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Times Advocate, 1989-06-28, Page 24Page 24 Times -Advocate, June 28 1989 Flower arranging - Tomoko Koike, a science teacher in Japan, but whQ is in Canada staying with relatives, shows some of her Eng- lish as a Second Language students her knack for Japanese flow- er arranging. Koike is taking ESL at South Huron District High school while she is Sftaying in Canada. Begin rehearsals GRAND BEND - The sounds of singing and toe tapping have been added to the hustle and bustle around Huron Country Playhouse,. as the cast of the Playhouse Il pro- duction The Vaudevillians begin re- hearsals. The Vaudevillians is a delightful look at "the good old days" of live on stage bufooncry, sight gags, shtick, song, and plenty of that old soft shoe. The only vaudeville standard that has been left out of this production is the live animal acts. Director Pat Dawson hasn't seen any dancing bears good enough for this enchanting and hilarious review of entertainment history, from the day. of the minstrel show to the crazy days of the world famous Ziegfeld Follies. Director Pat Daw- son start in The Vaudevillians with actors A. Frank Ruffo and James -Hobson. All three have done the show as a .team before, so the Play- house II production should go very smoothly. Director, Pat Dawson is no stranger to Playhouse II. She will be remembered for her dircction of the popular. Canadian play Super Women, which -was part of last sca- Shipka by Annie Morenz SHIPKA - Congratulations to Pat Cleve, of Galt formerly of this arca and Frederick Sheppard, of Galt. who were married June 23 at Grand Bend United Church by Rev. Teddy Smits. Special guest of honour was the bride's grandmother, 93 year old 'Mrs. Jessie Walz of Kitchener. Congratulations to John and Ce- cile Muller on the arrival of a baby boy. David William. A brother for Justin and Nicole. Several from Shipka and arca at- tended the "Open House" held Sun- day June 25, at the home of Ron and Judy Watt•in Southcott Pines. The occasion was for friends to meet their -son Dean's new wife. The 'Watt family previouslylived in Shipka for quite a number of years. Esther Storey with sons Scott and Steven of London visited a day last week with Esthcr's parents, Ferman and Leota Snyder. . Pat and Jake Schroeder attended the wedding June 17 of theirrfricnd, Beth Ball, daughter of Norma and Art Ball, Kincardine, to Mark Nor- man of Palmerston. The wedding took place at St. Paul's Anglican church, Palmerston with reception at Parkview Gardens in Listowel. Got a news tip? Call the T -A 235-1331 sons Playhouse 1I line up. Pat will also be directing and starring in I Do! I Do! which will open on the. .stage of Playhouse 1I following; the three week run of The Vaudevil- lians. Huron's example commended Response to child abuse excellent GODERICH - Members of the Legislative Assembly of.Ontario were told Huron County's Coordi- nated response to child abuse "was an excellent example of community efforts to try to help with the prob- lem of child abuse: during the re- cent Throne Speech debate. The Hop. Cindy Nicholas, MPP (Scarborough -Centre) spoke -at length on the work of the Huron County Community Child Abuse Coordinating Committee following her attendance as guest speaker at the committee's Teddy Bear Dream Auction and Raffle on May 13. • The following is an excerpt. from the Hansard Official Report of De- bates: "I had the opportunity this past 'weekend to attend an.event put on by the Huron County Community Child Abuse Coordinating Com- mittee. They had a Teddy Bear Dream Auction and Raffle. It was to raise money for their group...Here was an excellent' ex- ample of community. efforts to try to help with the problem of child. abuse that is going on in many homes across Ontario. "The unique thing this committee does is that it has puppet presenta- tions that go -to schools and taik about child abuse. Apparently, right after some of these puppet presenta- tions, the children then disclose that they'have been abused by their par- ents. They tell these puppets more than they would ipll adults, because they are intimidated to tell adults, so it has been a very.effective pro- gram. "They provide information about positive parenting to parents and they try to increase the level of ex- pertise and co-Qrdination of the lo- cal people in' dealing with child abuse, diagnose it and be of some assistance in preventing it. "I think our. knowledge of child abuse has changed dramatically.over the last few decades. I think many people felt that if you had a soci- oeconomic case as to whether you were a child abuser or not, it could not happen in rich Wines, it could only •happen in poor families. Now we realize that child abuse can occur at all levels of socioeconomic pros- perity and I think that is an impor- tant first step we did. "The second is that it is opt of the closet. We recognize it does oc- cur. It is in the open. We see it in 'our newspapers and on television, and that was something that did not happen even a decade ago. I think sometimes . acknowledging that there is a problem is a big first step forward in trying to prevent future. abuse. "The statistics we are hearing are very grim. In some one in every Retsilla Gift Studio Hwy. 21, 1/2 mile south of lights Grand Bend 519-238-8614 It's our 40th Anniversary Come and Celebrate with Savings on • Royal -Doulton • Hummel • Irish Belleek • Crystal • Royal Albert Many more unusual gift items are specially priced for this season. 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