Correction Port Stanley Report In our story on page 4 of the October 31st edition “The Ghosts of Barnums Gully” The name of the writer should have read “Jon Smok of Curve Lake” not Robert Weare. Robert noted that his grandparents were all British citizens who came to live in Canada. INSIDE Letters Andrew I support the silo project, I think it would draw visitors to Port Stanley.. STORY PAGE 2 War of 1812 Report While on a secret mission to de- stroy the new 112-gun British warship HMS St. Lawrence, U.S. Midshipman James McGowan discovers and cap- tures 2 British gunboats. STORY PAGE 2 West Harbour Phase One Environmental Assessment Central Elgin’s 2010 ownership of Port Stanley’s harbour was a distinct departure from Transport Canada’s previous harbour divestitures, which began in 1995. STORY PAGE 3 2014 Western Elgin Home for Christmas Shopping Event With Christmas just around the corner, why not head into Western Elgin to do your shopping this year? From November 21 to December 6, come visit the shops, restaurants, and other businesses . STORY PAGE 5 Port Bruce Report On December 6th Santa Claus will be arriving in Port Bruce! He is sched- uled to arrive in Wonnacott Park (by the pavilion). STORY PAGE 7 Serving Lake Erie’s North Shore Friday November 14, 2014 LOOK AHEAD Community Events Page 10 Classifieds & Service Directory Page 11 Business Roladex Page 12 Continued On Page 11 Continued On Page 4 Andrew Hibbert On October 31 MP Joe Preston attended a press con- ference at the Port Stanley Festival Theatre to announce that the Theatre will be re- ceiving a Grant from the Fed- eral Government Canadian Heritage Fund. The grant, in the amount of $440,000, will be use to im- prove access to the perform- ing arts at the theatre and support the renovations that are now underway. The budget for renovations is ap- proximately $1.8 million. The theatre has raised a signifi- cant amount of the budget from the Province of Ontario, private and corporate dona- tions but is still looking for over $200,000 to complete the project. The expan- sion and renovations will include improvements to the theatre building, ex- pansion of the stage, the actors dressing areas, the office and scenery work- shop spaces and 50 new seats in the theatre itself. The renovation will in- clude new heating and air conditioning systems. The improvement to Port Stanley Festival Theatre Grant Andrew Hibbert This year marks the 100-year an- niversary of the start of World War I. It is 75 years since the start of World War II and 70 years since the Allied Inva- sion of Normandy, 6 June, 1944, termed D-Day. On November 11th we commemo- rate those who served and those who were lost in the Great Wars and in the many peacekeeping missions that Canada has served in. The day is called Remembrance day or Armistice Day which marks the date and time when armies stopped fighting on November 11th at 11am in 1918 (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) marks the end of the First World War - this date and time was made into Remembrance Day in commonwealth countries. to make this a statutory holiday in On- tario. In the First World War 61,000 Cana- dians died, in the Second World War 42,000 Canadians died. Many of these soldiers were dual citizens serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. Virtually every family has stories of members who served or who were lost in battle. In my own family my mother’s older brother Private William Robson Jr. died in the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) WWI, which lasted from 31st of July to the 10th November 1917. He has no grave. His In Canada, Remembrance Day is a statutory holiday in most provinces and territories with a notable excep- tion of Ontario. There is a movement A Day Of Remembrance Above: The Remembrance Day parade in Port Stanley. LEFT: One of the Cenotaph Guards. Photographed LtoR: MP Joe Preston, PSFT Artistic Director Simon Joynes, Theatre Board President Bob Halle and Theatre Board Vice-president Brian Welsh.
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CorrectionPort Stanley ReportIn our story on page 4 of the
October 31st edition “The Ghosts ofBarnums Gully” The name of thewriter should have read “Jon Smok ofCurve Lake” not Robert Weare. Robertnoted that his grandparents were allBritish citizens who came to live inCanada.
