Eleven contestants in “Summer Nights” scholarship pageant
The Leamington Tomato Festival Scholarship Pageant committee has 11 local ladies vying for the title of Miss Tomato Festival 2012. The 29th annual pageant takes place Thursday, August 16 at the Kinsmen Recreation Complex, beginning at 7 p.m.
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(Photos by F8 Photography, Lindsey Langlois)
Melissa Froese, 18, UMEI Leamington
Erica Tilley, 17, LDSS Leamington
Chelsea Gaffan, 17, CCSS Leamington
Sabrina Mastronardi, 17, CCSS Kingsville
Tara Omstead, 19, U of Western Ontario Kingsville
Meghan Chevalier, 17, Pain Court SS Stoney Point
Brittany Epp-Ducharme, 17, LDSS Leamington
Madison Brothers,19, LDSS Leamington
Brittany Postma, 17, KDHS Kingsville
Katrina Paty, 17, CCSS Woodslee
Emily Buschman, 17, CCSS Leamington
29th annual Miss Tomato Festival Scholarship Pageant Aug. 16
By Bryan Jessop
The Leamington Tomato Festival Scholarship Pageant committee is hoping local businesses and groups will help ‘Grease’ the wheels to make this year’s event a success.
The 29th annual pageant will feature 11 contestants and take place Thursday, Aug. 16 at the Kinsmen Recreation Complex, beginning at 7 p.m. The event’s committee, once again led by Sue Scaddan, is still in search of community donations to help boost the scholarship amount and pay for some of the pageant’s expenses. Those interested in making donations toward the pageant or the scholarship prizes specifically can contact Scaddan at 519-825-7716 or mail contributions to Sue Scaddan c/o Tomato Festival Scholarship Pageant 21110 Pier Rd., Wheatley, ON, N0P 2P0.
Also in order to help offset the costs of the event, admission will increase from $6 to $7 per spectator this year. For previous pageants, attendance numbers have ranged from 750 to 950.
Scaddan pointed out that to rent the Kinsmen Recreation Complex alone costs the committee about $2,000. Other expenses include sound equipment, stage set-up and an assortment of other items needed to bring the event to life.
Six of this year’s 11 contestants are from Leamington, while three are from Kingsville, one is from Woodslee and
another hails from Stoney Point. One of the 12 entries, each of which were submitted before the 2011-12 high school year ended, has since dropped out of the competition.
This year’s entries are as follows, including name, age and school attended:
• Sabrina Mastronardi — 17, Cardinal Carter Secondary School
• Tara Omstead — 19, University of Western Ontario
• Meghan Chevalier — 17, Pain Court Secondary School
• Brittany Epp-Ducharme — 17, Leamington District Secondary School
• Madison Brothers — 19, Leamington District Secondary School
• Brittany Postma — 17, Kingsville District High School
• Katrina Paty — 17, Cardinal Carter Secondary School
• Emily Buschman — 17, Cardinal Carter Secondary School
• Melissa Froese — 18, United Mennonite Educational Institute
• Erica Tilley — 17, Leamington District Secondary School
• Chelsea Gaffan — 17, Cardinal Carter Secondary School
three finishers, with first place receiving the largest scholarship and third place the smallest. The monetary amounts will depend on the total of community and group donations provided. Last year, $15,000 was raised for both scholarship awards and to pay for costs involved with running the pageant.
Last year, each of the top three finishers attended the University of Windsor, including winner Ashely Mariano of Leamington. Before the pageant begins, each contestant is interviewed by each of the six judges, who will be announced as the competition begins. The second phase — the opening of the pageant — is an introduction made by each of the 11 contestants.
Following intros, the talent portion of the event will commence. Although musical talents are popular choices among those vying for the scholarships, Scaddan explained that customary performances are not necessary.
“A lot of them hesitate to enter because they say they don’t have a talent,” said Scaddan. “One of the things to keep in mind is that originality is part of the score. One year, a contestant did a magic trick, making a tomato disappear.”
• Hot Buttered Corn on the Cob
• Miss Tecumseh Pageant
• Free Shuttle service from Tecumseh Mall & Arena
• Carter Shows all weekend
• Largest Small Town Parade
The Tecumseh Corn Festival is annually named one of the Top 100 Festivals in Ontario and in 2011 attracted over 35,000 visitors. Live Festival Stage Entertainment
Myles Goodwyn & April Wine
- Friday, August 24th The Tea Party
- Saturday, August 25th
The theme of this year’s pageant is ‘Summer Nights’, featuring a 1950s motif based on the film Grease. The two emcees will be dressed as the characters Sandy and Danny while the two-and-a-half-hour event’s intermission will include music from the movie.
Scholarship awards, granted to winners who plan to attend post-secondary education courses, are divided among the top
To complete the event, the 11 entries will each be subject to a question and answer session — they will have no previous knowledge of the questions being asked.
To qualify for the pageant, each entry must collect a sponsorship of $100 to put towards the scholarship awards, although some collect a sum well beyond this minimum. Last year’s 12 contestants raised about $4,000.
“It’s something that teaches them a lot about asking for help, how to approach businesses and simply being grateful,” said Scaddan. “If it wasn’t for local businesses, we wouldn’t even have a pageant.”
Prizes will also be awarded to entries in the categories Most Photogenic (picked by Lindsey Langlois of F8 Photography) and Miss Congeniality.
Scaddan’s involvement with the Tomato Festival pageant began 29 years ago. After taking a few years off, she took on the committee’s leadership role and turned it into a scholarship pageant in 2003 after it was run as an ‘ambassador’ competition that was unsuccessful in finding male entries.
Scaddan is joined by committee members that include three former entries as well as co-hosts Nikki Scaddan (Sue’s daughter) and University of Windsor drama major Andrew Iles.
Attending this year’s pageant, as well as other Tomato Festival activities, will be Miss Canada International 2012 Anna Dell of Williams Lake, B.C. and Miss Teen Canada International Megha Sandhu of Montreal, Que. Winners from the Tomato Festival pageant will join Dell and Sandhu in the Teddy Bears of Hope program, where new or gently used stuffed animals are donated with a message and a toonie attached by individual donors.
In the past, these collections have been sent to underprivileged children of countries such as Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines and most recently, Haiti. More locally, the program has also benefited aboriginal children living in northern Ontario. Also joining the Canadian program this year is Miss America Teresa Scanlan. Toonies are attached to the donated stuffed animals to help pay for the shipping expenses — each container costs an average of $15,000.
For the first time ever, Leamington Tomato Festival Scholarship Pageant contestants will organize a fundraising effort after the event is completed. Having passed the idea through Scaddan and her fellow committee members, the contestants will organize a fish fry at the Leamington Municipal Marina, featuring special guest speakers and live music.
90 years of gratitude for Tiessen
By Bryan Jessop
Jack Tiessen may be about to celebrate his 90th birthday, but it’s his previous 89 years and 11 months that are truly remarkable.
Jacob, known to many friends and family members as ‘Jack’, will officially reach the big 9-0 on Aug. 28 of this year. While many consider it a stroke of good fortune to reach 90 years of age, Tiessen considers himself lucky to simply have been born.
The Tiessen family was originally from Russia, where Jack’s father Peter was a wealthy farmer. The family frequently loaded a wagon with 10 200-pound bags of wheat and transported them to a railway station where they were purchased by a Jewish man. Eventually, this customer began telling them that they should leave Russia, as he predicted that a terrible war was about to break out.
His prophetic warnings were proven accurate and the Tiessen family’s good fortune was dashed five years before Jack was born, as the Russian Revolution of 1917 broke out. Peter, his wife Elizabeth and members of their family were lined up along a wall to be shot when their seven-year-old daughter, one of the family members about to be executed, told soldiers that she had money they could have if they would spare her family.
Violence and illness continued to ravage the Tiessen’s homeland, forcing one of Jack’s brothers to beg for food. With starvation and measles running rampant, fatalities became widespread. The Tiessens, desperate for food, were saved from almost certain death with the arrival of two parcels containing flour, sugar, canned milk and coco. Jack recalls that the parcels were delivered from either Kansas or Pennsylvania. One of these two representatives sent to help impoverished citizens was later killed by rebel troops — the other managed to escape.
With their home country torn apart by the revolution, World War I and the Russian Civil War, the Tiessens fled aboard a steam ocean liner called the Minnedosa in 1924, two years after Jack was born. Subject to inclement weather conditions, many refugees aboard the ship fell ill. When Peter and Elizabeth approached a doctor to see what could be done about Jack’s whooping cough, they were told that with such a large family, it would be best if they simply threw him overboard. They refused.
Upon their arrival to Canada in July of 1924, the Tiessens proceeded to Waterloo along with about 1,000 other refugees. There, they were taken in by Amish families who provided them with food and shelter in exchange for labour.
“They were so kind to us,” Jack said. “They helped as much as they could and the food was very good.”
