Times Advocate, 1989-01-25, Page 13RSB council briefs
• GRAND BEND - Village coun-
cil was introduced to Allan Walper,
their- representative on Ausable
▪ Bayfield Conservation. Authority at
council's regular meeting last -
Monday night.
Walper, a resident of Stephen
Township, will represent the vil-
lage and the township on the
ABCA. Stephen had previously
had its own member but under new
regflations, they must share one
member with Grand Bend.
Reeve Bob Sharen said Walper
should report back to council every
two or three months.
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Council agreed to a minor vari-
• ance application from J. C. Ivey,
743406 Ontario Limited, to permit
a second floor at 47 Ontario Street,
to be used a self-contained apart-
ment complex. Sharen declared .a
conflict of interest in this matter.
A letter from the Ministry .of
Transportation stating that Minis-
ter Ed Fulton has authorizeda sub-
sidy allocation for 1989 of $4;200
was read before council. 516,100
of which is for construction and
$26,000 is slated for maintenance.
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R. A. Palmer Real Estate, who
has been appointed as agents to
sell or,develop the arca known as
Grand Bend Airport, approached
council to possibly think about
changing the zoning in that arca
from Airport to Airport related
with some Agriculture for all or.
part of the land but council said
they were not interested because it
was outside their area. '
Councillor Bruce Woodley was
appointed as Grand Bend represen-
tative on the Sarnia-Lambton Eco-
nomic Development Commission
for 1989. -
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Council passed a resolution to
allow the members of the Multiple
•
Sclerosis Society of Canada to
conduct silk, live carnations and
pin campaigns May 12 and 13 in
'the village.
Council also passed a motion to
declare'June 4-10 National Envi-
ronment Week along with the rest
.of Canada. •
• After getting quotes as to the
. price of carpeting the .OPP station
on Main Street, council passed a
motion to tell Government Ser-
vices the ..lease on the station
would be 55,521 for 1989, if they
want just the main office. re-
carpeted or $5,721 if theywish the
entire cafeteria and small office
done as well.
A motion was passed stating that
developer James Hevey must pay
any outstanding bills with regards
to the bcach property before he can
have any -further meeting with
council on the issue, Councillor
Bruce Woodley said he should be
held accountable for his debts -and
should be paid up.
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Council granted use of the coun-
cil chambers after to request from
Irene Kennedy, for a charitable
?group of Grand Bend women called
OPRAH. They want to meet in the
'council chambers the first month of
the month bat -that. proposal was
granted subject to,the availability of
-the council chambers
A by-law was passed by council
authorizing borrowing of $150-,000
over the next 10 years for Public
.Utilities Commission Hydro Sub-
station, subject. to approval from -
the Ontario Municipal Board.?.
Another by-law; for appointing
various officers for 1989 and estab-:
lishing rates of pay. for them, was
passed by council, which thereby.
appeals by-law 2138.of 1988.
A temporary sign permit was
granted by council for Grand Bend
for 15 days in January:
WI meet at Museum
By Roberta Walker:
GRAND BEND - For their Janu-
ary -meeting, the ladies of the
Grand Bend Women's Institute met at the Lambton Heritage Museum
on Thursday, January 19 at 1:30 "
p.m. Nola Taylor introduced mu-
seum curatorBobTremain, who
brought them up to date on the
material gathering project of the
museum.Often summer visitors
bring in articles, post cards and
pictures, or recalled early incidents
around Grand Bendy
The curator stated that they were
pleased with .the sales of. their
book, "Grand Bend - Images of
Yesteryear" during the summer.
The staff at the museum would
be happy to enlist helpers in their
endeavor to gather more material.
On display were several booklets,
files, scrapbooks, research material
and numetous posters advertising
events at the old Casina over the
years. - ,
'Tremain explained to the ladies
how their Tweedsmuir History
Book would be handled if theyy de-
.cided to leave it at the museum for
safe -keeping. The book would be
preserved under controlled access
but would be available to those in-
• tcrested in.doing research concern-
ing the _history of the Grand Bend
community.
Clara Hamilton thanked Tremain
and presented him with a small gift
in appreciation of his time and in-
formation. •-
Chairperson Millie Dcsjardinc
then took charge of the meeting.
The roll call was answered by the
members presenting house. logs
(records) of their homes. -
Several "ladies volunteered to
work in the afternoon and evening
at the Sportman's"Banquet, to be
held at the Recreation, Arena, Exet-
er on . February 7. Several mem-
bers also volunteered. to makedes-
serts and deliver Meals -on -Wheels,
-to help the Lioness Club for the
month. of April.
After reports were given, a social
.time was enjoyed with a delicious
lunch, served by Bcrtie Keys; Marg
Love and Olive Webb.
Lioness again sponsors
By Roberta Walker _
GRAND BEND - The Grand Bcnd
Lioness•arc_ oncc again sponsoring a
collection for Ontariq March Ey
Dimes this year. I
For the first time, the Grand Bend
Girl Guides are helping out, as part
of their community project badge
work. Last ycar the Lioness col-
lected S613 from mail -in donations,
and S150 from the coin boxes. left
at arca businesses during the sum-
mer.
