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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-05-14, Page 28SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Hot food to go Try Hot N Tender Serving Lxeter i' 1 •.,ru.e i873 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Black Earth Top Soil $1.59 Inside Summer playground program may return See page 2 Textile recycling See page 5 Students design veterans web site See Crossroads Second front Long weekend party -goers loud but well behaved in Grand Bend GRANT) BEND - Although the final statistics have not been con • - firmeti. Grand Bend Ontario Pro- racial Police claim the people who visited the village on the weekend were loud, but well behaved. "It was quiet as far as criminal activity goes. but there were lots of - pcople•partying and blowing off . steam." said Sgt. Gard Bruce. - According to Bruce, a number of charges were laid with an estimated '90 per cent of•them issued under , the Liquor Licence Act. Also, there . was more than one'perspn charged for impaired drivigg.� "It wasn't the quictiNt when it came to calls for sen ice. but we didn't have any major occurrences or problems." Last year, OPP investigated a • stabbing incident after a Hcnsall . man was assaulted on Main Street loilowing bar closing hours. How- • ever. there were only 351 charges laid last year compared to the. 508 charges laid in the 1995 Victoria Day long weekend • .Commonly known as " the May 2-4," the first long weekend of the year has traditionally brought thou- . sands of people to Grand Bend to enjoy the beach, water sports and • Main Street night Iifc. Although Bruce said there are -usually more charges laid on this weekend than on any other long weekend through thc summer he has noticed that trend declining. "We've been doing a lot over the • last seven years. trying to keep vis- ible and adopting a icro tolerance policy. I think that sort of action is • paying off," he said. Pinery Provincial Park Super- intendent Les Kobayashi said it was a quiet weekend for.campers, and alcohol related -evictions were down by 20 percent. There is a province -wide alcohol ban in Pro- vincial parks during the Victoria Day weekend. Kobayashi said the park had many cancellations and some campers left early due to expected rain, however most camp sites were full Saturday through Sunday with a cross-section of families and teen- agers. "Thcrc was some rowdiness but we kept it under control and there was no damage to the facility," he said. "Overall, it was a good week- end." Exeter Elevator Fertilizer Plant Manager Murray Insley dis- plays a sample of Pursuit, a top-of-the-lirle bean and pea herbicide. A recent theft involved enough of the product to cover 6,000 acres. heft hits co-op twice in one month in April, five people were charged in connection With stolen property and gasoline. Last week, $190,000 worth of herbicide was nabbed. By Brenda Burke Mike.Scott, a team of two to four full retail price: T -A Reporter thieves used. a tractor and trailer Scott, who describes the top -of - from the plant yard to carry the the -line- Pursuit herbicide as "liq- STEPHEN TOWNSHIP - Police chemicals one and a quarter miles uid gold," claims St. Thomas and are "looking at a few suspects" fol- . down nearby railway tracks to Side Waterloo region police are current- lowing a break, enter and theft on 'Road 84 where they unloaded the ly investigating similar thefts, May 13 at the Exeter Elevator Fer- goods into a truck and some of which involve tilizer Plant that involved enough drove away.. "They knew the same product. Two Pursuit herbicide to cover 6,000 "They knew what they what they years ago, a local Cooks arfes of beans and peas. Also sto- were doing,", noted Plantwere doing." opera,* was - also hit ly was a smaller quantity of Ultim Manager Murray Insley, with a Pursuit theft. corn herbicide. adding this is the first theft Police urge farmers or The plant, located south of Exet: of its kind in the plant's 40 -plus commercial sprayers approached • er on Stephen Township Sidcroad - years in operation. by people offering a deal on Pur 15/16, was entered by removing "Anyone can break in and steal suit to call the Goderich OPP at an outer steel wall between 5:30 it," .he said, explaining thc tough (519) 524-8314 or to contact - pjn. and 7:30 a.ni. According to part -is getting dollar value out of a Crime Stoppers of Huron County. Goderich OPP Detective Constable product that can never be sold at at 1-800-222-8477. t First phase of Nature Trail Lucan organizes construction set to begin benefit auction for flood victims The asphalt trail will provide By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter GRAND BEND - It has finally begun. After three years of planning, co- ordinating and fundraising, thc con- struction of the Nature Trail con- necting Grand Bend and the Pinery .Provincial Park began with a public grand -breaking ceremony on Fri- day. The Nature Trail is a seven ki- lometer trail that runs along the west side of Highway 21 