While staying in the Waterloo area, the Tiessens’ hosts provided clothes and wages of $8 to $10 per month to Jack’s brothers during the summer months. In the winter, when money
was much tighter, members of the family worked in exchange for room and board. In the spring of 1925, the Tiessens moved to Duke’s farms in the Ruthven area, where the family share cropped for three years. The decision was made after hearing that work was available in the Leamington area.
Jack’s brother Peter (named after his father) died of tuberculosis in January of 1926 — the first adult Mennonite to die in Essex County. After purchasing a
farm in the autumn of 1927, the Tiessens moved into the property’s home in January of 1928.
The house burned down in March of that year and to make matters worse, the
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Jack Tiessen has spent several years playing a major role in the Mennonite Central Committee’s mobile cannery stop in Leamington.
Saturday afternoon summer pickin’ and playin’
Somebody that I used to know...
I have to laugh every time I hear the song “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye. The song is about a soured relationship between a couple, but I can’t help but think of friendships that the chorus reminds me of.
and neither have you, but now they’re just people that you used to know…
I think we all have some of these people in our livessomeone who used to be a best friend or close acquaintance who just sort of drifted away. As we grow older we grow away from certain times in our lives. I remember a time when I played baseball every weekend from April to September, but now it’s hard to schedule one or two tournaments a year. With different interests come different friends, and the chorus becomes reality. These people that I spent almost every weekend with, I now see once in a while in passing and now they are somebody that I used to know.
I lived and worked in Ridgetown where I grew up and it was fun for a lot of years to know everyone in town and all their kids and their parents. You know you’ve been there too long when you start calling kids by their parents’ names…
SHEILA McBRAYNE
It’s funny how your circle of friends change with time. I had friends in elementary school who were completely different from those in high school. And then college and university brings a whole new world of acquaintances again. Depending on where you work, that can introduce new friends as well.
Every job location and relocation seems to bring new friends who we spend at least eight hours a day with and social functions. The friends we leave behind haven’t changed
McThoughts
In six short years I’ve made great friendships in Wheatley and Leamington. Through local sports and various work and volunteer activities, I’ve met a multitude of people. My one observation is that every small town has the same cast of “characters” – they just have different names. I now have a whole new set of friends in my co-workers as well.
When I think of past friends and acquaintances I don’t think of any disputes or fights, but rather just a change that caused distance and when I reflect, I remember sharing great times, but now they’re just somebody that I used to know…
The perfect days: a weekend
How do you rate your perfect day? This past Monday would rank up near the top for me. Actually, the entire weekend was a winner. Right now, I just feel so lucky!
Fish Festival weekend was filled with lots of fun around town and at home. Friday evening jumpstarted it all with the outdoor concert up town. People mulled around some of the neat booths as they enjoyed listening to Jody Raffoul and his classical guitar. Next, it was out to the arena for lots more dancing with local friends and a few “Old Boys and Girls” who had returned for the occasion.
Saturday morning, sore feet and all, I enjoyed some time with a couple of nieces at the vintage fashion show put on at the Ivan Coulter Park. What fun! Familiar faces modeled stylish outfits from the past century. Prom dresses, work attire, wedding gowns, a “going away” outfit, swim wear and mini skirts were just a few of the clothes that were modeled.
After the show, one niece and I headed to Chatham to pick up another niece at the train station. When we arrived back home, a spontaneous gathering occurred, and as we all know these tend to be the best. Pool time, fun time and a little sun helped us all to work up healthy appetites for the fish dinner that followed. The taste of Wheatley!
Sunday morning arrived with a million dollar rain. I couldn’t help but feel a little worried for all the people
who’d worked so hard to orchestrate the weekend celebration. Fortunately, with the best of luck, the skies cleared and the festivities continued without a glitch, at least from my point of view. We biked over to Two Creeks for the Annual Wheatley Idol competition. I was very proud to be able to enjoy such spectacular local talent and witness the true guts that it took for each competitor to perform.
I have to admit, my favourite contestant was Tim Bradley. He touched my heart as he played the keyboard, performing a song he’d composed. Tim’s song was about “growing up in Wheatley”, and I truly hope to hear him sing it again. I’m certain there were many proud parents in the audience, because their kids were awesome.
Just when I was thinking life couldn’t get much better, we awoke to a clear blue sky on holiday Monday morning. The humidity was gone and so was every last cloud, and it stayed like that from sunup to sundown. After a bit more fun in the pool and trying to catch frogs in the pond with my niece and nephew, we hugged another niece good-bye as she left for the train station to return home.
The variety of events held here and there throughout the entire weekend ensured that everyone would certainly be able to find many things to enjoy: parades for pets and people, music, car shows and golf tee-off times, samples of smoked fish, even a good old War of 1812 re-enactment at the waterfront, to keep you stimulated!
A good dinner and a nap on the deck topped off the perfect day. Will there ever be another one quite as good? I can only hope so. Just like Bill Derbyshire says, “It’s got Wheatley written all over it!”
Bob Dawson (left) plays the slide guitar while John Law plays acoustic guitar during an outdoor open jam at Rebel Cowboy Music Saturday, July 21. The store’s owners, John and Michele Law, host the outdoor gatherings from noon to 3 p.m. each Saturday throughout the summer, weather permitting.
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SHANNON MATHESON
Rotary District Governor Visits Leamington Rotary Club
On Monday, July 30th, District Governor Mary Kehoe and her husband Pat from District 6400 made a visit to the Leamington Marina to share her message with the Leamington Rotary Club of “Peace Through Service” for her upcoming year July 2012-2013. The venue was picturesque – the Jiimaan arriving and leaving for Pelee Island, a balmy breeze blowing in the air and beautiful Lake Erie in the background. As the sun was setting that evening, new members Chuck Parsons, Wendy Parsons and Sandra Clayton were inducted by DG Mary Kehoe, assisted by local Rotary President Diane Samson, to the Leamington Rotary Club, which now totals 25 members. Pictured from left are Chuck Parsons, Wendy Parsons, President Diane Samson and Sandra Clayton. For any inquiries about the Leamington Rotary Club, visit the website at www.clubrunner.ca/leamington or the FB site: Rotary Club of Leamington/Facebook
Library conducting patron survey
In late September the Essex County Library system will be entering a strategic planning process. In order to gather information from the residents of Essex County as to what services they would like from their libraries in the future, the Essex County Library is conducting a short customer survey.
The survey is available on the library’s website at www.essexcountylibrary. ca or in print at any of the Essex County Library’s 14 branches. The survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete. Survey submissions are due at the administration office by September 4, 2012.
The Library is looking forward to hearing from as many residents as possible.
Caribbean Festival
this Sunday
Join the party! This Sunday, August 12 is the Migrant Worker Community Program’s Summer Fiesta Caribbean Festival.
Beginning at 3 p.m. and running until 7 p.m., Queen’s Avenue in Leamington will be filled with Caribbean music and food as the community celebrates its Caribbean and Canadian cultures. This is a free event and open to the public.
Mennonite Savings and Credit Union (MSCU) is currently seeking a family who would like to walk the journey of faith and finances with us, up close and personal. By inviting us into your lives in 2013, we can share in your interactions with each other and with MSCU. It will be a learning experience that will enrich our members’ view of faith, finances, and their credit union.
Conversations and interactions will be shared through a variety of media. As with everything we do, MSCU’s approach will be respectful and reflect our core values: integrity, compassion, and responsible stewardship.
It’s important for the family to have: a membership at MSCU; multiple generations; a wide variety of life experiences; and a willingness to have fun and share in this journey with MSCU.
We recognize this will be a significant commitment so the family will be financially compensated for their time.
For more information or to discuss this opportunity, call or email me under no obligation.
Frank
Picking blueberries
students
Japanese students enjoy tour at Black Bear Farms
By Bryan Jessop
A group of 57 Japanese high school students was ‘totemo shiawase’ (very happy) for the opportunity to tour a local winery.
High school students from the Misono Girls School in Japan, as part of a two-week stay with billeting
families in Windsor, toured the Black Bear Farms of Ontario Estate Winery just west of Kingsville Tuesday, July 31. The two-hour afternoon visit came two days after the students arrived from their home city of Fujisawa, along with a group of five Japanese
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teachers. Their two-week stay has been arranged for the fourth consecutive year by Global Partners Institute, an Abbotsford, B.C.-based organization with chapters across Canada.
GPI head coordinator Cheryl Cavell led the group to Black Bear Farms for the third straight year, although it is a different group of Grade 10 girls that attends each year. This year’s group of visitors to Black Bear, which also included a small gathering of teachers, high school and university students from Windsor, were undaunted by the heat and did not appear disappointed by this year’s shortage of blueberries.
Blueberries and other fruit are in short supply at Black Bear Farms this summer because of the spring’s early heat and subsequent late frost, not to mention
ongoing invasions by hungry birds. Black Bear Farms co-owner William Rondelez tried to scare the birds away the previous evening using flares, but without significant success.
