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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-09-05, Page 13R Pay -TV will offer OJtS' channe new s John Milligan, president of Countryable Ltd., an - pounced this week that the company will be offering the new Canadian sports chan- nel TSN, both as a package with the movie channel, First Choice and as a separate channel. The new channel will be pro- gramming a variety of sports on a 24-hour basis in- cluding the Blue Jays' ball games. The sports channel can be Pr" it NA Fri., Sat. & Sun. Sept. 7, 8 & 9 CONAN THE DESTROYER also STREETS OF FIRE i ADULT 1ti ACCOMPANIMENT purchased as a separate pay channel, for $6.95 per month, or as part of a package in- cluding the First Choice movie channel at no increase a in cost to the subscriber of $15.95 per month. Country Cable is also offering its FM radio channels- free in this same _package. On Sept. 1st First Choice became known as First Choice Superchannel as the Canadian Radio -television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recent- ly approved the amalgama- tion of First Choice and Superchannel. The latter served central Canada as a competative channel to First Choice. Under the new rules the combined service will mean that the best of pro - that the Best of pro- gramming that had been arranged by the competing companies will now be avail- able on one channel. In this area Superchannel was not available. In order to receive the new sports channel subscribers will have to purchase a con- verter which can be obtained either from Country Cable or .other sources, such as TV and audio stores which offer units at various price levels: Country Cable will be of- fering free installation of either the sports channel or • • • • • • • • • • • • • •. • • • • • • • FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY BOX OFFICE OPENS 7:30 SHOW AT DUSK the package of movie and spbrta, First time subscribers to the movie 'channel require a escrambler which the cable company loans out for a $10 refundable deposit. Mr. Milligan said that the new services will be avail- able sometime in early September. The company is accepting orders for the new service at the present time. Lawn bowlers finish season BRUSSELS The Gerald Gibson Trophy tournament was held last Saturday at the bowling green. It is a local tournament for area bowlers. The top bowlers were: Steven Adams and Freida Johnston; George Inglis and Elenor Hemingway; Jim Coultes and Agnes Bieman; Jim Bowman and Mary Yuill ; Gerald and Isabel Gibson; Les Douglas and Jean Bewley; and Elda Coultes and Alf Sutton. Carl Hemingway and Laura Johnston were the con- solation winners. This tournament brought to an end the lawn bowling season and work now will be done on the greens. The annual meeting is scheduled for Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. in the club house. 4H computer • clubs formed • • • Fie didn't find his dreams...his dreams found him. BONUS FRIDA SATURDAY 2ND FEATURE PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, •T • • ti,"2gc$1_iran_.rrTl GOD[�KN • PMU T E IRR S24.7811 . i . TONIGHT nu MUMMY • 1; REMEMBER $2.00 SHOW TIMES rUI. — SAT. 7 a SUN. . THURS. •:00 P.M. CLINT EASTVVOOD iiasrliir�ua�C® • TUESDAYS • STARTS FRIDAY • • • • • •• •ei O'AnSba • M , ,rar*.iea • •w • came • a. owtoOr • - IMf no ha m,lW i.n • Sora.othing • n,., .r,,,,,,.d. • • • • • • • 0 0 • • • .s. Rob Lor• TBLI-jJg Et ih RwwiraTl LTCJV Til A 4-H computer club is getting underway this fall in Huron County. Topics to be covered include: buying a computer, how a computer works, computer jargon, data base management, flowcharting,' electronic worksheets and program- ming. The club will have six or seven meetings and will run from September to early December. Clubs establish- ed • so far include Auburn, Bluevale III, Blyth II, Brus- sels, Dungannon I and II, Eg- mondville, Hurondale IV, Kippfield, Londesboro III and •Seaforth. _ ". . _ _ . . . Anyone who is -12 to 31' years of age as of .July 1, 1984, can join by contacting one of these, clubs or Karen Rodman at the. Clinton OMAF office. GLIDER COURSE—Cadet Rob Grey prepares for his first solo flight at Cade Air Training School, Belleville. Cadet Grey is a member of 769 Centennaires Air Cadet Squadron and has been taking a six-week glider pilot scholarship course. Upon cotnpletion of the course he will receive his glider pilot license and wings. