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Why it’s positively criminal how funny the upcoming Iroquois-Matilda Lions pro-duction of Monday Always Leads to Murder is!

Some of the characters die laughing.

Following in a tradition that dates back nearly 30 years, the Iroquois Lions (and friends) are taking to the stage at Upper Canada Playhouse this month with their latest theatrical offering, Pat Cook’s Monday Always Leads to Murder. 

These highly anticipated plays, which are presented every two years, are one of the major fund raisers for the Iroquois-Matilda Lions. 

Lions clubs have long been noted for their support of charitable organizations and works in South Dundas. The community often turns to area Lions for financial and volunteer support. 

Funds raised  by the productions at the Playhouse are invested right back into the South Dundas community. 

Ticket holders for the 2012 production can look forward to an evening of laugh-out-loud comedy and to ensuring that the Iroquois-Matilda Lions can continue to be a strong presence in the South Dundas community. 

The show’s volunteer cast has been in rehearsals since early February. As opening night gets closer, the production is transferring April 4 to the Playhouse.  Rehearsals  have been held at St. John’s Anglican Church, Iroquois, and the Iroquois United Church. 

The cast is having a lot of fun with the play, which is set in the seedy New York office of one Harry Monday, private eye. The year is 1939: Prohibition has lately been repealed, Humphrey Bogart is big at the box office, Al Capone is big in Chicago and women (at least where Harry is concerned) are still “stacked.”

Harry will certainly have his hands full coping with dames, would-be actors, cops, burglars, mysterious Egyptian professors and bodies that just keep popping up at the most inconvenient times when he takes on the sinister Barnstable case. 

The fantastic set for the show has been designed by John Thompson of the Playhouse and constructed by a crew under the leadership of Lion Jim Locke.  Sean Free, technical director of the Playhouse, is operating sound and lights for the show. Wendy Gibb is directing.

Tickets are $20 each for the evening shows, April 26-28, and for the Saturday matinee: they are going very quickly. Contact any Iroquois Matilda Lion, Mustard’s Variety or Upper Canada Playhouse for tickets to Monday Always Leads to Murder.  

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For info on the dogs or how to adopt a dog please call the South Dundas Animal Shelter 613-913-1476

To see more pictures and videos of all the dogs at the South Dundas Animal Shelter please go to the Facbook page: South Dundas Pet Rescue 

Cookie: 3-4 year old, Black Lab/Border Collie Mix. Not neutered. Some house-training. Amazingly friendly, fun-loving boy. Likes to play, loves people. Really, really needs a chance. Smart dog, very trainable and he keeps getting overlooked at the Shelter. Cookie is a really good natured dog who is looking for someone just to give him a chance…he has a favourite ball that he plays with all by himself and it is heart-breaking to see this happy guy so lonely….We suspect Cookie will need some house-manner training and leash training, but with his Lab and Border Collie mix, we figure he will be quick to learn whatever his new family wants to teach him. A real gem looking for a place to fit in.

Prestin: Under one year, male Shepherd mix puppy. Not neutered. Really smart, fun loving pup, with good disposition. Very trainable, likes to play & likes his new toy (in picture). Will be a fairly large sized dog. Is a really happy boy and really likes people.

Ellie: female, house-trained, 3-4 years. Recently had pups. Suspected unkind background. Ellie needs a single owner or quiet couple, no children and no other dogs. Ellie needs kindness, love and a gentle guiding hand to help her. Ellie has some personality issues so she would make a very special project for a kind and loving person…a dog really needing to be shown how to live life. Ellie, definitely needs to be spayed asap.

Gilmor: Happy male puppy, under one year, who so wants out of the Shelter so he can run and play (like other puppies) with a new and loving family. Beautiful, young mix Shepherd, good personality, not a big dog, smart boy. Poor Gilmor is a happy little guy who has spent too many weeks at the South Dundas Animal Shelter and should be out and about playing and being loved by a kind and loving forever family. He is not going to be a big dog when he grows up, but we suspect he is very smart and will make a very handsome pet. He is of course also near the age where he should be neutered…and it is likely he would need his series of puppy shots.

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The Eastern Ontario Health Unit is confirming the summer’s first human case of West Nile Virus in the region. 

Mosquitoes in the area served by the Health Unit tested positive for the virus in August, but human cases had only occurred in other regions of the province.

“This finding shows that West Nile virus remains a concern in our area, even towards the end of the summer” says Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, Medical Officer of Health. 

“I urge all residents to keep on taking preventive measures to protect themselves and their families as mosquitoes will still be active until the first frost.”

Residents can take precautions against mosquitoes and therefore against the virus by taking the following steps:

• Use federally registered personal insect repellents, such as those containing DEET. Use a light coating on exposed skin. Follow label instructions for proper application.

• Wear light-coloured clothing, long sleeves, pants and socks when outside.

• Avoid being outside at dusk and dawn, as mosquitoes are the most active at that time.

• Ensure that all containers in or around the yard like tires, pool covers, saucers for flowerpots, wading pools and children’s toys are regularly emptied of standing water.

• Ensure that screens, windows and doors are fully sealed to prevent mosquitoes from entering the house.

For more information, visit www.eohu.ca and click on the Community Health section, or call 613-933-1375 or 1 800 267-7120 and ask for Health Line.

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