Lakeshore Advance, 2013-05-01, Page 76 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Grand Bend school upgraded for full day kindergarten
Lynda HIIIman-Rapley
It was obviously it good decision to keep the
(rand Bend school open when the idea of clo-
sure was on the forefront in the Tate 1990s. 'The
school is now being upgraded with new class-
rooms. (currently, there are 39 1:1)K students (IK/
SK) registered for September 2013. The total
number of students at (rand Bend Public School
for the current 2012- 1:1 year is 203 students.
Lurie Vandeschoot, Planning and Reporting
Officer/OnSls (;o -ordinator
at 1.ambton Kent 1).S.11 said the two room port -
a -par that is currently at (BPS will be replaced
with two permanent classrooms. 'These class-
rooms will accommodate a 1:011 Day Kindergar-
ten classroom, as well as an existing classroom.
(rand fiend will be offering 1:1)K beginning in
the 2013-11 school year.
(rand Bend's first schoolhouse was built in
11161. It was a log building near the northern
entrance of the Grand (lend cemetery, under a
Targe oak tree. Henry I luestun and a Mr. 1Iiunil
ton were the teachers. 'There were an average of
6r1 students.
On Item' 29th, 1117.1 for $50.011 it piece of land
was purchased and it flame building %vas erected
on this sane site, 'Then a new brick building was
erected but it became apparent there were more
students than spaces so the Maccabees Hall and
this brick building were both used.
It was 1925 when a two -acre sitewas pur-
chased from Soloman Pollock and the present
school was purchased. 'The new school had two
classrooms, a full basement with a ftlrllilct' i111d a
teahcer's room, 'The cost of erection wits $9,000
and at the time was considered one of the finest
schools in Huron (county.
The Municipality of Ltitii41,00 4uie
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TOWN HALL MEETING
Please be advise that the Councillors for Ward 1
and Ward 2 will be hosting a Town Mall meeting
to discuss topics of interest to residents In the
Grand Bend area of Lannblon Shores, Including
the placement of beach v^!leyball nets on Main
Reach, Short Terns Rental Accommodations
findings, update on Grand Bend Sewage
Treatment Pians, update on harbour situations,
budget highlights for the area; cross walk
Installations, expansion of southerly sidewalk
10 Merrywood.
Date & Time: Saturday, May 4, 2013
- 10:00 a.m. to noon
Location: Grand Bend Public School
Gymnasium
MUNICIPALITY OF LAMBTON SNORES
NOTICE OF INTENT TO PASS AN AMENDING BY-LAW
TO REMOVE HOLDING SYMBOL
IN ZONING BY-LAW 1 OF 2003 (ZONING BY-LAW)
RE: LOCATION: north of Main Street, East ,Grand Bond
APPLICANT: Rice Development Company Inc
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Please be advised that the Council 01 the Municipality of Lavation Shoes al their MAY
10. 2011 meeting will consider passing an amending by-law to remove the Holding 12
(412) Zone from Lands kxate d In Plan 25M-42 (see attached map) and located on the
north side of Main Street East to allow the lands to be developed as set out in Registered
25M-42 and Zoning By-law 1 of 2003 The Holding 12 (112) Zone requires that prior to
the Holding Zone being removed the following conditions s be mel
I) A subdivision agreement has been entered into with the Municipality of ismblon
Shores, and
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capacity has been alkx mte d by the Municipality to develop the lands
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'lht' school was wired for electricity
in 1939 and water was put in two years
later. The school section became it
member of Stephen Township in 19411.
l;ranel Bend school became part of the
!Ambient County Hoard of Education
in 1969.
In the early Tate 1990s the threat of
closure came to (rand Bents but with
some futuristic and creative thinking,
a committees was able to persuade the
Board and municipality to move the
library to a new facility and to make a
community gyne and community room
in an enhanced facility that would
serve more than just a school. That
calve to be adding some students from
the Port franks area and now a Rill
day kindergarten will round off the
success of this school.
Pinery Park introduces
accessible board walk
Lynda HIIIman-Rapley
The Pinery Park is now the home of
an accessible boardwalk. Alistair Mac-
Kenzie, M.Sc, Natural 1leritage Educa-
tion & Resource Management Supervi-
sor brought this project to (Friends of
Pinery Park in the fall of 2011. Barb Fer-
ris, the Executive Director at that time,
worked with her husband Ron and
Alistair to design and prepare an esti-
mate for the project. Pedal the Pinery,
our new spring fundraiser, was the per-
fect fit to raise the funds for the Acces-
sible Boardwalk. 'she project includes
a viewing deck, a wheelchair ramp to
the beach with a couple of viewing
platforms built in, it storage shed, park-
ing and an all terrain wheelchair. Fun-
draising was made possible t through
our Spring Pedal the Pinery, Fall Road
Race and a (rant from the (rand Bend
(community Foundation
'The organizers say there were no real
surprises along the way. "All went very
well working together with the Park
and Friends like' Member Peggy Smith
who lead the way last year by helping
us res -erect Pedal the Pinery for The
Friends of Pinery Park, which will now
be an annual e've'nt every Spring.
Always the last Sunday in April," says
Lindsey Ashworth Ducharnle before
this past weekend's event.
The new boardwalk was built by
the Pinery Park staff lead by Ray
Canadian
Cancer
Society
Sheppard who worked tirelessly
through sun, rain and wind this past
month.
The friends of Pinery Park started in
1989 as a group of area residents who
shared both a passion and deep inter-
est in Pinery Park. Aware of the increas-
ing pressure on the fart' ecosystems
within the park's boundaries from rec-
reational activities, they recognized the
need to foster and develop an appreci-
ation and understanding of the park's
fragile and unique environment to its
ever-increasing number of users. They
are it charitable organization dedicated
to education, promotion, preservation
and support of Pinery Provincial Park.
"We have a membership and volun-
teer base where people can be part of
this growing organization," she says
adding you can join by following the
link: "http://www.pinerypark.on.ca/
pdt1)620files/giftnu'nlbership2.
pdf"http://www. pinerypark.on.ca/
pdP1t)20files/ giftmenlhership'2,pdf
Ashworth said they would like to
thank all our valued members and vol-
unteers who help with their Nature
Store and Events throughout the year!
"We welcome and thank our comm•
ii)
nity at Targe for their continued su
port. Please go to our web page tb
schedule of walking trails, events and
fabulous info. about Pinery Park
at "http://www.ITinerypark,
on.ca/"www,pinerypark,on.ca"
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