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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-08-22, Page 13 (2)M1111111erli `tbArilirLzatalliM M } 1111 ..s s 4 41110 •IL • r s • • y Ott Curator writes book, seeks publishing funds The assistant curator at Iambton Heritage Museum, Chris Andreae, is in the final stages of preparation on an atlas he is planning to have. published. Andreae has been working on the book since 1975. He's calling it "A Historical Railway and Canal Atlas of Canada." He admits that it won't become a best seller, but he does think it will be a valuable reference book in libraries and other areas • where people want to do historical research. He spent over two years researching the book. This study was a natural follow- up to a previous book he had worked on. His first book was a much smaller work entitled "A Railway Atlas of Southwestern Ontario." Because railways and canals were the main modes • of transportation in Canada. Andreae says his book will be a fairly com- • • plete study of early travel. Andreae has written the text and had it prepared by a typist. and has worked on the maps. He hopes to have a professional cartographer do the mapping for_ the book. Although hiring a professional map -maker is very expensive, Andreae feels it is necessary to have the maps and labelling done well. Andreae has had a "prospectus" (a small sample of his text and&maps i printed, and at present he is busy sending the sample to different groups and people he thinks might be able to back him financially. Andreae estimates that the book will sell for $45 but that will not begin to cover ex- penses. The cost will vary depending on the type of paper and cover he decides to use, but it will be in th9 tens of thousands of dollars His decisions on the quality of printing will depend on the number of grants he is able to get. The atlas will be a large format book and only about a half dozen presses in Canada can handle a book that big, Andreae says. Because of the other difficulties in reproducing maps, many publishers are unwilling to do it. Andreae is planning on having only 2,000 copies printed. Andreae has had some success with his turd raising campaign, and he says that , many people are interested in his work. "It's riding partly on the nostalgia kick-. people are more interested in railways now," Andreae says. Andreae says the book will not only have a complete history of railways in Canada. but will also bring it up to date., The book will include several "family" trees of rail companies and how they evolved. • - • :v • ; ..i 'Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty:..' "MY DEAR NATASHA" — One of the big attractions at Ted Relouw's Zoo Just off highway 2 1 south of Grand Bend is Natasha. the baby cougar. At left the young mountain lion dances with the zookeeper's son Matt Relouw. Above, Natasha purrs while Matt's brother Ron scratches her behind the ears. And at right. she decides she's bored with the whole thing. and leans on a stump. Natasha's mother was a Florida cougar. while her father was a mountain lion from Western Canada. At age 1'/, Natasha is getting pretty stong. and sometimes breaks her chain. Then she has a good time chasing ducks and other birds around the zoo The Relouws have had the big playful kitten declewed. Tmes-Advocate •'M A ti r.• • 4. �. /Pr •1 !:':'• ..t t.i-1. Page 1 A AUGUST 22, 1979 Price Per Copy 25 Cents From Sanilac to Grand Bend Surf -sailers cross lake Larry Ebbs picked a strange way to celebrate his 24th birthday Monday.- He spent the entire day standing on a board in Lake Huron. Larry along with Wayne Kapitaniuk, both summer residents of Grand Bend, might get into the Guiness World Records by the first crossing of Lake Huron on a surf -sailer. Surf -sailers are suet boards with sails on them, made popular a few years ago by beer com- mercials on television. The sport is also called wind surfing. Larry and Wayne left Sanilac. Michigan at 11.00 a.m. Monday and arrived on shore in Grand Bend at 2.00 a.m. Tuesday. They were accompanied by John Mitchell in his sailing yacht "F -Stop". Friends greeted them on the beach and celebrated the crossing with a late night• dinner of corn and birthday cake. The two sailors were tired and hungry. The plan for the Lake Huron trip originated with Mark and Debbie Stewart -- the husband and wife team who owns "Watersport Rentals" in the old casino in Grand Bend. This is the second season that the tvt•o have been renting surf - sailers in Grand Bend. They decided along with four friends that it would be fun to cross Lake Huron. They had hoped that all six of them would be able to make the trip. Unfortunately weather conditions were not favourable. Four of the would-be- sailots--Larrv.Wayne. Bob