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Times-Advocate, 1987-02-04, Page 14J Page 2A Times -Advocate, February 4, 1987 Fun winter carnival week planned at Grand Bend If it's winter fun you are. looking for the Grand Bend and area Chamber of Commerce has the answer. • Dave Sheppard and his energetic committee has lined up a - variety of exciting activities fora winter carnival which they have entitled 'Winter's a Beach.'_ The Scheduled events include a sno pitch tournament, snow sculpture competitions. a cross country ski-a-thon, a steak barbecue and sweetheart dance, a kid's skating party and much, much more. A prize of $1,000 is being offered for first prize in the snow sculpture for teams only. This competition will be held Saturday, February 14 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Sunday, .February 15 between 10 a.tn. and 2 p.m. Each team participating will be supplied with a.block of snow measuring eight feet by eight feet by eight feet. They will also get two straight edge shovels. two axes and one step ladder. Sites will be assigned by a draw system when the teams check in on February 14. Each team is held to a maximum of three" members and all must be at least 19 years of age. The entry fee is $50 per team. The same weekend a sno. pitch mixed tournament will be played with prizes of $500 and $250 for first and second place finishers. respectively. All games will be fiveinnings with a 10 run mercy rule al the end of four complete innings in effect except in the finals. - Two events are being planned especially for children. A party consisting of movies and games is set for the Grand Bend public school at 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 14 supervised by Chamber of Commerce members and the next afternoon from 2-4 p.m. a kids' skating party will be held on the Old River bed sponsored and supervised by the Grand Bend firemen. 6 The Grand Bend branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is of - sports spotlight by Ross Haugh kring a steak barbecue from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on the Saturday night to be followed by a Sweetheart dance. Sounds like a good way to while'away a few winter hours in watching the magic of snow sculpturing come to lid of freeze through a couple' of ball games. The cross country ski-a-thon will be held at Pinery Provincial Park and on Sunday, February.14 guided tours on snowshoes for families and groups will explore Southcott Pines woodlands. The tours will leave the Southcott Pines Park Association Clubhouse hourly from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Snowshoes will be pro- Final game at home, Friday • vided and the charge is $2 for adults and $1 for children under the age of 12 years. A penguin has been named the official mascot for the winter carnival and he has been appearing at a number of area events to drum up interest for all the fun and games coming up at the popular summer resort which is quickly gaining prominence for winter attractions. Basketball Championships For area basketball fans, good news arrived on our desk this week regarding the all -Ontario high school 'A" boys basketball championships. The tournament involving fr(Im 11 to 14 teams from all high school conferences in the province will be held March 11 to 13 at North Middlesex District High School in Parkhill. In the past this event has produced an excellent high calibre brand of basketball and this year should be no exception. Local Ladies Win A rink from the Exeter curling club skipped by Helen Burton will be competing in the all -Ontario Diamond Seniors lxsnspiel in Richmond Hill beginning February 9.. Helen along with Doris Hackney, Audrey McDonald and Janie McDowell won zone finals in Seaforth to qualify for the provincial competition. Best of luck, girls. _ Mohawks clinch first place in Senior 'B' loop The Exeter Mohawks clinched first_ place in the Ontario !hockey :socia. tion Senior 'B• Central division over the weekend with a pair of ties. The Mohawks held tie Elora Rocks to a 6-6 draw in Elora Friday night and Sunday on home ice at the South Huron Rec ('entre played to a 3-3 deadlock with the 11illshur'gh Royals.- - The two weekend points give the Mohawks a season.total of 43. •fiye- tnore that the second place'I'avislork Royals. Tavistock has two games re- maining zinc' the Mohalvks wind up the regulary schedule Friday night al home when they play host to the New f hamburg 'Powers-. A league sheeting to set up the playoff schedule will be held Sunday in New Hamburg. 'l'he Mohawks as league champions move right into the semi-finals with -sixth place New-Ilamburg as- the- pro►_._ bable opponents in a best -01 -seven SKATING CLUB WINNERS Avery successful inter -club competi-, tion was held Thursday night for members of the Exeter figure skating club. Back, left, ore shown Intermediate 'A' winners Toni DeJong, Anita Wein and Brenyn Baynhom. In front ore Novice 'A' best Kim MacLean. Jennifer Strang and Tracy, Taylor. T -A photo INTERMEDIATE SKATING WINNERS Winners in the intermediate classes in Thursdays Exeter figure skdting club competition are shown here. Back, left, 'B' division winners Melissa Brock, Kristi Sargeant and Chrissy Parker. Front, Melanie Phillips, Kristin Strang and Shonyn Baynham as the best in 'C'. T -A photo For Rent - 243-2479 • Toboggans • Cross Country Skis • Snow Shoes • Snack bar available Saturday and Sunday Phone ahead Phfoone243-r speciol 222mW0 week groups.' Pinery Park Store. 