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GGBCA discusses water
course testing in area
By Mary Simmons
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
GRAND BEND — At its
March 12 meeting the
Greater Grand Bend
Community Association
(GGBCA) board of direc-
tors heard from Mari
Veliz from the Ausable
Bayfield Conservation
Authority (ABCA) about
water course testing.
Veliz said ABCA sam-
ples various water bodies
across the watershed in
partnership with the
Ontario Ministry of the
Environment.
As an example she
brought data from sam-
ples taken once a month
from March to December
2003 at Desjardine drain
at the Parkhill Creek.
She said the results
gathered were fair to
poor, but are a represen-
tation of what is stan-
dardly found across the
watershed.
Veliz told the group the
issue is not a lack of test-
ing, since samples are
regularly taken by the
conservation authorities
and health units in the
area.
According to Veliz, the
problem is a lack of fund-
ing and time to summa-
rize, categorize and ana-
lyze the data and release
the information to the
public.
She said while levels of
dissolved oxygen, phos-
phates, E. coli, ammonia,
nitrogen and total sus-
pended solids are consid-
ered fair to poor across
the region, improvements
won't be made through
more testing.
"You could spend a lot
of money trying to find
the source," she said.
"We need to accept that
we all contribute to the
problem and we need to
work together to find a
solution."
She said the answer
could be through best
management practises,
but landowners don't
take the initiative because
of a lack of funding.
"We have to work
towards pressuring peo-
ple for money for stew-
ardship projects," she
said.
Land claim
GGBCA board of direc-
tors also heard a state-
ment from Lambton
Shores Mayor Cam Ivey
on a land claim by
Maynard T. George at
Pinery Provincial Park.
Ivey said for all practi-
cal purposes, municipali-
ties do not have a work-
ing relationship with
native groups.
He said the issue will be
dealt with at the provin-
cial and federal level.
"Nothing has really
changed," he said. "There
will not be a negative
Madrid bombings
alter students' trip
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — The tragic
terrorist attacks in Spain
last week affected the
plans of local students on
a March Break trip.
Eleven students from
South Huron District High
School were preparing to
fly into Madrid, Spain, on
March 11, but were re-
routed when news broke
of the devastating bomb
attacks in the Madrid
area. Three students plan-
ning to go on the trip can-
celled in the wake of the
bombings.
South Huron principal
Jeff Reaburn said the trip
was not school -sanctioned,
but was an educational
trip with a tour agency
through Europe with three
supervisors, including two
South Huron staffers and
a parent.
The group was still in
Exeter when the attacks
were made, but later flew
out of Pearson
International.
The group was still
intending to travel to
Spain, but not Madrid,
Reaburn said when con-
tacted by the Times -
Advocate March 12.
Two hundred people
were killed and 1,200
injured by the attack on
Madrid's train system.
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