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Erosion control cost set at $680,000
FISH STORY—Kevin Deters of Grand Bend has a good fish story to
tell and it happens to be true. While fishing on Manitoulin Island
Kevin hooked onto this 39 1/2 inch Pike, weighing some 15 pounds.
Barb Parsons stands behind. Citizens News Photo
Removal of sign is
ordered by council
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control, it would raise the mill
rate at least 18 mills. In addition,
the sewers are supposed to begin
to be installed in Grand Bend
next year and these will mean a
substantial increase in the mill
rate. Several of those attending
the meeting felt this would raise
taxes so high they would have to
sell out and leave,
The erosion has been caused
mostly by the stream velocity
wearing away the bank, particu-
larly where the Pollock and Walk -
er drains enter the river. Also
natural seepage of ground water
coming out the banks weakens
them.
There are two ways to stabal-
ize the bank. If you have lots of
land, grading the bank from a
verticle to a sloping bank will
avoid land sliding. However, this
is unsuitable along most of the
river bank in Grand Bend as
there is not enough room. The
other way to support the bank is
to put in some sort of support-
ing structure. Steel sheet piling
can be used, however, the soil
in the areas concerned is mostly
clay and may be saturated with
water. It would be difficult to
put in sheet piling as the clay
in the bank would not stay firm
to hold the pilings in place.
Rather, the clay would tend to
liquify and weaken causing a
land slide, For the same reason,
the erection of concrete walls in
most places is out of the question
because the footings would have
to go in so deeply.
Gabian baskets seem to be the
most practical solution to the
erosion problem as they are
heavy enough themselves to
hold the bank in place.
The worse area along the river
is just upstream of Highway No.
21, partially on the inside and
partially on the outside of a bend.
There is 420 feet which requires
immediate repairs and will cost
approximately $86,000 to fix.
Very close to being as bad as
this area is a place a little farther
upstream on the north bank of
the river on the outside of the
bend. Here 560 feet of bank needs
immediate protection and will
cost about $150,000 to repair.
In addition to these two places,
there are four other places which
require immediate attention if
they are to be protected.
The total construction costs of
course are eligible for provincial
funding assistance. The province
will pay costs of 50% of the total
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Robert Sandercott, proprietor
of the Grand Bend Flea Market,
just south of the village doesn't
think he has to take his sign down
unless others in the village do'
lakewise.
In recent months, Sandercott
has been parking his truck with a
sign advertising the flea market
in the Brewers' Retail parking
New lawyer
and group
for resort
A by-law setting up a com-
mittee of adjustment for the
village of Grand Bend will have
to wait until September for final
approval while confirmation of
members for the committee can
be reached.
Reeve Sharen reported Mon-
day night that five people have
been approached and most have
said that they would serve on the
committee which would examine
possible zoning changes and.
property disputes in the village
as an arm of the municipal
government, •
Recently, Grand Bend Coun-
cil's solicitor, Don Organ
reported that his workload was
heavy that he would prefer to
drop his duties as legal advisor to
the municipal body. He suggested
a junior partner in his firm, Peter
MacAuley, who recently became
an attorney. MacAuley met with
Grand Bend Council this week to
become acquainted with some of
the problems concerning the
village and was given a long list
of items deserving legal at-
tention, some of which date back
several years and involve the
closing of roads in the village.
Grand Bend will provide a
response to the Sarnia-Lambton
area planning committee report,
regarding future planning in the
area. All municipalities within
the county have been asked to
provide a reaction to the main
thrust of that document,
lot. Recently complaints came to
Council from pedestrians who
claimed the truck was ob-
structing traffic. Council lodged a
complaint with Sandercott that
the sign was obstructing and
"Unsightly" and OrdeVed him to
remove it.
Under the by-law restricting
signs, no one is allowed to have a
sign on village property without
the consent of Council.
Sandercott suggested that he
could move his truck back if it
was creating an Ohstructioni to
pedestrians, but Reeve Shafen
informed him that once a com-
plaint had been launched, the
whole meaning of the by-law
went into effect and that he could
no longer keep his truck and sign
parked on that property.
The Reeve suggested that he
park the truck and sign on
private property somewhere
along the Highway 21 strip, but
Sandercott stated that there was
no such place along the Highway
where he could show his sign
advantageously. He noted that'if
this by-law applied to his sign
then "there are a lot of other
signs in this village which must
exist there illegally".
Coun. Simpson responded that
most of these signs would be on
private property, not included
under the by-law but
acknowledged that there might
he some signs in town that were
on public property.
