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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-08-20, Page 17Several new babies ma Pineridge Zoo near Grand Bend has been a regular maternity hospital this sumnler..QWner Ted Relouw has been playing: midwife to a strange -.IitsSertMent of mothers, The largest new family in the Zeo are the coatimundis. An uncountable number - of young ones are on the loos.e;', reaming the grounds, These Senth American animals. resemble the raccoon, with, long ringed tails, and cute faces, Relouw says that the - babies crawled out the mother's cage when they were very Small, and have now4grown 'big and can't get back -in, They stay close by, SO Relouw lets them enjoy their freedom. Nearby, two mother rhesus monicies have given birth to babies thiS summer. The mothers care for their new borns as tenderly as any human would, They cradle them in their arms, and run their- hands . over the tiny wrinkled, faces. They even clean the. babies' ears regularly, The Zoo 'also has a. new Llama, born this. summer, It is _growing quickly and copies the mannerisms of the three adults that share the Pen. Another youngster Is the wooleyi black and white four horned sheep, The, baby will come -. to the fence and. take -peanuts from anyone who offers_ them, and eats them, shells .and all. • Twins were born to proud peccarie parents this summer. Peccaries are, wild boars. The two little ones are already on a diet of .corn, and snorting like, their parents.. The nursery atmosphere continues, Relouw says that three more mothers will be having babies early this fall. He is hoping for: a . good 'healthy Cougar, a -little baboon and a young Brazza monkey. • The baboon' family always ptits on a show for zoo goers. The mean Old, father is Willing to demonstrate his. The Brazza monides are the dominance over the family. bearded creatures who ital resemble a certain Ayatollah in. Iran, zoo a•maternit 4 SHY VISITOR — A baby coatimundi is reluctant to get close, but can't turn down the offer of a peanut. The coatimundi reaches out a long arm to take the snack from . Bert Vanden- bygaart, who lives next door to Pineridge Zoo. Staff Photo Price Per Copy 35 Cents. AUGUST 20, 1980 Page 1A oroner backs guards No liqUor licence A FACE ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE A mother rhesus monkey protectively holds 'her baby and glares at the camera. The baby was born eight weeks ago at Pineridge Zoo near Grand Bend. Staff Photo :A LONG: REACH spider anankey stretches. his fang sirm , to reach intcKzookeeper.Ted Relouwls pocket-in search', of peppermints. His mate watches from below, hoping he'll, find the candy.' Relouw has taught the monkey to give him a 'hug and kiss, too. Pineridge Zoo is located three miles south of Grand Bend just off highway 21. Staff Photo Cruisers zoned for club should be looked at next spring, and the matter left for the next council to deal with in the fall after the election. In another letter to council, Terry Crabe of the Ministry of Natural Resources at Pinery Park gave the village suggestions to prevent wind erosion onthe beach. Council asked Crabe for advice after lake front - residents complained about drifting sand. Crabe is to attend the next meeting, Fred Waring attended the meeting Monday night to ask council's permission to rent. out "wet bikes" on the beach. Council told him that he could not set by a com- mercial operation on the beach because that area was zoned environmental' protection. Waring was asked to get more complete plans and talk to council members further. Councillors Keith Crawford and Judy Uniac declared a conflict of in- Please turn to page 3A Council adopted the plannipg board's suggestions at their regular meeting Monday night. The planning board met the previous Tuesday. Reeve Robert Sharen and councillor Bill Baird declared a conflict of ' in- terest when another suggestion from the planning board came up. The two men are members of Ausable Holdings, which owns a large empty lot north of Main Street in the village. The planning board reported that John Brock of Ausable Holdings wants to build a six unit town house on the lot. The board approved the idea in principle, but expressed some concerns about yards and parking spaces. Council members went along with the board's suggestions, asking Ausable Holdings for a site plan agreement, and a deposit for changes required in the zoning by-law. Council asked that the necessary documentation be prepared by the Lambton county, planning department. Concern about parking came up again at the planning board meeting when Norman Lynn asked about developing a structure of miniature stores or boutiques en his property next door to the Bluewater Hardware. The board said that they Would look further into his idea when he