Circling back to 1992

Wheatley Journal, August 1992

Ken Drummond topped the field at the annual Jack Stein Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday at Talbot Trail Golf Course. Drummond’s blistering 72 bested a field of 120 golfers. Low net was shot by Wayne Cherry of Kitchener, while Herb Cowan of Pike Lake was runner-up to Drummond.

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Miss Elizabeth (Betty) Fullerton is the 1992 recipient of the Erie Shores Business and Professional Women’s Club Achievement Award. This is given annually to a woman who has contributed her talents, energies and human qualities to her community.

Betty is retired from Leamington District Secondary School, where she spent 38 years as a physical education teacher and guidance counsellor.

Miss Fullerton likes to play bridge, golf and collect stamps. She was given a plaque and a certification of appreciation from MP Jerry Pickard.

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The Wheatley Legion Peewees are deadlocked at one game apiece in their qualifier series with Blenheim to gain entry into the OBA tournament on Labour Day weekend. The locals only mustered one hit in the 1-0 loss.

Shawn Mather went the distance for Wheatley, scattering six hits, while walking only two and striking out seven. Doug Vandecaveye had Wheatley’s only base hit. In game two of the series back in Wheatley, the Legion crew came out on top 4-2.

Thomas Grubb mowed down the first nine batters he faced, en route to a sixhit victory. He fanned two and walked only one. Mather’s two-run triple in the third proved to be the difference.

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The Mi-Mark Netters defeated the Fishermen 15-12 in Wheatley Lobball League play last week. The Fishermen leaped out to a 10- run lead after two innings, helped in part by the power hitting of Art Zittlau. The Netters bats then got going to take the lead.

In the sixth, Zittlau came up again with the bases loaded and one out. “Double-play Fish” came through for the Fishermen, turning one of his patented double plays to end the threat.

Kingsville Reporter, August 1992

Members of the Migration Hall fundraising campaign are flying high as they have announced they are nearing their goal. They are currently at 97 per cent of their $650,000 goal, according to fundraising chair Jim Allen. Allen says the project is a definite go and construction should be underway in November. There are about 140 volunteers involved in the fundraising efforts for the new venue being built next to Kingsville District High School.

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About 60 local bowlers took to the lanes last Saturday afternoon, as the Children’s Wish Foundation benefited from their bowling talents and fundraising efforts. Vern Tiessen, chairman of the Windsor-Essex County sub-chapter of the foundation, said this group has granted four wishes so far and a fifth is in the works.

This year’s recipient will be a 17-year-old Leukemia patient. Cheryl Humes organized the event and was very pleased with the response. About $6,000 was raised, with one participant, John Sabelli raising $1,600 himself.

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They come from worlds apart, but for 17-year-old Jackie Boughazale and 19-year-old Sachi Fujita, there were no language barriers. Pen pals since Grade 3, the two teens finally met and became fast friends, as the two got together in Kingsville. Sachi travelled from Japan for the visit.

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Barb and Andre Courtemanche took their guests, Lea and Willie Ramsden of Belgium, on a tour of Niagara Falls last week when they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Cosyn of Woodstock. On the way home, they stopped to visit Ruth and Glen Tozer of Comber.

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On Thursday evening, Henry and Marlene Slingerland had a visit with Henry’s cousin, Theo Van Oosterom, his wife Johanna and their three children of Pontypool, Ontario. They came to Canada from the Netherlands in 1981 and this was their first visit to the southernmost part of Ontario.

Leamington Post, August 1992

The Sun Parlour Players group is expected to get a permanent home in the Leamington Arena auditorium. Leamington council has agreed to act quickly to determine the best and most suitable renovations to update the facility, following a request from the Players last week.

Players’ spokesperson Todd Pepper appeared before council, citing this fall as the best time to renovate since the group would not be doing their regular fall production this year. Cardinal Carter Secondary School was suggested but the group could not reach an agreement with the school. The old Selkirk School was also mentioned but was deemed unsuitable.

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Miss Leamington Fair 1992 was the first runner-up at the Canadian National Exhibition competition on the weekend. Tracy Dawn Ryder, 22, is a modelling instructor and plans to study law.

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The Big Tomato had its busiest week of the summer with well over 800 people stopping by. Visitors from near and far came to check out the annual Tomato Festival, which drove up numbers for the famous tourist booth. Visitors came from as far away as Germany, Ireland and Texas.

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Sixty-three hopefuls skated onto the ice at Wheatley Arena on the weekend, hoping to crack the lineup of the Leamington Junior B Flyers this season. Head Coach Vern Stenlund was pleasantly surprised with the numbers and the conditioning of the players.

The team will play their annual Red and White game this Thursday.