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Times-Advocate, 1984-04-18, Page 19Pop. 6A Times -Advocate, April 18,1984 Mgt Mary's musings By Mary Alderson We've had an overdose of award nights on television lately. Music awards, televi- sion awards, movie awards - with all those people winning little statues you'd think we would have the best entertain- ment possible on television. But I don't think that's the case - frankly, I've been bored with all the award shows. The people presenting and receiving these awards are supposed'to be the best enter- tainers available today. They should feel comfortable on stage - they should be right at home and in their element. • Then why do so many look nervous and strained while they are in the spotlight? Why can't the world's best actors and actresses 'ad lib' while they are presenting and receiving these awards? Why do they recite such obviously rehearsed phony dialogue? Why do they have to read their lines from cue -cards? These of all people should be able to go on stage and say what they are supposed to say without being prompted or be- ing told what to say. In between the phony dialogue we have to listen to the winners thanking people over and over again - usually people we've never heard of. or worse yet. they spend all their time thanking (heir moms and dads. husbands. wives and kids. Now, I'm the first to agree that it is all very Crediton East By MRS. STAN PRESZCATOR Mr. and Mrs. David Isaac, _ Centralia, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Barnes, Parkhill and Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator and Brenda Glanville, Crediton, attended the funeral Thurs- day of the latters cousin, the late Mrs. Clifford (Iolene) Thornton, London. Mrs. Leonard Wein celebrated her birthday _ Thursday, Diane Beaver, Saturday and Cheryl Wein, Sunday. Happy birthday to all. • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Glan- ville and family, Parkhill visited Sunday with Donald Averill and Jeff. .Some. of Crediton folk en- joyed the Fiddler's Jamboree in Exeter, Sunday. Hope the Easter Rabbit is good to all and a very Happy Easter to all my readers. nice to thank one's family and give some credit to those who have helped - but 1 just Wonder how many of those people who are thanking their families on stage remember to' show that appreciation when they get home? The entertainment on the award showsseems to be decreasing as well. Sure. we hear a few songs or maybe a few jokes are told. Remember the night Michael Jackson won all the grammies'.' We heard him thank his parents_ over and over ad naseum, but did we hear him sing two words? We did see him dance on stage for about half a second, but other than that we only saw his talent on a few clips of a video. There aren'' any unusual episodes to liven up the award programs any more either. A few years ago, some of the stars would use the oscar night to make a political stand, refusing to acept an • award because of the plight of some interest group. That would break the monotony of the program. Or better yet. a streaker would run across the stage to cause a commotion. Sometimes, someone would appear in .a terribly outlan- dish costume, which would give the viewers something to talk about the next day, -But lately, all they do is pas, -out a few trophies. How boring. Do you know -what really upsets me? You sit ,J.ttere through all the boring stuff - the stammering speakers who can't -read cue cards. the repetitive thank yous. the reading of the rules, the in- troduction of the accountants to tabulate the votes, the awarding of the lesser prizes - just fo find out who the big winners actually are. You suffer through the win- ners of documentaries, foreign language .films, animated- shorts and other such topics. waiting to find out what the movie of the year is going to be. And by the time they announce the big winner, you've fallen asleep in your recliner chair. FIREMEN PRESENT POSTER AWARDS — The Exeter fire department recently conducted a poster contest for area elementary schools. Above, Leroy Edwards presents the prizes to Anna Szabo and Robbie Passmore of Usborne Central and Carrie Lovie and Kevin Robinson of Exeter Public School. Usborne won the overall trophy. To discuss zoning of beach At the Monday night meeting of Grand Bend Coun- cil, it was decided to invite. beach -front property owner Tim Fraleigh to attend Tues- day's meeting of the planning advisory committee to discuss negotiations for the zoning of the beach property north of King Street. Fraleigh had requested a continuance of temporary re- zoning of part of the norther- ly portion of his property so that he could continue to operate the parking lot which was installed last year. Ile asked for a three year exten- sion in commercial zonir, . After proper notification to area property owners, there were both written objections and verbal objections at last week's public meeting. Objections were based on the fact that