The Girl Guides and Lioness were
busily stuffing envelopes for the
mail -out campaign last night (Tues-
day) at the Anglican church hall.
Coin boxes will be placed in vari-
ous local businesses too, for collec-
tion by the end•of summer.
The statistics are shocking, but
• one in' 10 adults in Ontario is phys-
ically disabled in some way. The
March of dimes can help by provid-
ilA Wheei chairs and orthopedic
braces,, just to name a few needs
" nch summer March of Dlmes
sends 300 physically disabled adults
to specially equipped camps around
the province, for those who would
normally not get the chance to.ex-
periince the joys of outdoor camp-
ing. Make this their best year ever
by returning your donation before
March 15, 1989. -
New Cub and Leader - District
Commissioner Tom Seip of -Exet-
er at the left recently invested
Grand Bend Cub leader Don Ha-
gle and.new Cub Levi Lane.
Invest Grand Bend Beavers Anumber of new- Grand Bend Bea-
vers were invested recently. Back, left, leaders "Tic Tac"' Bev
Brown, "Bubbles" "Marlene Lane and Service Rep Larry Taylor.
Front, Christopher O'Brien, Brandon Walker, Shawn Lane, Jason
McCann, Shawn Becker and Michael Raeburn. Missing was Mi-
chael Gutsel.
Church activities -
Catholic News .
GRAND BEND Father Paul
Beck had a guest for the weekend
Masses at Immaculate Heart of
March Church, Father Brad Krick,
who gave the homily was "Joy,
The Joy of the Lord is upon your
Stronghold."- -he spoke of the Joy -
of savoring the gifts of nature, the
joy of justice in the, body of
Christ, and the joy of the Spirit as -
a girt from God: - -
The reader for the 11 a.m. Mass
was Walter Costello, joined by his
wife Madge, to serve as Eucharistic
Ministers during Communion.
Organist Paul- Dietrich was also
cantor for the psalm, and choir di-
rector Dolores Tighe led the choir
in "Gift of Finest Wheat" at Com-
munion. -
There is choir •practice each
Thursday evening after 7:15 p.m.
Mass, and: soon work begins on
music for Lent and Easter.
Don't forget the Young People's
Meeting at Father Beck's home on
- January 29 at 3 p.m: with refresh-
ments and a slide show. Bring a
friend.
In Alhambra news, the monthly
meeting will be held on January
26, at 8:30 p.m. at -the Alczar.
Some of the topics for discussion
will be the annual wagon ride for
the ARC Industry adults, and the
possibility of the Alhambra enter-
ing a float again in the Winter Car-
nival Parade.
. There will be a special Bowling'.
Night for the Alhambrans on Feb-
. ruary 25 at 7:15 p.m. in the. Zurich
Bowling Alleys, and prizes will be •
-
The CWL will be skipping their -
usual monthly meeting for Janu-
ary, so the next meeting date falls
on Monday, February 13. -
• Church of Cod
The "morning worship service at
.the Church of God, Grand Bend,
began with the congregation sing-
ing the chorus "I know a font
where sins are washed away...".
Millie Dcsjardinc led in the sing-
ing of the hymns, and Lucille Vin-
• cent performed a solo "Jesus will
walk with me".
P astor Stan Dcsjardinc continued
his study of the book of Titus in
the New Testament. • His sermon
was centered on chapter 3, verses 4
and 5, where Paul tells Titus that
we arc saved through the goodness
and loving kindness of God our Sa-
viour; not by good deeds that we
have done, but by His mercy. Paul
reminded . the early church, and
Christians today, to avoid quarrels
and controversies in the Church.
In his everting message, the pas-
tor challenged the congregation to.
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Gay Lea Chairman
-TORONTO - Fred Meier, R.R.4,
Brussels was elected Chairm
tfle Troard or -Gay ea • i • s Co-
operative Liinited at a meeting of
the Board of Directors on Decem-
ber 8, 1988.
Meier replaces John Campbell,
R.R.3, Bayfield who held the of-
fice for the past three years. Mr.
Campbell will continue to serve as
a director.------°�_ �•'"'* ` G
Meier held the position of .First II
Vice -Chairman prior to this elec-
tion. Also elected to the executive -«
were John Stafford, R.R.1, Wrox-
eter, First Vice Chairman and
George Pinkncy, R.R. 3, Listow-
el, Second Vice Chairman.
Howard Wilson, R.R.3, Owen
S tnckwired as dircetocibis year _.-
anwas repjaced by John Hill, ''-
R.R. 4, Owen Sound, elected at
our Zone 2 Annual Meeting held
in Owen Sound on December 6. '
The Co-operative's after tax earn-
ings of $1.8 million were similar
to the previous year and sales of
S158,534,000 increased by 3 per-
cent. Generally, thc'Co-operative
is in a sound financial position and
shareholder equity increased to fig-
ure one half total assets.
The Co=operative was able to
pay down debt, increase equity and
pay dividends to its member share-
holders. Emphasis in the coming
year will continue towards building
sales volume, improving technolo-
gy and gross margin.