243-2479 Exeter Mohawks ofitudi Vs New Hamburg Towers i'oRAO 1 Friday, February 6 8:30 p.m. At South Huron Rec Centre Sponsored by the following community spirited businesses. • Pineridge Barbecue Co. • Morgan Insurance Ltd. • Bayfield Recreational Sales • Stephen Printing • Image Cleaners • Hensel' Tavern • series, The .other four teams will par- ticipate in best -of -five quarter finals with the two winners meeting for the right to meet the Mohawks or New Hamburg for - the league championship. .\ Ilam rbntrubulfon • Rick Hart was the scoring:star for IheMohawks in Elora; Friday. night. Ile -scored- three -ghats-before— being fnrced out of action with a shoulder in- jury early in the second period. The first period was all even as Al Gates converted a pass from Barry Baynham and Hart registered on a three-way passing combination with Bill Glover and Ron Elliott for the Mohawks.-Morely Bosomworth and Larry McDougall replied for Elora. Early in 'the -middle stanza. Rick Exeter Tavistock f lillshur•g Elora Ilarriston New Ilambiu•g . Palmerston 1lar•( found the Elora net with two suc- cessful shots in a space.of 54 seconds. Assists on the first- score went to (.lover and Elliott with hart scoring unassisted -on the second. - With only 21 seconds left in the se- cond period, Barry Baynham notch- ed the fifth Exeter goal of the night on passes from Norm Campbell and - Randy Kraul on a power play. - Dave Farris, Don Bauman and Ken Bosomworth counted. for Elora in the second frame. The last two scores came while the Mohawks were play- ing shorthanded. Each team registered single goals in the final 20 minutes of play to create the tie. For the Mohawks Norm Camphell hit on passes.from Scott -Eccles and Al Gates. flitting fur Elora was Don Dauman. (11 IA Central Senior 11' W I. 18 4- `i 18 15 11 9 8 Eagles extend winning streak The Exeter bantam Eagles extend- ed their unbeaten streak to 13 games . in weekend action at the South Huron Centre. Saturday morning action saw the Eagles host Lucan. Leading Exeter to their 13-3 trouncing was a sparkling performance by Todd McCann. He had an incredible game with six goals and two assists. Also turning in- excellent perfor- mances were Brett Borden with a hat trick and Jamie Bedard who had one goal. and five assists. Laurie Chalmers, Derek Schwartzentruber and Peter Lerikos r9unded out the scoring, each with one goal. Andy Thompson and Jamie Tomes hada good defensive game resulting in shots on net being 61-10. Lucan scoring was by Derek Har dy with two goals and Sean Porter with a single. Sunday, action saw the Exeter Eagles come up against the Exeter Lincolns. As expected, the inter -town rivafr) led to a fast hard game in which the Eagles came up victorious by a score of 7-5. The Eagles were led to the win by strong offensive and defensive play. Jamie Bedard led the way with two goals and one assist. Henri DeBruyn and Todd McCann each had two goals and Shawn 'Heywood had one goal to round out the scoring. Lincolns scoring ihcluded Tom Rolph, who had a good game with a hat trick, and Graham Arthur and Jason McFalls both with one goal. The Eagles will he looking to extend their unbeaten streak to 14 games when they host Parkhill at the South !futon Rec Centre next Saturday. Parkhill will he trying to avenge their only loss this season which was hand- ed to them by the Eagles the last time these two teams met. • 8 8 9 13 16 24 li :3 F' A I'ts 111 43 124 38 166 :35 122 26 149 23 143 - 19 257 ci .188 21111 175 141 161 1:38 81 with two ties Campbell stars Two third period goals gave the Mohawks the single point against Ilillsburgh. In the first period. Norm ('ampbeli started the Exeter scoring on an unassisted effort'svhile Paul Fraser squared things for the Visitors. Goals by Kerry Kuenzis in the se- cond period and Fraser al six minutes of the third period put Hillshurgh in -front :1-1. ' Al the 12:46 mark of the final period. .1ohn Kernick put the lllohawks back in contention as he converted passes from Nonni ('antp- hell and Pal ('yr. With -less than -four minutes to go, Norm Campbell filed his second suc- cessful shot of the night to even the scoreboard: Credited .with assists were Al:Gates and Ron Elliott. . DART SCORES The Canscotts and Salt and Peppers each recorded the maximum of five points in Friday's regular play in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league. Roy Hunter chalked up the men's high score of 140. This week's scores were: Canscotts 5 McGrundy 0 Salt and Pepper 5 Shiphunters 0 Lost Flights 4 itchy Niters Scotties 3 Smurfs 2 The It's 3 Swat 2 011ie's Best 3 Trailers 2 DJ's 3 Outlaws 2 Friday's schedule is as follows: 8 p.m. Salt and Pepper vs DJ's Odd Ones vs Lost Flights Shiphunters vs Scotties. Canscotts vs Trailers 9:30 p.m. Outlaws vs Southenders itchy Niters vs McGrundy Smurfs vs The H's Swat vs 011ie's Best 1 WORKSHOPS ENERGY CONSERVATION IN HERITAGE BUILDINGS A series of ten workshops on the careful conservation of energyin heritage buildings sponsored by the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture and the Ministry of Energy Gravenhurst—February 7 Thunder Bay—February 9 Sault Ste. Marie—February 10 St. Catharines—February 14 Chatham—February 17 Seaforth—February 18 Town of Vaughan—February 25 Almonte—February 28 Renfrew—March 3 Kingston—March 7 For further information on the times and locations of the workshops, please contact the participating Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) through your municipal clerk's office, or the Heritage Branch, MCC, in Toronto, telephone (416) 965-4961 Ontario Ministry Ministry of Citizenship of and Culture Energy Lily Munro Minister Vincent G. Kerrio Minister