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Times -Advocate, June 8, 1983
New townhouse units
may spur development
The first redevelopment in
the old northwest section of
Grand Bend is off and runn-
ing. The new Woodward
Street Townhomes have been
landscaped and finished and
two of the six have been sold.
The installation of the
sewer system made • the
development possible and.
Ausable Holdings, a consor-
tium of area investors, made
use of the available (Ind to
build six sturdy and tight
units to be sold at a modest
price.
The units are as energy ef-
ficient as possible according
to today's building standards.
Between each is extra insula=
tion against sound. Ontario
Hydro estimates that each
can be heated for $500 a year. -
They are equipped with elec-
tric heating units ther-
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each room.
In building,"the group met
all of the village's new stan-
dards codes, the one variance
was to • move the building
slightly to allow for the reten-
tion of some ancient oak
trees.
The houses feature two
well-lightedstoreyswith three
bedrooms, two bathrooms, an
open concept on the main
floor and a full basement.
Owners will own the land the
width of their homes from
Park Street to Woodward:
• Architect John Brock, one
of the members of Ausable
Holdings said Saturday that
some of the summer -only cot-
tages in the area were priced
higher,than the new homes.
He praised the location for its
proximity to the shopping
area and its easy walking
distance to the popular main
beach.
• The group is optimistic that
the new development will
spark other redevelopment in
the older sections of the
village. Brock mentions the
effort of cottage owners in the
area this year to improve
their summer homes.
The western portion of the
village, which grew 'like Top-
sy' has been troubledmore
and more by narrow streets
and difficult parking on busy
summer days. The
developers look at redevelop-
ment n conforming with
village standards, as chang-
ing those problems in the
village.
The Woodward houses have
provided parking from the
NOTICE OF,
ONTARIO MUNICIPAL
BOARD NEARING
To be held Thursday, July 7th, 1983, at
1:00 p.m., Council Chambers, Grand
Bend re: Restricted Area By-laws 5012B
of 1981 and 5017 of 1981.
By-law 50128/81 is to amend By-law 5010/80
to add provision permitting erection of one -
family dwelling on existing undersized lot in
ony residential zone. All other provisions of
By-law 5010/80 must be complied with.
By-law 5017/81 is to amend By-law 5010/80
to resolve objections and correct inconsisten- .
cies, errors and oversights in By-law 5010/80.
Schedules "A to E" and the location map show
the lands where the zoning has been changed.
DIANNE MOLLARD, AMCT(A)
CLERK TREASURER
VILLAGE OF GRAND BEND
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The Village of Grand Bend
is looking for proposals to install, supp-
ly and oerate a coin operated
Laundromat
at the new Harbour Commission
Building on River Road in Grand Bend.
The available space to be leased is ap-
proximately 27 x 14 feet. Interested
parties are asked to submit.their pro-
posals in writing on or before 12 p.m.
June 15, 1983, to the
Village of Orand Bend ,
Box 340, Grand Bend, Ontario
NOM 1TO
Attention: Dianne Mollard.
Furthor particulars are available at
this office. (238-8461)
Park Street side ( with a road
allowance of 20 feet) where
there was no legal parking.
According to village stan-
dards, no cars may be park-
ed on the road pavement.
They have also provided
guest parking. There is a por-
tion along the side of Wood-
ward street where parking is
allowed also.
The remaining homes are
priced at just under $55.000
with the asking price for the
end unit of $56,500. Fixtures,
carpeting, cupboards and
flooring are included in the
price. There are provisions
for a central vacuum system
on each floor. Exteriors are
maintenance, free and park-
ing spaces are paved.
Brock, who was showing a
furnished model, Saturday,
said he hoped the develop-
ment'would be the first to set
an example of what might be
done in the future for the re-
mainder of the area.
Homeowners in the area have
been interested in the new
development to gather ideas
for their own homes. .
Members of the company
behind the project are, from
Grand Bend, George
Kadlecik, Brock. Al Best and
Bill 3aird. Another member
'is Bruce Butt. London.
Seniors plan
many events
Grand Bend Golden Agers
niet Wednesday afternoon at
St. John's Parish Hall with 34
in attendance for a pot luck
smorgasbord picnic meal at 1
plm.
Prior to the heginning of the
business meeting, represen-
' tatives from Sarnia, Gordon
Love and Jennifer Scott spoke
to the group for a few minutes
on Card of Life, council for
Seniors.
President. Irene 'Ward
chaired the business. .A sing
song of old time favourites
and happy birthday to those
in June and the summer
,months was sung accom-
panied by Jean Page at the
piano. Minutes were read by
Marjorie Mason and a
treasurer's report given by
Olive Webb.
