Times Advocate, 1992-07-22, Page 24Page 24
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Times -Advocate;, July 22, 1992
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mw tic you tee; about this summer 's weather?
What
do
you
think?
The T -A Willtbeeon
th6 *tr etre hrtlrout
,your opinion
on various Issues.
Stan 'Frayne
Exeter
it isn't seasonal weath-
er. It's affecting every-
one. Summer -drink
sales are down"
Mary Waters
Granton
"It's hard to plan things
outdoors. We are
planning a party for
Sunday. I am really
worried"
`Monique Flear
Grand Bend
"We're from the North-
west Territories so it's
nice. We've done a lot
of things we wouldn't
have done had the
weather been better"
Chrlsta Keller
Zurich
"It puts an overcast on
everyone's mood.
It doesn't feel
like summer"
"It has been a
miserable summer but
we -don't have control
over the weather"
Paul Dawkins ,puilt the world's largest outdoor sandcastle
in Grand Bend on the weekend. The 20 foot Iwo arch cas-
tle which beat the record of 19 feet nine inches was start-
ed
tarted on Wednesday and completed by noon on Sunday.
Wold largest outdoor
sandcastle .in Grand Bend
GRAND BEND - Grand Bend
was the sae of a world record on
the weekend when Paul Dawkins
Of 1.4ondi n completed the world's
largest outdoor sandcastle in the
Heevey parking lot at the beach.
The 20 toot two inch cantle
took Dawkins about 100 hours to
complete despite the wet weather
and two hours worth of damage
done by vandals on Saturday
night.
Tberprovious record .was ru-
moured to be 19 feet nine inches
tall said Dawkins.
Dawkins describes his latest u::-
compllshmenl as "purely a fanta-
sy castle," and is. just one of 20
castles he builds in a year in his
profession. He has been reusing
his business out of London for 12
years and in the winter •h0,feemes
on snowsculpting
Sonic of the sand for the cre:a-
uon was from the Grand k3end
beach, but -most -of -the sand, said
organizer Barry Richman was
brought from. London because of
it's more fire grained texwre.
By covering the castle with a
waterand white glue solution and
constructing a fence around it,
Richman says the village is hop-
ing the castle will last until La-
bour Day. He says the Sandcastle
Days cottuniltce is also expecting
the .castle will spark interest for
next year's sandcastle cvatpetition
.whicb was cancelled this year due
to a lack of interest.
Next, Dawkins bas appoint -
Aleuts in Woodstock and at the
HanWton Aquafest.
Lucan council okays flood
plain mapping by ABCA
LUCAN - The village of Lucan
will be requesting the Ausable Bay-
field Conservation Authority to in-
clude two zone floodwav-flood
fringe mapping in their 1993 pro-
ject applications.
After hearing a presentation from
ARCA engineer Alec Scott and Lu-
can-Biddulph director Bob Benner,
council agreed to pay their share of
the costs to a maximum of 84.000.
Scott explained the two zone
ftciedway-floodfringc concept to
council which divides the flood
plain into two zones. The portion
designated flood fringe is developa-
hie with conditions such as no
opening below a specified elevation
or floodproofing to a certain eleva-
tion.
The engineer indicated that the
area bounded by Beech, Market
and Alice streets and designated as
"spill area" can be resolved this
year at no cost to the village. The
same holds true for the area at the
end of Princess street.
Scott continued, "Since Lucan
has fairly detailed mapping. the
flood lines are basically the same as
the fill lines within the village.'
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Job training .pTOgram planned
CLINTON - MPP Paul Klopp says that plans for a Humn County
program under the Jobs Ontario Training Fund will he announced
within a few days.
The Jobs Ontario program is designed to promote jobs and training
for people who have been unemployed for a prolonged period of time.
Klopp's office says that a local hmker will be. selected to co-ordinate
the program with local groups and to see that the needs of both the un-
employed and businesses can benefit from the program.
Each training plan will he personalized to the needs of the employee.
Existing training programs will be used and some new ones wilt he
created with the funding. Some training will be done on-site.
Jobs Ontario is aimed at encouraging high -skill jobs. Employers set
and pay the wages, but with a training credit of 35 percent of the em-
ployee's annual wage, up to a maximum of 810,000. White 50 percent
of the training cost must go to the participant and the rest to existing
staff, K.lopp's office stresses this isnot a wage subsidy program
A training hotline has been established to pmvide further information
to those interested. It is toll free at 1-800-387-5656.
Three stop sign requests for -Grand Bend
GRAND BEND - The Village
• cotmcil will be holding a special
• parking enforcement meeting with
bylaw officer Keith Crawford to
look into mamas for .three stop
signs to be placed on side streets to
the north of Main -Street-
ing changes initiated this summer
which has caused more day tourists
searching for parking on side
streets.
"1 could see it being a safety con-
cern beurg°that close to the beach,..
.said rnuneillnr Rill 1 Iniar with r'_
The corners of Beach Lane and
Beach Street and Beach Lane and
Oak Street and at the end of each
Street going west are the locations
being requested.
This area, council suspects, has
seen heavier lr ffie to -hr. merle _
garct to the number of children u
that area.
Councillor Cam Ivey said the en-
ure area has too man signs to
slow down traffic as a is.
"It is just a sea of signs." he com-
rnected.
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