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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-09-03, Page 5in Iti. 524-8171 16�GElODERICHeE 5111® JOHN JEFFERY AND SON PAINTS LUMBER AND BUILDING SUPPLIES Q Port Albert resident urges action to revent mor erpion Dear editor, There I was standing in my black rubber boots, clenching a mug of hot black coffee while trying to stay warm in my bright yellow rain suit. It was 9:10 a.m. on Thurs- day Aug. 28. We were in our second day of a big blow from the north west. The Lake Huron breakers smashed onto our Port Albert public beach roared across and up the sandy beach, around the two clumps of trees.... and on up into the parking area and then draining back into the already swollen Nine Mile River. My feeble attempts to dig a trench to release and drain our flooded river were erased with one Lake Huron wave. The river pushed by the fierce northwest winds strug- gled south to meet the lake at a new point some 360 feet south. With every hour this point moves further south toward the Lahn and Lavis properties. (which is the natural flow of the Nine Mile River as can be found in the 1879 Historical Atlas of Huron Coun- ty). (Large sand dunes carefully stored on the south side are quickly gobbled up by the combination on Lake Huron wave action and unceasing relentless push southward of the Nine Mile River driven by the prevailing northwest blows. On the north side beautiful large willow trees continue to be threatened and uprooted by the fierce wave action. The public beach and parking lot on the north side are flooded. The driving nor- thwest winds create waves at the river mouth and all the way upstream forcing Norville Anderson and his wife to pull up their carpets and pile their furniture. Paul Johnson's red van is stranded with water to the top of all four tires. Other river residents have left or are in the process of leaving for higher ground. The lawn on which our. Sunday June 29 an- nual ratepayers meeting was held with representatives from Maitland Valley Con- servation Area present ( whose job is to assist in times of flooding - phone Les Tervit 'in Wroxeter 335-3557) is now under three feet of river water! Bulldozing to date has been a curious policy of pushing tons of sand from, the public beach on the north side and spreading it„ strictly on the south side all under the heading' of `opening the river mouth.” But no amount of bulldozing this week would have kept the river mouth open and in fact by not bulldozing two days ago, the ac- cumulated sand on the public north beach acted to some degree as a natural breakwall to diminish heavy wave action roaring directly in from the lake and on up the river thereby increasing the excessive flooding and river bank erosion. Norville Anderson is our, resident expert on river mouth excavation and my nomin- ation for, the "Grace Under Pressure" award. Norville excavates by shovel the minute the wind dies down and deserves a lot more support than that expressed in the 12-lettaent: Reetaejllan Gibson this past July 25.. bythe South-On-Beach-ers. There was, ipping my black coffee and deep in thought searching for a solution that would help ease the lake erosion and river flooding to the public beach on the north side... help ease the terrible flooding affec- ting properties along the river... and at the same "south -on -beach". • Along conies a stranger sipping his own cup of coffee, and informs me from his per- sonal experience over the past' five years that there is no question in his mind that a groin shouldgo in right from the old cribb- ing on the north side. And, if Ashfield Township follows what is currently going on in the Plympton Township area from Point Edward to Brights Grove you will see how NOW OPEN Men's & Ladies' TRENDY FASHIONS .Hours: Monday to Friday 10-9 Saturdays 10-6 OFF BEAT Suncoast Mall Goderich 524-9500 99, IMUZEIIMIS (MM., West Wawanosh Mutual Insurance Comp. Nan Dungannon nt OM 1R0 529®7961 ,FARM RESIDENTIAL ALMS AGENTS: Frank Foran R.R. 2 Lucknow Lyons & Mulhern 46 Well S1., Goderich Donald MacKay R.R. 3, Ripley Kenneth 0. MacLean R.R. 2. Paisley John Nixon R.R. 5, Brussels Donald R. Simpson R.R. 3, Goderich Delmar Sproul R.R. 3, Auburn Laurie Campbell Brussels FOR A QUOTATION ON YOUR 528.3824 524-2664 395-5362 368.7537 887.9417 529.7567 529.7273 689-9051 FARM, HOME, COTTAGE OR AUTOMO®ILE INSURANCE CONTACT THE AGENT iN YOUR AREA DIRECTORS: Eldon eta* Luchnow 5282214 Jahn 0syce R.R. 3, Paisley 351-5634 Wan Coulton R.R. 5, Brussels 889.6124 Gerold Karr P.O. Box 62, Blyth 523-9275 Gordon A. Stewart R.R. 2, Ripley 3954233 Donald McKenzie 162 Elgin Ave. Wt Goderich M 324-7602 CLAIMS SHOULD BE REPORTED PROMPTLY TO THE DIRECTOR IN YOUR AREA LETTERS WNW not to install metal wall groynes but if you go to the area from Blue Point to Brights Grove you will see properly installed metal wall groynes set directly into the prevailing wind's from the northwest! ! ! These particular metal groynes extend 100 feet out into the lake are pile driven into lake bed are a surprising eight inches in width, 28 feet in height, consist of a cor- rugat4d wavy steel sheet welded and rein- forced at top, middle and bottom and are placed in such a manner that only three feet show above the water line. Apparently a company Lakeshore Maintenance from Sarnia installs these metal/steel groynes at $90 to $100 a foot or a surprising $9000 per groyne. Can this be? For further information just contact this "stranger" Harry Fisher of Plympton Township Council at (519) 899-4467. Harry explains that such a groyne placed 100 feet out into Lake Huron from the old cribbing on