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Grey of Gorrie and Is a student at Listowel District Secondary School. (Photo courtesy of Trenton Air Cadet Camp) The Wingham Advance -Times, Sept. 5, 1984—Page 13 BPs repeat as champs at erich tournament By Peter Bauer The Wingham BPs repeated as champions at the Goderich fastball tournament last weekend, wrapping things up with a decisive 12-1 thrashing of the Sarnia Enos Pizza team in the final game. Don Edgar earned the win, holding Sarnia to one run on four hits. The BPs gave up that run in the first inning, but roared back to tie the score in the second inning and take a 3-1 lead after three. They added three runs in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to complete the rout. Glen Gallaher drove in three runs with a three -for - four performance at the. plate, giving him seven hits in 13 trips to the plate during the tournament. For the BPs, it marked'a successful . end for tour- nament activity this year. Wingham 2, Lucknow 0 - The BPs started the tournament on a winning note, defeating a tough squad from Lucknow, with Ron Riley hurling a one -hit shutout to blank his rivals 2 - Whitechurch Personals Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Moore of cobalt were visitors on Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Emerson while on their way home to Cobalt. Danny Joe Thomson visited a few days with his cousin, Dean Tiffin. Mrs. Anne Magoffin of London is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Viola Irwin, and Mr. and Mrs. Orland Irwin • and family. Student minister Rod Lamb and Mrs. Lamb arrived home Friday after a month's holiday in Ottawa with her relatives and in Baddeck, -Nova- Seotia .with his parents and relatives., Mr. and Mrs. Alex Craig, -„Moore_visited Sunday with Lana, 'Ryan and Jarrei of . and•Mrs. dary Johnston, Listowel, visited Sunday Mildmay. • ° with Mr. and Mrs. Alan Richard Moore and friend Falconer, Tony, Tim and Amy. Brussels Mr. and Mrs. Jim Turnbull of Peterborough spent the weekend at Marie and Bill Turnbull's home. They also visited with his •brother Wilbur and held a family dinner . at the Brussels Legion Hall on Aug. 26 to celebrate Jim and Wilbur's birthdays. Family members attending • the dinner came from Ottawa, Toronto, Bur- lington, Guelph, Woodstock, Stratford, Mitchell, Sea - forth, Goderich, Bayfield, Brussels and area. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs: George Hethering- ton of Gorrie were Jim and Betty Hetherington of Otta- wa and Carl and Betty Graber off Brussels. TU Phone 357-1630 for 24 hour movie information of Wingham attended a family picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Forsyth of Walkerton. Mr. and Mrs. Walter , Elliott visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Yuill, Belgrave. The next 4-H club project will be quilting. Members must be 12 years old before July 1 and the work will include applique, string quilting and plain quilting. Training school is Monday, September 10. Anyone in- terested may phone either of the leaders, Mrs. Archie Purdon, 357-2877, or . Mrs. Walter Elliott, 357-1358.. Mr. . and Mrs. Walter At Chalmers Church on Sunday the joint service, (United and 'Presbyterian) proved successful. Student minister Rod Lamb presided for the first part of the service and•Rev. G. Ball gave the message. Next Sunday this will be reversed. Members of both choirs gave the message in song. Next Sunday during Sunday School in the basement, adults will have Bible study in the auditorium. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Richardson of Livonia, Mr. and Mrs. 'E. W. Beecroft and Matthew Webster visited on will be held September 12 Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. with a pot luck supper at 6:30 Archie Hertel and Karen featuring food made from Beecroft, all of Kitchener. authentic recipes of old Karen spent the weekend times. Each member is to with her parents, Mr. and invite a family member or Mrs. E. W. Beecroft. friend. Theme of t`he meeting Mr. and Mrs. E. W. is Pioneer Days, Mrs. John Beecroft and Ken Sinnamon A. Currie is convener and spent the holiday weekend in Chicago. ° Mr. and Mrs. Dave Springer and Kevin spent the weekend at Camp Brucpdale near Douglas Point. Visitors on the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rintoul were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Campbell and Heather of Ancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Cardiff, Brussels, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Robinson, Mark, Tracy and Tim of Belgrave, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Rintoul, Steven, Scott and Stuart of Wawanosh. The Whitechurch Women's Institute curators' meeting Mrs. Dave Gibb hostess. call will be "Did we ever have fun, when ” and guest speaker Eileen Johnston off Gorrie will speak on "Yesterday's Treas- ures". There will be a con- test, special music and a film about Ontario's bicentennial. The supper arrangements