The Huron Expositor, 1979-07-12, Page 19Seaforth
BY pAT*IC1A REMMER.
Seaforth, like many small
towns, has grown from it vary.
almell settlement into a
medium sized town in about
a
hundred years.. We don't
know exactly What Seaforth
was like 100 years, ago, and
we don't knontlwhat. it will. be
'like 100 years from pow, but,
we do know that Seaford) ii4, •
growing to be .better and.
better.
Fors instance, we Would;
never dream of ,swimming
happily in the Lion's Pool at 9
o'clock in the morning five
years ago.. In fact :if we did,
we'd be over-joyedif we got
out of the pool feeling just
numb! Now swimming
4essons are given every week.
day morning through the
'summer in a hefted, $0°t
pool.
In the last few yetis,
Seaforth has had many
changes like the heated pool.
One of these is the new
playground euqipment at
Seafortb Public School,
Remember when the only
Way° you could ever have, a
"decent" swing was to walk
all the way down to the,
Lions' Park? By the time you
got to the swings you would
be completely exhausted and
wouldn't want to play on the
rowin
last surnmer, Mr- Carroll,,
the principg at .S'.P,S, and
some concerned parent*
planned a terrific set of
playground equipment 'Un«
fortunatelyit took a complete
year to get an Q.K. from the
government and 'some new
plans before some volunteers
could start constructing the
swings. : Committee plans many
things gs: for teens like: teller -
skating almost every
Tuesday and Friday night.
Also there are many events,
for teens such as floor hockey
games and field days. These
things keep us pretty busy
through the summer.. •
;Another great thing; that
has been added to Seaforth, is
,,i„.
Vincentss farm : Equipment
and the Veterinary Clinic
extend Ont almost :a mile
from the intersection. Maes
Milk, Pizza Express,. B,P.
and the Freeze King .emend:
put to the western end of
Seaforth. Brian's Hair-
styling, the new billiard hall
and the ,new I.G.A. that will
new equipment, In the early
days of June, the pile of
boards, and tires began to
look like something.
On June 25th the students
and teachers of • S.P.S.
officially opened the , new
construction. This gives
many of the kids. of Seaforth
something to do on a.:hot.
summer day. There's a small
slide, a swinging tire, a long,
red tube, a ladder; tires and
a rope ladder to climb on for
kids to play on.
The Seaforth, `Recreation
tweens
cable, T.V, This stops us
from wanting to smash A'
the T.V. tube because . we
don't get the channel that a
great movie was on. Of
course we'd never do any-
thing like that! Besides
activities for kids; teens and
in. betweens. Seaforth has
also added some new
buildings, apartments and.
activities for senior citizens.
;A lot of the new buildings
Seaforth are opening it
up and extending it to all.
ends of town. At the north
end of town Canadian Pools,
be opening, cover the south
end of town as, well as the.
Optimist Park.
These buildings have.
nothing to do with kids teens
or in betweens but will have
something do withyou in the
future as Seaforth grows
better and better.
If you have any ideas.
drawings, stories or
suggestion for the kids' page
please send them to:
Kids, Teens and In Between,
c/o Patricia Rimmer
Box278
Seaforth, NOK IWO
or Phone 527-1492
Banana eaters stuffed
There should be it number
of young people in. Seaforth.
vjho: won't want to eat a.
banana, for some time.
They took part in a banana
eating contest. Monday. at the
. community centre as pact of
Summertime '79's ' World
Record Day.
The contestants were.
divided into two groups: 11
and: under, and 12 and over.
Mike Betties, and Greg. •
Bennewies tied for first place
in the 11 and under category,
eating nine, bananas each.
Kendra Nicholscame second
with seven, . and Chris Camp-
bell third with six. The brave,
banana -eaters were cheered
on enthusiastically, and at'
the end of the 10 minute time
period were able to leave the
table with bananas intact.
Cleadon Coombs managed
more bananas than anyone,
with 10 to his credit, and a
fust in the 12 ' and over
category. Dereck. Cooper was:
second with nine bananas,
and Leonard Teetero.,third
with eight.
The young, , competitors
managedto consume a total
of 300 bananas.
Later, attempting to beat
. another world record, they
piled 21 kids into. a Volks-
wagen . beetle, ingested
,bananas and all. '
The Summertime .events
havebeen very 'well attended
this year, said.Irick Fortune,
who works with the program, i.
for fire summer.
Other events, last week
included, a'Scavenger Hunt in
Southgate's, Bush. Winnerii3
under .10, were Tracy Reid.
and Andrea Muir, first,. -Yon -
ice and. Connie Mere, second
and Scoft Teall and Andrew
Cernick, third. Over 10 were
Dave McLlwain . and Dave
Garrick,; first, Mary. Jane.
Eisler and Chris Harburn,
second and Brenda Wesen-
berg and: Andrea Pinder,.
. third.. -
On July 4, about 50 young
people - came out for
.recreationalgames •at Lion's
Park, and on July 5, 45 young::
people decorated theirbikes
and then paraded into town.
Winners were Andy .Cernick;
first, Terry 'Gray, second,
and Lorrie Harvey, third. In.
the 11• ' and over category,
first, was Dereck. Cooper,
second Brenda Wesenberg;
and third Denise Morey.
The bike hike to Bayfield
scheduled for July 10 had to
be cancelled due to weather
conditions, but has been
rescheduled for July 17.
July 13, recreational
games will be held` in the
morning at the high school,
and a. play, Alicein•Wonder-
land, later in the day, Games
again •will .be held July 15,
with a disco danc . and gong
show )
competition in the afternoon.
At the high school: July 18,
the • Lake Huron Zene
Recreation Associaton /will
hold their . Play Day, with 25
events and about 400 young
people competing.
Summertime '79. would
like to thank Bill Southgate
for the use of his bush in, the
scavenger hunt.
BEST NOT TO LOOK—Dave Rimmer concen-
votes on .9etting one more banana eaten in the
contest Monday at the community centre, •
$ti nrner
Throughout the year, at
S.P.S. the class of 7D and
Grade 2 were "teamed up"
to give and receive help in.
reading and writing skills.
Here is a selection of stories
dictated by students, in ,grade.
2 and written by a partner in
grade 7.
Visits farm cousins
This summer T ant tax,
ing swimming lessons, May-
be 1 will be able to visit my
aunt in Niagara ,Falls and
visit my Grampa in London.. I
might be going to Coiling -
wood for a holiday, I hope to
go to the farmto' seemy
cousins Susan, Nancy, Mary
Lou, Billy and Elizabeth
Stewart. I.might be going to
my friends place in Toronto. I
am also going to my aunts
•
vacations
wedding in August. I might
• be walking in my Gramma's
bush, 1 am going to play road
hockey, Trevor, Elizabeth
Like to go to Disney
This summer I would like
to go •to Florida to Disney
World. I want togo to., a
baseball game in Toronto. 1
want to go to Niagara Falls to
some museums and go over
the "Falls" in: a barrel, I
would like to come to school
andplay on the new :play-.
ground equipment. I would
like to go to Story Brook
Gardens. I am going to go
swimming at the Lion's Park.
1 would like to go riding on
my new bike. '
—Scott Lamont, ,
Derek Cooper
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below.
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and obey all signs and
signals.,
4, °Play your games in a
safe place away from (town, city and postal code)
traffic.
you cross the road,
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