Looking back at 1994

From the Wheatley Journal September 28, 1994

The Wheatley Hockey Moms made their last donation as a final gesture upon dissolving the group last week. The Hockey Moms donated over $4,500 to the new Southpoint Minor Hockey Association to help with goalie equipment, TVs and VCRs and other equipment needed by the association. Hockey Moms’ President Bonnie Pugh, along with members Velma Armstrong and Carol Fuller, were on hand to present the cheque to Southpoint Minor Hockey’s new President, Dick Segedin.

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The LDSS Girls Golf Team captured the ECSSA title at Kingsville Golf and Curling Club on the weekend and Wheatley was well represented. The LDSS girls finished three strokes ahead of the girls from St. Anne’s. Jennifer Dobson led the LDSS team, with Jenny Omstead, Lindsay Gibbons, Shannon Wright and Sam Shanks forming the rest of the five-person squad. Nine girls tried out for this year’s team and they were all from Wheatley, which was a welcome relief for coach Jake Unger.

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Mrs. William Shanks presided over the September meeting of the Romney Women’s Institute at the Township Hall. Mrs. James Inrig did the secretarial duties while Mrs. George Tonks gave the financial report. There was a moment of silence in tribute to a deceased member, Mrs. Roy (Lena) Smith.

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Nash Tours blanked Hike Metal 6-0 in senior soccer play this week. Scoring for Nash were Albert Moniz with three, Tony Fernandez with two and Paul Pacheco with one. In a rough game, Maria’s defeated Mercer’s Sunoco by a 6-3 count. Kevin Cardoso scored three for Maria’s, with Marco Fonseca getting two and Daniel Fischer one. Tim Pimental scored twice for Mercer’s and Mario Amaral had one.

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From the Leamington Post September 27, 1994

There will be a three-way race for the Leamington Mayor’s chair in this fall’s municipal election. Councillor John Crump has announced his intention to run for the town’s top job in the November 14 election. He joins two other candidates in Jim Ross and Nasr Saad. He and his wife Ruth have three grown daughters and a son.

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The race for Leamington council is also heating up as three more people have announced their candidacy in Tim Lavender, Mateus Rafael and Cindy Reimer. This follows the announcement from Greg Gare, who threw his hat into the ring a day earlier.

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Leamington’s mayor wants the police to get tougher with cyclists on town sidewalks. Mayor Jim Ross told the Police Services Board that the problem is rampant. His concern is with adult cyclists riding in the downtown core. Ross said we saw a cruiser back up to accommodate three adult cyclists to ride through on the sidewalk on Oak Street.

He urged the police to start stopping them and giving out some warnings. Chief MacKinnon said he would follow up with his officers.

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Almost 40 years after taking up a casual suggestion to become a firefighter, Leamington Mersea Fire Department firefighters, three of Chief Murray Cascadden is bowing out. whom are shown He will step down as fire chief at the end checking the fire of this year, having served 38 years, with damage on the roof 28 of them as chief. Cascadden took over as chief from Archie Sanford.

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The Clark Group defeated Gabriele’s to win the 1994 Leamington Men’s Lobball crown last Wednesday night. The Clark Group took all three games in the best-of-five series by scores of 15-8, 8-4 and 10-8. The final game featured some great play as the upstart Gabriele’s squad jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first. Clark put up a six-run second to take the lead and never looked back. Clark was led by JD Daniels with a home run and single. Dan Siddall hit a triple, while Dale Willams, Pat Ribble, Scott Wilkinson, Gary Baker, Jim Batke and Steve Brown all had hits. Gabriele’s was led by Mark Major, who went a perfect four-for-four, while single markers went to Tim Wiper, Craig Garant, Ral Morin, Tim Tetzlaff, Tracy Wiper and Brad DeGroote.

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From the Kingsville Reporter September 27, 1994

On Tuesday, September 20, the Jiimaan’s docking facilities were officially opened by provincial and local dignitaries during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Kingsville Ferry Docks.

The 15th annual Ruthven Apple Festival served up a little bit of everything this past weekend. For the first time in its 15-year history, the Apple Festival grew into a two-day event. The festival opened Saturday morning with their traditional parade, featuring 25 entries. The festival is operated by Essex County Association for Community Living.

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Gord Queen has announced that he will seek re-election as Public School Board Trustee with the Essex County Board of education. Gord has served the people of Kingsville and Gosfield South for the past three years. He resides in Kingsville and is employed by Ontario Hydro.

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Members of Essex County Council hotly debated the issue of amalgamation during last Wednesday’s regular council session. The issue was introduced by Strategy Strengthening Study Committee Chairman Lyle Miller. Gosfield South Reeve Henry DeYong argued that the committee should be looking elsewhere for savings, instead of amalgamating the municipalities.

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Legion Branch 188 hosted a special wine and cheese party on Thursday evening to commemorate their Legion Week activities. Newly elected Branch President Shane Upcott welcomed a group of about 150 to the Legion.