will be made by the program committee. Peter and ,1341 -;Colyer of Kippen visited Sunday with their sister, Mrs. Jim Ross, Mr. Ross, Diane and Debbie of Wawanosh. Mrs. Joe Ducharme of Goderich visited one day this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Laidlaw. Mr. and Mrs. Ken-Laardi-aw of Lucknow visited Sunday at his brother's home. • Mr. and Mrs. Wayne ' Farrier, Kimberley , and Amy of Guelph, visited . recently with his mother, Mrs. Garnet Farrier. Amy and Kimberley remained for a few days' holidays with their grandma. Mr. and Mrs: Jim Maclntyre of" Vermilion Lake were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Carl McClenaghan. Mr. and Mrs. Bevin Tiffin, Dean and Stephen, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Alan Falconer and family and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Craig and family. All couples' were celebrating 15th wedding anniversaries. • September is a sad month for many becausk., for young people kindergarten age to university age, it means leaving home, going to live with strangers and having to Roll 0. Riley recorded five strike- outs en ro'ta'te to the win, facing just two men over the minimumin a seven -inning contest. He walked one and gave up one hit, a double. The BPs scored both their runs in the second inning as Glen Gallaher climbed aboard on a one -out single. Bob Pegg reached first on an error by the centre fielder, which eventually left run- ners on second and third. Neil Bieman followed with a solid single, cashing in both runners on the only scoring play of the game. Ross Baird was the losing pitcher, allowing tare runs on four hits while notching two strikeouts. Wingham 7, Woodstock 0 Ed Deer provided the BPs with their second con- secutive shutout, blanking Woodstock 7-0 in five in- nings. He allowed just two hits while recording six, strikeouts. Wingham picked up three runs in the first inning. Following a lead-off single by Bruce Skinn, Ron Smith tripled to score Skinn. Bob Armstrong singled, scoring Smith, and Went to second on a passed ball. He then scored as Gallaher followed with an RBI single. The BPs picked up three more in the second inning and added a single run in the fifth, invoking the mercy rule. Gallaher singled and scored on a double by Daer. Ian Blakely was the losing pitcher, giving up seven runs on seven hits. Wingham 2, Sarnia 1 The BPs continued to play good defensive ball, but surrendered an unearned run on two errors in the same inning. That was the only run they would give up, however, as Dave Burns pitched his team to a 2-1 victory over Sarnia. • Burns gave up two hits "while striking out three. He make new friends. To all these young people, this community extends best wishes, good health and good luck in their undertakings. Held Over - Second Week Playing Friday to Thursday September 7 to September 13 SHOWTIMES: Friday and Saturday at 7 and 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday at 8:00 p.m. BILL. MURRAY DAN AYKROYD SIGOURNEY WEAVER 101"101 i t'. 1, Ui NEW FIRE HALL—Work on Wingham's new fire hall is progressing quickly toward its November completion. Framing started this week and a foundation was poured almost two weeks ago. Carl Reinhardt of Teeswater h:s the contract to build the new hall for a tender price of over $230,000. The est °'' �? cost of the entire project In- cluding the land purchase is $300,000. did have trouble in the first three innings, leaving four base runners, but managed to pitch himself out of a number of potentially dangerous Situations. In the second inning Bieman was issued a free pass with ° a base on balls. Coultes hammered a line drive past the pitcher's head for a solid single before Gallaher's bunt loaded the bases when the throw to third was too late. Smith's sacrifice fly to left -centre drove in the only run. In the fourth inning, Bieman doubled, Coultas was issued an intentional walk and Gallaher came through with a big single, fighting off an inside pitch and blooping a hit just over the glove of the first baseman to bring in the winning run. Sarnia got its run in the fifth inning, when a bunt back to the pitcher's mound resulted in the runner ending up safe at second. On the next play, the throw to first was in time but the return throw to third was misplay- ed, allowing the runner to 'score. Burns settled down, as did the defence, and the BPs held on for a 2-1 win. r7r)s- -171 4eet iffloti IYANT »err Dif fN0' ie,,•• 401° soar J: 94,,9'.0 e; Fs, 4111 Ontario Sires Stakes Racing Action PURE ENTERTAINMENT! Be part of the fun and excitement as Ontario's best trotters and pacers compete in Ontario Sires Stakes harness racing. 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