Times Advocate, 1999-09-08, Page 3Wodnesday,September 8, 1999
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Bye bye .beach house. The Grand Bend beach house, seen here on Labuu, _
holiday weekend (the fast summer tong weekend. of the year) will be torn down tater
this month so the new larger and improved beach house can be built as part of the
work paving the way for the Canada 2001 Summer Games. Jake's Place (the beach
house concession) worker Karen Robertson is seen in the inset photo.
Last hurrah for 'Bend
By Craig Bradford
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
GRAND BEND It's
time to say goodbye to an
old friend.
The Grand Bend beach
house that has served as
change rooms, wash-
rooms and a place to wet
your whistle and fill your
tummy will be torn down
later this month so the
new improved beach
house can be erected for
the Canada 2001 Summer.
Games.
The old beach house
was built in the late '60s.
Former Grand Bend
Reeve Bob Sharen said
the sewage system pump-
ing station and the beach
patrol room were added
in '79/80.
Other notable work
done on the beach house
was the removal of
asbestos sheeting in the
mid '80s.
Sharen, village reeve for
14 years between '73-85
and '88-89, said some
people will miss the old
beach house, while others
will like the new one and
others will call the bigger
facility "flamboyant."
Grand Bend's Karen
Robertson will be counted
in both groups. She has
worked at the beach
house's concession stand,
Jake's Place, for three
years.
"It's going to be real
sad," Robertson said,
adding "we're hoping"
Jake's Place gets a
chance to provide conces-
sion services in the new
beach house.
Though sorry to see the
current building go,
Robertson said improve-
ments are badly needed.
"It's about time," she
said: "We need decent
bathrooms. There's not
enough bathrooms for
men or women. We also
need (change room) doors
that lock and showers
that work."
ch house
The beach house is
owned by the village and
Jake's Place is contracted
to operate and manage
the building.
The new. beach house,
nicknamed 'The Wave', is
scheduled to be ready for
the 2000 beach season.
The Wave will feature 24-
hour washrooms, change
rooms, showers, lockers
and lifeguard facilities as
well as a food concession
stand. The Wave will also
have upper and Iower
observation decks, a 25 -
foot tower and an eleva-
tor.
The Wave is just part of
$250,000 worth of
improvements :to the
beach in preparation of
the 2001 Games. The
beach will also be
spruced up with a 500 m
boardwalk and about 70
more parking spots.
Another $250,000 will
be raised by the Grand
Bend Friends of the
Games for general opera-
Wantedman caught during
Grand Bend break-in attempt
GRAND BEND -- A man who had
escaped from a Toronto detention ,cen-
tre and had been on the lamb all sum-
mer `was caught by North Lambton
OPP in the middle of a break-in at a
Grand Bend business Aug. 31.
North Lambton OPP Const. Don
Shropshall said David James Moir, 32,
is charged with two break and enters
and having break-in instruments.
Moir was to appear in Sarnia court
Sept. 3 for a bail hearing.
An officer on foot patrol in Grand
Bend shortly after 3 a.m., Aug. 31,
heard the sound of breaking glass in
an alley next to Knockout Casual Wear
on Main St.
The officer was moving that way
when he sawa man leaving the alley
and walking across the street to
Ripples Fashion.
The man was in the entrance to
Ripples when more breaking glass was
heard. When the officer got closer he
saw a tire iron in the man's hand with
the other arm through a.window.
The man then saw the officer and
fled the scene dropping the tire iron.
The man was caught and arrested
behind Gables Bar after a foot chase
and a brief struggle. Windows at both
businesses were found to be broken.
When taken to the Grand Bend OPP
office for questioning, the man said his
name was Dave Jenkins but would give
no more information. The OPP devised
his true identification through finger-
print records.
Moir is wanted on several outstand-
ing warrants. Some of the charges
stem from being wanted for escaping
custody and two counts each of
impaired driving, driving while over 80
mgs, no insurance and failing to stop
for police.
Moir was caught through a special
surveillance break and enter squad set
up by the North Lambton OPP to inves-
tigate the large number of break-ins in
the Grand Bend area recently.
The squad is investigating Moir for
30 break-ins that occurred in the
Grand Bend area over the summer as
well as other mischief related offences.
Anyone with information on recent
break-ins or other related incidents
are urged to call the North Lambton
OPP at (519) 524-8314 or Crime
Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
tion of the Games.
Grand Bend will host
the beach volleyball and
sailing events during the
Games, The village is one
of the partners of the
Canada 2001 Summer•
Games_ Alliance that
includes London, St.
Thomas, Woodstock and
the University of Western
Ontario. The Games will
be held from Aug. 11-20,
2001.
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