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Harbour plans Grand Bend ma include Gibbs' beach See p Promotfn the qualit of life Palliative care offers friendshi, and a elping:h See pa _ e cele of herfta Slovakians get gether at Lamb- ton Museu See page Long -lost sister found In Exete A London broth and sister reunite with their sister11 after 54 years Crossroads Second front Swap me Beating th high cost; of hockey See page 1 Clash ndelt redlton women Wall wins ag ee page nhillt Y./ iNetin� ,t1,1). Akir,tt-,t A hot time in Zurich... Bwana Moto, one of the performers with the London-based African Roots troupe, gives a sample of his fire breathing talents for the crowds at the Zurich Bean Festival Saturday. More Bean Festival photos are on pages 20 and 21. Grand Bend park closure a mystery If the Whiskey Bridge Park is chained off from public use, why are the funds for its lease going towards harbour revenue? whether or not the stairs that are now in place were engineered and have approval from the building in- spector. A chain is now across the top of the stairs and no trespassing sign is now present. The recreation com- mittee feels this park should be made available to the public. GRAND BEND - Why was The committee is asking village Grand Bend's recreation committee administrator Paul Turnbull to look not consulted on the closure of into whether or not the chain and Whiskey Bridge Park? sign is permissible; if the chain and At an August I I meeting, the sign were removed can this area be committee questioned why the har- used as a picnic area by the public bour commitiec and council had and, if this arca is park area then leased out thc arca for another five why is all the revenue from the years without consulting the roc- lease agreement going towards har- reation committee. hour revenue? The recreation committee says "They want an opinion from the this is one of the parks identified in administrator," said councillor Bill the long range plans for improve- iniac who is also on the recreation ments to make it more acccssihle to committee. the public. Also questioned is Local duet wins singing competition Eugene Hartman and Anne Reaburn competed in, and won, the CNE open Country Music Competition in Toronto Sunday DASHWOOD - A duct of local country music singers won the Ontario Open Country Music' Singing Competition at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Sunday. Eugene Hartman and Anne Reaburn, both of the Dashwood area. made it through the 110 entries it the week-long competition to the three -duet finals on Sunday. They performed the same "Navaho Rug" and Evcrly Brothers favourite "Devoted To You" that won them a fourth place at the Canadian Open Competition in Simcoe In July. This time they went right to the top. "We had a great time," said Hartman. Although the pair often don't get much time to perform locally, they do entertain at the occasional birthday party, and performed at the Crediton Baseball Banquet on Tuesday. Customs watching Grand Bend Smuggling concerns increase By Fred Groves T -A staff GRAND BEND - If you're think- ing of jumping on your boat, going over to the United States and bring- ing back some of that cheap Amer- ican booze, be careful. Many may think that the water is an easy mode of transporting from one country to the next, but al- though there is no boundary separ- ating the two countries - customs and immigration officials are watching. This past summer patrols have been stepped up at the Grand Bend harbour and the village's harbour master Cliff Simpson says it's quite noticeable. "A lot of people have been smug- gling, that's a known fact," said Simpson. "They (Customs and Im- migration) can check them on the water and pull their boat in." At a recent Grand Bend Council meeting, the village's harbour com- mittee reported to council that they felt there were too many patrols and that they should be decreased as it may be discouraging boating tourism. "I'm totally against thc resolution made by the harbour committee," said mayor Tom Lawson. "Are we silting in never-never land that Canada Customs can't come here?" He added that in the past, there had been complaints about. not enough policing on the water but now the Ontario Provincial Police have a boat docked in Grand Bcnd. "Maybe there is a reason for the stepped up patrols. Maybe we should know," said councillor Bill U n iac. Rules and regulations: Deputy - mayor Cam Ivey said some boaters arc not familiar with the rules when it comes to getting in touch with customs at the harbours. "There's a a lot of people not up on the riles when they check in," said Ivey. "They've (Customs and Immigration officials) have been going up and down thc docks." , Simpson explained that when a boat is coming in from the U.S., they arc supposed to report im- mediately to thc Canadian Customs and usuajly it's by phone. "In kit_ -11 fact, if they come over, they're supposed to go directly to Sarnia 'but they've been coming across the lake and registering by phone," said Simpson. He said a lot of the visitors come into Grand Bcnd and simply call Sarnia to rcport in and sometimes both a Canada Customs and an Im- migration official will drive down to the Grand Bcnd harbour. "They don't. do it very often. I don't know what good it would do," said Simpson. "There is usually an Immigration and a Customs officer and they check the boaters. Thcy patrol the docks here and in Pon Franks." If anyone was to have the of- ficials come down, by thc time thcy got there, any illegal items smug - lied in would- not doubt be long gone. With no visible border crossing in the middle of Lake Huron, boat- ers can come over to Canada at will and the easy access is why the pa - ','Please see Patrols, page two Making the back-to- school bus a little safer EXETER - Going back to school may be a little safer for children next week now that an Exeter bus company has added a new feature to their school bus- es. Charterways in Exeter has in- stalled safety arms on its fleet of 24 school buses. When a school bus stops now, not only do its lights flash and a stop sign fold out from the side, but the control arm extends from the front bumper of the bus, preventing children from walking directly in front of the vehicle. The six-foot long plastic arms were installed at a "bargain price" of $ 140 each, said Ken Ogden at Charterways, mainly because the bus company or- dered 2,000 of the units for all its buses in Ontario. The arms were tested in Ot- tawa last year and found to cause "very few problems" and have proven to be a morc ef- fective safety measure than oth- er systems. Keeping children out of the "danger zone" in front of thc buses should prevent the handful of serious accidents that arise from time to time. Ogden said he thinks the safe- ty arms are a very good addition to the Exeter fleet, especially now that four-year olds are rid- ing the ruses to junior - kindergarten classes. Those children are so small they aren't visible to the driver over the hoods of the buses, and may be hard`to spot in the con- vex mirrors on the bus,wings. As new school buses replace the existing fleet, they will even- tually have the flat -front, hood - leas deslgn of city transit buses, which might make the safety arms redundant. A school bus has it life span of eight years, re- gardless of "mileage. Charterways has added safety crossing control arms to its fleet of local school buses to keep children out of the `danger zone' A slx-foot long arm will now extend in front of local Charter - ways school buses to make children walk around the front of the bus, so they won't be hidden from the driver's vow.