Times Advocate, 1984-10-31, Page 15Pilot walks away
from 'fast' landing
A Grand Bend man climb-
ed out of his light, aircraft
without a scratch after he
made a wheels -up landing,
sliding for about 350 metres
(1,150 feet) along runway 33
at London Airport last Mon-
day morning.
The wind was calm, said
Tom Lawson Jr. • or I might
have ground -looped."
Lawson, 40, president of
Globe Asphalt Products Ltd.
of Hyde Park, said his plane,
a single-engine Rockwell
Commander, lost its elec-
trical system over Fanshawe
Lake after leaving Grand
Bend airport shot -fly before 9
a.m.
Because of the breakdown
he was unable to tell whether
the wheels were up or down
and he could not hear or com-
municate with the control
tower on the radio. He said he
was also unable to put the
flaps down.
"I just took a chance," said
Lawson. He said he landed
fairly fast, at "about 80 miles
an hour."
When he climbed out of his
plane, near the main terminal
building, he waved at countrol
tower staff. There was no
structural damage, except for
a bent propeller.
Acting airport manager
Bob Strothard said the
closure of runway 33 for about
90 minutes did not interfere
with air traffic.
Personals
Grand Bend's No. 1
Katimaviks Lyne Marcil,
Jean Quirion, Laszlo
Gyongyossy, and John Smith
along with Brian Morrice,
Paul Maguire, Syd Fletcher,
Bob Lovie and Jack Stanlake
(Optimist Club) added a
super extension to the public
school playground structure
last week.
An ugly green goblin, from
Dashwood, joined in the
Lioness Hallowe'en party last
Thursday and kept everyone
guessing who he/she was.
Joining in the dance routine
of Anita Baker and Randy
Vaincourt, in the public
school gym Wednesday were
Jonathan Lovie, Sarah Ban-
nister and Stephanie Christie.
The Music -About 200 program
was enjoyed by everyone with
songs by Paul Anka "Diana",
Ian Tyson "Four Strong
Winds" and many others
covering this provinces'
history. The pair are touring
Ontario as a Bicentennial pro-
ject sponsored by Youth -and -
Music, Canada.
About 20 youths stationed
around the village on Satur-
day morning received dona-
tions for Scouting on Apple
day. They finished with a hot-
dog lunch at the PUC.
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Lioness Hallowe'en party
stirs creative costumes
On Thursday, the Grand
Bend Lioness held their an-
nual Hallowe'en party at the
`Oakwood Inn. Before dinner a
costume parade was held and
judged as the funniest was
Lee Thomas/Karen Humer,
the most original was Cheryl
McArthur from Sarnia, and
the scariest was Pam McIlroy
also from Sarnia District.
The District president,
Evelyn Crisp, and District
chairman from London West -
mount, Len Mason, along
with Lioness liaison, Lion Don
Fraser, inducted a new
member, Lioness Valerie
Martens.
The upcoming gold party
will be held on Nov. 22 at 7:00
for dinner. Anyone wishing to
attend may contact Lee
Thomas at 238-8023.
1-11 Meeting
The Sensible Snackers held
their sixth meeting at Loreen
Gill's home on Oct. 22. The
girls made "oatcakes" and
put them in the oven to bake.
While they baked, the
members discussed suitable
goodies for different types of
exercise activities, eg. soup
and sandwiches for games
such as volleyball, badmin-
ton, bowling and broombafl.
Raisins, peanuts and oat-
cakes make good snacks to
take on hikes where there is
no refrigeration. Other sug-
gestions were a baked potato
bar with various toppings
such as chili concarnc and a
variety of raw vegetables
with a dairy dip.
The members then walked
to the Grand Bend Public
School where they met their
guest, members of the Grand
Bend No. 2 club. Everyone
drew tickets out of a box and
the girls and leaders divided
into two teams. An exciting
and fun game of volleyball
was enjoyed by all.
Upon returning to Loreen
Gill's home, they enjoyed a
green salad, marinated raw
vegetables and oatcakes. all
prepared by members and
leaders.
By press reporter Linda
Allister.
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NEW MEMBER — Lioness -liaison Lion Don Fraser, Liaison chairman London West-
mont, Len Mason, and District President Evelyn Crisp, London. welcome new Lioness
Valerie Martens into the Grand Bend Club, as President Marilyn Martens on the
right offers her congratulations.
