Volume 2 Number 6

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Volume 2, Number 6 – July 16, 2008

Inside: Summer fun for kids, Hensall by Design, Kettle Point Pow Wow and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change at the Huron Country Playhouse.

• Remembering the Regiers – one year later
  View from the Strip By Casey Lessard Today, we remember the deaths of Bill and Helene Regier in their home one year ago. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of these community leaders, who are dearly missed. When we asked one of the Regiers’ sons what we should do for the one-year anniversary, we were told ...
• A step in the right direction
  View from the Strip By Casey Lessard No one can deny the fact that the arts are an important part of our community. All you have to do is look at this issue of the Grand Bend Strip to see the creativity of the people who live in our community. From musicians to actors, dancers to cardboard ...
• Success of Home & Garden Tour overwhelms
  By Casey Lessard Bob Putherbough of the Grand Bend and Area Horticultural Society wrote us to tell us of the Home & Garden Tour’s outstanding success, which far exceeded anyone’s expectations. “We had about 950 people,” he told the Strip. “We thought if we got up to 300, it would be fantastic. “We had to cut the advanced ...
• Love song: Pedro’s Canadian adventure
  Local musician and music teacher Pedro Quintana was raised in Cuba and moved to Grand Bend after meeting his wife, Marcy Walker, at the resort where he played piano. “I came down the elevator and heard this fantastic music in the lobby of the hotel,” Walker says, recalling their first meeting. “My friend and I sat ...
• Art Centre a place to share creative ideas
  Story and photos by Casey Lessard “We’ve been talking about it for ten years,” Grand Bend artist Teresa Marie says of the newly launched Grand Bend Art Centre. “I just got tired of listening to my own voice.” The centre, housed in the same building as the River Road Gallery and the new Sunset Arts gallery on ...
• Lunch and a movie with Jimmy
  Every Friday at noon, Jimmy Henry and Craig Coltman meet for lunch at the Pine View Trailer Park clubhouse to have lunch and watch a movie. This is not your typical movie afternoon; Henry is an old-time radio and theatre actor whose memory for movie lines is as impressive for a 78-year-old as it would ...
• Nonsensical Labels
  Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard You really have to pay attention to labels and commercials. Sometimes they don’t make a heck of a lot of sense. I’ve been told, if you can’t pronounce the ingredients, the product more than likely isn’t good for you. I get a kick out of some of the drug commercials that tell ...
• One night wasted at the Albatross
  Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard During the years I worked (mostly part-time) as a waiter and bartender at the Club Albatross in Huron Park, there always seemed be someone ready to cause some kind of annoyance. I recall one night I was working along when two men and a woman came in, sat down and ordered drinks. ...
• Grand Bend Youth Centre activities summer 2008
  Ask your kids if they would like to spend time this summer with other area kids, taking day trips and playing outside, and they’ll likely agree that the Grand Bend Youth Centre is a good place to spend the summer. Here’s what’s coming up this summer at the centre. Tuesday, July 15 to 17 Animal Adventures. Includes ...
• Scoundrels brings Broadway to Grand Bend
  Story by Casey Lessard Photo by Gary Moon If ticket sales in St. Jacobs are any indication, you should likely get your tickets for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels once you’ve read this. “It’s been a sellout in St. Jacobs,” says director Alex Mustakas, who is also Drayton Entertainment’s artistic director. Mustakas knew it was a sure hit when he ...
• I Love You is a play for all ages
  By Casey Lessard If you’ve ever been single or married, you’ll be able to relate to I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, playing until August 31 at the Huron Country Playhouse. The musical comedy revue deals with the comic aspects of dating, marriage, having kids, and getting older and still dating. “A lot of people liken ...
• Gray catbird: master of mimicry
  Living in Balance By Jenipher Appleton Each day as I head to the back of our property, I hear the piercing ‘meow’ call of the gray catbird. If I meow at him, I always get an answer of some sort back. This handsome member of the thrasher family bears the scientific name Dumetella carolinensis. It is a ...
• A new gadget worth flipping for
  Technically Speaking By Tamara Nicola VisitGrandBend.com There is a new low cost video camera now available in Canada that makes sharing video a whole lot easier. It is called “The Flip” and it is manufactured by Pure Digital. It is a small, compact device that runs on two AA batteries and records up to 60 minutes of video ...
• To do list July 2008
  Community/Charity Every Tuesday 7 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion Bingo Every Friday 5 to 7 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion Meat Draw Tuesday, July 15 to 17 Grand Bend Youth Centre Animal Adventures. Includes trip to Toronto Zoo! Call 519-238-1155 to register or for more details. Wednesday, July 16 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Gill St. parking lot, Grand Bend Grand Bend Farmers’ Market Saturday, July ...
• Exeter Children’s Festival
  Children’s Festival Saturday July 26 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Main Street Exeter Presented by Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Huron 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Yard Sale 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Pie Sale – Community Living South Huron 10 a.m. Come visit the White Squirrel 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities and Crafts – bubble pool, boat ...