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The water for these testa was taken from various sites around the landfill area in Bosanquet. McMullen refused to say the landfill site is definitely causing the problem. He said it isn't the only possible contributer, but it could be a major one. He said the tests were made in the Grand Bend area after a similar area near Sarnia had been found In the good old days kids got the day off school to go to the fall fair. We were told to dress appropriately (girls: white blouses and navy skirts, boys: white shirts and navy pants), and we all marched together to the opening of the fair. Kids today don't know what they're missing. They can wear blue jeans to the fair. and they don't have several reminders from their mothers not to tear their best navy blue skirt. But it was fun to take part in the parade. We would march all the way through the heart of downtown Thed- ford, and end up at the fairgrounds. I remember the Thedford fair of 1964 - that was the first year that the brand -spanking new Bosan- quet Central School took part. We were so proud - we were the biggest school there, and we were sure to win the school yell contest. Besides, we had real satin blue and white ribbons pinn- ed to our shoulders and all the other schools only had crepe paper streamers that stained their best shirts when it rained. We lined up and shouted out our school yell, very proud of the noise we made. But then came St. Damien's turn - now that all the one room schools had amalgamated to form cen- tral schools. the little two room separate school out- side Grand Bend was the smallest school at the fair. But they weren't going to let us big schools intimidate them. They continued to win the school yell contest - sort of the mouse that roared. I also remember the fair of '64 because of the enor- mous amount of money I had to spend. My friend and I each managed to squeeze a whole dollar out of our mothers the morning of the fair. All the way in the parade through Thedford we discussed how we would spend our fortune. We agreed that it would be stupid to waste the money on pop. So after the long. hot walk when we were very thirsty. we went around to the side of the old arena. There was an antiquated hand pump - the kind where you move the handle up and down - with an enamel cup on a chain fastened to it. We didn't consider it primitive. we knew we could get a cool drink. The first purchase we to be contaminated. From the tests, it is not possible to say where and if there is any definite con- tamination of water. Council has received a grant of $7,000 from the ministry of environment to determine if there Is a leakage, what water supply it is affecting and the cost of possible remedies to the situation would be and what a clean-up would cost. Council okayed the tender of Morrison and Beatty to undertake the hydrological study which would take four to six weeks and would have to be completed by March. Reeve Bob Sharen said there should be no problem because "the rules have been followed rigidly." Council received a study Monday night which revised property assessments and Mary's musings By Mary Alderson made at the fair was a long planned one. We bought a lovely metal four- leaf - clover that you could wear on a chain around your neck. The man engraved oua in- itials on it with all the grace and neatness of handling a jack hammer. Years later (at least two or three) we were still buying the necklaces. but we had graduated to getting the in- itials of the boy we liked engraved on them. The rest of our funds was divided between the ferris wheel and the swings. After our repeated returns to the ferris wheel. the proprietor realized that we were get- ting low on cash. He started giving us reduced rates; as the day wore on and the crowds dwindled, we had longer and longer rides. It came as a bit of a culture shock when we learned that we didn't get a day off to go to the fair once we reached high school. But that didn't stop most of us. One sunny warm day, my boy friend and I (yes, the one I eventually married) skipped classes to go to the Forest fair. We were sure that our absence had gone undetected. Everything went smoothly, until the next day. when a photograph of us at the fair appeared in the Windsor Star. Winning prizes at fairs is often the highlight of the fall for many people. I remember when I con- sidered the "most unusual pet" category my primate domain. I took the prize one year with my hamster, and the next year I won with a very tame Mallard duck. The year after that I won with a white rat. Alas. the excitement of the fair prov-' ed too much or him and he died soon after. The truth is he wasn't very healthy in the first place. My sister had taken a University summer course. and brought me the laboratory test rat. Unfortunately. I got the rat that was fed a diet of Coke and doughnuts for the entire summer. Nowadays. the most un- usual pet is not the most un- usual category in the fair contests. We laughed recently when we heard there was an award given for the best decorated pop can. Then we heard that the prize money my husband donated was for that category' could make the assessment fairer throughout Grand Bend. The study which was done by the Ministry of Revenue, was accepted unanimously and should see a more equitable re- alignment of property taxes. A 29 year old man made a presentation to council asking that he be allowed to train life guards in life saving procedures before next summer. Kenneth Vingoe, retired on a medical pension, has just recently moved to Grand Bend. He told council he would be willing to train the life guards free of charge, and to assist in setting up a beach patrol. He said he had toured the system used at Daytona Beach, and a similar version might be implemented in Grand Bend. Reeve Bob Sharen told Vingoe the current system hasn't been that bad, and council does not have the authority to pass a by-law keeping boats away, from the beach. Vingoe told Sharen that one instance of bad publicity from a boating accident could destroy the town as a tourist resort. In other business: Dennis Snider informed council that "children driving at ex- cessive speeds in Grand Bend "are being watched by Council asks for answers Grand Bend Council last week fulfilled its promises to ask for the breakdown of the $76.50 sewer charge into capital cost and maintenance costs at a sewer liaison meeting. Conrad Gelot, as represen- tative of the Ministry of the Environment said he would have to search the original program which derived the figure of $76.50 to determine if it is possible to discern what percentage of that amount is capital cost. This rate has become a principle issue in the negotiations between the Village of Grand Bend and Ridge Pine Park, the developers of Grand Cove Estates north of the village, for a sewer rate for the residents of Grand Cove Estates. 'Mr. Gelot said he would check to see if the break down could be obtained, but to his knowledge, no request of this nature had ever been made before. Owners of businesses along River road were told the Ministry will pay the construction and material costs of sewer hook ups but the owners will have to pay for the sanitary drains. Owners of fishing businesses were concerned about having to pay for the amount of water they use. Most of it, they said, was clean water that was washed into the river with fish en- trails. The engineer for the pro- ject said the system would handle' fish scales but it would most likely have to be flushed every year. The fishermen agreed they would rather have a separate drain for the fish remains. and continue dum- ping them in the harbour. Reeve Bob Sharen told the fisherman they would have to propose an agreement in writing with council which would state the sewage system would handle sewage only. The earliest that construc- tion will begin on the sewers is the end of October. One tender for dredging Public Works Canada has only received one tender for dredging to be done in Grand Bend harbour. "Single bids we don't usually like," said Earl Douglas, the southwestern Ontario project manager for the federal works depart- ment. The bid received before tenders closed Thursday, was for $159,000 submitted by Dean Construction Co., Ltd. of Tecumseh. The job entails dredging about 10,000 cubic meters of what Douglas called class B dredging-- mostly silt and sand, anything other than hard rock. The work was requested through the office of M.H. Moffat of the small craft apd harbours branch of the fisheries and oceans department of the federal government. Moffat said the harbour had been dredged about five years ago and redredging is "required due to the fishing Please turn to page 21 tt the Pinery detachment of the OPP. Two councillors are hopping to attend several workshops, at a conference in Chatham next month. Among the workshops Councillors Keith Crawford and Deputy Reeve Harold Green will be at- tending are new boundary adjustments, issues of the 1980's concerning sanitary landfill, and grants for recreation centres. The clerks office will not be answering telephones before 10:30 a.m. on the dates of October 13 to 16 as a trial period to attempt to get ahead on paper work. Clerk Louise Clipperton said they have had several deadlines to meet, and answering the phones slows down the work speed. Council decided to transfer maintenance of the traffic signal to the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munication. OPP report Pinery Provincial police investigated 19 mis- cellaneous occurrences last week. Of these, there were 13 charges under the Highway Traffic Act, 12 charges under the Liquor License Act, two reports of theft and one of break and enter. LAST RACE - Three boats took part in the last race of the year at the Grand Bend Yacht Club last weekend. Here, the crew of the Snowbird negotiate the mduth of the river. Members of the crew are Ben Crammer, Dave Atkinson, Mike Backx and Dave Plumb. SttTEa&SIo/2 T FACTORY OUTLET Main Street, Grand Bend t$ OPEN DAILY Mon - Sat 10 - 5:30 Sunday 12 - 5:30 Mens and Ladies All Sizes PROPANE Birch Bark Trailer Park Hwy 83 - 1 'h mile E. of Hwy. 21 OPEN 7 DAYS 9 -Dusk Phone 238-8256 'Inquire at House Beside Propane Tank NOTICE Ratepayers of the Village of Grand Bend Winter Season Garbage Collection begins October 12th, 1981. Entire village picked up once per week on Monday. 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