Volume 1 Number 8

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Volume 1, Number 8 – August 15, 2007

Inside: Exeter Rodeo

  • Salvaging the good from the summer of 2007
    View from the StripBy Casey Lessard It’s fair to say it’s been a tough summer for our community.Most obviously, we’ve had to deal with a murderer taking the lives of two of our own, Bill and Helene Regier. The act and subsequent mystery about the killer’s whereabouts made it difficult to grieve without wondering if he ...
  • Letters to the Editor – August 15
    Our readers write… Hi Casey,Compliments on your paper in general, and special accolades for this special edition honouring the Regiers.Although I didn’t have the pleasure to know them personally I feel I know Helene and Bill now and what they believed in and stood for through your various interviews with those who knew them so well. ...
  • Messages of condolence to the Regier family
    Visitors to the GrandBendStrip.com website sent their messages of condolence to the Regier family after the murders of Bill and Helene Regier July 23: Todd & Terri Lynn Cornies: With all of our deepest sympathy to all family and friends of Bill & Helene, we are deeply sorry for your loss. Charlene Doak (London): So sorry about ...
  • A tough year for the bean crop
    Zurich Bean FestivalFriday August 24 starting at 7 p.m.Cruise night, midway and fireworksSaturday August 25 – 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.Pancake and sausage breakfast, midway, car show, beans and pork chop dinner, entertainment all day and dance starting at 9 p.m. Cash crop farmer Randy Regier, now nearing 50, has been growing edible beans in the ...
  • Bliss-ful Balance
    Bliss StudioGroup ExhibitionOpening August 25, 3 p.m.7617 Riverside Drive, Port Franks(519) 243-3598Featured artists: Tony Miller and Lorraine Thomson (studio owners), Stephen Shellenberger, Tamara Croxall, Sarah Kane and Kim AngeMusic by Joani Paige Story by Casey Lessard “I’ve been walking around here in my pajamas showing people our work,” says Tony Miller in the studio and gallery he ...
  • Darts league aims at kids
    Royal Canadian Legion200 Broad Street, ParkhillYouth dart leagueRon Wilcox: (519) 294-6344 Story & photos by Casey Lessard Competitive darts isn’t at the top of the list of things to do for most young people, but area Legions are hoping to change that. The Parkhill branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is hosting one of Canada’s top dart ...
  • Did Tom deserve award?
    Advice from momBy Rita Lessard Nurses deserve a lot of credit. They’re doing the best they can. Sometimes I’m sure their patience is stretched with some of their patients. I say, keep up the good work. A model patientSince Tom has been in and out of the hospital for the last five months (eventually losing his leg ...
  • (Did Tom deserve award?) Somebody thought so
    Keeping the PeaceBy Tom Lessard About 14 years into my military career – by this point the late 1960s – I was working in the quartermasters stores in Wolseley Barracks as a clerk for the RCR. I’d just come off a court martial, got a $25 fine and was promoted to corporal rank – back-dated six ...
  • Play examines church politics
    Reverend JonahBlyth FestivalUntil September 1 Southcott Pines resident Paul Ciufo is a financial planner in Exeter by day, playwright by night. His first professional stage production, Reverend Jonah, premiered at the Blyth Festival last weekend to positive reviews.Ciufo’s story-line: “Reverend Jonah is a brand new minister out of seminary. He shows up at his first church ...
  • Exciting to see local work on stage
    Reverend JonahBy Paul CiufoPerformed by Darren Keay, Michelle Fisk, et al.Directed by Marie Beath BadianBlyth Festival ProductionAugust 8 – September 1, 2007 Live! On Stage!Review by Mary Alderson Grand Bend Playwright Paul Ciufo hopes people will consider both sides of the conflict, with his new play that premiered last week at the Blyth Festival. Ciufo, a resident ...
  • Legends deserve R-E-S-P-E-C-T
    LegendsHuron Country PlayhouseUntil September 1 By Casey Lessard It’s not too often you get to see 1960s music “legend” Tiny Tim on stage at the Huron Country Playhouse, and quite frankly, I’m not too sure how many people would pay to see him. This is one time you should consider doing so.“I remember watching (Tiny Tim) on ...
  • Musical Pioneers Rock the Stage
    Legends: A Salute to Musical PioneersConceived, written and directed by Alex MustakasMusical Director Bob FosterChoreographer Gino BertiDrayton Entertainment ProductionHuron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend August 8 – September 1, 2007 Live! On Stage!Review by Mary Alderson The balcony had better be reinforced at Huron Country Playhouse. With the show Legends: A Salute to Musical Pioneers currently on stage ...
  • Help reduce the mosquito population
    Living in BalanceBy Jenipher Appleton How would you like to dramatically decrease the mosquito and insect population flying about your yard? You could erect a bat house (not popular with those who believe the critters’ll end up in your hair), or…you could try to attract the insect-voracious purple martin to your home.The purple martin is the ...
  • Hold the angle
    Golf TipsBy Cameron Rankin The angle we’re discussing is caused when the wrists break during the back swing and is held during the forward swing. Allow the inside (the core or center of your body) or shoulders to move your arms to hold the angle on the forward swing. The hands and arms do nothing and ...