Rondelez, along with sister and farm co-owner Michelle Rondelez, led the group through a segment of the facility’s 83 acres as part of the tour.
Although blueberries were much smaller than normal in both size and numbers, there were still enough to be sampled by the group of curious students, who later collected freshly dug-up potatoes with the help of labourers and accepted offerings of just-picked zucchini. William and Michelle’s nieces Olivia and Emma and nephew Noah also assisted with the tour.
To wrap up the tour, the group was offered more free
Japanese high school students visiting Windsor and surrounding areas through a Global Partners Institute program sample some fresh blueberries during a tour of Black Bear Farms of Ontario Estate Winery, just west of Kingsville.
food, specifically ice cream with an assortment of toppings, lemonade and homemade snacks and treats.
chuckle.
Although some of the girls were able to speak some English, one of their teachers acted as interpreter for the tour. With a better crop to sample from, William Rondelez explained that last year’s group was far more interested in the blueberries than potatoes.
“They started the tour with blueberries and after a short look at potatoes, they went right back to the blueberries,” he said with a
Other activities for the group over its two-week visit will include a trip to Niagara Falls and a Windsor boat cruise. They also attended the Japan/Canada Festival at Windsor’s General Brock School. Windsor made a logical choice as the students’ host city, as it is a twin city of Fujisawa, despite the Japanese community being about twice as large. The visiting students, whose families pay for expenses involved with their visits, return to Japan Aug. 11.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 - St. Michael’s Parish have postponed the pig roast on August 10th at the Marina indefinitely.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 - The Migrant Worker Community Program is hosting the Summer Fiesta Caribbean Festival from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. in uptown Leamington, Queen’s Ave. beside Gabriele’s. Celebrate the Caribbean and Canadian cultures! Music, food, giveaways. Free event. Everyone welcome.
MONDAY, AUGUST 13 - Ladies, you are invited to a Christian Women’s dinner evening at 6:30 p.m. at Colasanti’s. Guest speaker is Carol Rogers and her theme is Letting Your Life Become a Legacy. Special feature is the Eye Glass Shoppe presented by Hilda MacDonald. Soloists will be Justin and Heather Latam. For ticket info and reservations call Sharon 519326-0421 or Darlene 519-733-5595 by Fri. Aug. 10.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 - The Migrant Worker Community Program is hosting Summer Fiesta Caribbean Festival from 3-7 p.m. on Queens Avenue in Uptown Leamington. All are welcome.
MONDAY, AUGUST 20 - Food & Fellowship
Supper 5:00-6:00 pm at Leamington United Church, 9 John St., for those who are alone or having trouble making ends meet. No Charge. All Welcome
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 - Erie Wildlife Rescue is having a One Day Only Yard Sale at 11168 Tecumseh Road East near Banwell from 10am to 3pm. Dishes, used books, kids VCR movies,
something for everyone! All indoors. Visit www.eriewildliferescue.ca or Call 519-9693919.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 - St. John’s Pig Roast at Leamington Marina, 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. Tickets: adults $15; children $6. Cash bar. Tickets available from church office 519-326-3111 or by calling 519-326-4042.
AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 2 - The Sun Parlour Players Community Theatre is presenting Steel Magnolias at The Bank Theatre, 10 Erie St. S., Leamington, on Fri. Aug. 31 and Sat. Sept. 1 at 8 p.m. and Sun. Sept. 2 at 2 p.m. Advance tickets at Unforgettable and Thompson Drugs in Leamington, and Mary Kathryn Ladies Shop in Kingsville. Adults $12, seniors and students $10. For info call 519-326-8805.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 - Can you spare an hour of your time to help save a life? Bring a friend and donate at the Leamington Blood Donor Clinic, Kinsmen Recreation Complex, 249 Sherk St. (Note: new clinic location) from 1:00-7:00 p.m. Call 1-888-2-DONATE (1-888236-6283) for information or to book an appointment. Walk-ins welcome.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 - the final meeting of the year for the Ontario Purple Martin Association will be held at the Orchard View Golf Course, 1357 County Rd. 34, north of Ruthven at 9 a.m. Please bring your colony stats. For further info call 519-776-5777.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 - The Migrant Worker Community Program is hosting FIESTA PARTIAS – Celebration of Two Cultures (Mexico &
Canada) from 3-7 p.m. on Queens Avenue in Uptown Leamington. All are welcome.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 - LAERC (Leamington Area Ecumenical Refugee Committee) Golf Tournament at Erie Shores Golf Club. Prize of hole-in-one $10,000, straightest drive, closest to pin, closest to golfer. $80 includes 18 holes, power cart, dinner and a $25 tax receipt. Cheques payable to LAERC. Tee times start at 12:30 p.m. Sign up by Mon. Sept.17, please. Dinner only tickets also available. For info call Roby Dyck 519-3226868, Carolyn Reid 519-326-6776 or register with Joel at Erie Shores.
THE LEAMINGTON KIWANIS CLUB IS A SERVICE ORGANIZATION. Meetings are held twice a month, the first and third Thursday. If you are a non-profit organization and would like a meeting place on weekdays, or if you are interested in learning more about our organization, or to have us involved in your community, please contact Leo at 519 325-0953.
VOLUNTEER DRIVERS ARE NEEDED to transport people in Essex County and Chatham-Kent for dialysis treatments. Reimbursement of mileage is at .40 cents per km driven. We are in need of volunteer drivers to provide these essential appointments. To volunteer call 519728-1435, long distance 1-855-728-1433, or visit us at 499 Notre Dame St., Belle River. IF YOU HAVE PARKINSON and would like to join our group for information, exercise and support, come by Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. to the Half Century Club, 160 Talbot St. E. Leamington.
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Jacob Tiessen
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for a wage of 50 cents per day.
“It hurts me very much to see people disturbed by their wages today,” Jack said. “They don’t know what wages were like at one time. A lot of people don’t realize how good we have it. My parents would have been very thankful for a pension.”
Several years later, Jack heard of a nephew who was a truck driver shipping cans who was told that he could find work with a meat canning group in the U.S. that included good pay, room and board. Hearing that his nephew worked for the Mennonite Central Committee’s canning project, Jack began wondering if the charitable cause could include a stop in Leamington.
When Jack’s friend Martin Rahn, a member of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, heard of the idea he was skeptical. Rahn is now a volunteer inspector for the mobile canner, introduced to Leamington in 1999. Previously, interest in canning meat for impoverished nations began in Leamington with eight local residents making the trip to Guelph to volunteer there. The following year, 48 from Leamington made the same trip.
Since starting in 1999, the Leamington stop on the canning tour has brought in more than 600 volunteers from churches across Essex County and Chatham-Kent.
“When people ask why I do it, I tell them that I was once on the receiving end,” Jack said of his involvement with the meat canners. “A lot of younger people are busy, but I’ve got the time.”
Tiessen later sold 75 of his 100 acres of farmland to Rahn and on occasion, helps his friend during harvest time. In the recent past, he has taken wagons full of wheat to the grain elevator for Rahn to allow him to continue combining and therefore save time.
Last year, Tiessen suddenly began vomiting for reasons he could not explain and decided to visit a doctor for a check-up since it had been a while anyway. He began vomiting again a week later and returned to Leamington District Memorial Hospital to be inspected by a specialist.
The specialist conducted a more thorough examination the next morning and discovered that Tiessen had bowel cancer. Fortunately, the condition was discovered in the early stages and was removed in an operation the following day.
Tiessen spent the next two months recovering at the Leamington Mennonite Home, a facility to which he had previously grown very accustomed. Years ago, his wife Elvira suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of her body. She moved into the LMH, where Jack tried to attend each day during meal time to assist, as Elvira had to get used to becoming a southpaw. She explained to him that there were other residents of the home who were in far more desperate need of assistance than her.
“The staff there is very good, but they can only do so much,” Jack explained.
During his visits, he met resident Margorie Gillanders, a Parkinson’s Disease patient who regularly asked him about his life on the farm. Tiessen, at times, took the wheelchair-bound Gillanders for a visit to the home’s on-site gardens. During these strolls, he noticed that such visits could be a bumpy ride for physically challenged residents who used wheelchairs. When Chatham-Kent Essex MP Dave Van Kesteren announced that the facility would receive new sidewalks, Tiessen insisted to him that they be hardtop instead of concrete.
Shortly after Jack’s wife died, Gillanders’ Parkinson’s had worsened to the point where she too required assisted feeding during mealtime. After she died, Jack decided to continue helping other residents during meals.
“I’m an early riser, so I decided to help with Sunday mornings,” Tiessen explained.
Two days before his actual 90th birthday, Tiessen’s County Road 20 home will be the site of an open house
for local residents and friends to stop by and offer birthday wishes. Meat canners from Pennsylvania are hoping to be among those who attend, as Tiessen offered them his home as a place to stay while they assisted with the canning process in Leamington. After Tiessen sold his cows, he purchased a camper and ‘toured’ with them for the nearby stops for the canner.
