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Times Advocate, 1989-06-14, Page 31Declaring Circus Day - Grand Bend reeve Bob Sharen, centre signs a proclamation declaring August 3 as Circus Day in Grand Bend on behalf of the Village Chamber of Commerce, as the Kelly Miller Circus will be in town that day. Watching the reeve make the declaration is Harold Bull, left,- ticket promotions chairman for the circus, and Dianne Mason, Publicity Chairman for the chamber. Primary winners - These students came up winners at the recent primary track meet at the Grand Bend Public School. Front row, left to right, Brianne Haist, Nikki Vermuellen, Becky Jennison, Kristie McIntyre. Front row, (l -r), Jeremiah, Brenner, Joshua DeBrum, Sean McGuire, Bryce Kadlecik. Readingprogram at GB library GRAND BEND - Lambton County Library Grand Bend Branch is again offering a summer reading program for parents and their chil- dren ages two to six. This year's ,program; The I Love Nature Read- ing Club, will stimulate and inter- est in nature as well as in books. A book list has been compiled to help parents discover nature books -that are suitable for young children. .The children will receive a reading chart to keep -track of their progress and a butterfly sticker to put on the chart every time a few books_ have been read. • . Since Pinery Provincial Park is the sponsor this year, the final read- ing award will be colourful button, a nature poster, and a park day pass for the entire family. The pass will enable family members to use the park for a picnic, to visit the nature center,. and to attend an evening slide show, a guided walk, a camp fire sing -along, or a children's pro- gram. A park activity list will be supplied to all who receive the pass. The value of nurturing a love of books and nature cannot be underes- timated. - Children who are read to frequent- ly as' babies, toddlers, and pre- Race on Father's Day GRAND BEND - A canoe race is a Fathcr's Day tradition in Grand Bend, and 1989 is no exception. This year sees the 15th running of the Ausable River Marathon, starting 10:30 sharp from-the.gov- ernment dock on the south fide of the Ausable River in Grand Bend. Access is via River Road, the first street south of the Highway 21 bridge. All races finish there as well. Registration is S6 per person, and a variety of classes and distances arc offered. Kayaks and senior mens classes run 16 miles, to the Tri - county bridge on Highway 81 and back. C2 mixed, Amateur mens and mixed and junior classes will run shorter courses. So will the solo ca- noe, and the new Sca kayak class, introduced this year. This year's courses will be made more challenging because of low water levels on the Ausable River. This race is sponsored by the Ausa- ble-Bayfield Conservation Authori- ty. More information can be oh- tained by calling them at 519-235- 2610 or by calling race organizers Helen and Rene Boogernans in Hen- sall at 519-262-2439, :The Ausablc R?ver Marathon is sanctioned by the Ontario Marathon Canoe Racing, the governing body for long-distance canoe and kayak racing in this province. Golden Age club meets By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - The Grand Bend Golden Age Club met last Wednesday afternoon at the home of Catherine Junker in Southcott Pines, with 22 member present for a picnic lunch at noon. Aftcr a de- licious meal, Loreen Gill conduct- ed a short business meeting. Sub- jects discussed included the United Senior Citizens of Ontario Con- vention to be held at Thunder Bay in August, a visit to Huronview for a meal and program; and the up- coming Senior Games. Loreen opened with a humorous reading, When Golden Agcrs Bowl. Valerie Lovie won by guessing the contents of two mystery boxes. OI- ive Webb won the "Over 80 prize". Names beginning with "J for June" were won by Jeannc Kading and Jean Dann. A "Flow do you like tc travel" word jumble was won by Annie Morenz. Next on the agenda was a walk- ing tour of Southcott for those able to participate: Others played card games of euchre, solo and croki- .nole. It was decided that each group keep track of the miles they've walked during one week, to partici- pate in the Elderobic Moon Walk. - The September meeting will be held at Carl Niebergall's home in Soythcott weather permitting. schoolcrs have a positive attitude towards books and as a result be - conte good 'readers. James Telease, author of "The Read Aloud Hand- book", says that reading aloud to children as little as 10 minutes a day stimulates