Volume 14, Issue 27 Serving Lowell Area Readers Since 1893 Wednesday, May 16. 1990 Showboat talent show, Friday, May 18 The Lowell Showboat Tal- ent Search 90 this Friday, May 18, will narrow down 30 acts to the nine that will appear on the deck of the irr Robert E. Lee on Showboat nights. June 19, 20 and 21. The 30 acts that were cho- BREAKFAST AT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH sen from the initial 45 acts at the Search '90 auditions held There will be a Pancake Breakfast at the First Congrcga- in April, will participate in ^tional Church of Lowell. 404 N. Hudson St. this Saturday, Talent '90 at 7 p.m. to deter- "May 19 from 8 to II a.m. Prices are S3.50 for adults and mine the final nine acts that $1.50 for children under 12. will appear on Showboat. The Showboat will feature COME TO THE BAND/CHOIR CONCERT! three amatuer acts each night. Lowell Showboat Talent The Music Department of Lowell High School would like Search Chairman, Nancy to cordially invite the public to attend the High School Band Raymor said, "I think it will and Choir Concert this Thursday, May 17 at 7 p.m. in the make for an exciting Talent Search '90." High School gym. "A Hard Knocks Life" performed at the Lowell Showboat last year. This year nine The 30 acts that were cho- acts will be chosen to appear on the Robert E. Lee center stage. The acts will be sen to participate Friday night ^ BUSHNELL PLAY WILL BE AIRED ON LCTV chosen this Friday, May 18 at Talent Search '90 at the Lowell Amphitheatre or the include nearly a half dozen Middle School gym in case of rain. The Bushnell Fifth Grade musical, "Mirror Mirror" will home grown acts. The team be shown on Lowell Cable TV, Channel 9. of Kristen Ford and Erin Vroman Dance School in The public is encouraged children under 12 and chil- The musical will be shown on Wednesday, May 16 at 5 Webber, Gena Buhler, the Saranac. Becky Raymor will to attend the Talent Search dren under six are free. p.m.: Thurs., May 17 at 6 p.m.; Friday, May 18 at 7 p.m. Robert E, Lee dance group be performing a baton routine '90 Program on Friday and Come on out and support and Saturday, May 19 at 10 a.m. of Bethany Webber and Sean and Alicia Harris will be per- cheer on their favorite. The your Showboat and local tal- Precious, all from the Pam forming a vocal selection. cost is $3 for adults; $2 for ents. VFW STEAK DINNER THIS SATURDAY The VFW Steak Dinner will be this Saturday, May 19 0from 4 to 8 p.m. at the VFW Hall, 307 E. Main St., Lowell. Light-hearted Lock-Up activity Dinner includes steak, baked potato, and salad bar. | ON VIEW AT LAAC GALLERY aims to out Cancer behind bar An exhibit by Lowell Middle School and High School \rt and Photography students opened Sunday, May 13 in The American Cancer So- Unit, 364-6121. the Gallery of the Lowell Area Arts Council at 149 South ciety volunteers need your Give the Cancer Society Hudson St., Lowell. help! There are five jailsites the name and location of the A reception in honor of these young artists will be held in Kent County that need to person you wish to have on Wednesday, May 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The public is be filled to capacity in order "locked-up" and they will ^encouraged to attend. This exhibit remains on view through to help arrest the growth of come and "arrest*' that person May 31. CANCER. and take them before a The Gallery is open to the public Monday through Friday, The Great American Lock- "judge". The "judge", a local I to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Up is a light-hearted activity resident, will then set "bail" Closed holidays. Special group viewings may be arranged aimed at putting an end to a for that person. It is then the by appointment. very serious disease. Arres- responsibility of the "Arres- tees" raise money by calling tee" to solicit help from his LOWELL SHOWBOAT HAPPENINGS! friends to "bail' them out! friends, family, etc. to raise Jailsites are located in that "baif. Anyone wishing to place an ad in the Showboat program Grandville, Wyoming, down- this year should contact Showboat ticket office at 897-8280 town Grand Rapids and the All proceeds go to the Y, * T: ^or Jim Reagan at 897-7179. jailsite in Lowell is located at American Cancer Society. ® Don't forget the Showboat Talent Show is this Friday, the Ridgeview Plaza between Because of the support given May 18 at 7 p.m. at the Amphitheatre or the Middle School Lowelectronics