PAGEL _y W NIS) .t I 1. 1985, WIIIT3Y FREE PISS This years Whitby Fair -crowd larger officiai s ays By JAN DODGE Free Press Staff Some events were a bit; some were a miss,- but this year's Oshawa- Whitby Fair was better,, according to Laurie McCulloch, past president of the fair board. McCullocb, of R.R.1, Whitby, < said, "Everything was Up, day by day. *"lWe had a buge crowd for the tractor pull, and tbe baby show was fan- By JOAN MILBURN Movie goers for years bave watched the tear- fui goodbye as Ingrid Bergman leaves Hum- phrey Bogart at the fog shrouded Casabanca airport. 'Live. . .from Casablanca' picks up the classic story from that point and sets it to music. Tbree O.L.T. mein- bers, Helen Mattbew, Nancy McHugh and Noeî Mowat bave created the story uine and, as well as ap- pearing in the cast, bave acted as producers of the play. Tbey bave chosen many of the popular songs of the '30s and '40s to complete this first every original production at O.L.T. Sally Sandford re- creates the, Bergmnan role and Sean Breaugh takes on the part of Bogie. John Randaîl is the musical director and Grad Scott W. Martin (above) recently graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractie College witb a Doctorate of Chiropractic Medicine. A resident of Oshawa for the past eight years, Martin la also a graduated of the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree. The son of Ivan and Peggy Martin, formerly of Oshawa and now residing in Pembroke, Ont., Martin graduated from the Feilows High School in Pembroke. Martin has establisbed a practise in ciropractic medicine at the Simcoe North Miedical Centre, 247 Simcoe St. N., Ste. 204, Oshawa. tastic. We had over 80 entries; we had to turn some away because there was a limait on how many could be in each class. Some people came with babies just hoping other contestan- ts wouldn't show up, and they could take their place. "There were more people at the horse pull than I've seen before, and the demolition der- by had a good crowd as usual. p=y h part of Sam in th roution. Set in Rick's Cafe Americain in 1943, the cast of fourteen singers and dancers turns the elegant casino into a bot night club and, by a twist of fate, into the location for a live radio broadcast. Included in the broadcast are many of the original commer- cials that were beard in tbe '40s. The director is a veteran of O.L.T. productions, Nina M. Foxaîl and the Iltwas more the style of the country fair this year where there are several events running at different places at the sarne time, s0 wherever you went there was something to see. "A lot of the agricultural exhibits don't get the attention they used to although the horse shows were well received. We had seven teams of road horses - that's more than they bad at the choreographer is Christine Maclnally. The other members of the cast bave appeared in many of the recent O.L.T. musical produc- tions... Tim Badgley, Gretel Cameron, Warren Dukes, Arlene Hewitt, Phillip Kerr, Tony Reines and Heather Sessions. 'Live from Casablan- ca' runs from Tbursday to Saturday, Aug. 15 to 17 and 22 to 24. Tickets are available from cast members and at Saywell's, 14 Simcoe St. Airport land studytu Researchers f rom the' University of Guelph are currently in the Pickering area condue- ting interviews with farmers and rural residents. for the Pickering Airport Lan- ds Revitalization Coin- mittee (PARC). The committee wiii report to Ontario Rîding MP Scott Fenneil and tran- sport minister Don Mazankowski by the end of the year. Purpose of the University of Guelpb's $95,000 study is to look at the current use and agricultural potential of the land whicb was ex- propriated by the for- mer Liberai gover- nment more than 10 years ago for the plan- ned Pickering airport, since scrapped. The university will look at the social, physical and economic status of the region wbicb is bounded on the south by Lake Ontario and includes most of the towns of Pickering and Newcastle as well as Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa, and the Town- ships of Uxbridge and Scugog, and also en- compasses the 18,000 acre proposed airport site. A team of four resear- chers will interview tenant farmers and other rural residents and f iii out question- naires on the state of the land and farm operations, crop productivity, tenant characteristics and community services. In- formation will then ha compiled for use in the final report, but names will be kept strictly con- fidential by the univer- sity. iderway Researchers conduc- ting the interviews of about 35W local residen- ts between mid-July and mid-August are Stephen Connolly, Peter Graham, Grant McGregor and Bian O'Neill, ail graduate students at the univer- sity. Residents to be in- terviewed will receive a letter and follow-up phone cail. r i Scott W. ANNOUI CH SIMCOE 247 SIl T 0F Mo TUE CNE last year. "4We were very pleased witb the museumobile (a gover- nment sponsored Museum of the North, which in three huge display trailers, showeci the history of the Inuit people, complete with f urs that could be touched and recorded sounds of winter gales). it was a f ree exhibit and would be an asset to any fair. It was iargely an unsung event because S., Oshawa, or at the theatre, if ayailable, on the night of;the perfor- mance. Prices are $6 for aduits and $4 for studen- ta. The Oshawa Litte Theatre is located at 62 Russett Ave., just below Taunton Rd., running west froin Simcoe St. N. There is plenty of parking hehind the theatre. 'Live. .from Casablan- ca' is a musical comedy revue suitable for the wbole family - ideal for summer entertaininerit presented in 0.L.T.'s new air-conditioned theatre. EDITOR'S NOTE: Joan Mlburn la the publlcity dlrector of the Oshawa Little Theatre. would be that good. 111Hunter Farms brought their big 747 tractor for display and it got a lot of attention from the crowd at the tractor pull. It's one of the biggest tractors in Canada. It bas 1,200 h.p. and lie 8feet wide. IlWe were disappoin- ted with the Dairy Queen people. (South Oshawa and Whitby Dairy Queen were to sponsor an ice cream eating contest on Friday and Saturday nigbt.) 'They came early Friday night and opted to go inside because it looked like rain, then pulled out (flot enough contestants showed Up) and wouldn't corne back Saturday. -We had kids calling on Saturday wanting to know when the ice cream eating contest was." Commenting on the sparsely-attended beer garden tent McCulloch said, "lIt's not a big part of the fair. We don't promote it. It peeked af- ter the demnolition derby and after the tractor Pull." The midway attrac- tions had to compete that weekend with amusement rides set up in, the Oshawa Centre parking lot. McCuflough said he was optimistic about the future of the fair, but said the fair board needs to look for new events to keep building. AINT SLE 1 GE CENTRAL PAINT AND WALLPAPER , 295 Rltson Rd. S. Oshawa ~ $ 728-6809 327.35 $25.88 Martin B. Sc. (Hon.), D.* OCTOR 0F CHIROPRACTIC ýNCES THE QPENING 0F A IROPRACIOOFFICE INTHE NORTH M EDICAL CENTRE MCOE ST. N. (AT ADELAI DE) SUITE 204 OSHAWA, ONTARIO 'ELEPHONE: 725-4020 n ,EdFr HUSOOnt6Opm FnC, HOU, RS.80 ..t :0pm es.,Thurs. 8:00am.to 800 pm. ORIENTAL BUFFET EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY 5 p.m. TO 8 p.m. s6.95 ADULTS 13.95 CH ILDREN UN DER 12 FRIDAY LUNCH SPECIALS NOON TO 2 P.M. BEEF OR CHICKEN CURRY & RICE $59 TEA OR COFFEE<REG. '8.2 5) 59 DANCING TO VIDEOS NIGHTLY done I would think there's almost $30,000 in costs... An educated guess would be that the gate was up slightiy. We won t know until Wed- nesday night. 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