27.
A reminder that the Men's Breakfast is
this Sat., June 14 at Erb's Country
Kitchen beginning at 8:30 a.m. Call
Jack Baker if you would like a ticket.
St. Peter's 1 35th Anniversary
St. Peter's CWL (St. Joseph) will be
having their meeting on Tues., June 17
at the home of president Dianne Tucker
at 7:15 p.m.
Also this Thurs., June 12 is another
planning meeting at the Tucker's to pre-
pare for their parish 135th anniversary.
Celebrations will take place from July 12
- 13. For more information, to register
or help call Monique Hartman at 236-
7817 or Dennis Ducharme at 236-4755
as soon as possible.
St. Boniface CWL meeting will be held
on Tues., June 17 (following mass) with
president Joan Regier.
Theresa Strickland (my sister) of Nova
Scotia is spending from Sunday to
Wednesday of this week with Carmel
and Jerome Sweeney, visiting with our
girls and families while on vacation for a
month. She will be travelling to such
places as Toronto, London, Stratford,
London, Sarnia and Windsor to see rela-
tives and friends. Theresa is also
attending her 45th year reunion of nurs-
ing from St. Joseph's Hospital in
London.
We (along with Beth, Carrie, Heather
and Heidi) recently enjoyed seeing the
play "My Fair Lady" at the Grand Bend
Playhouse with supper at Aunt Gussie's
afterwards.
Happy belated 80th birthday wishes
go out to Helen MacLean on May 31. A
family get together and Sunday brunch
was held at the Oakwood Inn, Grand
Bend with relatives coming from Milton,
Burlington, Chatham, Goderich and the
Zurich area.
The Hensall Spring Fair will be held
this Fri., June 13 and Sat., June 14.
Don't miss the fun.
Blessings
A fundraising barbecue lunch was
held at Blessing Store in Zurich last
Saturday with a good turn -out and all
proceeds went to support National
Hunger Awareness Day, buying milk
and yogurt for the Food Bank.
Don't forget the very first Saturday of
the month all clothing will cost 50 cents.
Congratulations go out to eight year
old Melody Cyr of Zurich (daughter of
Mike and Colleen) as they travelled to
Toronto last Saturday where Melody
competed in a `Tae Kwondo" demon-
stration returning home with two gold
medals. Previously Melody received two
silver medals at another competition in
Kitchener on May 10. The youngster
trains twice a week in Exeter at Tri-
Star.
Bluewater Rest Home
The residents at the Blue Water Rest
Home are kept busy doing various activ-
ities during the day and having various
groups in to entertain. They have
enjoyed barbecue lunches out on the
patio as well as outings to Pizza Hut in
Goderich.
Wed., June 11 - Martin Gelinas sings
and plays guitar at 6:30 p.m.
Fri., June 13 - Grand Bend Senior's
Band at 2:30 p.m.
Mon., June 16 - Goderich music group
at 2:30 p.m.
Tues., June 17 - Bill Gibson at 2:30
p.m.
Wed., June 18 - Monthly birthday
party with Harvey Smith and friends.
Grade 8 graduations
Zurich Public School will graduate on
Mon., June 23; St. Boniface School grad-
uation will be Tues., June 24.
Children from both schools in town
have been going on various class trips.
Serving up lunch —The Grand Bend Royal LePage office in Grand Bend raised $310 during a
fundraiser barbecue Saturday for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, a foundation that helps
local shelters provide a safe haven and new beginnings for more than 30,000 women and chil-
dren annually. More than $1 million each year is donated through agent contributions, brokers
and Royal LePage fundraisers.The Royal LePage Shelter Foundation is the largest public founda-
tion in Canada dedicated exclusively to supporting shelters and ending violence against women
and children.This is the first year the Grand Bend Royal LePage has held the fundraiser and sales
representative BrendaTriebner said organizers were pleased with the results. Pictured from left
are sales representatives Helen Miller and Jerry Zehr, broker Fred Lobb and sales representatives
Julie Murphy, Rick Lobb,Triebner and Ruth Zielman-Zehr. (photo/Scott Nixon)
UCW potluck supper
EXETER - The evening unit of Exeter United Church
Women held its June meeting at Laurie Shapton's cot-
tage in Norman Heights. A bountiful potluck supper
was enjoyed on the lawn by 29 ladies but, with the
threat of rain everyone scurried inside for the meeting.
Unit leader, Marion Kerslake welcomed everyone and
read a poem. Two banquets are planned for October.
Laurie Shapton, Jean Goff, Marj Tuckey and Mavis
Atthill conducted a program of contest and readings.
The annual Friendship Tea for shut-ins was held.
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Teen suffers injury
GRAND BEND — The Lambton OPP
Crime Unit are investigating an inci-
dent in Grand Bend that sent a 19 -
year -old French foreign exchange
student to hospital with a knife
wound. The accused responsible is in
custody awaiting a bail hearing. It is
alleged that at around 1 a.m. June 8,
the victim along with three other
french exchange students were walk-
ing on Main Street in Grand Bend in
the area of the OPP detachment.
Information is that a male person
was observed by the four to use a
sharp instrument to flatten the front
tire of an unattended OPP cruiser
parked in front of the office. The sus-
pect then turned and struck the teen
with the same sharp object causing a
laceration across his abdomen. The
suspect, another male and two
females simply walked away.
The victim's companions waved
down a passing cruiser. Officers
tended to the victim until an ambu-
lance could transport him to South
Huron Hospital in Exeter for treat-
ment. The injury is deemed to not be
life threatening. With information
provided by the group, officers found
three persons that were accompany-
ing the suspect on Warwick Street.
Follow-up to a cottage on Warwick
Street found the suspect who was
arrested without incident. The 19 -
year -old male from London faces
charges of assault causing bodily
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