draws up a plan. - Reeve Sharen told council Monday night 'that a closed meeting was being planned to discuss zoning problems with Grand Cove Estates. Sharen said that the matter should be dealt with at a meeting of their solicitor, council, planning board, and the Lambton county planner. Planner Rudy Kohut in- formed council and planning board last week that he will only be in Grand Bend once A crusade has been launched across min nation, and I am asking you to take up the cause. It's time the fight began, ladies and gentlemen. We cannot ignore it any longer, for the problem grows worse and wore. I am talking about those who would destroy the natural beauty of our country. We must pick up after those who drop candy bar wrappers and empty pop cans on our scenic land- scape. But the. problem I want to deal with today is far worse than simple litter. I am talking about the en- croaching horror of tacky lawn ornaments, We can't let it go any further. Everyday new Plastic swans or gaudy pink flamingoes spring up on the lawns of our nation. They must be crushed. We must stop people from putting little statues of black men in their front yards. Not only are they racist -- they're ugly. They no longer serve a need, as they stand there with their hand holding out a hitching ring. Who ties tip their car? Many of them stand their holding lanterns, but have you ever seen one of the lanterns lit? No! Others sit there looking ridiculous, holding fishing poles with the bait hanging in mid air. In a letter to Grand Bend council, Dr. W.F. O'Connor said that lifeguards and police responded "promptly, thoroughly, and properly" to the drowning which occurred on the main beach July 20. Dr. O'Connor said that as coroner he made a thorough investigation 'of the incident because of , complaints from Nancy Bonk and Marcia Osborne of Windsor. The two women called the actions of ''""tht - lifegtiardt and police "inept" anti. "confused." They said that precious minutes were wasted before the' body was found. Jong Mok Lee, 39, of Bramalea, drowned in water over his head, He was a non- swimmer. Dr. O'Connor said that an inquest was unnecessary. He said he discussed the drowning with police and lifeguards. O'Connor made two recommendations to council but said that they had no bearing on the drowning. The suggestions came up as a result of his discussion with the lifeguards and police. He said that a more ef- fective means of com- BY MARY ALDERSON Most of them sit there with .the paint chipping and peeling on their little faces. But do the owners ever take time to re-paint them? No, they just let what is already ugly grow uglier. And then there's the problem of dwarfs. Many peole take pleasure in standing Sneezy, Dopey and Grumpy in the middle of their lawns. You'd think they'd recognize the folly of their ways when they had to mow the grass around them, Once again,a kind of prejudice is promoted. How do they think short people feel? Once the disease of tacky lawn ornaments has spread that far, the next step is the dreaded pink flamingo. The plastic long-legged bird is rammed into grass, flower beds and even vegetable gardens. After pink flamingoes, you see birds'of any kind. Flocks of little yellow duckies waddle behind a plaster Mama Duck. Chickens are scattered on otherwise at- tactive lawns. People who wotildn't dream of allowing a real flock of hens near their carefully groomed lawn will take leave of their senses and let ceramic chicks all over it. You can forgive people for erecting bird baths in their flower bed, because they think they are serving some municatiort between the guards was .needed, such as. walkie-talkies. The whistle now used cannot be heard between the chairs, if the beach is crowded. O'Connor also called the resuscitator cumbersome, outdated and ineffective. He Suggested that portable oxygen 'cylinders with oxygen masks, Amuba bags, and small plastic airways should be. used.. . Councillor HarOld Green said that walkie talkies were purchased a few years ago, but they were mishandled and didn't work properly.He said .that council has a difficult time keeping the lifeguards supplied with binoculars, because they were frequently broken, damaged, .or lost, Councillor Keith Crawford suggested that the lifeguards be asked to ,purchase their own walkie talkies and binoculars at the beginning of the season, and then if they return thetii in good condition at the end . of the summer, they receive a refund. Reeve Sharen said that O'Connor'sreCommendations maNSErniMMIGHO purpose. But when the bird bath is high and dry, and obviously hasn't held water in six months, it should be removed. We must watch out for people who set china birds in their bird bath, not leaving room for real birds to go for a swim. And then there's the worst of all tacky lawn ornaments - the crystal ball. Actually they aren't crystal at all but a shiny surface that distorts the face of anyone who looks at them. These things are bad enough, but some people even erect moving lawn ornaments. Large windmills painted red and Orange sit spinning all day, serving no useful purpose whatsoever. Other things that I'll .call whirly-gigs for lack of a better name are worse. Even some weather vanes should be outlawed. Keep an eye on people with petunias growing in wheelbarrows. Tomnrrow they may have plastic swan planters. Those who set so- called antiques in their front yards may actually be harbouring a desire to put out tacky lawn ornaments. We can't let this movement to clutter up natural beauty With plastic continue. It must be stopped. Get out there and steal a pink flamingo. Plant a nice green shrub in its place. along with resident Harold Langley. Crabe suggested in his letter that a barrier be built to hold the sand in place. Then American beach grass should be planted, as it takes effect immediately and dunes would be formed. Once the beach was stabilized, willow and poplar trees could be planted. Crabe stressed that pedestrian traffic would have to be limited on—the beach while the grass was rooting. Gill was also fined more than $1700 earlier this summer for breaking village by-laws. He was charged for not paying transient traders fees, breaking noise by-laws and contravening zoning by- laws. He has not yet paid Lieutenant governor Pauline McGibbon will at- tend the Friday evening performance of Annie Get Your Gun at Huron Country Playhouse. Playhouse staff have arranged to take Mrs. McGibbon and her party to dinner before the production. Her Honour's party will include her husband Don McGibbon, friends Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Gregory and an aide-de-camp. Attending for the playhouse will be board chairman Len C. Evans and Mrs. Evans, vice chairman Jim Kneale and Mrs. Kneale, Barbara Ivey of the Property owned by the Grand Bend Cruising Club will be zoned to ac- commodate a club house, but with some restrictions. Grand Bend council adopted a suggestion from the village's planning board concerning the club's land, which was known as the Sherwood property in Green Acres. According to the planning board, some residents in the Green ACres area objected to the club selling liquor on their premises. Their ob- jections had raised a con- troversy about the club being in a residential area. Council took up the planning board's suggestion that the zoning be changed, but no liquor licence be, issued to the club for the sale of drinks. Six charges have been laid against casino lessee Jim Gill as the result of a party which got out of hand Saturday night. Ontario Provincial Police were called to a party at Wood- ward and Centre streets in the early hours of Sunday morning. Gill has been charged with obstructing an officer, assaulting a police officer, being intoxicated in a public place, and displaying. liquor in a public place. Along with John Paisetzki, he has been charged with two counts of mischief. The mischief charges were laid against the pair after a plexiglass window in the OPP paddy wagon was broken, and a ventilating fan in the cell block at the Grand Bend police station was damaged. Paisetzki was also charged resisting arrest and being intoxcicated in a public place. The two were remanded in custody and taken to Sarnia. They were released Monday on their their own recognizance and are to appear in provincial court in Forest on September 2. more .before he moves to 'Australia. The next planning board meeting will be September 22. After that all planning- board meetings will be on the fourth Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. MENS.M"'-4011010MaitrAVNUks ' '"‘"M.WItEdS',41MaWalr Join the crusade arrs reirausings those fines. Gill rented the casino from owner Paul Fraleigh this summer ands' attempted to revive the old building. Many of his plans were blocked by health and safety inspectors.. advisory board, and Mr. Ivey, board member Adrian Bayley and Mrs. Bayley, secretary Linda McKenzie, artistic director Aileen Taylor-Smith, manager Marc Quinn, and publicity director Heather Redick and Mr. Redick. After the performance of Annie Get Your Gun, Mrs. McGibbon will be taken back stage to meet the cast. Then a reception will be held in the court yard so that the public can meet Mrs. McGibbon- Some tickets for the performance are still available, and rush seats will be sold that night. owdy party results in many charges being laid Pauline McGibbon to visit playhouse COME ON, ROCKY — Rocky Raccoon,a new addition to, Pineridge Zoo, takes d snack offered him by Bob Vandenbygaart. Bob lives next door to the too, which is located south Staff 'Photo of Grand Bend just off highway 21.