Zurich Citizens News, 1976-11-24, Page 7Rec League Schedule
ZURICH REC HOCKEY SCHEDULE
1st teams listed play at 7 p.m.
2nd teams listed play at 9 p.m.
NOVEMBER 25
Blue vs Panthers
Flyers vs Sabres
DECEMBER 2
Sabres vs Flyers
Blues vs Panthers
DECEMBER 9
Sabres vs Panthers
Flyers vs Blues
DECEMBER 16
Flyers vs Panthers
Blue vs Sabres
DECEMBER 23
Sabres vs Blues
Panthers vs Flyers
JANUARY 6
Flyers vs Blues
Sabres vs Panthers
FIRST R
FEBRUARY 17
lst place vs 3rd place
2nd place vs 4th place
FEBRUARY 24
4th place vs 2nd place
3rd place vs 1st place
JANUARY 13
Panthers vs Blues
Sabres vs Flyers
JANUARY 20
Flyers vs Sabres
Panthers vs Blues
JANUARY 27
Sabres vs Panthers
Blues vs Flyers
FEBRUARY
Panthers vs Flyers
Sabres vs Blues
FEBRUARY 10
Blues vs Sabres
Flyers vs Panthers
First round of playoffs, best of
three games.
Final round of playoffs, best of
five games.
OUND
MARCH 3
1st place vs 3rd place
2nd place vs 4th place
Balance of playoff to be ar-
ranged.
Rec
BLUES
Ken Clarke
Ron Oesch
Jim Wildfong
Bill Hoffman
Jim Switzer
Glen Zirk
Eric Smale
Doug Stade
Gary Koehler
Dave Koehler
Mahlon Martin
Norm Koehler
Andy Durand
Danny Durand
Bill Hay
FLYERS
Dick Bedard
Larry Merner
Geo, Suplat
Gerald Shantz
Phil Overholt
Tony Bedard
Geo. Haggitt
Ivan Bedard
Charlie Schilbe
Dan Turkheim
Larry Bedard
Paul Klopp
Steve Haberer
Ron Watt
Jim Deitrich
"The secret of happiness is
curiosity." Norman Douglas
UNDECORATE THE CHRISTMAS TREE—Linda Mathonia, left and Carrie Sweeney place pillows
made by the Gr. 7 and 8 classes at St. Boniface under a tree in the gym. The girls were helping to
prepare items for sale at the Sunday Bazaar held in the St. Boniface public school. The items on the
tree were for sale as well. Photo by McKinley
Playhouse
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caller not to attend our
productions, recommending they
patronize certain other
companies, and telling our
Sponsors they should not have
booked us.
It this the role of a drama
critic? Doug Bale can try to
squirm out of his present
predicament by grandly asking
us for a committment to
excellence, while Free Press
readers are asked to accept any
haphazard and biased
sensationalism posing as
dramatic criticism.
The truth of the matter is that
Doug Bale should make a
committment to competence and
ethics. Could Doug Bale pass the
same sort of test he poses for
others? No, of course not, but no
matter because "somebody up
there" likes him. Who is that
somebody and why doesn't he
like us?
At the recent lunch Doug Bale
laid on for me at Benmiller (the
basis of ins seconci article which
was supposed to smooth it all
over but which, to me, added
insult to injury) he said he would
eventually take Stratford to task
and that he's eyeing Theatre
London suspiciously.
What a pity, I reflected, that
here is a man who fails to see
any of the positive and
constructive leadership
possibilities of his role as critic,
but rather lies in wait only fox
the chance to condemn.
Theatre people are sensitive to
criticism, but after 18 years in
the business I've developed a
thick enough skin. In all that
time I have never before
. responded to whatecer critics
decided to write about me.
But Doug Bale is completely
off -base and I've known it for
years. He thinks he is "tough"
and therefore good; actually he•
is weak and destructive and
seems unable to make a point
without insult or invective.
