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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2011-08-17, Page 1010 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, August 17, 2011 PVC te'etl't Alt u',i tVRNttI'Re ter l'hwu�t NEW • lied, • Nkkrr • CON 411m.la.,g • Italian • ti.enert«ik • Actress les Excerpts From Our History Book Written By: Pat & Max Morden "Imagine fr)r a moment living in Huron County in the' mid -nineteenth century. Your cabin is surrounded by thick firest. Each acre' of cleared land takes months of back -breaking labour. The roads are muddy tracks, often passable only in the winter..." "I f the use of phones in Zurich itself was revolutionary, imagine what it must have meant to have service on firms. Suddenly the doctor, the fire brigade, family members, neighbours and suppliers were just a call away..." Book Launch fc:NtIo 9011 Sept.rmber 17t.h Bltrt'wdtt.ri' Community Ce'nt.r't', Zurich Open House Everlt. 2 I) ill. to 4 p nl. Book Launch - 3 I-) ell. Hay Communications 100 Years - Celebrate With Us Coastal report for dune grass does not go far enough says councilor Lynda Hillman -Replay Lakeshore Advance On June 16, representatives of council, municipal staff and members of The I.ake Huron Centre for Coastal Conserva- tion stet to discuss the improvements to the Lambton Shores Beach Management practices. More particular sand management as it relates to the current design and the rip currents occurring at the pier and the dangerous condi- tions they present to the gen- eral public. highlighted recommenda- tions from the Coastal Centre were discussed at the August 8 regular council meeting. Dep- uty Elizabeth Davis Dagg said there were strong voices for and against the dune grass in Grand Bend and she wants to make sure whatever is decided is done with public. input. Councilor Dave Maguire said this report is only part of what he had intended when he asked for a staff report. Ile would like to see the rest of a report with details regarding the dune grass in front of the beach house - as his plan was to have that moved. "We don't want to shoot ourselves in the foot here," said Councilor Mar- tin Underwood," Let's do this right. Let's get the second part including costs, of this report" The report council received from the Coastal Centre last week included: Creation of a Rip Current i�' Let s do this right. Let's get the second part including costs, of this report." -- Martin Underwood Awareness Program: A pro- gram would assist the gen- eral public in becoming more aware of the area and the dan- gers of swimming in areas which are prone to strong rip currents. It was also recom- mended that a planting of native grasses may assist in minimizing sand movement. Native Plant Gardens: The Coastal Centre is recommend- ing that the Marram Grass, which was purchased from the Pinery Park, be aug- mented to include other types of native grasses such as Long Leaved Reeds, and Little Blue Stem. Greenhouses through- out Lambton Shores readily have these plants available. These costs could be included within the 2012 operating budget. Staff are also review- ing various partnerships for the planting and maintaining of these areas. Beach Plots: In general these plots relate to the dune grass areas that are located through -out the beach west of the beach house. I)ue to the shallowness of the plant- ing these plants have been unable to thrive. The Coast('' Centre is recontntendin, , the planting program continue with their assistance. Staff would like to ask the local pub- lic school for assistance in this planting program. The Coastal Centre also commented that to provide protection to the investment of the Beach improvements such as the boardwalk, retaining the Dune Grass is an impor- tant instrument for this. Armour Stones: The armour stone in mentioned are located between the dune gardens and the water. They were originally designed to frame the dunes themselves but it is believed these may become a bit of a hazard once sand begins to collect over top of them. Staff would like to remove the stones from the inside of the dunes as these are already beginning to become buried. The armour stone, along with the snow fence which is scheduled to he removed next spring, have assisted in protecting the fledging dune plots. During the recent volleyball tourna- ment participants and observ- ers used these areas as seats to watch the games. Preliminary estimates to remove the armour stone is approximately $30,000.00. Lambton Shores and Rotary launch new Grand Bend beach website QMI Agency A new beach website www. thegrandbendbeach.cont is being introduced as another co-operative effort between the Grand Bend Rotary Club and the Municipaiity of Lambton Shores. It is meant to give both local residents and visitors general information about the (;rand Bend Beach as well as water and weather conditions. this website results after dis- cussions between Rotary's Clean Water Now committee and the municipality of Lamb - ton Shores. Rotary offered to construct the website and then turn it over to Lambton Shores who will maintain and update the ongoing information. Also it is planned to enhance and add more features and infor- mation to the site in the near future. The website was constructed by Jason Penlbleton of 'Toronto who also built Rotary's www. autumnindulgence.conl web- site. Also the plain menu con- tains photography provided by local artist, David Bannister as well as a welwam shot courtesy of the (rand Bend Yacht club. The water information reports the latest lake wa E.coli readings. Because takes several days to get the water sample test results back from the lab, this can not be lot the current date. llowevet, Lambton Shores is presently studying and compiling info( illation using past E.roll results as well as wind, water and other environmental information col- lected from weather stations and the SWiM monitor in front of the beach house (shown below) and they hope to lw in it position In coming years to pre- dict the swimmable conditions in real time.