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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1991-08-14, Page 18Grand Bend Pattiidrs host rests from a the globe last w Down under - Paul Taylor (left) and Ruth from Australia talk about boomerangs at the Australian display. Warm hello - Michelle Lovie (left) greets sister Audrey Mwansa from Zambia. Cold climate - Ann Charlotte of Norway (left) and Loma Miller dis- cuss regions of their native lands. C QMM LIWITY Times -Advocate, August 14, 1991 Page 17 ,, Busy Bee playground wraps up Friday, By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - Busy Bee Day Camp, the summer recreational program in Grand Bend, will be winding up its season on Friday, August 16, with a barbecue at Port Blake for the whole gang. Colleen Hamilton, of Ailsa Craig, has run the program for four summers in Grand Bend, while studying as a Developmental Service Worker at Fanshawe during the fall/winter terms. The children receive the ben- efit of her expertise and she accu- mulates experience; a mutually beneficial situation. Hamilton is assisted by Julie Uni- ac of Grand Bend, who has worked in the program for two years, and Cheyenne Olmstead, a new junior assistant from Grand Bend, who helps in the mornings. The schedule runs five days a week, from July 2 to August 16. The morning program, 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon, for the three to seven year olds, usually attracts 20 to 30 chil- dren, while the afternoon program for 8-14 year olds (1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.) runs with 10-15 children. Children can be enrolled for one day, a week, a month, or all sum- mer, and they come from the fami- lies of visitors, tourists, summer cottagers and year-round resident; to participate in an organized recre- ation program. Several handi- capped -children have been fully in- tegrated into program activities, with excellent results. Grand Bend Legion news GRAND BEND - Visitors from White Rock, B.C., Florida and Michigan came to the Tuesday night bingo games at the Grand Bend Legion. Aileen Ravelle won the 50/50 draw. Winners at the Friday.meat raffle were: Donha McNair and N. Smith, Gary Lummis-Srpith and Joan Wil- by, Tubby Keiswetter and Mary Tate, Mary Parkhill and Brian Hitchcock, and Bruce Phillips and Glen Bryson. Andrew Smith won the Mystery Prize. Grand Bend United ..Church GR'A'ND BEND - A good atten- dance was present, Sunday, for the outdoor service at Grand Bend United. Pastor Colin Stover's ser- mon topic was "Deep and Wide", with scripture from Ephesians 3:14-21. He told us many things in our lives are measured and reduced to statistics, but we can't measure God's love. Special music was two solos by Kerry Stover of London, Pastor Colin's brother accompanied by Lynn Tremaine, on keyboard and Marjorie Cartwright on flute. Upcoming special music num- bers are: August 18 - The Volchoff family of Brantford; August 25 - The Grand Bend Barbershoppers; September 1 - Lynn Douglas. A most successful bake, craft and garden produce was held by the Grand Bend U.C.W. last Wednesday. BE A PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENT'S FUTURE The Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority invites individuals, interest groups and government agencies to participate in the preparation of a "Conservation Strategy" for the conservation of the watersheds of the ABCA (the drainage areas of the Ausable River, Bayfield River, Parkhill Creek and gullies draining directly into Lake- Huron between Grand Bend and Lot 31, Goderich Township). Interested parties will become part of the "Strategy Working Group" to prepare the Conservation Strategy. The Strategy will identify: • • the environmental issues facing our watersheds • the roles of the ABCA, agencies and groups in addressing these issues • the ABCA's vision and mission statements • the ABCA's goals and objectives • action plans to achieve these objectives. The Strategy Working Group will meet six times between September, 1991 and May, 1992. Anyone interested in participating in the Strategy Working Group should call or write the ABCA prior to August 30. Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority R. R. 3 Exeter, NOM 1S5 • 235-2610 Funding is provided by the vil- lage and Lambton County. The program is run from the new playground near the Legion Hall, behind the baseball diamond. So, what kind of activities do they put oo for the kids? There are field trips each week, supported by local businesses and groups, to Pizza De- light, the Pinery Park, the water slide and mini -golf downtown, Track 'n Trail, Best's Restaurant, and Whipple Tree Riding Stables. They've toured the Lambton County Museum and the Grand Bend Police Station. The at-home days offer lois of games like volleyball, baseball, wa- ter games, and crafts. On rainy days everyone goes into the Legion Hall or the basement of the municipal building for indoor crafts and games. The Colonial Hotel donated a TV/VCR and Image Dry Cleaners donated VCR tapes, while the Bare- foot Pedlar sent popcorn. Families are being invited to the final barbe- cue at Port Blake, and everyone should bring their swimsuit too. Organizers are already looking toward next year's budget, with a special fund raiser to end the sea- son. The Grand Bend O.P.P. will be working with Parks and Recreation to sponsor "Float -A -Cop," run from August 23-25. Constable Rob Nick- el of the Grand Bend O.P.P. has do- nated his time to sit in a lawn chair, anchored out in Lake Huron. from 12:30 p.m. on Friday, August 23 to Sunday, August 25, for 48 hours. The O.P.P. will be collecting pledges and donation cans will be placed in local businesses. All mon- ey raised goes to the Busy Bee Day Camp and to Grand Bend Parks and Recreation. - Former councillor leaves for B.C. By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - Former Grand Bend councillor Marsha Lemon has recently moved to Maple Ridge, B.C., near the home of her brother, RCMP Constable Rob Lemon and his family. Constable Lemon is sta- tioned in nearby Port Coquitlam, B.C. Marsha Lemon was also for- mer, owner of the "Book Store", now called "Saga Bound", and was relief teacher at S.H.D.H.S. in Exet- er. Her son David will be joining her in Maple Ridge for the fall school term, after spending the summer with his father in Curaco. David will be sadly missed by his Grand Bend baseball team, but is happy to live closer to his cousins in B.C. Lemon drove across Canada to her new home in B.C., enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Rockies. She'll work as a supply teacher there. Her parents, Ruth and El- wood Lemon will be staying in Grand Bend, and will have to rely on phone calls or correspondence to keep in touch. Thelma Williams of Toronto is visiting with her good friends Grace Paris and Shirley Platt of Southcou Pines. While she's here they'll be celebrating her 75th birth- day on Friday, August 16, but with one difference. Most people expect presents or special service on their birthday, but Williams will be sell- ing glads for Epilepsy Research in front of the TD Bank. If you stop to buy flowers in Grand Bend on Fri- day afternoon, wish Thelma a Hap- py 75th Birthday. The Philip Walker family are looking forward to greeting a spe- cial guest at the Toronto Union Sta- tion next Sunday afternoon. They'll be welcoming 15 -year-old Eva Kar- chova of Leningrad, U.S.S.R. to Ontario, through an Intercultural Canada family host program. Eva will be staying at their home in Oakwood Park until next July, '92, and will attend S.H.D.H.S. in Exet- er with their 16 -year-old daughter, Fiona Walker, starting in Septem- ber. 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