I think his involvement in the
artistic community actually
retards its development through
his purely negative approach,
and through his determination to
pit one group against another.
Criticism need not be
favourable. We don't have to be
patted on the back or led by the
hand, but we should insist that
criticism is honest, open.
constructive, and free of
personal bias.
To me, the role of critic can be
defined as a kind of superior
audience member - wiser, better
informed, one who can
summarize an evening's
performance, evaluate it, and in
so doing forecast to a curious
public the kind of experience it
can expect by attending that
particular production.
The most basic requirement,
however, is that the critic needs
an essential respect for theatre
in general. Here, too, I think
Doug Bale strikes out. He just
doesn't like it.
I have been most grateful for
the demonstration of strong
public support: letters, phone
calls, etc. I only hope we do not
allow ourselves to be pushed to
extremes. He may deride us, but
he must not divide us.
Doug Bale not only contradicts
and ignores the opinions of the
other critics of the Free Press
who have written favourable and
encouraging reviews of
Playhouse productions over the
years; but also contradicts
himself. Does this inconsistency
not challenge his own
credibility?
No matter. The really
important thing is that we know
ourselves. We need not apologize
that we have been more
ambitious than artful, more
energetic than exacting, and
most of all that we have been
more concerned with
entertaining audiences than
impressing critice.
In five short years we have
created a magnificent . theatre
and raised the curtain 458 times
on the 55 Playhouse productions.
As it takes time to build a
theatre, it takes time to build a
Company. It takes time to put
into practice a simple plan that
allows for brief productions of
plays and musicals that may be
charming and worth seeing and
which happen to have more
current than lasting appeal.
Now, while Doug Bale boggles
under such a weighty concept,
the Playouse audiences have no
particular axes to grind. When
they are displeased, I get the
message. And that's when I
worry. My committment is to
Huron Country Playhouse.
Besides, we might as well get
used to sour grape attitudes.
Now that we've built a theatre
and it dares to be successful,
everyone wants a piece of the
action.
PANTHERS
Ross Fisher
Ron Clarke
Kevin Wildfong
Bob Merner
Ray Weido
Peter Bedard
Randy McKinnon
Dave Clarke
John Corriveau
Friend
Marty Kelder
Martin 1andenberk
Terry Rau
Stu Gingerich
Rich Fisher
SABRES
Jim Bedard
Bob Johnston
Paul Steckle
Don O'Brien
.Al Beange
Burnie Denomme
Bob Brown
Doug Turkheim
Earl Wagner
Joe Kenda
Ken Fenwick
Geo. Grenier
Don Geiger
Ken Lovie
Dale Cressman
Citizens News, November 24, 1976 -Page 7
Obitucsry
BEDARD
At the Blue Water Rest Home,
Zurich, on Thursday, November
18, 1976, Mary Aimee (Durand)
Bedard, in her 87th year. Be-
loved wife of the late Dennis
W. Bedard. Dear mother of
Gerald, Zurich; Father Richard
CSsR, Toronto; Lawrence, Zur-
ich; Clair, Detroit; Donald,
Detroit; Mrs. John (Hazel)
Daly, Detroit; Mrs, Tom (Mary)
Romaniszyn, Detroit; Mrs. Cla-
rence (Beatrice) Geoffrey, Zu-
rich; Mrs. William (Joanne)
Merner, London; 5 sons pre-
deceased, Edmund 1975, Den-
nis 1963, Napoleon 1975,
Jerome 1938, Jarvis 1919. Also
survived by 46 grandchildren,
69 great-grandchildren and 1
great -great-grandchild. Rested
at Westlake Funeral Home
until Saturday, November 20,
when funeral mass was held
in St. Boniface RC Church,
Zurich at 11 a.m. Interment in
St. Boniface RC Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Ron Bedard,
David Bedard, Edmund Bed-
ard, John Daly Jr., Larry
Bedard and Brian Geoffrey.
Flowerbearers were Richard
Bedard, Mark Bedard, Danny
Bedard and Michael Merner.
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