their emotional de- velopment, imagination, attention span, and language skills; in fact, research has proven that 50 percent of intellectual development takes place between birth and four years of age. What happens during these years is -important and the language and illustrations in books can offer chil- dren stimulation for learning. By a gentle, natural process, sharing books, with children promotes the desire and ability to read them- selves. The I Love Nature Reading Club will also develop the young child's awareness and appreciation of na- ture, which will in turn ensure the protection of our limited natural re- sources not only for the people of today but for future generations as well. Times -Advocate, June 14, 1989 . Page 31 Letters from angry drivers GRAND BEND - During their regular meeting last Tuesday after- noon, village council received some less -than -complimentary letters from angry people who received parking tickets during the long weekend. Tickets they felt were giv- -- en unfairly. Councillor Bruce Woodley agreed that the ticketing of cars, in some cases, seemed unfair this year and said the by-law enforcement officers should "lighten up" or they will be driving people away from the vil-. lage for good. "I think they are going too far with this parking thing. I think we are driving people outof town une- cessarily and I think from these let- ters I am not the only one that feels this way," said Woodley. "I went out walking around on News from churches by Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - Sunday morn- ing service at the Church of God was opened by the congregation singing the chorus "He is Lord'. George Winegarden led the worship time. Janet Desjardine sang a spe- cial number called "Open Thy Win- dows and Let It Shine In." Rev. Stan Desjardine's message was about Forgiving Our Enemies' taken from the passage in Matthew 5:43, where Jesus says that we should love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. We can not have a relationship with God when we hold grudges against oth- ers. We welcome anyone in this area to join with us for our Sunday ser- vices. You will find a welcome at our church. Upcoming eyents Sunday June 18, Rev. R..Simp- son will conduct both services. Saturday June 24 the Women of the Church will be having a yard salt at the church. Anyone wishing to contribute to this sale, may call 238-8074 for in- formation. Wednesday June 28 - Church pic- nic at Port Blake Conservation Area United Church news Two children were baptized at The Grand Bend United church on Sun- day morning: Jeffrey Allan Holmes and Jessica Dawn Holmes, children of -Allan John Holmes and Tammy Carianne Bonderchuk. Jeffery's god- parents were Tim and Louise Haw- kins and Jessica's were Randy and Michelle Smith. Sunday school children filled the .choir loft and sang several numbers, two accompanied by little Miss Al- icia Jamieson. Karen McKay sang a solo "Love in Any Language" ac- companied by Idella Gabel at the pi- ano. Special awards and attendance records were given out to the chil- dren by Superintendent Patricia Murdock, as pins, Bibles and rend - In the children's story, Rev. Ted Smits told the woeful saga of the Polish farmer who kept his chick- ens 'in his tiny house because he was afraid of theft. The farmer com- plained to the Rabbi that they made too much noise, so he was advised to bring the goat, then the cow in- side as well. Things became intoler- able, so the Rabbi told him to put the two large animals back into the barn. After that, the farmer con- cluded that chickens weren't so bad, after all. The moral: we often feel our burdens are too heavy until something more is added, and we realize it wasn't so bad in the first place! In his sermon, Rev. Smits spoke about losses in life, using as his text Acts: 27:22, "There will be no loss of life among you, .but our lives are always secure in God. Decoration Day at the Grand Bend United Church Cemetery will be June 18 at 2 p.m. In case of rain, the service will be conducted in the church. A Strawborry Supper will be held on Saturday June 17, in the - Greenway United Church, begin- ning at 5 p.m. UCW The United Church Women held their June meeting at Waterworks Park last Thursday afterij on, with Rev. Ted Smits as guest. After a delicious lunch at 12:30 p.m., Lo- reen Gill and Clara Hamilton con- ducted a worship service and pro- gram. Gill opened by reading Psalm 112 and "The Garden of our Get a hot dog - Dwight Sheppard and Reid Burley prepare dogs at