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By-laws need enforcement
Parking problem tops list
Grand Bend council
decided that the parking
problem will become their
number one priority as soon
as sewer work is completed.
Several letters and one
petition from the public were
read at„Tuesday night's
council meeting outlining the
difficulties in finding
parking places, and the
hazards involved when
traffic is blocked with
illegally parked cars.
in his letter George Lind-
say of Hill Sti`eet asked that
tax money be used to enforce
parking by-laws. Ken
Rohrar of Beach Street
complained that weekend
visitors take all the parking
spaces and don't leave room
for his family to park in front
of their cottage.
A letter from E. Ferguson
complained about the
parked cars which block
traffic on River Road near
the Baskin-Robbins ice
cream store. A petition
bearing eight signatures
from residents at the corner
of King and Pine Streets
complained about the lack of
parking. They also said that
the village should have a by -
task enforcement officer to
look after noise problems.
Mrs. Raycraft • came
before council to speak on
behalf of the petitioners. She
said that residents in that
area have been harassed
time and again because
cottage owners rent to large
crowds. She said that the
amount of noise pollution
was "horrendous" and that
women and children suffer
verbal abuse if they walk by
these cottages.
Councillor Keith Crawford
replied that council was
aware of the problem, and
said that the solution to the
problem was to hire a by-law
enforcement officer. That
would cost in • the area of
815,000 and "Where we'd get
the money. we don't know,"
Crawford said.
Later in the evening Reeve
Sharen read some notes he
had prepared on the parking
problem. He said that more
parking lots were needed,
like ban ono e k
ing • shoikDtWtreitited.
Too many vans were being
slept in on village streets, he
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said. One way streets may be
considered.
He also said that cottage
owners -will have to soon
provide their own parking
space on their -own property.
"Two or three cottage
owners may have to buy
delapilated cottage down the
street, knock it down and put
in parking," Sharen said.
Council also discussed
hiring a student next sum-
mer to act as a parking by-
law enforcement officer.
This person would have cars
which were illegally parked
towed away, and ticket other
cars. Councillor Crawford
said he was reluctant to be
harsh on visitors. "Until we
can provide places to park,
we might as well tell the
tourists to keep the hell
away," he said.
Dale Hayter came before
council to discuss the
agreement he had made with
them concerning a'parking
compound for cars that had
been towed away. When
council receives complaints
about parked cars blocking
driveways or traffic. they
Nolan leads
Colonials on
Sunday was a big day for
Dave Nolan of the Grand
Bend Senior Soccer team,
"The Colonials-" Nolan
scored six goals in one game.
"The Colonials" took - an
eight to two victory over
Forest. Tony Mennen a'nd
Bill Vandenberk each scored
one goal.
The first half of the game
was a close match and ended
two to one for Grand Bend.
Team spokesman, Tony
Mennen said that in the
second•half the Forest team
got tired and didn't have
enough substitutes "We just
started clicking," Mennen
says.
The Colonials" haven't
been topped yet this season.
Their -next game is Sunday in
Exeter at 4:00 p.m. '
bpd_ Bettd"Bantarris"
won 30 over Taxandria last
week, and the Peewees took
a game from Kincardine.
will have Hayter tow them
away, and keep them in a
compound.
In other business, council
passed a by-law increasing
the mill rate over last year.
The commercial mill rate
rose to 199.5 over 184.3 last
year, and the residential rate
came to 174.7 over 1&1.5 last
year. The tax bills have
already been printed. and all
the councillors had agreed
ahead of time that the by-
law would be passed at the
• meeting.
Reeve Sharen said they
would have liked the in-
crease to be lower, but with a
decrease in assessment, he
thought they had "done
well". The cost of fire
protection was the only area
in which the mill rate had
dropped. The rates for the
county. schools, and general
use increased.
Reeve Sharen showed
council a resuscitator which
had been donated to them by
the Grand Bend Athletic
Club. to be used by the
lifeguards.
The Athletic Club is a
group of men who raise
money through golf tour-
naments end other such
projects. They have donated
funds to the village and rec
committee.
Councillor Bill Baird
complained about the truck
which council had allowed to
park on the beach earlier in
the season. "The whole thing
is a poor excuse," Baird
said—Baird added that
council had told the owner to
take the wheels off and he
hadn't done it. There were
also complaints received by
other council members
about the use of the loud
speaker system in the truck
for advertising.
Council decided to send the
owner a registered letter
telling him to comply with
their demands in three days,
or he would be charged.
"Let's get rid of him. we
didn't want him in the first
place," Baird said. -
A tender made by John
Bullock for�90Qclby
o,.,g 31; ,�a by
coil cif. Tfiree other ten ers
were received. The clay is
used -at .the village's waste
site.
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PINBALL WIZARDS — Julie Fletcher.of Windsor and Arlene Clarke. Chatham. can't
remember when these antique pin ball machines vvere'made but they still enjoy a game in
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ON THE BEACHES — Civic Holiday provided an opportunity for many people to enjoy
Grand Bend's beach. Above swimmers jump the waves despite a red flag and warning sign
Left. Tyler Love of Corning. New York swings a bucket of wet sand. Right. Michelle Moore
of Guelph finds a better use for herbucket. -- •
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AUGUST 8, 1979,
Price Per Copy 25 Cents
MAKE AN OFFER — Parkhill resident Archie Gibbs told
Grand Bend council he was prepared to sell them the beach
within the next 10 days -
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BY MARY ALDERSON
I was going to give you a arcades you soon learn that
big top of -the -page feature most machines require at
on pinball this week. An easy least a dime or a quarter.
topie• for me to handle, i And they work differently,
thought. Afterall, I was a too.
pinball expert from a way One arcade operator in
back. Grand Bend tells me that
But. alas. there was my "Charlie's Angels" is the
problem. Pinball has come a most popular machine. The
long way " since my. -day. numbers add up on the back
Drastic changes in the world. to like some r'— t t,� Y�
of electronics-- ''h TQ>!1!I•'"` igt 'fwd h icf--
pinball a far cry from Cher machipo u.pjl,>r. -e ;� ��••si .
