Flashbacks

Wednesday, Oct. 19, 1977

Leamington town council feels it has been backed into a corner with only one way to turn, accept the costs of a flood plain study for Sturgeon Creek. At Monday's meeting, many of the councillors were not satisfied because the absence of some pertinent information — costs, time involved, who will share in the cost and who will benefit.

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It took only one hour for Mersea Township to sell its non-resident hunting licences on Tuesday morning. The doors opened at 9 a.m. and clerk Lynn Foster said by 9:55 a.m. they were sold out, leaving nearly 100 disappointed hunters.

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A watercolour of the Leamington dock, after a time span of at least 50 years and covering thousands of miles, has returned to Leamington. On Saturday the painting was turned over to the South Essex Arts Association at its annual show and sale, by Bank of Commerce manager Bob Oswald. The painting arrived at the gallery via J.C. Munro of Vancouver, who obtained it from his brother, Reverend G. Munro, following his death in 1959.

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Over five miles of new pipe was installed for the ice at the Sun Parlor Curling Club last week. Much of the prep work was done by the club's members with the actual installation of the pipe and welding completed by Bendig Industrial Welding.

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The Gore Hill Public School community raised $3,000 in their 20-mile walkathon on Saturday. About 35 parents, alumni and 165 students participated in the event. Funds will be used to build a track for the students.

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About 50 referees from across Kent and Essex counties participated in the Level 3 clinic at the Leamington Arena on Saturday.

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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Manery traveled to Los Angeles to take in a hockey game recently. The Manery's had two very special reasons for traveling so far for a game — sons Randy and Kris. Randy, a defenceman with the L.A. Kings was playing against Kris, a forward for the Cleveland Barons. The Kings won the contest 2-0

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