"Once we say yes to you, we
can't ethically say no to anyone
else", Sharen said.
"Okay, but you have an awful
lot of signs to take down",
responded Sandercott who then
observed that "there isn't a spot
between here and Port Franks
where I can legally put a sign.
They're all taken."
The earth's climate is going
through its biggest shift since
1700, turning slightly colder, with
greater extremes of rainfall
variation. The equatorial zones
are getting drier. Drought
threatens areas in Asia, Africa,
the Indian subcontinent and
Central America.
It's going to cost someone
$68Q,000 to protect the river
banks of the Ausable River east
of the bridge in Grand Bend from
further erosion according to an
updated study prepared by the
Ausable Bayfield Conservation
Authority. The problem emerging
now is who is going to pay how
much,
Reeve Bob Shaven stated his
opinion clearly at a public meet-
ing held Friday night to discuss
the situation.
He feels "Public funds should
not be used to repair or improve
any particular property. The mun-
icipglity (Grand Bend) should
assume a certain percentage of
the cost along with the munici-
palities of Stephen and Bosanquet
townships and the rest should
be paid by the individual proper-
ty owners,"
Reeve Sharen argued there
were more municipalities than
Grand Bend who would directly
benefit from the stopping of the
erosion of the river banks. Both
Stephen and Bosanquet have
drains running into the river and
these drains do cause a good deal
of erosion.
"If the banks of the river caved
in then you'd see just how import-
ant the maintenance of the
Ausable is to the neighbouring
townships."
If Grand Bend has to pay for
the entire cost of the erosion
Anne draws
record crowd
Another record-breaking week
at the Huron Country Playhouse
greeted the first run of ANNE OF
GREEN GABLES last week. The
Thursday evening performance,
in fact, hosted several groups,
and was the biggest audience in
the 5-year Playhouse history.
Attendance at the Grand Bend
theatre has been uneven this
summer. • The musicals have
drawn capacity crowds, while the
plays have been less successful in
terms of box office figures.
Artistic Director James Murphy
feels sure, however, that this
summer's momentum is well
established, and that large
crowds will continue for the
remainder of the season.
This Wednesday to Saturday,
Huron Country Playhouse
presents the perennial favourite
Charlie's Aunt. This is the world-
famous farce which has moved
millions to teara„of. lattglter. In
its many revivals, this play has
never failed to reach a wide and
eager audience.
Victorian values and propriety
demand that a reputable
chaperone be on hand before
members of the opposite sex may
visit each other. Charlie's Aunt is
elected to this position, but when
she is late in arriving from
Brazil, "where the nuts come
from", Charlie and Jack force
their Lord Babberly, another
Oxford undergraduate, into a wig
and skirt and he "becomes" the
aunt. All this simply so the other
two young men may have the
time to confess their feelings to
their respective true loves. But
when the real aunt comes on the
scene and in turn assumes
another character, massive
confusion and many mistaken
identities abound, before the
inevitable happy ending.
James Murphy directs this
production, his second of the
season, Mr. Murphy's earlier
effort, THE BOY FRIEND, was
well received in all aspects. Cast
members include Stan Coles,
Peter Millard, Francoise Vallee,
M.E. Evanx, Aileen Taylor
Smith, Trulie MacLeod, and
Larry Lewis, David Douglas and
Diane Swallowell, two native
Londoners, portray one of the
sets of young lovers.
While the CHARLEY'S AUNT
cast performs in Grand Bend, the
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES cast
is performing in towns all over
this part of Ontario, with the help
of a WINTARIO Touring Grant.
ANNE will then return to the
Playhouse for an extra two-week
run Aug, 25 to Sept. 5.
plus the municipality is eligible
for a supplementary grant of up
to 25% to help cover costs. If
the construction was all done in
one year, this would mean the
town's share of the cost would be
around $200,000. According to
reeve Sharer), Grand Bend cannot
afford to carry this load on its
own and since a good deal of
the Ausable Bayfield Authority
watershed drains at least partially
into the Ausable, the rest of the
conservation authority should
have to pay some of the cost of
repairs.
Reeve Sharen wants the indivi-
dual owners along the lakefront
to carry a higher percentage of
the cost than the municipality
because they will gain the most.
In the worst area, this would
mean the cost to the individuals
would be around $60 to $75 per
foot frontage. In other areas
this cost would be more or less
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repairs so the Authority can
with some, all or any of the
The Authority needs a strong
spread out among other members
of the Authority, and a further
public meeting will be called in
with the Authority and other
municipalities as to whether or
not the cost of this could be
the near future.
include this in their budget.
Council is going to talk further
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