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Times-Advocate, 1988-03-30, Page 25Developer James Hcvey came be- fore Grand Bend Council Monday night at the regular meeting to dis- cuss a time frame for the construc- tion of the multi-million dollar .condominium project on the beach at the end of Main Street in the village. Hevey gave the details of a. plan to begin the early stages of con --struction-this-June.-Work will con- tinue through the winter and into the following spring when the complex will be ready to open, ac- cording to the developer. • The. bulk of the work this sum- mer will deal with laying the foot- ings for the buildings. Hevey ex plained that one summer season had to be disrupted, noting that it stakes more sense to work through - this summer than next because the early stages of conMtruction are the least disruptive. Rccvc Harold Green suggested work should begin in the fall and continue througlt -the following summer. Should there be delays in the schedule, Green maintained, - work might drag into thc follow- ing summer, disrupting. two busy seasons instead of one. • • It is estimated that the actual Brent Howatt. Brent's-. essay also carncd him second place in individ- ual achievement. . Overall individual winner was -Chantelle Crabe of Stephen Central Public School near Crediton, while, third place winner was Mathew Mcgans from St. Patrick's Separate School in Dublin_ Honourable Men- tion -went to Lisa Bromley of Blyth Public -School and Aaron Cardiff of . Brussels Public School. . - • Each student received a Loatcs' print or poster personally auto- graphed by eche artist. In addition, the winning -school was presented with the Essay Contest Plaque to -keep for onc:ycar, a -framed provin- cial parks poster, and the books "Algonquin” and "A -Brush With Life". - Following the presentations, the students and their guests toured the Sportmcn's Show. Ministry staff from -the Wingham Office who ar- ranged for the awards presentation include Dorene Cardi ff. Information Services Co-ordinator, Glen Stur- geon, Conservation Officer and Of- ficer -in -Charge of the Huila Pro- vincial Wildlife Area and Ron Spurr, Supervisor of Resource Plan- ning and Land Management. i Page.8A Times -Advocate, March 30, 1988 Parkhill Atoms steam through OMHA playdowns With the atom OMHA series tied at two games apiece, the Parkhill atoms wcrc forced to travel back to St. George last Saturday for game five. (hopefully the winner). The game ended in a 3-3 tic. In a 10 -minute period of overtime, park - hill and St. George each scored one goal. Back to Parkhill on Sunday for -a sixth game in the 'best nut of five scrics. The Parkhill atoms were up for this one, -putting their oppo- nents out of reach, with a convinc- ing 7-0 final. Michael Stanlake was brilliant, scoring,, four times, with singles added by Warren Ilaist, Nathan McCann and Josh Vcrmculcn. The Parkhill team advances again, this time to meet Palmerston. Coach Mike. Chalmers has done an excel- lentjob, and was pleased with the team's performance last Sunday. Another Parkhill team is still in the OMHA playdowns as well. The Novice Panthers played two games last weekend in their. finals against Glencoe. • • • , In the first match, Parkhill won with a 4-2 score; then Gtenccic won at home on Sunday with a 3-2 tal- ly. Matthew DeJong notched the -hat trick in the first game, with Mark Maguire adding the single: Assist- ing these goalgetters were Simon Dcsjardine, Tristan Hatfield, and Kyle Venneulen: On Sunday Jay Treumner scored t from Desjardine, then Maguire con- nected from Vcrmculcn. The team , travels to Glencoe on Tuesday for game three, thcn back to Parkhill tonight (Wednesday) for a fourth in the best of five scrics. Coaches Ken Symons, Ailsa Craig, Kevin Maguire, Pat Michel- scn, Parkhill, and manager Ed Hat- field, Nairn, arc plcascd that this new team has come this far. - On Sunday, March 27 the Park- hill Novice team hosted an Ameri- can team from Indiana. The game was played in Huron Park. Without a full team Parkhill did well scoring five -goals in the 8-5 loss. One player scored all o_ f the American team's goals. At the end of the match, Parkhill players presented their American neighbours with medallions and North/Middlesex- pins, orth/Middlesexpins, whilecach-playeron the Park- hill team received an engraved mini- ature hockey stick from -the Fort Wayne Warriors, Indiana. While the hockey -season has end- ed for many, this novice team will play the finals in Shamrock action, on Easter Sunday in Lucan against St. Marys. • A. John Hughes, C.D. i)enture Therapist Box 839 37 Green Acres, Grand Bend. Ontario (519) 238-5300. 409 Baker St. (Rear) London, Ontario (519) 449-9386 Beach development slated for June STEPHEN STUDENT WiNS - Chantelle Crabe of Stephen Centrz' School was the winner of a recent essay contest sponsored by the Winc ham District of the Ministry of Natural Resources.She is shown receivinn her priie at the Toronto Sportsmen's Show from renowned wildlife artist Glen Loafes. Standing are Deputy Minister George Tough and Lloyd Bur- ridge, chairman of the Ontario Provincial Parks Council. Grand Bend Lynne Desjardine 238-8768 Roberta Walker 238-2471 Students win awards On March 16, local elementary school -students received recogni - tion for their participation in an es- say contest . sponsor:d by the Winghatn District of the Ministry of Natural Resources last fall. The annual competition is open •to alt grades seven and eight -stu- dents in Huron and Perth Counties. Each year a different natural re- sources theme is emphasized. The topic for 1987 was "Provincial Parks - Preserving the Heritage'. Al a special awards -ceremony held at the Ministry's provincial parks exhibit at the recent Toronto Sportsmen's Show, presentations were made to the winning students by George Tough, Deputy Mini- ster of Natural Resources, Lloyd Burridge, Chairman,.Ontario Pro- vincial