Local slo-pitch squad wins tournament
By Angie Maccarone (905) 859-5174

Men's slo-pitch

tournament

The Nobleton Blues slopitch baseball team won its second tournament in its 22year history last Saturday.

The tournament was held in Palgrave with seven teams participating. The first game was a 9-8 win over the Nobleton Selects. The second game was a 15-13 win over the Albion Hillbillies.

These two wins took the Blues to the championship game against the Nobleton Elites. The lead went back and forth until the last inning when Rob Storey hit a three-run homer to win the game and the championship. Rob Storey hit six home runs in the three games -two in each game. Don Schwartz hit three home runs during the day with Greg Williams and Larry North hitting one dinger each. Elio Bellon pitched all three games in the tournament win. The day ended with a catered party at the North residence with the wives.

Huge driveway sale

at St. Paul's

Join us this evening (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. as we begin anew our mid-week Worship Service.

This 20-minute service is ideal for anyone in the community who cannot make a regular worship service Sunday mornings. Everyone is welcome!

We now have a Thursday morning study for men (Men's Life) and a study for women (Bible Alive) starting at 9:30 a.m.

This Saturday (Sept. 30) we will be having a driveway sale at the church from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. The King Township Food Bank will also be open Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Children's Clothing Circle will be having a special open house during the driveway sale. The Children's Clothing Circle is a Clothing Bank for infants to teenagers. If you or anyone you know is in need of gently used winter clothing, please come. We will also be putting out the remainder of our summer inventory as well.

For more information about any of our events, please contact the church office at (905) 859-0843.

St. Mary's tea

a huge success

The St. Mary's Catholic Church seventh annual tea was a huge success.

There were more than 500 people who came through the event. Face painting was a huge hit with the children.

First prize in the draw, being the David Jean painting, went to David Fennell. Second prize was a two-piece set of luggage that went to Robin Thebedeau. Third prize, a one-night's stay at the Delta Inn at Niagara-on-the-Lake, went to Sandra Celebre. Fourth prize, Leaf tickets, went to Lucy Sperranza. Fernando won the fifth prize, one night's stay at B & B Bell's Lake, and the sixth prize, $50 worth of certificates at the Fallsview Inn in Niagara Falls, was won by Mrs. Orr.

There were many other prizes, and another big winner was Victoria Fazari, who walked away with three gifts from the raffle centre as well.

The Catholic Women's League would like to thank

all who came to our bazaar and hope to see you again next year.

Garage sale

for St. Mary's

Another garage sale is being planned for this Saturday (Sept. 30) at 9 Ellis Ave. from 8 a.m. until noon. All are welcome to come and get bargains. Proceeds will be going toward the church building fund.

Horticulture

Submitted by Hans

Nielsen

"These are the fields of light, laughing air; and yellow butterflies and foraging bees; And whitish blossoms winged as these; and pale green tangles like a sea maid's hair." (Charles G.D. Roberts)

The trend in modern society is to save energy, and that goes in the garden also.

In the olden days, a clothesline was the norm around the house. But as time went by and cheap energy became the norm, many households became dependent on clothes dryers and the clothesline went out of fashion to the extent that it became out of place in the garden. Some house and subdivision builder's even make the buyers sign an agreement that they will not put up a clothesline in their yard. This is wrong. In this day and age, anything to save energy should be encouraged, be it windmills, solar panels or clotheslines.

Any garden in King Township is big enough to support a clothesline and there is no excuse for not putting one up and using it to help the environment.

Another old fashion device is the water barrel. Millions of litres of good rain water are directed down the storm sewers and away from the garden, while the gardener pumps cold, chlorine-treated water onto the garden, and pays for it on top of that. Rainwater is free. Since it's stored in the barrel, it becomes lukewarm and much better for the plants, having not been treated with chemicals. A rain barrel can be securely installed by the down spout from the eavstroughs. Screens on the lids can keep mosquitoes from entering the barrel, which is equipped with taps and overflow valves, which in turn can be connected to a second and third barrel.

The barrels should stand on a cement block. Cut off a section of the downspout with a hacksaw and use the elbow (of the downspout) to divert the water into the barrel. Rain barrels are readily available at garden nurseries and hardware stores, or they can be fashioned out of oak, oil drums or other vessels.

Also visit Water For Tomorrow's Web site at www.waterfortomorrow.co m for water efficient ideas of the garden.