INSIDELetters
Andrew I support the silo project, Ithink it would draw visitors to PortStanley.. STORY PAGE 2
War of 1812 ReportWhile on a secret mission to de-
stroy the new 112-gun British warshipHMS St. Lawrence, U.S. MidshipmanJames McGowan discovers and cap-tures 2 British gunboats. STORY PAGE 2
West Harbour PhaseOne Environmental
AssessmentCentral Elgin’s 2010 ownership of
Port Stanley’s harbour was a distinctdeparture from Transport Canada’sprevious harbour divestitures, whichbegan in 1995. STORY PAGE 3
2014 Western ElginHome for Christmas
Shopping EventWith Christmas just around the
corner, why not head into WesternElgin to do your shopping this year?From November 21 to December 6,come visit the shops, restaurants, andother businesses . STORY PAGE 5
Port Bruce ReportOn December 6th Santa Claus will
be arriving in Port Bruce! He is sched-uled to arrive in Wonnacott Park (bythe pavilion). STORY PAGE 7
Serving Lake Erie’s North Shore
Friday November 14, 2014
LOOK AHEADCommunity Events Page 10
Classifieds & Service Directory Page 11
Business Roladex Page 12 Continued On Page 11
Continued On Page 4
Andrew HibbertOn October 31 MP Joe
Preston attended a press con-ference at the Port StanleyFestival Theatre to announcethat the Theatre will be re-ceiving a Grant from the Fed-eral Government CanadianHeritage Fund.
The grant, in the amountof $440,000, will be use to im-prove access to the perform-ing arts at the theatre andsupport the renovations thatare now underway. Thebudget for renovations is ap-proximately $1.8 million. Thetheatre has raised a signifi-cant amount of the budgetfrom the Province of Ontario,private and corporate dona-tions but is still looking for
over $200,000 to completethe project. The expan-sion and renovations willinclude improvements tothe theatre building, ex-pansion of the stage, theactors dressing areas, theoffice and scenery work-shop spaces and 50 newseats in the theatre itself.The renovation will in-clude new heating and airconditioning systems.
The improvement to
Port Stanley Festival Theatre Grant
Andrew HibbertThis year marks the 100-year an-
niversary of the start of World War I. Itis 75 years since the start of World WarII and 70 years since the Allied Inva-sion of Normandy, 6 June, 1944,termed D-Day.
On November 11th we commemo-rate those who served and those whowere lost in the Great Wars and in themany peacekeeping missions thatCanada has served in. The day is calledRemembrance day or Armistice Daywhich marks the date and time whenarmies stopped fighting on November11th at 11am in 1918 (the eleventhhour of the eleventh day of theeleventh month) marks the end of theFirst World War - this date and timewas made into Remembrance Day incommonwealth countries.
to make this a statutory holiday in On-tario.
In the First World War 61,000 Cana-dians died, in the Second World War42,000 Canadians died. Many of thesesoldiers were dual citizens serving inthe Canadian Armed Forces.
Virtually every family has stories ofmembers who served or who were lostin battle. In my own family mymother’s older brother Private WilliamRobson Jr. died in the 3rd Battle ofYpres (Passchendaele) WWI, whichlasted from 31st of July to the 10th November 1917. He has no grave. His
In Canada, Remembrance Day is astatutory holiday in most provincesand territories with a notable excep-tion of Ontario. There is a movement
A Day Of Remembrance
Above: The Remembrance Day parade inPort Stanley.
LEFT: One of the Cenotaph Guards.
Photographed LtoR:
MP Joe Preston, PSFT ArtisticDirector Simon Joynes, Theatre Board President BobHalle and Theatre BoardVice-president Brian Welsh.
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she proposed to him, on a cold bright dayon the beach at Port Stanley. Sand wasstinging their faces and the waves deliv-ered crashing loads of gravel at their feet".
Thought you readers might like toknow. It was probably November.Sincerely, Craig Cole Port Stanley
1812-14 Report Dear Sir; My commendation for your ex-
cellent publication. Your coverage of the1812-14 War has been a pleasure to read. Iresided in Port Stanley from 1949-2000, ex-cept for my years in Nova Scotia at AcadiaUniversity and my brief teaching career. Inthose days I was active in the Parish ofChrist church and when I am in town Imake sure the bell rings.Sincerely John Scidmore, St. Thomas
Speeders on East Road in Port Stanley
We are new residents to Port Stanleyand we live on East Rd. I was shocked tosee how fast traffic screams down this roadin both directions.