Ferguson and Steve Taylor- Ieft Grand Bend early Friday morning on the "F - Stop" with the six surf boards tied on top of the boat. Mark and Debbie drove to Sanilac with the sails strapped on top of their car. All six of them set out Saturday morning to cross the lake. About five miles from shore the wind died and they were stranded. They returned to Sanilac. They welt through the same procedure Sunday MAKING AN ATLAS — Assistant Curator at Lambton Heritage Museum Chris Andreae is now seeking funds to have a historical atlas printed He has been working or. the book for several years OPP investigate crash Damages came to $1550.00 as the result of • a two car accident on highway 21 about 1.b miles south of Grand Bend eh Aug i, 13. The vehicles were driven by Rudolf Kroeber of Port Franks and Ervin Heissenberger of RiVr2; Grand Bend. Kroeber received minor injuries. On .August 12 a car driven by Ga'etan Dupuis of Hamilton collided with a van driven by Brute Wilson of Thedford. There were no injuries and damage was estimated at $950.04i. A motorcycle collided with a mailbox on Yogi Aear drive August 14. Driver df the motorcycle. David McChesney of Arkorla, was taken to Strathroy General Hospital b' ambulance. Property damage was estimated at $400.00. The Pinery Park detach- ment of the Ontario Provincial Police laid 41 charges under the liquor licence act. Grand Bend OPP laid 24 liquor charges. Three people were charged by the Pinery OPP under the .narcoti con ct, whilh. Grandnd OPP charged one person. • Pinery police charged 28 people under the provincial parr act, anthitirz ndk' f* "• highway traffic act. Two criminal code charges were laid. and one in- vestigation for a missing person, took place. Pinery OPP also investigated one theft. - BY MARY ALDERSON Well, we cele;c. _ • eighth anniversary the other night --or maybe it was just our second. It depends on how you want to look at it -- weeks or months. Either way i figure Victor and f are still in the newlywed stage -which is a nice way of saying we still have "adjustments" to make. , .. For exam_ple, Tarn' lear- ning to like Johnny Carson. i feel that liking Johnny is an adjustment I'll have to make, since Johnny seems to spend a lot of time in our living room. Now, 1 don't dislike Johnny, oocaliopplly tag 'roke5" are prettj funny.' But every night? Night after night Ed McMahon says "Everything you, want to know about (what>sver ..topic thee discussing) is in that -book," and night after night Johnny will reply "Wrong again, bubonic plague breath," or another pet name equally as sweet. Now the first time I saw 1:?r- tinea few weeks ago. i laughed. The next time I saw it 1 chuckled, and the third time they did it, i The August deadline that • smiled. After seeing this "Archie" Gibbs gave to little skit several times,' can Grand Bend council for the barely groan. purchase of the beach came Victor. on the other hand, and went without mishap. insists he's been whtching according to Clerk Louise the Tonight Show since he Clipperton. was 12 years old. And he Gibbs claims to have _laughs uproariqusly as soon purchased the beach from as Johnny starts lecturing on his uncle Harold Gibbs who a topic because he knows says that the popular spot in that soon Ed will go into the Grand Bend has been in his "Everything you'd wanta possession for some time. • know" line and then Johnny The younger Gibbs attended will give him a put down a village council meeting in about his breath. Grand Bend on August 7 and Victor , fain, t: tOttoXe ' offered"'to sell; the beach to • thing''hifarioi 'Mee the• village. He left the night. He'll even invite meeting abruptly, and has friends over and they'll go not officially contacted through the routine together. council again, Clipperton AsI said, I'm trying to like says. JAlif[ty;;�'►ti adjust��t_ Grand Bend made no offer As for The` e3Ui otti a t t -bug.. the beach.. because justments--well, don't let according to. Reeve Bob anyone tell you that material Sharen, "We own it•" possessions won't bring Gibbs has not announced happiness. There's been a lot any plans for the beach since less hassle in adjusting to the deadline he gave council Plass. turn to papa 2A has expired. morning. waiting for wind fot several hours before they abandoned the trip. By this time funds were running short. and the young people decided that they couldn't afford to stay in Sanilac any longer. The only hotel didn't take credit cards. Debbie said. "We were all running right out of money. so Mark and 1 decided to drive home," Debbie said. She said that she and her husband still plan to cross the fake on the surf -sailers this summer "It's not a defeat. just a delay." she added. Only Larry and Wayne were able to make the 15 hour trip. The two were dressed in full length wet suits. They spent five hours travelling after dark. Winds were good. at about 15 knots. according to Debbie At about a mile from Grand Bend's shore the winds died, and it took them longer to reach land than they had anticipated "They wet•e wearing breast lights and we could see them bobbing around out there." Debbie said At press time Larry 9nd Wayne were Mill sleeping after their tiring journey and were not available for comment. . . `.