between brand Bend and the Pinery. it will be constructed of six-inch deep re- cycled asphalt and will be 3.1 mc- ters wide. The project is being man- aged by the Rotary Club of Grand a safe Zink from Grand Bend to the'Pinery Bend with cooperation from the' Town of Bosanquet, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, the Min- istry of Natural Resources and oth- er interested groups. "its been a long standing partner- ship and I think this trail_will come to symbolize thc partnerships need-. ed.ia_Ott:.td, make something. likethis happen." announced Hank Krech, chairperson :of the Rotary Trail Committee. ' Cam Ivey, mayor of Grand Bend echoed Kretch's comments. "i think it's a partnership we're going to use a.lot more of in the fu-. turc,becausc' it is a partnership that is reflective of today's realties,". said Ivey. Krech reminded the large crowd of people who gathered to witness 'the ceremony this is only the first, of three project phases. The final phase will include a 21 -acre park, which will be' an off -shoot of the trail, located at the former landfill site, south of Grand Bend. The site is free of methane gas and its pris- contlition with mature trees an (pent grassy areas, it can easily be converted into a park. Krech es- timates the project will take 20 years to complete and said some of the envisioned facilities include baseball diamonds, soccer fields, a skating rink, a toboggan slope, a roller blading park, an open-air am- phitheater, picnic areas avid a club house. Continued on page 2 With shovel In hand, Cam Ivey Grand Bend Mayor, left, Hank Krech, Rotary Club Trail Com- mittee Chairperson, Fred Thomas, Bosanquet Mayor and John Kowalyshyn, Lambton County Warden pose for photographs during a public ground breaking ceremony on Friday. The first phase of the Nature Trail project, which will link Grand Bend to the Pinery Park with an as- phalt path, should be completed in four weeks. The village of Lucan wants to raise funds for flood relief in Manitoba's Red River Valley By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter LUCAN - Lucan resident Jeff Roestenberg wants to help the -Good victims In Manitoba, and he has the entire village be- -hind him. Lucan and area service clut tttid`fitre department, local businesses and numerous individuals are coming together to organize a benefit auction to raise funds for flood relief in the Red River Valley. A member of the Lucan Lions. Club, Roestenberg brought it up at a meeting but soon the planning snowballed when others volunteered to help., "No matter who I talked to, everyone agreed we should do something," he said, adding the funds raised at the auc- tion will go directly to a small community outside the town of Mods. "You need the help from the entire community to help another community." Watching the news broadcasts, Roestenberg could relate to what the victims were going through because he was personally affected by a flood in Holland during his child- hood in 1953. "The dikes blew and the northem part of the country went under. I was a youngster at the time but the memory has al- ways stuck with me," he said. Roestenberg said focusing the benefit auction proceeds to' a specific area will have a vis- ible and immediate impact and he is quick to dismiss the distance between the two communities. "There is no such thing as distance. The people of Man- itoba are our neighbors just as much as the guy next door is," he said. Auctioneers Filson and Robson and Tom Shoebottom will volunteer their vocal talents for the auction which will take place at the Lucan Arena starting at 5 p.m. on June 5. Cash donations will also be accepted at the T.D. Bank, Bank of Montreal, and the municipal offices of Lucan and the Township of Biddulph. Stephen council cuts skating program STEPHEN TOWNSHIP - Every winter, " about 600 children from McCurdy, Mount Carmel and Ste- phen Central schools enjoy free skating at the Stephen Township Arena. But this program will be se- verely affected after Stephen Town- ship council cut the funds used to pay for it. During a council meeting on April 15, councilor Wilmar Wein seconded a motion moved by Dep- uty reeve Tom Tomes "that the are- na budget allow $45.000 in tax sup- port for 1997 and that ice time grants in 1998 for school use be de- termined etermined by the board within the overall township tax dollar alloca- tion." 'According to Administrator Larry Brown, last year the Arena Board received $50,000 plus a S2,5.50 grhnt which paid for the ice time used by the schools. (The facility also generates revenue through ice- • Continued on page 3 You won't find better values anywhere o 50 C Pro !o OFF CLEARANCE MODELS Very rarely will you find top quality furniture at prices like these, but we have to make room for our new stock. We've drastically reduced the prices on sofas, chairs, sofa -beds, dining FLOO R IVIODE room sets, bedroom writes... �• everything! These floor • models and discontinued stock must be cleared out. 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