Times Advocate, 1989-02-22, Page 10Page 10
Times -Advocate, February 22, 1989
Bowling for charity -. This group of politicians, . celebrities, and businessmen rolled their best in the
Big Brothers Bowl Sunday afternoon at the Zurich Town and Country Lanes. Kneeling, Bob Fisher,
Zurich reeve, Bevan Palmateer, CFPL TV, Back row, (From left), Dennis Meikle, IOOF,MP Murray Car-
diff, Jim Bedard, Jim Robinson, .reeve Hensall, Exeter. Mayor Bruce Shaw, who led the pack with a
204 game:
GB council briefs
GRAND BEND - Pcoplc will
have their say whether or not they
want to continue to have Sunday
shopping in the village. -
Council decided at a special meet-
ing last Thursday to let the public
voice their views on the issue, in
answer to legislation passed by the
province recently, leaving the Sun-
day opening decision up to each
municipality.
Grand_Bend=islthe-only local area__
that currently has Sunday shopping
because it is designated a tourist
arca. A public meeting will be held
' on the issue Friday, March 31 to
"sound out public opinion.
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- .Stephen Township also requested
information from council about
Grand Bend's application for annex-
ation of land in the township.
Grand Bcnd has proposed to annex
land in Stephen Township and Bo-
sanquet Township as far south as
Port Franks. It is the village's pro-
posal in the Lambton County re-
structuring talks.
Council was told by the Ministry
of Municipal Affairs that there was
no such thing as voluntary annexa-
tion and Stephen has to agree to the
requestor no annexation can take
place.
* * * * * *
Council passed some recommen-
dations to the proposed Lambton
County Signing Bylaw. They asked
the county for a clause in the by-
law to include all construction and
real estate signs along the high-
ways. The current proposal has no
recomcndation for such signs.
* * * * * *
Approval was given for the
Chamber of Commerce to hold a
Car Raffle. The car will cost
$16,500 and tickets for the draw
will cost 5100 each.
* * * * * *
Council was informed that the
Ontario Municipal Board has given
its approval in writing for
5150,000 fordebentures for the
Public Utilities Commission new
substation in the village.
Members of the Canadian Cancer
Society will be setting daffodils in
the village after council gave its
permission. The daffodil sale will
take .place; Thursday, March 30,
Friday, March 30, and Saturday
April 1.
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Council -agreed to once again ap-
ply for a Summer Co-ordinator of
Services with the SEED Program
—of-Challenge-Canada for. -10 -weeks
- in the summer but want to change
the name of the position on the ap
plication. The person hired usually
takes care of by-law enforcement
during the summer months.
"You have to keep changing what
you're applying for or you won't
get approval,' explained clerk
Dianne Mol lard.
Sharen agreed, but added "I don't
think you can dream up too many
new names for the same position."
* * * * * *
Dillon Engineering, of London,
is applying for a direct grant on be-
half of the village to pay for expan-
sion of the lagoon system,but first
a study must be conducted to exam-
ine ways of improving the present
lagoon.
"It is to see if by aeration we Can
increase the capacity of the sewage
system" said Reeve Sharen.
• * * * * * *
Council agreed to send some
members to the Ausablc Bayfield
Conservation Authority Public In-
formation Day, Wednesday, March
8, from 1-4:15 p.m. at the South
Huron Rec Centre in Exeter.
A minor variance was granted for
5 Woodward St. in the village. It
was decided that approval would be
given because there was no other
placefor the storage shed on the
site except for the front yard and
since- the roof line was now below
thc top of the yard fence. Council
added one provision, " that at no -
time may the roof line of this or
any other shec protrude above the
top of the fer •ze surrounding the
subject yard at its lowest point."
Environment is theme
Grand Bend
Women's Institute
The ladies of thc Grand Bend
Women's Institute held their meet -
in on Thursday, February 16 at
0 p.m. The theme of the meet -
t 'vra9 Environmental- Co
Each member answered the -roll call
by naming an environmental prob- .
lem with which they are concerned.
It was decided that the Tweed-
smuir History Book would be
placed in the care of the Latnbton
Heritage Museum. The minute
records and scrapbook, including fu-
ture scrapbooks would be placed in
the Grand Bend Library where they
would be more accessible as refer-
ence material. They reviewed the
volunteers for Meals -on -Wheels for
the month of April.
In. the absence of Ruth Mcin-
• ' fish, Brenda Love introduced the
guest speaker, Mrs. William Van-
- do ri Bygaart, assistant Environmen-
tal Manager at -the Pinery Provin-
cial Park. • Everyone enjoyed his
slides of Park scenery, birds, ani-
++t�"""R1aTs; plant life, fo`okout . stations
and boardwalks, which were built at -
a sizeable expense in order to pre,
serve plant life on the sand dunes.