the north side would build up the beach on the north side which is the public beach currently threatened with severe wave action erosion and at the same time a scouring action would occur on 'the im- mediate south side of this groyne which would contribute to keeping mouth of river P g open to ease flooding and stop south beach erosion by natural tendency of river to cut down through south Port Albert beach. This 100 foot into the lake angled to the northwest prevailing winds metal/steel groyne built by Ashfield Township to protect and 'extend the public beach at Port Albert and tied into the two retaining wall concept passed recently at the Aug. 2 Port Albert Ratepayers special meeting would answer most if not all the immediate needs here at Port Albert Beach and would indeed... • "save the trees... beautify and preserve our public beach... and help to ease the flooding of residences along the river! If you are an erosion expert or engineer or just a "user" like me of our beautiful but currently •abbreviated beaches then drop me a note with your ideas as soon as possi- ble for it is my understanding that, Maitland Valley Conservation Authority will be con- ducting yet another engineers study but this time relating directly to the Aug. 2 special motion passed by Port Albert Ratepayers for two retainusg walls to be constructed simultaneously on both the north and south sides of the river but only 10 feet out into the lake. With lake levels rising, we are quite frank- ly running out of time. I predict that with what we have witnessed this month with flooding, erosion and wave action, we urgently need a fast engineer's study and then some fast responsible not overly expen- sive direct action by our elected represen- tatives to secure to some degree our public beach and trees before the fierce November storms in two months! Your letters of support and your ideas are very important if anything is to be done. Now is the time to write your elected representatives municipal, provincial and federal demanding action now and please send me a copy at P.O. Box 20, RR 3 (Port Albert), Goderich, Ont. N7A 3X9 or 181 Sheldrake Boulevard, Toronto M4P 2B1 (416) 486-1471. And remember page 16 from "PORT ALBERT - 150 years" book published last month which says, "In 1886 a petition was laid on the table at township council by residents of Port Albert seeking that a deputation be sent to Ottawa to secure, if possible, a grant sufficient to finish the har- bor. The Port Albert Harbor will this year receive nothing from the Dominion Treasury. We're mighty mad." So once again let's write and if necessary phone the following -1. Hon. Murray Cardiff M.P. member for Huron/Bruce, Room No. 548, Confederation Building, Ottawa, On- tario K1A pA6. 2. Hon. Jack ltiddell, MPP.. llth Floor Bat Street, Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A3 phiGODERICH 524-9444, Exeter 235-0170, oronto 965-1080. 3. Hon. Murray Elston, PP... Hepburn Block, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ont. M7A 2C4. 4. Reeve Allan Gibson, R4 3, Lucknow, Ontario. Phone 519-395-526.5. Deputy Reeve Grant Farrish phone 5281-2904. 6. Les Tervit, general manager, Maitland Valley': Conservation Authority, IB ox 127, Wroxeter, Ontario NOG 2X0 phone (519) 335-3557 (for flooding call him) 7. Orville E. Crawford, supervisor of support Ser:r'ces, Ministry of Natural Resources, Wingham District RR 5 Wingham, Ontario NOG 2W0 phone 357-3131. Frank R. Gardiner, 181 Sheldrake Boulevard, Toronto M4P 2B1 (credentials - born in Mt.orest, raised in Goderich, work in Toronto and my heart is Port Albert). Why print offenders' names Dear editor, In last week's paper, 10 Goderich residents were named by the paper, ar- rested and charged with various drug offences. What bothers me however is -that whenever cars are stolen, B and Es occur or , the pizza shop gets jacked up by some clown brandishing a blade, all you say is a local youth was arrested. Why not print the names of all local people charged of any crime? Could it be that you just might have to add an extra page and therefore boost (if you will excuse the expression) the price of the paper an extra nickel. ' What's the difference? All charged of- fences are illegal and we know what that is. An ill eagle is nothing but a sick bird. Why centre out a few dopers when drink- ing intoxicated seems to be very acceptable around town and you don't see their names splashed on paper. ' I shall be waiting anxiously for your com- ments on this matter along with many other local residents. Thank you, • Pete Henry Bluewater fears • from page 4 original purposes or transformed into a Home for the Aged which is a sorely needed facility in this area. At the veiny least, more security must be assured, and arsonists, rapists and murderers must not be allowed to be housed in this institution, now or in the future, if the present situation is to be made at all tolerable, if not wholly acceptable. Sincerely, "Concerned" GODERICH SIGNAI, -STAR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986—PAGE 5 Class Action ANSTETT ' S Gold Chains Great Styles, Great Prices .......................::::::............... Swatches NEW STYLES GREAT LOOKS Only... $5000 ...comjng soon to Anstett's Swatch Sweatshirts Knapsacks Pens Umbrellas Swatch Guards Fashion Jewellery New fall colours are in now . School Rings Ladies only... 59•95 Gents only... GOLD ALSO AVAILABLE See our new styles. Pick up one of our school ring brochures. With Every Student Purchase receive a GRAB BAG FREE offer good until September 9, 1986 or while quantities last. 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