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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-01-06, Page 21r• • - _ . -„.IFS,► • • Times -Advocate, January 6, 1702. tig RIADY TO GO -- The Hurst cwid Siegner families of Stratford both enjoy skiing in the Pinery Park. They took advantage of their holidays to spend the whole day last Thursday on the trails. ' Three counclls will re-examine fire hall plans to cut costs A .discussion- amongrepairs to the sewer Grand Bend, Stephen ansystem and related equip- Bosanquet Township coun- ment. He reminded conn tits on the jointly -funded cil that theres currently fire station to be built in no reserve fund for these Grand Bend led to an purposes. Using deposits agreement to use the ex- of $1200 or $2400 annually, fisting architectural design sums of $2.6 million or $5.4 but with some serious cost - million could be reached •cutting revisions. over a 40 -year term. His e The three•sides met dur-- presentation included ins Grand Bend's council ' three prepared quotations to illustrate how the fund could grow. Council did not make a decision on the idea at that time. Mae Morenz reported on the village's Chamber of Commercreaction to the proposedeconomic meeting Monday night to determine the future of the fire hall design which has met with disapproval because of the unexpected high cost. The consultant's bill after one revision was $7.000. It was hoped by the three • councils to spend only $5,000 on the original draft after one revision. -We will not allow a tender on that building at those prices,” said Bosan- quet Reeve Charlie Srokosz. When asked for a figure on the final price of building the proposed two- storey fire hall, Grand Bend- Reeve Bob Sharen said it would be about $150,000 including fees. Both Bosanquet and Stephen Townships reeves said this was too much for them to pay. One suggestion was to build a slightly longer building and omit the se- cond floor, but others 'feit it was cheaper to •bgild up* wards rather than out- wards. According .to Sharen. the absence of the second floor with the train- ing room would also necessitate renting a room somewhere else in the village. • Points of construction were examined•in order to find ways to reduce costs. Lowering the roof by four feet was suggested, as well as using a single wall in- stead of a double wall, and finishing the exterior with steel siding instead of decorative blocks. Eventually. Sharen in- vited the other two council representatives to return Friday morning with some local contractors to ex- amine the draft plan and make cost-cutting revisions. Sharen presented a por- posal to council to invest the sewer surcharges from users such as the Huron Country Playhouse, Ridge Pine Park Inc., and Green ,Forest Estate to build up a capital reserve for future Many visiting for holiday Elizabeth Kennedy, of gathering for New Year's Vancouver, Jim Kennedy of Day dinner. • Calgary, were home for a Mrs. Olive Miller, Mrs. week's holidays with their Greta Luther, Mrs. Nota parents Clarke and Irene Taylor. Mrs. Marjorie Kennedy. The family Mason. Mrs. Olive Webb and celebrated . Christmas on Mrs. Rosie Grigg, were New December 27, at their Year's Day dinner guests • daughter's Mary Lynn and• with Mrs. Jeanne Kading. Jim McGregor. and Brent Mr. and Mrs. Bob Keyes Hamilton• at Owen Sound. arrived home last Tuesday Also attending the weekend evening after spending the gathering were Jean and Christmas Season with their Don Weigand, Jennifer and son and daughter-in-law and Amanda, of Dashwood area. family. Mr. and Mrs. Car - Christmas holiday guests man Keyes. in Ottawa. with, George and Marie New Year's Day dinner Chowen in Southcott Pines guests with Alex and Clara were their daughter and Hamilton were her brother, family. Maxine and Arthur Eber Lewis, Clinton, and her Hinz.. George, Gary, Glen, sister and husband, Mr. and Wayne and Joanne. of Monk- Mrs. Leonard Wein, of ton area. The Chowen's Crediton. spent New Year's weekend Rev. and Mrs. John in Collingwood with their . Campbell. Laura and other daughter. Audrey and Douglas spent a few days Ken Moffat Valerie, Gloria, with Betty's parents, Mr. Terry and Wendy. and Mrs. Louie Walker, in Mr. William Lovehosteda Pontiac, -Michigan: family dinner gathering New Sunday dinner guests with , Year's Day in the S.S. rooms .Mrs. Katie Vincent were at the United Church with Rev. and Mrs. R. Simpson,. around 50 in attendance. of Grand Cove. and Dr. and Family members -attended Mrs. A. Brown, of Southcott from Parkhill, Shipka, Pines. Milton. London, Clinton and • Personals Dashwood area. Jack Ridley has been With Mrs. Elizabeth hospitalized during the holi- Norris were her son and day season. family. Mr. and Mrs. Jack A reminder that the first Norris. Kathi and Scott, of meeting of 1982 for Grand Sarnia. Elizabeth visited in Bend Golden Age Club London with her sister -in- members will be held law. Mrs. Noreen Norris and Wednesday afternoon, 1:30 family.p.m. at the Anglican Parish