HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-05-23, Page 3THE HURON EXPOSITOR,,MAY 23, 1990
Creamer
guests ani
Well for t
4`I feel naked copuirl
though," Mr Creamer admitted'to :°t1 e
crowd "I .don't have my V. camera!"
Lloyd Eroler and'•,Isabelle Brasseur,
World l Skating,:: dhampionship�y Silver
medallists for 1989 ,,.no strangeTsr %j'
T V cameras themselves, flew down
Quebect• for the -evening. The ,p , •.
have been skating together for`"three
have been hard to pin down for Pad'din-
ners due to their hectic schedule, but are
winding down ,prior to- taking ra much -
deserved vacation in Ju `e Rigorous gain-
Ing resumes again m July in preparation
for SkateCanada 1990, slated: for October.
"We've brought out' some very excep
tional athletes from : a very' small torn,"
Lloyd Eisler remarked to the guests,' ad-
ding that "this, will. always be my hotae...I
mention of the StrSip
�e by a. Hetes, botit,profesal .
' ur, thanked;hg family.
urg:inere fe owalked ,en the: r and encouraging �hh
�Pecaally his father „ y ;
never q te keep: Op With hum, Ron Vex'
uyssen°;rerarked, "but he taught me to
ve ,nny alt no ratter what I did " s'
Seafortb's ,rising star in the hockey
orlld, Scott Driscoll, also spoke to the au-
ence• and echeed his sports colleagues
entiments on
'eptem
, anhalng froam'•o,orth. With
ancuberv*erCa�diihisuakcareesanki'niasfnghcNLmpyaoinfd
"•'l,ready to take off, Scott Driscoll may
headed for the big„ time but holds a
special Place in his hearts for home.
"Whether Scott Driscoll the player
' or Scott Driscoll the referee, I'm always
Scott Driscoll the Seaforth native."
Fellow :hockey player " Dave McLlwainn,
frealPfrom the Stanley Cup playoffs where
his Winnipeg Jets.
were knocked out of con-
s abeIle Br'asseur;.Lloyd Eisle . Mayer-IVazel tenon -by the-Edmonton=Oilers, entertain-
ll debrand„GeorgeHildebrand,;,Glefl Weir Mike •Lumley; Chris, ed the crowd with "aninterview conducted
r ton .andScott White...ElIIn ntn IV,.Glen:'
tt ph � Y y er. Re 'spoke on his es-
.periensee in a playoffs
aspera
thank you very much for givnlg me my )t.1 «�
A WELL -STOCKED TABLE•of sports'.celebrities• reeted. gime*
Glen. Creamer e _ cl di ,t..lr.ati el9t= Q @a f�ihldden�
h explained that Lloyd the l'hird�Annuat Celep'rity ,C�irliler liistweek;3ncitiding (from feft)t;
who did most of the talking for the pair - Rico•.Brogna; Scott Driscoll, .,Ron Vercruyssen; lan .Doig; Sue
and Isabelle have a deal; When they an- Scherer DareMCLiwain co-chairman Grahatri,Nesbitt, MC Glen
pear anywhere in Quebec, Isabelle does the ^�
talking and' "Lloyd goes on strike."
Mayor Hazel Hildebrand made a special
presentation to Lloyd and Isabelle on
behalf of the town, in recognition. of their
superb showing 'at the World Champion-
ships. The couple was unable to stay for
the duration of . the evening, and had to
leave at 9 o'clock to catch a Midnight
flight back to Quebec and .be back on..the
ice at 8 the next morning. .They. had just
arrived in Seaforth at 4:30 that.aftQrnoon
Accompanying them,:back to the:airport
was celebrity guest Sue Scherer; captain of
the Canadian Women's hockey:teani which
captured the gold Medal in the sport's
first-ever World -Championships this year
•
"I feel a little bit like Canada's bestCept
secret," Sue: Scherer noted She remarked
that although women's, hockey is officially
100 years; old;this year, It hasn't been an -
til the hist ten years and Specifically, the
ten;�days. off the Championships - that the
sport really' carne` into the light "..thanks
to : ?SN arid perhaps the flashiest
uniforms ever worn by a hockey team;
she added, referring to the women's pink
and white unforins.
Sue. Scherer Also felt • that amateur
•
i„•
athletics and atltletesl`in ;eneral, and not .meat games Winnipeg 'Jets' Pare
jd oweden'b4orts, are"aori>retunes.over- McLlwaiathen presented each.player with
ssha , • Y Y professional sport, and; that a special trophy and his own:personal con-
pl to a ., at; a benefit for gr'atulattons; the
illi' .. idghpoint of the evea4irig
nsinor,sports.' he encouraged all.piresent, for. the team members. •
especially younger athletes; to :dream big Pro golfer, Ian Doig -recently returned to
and cited the number 9f fine `athletes "from Seaforth from the 1989=90 Asian Tour and
Seaforth m;tiniteria,, o her• personal• credo' was ,treated'to some:geed-natured ribbing
that. "Ther}e. ar}e n , neat peeple, only by Giem Creamer durig hie introduction t
average people doin egreat things." the guests
]Maureen"Agar was -then called on to pay "I askedAldm to to me his own bio,
tribute °td 'the S ortb sPeeWee boys' the M.C. related."Ile 'wrote 19. pages. I
hockey teear , who firii4hed the season' as. •said, `lan, give me the 'Reader's •Digest
the ®.M.H.A. divisibie7e ' pione and re- , condensed',version'. He said, 'That's it."'