The Pennsylvania group currently has a quilt with patches from each participating community on the canning tour. Marian Wiebe has given the group a patch depicting a basket full of tomatoes to represent Leamington on the quilt.
Tiessen’s involvement with the Mennonite Central Committee and the meat canning program prompted Van Kesteren to make the following statement at the House of Commons in Ottawa on Feb. 13 of this year:
“Mr. Speaker, since 1920 the Mennonite Central Committee has provided food for millions of people around the world. Last week, I was invited by the committee in my riding of Chatham-Kent Essex, to Leamington for the annual meat canning fundraiser lunch at the United Mennonite Educational Institute. This year marked the 14th year that canning has taken place at the H.J. Heinz tomato-grading station. Thirteen Mennonite churches take part in this event. I could not begin to name all the volunteers, but let me mention Jack Tiessen, who will be turning age 90 but serves passionately
with the hundreds of others who give so selflessly of their time and efforts to make this important initiative a great success. Let me congratulate them all as they follow the biblical command: ‘He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise’.”
OBITUARY
Lydia Richards
Precious mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. Always loved and never forgotten. Lydia Richards passed away on Friday, August 3, 2012 at Leamington District Memorial Hospital.
Born in Oaf, Russia, she was the daughter of the late Alexandra and Anton Chwedchuk. After she married Mike Richards, Green Superintendent, she worked continually in the golf profession in Ridgetown, Erie Shores (Leamington), Essex Golf and Country Club (LaSalle) and Woodall Golf Centre (Windsor), until her retirement in 1990.
She is survived by her two lovely daughters, Lynda (Eric) Krause, Sydney, Nova Scotia; and Shirley (Dennis) Ribble, Wheatley; two precious grandchildren, Jerry (Judy) Ribble, and Corrie Ribble; five treasured great-grandchildren, Logan, Connor, Luc, Cameron and our Little Gypsy, Delaney. Lydia was predeceased by her loving husband, Mike Richards (1970); her only dearly beloved son, Rick Richards (1970); her dearly loved mother, Alexandra Chwedchuk (1984); her much respected brother, Leonard Chwedchuk (1999); and a very special person in her life for 30 years, Tom Robson (2001), with whom she shared much happiness and to him we are truly grateful for being a part of her life. Lydia was blessed with a wonderful sense of humour. She will be fondly remembered and missed by her family and everyone who knew and loved her.
Visitation was held at the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519326-2631).
Funeral service to celebrate Lydia’s life was held at the funeral home on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 11 a.m. Fr. Al Williams officiated. Interment Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Junior Golf Program at Talbot Trail Golf Course, Wheatley (In Memory of Mike and Lydia Richards), the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, or the Meadows Resident’s Activity Fund. Friends may share memories at www.reidfuneralhome.ca Mom, you had a loving and caring heart and gave of yourself for others – you will always be loved and never forgotten.
OBITUARY
Annie Seech
Annie Seech, 87 years, passed away on Friday, August 3, 2012 at Leamington District Memorial Hospital.
Beloved sister of Margaret Seech, the late John (2002) and wife Olga Seech. Dear aunt of Tim (Ann) Seech, Alan (Melissa) Seech, Sandra (Jeff) Driedger, Steven Seech and great-aunt of Elizabeth, Nathan, Daniel, Naomi (Tyler) Pol, Katelyn and Afton.
Special thanks to Liz Chaplin and the staff at Leamington Hospital.
Visiting at the Reid Funeral Home & Reception Centre, 14 Russell Street, Leamington (519-326-2631) on Wednesday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.
Funeral service to celebrate Annie’s life at Knox Presbyterian Church, 58 Erie Street South, Leamington on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Thomas Kay officiating. Interment Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made by cheque to Knox Presbyterian Church or Leamington Hospital Foundation. Friends may share memories at www.reidfuneralhome.ca
Leamington Br. 84 Legion news
By Lisa Cowen-Tehonchuk
Seniors: The next Seniors Dinner is Aug. 8 and it will be a cold plate. Gord Ciliska will be playing. Look for September till December dinner menu. For more info, stop in at the Branch at 27 Erie. St. N. or call 519-326-0073.
Sports: Friday night fun darts are only $2 and starts at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come join in on the fun. The winners from July 27 were Dennis and Craig in 1st, and Mabel and Simp in 2nd.
C H A R L E S R O A D H O U S E 1929-1992
Many days and nights have come and gone in the past 20 years and always the same thought “if only you were here”.
We miss you. We love you.
Carolyn, Barbara, Douglas, Lynn & Family
IN MEMORIAM
D O N H U T C H
I N S
M S I M P S O N
Branch Happenings: On Sat. Aug 25 the Branch is holding Wacky Olympics to raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation. Come on out and enter your team of 4, $25 per person which includes dinner and a dance. Tickets available for dinner and dance only for $15. It is a steak barbecue with all the fixins’. Enter your team today! Come out and get a little messy and have some fun for a great cause. Deadline for registration is August 20. The games will begin at noon and the dinner starts at 6 p.m. with music to follow. $5 to Make A Wish is included in the ticket price.
At the end of September the Branch will be hosting a hypnotist.
Come on out each and every Saturday for the weekly meat draw. First draw is at 3:30 p.m. and the last one is at 5 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
The first General meeting is Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. This also a special meeting.
The next Executive meeting is Wed. Aug. 15 at 7 p.m.
You've been missed for the last 10 years now... August 9, 2002 We thought of you today, But that is nothing new, We thought of you yesterday, And will tomorrow too. We think of you in silence, And make no outward show, For what it meant to lose you, Only those who love you know. Remembering you is easy, We do it every day, It’s the heartache of losing you, That will never go away.
LoveAlways, AngeandFamily
"To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die" and this is how we, the family of the late J i m S i m p s o n feel as we mark the first year anniversary of his passing on August 7th. Missinghimlotsandlove alwaysBetty,Earlene, HelenandFamilies.
IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory of DON HUTCHINS
SEPTEMBER 13, 1920 - AUGUST 9, 2002
I know we are all feeling a little bit sad, That we've lost our Grandpa, our friend and our Dad. Together we have cried an ocean of tears, As we feel so empty and hold many fears.
A thousand times we needed you, A thousand times we cried, If love alone could have saved you, You never would have died.
A heart of gold stopped beating, Two twinkling eyes closed to rest, God broke our hearts to prove he only took the best.
Never a day goes by that you’re not in our hearts and soul, But he would want us to know he's in a good place And that he watching us all with a smile on his face. As we have made him so proud, as proud as can be That he has raised such a beautiful and special family.
Thinking back now, we really must say, We feel lucky and privileged to have known him to this day. For in our life, he has played a special part, The memories we will treasure and keep close to our hearts. Missing you so much!!
Love Always, Ron,Tracy Shannon,Justin,Tylor,Amber,Nick Arley,Chris and Josh
Delphinium: a favorite summer cut flower
Annual Butterfly Count at Point Pelee
In the back yard...
Delphinium is a popular garden perennial that will provide some of the best colour from early spring to late summer. With over 250 varieties, the best known color is blue, followed with shades of pink, red, purple, white and yellow.
This plant is very low in maintenance and is ideal for the beginner gardener. Delphinium grows typically as a perennial and completes its lifecycle over a 3-year period, growing to heights of 3-4 feet. Plant in full sun and little water is required.
Slugs and aphids will attack the leaves and stems and delphinium is susceptible to powdery mildew and other fungal diseases. Avoid watering from the top if possible, and use safer soap or sprays with mixtures of copper or sulfur to prevent further infections.
Larkspur is the common name for delphinium. Other names used are larks heel, larks daw and knights spur.
Most varieties will require staking to support tall stems. I like to use the circular wire vegetable frames as this will hold the plant securely and allow the plant to develop without using stakes and cord.
Fertilizer should be applied once in early spring and again after flowering in mid to late summer. Always water immediately after applying the fertilizer.
During the growing season, remove any wilted leaves or flowers. This will help promote further flowers during the season. After the first frost, cut the stems back 2-3 inches from ground level and add a fresh layer of mulch or compost to protect the roots from winter frost and thaws.
Delphinium are poisonous, so handle with care and do not use for any food decoration. Do not eat any part of this plant. Combine your planting design with lilies, peonies or day lilies. Use the taller varieties with lavender, shrubs or ornamental grasses. The shorter plants and hybrid varieties, plant in the middle or use for perennial borders. In any case, it is always fun and interesting to try different designs and combinations from year to year to create a unique garden.
Your comments and questions are always welcome. E-mail inthebackyard74@yahoo.ca
Did you know that Point Pelee National Park is home to more than 60 species of butterflies? Or that early August is one of the best times of year to go butterfly watching Become a scientist for the day and participate in the Annual Butterfly Count. Join other volunteers for a full day of butterfly counting in and around the park. The information collected will be sent to the North American Butterfly Association which monitors butterfly populations across the continent.
