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Times-Advocate, 1980-08-27, Page 17Page lA AUGUST 27, 1980 Price Per Copy 35 Cents L `REGAL ARRIVAL .---1.ieutenant Governor Pauline McGibbon arrives cit Huron Country Playhouie for Fr'ida'y night'rperfar'- &tante of Annie Get Your Gun. An Aide-de-comp holds the door for Mrs. McGibbon. Staff photo Poor turnout at meeting Reeve goes ahead with BIA plan WADING FOR THE CURTAIN TO GO UP — Lieutenant Governor Pauline McGibbon chats with playhouse board -chairman Len Evans of Sarnia before the play begins at Huron Country Playhouse Friday night, Her Honour'S aide-de-comp sits beside her. Staff photo LOW NET WINNER — Don Messeroll, (centre) of Grand Cove was the low net winner at Wednesday's golf tournament at Oakwood. Presenting Messeroll with his awards are Alec Cumming, Oakwood club captain, and tariff Thomos,who donated the prize.Staff photo rr Gov. visits la house, Gran Grand. Bend hosted a very special guest last weekend, ,Friday evening Ontario's Lieutenant Governer Pauline McGibbon dined at Oakwood - Inn before at- tending a production Of Annie- 90 Year GOO at Huron. Country Playhouse. On arrival at the playhouse, Mrs. McGibbon. was presented With' a tieUetiet of flowers by Darryl Greenwood. and Barbara SchnttrOff, the two youngest members of the cast. Darryl is the. son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul .Greenwodd. of Parkhill, and Barbara's parents are Mr. and Mrs. grwin Sehottroff of the Pinedale Motel in Grand Bend. After the performance Her Honour along with her. husband of 4.4 years, Donald McGibbon spent the night with friends Wilfred and. Anne Gregory at their summer ham. e. north :of Grand Bend in Maple Grove. and secretary f.lia .Douglas. .H0QtaatmiltiitYwitOttr Intlionrfo!rror of the committee for Eric lvlaroY clay. Mrs. McGibbon endorsed the project, and said she hopes to attend the. day to, honour the former casino owner next summer, Members of the committee who met with her were- chaidady Mae Morenz, vice Mrs. 'McGibbon is a native of Sarnia and, as a young woman spent her summers in Grand fiend. She says she has Many fond memories of dancing at Lakeview . Chairolen John ASIestYne. t: Sewer work begins, again Grand Bend may get sewers yet. After a delay of several months, digging began yesterday on Albert Street. The provincial Ministry of Environment has accepted a tender submitted by Blue, Con. Constructien In the amount of $1,069,000. The next lowest tender was submitted by Elgin Con— struction Co. Ltd. in the amount of $1,166,996. Work is expected to be completed by July 29, 1981. The announcement .of the tender being awarded was made by . Minister. of Agrieulture and Food and MPP for Lambton, Lorne Henderson. VIEWING BRONZE PLAQUE During her•visit to Grand Bend, Lieutenant Governor Pauline McGibbon took the plaque which is to be erected on a stcsne cairn at Centennial Park in honour of Eric Mcliroy; With Mrs. McGibbon.ore •••• o - committee members John Aseistyne, Mae Moienz, andElia Douglas. s ttiamfet t pa htp see . imps. dVOCal Nobody offered a new car, hole-in-one still thrills golfer Even though the turn-eat at the last meeting was poor, Reeve Robert Sharen has not given up hopes of establishing a Business Improvement Area (BIA) in Grand Bend. Sharen said that those present were still en- thusiastic about setting up a BIA, and he would like to see Plans for new buildings for Grand Bend's fire. equip- ment got underway last week, when Reeve Robert Sharen met with Bill Lind- say of Bosanquet township council and Allan Wainer of Stephen township council. Sharen said that plans are now "back .to square one." Firemen presented council with a design for a whole new building at the last meeting. Sharen said that plans move ahead. Only nine people attended the meeting. Secretary Christine Smith says she sent out about 70 notices to businessmen announcing it. Guest speakers for the group were Bob Swartman, chairman of a BIA in Exeter, and Jack Richardson, also on a BIA in St. Thomas. Both they were only prepared to discuss an addition to the ex- isting building. Sharen said that additional room is need- ed to house one vehicle, and to give the firemen a train- ing room. Sharen said that the next step is to have a meeting of the three man fire com- mittee and the firemen, to come to a comprimise on What is needed in the building. , men stressed the importance of co-operation in establishing a BIA. Because of the small group attending, the meeting was very informal. Everyone sat around the table in the council chambers and discussed the concept. Present at the meeting were Reeve Bob Sharen and other members of the original committee looking into the setting up of a BIA, Mel Douglas, Norman Lynn, and Danny Keith. Also present were John Manore and Mrs. IVIanore, Jim Gill, John Paisetzki and Bob Farnsworth. Sharen said that he still feels the group should push to set up a BIA, even though the meeting was small. Sharer] says that if people were against the setting up of a BIA, they would have conie to the meeting to complain, By not attending, they were giving their "Consent, he says: Both Swartman and Richardson stressed the importance of having the village council back the BIA. Sharen says that because his council is in favour of setting up a BIA, half the battle has been won. "I see so many positive things about the BIA as both a. businessman and a politician," Sharen said. krIDIVAMWM. All you people who have been stopping me on the street and telling me how mean we are because we won't take our dog water skiing, will be pleased to know he has mastered the sport. Our water-loving springer spaniel, Pepper, would sit on shore and whine and howl everytitne we went waterskiing . Or else he would jump in and valiently. paddle after the boat. It was obvious that he really wanted to try skiing, He loves boating -• he leans precariously over the edge