and the R- to the American Cancer Soci- in case of bad weather. Place Restaurant. ety, research and education ICAN LCCKOP: Showboat/Arrowhead Father's Day Golf Scramble is June Anyone can be arrested! has advanced to the degree 17. it is a two-man scramble of 18 holes at Arrowhead Golf The more, the merrier! To that patients aren't always Course. Divisions are Senior Men's, Men's Open, and *> m lock your BOSS, YOUR given the death-sentence Women's Open. $10 per team. A great way to kick off SECRETARY, YOUR when diagnosed with Cancer. Showboat week. SUPERVISOR, YOUR Please support The Great Lowell Showboat tickets for three nights, June 21, 22 GODFATHER, OR EVEN American Lock-Up..Help us and 23 may be purchased over the phone or at the ticket THE OLD BALL AND put Cancer behind bars for office in the Flat River Antique Mall. The number to call CHAIN...simply call Lock- good! This event runs from Vis 897-8280. Up Central at the American Tuesday, May 15 through Tickets are SI2 for reserved seating and SIO general ad- Cancer Society, Kent County Thursday, May 17. mission. APPLICATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIP AT LAAC PICASSO AND BRAQUE AT THE CENTER College students studying any area of the fine arts (music, Help - Send $$$ drama, dance, creative writing, visual arts and photography, The film "New Ways of Seeing" will be shown at the etc.) during the 1990-91 school year are eligible to apply Lowell Area Arts Center Thursday evening. May 24 at 7:30 Gerald "Jerry" Patton was the first person locked up for the Lowell Area Arts Council's Louise Harper Memorial p.m. Tuesday morning in the American Cancer Society's The film traces the collaboration of Picasso and Braque Scholarhip. "Great American Lockup". Patton's employees at the Pat- ^ Applications are available at the Arts Council, 149 S. in the years before World War I and shows how 75 years ton-JRB Agency had him put away with bail set at $1,000. later this brief collaboration remains the most radical and "Hudson. Deadline for application is May 18. The fundraiser continues thru Thursday. The jail is lo- influential works cast up by a tumultuous century. cated at next to Radio Shack in the Ridgeview Shopping Admission is S2 at the door Refreshments w ill be served. Main St., cont'd., pg. 24 Center. The Lowell Ledger - Wednesday. May 16, 1990 • Page 2 The Lowell Ledger - Wednesday. May 16, 1990 - Page 3 Obituaries •) Coming Events of St. Isidores Holy Name COOK - Harvey S. Cook, DO RAN - Corwin G. Standale, and Jerome Miller KUZMA - Mr. Thaddeus Weekes. Both Mr. and Mrs Society and a retired em- Weekes were Lowell High aged 92, of Lowell, formerly Doran, aged 20, of Lowell, of Sparta: his grandmother, Kuzma, aged 67, of Ada. for- Notices in the Ledger's "Com- VFW Post. 307 W. Main Street. V.F.W. Post 8303 at 7:30 p.m. MAY 17,18 A 19: Poppy Days MON., MAY 21: 7 p.m. Alto TUES., MAY 22: The Annual ployee of Kelvinator. A Mass of Sparta, died May 12, 1990. died unexpectedly Saturday, Gertrude Smith of Ravenna; merly of Grand Rapids, a vet- School graduate, Mrs ing Events" are free of charge Lowell. Admission is $1, prizes. Public Support the veterans of Clark- Elementary PTC will hold its meeting of the Alton Church So- ciety and the Alton Cemetery Survived by his wife, Edna; May 12. 1990 of accidental several aunts, uncles and eran of WWII, passed away of Christian Burial was celeb- Weekes in 1924 and Mr to any non-profit organiza- welcome. Ellis Post No. 152. American final meeting for the 89- 90 rated Tuesday at St. Patrick's tion in the Lowell, Ada, Alto, EVERY SECOND WEDNES- Legion Auxiliary and the Vete- school year. A dessert ex- Association will be held at 7:30 daughters, Vivian Owens of injuries. He was preceded in cousins. Corwin was a former unexpectedly Friday, May II, Weekes in 1925, He is sur- and Saranac area. We prefer DAY: GFWC - Lowell Woman's EVERY MON. & TUES. MORN- rans of Foreign Wars No. 8303 change. election of officers and p m at Alton Church. 1990. Surviving are his wife. Church, Pamell. Interment vived by his daughter, Mar- Herman. MS. Rheia (Nor- death by his brother, student at Ravenna High such notices to be kept brief Club hold a monthly luncheon ING - Coffee Break Bible Study. Buy a poppy Your donation is the fall fundraiser will be cho- St. Patrick's Cemetery. man) Johnson, Lowell: sisler, Raymond in 1980. Surviving School. Mass of Christian Norma Jean: three sons and jorieW.