MrEva Bariteau spent a Hall. week in Michigan with her The nondenominational niece and family, Lois and Bible coffee hour will Larry Shelton. resume, their 1982 meetings, Family members visiting after a break during the with Mrs. Loreen Gill were, festive season, on Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allister, morning 9 a.m. at Mrs. Ruth Kathy. Janet and Linda, Mr. DeBrum's home at 12 River and Mrs. Emerson Gill and Road. with a study period Nicole. and Susan Turkheim, beginning on "Old Age". of Kitchener. Church of God news With Mrs. Mabel Gill have At the Sunday morning been Mr. and Mrs. Keith Gill service of Church of God, an and sons. Marian and Jiminstallation service was held Reith and family of Ilderton, for the Beaconaire's club ex - Mr. and Mrs. Brian Gill, ecutive. They are as follows Andy Stacey and Katie, of - President. Mrs. Vera Kansas. U.S.A. and Mr. and Brown: Vice pies., Mrs. Mrs. Mel Ramsden and Laura McNab: secretary family. North Bay. treasurer, Rev. R. Simpson.' Mrs. Louise Wilson, in Rev. John Campbell's ser - London. was at her mon topic was "Profession brother's. Mr. and Mrs. and practise." The. Sacra- ment of Holy Communion was observed. Doug Steckle. home on Bruce Griffiths. With Mrs. Lillian Brown and Art Baker, were Mrs. Stella Kerr, Sarnia, and holiday from Alberta. played Alice Brown. of Guelph. the piano for the service to - Mrs. F'ern Love was with day and also sang a solo Mr. and Mrs. Gerry- Love "You make it rain for frome and family. Christmas Day, . Eleven young people and on Christmas Eve, Fern Church of God went skating accompanied the family to park dayd night in the back Pinery the home of Mr. and Mrs. gathered Norman Mollard. of Parkhill the church for hot dogs and area for an oyster supper. refreshments. Rev. and Mrs. H. Moore The congregation of attended the "Love" family Church of God met New $ Year's Eve at the church for a time of fellowship and meditation at 8:30 p.m. Beginning with table games .and lunch in the S.S. rooms, they assembl irfsthe sanc- tuary ups A sing song of favorithymns was en- joyed. Dr. A. Brown sang a solo entitled. "Records", and then he spoke to the group on "Launch out into the deep. Anglican Church news Rev. J. Sutton spoke Sun- day morning about the Epiphany - the Manifesta- tion of Jesus Christ which falls on January 6. -He referred to the first book of John who spoke about the prophecies which were unfolding, the con- . tinuing of God's word. Verse 10 of John I, states "He was in the world and the world was made through Him. yet the world knew Him not." Rev. Sutton asked the. question. "What does Christ's birth mean to me?" Rev. Sutton wonders, if John were here today would he make the same statement. He would like us to reach out for God. to one another, with a sense of love and devotion, and to be examples of a true Christian. Coffee hour hostess follow- ing the morning service was Mrs. Reta Martin. The ladies group of St. `Johns will meet Thursday afternoon, at the Parish Hall at 2:00 p.m. United Church news - On this first Sunday in 1982 the Sacrament of Holy Com- munion was celebrated at the United Church. A New Year's prayer was repeated in unison. Responsive reading today was no. 524 from the Red hymn book, ••Arise. shine". Rev. Moore's meditation topic was "Come, let us celebrate." with Scripture reading from Luke 15: 11-32. Rev.. Moore announced - with pleasure that our church had met the alloca- tion for Mission and Service. He also read a letter from Rev. Ralph Witmer; a mis- sionary serving in Japan, about his work there and family life. The Grand Bend Couples club will meet at the Church at 8:00 p.m. Saturday January 9. An invitation to all Young People in the Grand Bend area (Grade 8 and up) to come to a meeting at the United Church at 7:30 p.m. for an evening of fellowship and fun nn Sunday January Id. Annual meetings - Wednesday. January -20 - Grand fiend. Monday, January 25 - Official Board at Greenway. Lions park The Grand Bend Lions Club will be heading a fund- raising campaign next fall to raise money for the village's future baseball and soccer field. The sports field, a 41 -acre site behind the Legion Hall, was purchased jointly from • James Patterson by the village and the Lions five years ago. It is hoped at the time to build some facilities adjoining the Legion building. but did not work out. according to J. Lorne Campbell. who was the com- mittee chairman. He is manager of the Bank of Mon- treal "We then decided that we wanted to obtain the max- imum useage from .the property's size," Campbell said. "That is how we chose to build a soccer field and baseball diamond." The concept had taken about two years to complete. Recently, village council was informed that its grant application to the Ministry of Culture and Recreation to develop the field had been accepted. According to Campbell. anotherapplica- tion for a Community Cen- tres grant would soon be made. He also said he- ex- pected work on the sports field