Fraleigli had not honored his site -plan agree- ment. Residents asked for a walkway through the parking lot to the beach, a buffer zone between the lot and private property, and, they objected to temporary structures on the beach. Negotiations hinge on a pro- mise from R. Paul Fraleigh, that the village will eventual-. ly own about 166 feet of beach from the water's edge, which is now held by the Fraleigh • Company. Fraleigh indicated at the public meeting, last week, if the zoning extension to the north was not forthcom- ing, he would expand the parking lot further tow'r-d the lake in the southerly portion of the property which has been zoned commercial. It was reported at Mon - 0 SATELLITE RECEPTION EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS! Cannel Master * Established dealer * Sales & Installation * Leasing available * Visit our showroom for a demonstration Allen Stubbs Satellites & Antenna's Main St., Thedford 296-5565/786-4848 Oo We have a full line of T.V. Antennas, RCA and Hittachi T.V.'s in stock. April 16th - 28th Store Hours: Daily 8 • 6; Sat. 8 - 5; closed Tuesday Beef Sides $1.65 Hinds $1.99 Fronts Chucks $ $ 1.39 1.35 Slaughter Day Tuesday BEEF SLAUGHTERING FREE for the Month of April Market Weight hogs FIot- Rate $35.00 Super Pork Specials Pork Sides 89t fully processed 1 Our own Pure Pork Sausage 994 lb. Mock Chicken Loif $1.69 Ib Wieners, Jellied Pork Loaf or Roll 994 Ib. 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Meetings will be held in three seperate locations in April from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The public meeting, to be held in Bayfield, will be held at the municipal hall on April 24. A second meeting is scheduled for April 25 at Huron Park Public School. The next even- ing, there will be a meeting at ' the old town hall in Exeter. Grand Bend Public School property has arranged for a Museumobile display from Ottawa to beat the school for public viewing on June 11 in 'the afternoon and evening. The display is entitled Canada North. There is no admission charge. Council received a $200 donation from the Grand Bend and area Chamber of Commerce to assist with ex- penses for theofficial opening of the new Grand Bend Municipal Building. The gala opening is scheduled for May 18 at 2 p.m. G ran d Bend church news On Thursday 18 ladies gathered_ for their meeting. eanna M DcGregor, vice president, presided and the roll call was to'reveal secret pals. New secret pals were chosen for the next year. Betty Campbell led the pro- gram on "Experience in Music"; using records, tapes and an informative commen- tary. Lunch was served by Vi Fowler and Susan Rumball. Sunday morning, Pastor Campbell spoke on "Wild with Excitement" basing his text on Matthew 21:6-11. On the first Palm Sunday long ago, the crowd got carried away: Only afterwards, did they ask, "Who. . '.,tis?: Praise without obedience is empty, so today, we need ex- cited people who are dedicated to righteousness. The choir sang "Gifts", and Marion Steckle sang "The Palms." Catholic news • On Palm Sunday today's gospel of (}hrist's passion and death illustrates how dif- ferent individuals are touch- ed by these events and reacted in fear. Judas was afraid. that Christ was not the Messiah; and after . he betrayed Jesus he was afraid . God would never forgive him;. so he hanged himself in despair. The Apostles were afraid of losing Christ as their leader, of losing their own lives as his follower. Pilate and the chief priests acted in various ways fearful of losing their power, position or influence in the community. True belief in Christ offers us freedom from such early fears. Holy Week - This is the week of deliberations when Lent comes toa fitting conclu- sion, . but the, celebration of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter vigil. It is a time for the Christian com- munity to gather together for prayer and reflection upon the mystery of God's love for mankind. Holy Thursday mass will begin at 7:15 p.m. There will be first commu- nion celebrations and everyone will have a chance to receive communion from both the host and chalice. Good Friday at 3:00 p.m. you are invited to participate in this solemn lithegy to reflect upon the passion and death of Jesus Christ. The church will remain open from 8:00 a. m. to 8:00 p.m. and peo- ple are invited to drop in and - make the Stations of the Cross. -Catholics are also reminded that the church recommends very highly to fast and abstain on this day. On holy Saturday the Easter vigil begins at 7:15. This is the most important of all our church lithego celebra- tions. All families should try to attend. During this season of Lent, all of us have been in- vited to identify with the needs of the poor, by giving up some.of our own pleasures and some sacrifices, sharing our savings with the Cana dian Movement of Develop- ment and Peace. The collec- tion at Holy Thursday will be for this cause. 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