Fact -finder commences
boundary discussions
Grand Bend officials, who
applied in July to the Ontario
municipal affairs ministry for
permission to start negotia-
tions with Bosanquet over
boundaries, had their first
meeting this week with pro-
vincially appointed fact -
finder Lynne Peterson.
Peterson, a member of the
municipal affairs secretariat,
said she would probably need
six weeks to three months to
compile a report.
Reeve Bob Sharen said that
could lead to a decision by
Municipal Affairs Minister
Claude Bennett about three
months later. but he admitted
to being "opimistic" in that
regard.
Bosanquet Reeve Fred
Thomas notes the fact-finding
process cannot end until the
township's side is known and
he explains the township is
not going to rush into the
matter.
Bosanquet officials have
previously indicated they op-
pose the concept of boundary
changes.
Although Thomas said his
municipality has never been
contacted by Grand Bend or
officially told what the village
wants, he has learned through
news reports that the village
hopes to annex about 600 hec-
tares (1,500 acres) of Bosan-
quet land at the village's
southern boundaries. if that's
the case, "i don't think their
case is legitimate."
Sharen has said Grand
Bend needs more land to ac-
commodate "pressures" for
residential and commercial
development, Thomas said.
but the target area already is
almost filled with residential
developments such as Beach
O'Pines and Southcott Pines.
He contended the village
should first develop vacant
land within its borders or look
to vacant land in adjacent
Stephen Township.
Bosanquet has "spent a lot
of time and effort" to provide
road. water, garbage collec-
tion and other services for the
area. Thomas said, and col-
lects more than 20 percent of
its total assessment revenue
from there. The township
would have to lay off staff and
get rid of equipment if it lost
the land, he added, while
Grand Bend would have to
add to its staff and equipment
complements to meet the
area's needs.
But the hest argument of all
is that the people don't want
annexation, he said. "i think
they're more than happy to
stay in Bosanquet."
Thomas said the boundary
process could be as slow or
slower than negotiations bet-
ween Sarnia and Sarnia
Township, which have been
under way for the past year
and show no signs of ending.
"It's a sad affair. really" for
residents of such
municipalities. because im-
portant projects such as road
construction tend to he
delayed until the outcome is
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Residents lose battle over
beach parking lot project
Grand Bend residents op-
posed tc a London developer's
plan to convert part of the
beach here into a temporary
parking lot lost their fight
Thursday at an Ontario
Municipal Board hearing.
The board supported a
rezoning by the village to per-
mit Tim Fraleigh to provide
parking for the next three
years for nearly 200 cars on
property he owns just north of
Main Street.
Board member Dorothy
McRobb dismissed an appeal
by eight residents who al gued
the plan would disrupt the
beach area, rum the view of
the lake and impair
pedestrian access to the
beach.
Her decision came at the
end of a day -long hearing in
which village lawyer Dan
Murphy promised he would
advise the village to ask
Fraleigh to post a perfor-
mance bond to ensure he lives
up to promises about keeping
the site maintained.
McRobb said the OMB
would not formally endorse
the village plan until details of
the site plan are also submit-
ted to the OMB following
negotiations between the
village and Fraleigh.
"This is an appropriate
temporary use" for land, she
ruled, adding residents' con-
cerns about the parking lot
"hopefully will be solved in
the site plan agreement."
Opponents of the scheme
argued at the hearing that
Fraleigh hadn't lived up to an
earlier two-year agreement
with the village for use of the
same property for parking.
That agreement expired in
May. While most insisted the
low-lying, sandy land should
remain vacant, some argued
in favor of residential
development as preferable to
a parking lot.
The Fraleigh family came
in for much criticism for their
operation of the lot in 1982 and
1983.
"I consider the Fraleigh
organization to be a very poor
corporate citizen," said W.P.
Gerald, a Mississauga man
who has a cottage to the south
of the Fraleigh land.
He told the hearing he
didn't like having his view of
Lake Huron sunsets disrupted
by "a bunch of rowdies on a
parking lot" and he said their
property and trash from it
spills onto his land.
"We must preserve that
beach" he said.
Fraleigh said he has at-
tempted to maintain and im-
prove his site, but repeated
acts of vandalism had cost
him too much money to con-
tinually repair some damage.
"I can't babysit the lot for 24
hours a day," he said blaming
poor policing for much of his
trouble.
"We bought it for
speculative purposes,"
Fraleigh said of the land. He
claims title to the land right
to the water line of the lake.
He said earlier plans for a
restaurant or other structures
on the site have also been op-
posed by area residents.