Vanden Bygaart is knowledgea-
ble in all.aspe€ts of the successful
operation of the 6000 acre provin-
cial park.
Several boardwalks have been
built over the sand dunes so people
don't kill the grasses growing there.
Hundreds of pine trees have been
'burned or cut down so that rare and
fragile vegetatipastuhr,Jorepsaloar.
can be preserved and encouragtd to
grow.
Dashwood WI meet
By Bernice Boyle
:.,^DASJ- W°nn - T
womens Institute met February 7
and the members participated in a
"Lip" contest followed by a com-
mentary on How effectivc'a kiss and
hug can be.
Katherine Becker reported on the
Medical Centre Committee meeting
and Maud Hoffman gave an updated
report on the Community Centre.
Kathy Hayter, a Brownie Leader
and her two daughter, Miranda and
Melissa were .guests for the even-
ing
They explained how the Brownies
and Girl Guides started and how the
organization teaches the girls re-
sponsibility.
The girls modelled their Brownie
i
-ilrtiforms and explained their badg-
Lutlferan Ladies
Dashwood Lutheran Ladies met
Tuesday, February 14.
Guest speaker Mrs. Rosemary
Scott, Zurich, spoke and showed
slides of her family's Teen Mission
in Poland last summer. •
This month's Altar•guild -Is Vesta
Miller and Kathy Haytcr.
The next meeting is March 14 at
8 p.m.. ,
Personals
Barbara Mclsaac and Barbara Ste-
venson of Detroit spent the weekend
with Bill and Nancy Becker.
Harold and Gwen Smith of Wyo-
ming visited Hugh and Bernice
Boyle.
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Beavers
By Roberta Walker
GRAND BEND - The Great
Lakes Brass - easy on the ears and
on the eyes.
The musical program featured
pieces by Claude Le Jeune and a
Bach Suite.
A piece by Gabrieli was played
by each musician in a different cor-
ner of the church, to surround the
audience with sound, perhaps the
first example (1500s) of stereo.
Lise Vaugeois performed a delight-
fully funny piece she wrote for a
garden hose, called "Opus One, the
Cow". She extracts moo-oos, soft
tones from a hunk of garden hose!
For a salute tomodern music,
they played the filmscore "A Texas
Romance" by Harvey Schmidt.
They closed with songs from Porgy
and Bess by Gershwin.
After the show, the audience
joined the artists downstairs for a
reception. •
About town •
The Grand Bend Beavers and
Cubs have been busy. Last week
they marched in the Sand Castle
Parade, banners flying. On Thurs-
day the Beavers visited the Cubs to
see the preliminaries. for the Kub
Kar Rally, at their meting in the
Grand Bend Public School, this
-Thursday, Beavers. Cubs and
Scouts will be gathering with their
marched inarad
p e
families for a Pot Luck Banquet at special church service at the
• the Grand Bend Legion. On Sun- Church of God. The young people
day, February 26, all Boy Scouts, . and their leaders will march in full
Cubs and Beavers will Join with uniform in this annual celebratio.i
the Girl Guides and Brownies for a of the Scouting Movement.
GB Church news
Catholic Church news
GRAND BEND - There will be
Stations of the Cross and Benedic-
tion on Wednesdays during Lent, at
7:15 p.m.
High school students are en-
couraged to meet at Father Beck's
house on Sunday, February 26, at
3 p.m. They will watch and dis-
cuss a video on drinking and driv-
ing.
In Alhambra news, a representa-
tive from People First will be
speaking at the monthly meeting
in Thursday evening at the Alham-
bra hall. Come and find out what
People First is all about!
Friday afternoon the Alhambra
will host the ARC industries
•workers and staff for a lunch and
hay ride, their annual winter fun
day, also at the Alhambra"Hall.
Members of the Catholic Wom-
en's League met last Thursday with
representatives from area churches,
to plan and organize for the World
Day of Prayer. The Catholic Ladies
will be hosting the ecumenical ser-
vice on March 3, at 2 p.m. All la-
dies are invited to attend.
Church of God
The Church of God congrega.
tion gathered to worship Sunday
morning with Millie Desjardine
leading the hymns.
The congregation extends sin-
cere sympathy to Mrs. Mona Gais-
er, on the death of her husband Ar-
nold. He was a faithful member of
the Church of God.
Bible study
There were 16 ladies out, for
Bible Study last Tuesday morning
at Sauble court. The lounge was
decorated with cupids, hearts, -and
flowers, and several ladies wore
something red in honor. of St. Val-
entine's Day.
Eleanor Durie opened the meet-
ing and Vera Brown was welcomed
back after several weeks of illness.
The Bible Class is invited to a
bible Coffee Hour at Gracc Bible
Chapel on March 3, at 9:30 am. in
Parkhill
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