The Butterfly Count is being held Sat. Aug. 11 from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Cost is $5 per person with all proceeds going to the North American Butterfly Association. Pre-registration required by Fri. Aug. 10. Contact Sarah Rupert at 519-322-2365 ext. 3323 or sarah.rupert@pc.gc. ca to register.
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Leamington Tomato Festival
Thursday, August 16, 2012
12:00 pm — Tapping of the Keg
7:00 pm — Tomato Festival Pageant
Friday, August 17, 2012
FOOD & CRAFT VENDORS
OPEN ALL WEEKEND!
6:00-10:00 pm — Licensed Area Open
6:00 pm — Opening Ceremonies
7:00 pm — Ciao
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Open All Weekend!
8:30 am — Tomato Festival Beach
Volleyball Tournament
10:00 am — 2012 Tomato Fest Parade
11 am - 11 pm — Licensed Area Open
A taste of home-grown fun for the family! August 16-19 • Join us at Seacliff Park!
Saturday, August 18, 2012 cont’d 1:00 pm — World Famous Tomato Stomp 8:00 pm — Dream Catchers 9:00 pm — Nemesis
Sunday, August 19, 2012
8:00 -11:00 am — Pancake Breakfast 11 am - 4 pm — Licensed Area Open 12-4:00 pm — Classic Car Show at the Leamington Roma Club
1:00 pm — Firefighters Water Barrel Fights 2:00 pm — Live Home-Grown
Entertainment Featuring Jody Raffoul
Wednesday, July 18,
Acro-Ropers win gold, bronze and 11 ribbons at AAU Jr. Olympics
Five members of the Leamington Acro-Ropers were successful in their efforts at the AAU Junior Olympics held July 25-29 in Houston, Texas. In total the team claimed 11 ribbons, a gold medal and a bronze medal from a very competitive field of jumpers from the USA and Australia. The Acro-Ropers were the only team to represent Canada and continue to maintain a presence at this annual event to sustain the tradition of “great jumping success” from our nation.
The youngest, 8-year-old Mackenzie Blain, won a gold medal in her Individual Freestyle routine with a flawless performance. She also won a bronze medal in the Overall Individual 8-Year-Old Division, a 5th place ribbon in Speed, and 4th place ribbon in Power. She is the aspiring daughter of one of the original and now famous Jumping Jacks Precision Skipping Team members, Diana (Todd) Blain. Mackenzie’s father claims she has “jump rope” in her genes in addition to all her hard work and goalsetting for success in this sport.
The remaining ribbons were taken by Lorelai Sawatzky in the 10-Year-
Acro-Ropers were the only Canadian team at the AAU
Houston, Texas. They brought home two medals and 11
to right, are: Rachel Humphrey, Lorelai Sawatzky, Mackenzie
and
Medeiros. In back is Arielle DiMenna.
Old Division, who was 9th in Speed and 7th in Power.
Mackenzie and Lorelai won 5th place in Pairs Speed and 7th place in Pairs Power in the 10-Year-Old Division.
In the 11-Year-Old Division, Rachel Humphrey and Adriana Medeiros placed 7th in Pairs Power.
Arielle DiMenna took 6th place in Individual Power in the 15 to 17-Year-Old Division.
Arielle is to be highly commended for the hard work she has put forth in bringing the entire team to these successes. Following the tradition of the Leam-
ington Acro-Ropers since their first World Championship title success in 1994, she is an excellent role model for the younger jumpers to follow.
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July 31. Winners were: Flight A – Tym Brannagan; Flight B – a tie between Mary Hrynewich and Emily Oldenburg; and Flight C – Mary Lappan.
chip-ins were Essie Gulliver on #13, Gloria Thiessen on #18, and Ann Johnston on #1.
Girls Select tourney is all systems go
Leamington District Minor Baseball Association (LDMBA) has crossed all the t’s and dotted all the i’s as they prepare to host the Girls Interlock Slo-Pitch Select Tournament this weekend, Aug 10-12.
continuing all day Saturday. Based on the round-robin results, teams advancing will be seeded and semifinals and championship games will be played on Sunday.
The teams are compiled from the house league teams in the respective communities.
Skills Competition
“We are very excited this year to have added a skills competition for the girls
in all three divisions,” said Christie Reid, one of the tournament organizers. “It should be a lot of fun, girls can compete in the longest hit, throwing accuracy, fastest base running, and pitching accuracy events.”
Reid and fellow organizers Ken Hamm and Jamie Nash have been working together since June to organize this weekend. All three are LDMBA board members.
The skills competition will be held at noon on Saturday and will provide a break in tournament play while participants vie for prizes and bragging rights.
“We have designed it so every player gets to participate,” added Reid, who also recognized the many volunteers who will be helping out.
All games and tournament activities will be held at the Kinsmen Baseball Complex on Seacliff Drive East in Leamington.
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Lavoie wins gold at national swim championships
Fifteen-year-old Wheatley swimmer and Leamington District Secondary School student Cody Lavoie recently returned from Calgary where he competed in the 2012 Canadian Jr. National Swim Championships.
Lavoie was up to the task of swimming against the fastest junior swimmers from coast-to-coast. Competition was tough with 80-100 swimmers in the 15 & Under men’s events. More than 160 swim clubs from across the country were represented.
Lavoie responded with a highlight swim in the 200m backstroke. “It was the first day of competition and I was a little nervous,” he said. “I just tried real hard to calm myself and focus. I like to say a prayer before every race and it really helped me relax.”
Lavoie swam a personal best in pre-lims and even better at finals. He swam to another personal best in the 200m backstroke and came away with the gold medal, making him a Jr. National Champion. Along with the gold medal, he was presented with a white Stetson by the Queen of the 2012 Calgary Stampede.
This 200m backstroke win followed his 200m backstroke win just 3 weeks earlier at the Ontario Provincial Championships. “I have been training really hard for this event,” said Cody. “Coach Semenov (from Windsor Essex Swim Team) told me 3 years ago that this would be my best event one day. I’m glad I didn’t let him down.”
Cody continued the 5-day national meet with a 4th in both the 50m and the 100m backstroke, a 4th in the 200m i.m., 5th in the 400m i.m. and an 8th in the 400m freestyle. “It was a real good meet for me,” he said. “Besides the gold medal, I swam a lot of personal best times and set another club record.”
Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOnIJj060Q0&feature=youtube_gdata_player to view Cody’s actual 200m backstroke final in Calgary.
Girls Select slo-pitch rosters announced
The Leamington District Minor Baseball Association (LDMBA) has announced the teams to compete in the 2012 Girls Interlock Select Slo-Pitch Tournament. Each division includes
Teams from Amherstburg, Essex, Harrow, Kingsville and Leamington will compete in three divisions –Junior, Intermediate and Senior. The tournament is set up in a round-robin format beginning play on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. and teams from Amherstburg, Essex, Harrow, Kingsville and Leamington and games will played August 10-12. All games will be played at the Kinsmen Baseball Complex in Leamington.
• Red Cross Swim Lessons for all levels.There are still a few openings during the month of August. Daily lessons for a 2-week period, morning or evening options.
• Complex Summer Day Camp is being offered all summer long, weekdays throughout July and August. Kids ages 4-7 and 8-12 will have loads of fun swimming, skating, doing crafts and playing games galore. Plus there’s a different theme each week to keep the kids excited and coming back for more. Register by the day or by the week. Summer Day Camp is CRAZY FUN!
NEW Indoor Cycling Studio: You should see what the Complex has in store for you this coming fall! A NEW Spinning Studio will be opening with an entire room dedicated to spinning with 15 new Lemond Rev Master Spin Bikes! And the Complex has 4 Schwinn Certified spin instructors to lead you through the paces.
Other new fall programs include: Health Track, early morning Sunrise Yoga, and a New Zumba Toning class led by licensed instructor ZUMBA BILLIE!
Aqua Yoga Workshop Sunday, August 26 from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. led by certified YogaRani instructor Renee Knight. Renee is a former Leamington resident who has been instructing in Toronto for many years. This new and unique program is being offered for the first time ever here in Leamington before she offers it in Toronto. Only 20 spots available – just $75 per person. If you’re a regular AquaFitness participant at the Complex, or if you want to come for the first time and experience the soothing effects of linear movement in the soothing Complex salt water pool, be sure to register early. Visit the Complex website for more information.
NEW Fall & Winter 1 Activity Guides have arrived! Don’t be disappointed – always register early, as courses will be cancelled if registration numbers don’t meet minimum requirements to run a course. Fall registration begins on Monday, August 20 for fall programs at the LKRC.
CBC Live Right Now Campaign: Leamington is inviting everyone to walk the trails, parks and waterfront promenade. Each Tuesday and Friday early morning from 6:307:15 a.m. come join Councillor Hilda MacDonald as she leads the walkers! Meet at the Complex parking lot, straight out from the main front doors.