"We bought this property to
use. We will develop this...
one way or another because
we're entitled to do so... We
have tried to be fair."
At one point in the hearing,
when residents said they were
opposed to any plan to
develop the site, an
Hallowe'en
at Legion
Legion Branch 498 held
their annual Hallowe'en par-
ty Saturday evening.
Everyone enjoyed the music
supplied by Tony Gaudio,
while others dressed up in
humorous clothing. The door
prize from Finnigan's, a din-
ner for two, was won by Don-
na and Tony Gaudio,
Parkhill. Other door prize
winners were Ev Brown,
Marion Shaw and Todd
Desnaulniers, all of Grand
Bend. Thanks to the ladies for
the lunch and appropriate
decorations.
At the mixed dart league on
Tuesday at 8:30, Vilda Clark
and Marg Hedley won first
place.
There were nine tables of
euchre on Friday evening.
The ladies high went of
Madelaine Sweitzer, men's
high, Harold Smith, ladies
low, Lou Hamilton and Gord
Martindale the men's low.
Elzer Masse won the door
prize.
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exasperated Murphy said:
"Rkardless of what this
board does, it can't give the
public (the) use of the
beach... Regardless of how
it's zoned, he (Fraleigh) owns
it."
He pointed out that the ex-
tent of Fraleigh's property is
in dispute with the village.
While Fraleigh claims title to
land right to the water's edge,
he has offered to grant it to
the public in exchange for a
modification of an en-
vironmentally sensitive zone
along the beach in which its
boarder would be moved
closer to the lake shore.
Murphy said the offer was
conditional on the village ap-
proving the parking lot plan,
but the arrangement has not
been completed.
The limit of the en-
vironmental zone is to be the
subject of another OMB hear-
ing in the village Nov. 21.
More Grand Bend
News on Page 19
Notice to
'rood Bond property Ow.ors
IN THE MATTER OF Section 39 and 15 of
The Planning Act (R.S.O. 1980, c. 379),
-and-
IN THE MATTER OF an application by the
Corporation of the Village of Grand Bend
for approval of its Restricted Area By-law
6048/83
-and-
IN THE MATTER OF a reference to this
Board by the Honourable Claude F. Ben-
nett, Minister of Municipal Affairs and
Housing on a request by Jack E. Davis on
behalf of Richleigh Investments Limited
for consideration of the following port of
Amendment Number 2 to the Official Pian
for the Grand Bend Planning Area:
Those lands described as part of Lot 405,
Plan 25 in the Village of Grand Bend
Minister's File No. 38 -OP -0147-2
APPOINTMENT FOR HEARING
THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD hereby ap-
points Wednesday, the 21st day of November,
1984 at the hour of ten o'clock (local time) in
the morning at the Council Chambers, Town
Hall, 4 Ontario Street, Grand Bend, for the
hearing of all parties interested in supporting
or opposing this application.
If you do not attend and are not represented
at this hearing, the Board may proceed in your
absence and you will not be entitled to any fur-
ther notice of the proceedings.
In the event the decision is reserved, persons
taking part in the hearing and wishing a copy
of the decision may request a copy from the
presiding Board Member, or, in writing, from
the Board. Such7decision will be mailed to you
when available.
DATED of Toronto this 16 day of October, 1984
D.G. Henderson
Secretary.
* * t *
EXPLANATORY NOTE
OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT #2 AND BY-LAW
6048 of 1983
The purpose of By-law 6048 is to implement the
Amendment No. 2 to the Official Plan for the
Grand Bend Planning Area. Amendment #2
removed the "Environmental Protection
designation of the Official Plan from many pro-
perties which, according to an engineering
study piepared for the Ausoble-Boyfield Con-
servation Authority, are no longer located in
the floodplain. These properties were
redesignated to other land uses. In one case,
o property was added to the floodploin by the
engineering study and accordingly, Amend-
ment 42 redesignated it to "Environmental Pro-
tection". This By-law implements Amendment
No. 2 by rezoning the affected properties in ac-
cordance with the new land use designations
of Amendment No. 2.
This By -low generally applies to land abutting
the Ausable River and Lake Huron in the village
of Grond Bend. The Location Mop and Schedule
"A" shows more particularly the land affected.
By-law 6048 of 1983 conforms to the Official
Pion of the Grand Bend Planning Area, in ac-
cordance with Amendment No. 2.
Dianne Mallard, Clerk Treasurer
Village of Grand Bend
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