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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-12-18, Page 17FIRE PROTECTION Fire Protection offered by the Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department to the Rural Area of Hay Township will be DISCONTINUED as of January 1st, 1976. The Police Village of Dashwood ht's been unable to negotiate an acceptable contract with Hay Township for fire protection service and is therefore forced to discontinue offering fire protection to this area. To those affected within Hay Township please con- tact your Township Clerk for information as to where you should phone in case of future fire protecti9n requirements. THE POLICE VILLAGE OF DASHWOOD TRUSTEE BOARD Take a tip from Santa . . . 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Growing Pains . Government officials ponder question of community growth Study underway Grand Bend is a community of "ifs" at this stage of its development. It's a community trying to change its image; trying to decide if it should "grow up" as a recreational centre, stay the same, or failing at both, avoid degeneration into a backwater, low real estate value tourist trap, void of proper facilities, un- sanitary, and forgotten by the tourists who are its mainstay- the tourists who spent $32 million in Lartibton county last year, According to Grand Bend Reeve Bob Sharen, the question now facing Grand Bend and the surrounding townships is one of restructuring, annexation and development; opposed to status quo as boundaries are concerned, with Grand Bend disin- corporating itself and reverting back to township control, Those two alternatives, complicated enough, to explain The Orpha Club held their Christmas meeting, Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Roy Flear, with 24 in attendance. President, Mrs, Clarke Ken- nedy opened by thanking members and others who contributed so generously for the shower gifts, which were on display for the Children's Aid at Sarnia. Each member supplied a, or understand, become even more complicated when you consider the fact provincial, county, township, and local municipal governments are all involved in the decision making process. It is not simply a question of Grand Bend saying "well folks, we talked it over and tomorrow we're going to start turning Grand Bend into Georgian Bay's Fort Lauderdale." It's not that simple because development on the scale Grand Bend would like to commit itself to, takes dollars, tax dollars, from citizens of not only Lambton county and residents of Grand Bend, but from residents all over Ontario, because Grand Bend needs Provincial support in terms of subsidy and grant. Last Friday, Reeve Sharen escorted Malcolm Martini, a planning consultant with Hedlin and Menzies Ltd., Toronto, number for the program and prizes were donated for different categories of entertainment. The quilt which had been made and donated by Mrs. Etta Baker, was won by Mrs, Jim Prance, Reeve Bob Sharen loaned his reel and projector and the ladies saw the pictures, "Many faces of Grand Bend," Next meeting will be at Mrs. Lawrence Curts in Green Acres. around. Grand Bend and im- mediate area, to show him "growth pressures" — the fac- tors prying the lid off "status quo" in Grand Bend. The Reeve, a real estate agent in private life, believes a com- munity must constantly upgrade existing facilities in addition to building new systems if it is going to maintain living standards without property depreciation. It is not enough to build new without maintaining the old, It is even harder to maintain the old, let alone build the new, when population grows and makes demands upon basic service systems like sewers and water, without an adequate lax base to support, maintain or expand such services. The Reeve believes an influx of more or less permanent residents in new subdivisiOns immediately surrounding Grand Bend put an unsupportable strain on com- mercial and utility services given the present tax base. He wanted to show Martini that situation last Friday, because Martini and his firm are responsible to Lambton County Council, and within the year, Lambton county must decide on ways to restructure, or at least plan, development of recreational and industrial areas Twenty eight members and visitors attended the United Church Women's Christmas meeting, which opened with a hot pot luck luncheon. Couples meeting The Grand Bend couples club met Saturday evening at the United church with 18 present. The group set up the outside "Nativity Scene", also donated and decorated a Christmas tree for the Sunday school. Mrs. Morley Desjardine led the group in a sing song of favorite Christmas carols and songs. An exchange of Christmas gifts was enjoyed by means of a little game. Morley Desjardine read the "Inn Keepers" story. At the close of the meeting members sat down to a turkey dinner, Grand Bend Personals Mrs. Marjorie Knight of London spent a few days last week with her sister and brother- in-law, Mr. & Mrs, Wellwood Gill, Mr. & Mrs. Jack Smith of Wiarton spent last weekend in Grand Bend, when they visited her father Ezra Webb and her aunt and uncle, Mr, & Mrs, Art Finkbeiner, Mr. & Mrs. Len Johnston of Sarnia were Sunday dinner guests with their daughter and son-in-law and grandsons, Rev. & Mrs. Harley Moore, Jonathon Denornme, and friends Pam and Jennifer Bregman of Dashwood, spent the weekend with Jon's grand- parents, Mr, & Mrs, Itoy Morenz, Glenda and Tammy. Mrs. Annie Sherritt of Parkhill visited Sunday with Mrs. Rosie Grigg. Mr. & Mrs, Roy Moreriz, Glenda and 'Tammy, were pre. ChristMaS dinner guests Sunday evening with Mr. & Mrs, Ernest Morenz, Cheri & Michelle in London. within Lambton county so that neither combine nor destroy each other. Lambton county isn't the only interested party either, The fact „ that the Provincial government is paying 80 percent of Martini's planning study, proves the province too, wonders where and how to spend money in the Lake Huron area, Reeve Sharen wanted Martini to see the answer to Grand Bend's current situation is an- nexation of subdivisions within Hay, Stephen, and Bosanquet townships into a common boundary with Grand Bend as the commercial centre, ND Page 1A Mrs. Olive Miller presided for the meeting