PeeWee: Sun. August 12, 1:00
PeeWee: Tues. August 14, 7:00 pm
Mosquito: Tues. Aug. 14, 6:15 pm
Bantam: Sun. August 19, 1:30 pm
at Unico Arena. A few spots remain. $75 discount for Southpoint players - use coupon code: Southpoint75 LAERC Golf Tournament At Erie Shores Golf Club Wednesday, September 19 Tee Times start at 12:30 Sign up by Sept. 17 510-322-6868 519-326-6776
Junior Girls – sponsored by Leamington Animal Hospital: Jessica Bueckert, Mayson Cornies, Megann Gillett, Shayna Harris, Macy Hodgson, Shelby Hunter, Miranda Obeid, Olivia Obeid, Sydney Pickle, Iseonna Siliker and Briar Tiborcz. Coaches: Donnie Brown and Tanya Siliker.
Intermediate Girls – sponsored by Primo Foods: Chloe Bell, Julia Bueckert, Trudy Bueckert, Jordan Clark, Madison Clark, Tatum Davison, Amanda Friesen, Abby Gualtieri, Morgan Malott, Natalie Roles, Sydnee Sleiman and Morgan Willms. Coaches: Kelly Clark and Joe Sleiman.
Senior Girls – sponsored by Unico: Shaelyn Bell, Riley Brown, Rebecca Bueckert, Rosella Bueckert, Shelby Davison, Elyse Epp, Chantal Garrod, Jillian Iles, Jackelyn Milkins, Jessica Nash, Kia Peters and Kaila Sleiman. Coaches: Ken Hamm and Chris Malott.
Cody Lavoie won a gold medal in the 15 & Under 200-metre backstroke at the Canadian Jr. National Swim Championships in Calgary.
T.T. senior golfers produce hot scores
By Bob McLean
On July 31st, there were 87 enthusiastic senior golfers playing at the T.T.G.C. ready to test their skills. Some very hot scores were produced on this beautiful, warm summer day In the 55-69y division, the top two golfers, who shot outstanding 38s, were Rick Thompson and Jim Pearson. The next best score was earned by Garnet Fox, Kevin Jordan and Bob Shaw who fired superb 42s. Bob McLean and Bill Ward followed with commendable 43 and 44 respectively. Six golfers tied with very satisfying 45s. These golfers were Ray LaPierre, Mike Getty, Larry Schmidt, Dave Overholt, Jim Omstead and Al Zanuttini. Three golfers who earned solid 46s were Pat Hill, Larry Haggitt and Al Matthews. Long hitting Dave Clark scored the sole 48. Don Riley and Ron Will played well to score 49s. Lloyd Symons, using his trusty new driver, came in with a praiseworthy 50. In the 70-79y grouping, Joe Vertel brought out his ‘A’ game as he shot a brilliant 38. Mike Wright continued his terrific golf with a superb 42. Mr. Consistency, Vic Reynaert, shot a solid 43. Three golfers who merited noteworthy 44s were Paul R. Brown, Homer Vandervecht, and Don Willan. Andy Orsini played well to score a satisfying 46. Five golfers who received praiseworthy 47s were Terry Bee, Neil Adamson, Bob Patchett, Tom Hyatt, and Tom Sasso. In his new golf category, Paul Brown earned a very respectable 48. Seniors, with very satisfying 49s, were the following: Eugene Abbruzzese, Ray Ozorio, and Carl Robinson. Nifty 50s were scored by Bill Adams, Bill Parr, Dave Pilmer and Dean Wigle. Sitting at 51s were Pete Daudlin, Larry Hillman, Bob Scott and Clarence Ware. Other scores of 55 or less came from the sticks of these golfers: Mark Bell, Rene Paquin, Ken Womack, Iggy Arner, and Walter Balsam. Ken Womack shot very fine scores of 50 and 49 on June 26th and July 10th. Your buddy teased you so now you can present him with the proof, Ken!
It was good to see Hadley Pinch back playing a round of golf recently. Hope to see you and all the other past players, who have had recent health setbacks, rejoin the senior golfers at the course in the near future.
The 80-86y category also had some superb games played. Straight shooting Dave La Bonte continued his excellent play by firing an impressive 44. Bill Galloway and Murray Knox played very well scoring 47s. Youngster Hal Wigle, who just recently celebrated his 80th birthday, scored a solid 48. Harvey Wiltshire played commendably achieving a 50. Bob MacWilliam and Bill Westrop had very satisfying 54 and 55 respectively. Jim Ascott and Gerry Becigneul achieved commendable 56s. Ray Allen played well, earning a 57. Other fine scores of 62 or less came from Gerald Wilkinson, Steve Haas, Murray Cascadden and Roger Beaupre.
The league’s super seniors also achieved spectacular results. Youthful Dick MacKenzie has his game on track as he scored a brilliant 44. Sweet swinging Linus Bachmeier fired a superb 46. Al Stockwell played a very solid round coming in with a praiseworthy 54. John H. Dick played very well to shoot an inspirational 59.
It has come to my attention that one of our magical senior golfers may be playing with an illegal 60 degree wedge. Keep an eye out for this wizard.
“I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere but on the course.”
– Billy Graham
“The mark of a champion is the ability to make the most of good luck and the best of the bad.”
– Anonymous
Lakers beat Essex 18-11
The Leamington Mosquito Lakers and the Essex Yellow Jackets met last Tuesday evening in a game both coaching staffs would soon like to forget.
The first inning was played in a constant rain that made conditions slippery. In less than ideal conditions, by the time the mistake-filled game ended Leamington had posted an 18 to 11 victory.
The Lakers broke the game open in the second inning scoring nine runs when the Yellow Jacket pitchers struggled to find the strike zone.
“It was an ugly game,” said coach Dan Dominguez, “definitely not indicative of the usual Leamington/Essex rivalry. But a win is a win.” This was the fifth consecutive win for the Leamington crew.
Billy Friesen, Eric Willan (double), Hayden Pilmer, Collin Wall and Kyle Fehr all stroked hits for the Lakers. Jonathan Fehr scored four runs, Eric Dominguez had two stolen bases and Willan had three runs batted in.
Willan and Friesen shared the pitching duties for the locals. Willan registered the win, while Friesen recorded the save, striking out seven in three innings pitched.
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Team Ballesteros picks up 12 points
Team Ballesteros had a great evening this past week at the Men’s Thursday Night League at Erie Shores Golf Club, picking up a perfect 12 points to outdo all three of the top teams in the standings.
Team Nelson was next with 11 points moving up to second place in the overall standings with a grand total of 88 that puts them three ahead of Team Hogan who could only manage 3 points for their total sum of 85.
And, although Team Watson was a bit off, finishing the night with 9 points, they still increased their overall lead to 24 points with their awesome grand total of 112 points.
Team Player had a rewarding 10-point night to give them a total of 78 points and a fourthplace position in the overall standings and a chance to still finish in second or third place before season’s end.
In individual play, Greg Dunmore was closest to the pin on the 5th hole, while Vic Penner was closest to the hole on #3. Darryl Dimilo had the longest drive on the 15th hole and Rick Bergen made the longest putt on the 18th hole.
Brendan Cornies had the lowest gross score with a 32, while Richard Lowes, Ward Hutchins and Brian Humphreys all tied for second place two strokes back at 34. Overall low net shooter was Mauro Paglione with a 29 with Vic Penner one back at net 30.
Winners in the skins game included Ward Hutchins, Neil Reimer, Paul BunnettJones, Richard Reive, Vic Penner and John Penner.
This week’s team in the spotlight is Team (Sam) Snead, featuring Matt Iacobelli, Geoff Dunmore, Richard Reive, Brian Dunmore, Matt Baird, Jim Dueckman, Donny Pacheco, Mark Grabb, Gene Bouliane and John Davis.
SSIBA Pee Wee Boys Windup Tourney
The Leamington Jose’s team was runner-up in the South Shore Interlock Baseball Association’s (SSIBA) Pee Wee Boys Wind-Up Tournament held Aug. 4-5 in Amherstburg. Team members are, back row left to right: Andrew Saad, Geoffrey Stanton, Steven Nesbitt, Marshall Garrod, Justin Myer, Brandon Dyck. Middle: Tony Harms, John Kroeker, Jason Bergen, Andy Froese. Front: Tyler Blake, Nathan deJong. Coaches: Dave deJong, Brett Blake. Absent from photo are Jonathon Schlater and assistant coach Jason Cornies. The coaching staff would like to thank the boys and their parents for a great season.
Captain’s Pick Day for progs golfers
July 31st ended this month’s competition for 44 Erie Shores Proggers. This was a muchanticipated day with Ward Hutchins, Ed Schachowskoy, Ken Steingart and Jim Sudds leading their teams on Captain’s Pick Day. It appeared that this should have been a great scoring day, with partly cloudy skies, but lo and behold it was not. Brian Plumb climbed to the lead in the overall plus competition with a +7. Now Brian has amassed a total of +15 points over the last 2 weeks. Drastic steps will have to be taken to subdue this unnatural phenomenon. Hear that golf gods? +5 was a very popular score for these 3 individuals: Wayne Quinn (sigh), Larry Roberts and Greg Gare. This is Greg’s second week back and he’s already won more money than 50% of the Proggers.