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative
Limited has operated for 30 years
in the Province of Ontario begin-
ning operations in 1958.
be witnesses of the love of God to
those around us.
Theannual business meeting of
the Church of God will be held on
Wednesday, January 25 at 8 p.m.
Thought for the Day: Do all the
good you can, in all the ways you
can, for all the people you can,
while you can.
United Church
Door greeters last Sunday morn-
ing at the Grand Bcnd United
Church were Brian and Sue Pearen.
Rev.` T. Smits' sermon topic was
from Matthew 19:4, "Come s ith
Me and I will make you. .fisher- of
men". The scripture readings were
from Amos 3:1-8, and Matthew
4:12-23. The choral anthem: -was
presented by 19 of the Sunday
• School children singing "His Name
Will Be" accompanied by pre-
recorded music, and they received
hearty applause for their perfor-
..mance. - . -
The children's story, as told by
Rev.- T. Smits, was about St. Ber-
nard dogs. In the Swiss Alps,'be-
- tween Switzerland and Italy -there
areoften treacherous snow slides.
These dogs, with their keen sense
of smell, loyalty and strength work
to save many people's lives.
Membership classes will be held --
on Thursday, January 26 at 4:30
p.m.
_ Bible study
- - There were 14 ladies out for the
Bible Study at Sauble Court last
Tuesday morning: Discussion lead-
er was Annabelle Walz finishing
. their study on the third part -of
"Hospitality the Healer." • .
They noticed from Luke L39-56,
about the three months that Mary
and Elizabeth shared hospitality
,with -each other 'in Elizabeth's
home. Each was strengthened in
her faith. The angel told Mary .she
would give birth to the- Messiah,
the Saviour, .to all who would trust
Him as their Lord. -
In Mark 10:1,4=Jesus said "Suffer
the little children to come unto Me
and forbid them not, for of such is
the Kingdom of God." God love
us, and we should know and love
God with a child's simplicity.
Pat' Dcsjardinc closed with a
prayer for sick and sbutins.
Times -Advocate, January 25, 1989 Page 13
Winter Carnival plans
GRAND BEND - The, Grand -
Bend Winter Carnival organizers
are to be congratulated! They have
enough activities planned to cater
to the tastes of nearly everybody,
and it promises to be a made whirl
of events indeed. There are some
new things like the jigsaw puzzle
contests, and the dog sled races to
be' held at the Pinery, which
sounds exciting:
The Grand Bend Concert Associ-
ation will be presenting "The Great
Lakes Quintet" on Saturday, Feb-
ruary 11, at the United Church at 8
p.m. for music lovers who would
rather listen than dance..
Yes, there will be dances, and the
fashion show: the Carnival Queen
will be chosen; and there will be
another wintery parade, but the
highlight remains the snow sculp-
ture contests. Motels and restau-
rants are gearing up for business
too. It'll be a great party for the
whole area!
The Grand Bend Lioness will be
holding their regular monthly
meeting on Thursday, January 26
' at Oakwood Inn, with dinner at 7
p.m. meeting at 8 p.m.
Area grade eight students and their
parents got their first opportunity
. to tour South Huron District High
School last week. They met with
school guidance counselors to dis-
cuss their course selections for Sep-
tember 1989, and to receive a pep
talk about achievements and sports
activities awaiting them at high
school level. Most of the kids are
looking forward to September with
excitement and parents are feeling a
bit older with a Child in high school
To host Fashion Show
GRAND BEND - TV actress
Barbara Whccldon and CKSL
morning show host Rich Grevin
will be back this year to entertain
-guests at the 1989 Grand Bend
Winter Carnival Fashiqn show Fri-
day February 3.
The were to .ocular as om
mentator and M.C. ast year,tnat
the Carnival Committee had to in-
vite them to rcturrr at the request of
so Many who attended the event in
'88.
Clothing featured this year will
be from Haggarty's Fashions in
Parkhill. The show,- at- 8 p.m,
will _be rounded out by segments
from other suppliers and stores.
Models for .the show will be con-
testants for the Carnival Queen
Contest. Tickets are on sale at -Abe
Barefoot Pedlar in Grand Bend.
Beaver Winterfest.
GRAND BEND - Most of the
Grand Bend Beavers, their leaders
and several parents drove to the
West Wawanosh Conservation
Area on Saturday for the Beaver
Winter Fest. The "weather man
cooperated with a cold, crisp, sun-
ny day, and nearly six inches of
snow in the, conservation area, al-
lowing all of the planned activities
to take place.
The boys and their parents en-
joyed tobogganing, hiking and
even a trip on snow shoes! They
made bird feeders during craft .time,
and were provided chili and hot ci-
der for lunch.
Susan Kraftcheck, music teacher
at Mount Carmel school, led the
group in a sing song after lunch.
There were Beavers and parents
from Clinton, Godcrich, and arca
out for the days' activities, an eve-
ryone got a workout in the cold,
fresh air. They left at 9 a.m. and
were home by 4:30 p.m. "tired but
happy after a great day," says leader
Marlene Lane.
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