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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.
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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
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