Parks Council and Glen Loatcs, world renowned wildlife artist. Loatcs is also Wingham District's .Conservation Ambassa- dor. Members of the winning team from Hallett Central - Public School in Londesborough included Christy Bricker, Melanie Knox, Sara Lyons, Randy Shepherd and Decorate Now and Save O SUNWORTHY / Single Roll Borders Included. Fabrics not included. Values to $19.99 See our large selection of NEW stock Wallpaper arriving daily Levolor. Save 20% off Levolor Vertical Drapes 20% off Monaco and Riviera Mini Blinds We now sell and service Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners TERMS - Cash, Mastercard 1iwy. No. 21 Grand Bend 236.6603 and Flooring Centre Now Iwo locations 786 676 I Banquet ends dart season NMI Tuesday evening was the last night for the dart players, with 24 players out. Shirley Pole and Jim O'Neil won first place and Vclda Clark and Al Cowing got second. The doorprizc was won by Ev Cow- ing. The dart season ended on Friday night with a banquet at the Grand Bend Legion, food catered from Zu- rich. After a delicious meal the tro- phies wcrc awarded and thc record set straight. High score for the whole season was won by Carrie Ticdeman for the Ladies (180) and by Jack Hoffman for the Men (160). The most number of takeouts for the ladies was- won by Emma Couckuyt, with 53 takeouts for the I men. Joan Cocck won .the ladies , High Avcragc with 3.4, and Ron Crown carncd the title Mcns High Average with an impressive 5.1. The rather dubious award of the "Most Skunks was given to Pat Hoffman for the Ladies, with three straight losses in one evening, and to Jim O'Neil for the men, also with three "skunks". it was a great way to celebrate the end of a season of lots of good memories, but now they'll have to put away the old dart hoard till next fall. Maybe they can keep the old arm in shape by fling- ing baseballs until then! Fifteen dart players wanted one more chance as guests at a dart tour- nament an Sunday, Mary 27, at the Forest Legion #176. Grand Bend won the match too, 27 to Forest 18. Congratulations! Winners of the meat raffle on Fri- day were Olive Lovie, Janet Cham- bers, Shirley Pole, Larry LaBeouf and Glen Bryson. Rick Richards, Al Summerscales and Vorn Fischer' won doorprizcs. The meat raffle will be held this week on Thursday, March 31, as the Legion will be closed on Good Friday, April 1. }lam and cheese on a bun (for S1.00) will bc•available on Thurs- day. 4 construction of the development will take 10 months. • Hevey argued the construction of the footings will be much casket: to secure while Grand Bend is crowded, explaining, that a partially finished building would be a prime target for. vandalism next year. - "Your going -to have a multi-level building that's unoccupied -and -boy, then you're in uouble," Hevey said of working on the final stages of the building next .summer. • • Hevey also pointed to the fact that his schcdule.was more commercial- ly viable bccausc people want to move into a beachfront unit in the spring rather than the fall. Addressing concerns about blow- ing sand and traffic problems created by heavy trucks moving in and out of the construction site, Hevey said his company will bow to council's wishes. A special daily schedule can be set up for the trucks which is convenient for both parties, Deputy Reeve Dennis Snider/told Hevey blowing sand was a. major problem.- "I'm roblem."I'm really concerned about .this sand problem," Snider said. "It's bad. enough when there's just nothing going up and down there. Hevey- assured -Snider that meas- ures would be taken to minimize blowing sand. Special tarps will cover any standing piles of sand to avoid such problems. If the compa- ny is allowed to lay the footings for - the building this summer,' theheav- iest traffic will be in in .the early spring_ next year when trucks -begin - shipping in supplies for the residen- tial portion of the.complcx. Ministry of Evironment stan- dards have been met for the com-• - mcrcial side of the project and lie - Vey is close to satisfying -the IME on the residential, side. The developer wants to get access. to services from Main Street as soon as possible so that- the street will be left intact during construe- - 1ion. Council asked for a specific time table for construction this summer, -choosing to hold back on a decision - until `they know Crow long it will take. to get the footings in place. Hevey.left the muting on a note of optimism. • "I think you'll be- very very proud of this development in your corn inanity. 1 know lain," he said. BROWNIES AND CHOCOLATE - First Grand Bend Brownies visited Ferguson Apiaries Monday evening to practise their chocolate- making skills in time for Easter: Here Meaghan Ratz (left), Melissa and M.rar.da Hayter _ and Shannon Sweiger prepare the chocolate for their molds. Financial reportreveals small surplus The news was good when audi- - _tor Gus Mumby presented Grand Bend council with the 1987 fi- nancial report for the village. Humby told council that the Municipality had a surplus of S4,990 at the end -of the year. That surplus will be_ used against the mill rate calculation for 1988 for general purposes. The .auditor noted that tax ar- rears have - decreased from S63,534 in 1986 to S54,025 in 1987 due to efficient tax collect- . ing. Sewer charges'havc decreased, leaving a surplus in the sewer account . A rise occurred in gen- eral government expenses, large- ly due to the court costs of the Gibb/beach suit the -village is currently embroiled in. Reserves total $141,091 while reserve funds for specific purpos- CS COti .2. tc1 S 171,424. The villat;e Spent S169,700 on capital projects such as the resur- facing of roads, the purchase of a new computer system for the town office, and a street light re- placement program under ON I P. The street. light program will continue into 19SS-89, by which time most 01 the lights in the village will be up -graded.