maimed undefeated my lull .tourna Seaforth native Inns Doig recorded, from
•5:.t• the' jibes and went onto thank ,oiganizers
for;iiwiting him to, the gala, adding that he
looks forward to"coming,honie and seeing
old: friends. `
I' know you're out;there, and I know you
support me and I want to thank you very
much," he told the guests. He commented
that success;; in life,;: re spirts as much as
.anything else, hinges (on hard work,
dreams and family and community sup-
port, something that' Seaforth is becoming
}renowned' for,
Best ever,
dollar -wise,
for -dinner,
Organizers for the Third Amnia Celebri-
ty Dinner were a measly. two tickets.`shj
of hitting the Magic 200 attendance Mark.
that they had been alining for, but a jump
in numbers from 1989 and a entertaining
• evening for all more than made up for etc
Co-chairmen Graham Nesbitt and' -Marty
edard stocked the evening's head table
with a talented cross-section of the sports
world, 'and were able to attract more local
celebrities than ever. Mr. Nesbitt com-
mented that the tinting of this year's gala;
Rate May rather than February as has
been customary, was a big factor.
"For our locals, definitely," he said. "If
we had had it in February, we couldn't
ve gotten Dave Mcllwain, or Lloyd
(Eisler) and Isabelle (Brasseur), or Ron
Vercruyssen, or Scott Driscoll, or Ian
Doig," he added, rhyming off the list of
native Seaforth sports greats.
"We're looking at holding it every year
at this time, from new on,” Mr. Nesbitt
furthered. Thursday night will probably
also be standard, as Stanley Cup finals are
usually not played on that night and a' con-
flict coma nun attendance.
• "1 know it kills us for getting ball
players, but it definitely helps us for get-
ting hockey players."
Organizers got what they wanted as far
as dollars are concerned, with Mr. Nesbitt
citing the 1990 dinner as "-the best one
that we've ever had, money -wise," Final
figures are not available yet, but it is
estimated that the gala raised between
$2,500 and $3,000 with the money going
toward local minor sports.
The cost of bringing 'in celebrities for the
dinner fell drastically from last year's
and his
tions and goals while in the League.
"I wanted to make the best of it, and
prove to Pittsburgh that they gave up a
9uality player, noted Mcdlwain, who led
the NHL this year in short-handed goals.
Dave McLiwain added that he also looks
forward to coming back to Seaforth,
although remarking that "I wish I wasn't
here right now, but I am and that's the
way hockey goes."
Dave also explained that playing hockey
in Winnipeg is different than his hockey
days in Seaforth in many ways, most
notably that "..we've got seats on both
sides over there in."
Other celebrities appearing at the fund-
raiser were London Tigers ball players
Mike Lumley and Rico Brogna, Chris
Taylor of the London Knights, and Strat-
ford Caftan's hockey 'Player Ron White.
Fortner CFL star Glen Weir, who has
been a favourite guest at the Seaforth
Celebrity Dinner a number of times, was
on hand as the auctioneer for the mini -
auction at the "end of the evening.
"I don't know why all of these non-
Seaforth people are here," he told
organizers as he iookedfdown the length'oF
the head table. "You've got all of the great
talent right here in town."
PRAISE FROM THE PRO - The Seaforth PeeWpqe hockey team was honoured at
the Celebrity Dinner for their 0°M.H°A° wit; and 23-0 tournament win record. Here,
WinniPe9 Jets' DaveMcElwain presents an individual trophy to team member Jamie
McNichol while his teammates look on. Elliott photo
$3,500 price tag. Mr. Nesbitt figures that
"maybe $1,000 total" was spent this year,
with the biggest cost being return air fare
from Quebec for Lloyd and Isabelle.
The mini -auction,, with former CFL star
Glen Weir manning the microphone,
brought in $1,122. This was down from
$1,850 in 1989, and $1,320 in 1988.
Thanks was extended to the evening's
sponsors, who donated $150 each to the
benefit, and to Marjorie Anderson and the
group who catered the evening's meal.
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C (ebiritii Dinner^`, bion Vel'cruyssen fields
good natured teaaifgj- tby ! old :
she addresses: ti a `audfea ci
iiia : h'o` 1y
10:30' 1j.m� riehloiu Gainy . 2l3t the
Golf Course
`q "J0 p.m 4'00 p.M. -- Senior Shut-
" fleboard at ifiti4tana
9:00'r1 ni. r;- Fltneae le Fun et
Arena `.
Thurs., May 24
0"30 a in: 0 3b?i.m -- Fanelli Is Fun "tit
sh,CC
0:30'p.m. ;Exeter vi. Atertrhents et High
School
8:00 P.M.10:00 p:rn: -- Men's Bali
Hoakey'at SDW,;
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10' 40. 1'Opnot0
25
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s m — Senior, nlroes Lawn
Jicifitsiitgi
S l ftrng &oil erg
1a P ynitiI0o'Oii(y.
Suri., Max 27
1:00 p.m. — Lakeside vs. erchante D.H.
at Highschool
Mon., May 28
7:00 p.m. — St. Columban Atom Soccer
ve. Ante at the Dublin Field
Tues., May 29
8:30 e.m. - 9:30 a.m. — Fitness le Fun at
SDCC
7:00 p.m. — Soccer - St. Columban Pee
Wee'i v0: Neirri et St. Columban Field
1:30 p.m. -- Seniors Games - Dade et the
Legion
130p.m. VVedOpMav Shuffle0rdet
SDCC'
.100 p nt. - 10:00 p.m. — Dance for Heart
W Arent
7:00 P.m .- St. Columban Soccer - Mos-
quitoe Vs. Exeteri