which opened with singing favorite Christmas carols, with Mrs. Clarke Kennedy at the piano. Get well cards were passed around for Mrs. Susie Devine, and Mrs, John Lovie who are patients in Strathroy Hospital. Rev. & Mrs. Harley Moore were guests and Mr, Moore spoke to the ladies about symbols, customs and legends of Christ- mas, Several hymns from the new UC hymn book were sung. It was decided that the UCW would send $500.00 for mission work, Mrs. Bill Love volunteered to act as secretary for the coming year. Hostesses were Mrs. Raymond Kading and Mrs. Les Adams. q uniminuminumilinimnowninneum Skilly's Have CHRISTMAS TREATS for all your favorite employees & customers We have special gifts that will, really be appreciated. • CHEESE BASKETS Delicious imported cheeses, beautifully arranged in baskets or teak wood trays. We also make cheese trays for that small party or entertainment event. EUROPEAN • ADVENT CALENDARS Children love them. Open each day for 24 days befote Christmas and you'll get a delicious' reat. Visit Out Shop to See Our Selection or Telephone 235-0772 or 238.8990 MOLLY'S Delicatessen & Cheese House GRAND BEND Open 10 p.m,- 6 p.m, mimmitommotmlmommmtummomi Reeve Sharen wants to make Grand Bend a town. This would not only increase the tax base Grand Bend could draw from, but would also provide a common area interest as far as planning is concerned. The Reeve believes putting Grand Bend under a central, primarily rural oriented town- ship government would not be in the interest of a municipality dependant on tourists, Following his tour of Southcott Pines, Grand Cove estates and Van Dongen subdivisions,. Martini claimed Grand Bend is a recreational centre with a growing number of people set- tling in the area on a semi- permanent basis. Calling them "second-home" dwellers, he says they don't promote the need for industrial growth, and while he considers annexation one viable alternative he is not sure what the answer to Grand Bend's situation is. "There are principally four types of people who use facilities in Grand Bend, Martini says. "The commuter, retired people, Santa parade great success Santa Claus came to the Santa Claus parade in Grand Bend this year just as everyone knew he would. Santa left his sleigh at home though; he rode on the back of a fire truck. His parade was bigger than last year's and better, says Dennis Matbers, who has organized the event since its inception five years ago. There were 31 floats entered in the parade, drawing about 1,000 moms, dads and various off- spring to witness the event which toured down Main St., looped back upon itself, and proceeded to the Legion Hall, where Santa handed out candy to the boys and girls. Besides the boys and ' girls there were gorillas, a donkey, a shaggy dog the size of a black ' bear, and a real black bear from the Pinery Zoo, who wasn't too happy about the weather — the whole parade might have been cancelled if the rain kept up — that morning it was a downpour according to Hans DeJong. ,,, Sources say the .gorillas were really the town foreman and Gary Lovie in disguise, but who can be sure? They didn't get candy anyway. Cash prizes of $15, $10, and $5 were awarded for the top three commercial and non-commercial floats in the parade. First prize for the commercial float went to Bell Aerospace and the Green Forest Motel, who jointly created a float for the event. Second went to Dale's Esso with Prospers Garage winning third. Best non-commercial float was the Lions club entry. The Brownies won second prize and Grand Bend United Church, third. cottage owners and day-use visitors." Because of the situation, Martini agrees with Sharen that Grand Bend is in an unique position. He is not sure however, that creation of a "separate town" is the answer. Martini is not exactly sure what the answer is because of Darcy McKeough, the provincial treasurer. 1VIeKeough is chairman of the steering committee that hired Martini to make his planning study. McKeough, as provincial treasurer represents the Province's decision to postpone regional government because of high costs incurred by municipalities cashing in on increased availability of funds through provincial programs and grants. McKeough also personifies a recommendation made by the committee of the Report of the Special Program Review which states, "present special and transitional financial assistance to regional governments not be increased or extended, so that new regions will be required to assume full responsibility • for their future expenditure decisions." In simpler terms, the province doesn't intend to pay for municipal development schemes, So Martini has to weld government aims to the municipal ambitions of areas like Grand Bend. That's why Martini says there are a number of alternatives open to the village of Grand -Bend. He says there is an obvious common interest between Grand. Bend and the northern part -of Bosanquet because of the Pinery Provincial Park, He says until now Grand Bend and surrounding townships have functioned through interim agreements for essential services like water. That could continue. He says Grand Bend might benefit through joint planning with townships like Hay, Stephen and Bosanquet, Then again, Martini says joint planning arrangements generally haven't worked out well in the past, "But communities can do anything if they have a will and are willing to surrender some of their power to each other," he adds. As far as creating a separate town called Grand Bend through annexation, Martini is hesitant. "Something to considee,the says, "but it must be remembered small towns tend to outgrow themselves as far as land use," The only alternative Martini hasn't commented upon is restructuring of the township and county boundaries. Maybe Grand Bend should be part of Huron County, or Mid- dlesex, or stay after all, in Lambton, controlled by a central regional government? "If" is a big word, but one gets the feeling Martini and the Lambton County council intend to keep that word in front of everything they say — at least until January, when Martini is scheduled to make a definite statement about the point he intends to make in his planning study. Local woman wins quilt • at Orpha Club meeting Pot luck lunch held for UCW meeting