When you take into consideration thatthere is a Nursing Home, playground, twosub divisions, lots of deer and School busstops the scenario is frightening. There ispotential for a really nasty accident tooccur.
Talking with other residents we feelthat there should be a three way stop atErie Heights, due to the blind hill and busstop, playground and sub division.
There should be a four way stop at HillStreet as this is the blind corner as well as abus stop and a sub division.
Speed limit should be lowered in frontof the Nursing Home to 40 KMH. Speedlimits should be lowered all along East Rdto 50 KMPH.
At present we enable traffic to speed asPolice presence can only provide a limiteddeterrent. The amount of time lost to driv-ers would be minimal.
Port Stanley is a beautiful place to live.On one hand we are creating a laid backrelaxing way of life, the other a free for allfor stupid drivers.
Please consider our proposal and makePort a safer place to live and enhance everyones way of life.Sincerely, Larry Taylor, Port Stanley
Linda EastonPSVA Board ChairPort Stanley residents the Annual General Meeting of the Port Stanley Village Association is at 7 PM on November 20 at the Port Stanley Le-gion. We will be able to update you onthe events we have been involved inand we have two (and possibly threespeakers) to address you. The princi-pal of the Port Stanley Public School,Sheila Pinder, will attend to give us anupdate on the situation of the schooland our local councilor, Dan McNeil,will give his annual update on happen-ings in Central Elgin and answer anyquestions you may have.
It promises to be an excellent chanceto meet with your neighbours and get abetter understanding of the current is-sues affecting Port Stanley.
British and Spanish troops. The Ameri-cans occupy the town for the remain-der of the war.
November 9-10:U.S. GeneralMcArthur on his return from the UScamped at Richmond Nov 9 and St.Thomas Nov 10.
November 10:United States Lieu-tenant Charles Budd receives orders toreplace Captain Thomas Macdonoughas commander of the Lake Champlainsquadron.
November 14: The British schooner 16-Gun HMS Julia is re-launched at thenavy yard in Kingston, Upper Canadaafter repairs and refitting.
November 17: While on a secret mis-sion to destroy the new 112-gun Britishwarship HMS St. Lawrence, U.S. Mid-shipman James McGowan discoversand captures two British gunboats onthe upper St. Lawrence River and re-
turns to Sackets Harbor, New York withthe prisoners.
November 22: American General An-drew Jackson leaves for New Orleans,when he learns a British invasion fromthe sea is impending.
November 24: The British ship HMSFantome is shipwrecked near Prospect,Nova Scotia, while escorting a convoyfrom Castine, Maine to Halifax, NovaScotia.
November 25: British Naval fleet setssail from Jamaica for New Orleans,Louisiana.
November 27: Britain drops the "utisposseditis" offer during peace negotia-tions at Ghent; no longer insists onkeeping captured territory in "currentpossession".
The British ship HOMOS St. Lawrence
The Harbour? The Berm?The Pier? Condos?
A Dog Park? The School? The Heritage District?
What’s happening?Find out at the
Annual General Meetingof the
Port Stanley Village AssociationPort Stanley Legion
Thursday Nov. 20, 2014 - 7 PMEveryone Welcome!
LETTERSRemembrance Day
I have attended more Remembrance DayEvents in more small towns and cities than Ican remember. This past event in Aylmerwas overwhelming. The uniformed membersof the Police College marching in Step, theFlag Bearers, the Knights of Columbus, theMasons and the Shriners, the Local Band,and Laying of the Wreaths, with recordcrowds.
I’m proud to call myself a citizen of ElginCounty. David Harding, Sparta.
Port Stanley Silo Supporter Andrew I support the silo project, I think
it would draw visitors to Port Stanley. Iknow St. Jacobs has two silos and they dodraw visitors and they don't have a lake tolook at. Putting a top on the pier was agood thing that was long overdue and I be-lieve that will help Port with bringing peo-ple in. However I believe that a look outtower would bring even more people toPort, after all, this a tourist town and theycome with money and hopefully they willspend more of that cash. You can't drawtourists without spending money and wehave $15,000,000 that can only be spent onthe waterfront. Sometimes it amazes mewhy it’s so hard for local politicians to thinka little bit out of the box and of course theadministrators look at it as more work forwhich they are paid. I think the idea couldgo further by making the silo look like agiant lighthouse with a beacon on top anda small tea and sandwich room. Any way ifyou can point me in the right direction, towhom, is trying to save the silo I would liketo join The Save The Silo!Sincerely, Harry Bishop Port StanleyPS: $500,000 is not much money for whatyou would get in return.
