Times-Advocate, 1980-10-01, Page 16MEET AT GRAND BEND — A ratepayers meeting held in Grand Bend Friday discussed a
wide range of topics including the village's parking problem. The meeting with lasted two
hours attracted 20 people. T-A photo
Playhouse establishes
record setting season
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Tirrias!Aclv9cote, Octobor 1, 1980
Traffic study proves v
While Grand Bend
wrestles with the installation
of its santary sewer system,
a multi-million dollar item, a
study which will cost the
village—POO, provided the
most lively discussion at a
ratepayers' meeting Friday.
In reply to. a query from
forMer councillor Bob
Simpson, Reeve Bob Sharen
Huron Country Playhouse
will remember 1980 as a
record breaking year.
According to general
manager Marc Quinn, more
people than ever before
visited the playhouse this
summer. That in turn meant
that more tickets were sold,
more money brought in, and
more business was carried
on in the concession stand
and the bar.
Quinn said that full
financial figures will be
available for the annual
meeting at Oakwood Inn on
October 27.
But although income was
up at the playhouse this
season, Quinn confesses that
costs also rose. "We hired
better personnel, and spent
more money on sets," Quinn
said.
told the go ratepayers in
attendance that an interim
traffic study has been
released with the final study
to be ready next month, cost
of the study is $11,000 with,
the village picking up $2,500.
of the cost.
Asking why a parking,
study was necessary were
Jelin Manore and Bill
Quinn stressed that the
betterpersonnelpaid off.Both
he and publicity director
Heather Redick said that
organization and team work
made the playhouse a suc-
cess this summer.
"Everyone pulled his own
weight," Mrs. Redick added.
One of the highlights this
summer was the young
company, Quinn said. He
says that one of main
concerns is being able to
have a young company next
summer. Becuase they were
hired on government grants,
he doesn't know if they will
be able to hire the second
troupe again.
The young company
consisted of five actors and
actresses, who appeared in
the children's show "Alice in
Wonderland", the after-
theatre cabaret "Way Off
Broadway", and the musical
revue, "Flicks".
Also included in the young
company were a director,
designer, stage manager,
musical director, children's
workshop co-ordinator, and
publicist. '
Quinn said that the
playhouse received $16,000 in
federal and provincial
government grants to pay
the wages of the 11 people in
the young company. Quinn
says "we're crossing our
fingers" that the grants will
be repeated again next year,
because of the popularity of
the young people's shows.
Quinn said that an
exhibition of pottery put on
by the artists one Sunday
afternoon was very suc-
cessful, and he is looking into
having more things of that
kind next summer.
Because next year is the
tenth anniversary of the
playhouse, many special
MeTeer with McTeer saying
there was no problem as the
only time in which there
were heavier than normal
traffic flows was during the
summer.
Disagreeing. with McTeer
was councillor Harold Green
who said there definitely was
a traffic problem; citing the
difficulty which fire trucks
plans are in the works. Mrs.
Redick says it will be a year
of celebration.
The film series this
summer did not attract large
enough crowds, and will be
dropped next year, Quinn
said. The playhouse showed
three Canadian films on
various Sunday evenings
over the summer.
There were a total of 2,258
subscribers to the playhouse
this year. That was well
above last year's total of
about 1500. The total number
of tickets sold over the
summer was 37,662 which
brought in $173,501.10.
Annie Get Your Gun, with
the extended three week run,
took in more than 12,000
people. The next most
popular show was Free at
Last which starred
Rosemary Radcliffe and
Jack Duffy. There were 6,008
tickets sold for it. Same
Time Next Year was third in
popularity, followed by
Private Lives and the
Sunshine Boys.
Quiet week
for police
Officers at the Pinery
Park detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police
enjoyed a comparatively
quiet week with no
automobile accidents being
reported.
The detachment did in-
vestigate three thefts of a
minor nature along with six
incidences of break and
enters.
A total of 13 liquor charges
were laid along with two
highway traffic act charges.
have in negotiating the
village's back street during
the summer,
Sharen said moves by the
village such as the in-
stallation of a parkette
behind the municipal offices
are a step in providing more
parking and that the new
zoning bylaw which still
requires final approval,
addresses the parking
problem, He stated that
village traffic flows required
some alteration,
As a partial solution
Harold Skinner suggested
that it be made an offence to
park on the travelled portion
of the road with councillor
Keith Crawford agreeing
that there was a problem of
enforcing the village's
existing bylaws.
Manore said the narrow
streets were the cause of
most of the problems. Green
agreed with Manore and said
the parking study was
commissioned to find
alternatives to the widening
the streets which would cut
back on the small frontages
which some properties
already have. '
Alluding the the narrow
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streets was McTeer who said
he had placed, large stones on
the road allowance to
prevent vehicles from
parking, on his property and
to reduce the amount of litter
which McTeer said visiters
to the resort had placed on
his property.
"They're a bunch, of
animals,. These are the
people you're catering to",
McTeer said.
In somewhat of a switch-
.around, the village ac-
tually received a com-
pliment with Ron Piggott
thanking council for their
efforts in alleviating a noise
problem around his
residence, "We had an
almost enjoyable summer"
Piggott said.
Sewers may be
operational in December-
The first phase of the
resort's sanitary sewer
program my be operational
as early as December ac-
cording to councillor Bill
Baird.
Baird told the meeting that
residents north of the river
and not including Green
Acres must hook up to the
100%
GOOD
EATING
system within 18 months
from the time the system
becomes operational and
that a. usage charge must be
paid within a 12 month
period from the date of the
system's operation.
13asedon a homewith a 60
foot frontage, a property
owner could expect to pay
between $180 and $200 a year
for sewers over a 40 year
period. These amounts are
only estimates. Baird
cautioned, with the six year
veteran of council saying he
hoped that actual amounts
would be lower, Included in
the yearly fee would be the
connection charge of $350,
the frontage rate and the
service charge which will
probably be 150 percent of
the water rate. If a
ratepayer wished he could
pay off the connection
charge in a lump sum, Baird
stated,
The periods set for the
hookup of sewers is flexible
with both Baird and
Crawford saying the intent of
the regulation was not to
penalize people who had a
legitimate reason for failing
to hookup within the
required time,
A requirement of the
ministry of the environment
is that once a residence is
hooked up to the sanitary
sewer, septic tanks must be
pumped and either removed
or filled,
There was some grum-
bling from the crowd about
the septic tank situation with
Manore stating council has
to protect the ,ratepayers
from higher levels of
government.
Baird replied that council
has disagreed with ministry
of the environment officials
a number of times con-
cerning sewer installation in
the municipality.
Race for board of education?
There may or may not be a
race for the area's
representative on the
Lambton county board of
education but a Bosanquet
mother of five told the
meeting that she would try to
improve communications
betwen the board, parents
and teachers if elected.
Mrs. Dorothy White said
she will be contesting the
board of education seat held
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by Gerald Edwards of
Bosanquet for the past 22
years. White said she was
not sure if Edwards was
going to stand for re-
election,
With two children in the
Lambton, school system the
quality of education is of
primary concern, she stated,
In a review of Grand Bend
for the past ten years Sharen
said it was very important to
maintain .a :strong .00111-
mercial base in the village.
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Notice to Ratepayers
Village of brand Bend
Winter season garbage collection com-
mences Oct. 13, 1980
(the entire Village will be picked up on
Mondays only).
- Villagei8o Waste Site open to the Public, Oct. 49
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(there will be no fee charged on this day).
Thank you.
Yours truly,
Louise Clipperton
Clerk
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