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HERALD Wednesday May 10 IMS Page Brookes grand slam opens season The Georgetown Ladies Powder puff League has started once again for another year of fun and excite ment The season started off Satur day Apr 29 with a Fun Day to meet your team and ended with a Ladies Night which turned out to also be quite enjoyable nudge nudge wink wink The regular season started on May with a full slate of games on tap Blue Light Pink Cadillacs The Blue light team had their bats booming early as they ran runs across the plate in their first game The big blast for the blue crew was a grand slam homer by Brookes The whole team sparkled defensively and played a good game for such an early effort Pink Cadillacs put forth a solid try but came up short Dawn Broadbent homered and had a good game defensively Annette Van Dyke and Betty also shone for the Caddies in a losing effort Dirty Shirts Travelling Blueberries 1 Boomer MacDonald s Dirty Shirts got down and dirty in their season opener beating a game Blueberry squad Donna Wilson Shaw and Susan Ferguson spanked tnples to lead the grey ladies also punched in three Janet Ransom and Linda Anderson both pitched well for the Shirts A solid team effort by all The Travelling Blueberries put up a good fight but were a little short in their opener Janet Mather with two doubles and Osborne with two tnples led the hit parade for the Berry bunch Elaine Moreland and Mary Becker sup plied good pitching for the Berries Roger s Dodgers Raisin Hell A great start for the Dodgers with Penny going four for four with a homer and six Joy Doc Thompson Hall and Pauline Cawood contributed three hits apiece in a super start A last inning com eback fell just short for the Raisin Hell crew Carol Spiten Sharon Presley and Andrea Ford all went three at bat Carol pitch ed well in a good team effort Red Sox Blue Zone In a real seesaw battle the Red Sox outdueled the Blue Zone Great pitching by Doreen Dobbin and Jean Puckering shut down a potent Blue Zone attack Puckering also helped out with a homer Peggy Gowley hit a dinger and Lynn Sargent played a good right field to seal a win A spirited Blue Zone club tried mightily to get to the Sox pitching and came up with a great attempt Cindy Kemper nailed a long homer Diane Richardson and Karen Metier each contributed at the bat with a triple and double respectively Wendy Graham pitched well and Lois Patrick was solid behind the plate HaU Croc It a Not Easy Being Green Half Crocked came out smokm and never looked back as they overwhelmed the Greemes Jenny David Julie and Jane Peterson supplied the power and Sandra Robinson shut the door with some solid pitching New mom Linda also put on a show for new son Kyle with a dou ble It not easy being Green 1 ot off to a slow start but Sue Williams and Pat Lee belted out doubles to help ease the pain shady Ladies Life 8 A Peach The Al Deanled Shady Ladies stole into the park and got a win from the Peach girls Suzette Cor ley and Jackie both were a perfect threefor three at bat and Eve Metier and Mane routjen combined for nine strikeouts to pace the ladies Rose Wilcox belted out a homer and everything was peachy for the lifers until the Shady Ladies got in gear The peach team played great in the field led by two sparkling defensive gems by Deb Joanne Kemper turned a double play and Debbie Titus drove in two runners it a close game Raisin Hell 6 Pink Cadillacs A great game Both teams played hard and came away with a point each Lois hit a homer for Raisin Hell and saved the game by nailing a Caddie run at third The Caddie held down the Raisin bunch with fine pitching from Bet ty and Annette Van Dyke Helen Slingsby called a good game behind the plate and Holly Peter son was solid at the plate Roger Dodgers Dirty Shirts Another great game The Dirty Shirts were led by Karen Porter who laced out a triple and a double Donna Wison and Susan Ferguson also contnbuted to the attack in a strong team effort Home Run Penny Butterworth stroked her se cond round tripper in as many games to lead Roger Dodgers Judy Cater followed suit with a homer and Hall slashed out two doubles Lon King pitched a strong game for the Dodgers A well played game with a most deserving result Blue Zone Shady Ladies The dynamite pitching of Mary Kelly and Julie Fournier kept the Shady gals off balance all night The girls pitched shutout ball until the bottom of the seventh when Carol Dean finally brought around the Shady Ladies only run The ladies were understaffed for this game as two of their players were absent with flimsy excuses Con gratulations Donna Hamilton and Melanie Time Out in final four of Peel championship Guess whaf Darts is not yet over for the season Time Out I have qualified for the last four in the Region of Peel League Cham pionship B Division style and will playoff In the semi final at the Jesters on Tuesday May at Should we do well then we immediately play in the final for the overall champion ship This format follows prior years which was unknown at the time we completed our division league matches Should prove to be a good night s darts with games to play Friday May 5 saw the final event of the Industrial League with the awards dinner and dance at the Legion in Georgetown There were a few disappointments with miss ing trophies However the meal was excellent as usual and a fine contnbuted to a better than usual music and dancing session A fine finish to close down the season ITS A DEFINITE ADVANTAGE FOR US Jeff Scott Alma Ontario Businessman Jeff Scott is just one of a growing number of rural Canadians benefiting from increased access to postal products and services through a Retail Postal Outlet Retail Outlets across the country offer Canada Post customers more comemence As part of a local business they are located close to other sen ices in the community Retail Postal Outlets are more accessible than former Post Offices On aerage hours of postal service operation in communities with Retail Postal hae more 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