•
Senior citizens day at
Huronview will. be June 20
from' 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Invitations were received
from Parkhill Leisure club to
attend a dessert euchre at 1
p.m. on June , 6, and to a
meeting for seniors at McKay
Centre, Gbderich on June 22
at' 8. p.m. -
Plans were discussed for
the June 30 bus trip, as well as
an outdoor picnic on July 13
for the Golden Agers at the
park by the Waterworks.
Plans were also discussed to
enter a float in Sandcastle
Days parade. •
The group voted" to send
Irene Ward as delegate to the
convention of .U.S.C.O. to be
held in Windsor August 8, 9
and 10. •
Nola Taylor's group was in
charge of the program. A
name card type bingo was
won by fla Kayes; A lucky
chair prize was won by Jim
Prance.
Guessing .number of. ar-
ticles passed around on a tray
was won by ()live Miller.
Dorothy Cutting read a
num'u'r of riddles and Elda
Adams gave a reading and a
couple of humorous jokes.
There was some discussion
on continuing coming to the
Parish hall on •Wednesday.
afternoons as a dropin centre,
for interested groups, for
gatnes, courtesy of the Parks
and Recreation Board of
Grand Bend.
The afternoon concluded
with games of Uno and Solo.
VIEW UNITS — Architect John Brock, centre, shows off one of the units in the
new Woodward St. townhomes to an interested couple. Brock is one of the prin-
cipals in Ausable Holdings, developers of the project.
New attractions this year
Ready for Burgerfest
Grand Bend and area
Chamber of Commerce has
announced final plans for the
91h annual Burgerfest on the
main beach in Grand Bend.
Once more it's that time for
food and suds on the beach to
celebrate the opening of the
summer season in the village.
The tent will be open at
noon, Friday, June .17 for a
businessman's lunch and Fri-
day evening the celebrants
will hear the musical group
"Rumour Has It."
Saturday will see the
popular bed racing competi-
tion at 10 a.m. There will be
four prizes for the fastest beds
"racing on Main Street. Men's
beds, ladies' beds, junior's
beds and the Hotel Challenge
will be featured.
In the afternoon Saturday a
chain saw contest will take
place at 1 ,p.m. The. Grand
Bend Optimists will once
again supervise the super star
contest for children. They
and district news
to. 6 -
SOUP FROM THE WILD — Wendy Von Dam demonstrated the use of wild edibles for salads and soups at
the weekend Scouts and Cubs Camporee at Benmiller. Above, trying the leek soup rather hesitantly are Grand
Bend Scouts Ken Fitzgerald, Jon Hendrick, Jarrett Kobe and Mark McAdams. T -A photo.
Former resident special speaker
Local churches, groups busy
The annual united Church
Wotnen Thankoffering ser-
vice was held Sunday morn-
ing at the united Church with
guests: minister. Rev. Paul
Webb, Toronto. Paul was
born and raised in the area,
attended Parkhill High School
and Western University in
London.
His first pastorate was for
/three years in Saskatchewan,
and he then served its mis-
sionary in Hong Kong for 16
years. •
Paul is: present executive
director of the Fred Victor
Mission in Toronto. The mis-
sion was first founded in 1883.
Presently . the mission's
responsibilities are provisions
of services for single displac-
ed men.
Paul spoke of his work with
these men who feel worthless
and useless,. victims of cir-
cumstances, and how they
are helped.
The call to worship was
given by Joan Eagleson, the
paisloral , prayer by Evelyn
Johnson, scripture reading by
Jan Kobe.
Door .greeters were Elda
Adams and !laze' Broad, and:
collecting the offering were
Elizabeth Norris and Hazel
Broad.
A full choir of ladies sang
the. anthem "i love the name.
of Jesus." .
The children's story was
told by Diane Rice, about the
popular E.T. and she had with
her a to E.T. She explained
to the children that E.T. came
from another world of space,
and Jesus came from God's
world.
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The Grand Bend U.C.W.
will meet Thursday afternoon
with buffet luncheon beginn-
ing at 1:00 p.m. Roll Call:
Cookies for the Cancer Socie-
ty and your favorite flower.
'Thursday June 9 the Confir-
oration class meets at 6:45.
Please Note: Confirmation
will take place on June 26,
rather than June 12, due to il-
lness of your minister.
Sunday June 19 is .Grand
Bend Cemetery Decoration
Day at 2:00 p.m.
An Ecumenical church ser-
viceis being planned to be
helot in the Grand Bend Public
School auditorium at 3:00
p.m. Sunday June 19.
•Members of the Grand Bend
churches will he taking part.
Angiican church news
Greg Gilson of Grand Cove,
a Iluron college student, who
will be assisting Rev. Jim Sut-
ton throughout the summer,
spoke at the 9:30 a.m. service
Sunday morning. The scrip-
ture was from Luke 7:11-17
and Mr. Wilson spoke on the -
gift of Life.
Sunda, school liegan for the
summer months for the
children- under the direction
of Mrs. Elizabeth Brownlee
during the 9:30 a.m. service.
Coffee hour hostess was
Mrs. Jim Sutton.
Thirty-two men attended a •
service at St. Johns at 11 a.m.
which was followed by a golf
brunch, served by the church
ladies.
Vacation Bible school for
this area will be held July
25.29 at St. John's Parish hall
for children 3-12 years.
Saturday June 25, (he an-
niversary barbecue will be
held at SI. Johns at 5:30 p.m. -
Bring your own meat to be
cooked by the chefs. plus
salad or dessert to be served.
St. John's ladies meet
The St. John's ladies group
met Thursday at 2 p.m. in the
Parish hall, •
Mrs. Ruth McIntosh con- ,
vened the meeting and open-
ed with prayer. Plans were
discussed for the upcoming
lawn sale on July 30. .
On Thursday June 23, at
2:00 p.m. a general meeting
will he held in St. John's
Parish hall tor those who are
interested in the plans for
Senior ('ilizen apartments in
Grand Bend.
Mrs. ,1. Chisholm was lunch
hostess.
Church of God news
A children's day service
was held Sunday morning at
Church of God. Rev. John
Campbell spoke on "Christ,
the perfect One to follow,"
with scripture froth Luke
2:39-52.
The Bible Mountaineers
.presented a musical called,
"Jesus and you."
Following this the trophies
were given out to the follow-
ing Mountaineers: Jeff and
Jennie Bumstead, Kenneth
and Richard Desjardine,
.Claude Dykstra, Deanne Thar,
and Michelle Vincent.
The youths of the church
were in charge of the evening
service at Church of God. A
monthly quiz, from 1 John
chapter 4 was held with
youths, Beaconaires and in-
betweeners participating.
The Beaconaires were the
winners.
Special music was a solo.
"Thank you Lord." by Lori
Steckle.
Afoul 30 attended a men
and boys supper, Friday night
at Church of God, catered to
by the church ladies.
Guest .speaker was Rev.
Sieg Pudel, from Kitchener
Pioneer Park, Church of God,
speaking on the subject of
"amen Catholic Church .
Father R. Morrissey was
Mass Celebrant at the Im-
maculate Heart of Mary
.Catholic Church Sunday mor-
ning. They celebrated the
feast of the body and blood of
Christ Corpus Christi.
This feast of Corpus Christi
invites us to become what we
receive "The Body of Christ."
it . is a reminder of -how,
generous. the Lord is. as He
sacrificed Himself for us on
Calvary, so Ile continues to
' give himself to us in the
eucharist, the real presence
of Christ. The word eucharist
in Greek means to give
thanks.
The key of Father Mor-
rissey's sermon is to live in a
spirit of gratitude. We -must
not only be grateful for our
blessings, but refrain from
bitterness over the tragedy'
and disappointments in our
lives.
We owe God much more
than we could ever repay for
the many gifts and blessings
received; therefore we gather
each week at the community
of faith to celebrate the,
eucharist and- to give God
thanks for everything He has
• given us.
Jason1Michael McCann, son
of Mike and Bonnie McCann
was initiated into the Catholic
Community through' the
sacrament of baptism per-
formed by Father Morrissey.
The Cathlic' Women's
League pot luck supper is
coming up on June 14 al the
Alhambra Hall at 7 p.m. for
C.W.L. members and their
husbands. The senior citizens
are invited to come as guests •
- bring just the pleasure of
your company.
The June Alhambra
weekend will he held al the
Alhambra Hall on June 10-12.
Members from Caravans all
over Ontario and Michigan
are expected to attend. There
will be a tent, party, dancing.
pork roast and a golf tourna-
ment on Saturday, so all
• members pray for good
weather. •
Evening units meets
Eight ladies attended (he
evening unit of UCW to the
church S.S. rooms. Monday
evening. •
Leader Evelyn Johnson
opened with a reading. "The
Flowers of Spring."
The devotional was given
by ilazel Willer( with a poem,
"Kindness is strong," follow-
ed by'"Here lies a Christian."
During the business, plans
were discussed for Thank Of- .
fering Sunday, and plans to
attend the afternoon UCW •
hulk( luncheon June 9.
Dates of upcoming ovents'
noted were Alma College
days in August 21-24 and the
Fall Regional to be held Oc-
tober 18 at Exeter United
church.
Joan Eagleson read a letter
from Rev. and Mrs. Don Ir-
win, missionaries serving in
Korea.
A study was given from the
United Church Observer - "1
believe," and "Help
Unbelief," by Patricia Wells.
Mrs. Johnson closed the
meeting.
FULL PROPANE SERVICE
Birch Bark Trailer Park
Hwy. 83, 11/2 miles East of Hwy 21
Open 7 days
9 a.m. - Dusk
Honk for service
Phone
238-8256
Campers and Tenters Welcome
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will set the contest in motion
in the soccer field, east of the
fire hall.
There will be a sky -diving
display on the north beach
Saturday afternoon.
For the second year there
will be a water bed competi-
Train youths
on radio use
It was decided at a meeting
of the Harbour Committee
Wednesday that -the four stu-
dent workers would be train-
ed to use the radio in the har-
bour building and should ob-
tain radio operating licences.
Supervisor Steve Riddell will
check about having them
tested by an. inspector from
the Department of Transpor-
tation and Communication.
Sgt. Garnet Starr, Cpl. Ric
Sawyers and Cpl. Garry Mar-
tin, of -the summer Grand
Bend detachment of the On-
tario, Provincial Police at-
tended the meeting. Starr re-
quested that the OPP obtain
names of boat owners docking
in the Grand Bend area. He
assured the group that the
Forest detachment would use
its patrol boat in the area as
much as was possible.
With the approval of the
village council, the commit-
tee, under the supervision of
Dr. Russ Lingard has begun:
work for added parking space
west of Heaman Drive on the
south side of River Road. Con-
cern about the cutting of the
bankwas expressed by proper-
ty owners above the bank.
Mrs. James Hammond ap-
peared at the meeting. She
was.assured that the problem
would receive immediate
at tent ion. .
In other business it was
decided that harbour atten-
dants.. would be uniformed
with white clothing. Shirts
will be printed with "Port of
Grand Bend".
Yacht Club will pay $200 for
dockage June'24 to 26 for en-
trants in the annual 100 race."
An extra charge will be levied
for boat owners docking
beyond those days.
The harbour building will
be opened by July 1. Because
of difficult] vili6"3ewer hook=
up the opening, will , be.
somewhat delayed.
More Grand Bend
news on page 22 •
tion. The object of the event is
to see how many persons can
get on a waterbed. floating in
the lake.
A waiter's race will be run
at 1 p.m. Sunday on Govern-
ment Road.
At 2 p.m. Sunday comes the
traditional beauty contest,
held on the north beach. Once
more,JoPenny, international
Model agency head, with
some of her models will judge
the event. Master of
ceremonies will be CKSL.-
morning man, Steve Jackson.
Entrants to the contests will
be accepted until the last few
minutes of the. events. They
may register at the C of C of-
fice on 81 Crecent or get in
, touch with chamber
members.
An addition to the celebra-
tion this year is a bingo game
to be run : by. Grand Bend
Lions Sunday afternoon and
evening in the main tent
following the beauty contest.
Light refreshments will. be
available.
For Grand Bend C of C.
Burgerfest is the main source
-of income, over and above
fees, charged for member-
ship. It's one of the larger of
such groups, with members
numbering over 100.
This past year the group
spent upwards of $10,000 in
promotion for the village.
About $1,500 was given as a
result of requests from groups
in the village. Picnic tables
were•financed for parks in
Grand Bend. The Chamber
• supported the orga9ization of
the new harbour committee
and agreed to underwrite a
portion of repairs to the .lir-
port. The group has budgeted
about $3,500 for Sandcastle
Day this year.
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NOTICE
Notice to property owners
DESTROY WEEDS
Notice is hereby given to all persons in posses-
sion of land, in accordance with the Weed Con-
trol Act R.S.O. 1980, section 4, 14 and 21, that
unless noxious weeds glowing on their lands
within the Municipality of the Village of Grand
Bend are destroyed by June 30. 1983 and
thrdughout the season, the Municipality. may
enter upon the said lands and have the weeds
destroyed. Charging the costs against the land
in taxes as set out in the act.
The co=operation of all citizens is earnestly
solicited .
fly order of council
Municipality of Grand Bend •
Dianne Mollard, AMCT(A)
Clerk Treasurer