In the team competition, Jim Sudds’ team survived with a +5. This team was the only one to post a combined plus score while the others were saddled with -10 (snicker) and -16 ( bigger snicker). Jim congratulates all of his fellow golfers. These include Greg Gare, Tom Miehl, Ron Tremblay, Bill Slater, Ernie Schmidtgall, Jim Simpson, Bill Kelly, Jack Martin, Frank Gow, Jim Jones and Garth Dennerley. They each won $10. This, by the way, is Garth’s fourth consecutive week being on the winning team. Good thing for that or he wouldn’t have any spending money.
The golfers all compare their scores to see who the skins winners are. Winning $13 each are Wayne Quinn (good grief), Greg Gare, Ken Cobby and Frank Gow (another good grief).
As for the Proggers adventures on the golf course, one word seems to be reiterated and that is edgy. Not the nervous edgy, but so many golfers just rimmed the hole. Edge, after edge, after edge. It has been a rampant, fast-spreading problem that has been traced to George Turnbull, but it has infiltrated the games of Gary Alderson, Bill Gherasim, Kevin Shaften and Mark Grabb. Just when it looks like the ball is going to drop, it slides away. Surely the scores would have been much better had it not been for this “edge” play Ron Koop had a tough outing. Mel Davey gave Ron a valuable tip regarding his swing. Ron followed his advice and rifled a drive in the heart of the fairway. But we seniors have a problem remembering and as Mel’s words scurried from one ear out the other, so was the tip.
Novice Sun County Crows win first ever Zone title
By Bryan Jessop
To say the novice Sun County Crows lacrosse team finished the regular season on a strong note would be somewhat of an understatement.
In preparation for the season-ending Ontario Lacrosse Festival in Whitby, the Leamington-based team capped off Zone 7 (Sun County, Windsor, Wallaceburg, Sarnia and London) play by capturing the novice ‘B’ championship, making them the first-ever Crows team to win a Zone title.
Hosted by Sarnia’s Clearwater Arena, the Crows started things off with a convincing 8-0 win over the Sarnia #2 Pacers. The competition became significantly tougher from there, although the Crows managed a berth in the ‘B’ final by defeating Sarnia #1 5-3. In the final, the Wallaceburg Griffins hoped to avenge a regular-season finale loss at Heinz Arena. The Crows, however, had other plans, holding on for a 6-5 victory.
“The kids played really well,” said Crows head coach Billy Byron. “Our defense and goaltending was strong.”
The novices suffered only one loss throughout the month of July, a heartbreaking 5-4 defeat in Wallaceburg on July 10. Following that game, the novice Crows completed the regular season with three consecutive victories — a pair of 5-3 wins against visiting Sarnia #1 on July 15 and the 6-3 home court win, earned July 26 against Wallaceburg.
The 2012 season did not begin on such a high note for the local novices, who were repeatedly trounced by the London Blue Devils and came home winless from a ‘C-D’ tournament in Niagara Falls. In its most recent game against London, Sun County narrowly lost in a 10-8 score.
Because the Ontario Lacrosse Association ranks teams of all age groups early in the season, the novice Crows will head to the Ontario Lacrosse Festival (provincials) in the ‘D’ category. The novices established a record of six wins, six losses and two ties for the regular season. They were 6-2-1 at home and 0-4-1 on the road and accumulated 80 total goals for while allowing 73 goals from opposing teams. These statistics do not include the Zone 7 tournament.
The five Crows teams are now collectively in the midst of the annual Ontario Lacrosse Festival, again begin hosted by the GTA city of Whitby. The tykes, ranked as a ‘C’ team along with 15 others from across Ontario, played an Aug. 5-7 round-robin series against other ‘Group 4’ teams, which included Newmarket, Welland and Gloucester. Like the other age groups, post-round robin games for
the top two teams of each group were single elimination contests. Across the province, tyke teams were ranked from ‘A’ to ‘E’ categories for the festival.
The intermediate boys and intermediate girls teams are both in the midst of their season-ending tournaments, slotted Aug. 7-9. Both Crows teams are ranked in
the ‘C’ category, the boys playing in a division of nine teams and the girls in a division of six. The boys are playing round robin games against North Perth, Kawartha Lakes, Hamilton and Midland. The girls are facing Six Nations, Kahnawake and a ‘cross Group’ game against Gloucester.
The Sun County midg-
ets will play Aug. 10-12 as one of the 15 ‘D’ category teams, with round robin games scheduled against Mississauga 2, Midland and Oshawa. The novice Crows will also play Aug. 10-12. They have been grouped with Kitchener-Waterloo 2, Oakville 3 and Northumberland, among the 24 teams vying for an Ontario La-
crosse Festival championship.
“We should do pretty well in the ‘D’ group,” said Bryon, who noted that his novice squad had three August
practices remaining before making the journey to Whitby. “I’ve seen a big change in their play from the beginning (of the season).”
Sun County novice Crows bench staff, at back row from left to right, are head coach Billy Byron, assistant coach Robert Samson and trainer Brandon Riddiford. Absent were assistant coach Cam Smith, trainer Shannon Olsen and manager Kiffi Olson. Players, in no particular order, are Nolan Byron, Alex Riddiford, Colm Smith, Bailey Rolf, Kaden Brennan, Dawson Collison, Kai Carter, Paul Sleiman, Mitchell Defrancisco, Tate Wright, Ashton Van Kempen, Shawn O’Brien, Devin St. Pierre, Keagan Chambers and Josh Bennett. Players absent were Shannon Olsen Jr., Mackinnon Woolner, Health McKee, Jake Eaton and Chris Baeini. (SUN Photos)
Ryan Durocher of the Leamington United U11 boys soccer team fends off a Tecumseh Warriors forward as he moves the ball out of his team’s end of the pitch during a Thursday, Aug. 2 match. Leamington led 2-1 at the halftime break and won 5-3 to take sole possession of fourth place and pull within six points of third-place Tecumseh. In its previous game, Leamington lost 4-1 to the undefeated Croatia Knights, who have allowed only three goals in 10 games.
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Howe Memorial Golf Tourney raises $6,500!
The Howe Memorial was held at Talbot Trail Golf Club on Saturday, July 28. This year the tournament raised over $6,500 for ChildCan.
Thank you to the staff of the golf course and all the golfers for a great tournament. Thank you to Eric Prudence and Austin Slater for volunteering to run the putt-putt. Thank you to our hole sponsors:
Bistany Realty, C.A. Bailey, Community Muffler, Reid Funeral Home, Dr. Brian E. Adamson, Highline Produce, Sears Hometown Leamington, Dr. Derrick Beleutz, WFS Ltd, Jack’s Coffee Shop, The Eyeglass Shoppe, H. Featherstone Realty, JRC Bash, Jose’s Bar & Grill, Taylor Fish Company, CSK Trucking, Leamington International Trucks,
The Howe Family
Dirty Farmers Baseball, Scaddan and Jakob Barristers, Leamington Chrysler, Flower Fashions, Johnston Net & Twine, Rob Wenzler Farms, Spraytec, Loops Fisheries, Omstead Subdivision, Swift Packaging, Simmons Fishery, Jim and Cathy Bell, Weil’s Food
Processing, Dillon Insurance, Goodreau Excavating, M. Pearce Trucking, Degoey’s Flowers, Dwayne’s Auto Service, Bob Martin Trucking, Wheatley Journal and the Howe family.
Also a very special thanks to our Gold Sponsors Ashley Gardens, Vision Wealth
Consultants, Andalusia Tanning and Monsanto for their very generous donations. Thank you to all the local businesses and people who donated prizes. Hope to see everyone back for next year’s tournament.
– Adam Howe
Jose’s Southpoint Men’s Softball League
Around the league: Saw Monkeys and Desert Storm split their series as Game 2 saw the Desert Storm rally back to win 7 to 6… Grinders took both from the Pirates as they stay 8 points ahead of the second place Bashers… Guardian Pharmacy and Dirty Farmers split their series… Don Johnston Electric is starting to climb in the standings, taking two games from the Buds in commanding form. Game 1 saw DJE mercy the Buds 11 to 1 in 5 innings and Game 2 finished in the sixth inning with a 14 to 4 win. Darryl “3D” Glasier turned his new nickname from the previous week into a positive by dropping line shots into the open field as
his bat finally came alive. He also debuted at second base making some solid plays. DJE pitcher Nick Chorba had a solid outing and rotating catcher Harry Toews is starting get on base regularly… the Bashers maintain pace in second place by winning both games against Cold 45’s, although Colt 45 nearly upset the Bashers in game one by losing 9 to 8… The Car Barn enjoyed the week off reminiscing about the season over a few pops in the Sports Palace bar… Next week Don Johnston Electric will be having a team bonding excursion as they try to continue their climb going into the last two weeks of the year.