to start later this year. Hundreds of quality sweaters for ladies and men at savings up to SHOOT TO SCORE? -- Shawn Heckenhofer practised his skating an the old Ausable Riverbed last Thursday, in spite of freezing temperatures. profile of the village. At the 'Chamber's r meeting last Sunday, members did not make a decision on the idea due to lack of time to study it she said. The economic study proposed . was given to Chamber president Mac Dunlap and a few others at the council meeting December 21. If approved; the study will beundertaken by the County, at no charge to the village. She also told council of the recent work of the Theme Team, a branch of the Chamber. It was form- ed at the December meeting to find ways to promote the village. It designated its theme to be sand and sports, and Morenz showed drawings of light standard or- naments and decorative waste containers which the village could set up for the summer. The light standard decorations were figurines depicting summer and winter sports such as sailing and skiing. Council also moved to give Tami Witherspoon a pay raise of 504 per hour effective Monday. She is working as secretary in place of Christine Smith who is on maternity leave. Cross country tra draw many Now that winter is finally here with ample snow and freezing temperatures, many people are taking ad- vantage of the renowned winter sports facilities at the Pinery Provincial Park south of Grand Bend. Families are using their holidays to • take trips of several days' duration to spend extra time on the ski trails. • A check at the Pinery Park last week showed that most of thevisitors coming in were cross country skiers, including whole families prepared for half a day .or more of fun on the trails. •August and Rosie Wehr- mann of Toronto finished three days of skiing on Thursday with their sons August Jr., 13, and Kurt, 11. This was their first visit to the park. "There are a lot of conser- vation areas around Toronto which we have used before," Wehrmann said. "I have been skiing since I was a teenager." Wehrmann, a carpenter for a construction firm, was taking his Christmas holidays to come to Grand Bend. the family car loaded with equipment. Fern and Barry Siegner of Stratford . are already familiar with the . • rk from a visit last year. hey and their two dau ters Heather. 15, and Sherri, have been skiing for about four years and have explored parks and trails near their home town. "We find the length and variety of trails here to be much better," Mrs. Siegner said. "We skate together sometimes too, but cross country skiing takes up more and more of our time each year." Mrs. Seigner is a secretary and her husband is a rubber chemist. The Siegners were accom- panied by their friends, the Hurst family. Basil and Jill Hurst were impressed with the park during their summer camping trips. "It was the summer that really sold us on it. It's really a beautiful spot," said Mrs. Hurst. - The children, Paula, 17, Michelle. 16, and Rachelle 9, have had some experience in skiing when they were in Europe. This was their first visit to the park for skiing. The Hursts are sports enthusiasts. When they are not working, Basil and Jill help to run a 160 -member minor girls ringette league in Stratford, in which all of t their girls play. Basil works for Standard Products and hiswife works at the s eatre. Pat Ciphery of. Blenheim call the Pinery "the best place we have found for skiing. The trails are well laid out and clearly marked." • This was the first time the Ciphery's brought their two daughters Susan, 11, an Diane. 9. They stayed for five days in Grand Bend and made daily trips • into the park for skating or skiing. . Doug and Pat have tried trails in Rondeau Provincial Park both alone and with some friends. The cost of ski equipment has not been un- reasonable, either. "Once you have bought it, that's it," Mrs. Ciphery noted. They also use a season's pass. which is honoured by all parks in the province, her husband added. Pat is finishing her psy- chology degree at the University of Windsor; Doug -works at Canadian Fram'in Chatham. Skiers wishing to know about the snow conditions in • the park can call the Pinery Park' at 243-2220, or Sarnia Travel at 344-7403. SKATING FOR FUN — Tania Johnson of Riverside Drive used her holidays from school to get some exercise and fresh air ors 'the old riverbed skating rink last Thursday. No accidents at ' Pinery Park There were no traffic ac- cidents reported to the Pinery Park detachment of the OPP for the week of December 27 to January 2, 1982. There were three charges laid under the Liquor Licence Act, and six chances laid under the Highway Traf- fic Act. There were three ' charges laid ander the Motorized Snow Vehicle Act. There was one incident of v theft, one of willful , and one of impaired for which charges were laid. Six charges were laid soder the Provincial Parts Act There were also 16 mis- cellaneous incidents. 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