of the boat, nose twitching and eats flapping in the wind. Naturally skiing would be even more of a thrill. Since it's pretty hard to find waterskis suited for a dog, Pepperihad to settle for a compromise. Our neigh- bour had fashioned a surf board which could be used to tow children behind a motor boat. Pepper took to the toboggan-like board right aw T he ay. first few times on the river, Pepper was a little nervous about going solo. Victor drove the boat, while I donned a life jacket and hung onto the board behind pepper. I swear my erns grew six inches longer from hanging on behind the board and being dragged over the water, You would have thought that Marion Johnston just won a new car by her ex- citement, But just getting a hole-in otid' ti as enough to put the Kitchener woman on cloud nine. Mrs. Johnston scored the hole-in-one on the 18th hole at Oakwood golf course Tuesday afternoon. Manager Irene Kennedy says that it is the first time a hole-in-one had ever been made on that hole, She says that they: don't know of anyone scoring a hole-in-one, even in the days when it Was called the ninth hole. Last spring, a tournament organizer offered to give a new car to anyone who got a hole-in-one on the 18th, But although 140 players gave it their best shot, no one was lucky. Unfortunately, nobody It wasn't long before I could let go of the board, and Pepper made the trip alone.• There is one problem. Occasionally he forgets where he is when he's watching an interesting sight on shore. He neglects the importance of sitting still on the board and stands up for a better view. Then he starts wagging his tail and leans to the side of the board for a closer look. When that side of the board gets underwater front the shift in weight, Pepper over- compensates and moves back to the other side. The board wobbles and it isn't long before he has to bail out. Somehow, when that einbarassing situation oc- curs, Pepper is able to make it look like he had planned to take the plunge. lie paddles around the river non- chalantly, looking as if he is enjoying the swim before he heads for shore, We can't say Pepper it the only waterskiing dog on the river. He shares that distinction with another well known dog in the coin- mUnity. Bosariquet reeve Charlie Stokoses dog Skeeter can also handle the board. But 'Skeeter doesn't enjoy a swim. 55 ittudh as Pepper, and scrambles for shore when be takes a tumble, offered Mrs. Johnston a new car, but she certainly didn't seem to mind. This was the first hole-in- one of her golfing career. Although she was reluctant to tell the number of years she has been golfing, she says she got her start at Oak- wood as a child of 12. She says her parents had a cottage nearby, and Oak- wood owner Fred Walker encouraged children to try golfing. She used her father's old clubs, which he had cut off for her. Mrs. Johnston and her husband George were golfing with Barb and Jack Porter of Bradford when she made her shot, Mrs. John- ston. says that when she • realized that the ball was rolling straight.into the hole, she started jumping up and down and screaming. Some MaIntarAtaritialt We wonder if Charlie will be teaching Skeeter the art of barefooting, Since Charlie doesn't always bother with a ski, we'd like to see Skeeter out their skimming over the -water with a tow rope in his mouth. After a long day of skiing and swimming, Pepper Usually likes to spend the evening napping and resting on the door step. Lately, however, an intruder has been claiming his favourite spot for sleeping. One evening when Pepper went to lay down, he found a big, brown lump wiggling under him. A huge toad had planned to spend the night on the door step. Pepper decided to stake his dlaird, picked up the toad and tossed him back into the flower bed. But that left a bad taste in his mouth and he had to rush to the river for a drink. The next evening he just nosed the toad out 'of the way, and with a lot of barking, told hitt to stay out. But the toad was persistent. The barking and chasing went on for several evenings. Finally Pepper just gave up. We looked out one night toseethe toad blinking at us from the middle of the mat on the step, while Pepper was stretched out for a sleep on the dew soaked grass. men golfing nearby thought she had been frightened by a snake, she said. It was the last shot of the game. The' JOhnstoris and the Porters have become friends after golfing together Tuesday. Both couples say that they are enjoying their stay in Grand Bend, and plan to return next year. This is Mrs. Johnstons first visit to Grand Bend since she was a child. "It's a real nostalgia trip," she says. Both couples stressed how friendly people have been during their visit. Not only was Mrs, John- ston thrilled about the hole- in-one, she was also very excited about beating her husband. She has never bettered his score on the golf course before. "He's a much better golfer," she' says, Mrs. Johnston's score for the- 18 hole course was 101. She made her hole-in-one with a seven wood. After seeing the shot, Mrs. Porter went out and purchased a seven wood. "They're sometimes hard to find," Mrs. Porter said. Mrs. Johnston's lucky ball was a Topflight by Spalding, People have been walking up to Mrs, Johnston, shaking her hand and congratulating her ever since her hole-in- one. Management at Oak- wood gave her- a bottle 'of champagne to celebrate, and Gene Grenier at the Pro Shop presented her with a tag to put on her golf bag "I couldn't be more identifying her as a member thrilled," Mrs. Johnston of the hole-in-one club. says. HOLE-IN-ONE Marion Johnston holds her lucky ball, and shows off the tag which identifies her as a member of the ex- • clusive hole-in-one club. Mrs. Johnston is the first person to score a hole-in-one on the 18th hole at Oakwood. Staff photo `Back to square one' with fire hail plans • . pry's BY nfarofiro BY MARY ALDERSON Pepper goes skiing