Times Advocate, 1994-10-19, Page 28Page 28 Times -Advocate, October 19, 1994
IN THE NEWS
Student reps
Christina Parker and Aaron Gardiner, both OAC students at South Huron District High
School, have been appointed student representatives on the Huron County Board of Ed-
ucation. They are two of six representatives from each high school in the county. This is
the first time the board has appointed student reps and the pair should have a better un-
derstanding of their role when they meet with board members again later this month.
Your Views
Letters to the editor
Buying beach only solution
"The judge drew up the map and
said this is it, but the citizens of
Grand Bend won't accept
the ruling."
Dear Editor:
I found your article by Fred Groves "Bend still
fighting for Gibbs Beach" interesting. Unfortunately
somehow pieces of the article are missing and this
distorts the whole story.
However I would Tike to comment on a few
things. First the province never owned the beach, it
always for many years belonged to the Gibbs family
A check in the registry office would have confirmed
this but it took an 80 -day court hearing costing near-
ly one million dollars to prove it, all because the
good citizens of Grand Bend said "We own the
beach and we will spend any amount of money thc
province is willing to pay to prove it."
Archie Gibbs is the legal owner of this beach. The
only question that had to be settled at the court case
was "exactly what area docs the beach cover, is it to
the existing water line, the lake as it was in 1870-
1906-1915 or what?" The judge drew up the map
and said this is it, but the citizens of Grand Bend
won't accept the ruling.
The province has already paid out over one mil-
lion dollars in legal fees, witnesses, court costs. That
is tax dollars paid by all the citizens of Ontario, 95
percent of whom could not find Grand Bend on a
road map.
if the people of Grand Bend want what they think
is their beach, then they should pass the hat, raise $5
million, pay off the legal costs and buy it. It is as
simple as that.
L.S. Mannell
Grand Bend
Does Grand Bend need
community policing?
There is also concern
about activities for youth
and a teen centre
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
GRAND BEND - It appears as though there is a
need for a youth centre in Grand Bend and it looks
as though the village wants the local detachment of
the Ontario Provincial Police involved.
At Monday night's council meeting, it was first
brought up through the minutes of the Parks and
Recreation Committee that there was a need to pro-
vide teen and pre -teen aged youth with activities.
Later in thc meeting, deputy -mayor Cam Ivey
said he has been approached by the OPP about com-
munity policing. When asked if a youth centre and a
community policing building could be used togeth-
er, it was decided the possibility was there.
"If you had an ideal situation, it would be some-
thing you could create as a youth centre," said Ivey.
Councillor Phil Maguire asked Ivey if the two tied
in together to which Ivey responded, "it all depends
on the availability of a building."
Grand Bend docs have its own OPP detachment
as it was moved in the spring from the Pinery Park.
In the summer there are as many as 25 officers but
in the winter months that number dips to half a doz-
en.
Having community policing is basically a public
relations move and it helps to make the police more
visible in a community.
"If we say we believe in community policing, we
should support thc concept" said Ivey.
"They (OPP) very much want to do this," said
Ivey who agreed a police sergeant should be invited
to attend the next council meeting to talk about
community policing.
The original idea of getting youth activities was
from the Parks and Recreation Committee and
council was somewhat concerned about how that
committee was going about making decisions.
Lack of communication between council and it's
committees has been a problem in the past and this
time, through thcir committee minutes, Parks and
Rec wanted to contact the local youth and get their
view points and also wanted to issue a press release.
Council has urged that the committee work with
them to help find some activities for the youth.
The communication problem aside, the youth do
need things to do, especially for those who Iivc
year-round in Grand Bend.
"There has been discussion about lack of teen and
pre -teen activities in the community. The intension
is a good one," said councillor Ed Fluter.
As far as activities for youth in Grand Bend, there
is little unless they like going outside for walks and
often the intention is to keep youth off the streets.
There is no arena, no youth centre (yet) and the
arcades and other hangouts mean the youth have to
fork out money.
Grand Bend is making efforts to provide activities
for them as they are looking into crcating an out-
door rink for skating.
in the past couple of years at least one person has
come before council suggesting a mller-blading fa-
cility. However, red tape prevented him from car-
rying through on his plans.
Hay will pay
for most of
fire hall
renovation
ZURICH - Hay Township has
agreed to pay its full share of an up-
grade to the Zurich fire hall. Now
agreeing to pay 58 percent of the
$7,000 cost, Hay has increased its
share from the 33 percent it insisted
on last month.
Hay had insisted that the project
to improve a vehicle hay with new
windows and doors constituted a
capital improvement - for which Zu-
rich alone is responsible. Zurich
and Stanley Township, the other
two partners in the shared fire de-
partment, termed the project mainte-
nance, asking that its cost he shared
according to the assessed responsi-
bilities of each municipality.
In agreeing to pay more, Hay has
insisted that the $7,(X)0 estimate for
the project also be a cost ceiling,
and the township wants a clearer
definition of capital and mainte-
nance projects in the future.
Should Zurich
council meet
on Mondays?
ZURICH - Village council has
enjoyed a more unusual monthly
meeting date for years. hut reeve
Bob Fisher wonders if Zurich
should step in line with other local
municipalities.
Zurich council has traditionally
met on the second Thursday of
each month, but Fisher noted that
the date often conflicts with other.
meetings in the area. Most coun-
cils, he said, are meeting on Mon-
days and holding special meetings
later in the week.
Zurich is now becoming increas-
ingly involved in inter -municipal
affairs, and is beginning to attend
such meetings.
"Maybe we should fall in line
with a more regular night," said.
Fisher.
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