Saturday's Grand Bend, firemen's yard sale. hot Lives", where any person who serves lives a beautiful life, and every kind deed we do helps our garden to grow. She closed with a humorous story about summer va- cations. Hamilton gave two readings "Quit Supposing" and "Unawares". They conducted a written contest to find hidden books of the Bible, An- nie Morenz guessed the closest cor- rect number of gumdrops in a jar. The roll call was answered, with the member's horoscope sign, flower and birthstone. President Elizabeth Norris con- ducted the business. The fall re- gional will be held on September 18 at Centralia United Church. The upcoming Craft and Bake Sale, on August 2, was discussed. Itwas de- cided to cater meals for two bus- loads of Playhouse patrons on July 19 and August 24. the long weekend and thought they were too hard on some cars, espe- cially on the side streets. I really think we should -lighten up a bit," he added . Woodley felt if cars weren't blocking both lanes of traffic on a side street that they should be left alone, but also thought it was a good idea to put a map on the back of all tickets showing where the municipal parking lots are located for future reference. In by-law enforcement officer Keith Crawford's report, he said il- legal parking was f3 big problem on Main Street during the Victoria Day weekend. They issued 338 $10 tick- ets and 65 $20 tickets, but added discretion was used when issuing the tickets. He said the two-hour parking was enforced Sunday and Monday on Main Street. Crawford also recommended on some streets where parking is al- ready prohibited no -parking signs have not yet had signed erected there this year. Crawford felt they should be put up as soon as possible and that signs indicating no parking on , streets., less than six metres wide should be placed sporadically around the village. Crawford also recom- mended the fines should be in- creased by $5 before the new tickets are ordered. All of the complaints that council received were from people that said they never saw any no -parking signs but were ticketed anyway. ELECT Allan Carter For Trustee Huron County Board of Education representing The Township of Tuckersmith and the Village of Hensall ON MONDAY, JUNE 26 Your support would be greatly appreciated For information call 233-7458 Notice Of Election And Poll Locations •An election will be held for the position of: One Member to the Huron .County Board of - Education for the Township of Tuckersmith and the Village of Hensall. Poll Locations Advance Polls Saturday, June 17. 1989. 10:00 8:00 p.m. Queensway Nursing Home. 100 Queen Street. Thursday_. June 22. 1989. 10:00 am. 8:00 p.m. Council Chambers, Village Hall, 108 King Street. Regular Polling Day .Monday June 26. 1989 10:0 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Council Chambers, Village Hall, 108 King Street Luanne F. Phair Returning Officer Village of Hensall 108 King Street Hensall, Ont NOM 1X0 262-2812 NOTICE OF POLL Township of Tuckersmith A poll will be held in the Township of Tuckersmith to elect: 1 TRUSTEE TO HURON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION for the Township of Tuckersmith & Village of'Hullett POLLING DAY will be Monday, June 26, 1989. Polls will be open from 10:00 o'clock in the morning and will close at 8:00 in the evening at the following locations: - POLLING SUBDIVISION 1 POLLING SUBDIVISION 2 - POLLING SUBDIVISION 3 - POLLING SUBDIVISION 4 - POLLING SUBDIVISION 5 - POLLING SUBDIVISION 6 - Bethel Bible Church Egmondville Bethel Bible Church Egmondville Alex Townsend's Residence Lot 40, Conc. 3, LRS. ' Rena & Jack Caldwell's Residence, Lot 9, Conc. 11 HRS Huronview Vanastra Recreation Centre ADVANCE POLL Will be held for the purpose of receiving the votes of electors who expect to be unable to vote on the regular Polling Day. The Advance Poll will be held in the Recreation Centre, Vanastra Park, on Saturday, June 17th, 1989 and Thursday, June 22, 1989. The Advance Poll will be open at 10:00 o'clock in the morning and close at 8:00 o'clock in the evening. PROXY VOTING A person who has been appointed a voting proxy may apply to,the Clerk not later than 5 o'clock in the afternoon of Polling Day to receive a certificate to vote by proxy for the Polling Subdivision in which the person appointing the voting proxy is entitled to vote. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND this 14th day of June, 1989 J.R. McLachlan, RETURNING OFFICER TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH