The Citizen, 1998-06-03, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1998.
From the sidelines
Time will tell if
bigger's better
LOVELL'S
STRAWBERRIES
YOU PICK...WE PICK
Open Between June 6th or 8'h. For picking info
CALL 263-6418
1st farm west of Kippen intersection on
south side.
Berries sold by litre.
Open:
Mon.-Fri. 8 am-8 pm
Sat. 8 am-6 pm
Sun. 8 am-12 noon
(no picking in pots or pans)
-HEALTH ON THE HILL-
Kicking •
A visiting Lucknow Atom digs in to control the ball as a
member of the Blyth Atom II team sets up to steal the
play. The hosts edged Lucknow 3-2.
A Review of activities at
SEAFORTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
FOOD BANK DRIVE for Staff was in operation during the
month of May; your support of this worthwhile project is
appreciated.
APPRECIATION goes out to the Seaforth Foodmarket for the
donation of bedding plants on the patio. The patients of the
Activation Group have planted the flowers and are watching
them flourish. Thanks Seaforth Foodmarket.
OB PREADMIT CLINICS - If you are 36-38 weeks pregnant
and planning to deliver at Seaforth Community Hospital, you are
requested to pre-register with Grace Dolmage Monday to Friday,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. (519) 527-3001.
Clinics by appointment ONLY each Sunday beginning @ 1 p.m.
SEAFORTH PERINATAL INFORMATION SESSION for
expectant parents and interested persons will next be held Thurs.
JUNE 18th at 7:30 p.m. in the Board Room. Topic:
"Breastfeeding Attitude" with Dr. Carolin Shepherd and Terri
Shobbrook. PLEASE NOTE: Information sessions will not be
held for the months of July and August but will resume
September 17th.
Public C.P.R. students requiring CPR certification to qualify for
College, general interest -- next class Saturday, JUNE 20, 1998
8 a.m.-4 p.m. To register and for information, call Val at 527-
0320 or Hospital Switchboard 527-1650.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP sponsored by Huron
Hospice Volunteer Service will next meet Wed. JUNE 3rd (bi-
monthly meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of
every month) at 8:00 p.m. @ Maplewood Manor, Church Street,
Seaforth (enter through rear door off parking lot). Anyone
interested is most welcome to attend. For further information,
contact Joan Stewart 522-0897 or Shirley Dinsmore Office: 527-
0655 Res. 527-1005.
By Hugh
Nichol
A piece of
Canadian his-
tory will be-
come nothing
more than
hockey trivia
this winter
when owner Steve Stavro hangs a
vacancy sign on the front door of
Maple Leaf Gardens.
Sometime in January, Toronto's
NHL hockey club will become the
latest and last of the original six, to
vacate its premises in favour of a
more revenue-friendly dwelling.
Maple Leaf Gardens was the
cathedral of Canadian hockey rinks,
home to one of Canada's proudest
and distinguished franchises. Its
construction was remarkable, built
in five months during the depression
by Leafs' owner Conn Smythe, who
envisioned not just a mere rink, but
a theatre where husband and wife
could enjoy a night together.
Smythe was so committed to the
idea he convinced union workers to
accept Gardens stock, in lieu of a
$200,000 shortfall of cash, to finish
the project in time for the 1931-32
hockey season.
That foresight was incredible, for
not only did the Gardens bring
children's dreams to life through
Foster Hewitt's broadcasts, but the
building itself took on an almost
sacred quality. In his writings on
Religion in Canada, William
Kilboum once said, "If I were asked
by some stranger to North American
culture to show him the most
important religious building in
Canada, I would take him to
Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens."
It is the atmosphere within an
arena that attracts, not the game
itself. While the scores are long
forgotten we still remember the
Boston Gardens, so personal you
knew each rat by name, the deafen-
ing roar of the Chicago Stadium and
the Stanley Cup winning tradition of
the Montreal Forum.
These buildings took on a
mythical image, and through the
intimacy and intimidation of their
fans gave true meaning to home ice
advantage.
It is this unexplained phenomena,
this inexplicable feeling that is the
reason Maple Leaf Gardens has sold
out for every game since 1946, not
the calibre of the hockey.
Cherish these identities for they
The heavy-hitting Hullett Mites
ball team trounced their opponent,
May 28, when they travelled to
Varna.
Homeruns played a big role in
the contest as Hullett slugged two
in the second and one in both the
third and fourth.
Taking to the plate in the top of
the first, Hullett pushed seven runs
home, then kept Varna to three.
More than doubling the tally in
the second, homers by Terry Rad-
ford and Josh Nurse gave the visi-
are lost on present day architecture.
Today all arenas are identical, all
with regulation ice surfaces, all
climate controlled, all clinically
perfect with no uniqueness in
design, all displaying the logos of
corporate sponsorship such as the
Molson Centre in Montreal, General
Motors Place in Vancouver and the
soon, to be Air Canada Centre in
Toronto.
The only reminders in our area of
the past are the Milverton Arena,
recently described as unfit even to
store round bales in, and the
Belgrave Arena with its natural ice.
These buildings may be old and
failing but each retains its "attitude",
their walls filled with the aura of
old-time hockey and memories of
community involvement.
Within a 30-minute drive of
Brussels there are 20 plus arenas all
built to represent the friendliness
and togetherness of small town
living. The hockey rink is the
entertainment centre of rural
communities, as much a symbol of
civilization as a church or school.
Today many of these need
replacing, but with the costs in the
millions it is impossible to even
consider rebuilding.
Yet without the arena, one of our
major centres of community life
disappears. If we travel to watch
hockey in bigger and better arenas
we stay to shop in bigger and better
stores and take advantage of all the
cities' bigger and better amenities.
The loss of an arena is the beginning
of the end for the village way of life.
We lose our past, our future, our
identity.
If the amalgamation proposed by
the Village of Blyth becomes a
reality it will house arenas in Blyth,
Brussels, Belgrave, Wingham,
Belmore and Howick. Can North
Huron support six arenas, including
a possible new complex in
Wingham and is it realistic to ask a
McKillop or Hullett Township
resident to pay towards the upkeep
of the Belmore Arena when
facilities are minutes away in
Seaforth and Clinton?
Our area has already experienced
the possibility of library, hospital
and school closings. Will
community centres be next?
In their own way the Maple Leafs
represent the small communities and
as they prepare for the start of a new
era, we known it will be bigger, but
only time will tell if it's better.
tors a 15-4 lead at the end of the
inning.
Anthony Wilts belted another in
the third to help in scoring seven
runs.
Joel Salverda's homerun was the
only score added in the fourth.
Pitching duties were shared by
Derek Dolmage, Samantha McVit-
tie, Julian Bolinger arid Katherine
Greidanus.
"For the Hullett team's first
game, they played really well," said
Coach Doug Dolmage. "There was
a good effort on everyone's part."
Tigers
win big,
bigger
The Brussels Tigers opened their
Huron County Fastball League
season with convincing back-to-
back wins over the Zurich Rangers.
On Wednesday night, the Tigers
shutout the hometown Rangers 7-0.
Brussels scored one in the first as
hits by Murray Pipe and Brian Neill
were followed by a Doug Conley
RBI single.
The Tigers broke the game open
in the third adding five runs
highlighted by a booming double to
centre,by Mark Pennington.
Neill plated three more in the
fourth with a long home run to left.
Mike Dauphin scored the Tigers
10th run in the fifth and Pete Exel
scored Doug Shaw with the Tigers
final run, an RBI double in the
sixth.
Murray Pipe reached base safely
on three occasions, as did Niell.
Les Phillips went two for four for
the visitors. Conley went the
distance striking out six.
In the return match in Brussels
on Friday night the Tigers broke
out the big lumber trouncing the
Rangers 21 - 8.
The Rangers actually scored first
on a lead-off home run by Mike
DeGroot, but the Tigers quickly
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Forthcoming
Marriage
Together with their parents,
Annette Lucas and
David Graham
are pleased to announce
their forthcoming marriage
on
Saturday, August 1st, 1998
at St. Christopher's
Anglican Church,
Burlington, Ontario.
Forthcoming
Marriage
Duizer - Clark
Tom and Marjorie Duizer are
pleased to announce the
forthcoming marriage of
their daughter Shannon
Leigh to Michael James, son
of Jim and Mabel Clark on
Saturday, June 13th at
Londesboro United Church.
Open reception to follow at
Blyth Community Centre at
9 p.m.
Hullett Mites win 15-4