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Wednesday,February3, 1999
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SARNIA — Despite
found guilty of stealing
more than $150,000 from
Grand Bend United
Church last October,
Cheryl Sue Pearen will
not be spending one day
in jail.
A judge sentenced
Pearen, 53, now of
London, to an 18 -month
conditional sentence in
Sarnia court Friday.
Pearen will be confined to
her home for four months
and must observe a cur-
few for the remainder of
the sentence.
Pearen must also per-
form 240 hours of com-
munity service and pay
restitution of about
$140,000.
. Pearen was Grand Bend
United's volunteer trea-
surer from '87-92 when
cheques written for the
':hunch found their way
into her bank account.
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By Craig Bradford
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
GRAND BEND —
They're off to a grand
start but there's a long
way to go to reach the
$500,000 goal in the
'Bend to get things ready
for the Canada 2001
Summer Games.
Grand Bend Friends of
the Games vice -chairper-
son Hank Krech emceed
a press conference at
Oakwood Inn's Pub
Friday to bring the media
up to date with the
Friends activities and
their plans.
The Friends have
raised $114,001 to date
or more than 20 per cent
of their goal.
The biggest news of the
day was plans to demol-
ish the existing beach
washroom building and
erect a new $250,000
beach house at the end of
Main St.
The other $250,000 the
Friends hope to raise will
go towards the general
cost of the games.
Grand Bend Mayor
Cam Ivey said the beach
house will include wash-
rooms, showers, lockers
and lifeguard facilities.
In addition to the beach
house, other significant
improvements to the
area between the end of
Main St. and the pier are
part of a larger plan Ivey
said will become a reality
when funds become
available.
Included in the plan are
boardwalks along the
beach, moving
Government Rd. further
to the east to make way
for a sidewalk so people
can walk from the end of
Main St. to the pier and
about 200 parking
spaces.
Guelph architect L.
Alan Grinham won the
design contract for the
project out of 19 submis-
sions, Ivey said.
Grinham's team is to
devise the project designs
and prepare and issue
the tender documents.
Work it} • expected to
start on the beach house
in the fall of this year and
to be completed so the
building can be used next
summer.
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Dashwood's future up in the air
by Michele Greene
STRATFORD - Youcan
do your banking, plan
trips and shop over the
Internet. Now. you can go
to school over the inter -
net.
The Avon Maitland
District School Board
offers four courses over
the Internet. The board
will support the develop-
ment
p
ment and use of distance
education courses,P end-
ing funding. to broaden
course selections for stu-
dents.
Because funding from
the Ministry of Education
and Training is based on
enrolment, superinten-
dent Janet Baird -Jackson
said increasing enrolment
through distance educa-
tion over the Internet
could result in increased
revenue for the board.
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TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
ZURICH — What- will
happen to the Police
Village of Dashwood after
its neighbouring munici-
palities amalgamate with
different groups?
That question was
addressed at Hay
Township's council meet-
ing Monday night as
police trustees from
Dashwood wanted to
ensure their village does-
n't get caught in the mid-
dle of amalgamation
talks.
Dashwood is now divid-
ed along Highway 83
between Hay and Stephen
Townships. Hay is now in
amalgamation talks with
Zurich, Hensall, Bayfield,
Tuckersmith and Stanley,
while Stephen is planning
to amalgamate with
Exeter and Usborne.
Dashwoodo
p lice
trustees chairman Bill
Becker told. Hay council
that the village has to
make a decision on
whether to go with Hay or
Stephen and said many
Dashwood residents have
told him they to -
remain
t -
remain part of . the.
Stephen, Exe$er and
Usborne group (now-
known as the Town of
South Huron). He said'
there should be a public
meeting on the issue for
residents to air their con-
cerns.
Becker also asked Hay
council if it had ever con-
sidered amalgamating
with the South Huron
group. Reeve. Jim Love
told Becker there had
been talks involving an
amalgamation with
Exeter and Stephen but
Hay was adamant it
wouldn't amalgamate
with Grand Bend.
"We would never join
Grand Bend," Love said.
When it became clear
Grand Bend was part of
the amalgamation talks,
Hay pulled out.
"L don't know how many
times you have to tell peo-
ple you're not going to do
something before they get
the message," Love said.
Even though Grand
Bend is now out of the
picture and is amalga-
mating with the City of
North Lambton, Coun.
Fred Campbell said Hay is.
now committed to its talks,
with theP u of six and
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wants to amalgamate
with rural municipalities
because Hay fears taxes
will. rise if they amalga-
mate with an urban cen-
tre such as Exeter.
Responding to
Seaforth's desire to join;
the group of six, Campbell
said Hay will pull out if
Seaforth is allowed to
join. If that happens,
Campbell said Hay may
be open to amalgamating
with the South Huron
group.
Deputy -reeve Gerald
Shantz added, "rural and
urban don't mix. They
never have and tliey
never will'",. beca.use. it.
increases rural taxes and
decreases urban taxes.
Campbell told the
Dashwood group to wait
until both amalgamating
groups have finalized
their boundaries and
decided how taxes will be
affected before having a
public meeting and choos-
ing whether to go. with
Hay or Stephen
Township.
Defending Dashwood's
desire to go with Stephen,
Becker said Stephen has
provided funding for
major projects in the vil-
lage such as the drain,
street lights and side-
walks.
"We'd: likely be better
served with the South:
HurongroP u ."
Becker said Hay. was
also approached to; pro-
vide funding but was
uninterested, although he,
added the village appreci-
ates Hay's support of
Dashwood's, community
centre.
Becker said it makes
sense for Hay to amalga-
mate with Exeter because
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