`. No word from Gibbs GRAND BEND'S DREAM -- Reeve Bob Sharen was presented with a sketch of how he'd hke to see the north pier Sharen thinks Grand Bend should. have its own Ontario Place Council has dreams for old pier Grand Bend council is still 'dreaming of the day when they can have their very own "Ontario Place" standing'at the mouth of the river in Lake Huron. Gerry Mac •of Lambton Engineering in Sarnia presented council with a sketch of a complex he would like to see on the end of the north pier Mac came to Monday night's council meeting with his drawing. and offered his services to council to do a feasability study of the recreational complex. in his picture he sketched a lighthouse and expansive docking facilities. As well. the µ be a Gran Bend • - council agreed that "it would be nice". Secretar • manager of the z.; cbe'p of Commerce Bo Simpson attended the council meeting to discuss sewer connections on Main Street. As a representative of the Chamber. Simpson is con- tacting people on Main Street so that connections can be made as efficiently as possible. Simpson has made arrangements with San- dercotts Construction to make the sewer connections. Sandercotts will then bill the village for work, and the village will h ve to bill the individuals involved,.. Cotraci:...:_:_`s:_:z`..ai a letter that Simpson will give to the businessmen on Main Street. The individuals will sign an agreement saying they will pay the village for _the work. Seer arork on,.,Main Street will start the day after Labour Day. according to Simpson. John Williams, Paul Thompson and Bob Riddell of the Lambton-Kent assessment office attended the council meeting to discuss the assessment equilization factor. Council members were concerned about the discrepency between the assessment of homes on the north and south sides of the river."No other municipality has such .a great variance in home values," Said Reeve Sharen. ' The assessor explained how sales and appraisals were considered in • the assessment. Council voted to raise the interest on tax arrears. The tax arrears penalty was raised from 12 per cent per annum to 15 per cent per annum. The charge will be 1 ' 4 per cent per month in 1980../ r Councillor Keith Crawford' declared a conflict of in- terest when council voted to reduce taxes on some property he owns Taxes were reduced or cancelled on several , businesses and properties in Grand Bend. where circumstances have changed recently Firemen want agreement Grand Bend's volunteer firemen paid a surprise visit to council at Monday night's meeting Council agreed to give the firemen 10 minutes IrsRak.even thougfi-thev- weren't listed on the prepared agenda Fireman Prosper Van- bruaene said they could talk in five minutes "When will this fire agreement be straightened out --it makes us look like a bunch of dum- mies." Van Bruaene said. Fireman Stan Lovie echoed Van Bruaene's statement "We get a lot of flak. and we're the ones that look bad because we're the firemen," Lovie said. About a dozen firemen attended the meeting co a ttNsn agreement with the councils of Bosanquet and Stephen townships for fire protection. One of the volunteers pointed outthat several of the firemen live in osanquet and townships and they want "{o see those areas protected. The last fi;e agreement between the three municipalities was signed in .1989. • practise. Reeve Bob Sharen said that Bosanquet "got an agreement. then, they reneged " Councillor Keith Crawfgr. s R.,rt' We've manly it's not that far out of whack."' Stan Lovie asked that Grand Bend hold a meeting with the other two councils and come to an agreement. Councillor Harold Green told him that that would be the third that Grand Bend -had taken the initiative "They don't bargain in good faith, Sharen said"' Council agreed to invite the township councils to a meeting in September to settle the dispute. Prosper Van Bruaene asked if the firemen could attend the !:j1' Etgtg, ana Reeve.Sharetr- -said• that their --presence' would be beneficial. The dispute centres around the cost of fire protection, and the owner= ship of equipment. There are also problems concerning... • e dost and ownership of a; ,- ' w-firehall, which Tr'i 's Bend council would' like to have built. The firemen came to the meeting after their regular