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developing my exaertise. - because of the crowds
Those were the days when around it featured the rock
my summers were spent at band "Kiss This machine
Ipperwash 'Beach, prior • to startled me when it blared
that sad night when fire music after 1 made a lucky
destroyed the big 1pperwash shot.
Casino. And back then the Noise seems to be a
ipperwash Casino was the feature added to pinball m
pinball capital_.jnBBuewater the past decade.
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'1( took Tirade to games, the crowds, roar
operate -one of those magic when a home run is hit. The
machines. That meant if you little figures run around the
could find five pop bottles on bases.. and the outfielders
the beach, you could play chase the little electronic
two games. Bottles were ball. I played one, and
exchanged for two cents quickly lost my quarter.
each. Of course, if you were Some of the machines
any good at all, you could look like overgrown versions
keep going by winning free of a pocket calculator. They
games and those five pop beep and bleep when the
bottles would last all af- score adds up. not like the
ternoon. ringing bells of the older
in those days pop cans
were unheard of, and people
left the valuable bottles
laying all over the beach. We
didn't -call it littering,
because they left them there
knowing that kids like me
would soon snatch them up.
But today in the various
Gibbs offers to sell beach,
council threatens tofine him
Malcolm Alexander
"Archie" Gibbs offered to
sell the beach he says he
owns to Grand Bend council
at Tuesday night's meeting.
Reeve Robert Sharen
invited Hibbs to step before
courted but kept him waiting
for a few minutes while
council'members hunted for
their solicitor. Sharen in-
vited Gibbs to sit down and
relax, but Gibbs said he
preferred to stand while he
addressed couneil.'
"I am- present this
evening to make you aware
of the fact that i have in
my p session all legal
,documents making me.
Malcolm A. Gibbs. the owner
of part of Lot number one.
Lake Road West Concession
in the Village of Grand Bend
in the county of Lambton
known as Gibbs Beach. And
being so. i am open to
reasonable offer to pur-
chase. by . the council of
Grand Bend the said parcel
of land. This offer valid until
August 17, 1979." Gibbs read
the prepared statement.
Gibbs claims he recently
purchased the beach from
his uncle Harold Gibbs for an
undisclosed sum of money
For several years Harold
Gibbs has been claiming
ownership of the beach, and
there have been numorous
disputes.
Gibbs left the council
meeting abruptly when
Sharen told him that council
objected to his signs being
posted on public property.
Gibbs refused to discuss the
sign matter. saying "Good
evening, thank you for your
time and leaving.
Sharen said that council
would keep their same stand.
Later in the evening when
questioned as to what
council's stand on the beach
property was, Sharon said
"We own it."
Council's solicitor Dan
Murphy of Goderich said
that he had considered the
beach ownership question a
few years ago, and there
were no claims to the land at
that time. He said that he
didn't think anything had
changed. but that he would
look at the title and report
back to council.
Earlier in the evening
council had chosen to ignore
a bill for rent on the beach
from Harold Gibbs in the
amount of $6425. including
interest Clerk Louise
_Clipperton says that the
Gibbs famil sends bills for
-S2500 a year for'rental of the
beach Council always ig
nores them. she saes
Council also decided to
send a registered letter to
Gibbs telling h e'will he
charged if he 76nttnues to
post signs on public
property Gibbs has posted
signs saying "Private
property' on street light
poles on the beach. 'I'm
getting sore fingernails from
pulling.the damn signs down;'
Councillor Harold Green
said.
Council chambers were
filled with - interested
spectators who left right
after Gibbs walked out.
Several visitors were
property owners on the lake
front Reeve Robert Sharen.
thanked them for coming,
and told them they should
come and watch more often.
FUJI. HOUSE — Grand Bend residents crowded into 'ounc,' chambers Tuesday night to
hear Archie Gibbs proposal on the beach property
Corn gobbled at Pinery
About 3.000 ears of corn
were gobbled up Monday in a
celebration for international
Year of the Child at Pinery
Provincial Park Head of
Visitor Services. Terry
Crabe. says that it was
impossible to count the
number .in the crowd but he
estimates that it .took about
games.
The sound effects of
today's games have made
the shooting machines more
popular. Now you can hear
the explosion when your
topedo hits a sub.
There were line-ups at one
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700 people to eat that much
corn
Cars with children under
the age of 18 were given free
admission to Provincial
Parks on Monday Special
events at the Pinery included
games for children prior to
the corn roast The games
were held near the nature
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party
display centre in the area
used as a skating rink in
winter
After dark. camp fire and
,.ingsimg entertained the .
hildren "it was a great.
day . we had nice weather.
and alot of people - out."
Crane said
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IMPROVISING —When you can't bring your table with you, you.meke one Enjoying a cool drink out of their Thermos lug
are John Beattie. Mary Waters. Tawny Stoyanowch. Peter Ormesker, Cheryl Rolfe. "Stersky " Varriano. Gisette Ranget, Rine
Godin Charlene Adam. and Rick Paquette. all of the Windsor area