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Tapping of the Keg – it’s Tomato Fest time!
If it’s August, it’s Tomato Festival time! The Leamington District Chamber of Commerce is hosting the annual Tapping of the Keg on Thursday, August 16 at 12-noon to kick off the start of this Year’s Tomato Festival. Please note the date change –it’s being held on Thursday this year.
The event is taking place at the Big Tomato, a.k.a. the Leamington Tourist Booth, on Talbot St. West with the Tapping of the Keg and a toast by Mayor John Paterson. Join the Leamington Chamber and the Tomato Fest committee members in celebration of another year. Tomato juice and cupcakes to be served.
Rookie baseman Austin Neufeld makes a diving catch trying to tag an Aylmer runner out at third base. (Photo
Rookie Lakers win third in London tourney
The Unifab Enclosure Rookie Lakers had a busy week starting off at home against LaSalle. The Lakers were pulling into the lead when Brandon Friesen hit a triple in the 5th inning with bases loaded to send the Lakers to an 18-6 victory. Conner Bergen, Kanaan Gale and Alex Jadischke also contributed to the win by hitting doubles.
Travelling to face Essex, the Lakers’ bats were on fire with doubles from Nathan Krahn, Troy Tiessen and Kanaan Gale, but the triples kept coming driving up the score to a 16-6 win. Triple hitters were Austin Neufeld, Jason Daraiche, Alex Jadischke and Brandon Friesen.
The Lakers took to the road on the long weekend playing 5 games at the London rookie tournament. Facing the Sarnia Majors on a sweltering Friday evening, the boys gave it their all. Even with a triple from Nathan Pilmer, the Rookies were having a hard time catching up. They were able to pull a 7th inning rally scoring 7 runs with triples from Brandon Friesen and Austin Neufeld as well as a homerun from Jason Daraiche. The final score was a loss of 12-17.
The next morning the team faced Aylmer and were off to an early lead thanks to triples by Nathan Pilmer and Conner Bergen as well as a double from Alex Jadischke. Aylmer couldn’t catch them when Spencer Bergen, Tyler Wiebe and Troy Tiessen all hit homers. The Rookies won with a score of 16-10.
Later, it was Leamington verses Leaside with another win for the Lakers team thanks to fantastic hitting. Spencer Bergen hit a double and Nathan Pilmer contributed with a double and a triple. Homers were hit by Brandon Friesen and an impressive 2 were hit by Troy Tiessen.
On Sunday morning the team faced London, the tournament leaders, and got off to a great start scoring the maximum 7 runs in the first inning. With their confidence up and doubles hit by Nathan Pilmer and Alex Jadischke, and Spencer Bergen hitting a double and a triple as well as a homerun by Tyler Wiebe, the boys saw a 14-9 victory. With the rain pouring down, Leamington faced London again in the semi-finals. Even with triples hit by Brandon Friesen and Jason Daraiche, as well as doubles by Andrew Kelch and Brandon Friesen, this time they lost with a score of 18-14.
They Rookies showed great sportsmanship and teamwork and placed 3rd in the tournament.
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As the temperatures rise outside, Penguin Pete’s is keeping Leamington cool with ice-cold treats this summer.
Penguin Pete’s owners Keith and Becky Doyle are hosting a Grand Opening Day on Saturday, August 11 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. “Come and experience the summer blizzard at Penguin Pete’s with the new Arctic Blast,” said Keith. “The new Leamington District Memorial Hospital Foundation Digital Mammography/Women’s Centre will benefit from the sale of every Arctic Blast,” he added.
A representative for the LDMH Foundation will be on hand for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1 p.m., along with Sally McDonald, of the Leamington Chamber of Commerce and local politicians.
The Doyles are not new to the ice cream and cool treats business as they were the previous longtime owners of Dairy Queen, which was located across the parking lot on Erie Street South.
P.J.’s D.J. Productions will be playing music in front of the store from 12 to 4 p.m. There will be face painting, games, prizes, and balloons. Raffle tickets will be given to each person who donates a coin of any denomination into the LDMH Foundation coin canister. The winner of the raffle will receive an 8” ice cream cake.
There will also be a Plinko game where participants can buy 3 chips for 25¢, with all monies raised being donated to LDMH Foundation’s Women’s Centre.
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Six in sudden death playoff at Southland Insurance Senior Men’s Invitational
The Southland Insurance Senior Men’s Invitational was held this past weekend at Erie Shores Golf Club. Left to right; Vic Penner, Low Net Winner, Brian Plumb of Southland Insurance and Denis Murphy, Low Gross Winner.
It was a wild and crazy finish at the 33rd Annual Southland Insurance Senior Men’s Invitational at Erie Shores Golf Club, as a record number of six golfers ended up tying for low score with two over par rounds of 73.
With the large number of scratch handicap players in attendance from all over southwestern Ontario, it’s hard to fathom how not one of them managed to break par on a course that was set up extra easy with pin placements down the middle of each green highlighted by calm and perfect weather conditions that featured some of the plushest golf conditions seen anywhere this summer in Essex and Kent counties.
Included among those six talented seniors shooting 73 and teeing off on the par five 10th hole in the sudden-death playoff were 2010 winner Denis Murphy and Paul Nielsen, both of Pointe West, along with Ken Steingart and Ward Hutchins of Erie Shores and Bill Ruiter and Jim McCallum, both of Kingsville.
It was a strange playoff indeed where no one appeared ready to make the charge to win. After Nielsen, Murphy and Ruiter could do no better than make pars, Steingart and
Hutchins then fell out of the pack with bogies.
Now, it was all left up to the veteran Jim McCallum, the man who has won more tournaments than the rest of these players combined, to win another one on the course he has ruled and dominated since the late ’70s.
But even the long-time multiple club champion at both Erie Shores and Kingsville, who was staring at an easy uphill five-foot putt for the victory, left the crowd of on lookers and fellow players gasping when he left his putt hanging on the front edge of the hole.
His hopes of winning the event came crashing down on the par four 11th where, after putting his tee shot into the fairway trap guarding the left-hand side, his second shot caught a tree limb and dropped deep down into the rough still some 90 yards away from the pin.
After all the approach shots went to the back end of the green, Denis Murphy managed to slide his putt in for a par. He then stood back on the edge of the green and watched as Nielsen, Ruiter and McCallum all failed to get it down in four strokes giving Murphy the victory and his second Erie Shores Seniors Invitational title in the past three years.
Finishing next in seventh place at three over par 74 was another great competitor, seven-time winner, Mike Saffran of Kingsville who, at 77 years old, is still quite accustomed to shooting lower than his age.
Among those tying for eighth place at four over par 75 were former winners, Ken Greenwood of Beach Grove and Ray Knight of Kingsville, along with Michael Horrocks of the National Golf Club just north of Toronto in Woodbridge.
Dave Farron of Pointe West was alone in eleventh place at 76, while Garry Geoffrey of Beach Grove was next at 77. Erie Shores’ member Norm Beattie, Kingsville’s Tim Glidden and Brian Tomsich of Beach Grove all tied for 13th place at 78.
The other three players who broke 80 with their eight over par rounds of 79 included Ed Schachowskoy of Erie Shores, Wayne Semande of Kingsville, Joe Antal of Sutton Creek and Pat Endo of Pointe West.
In the Low Net Division, Erie Shores’ Vic Penner won top honours with his seven under par net 64 which gave him a one shot victory over fellow Erie Shores members Claudio Sabelli and Garth Dennerley who had net rounds of 65. Kingsville’s Larry Everaert was next with a net 67.
British Beat 66 returns to Two Creeks
The boys are back in town.
British Beat 66, easily one of the most popular groups ever to play the Two Creeks Summer Concert Series, will again take the stage Aug. 12.
With their eclectic mix of British Invasion music of the 1960s – everyone from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones to The Kinks and The Spencer Davis Group – they come equipped with period costumes and equipment.
“We’re thrilled to return. It’s one of our favourite places to perform because of the people and the relaxed atmosphere. The venue is cool and the audience is great and knowledgeable.”
And, with tongues firmly in cheeks, they claim to hold the record for hotdog sales at Two Creeks and vow to include the summer concert series when they sign a deal for a world tour.
For more on the band, visit their website at britishbeat66.com.
The concerts, held Sundays at 6:30 p.m. on the Weil Stage in the natural amphitheatre at the conservation area just north of Wheatley on Kent Road 1, continue throughout the summer.
Admission is free, but the hat is passed to defray the expense of bringing in performers and to continue the volunteer work necessary to maintain the site. Refreshments are available from Wheatley Scouting. Bring lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy the atmosphere. In case of inclement weather, the concerts are held under the pavilion. You can also bring used household batteries for recycling.
For more information, visit www.twocreeks.ca, e-mail info@twocreeks.ca or call 519-324-6988.
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