The Bear Came Over theMountain
Yesterday I heard from one of my moreliterate friends in Toronto. He wrote, "I wasreading Alice Munro's 'The Bear Came Overthe Mountain' the other day. Yes, Nobelprize winning Alice Munro. On the openingpage, she has the male protagonist of thestory proposing to his wife on the sandybeach at Port Stanley".
I checked the story. Bob has his facts alittle bit wrong. The actual quotation reads,"He thought maybe she was joking when
Andrew HibbertNovember 1814:Unable to pay in goldas required by law, the US governmentoffers to pay its wartime debt in paper;most banks refuse to accept the Treas-ury notes as security and war bonds fallto 60 cents on the dollar.
November 5: U.S. General Izard minesthe fortifications of Fort Erie and setsoff a series of blasts and explosions todestroy the fort; British General Drum-mond's scouts arrive in time to find thewalls destroyed, the buildings ablaze,and Izard's army, suffering severe foodshortages, gone across to winter quar-ters in Buffalo, allowing Drummond'sarmy to secure the frontier.
November 6:U.S. Brig Gen DuncanMcArthur defeats a Canadian militiaand Mohawk force at the Battle of Mal-colm's Mills; learning that reinforce-ments were on the way from Ancasterand Burlington Heights, McArthurmoved his American force down toLake Erie and then back to Detroit,burning north shore settlements as hewent.
November 6: American schoonerFranklin is captured off Hampton, Vir-ginia, by a British flotilla of 13 barges.
November 7: Troops under Major Gen-eral Andrew Jackson take Pensacola,Spanish Florida from a garrison of
REPORT
U.S. Brig Gen Duncan McArthur
West Harbour Phase One Environmental Assessment
The Lake Erie Beacon • Friday November 14, 2014 • Page 3
Dan McNeilPort Stanley
Recently the editor of the Lake ErieBeacon asked me about the ‘drilling’and other work that was taking placeon the west side of Port Stanley Har-bour during October and into Novem-ber. It is complicated. Thus Andrewasked me for an explanation that couldbe published in the Beacon.
Central Elgin’s 2010 ownership ofPort Stanley’s harbour was a distinctdeparture from Transport Canada’sprevious harbour divestitures, whichbegan in 1995. “Harbour Divestitures”were intended to transfer ownership tolocal authorities while retaining thecommercial and industrial nature ofthe harbours. This could not work forPort Stanley because its harbour infra-structure pre-dated the St LawrenceSeaway and thus only had a depth of 22feet instead of the 28 feet necessary fortoday’s Great Lakes shipping. In addi-tion, no forecast of commercial activitycould justify the high cost of dredgingto the harbour maximum.
Thus, the vision for Port Stanley’s
Posh in the PortLinda Hibbert
Posh in the Port is located at 208Main Street, Port Stanley, ground levelin the Wharf Building.
Posh looks out over the harbour andenjoys one of the best locations in thevillage. After all, who wouldn’t enjoysitting on one of those lovely leathercouches, enjoying the view of the sail-boats as you are relaxing and havingone of their famous pedicures.
Posh is owned and operated byNina Tallman and her daughter PennyRumming. Penny has been operatingPosh Pedicure & Lounge in London forthe last seven years.
Posh in the Port came to Port Stan-ley in May of 2013. Nina wanted to liveby the water and fell in love with PortStanley and decided to open her sec-ond location here. She also lives in the village and is look-
in its planning for the future. The landsare highly desirable waterfront proper-ties that are known as “brownfields”.Ontario has specific regulations, poli-cies and programs to re-purpose theseareas for new economic development.
Because almost all of Port Stanley’sharbour is now owned by the citizens ofCentral Elgin there is a responsibility toconsult on what development doesoccur and how any future vision isgoing to be accomplished. For the lastfour years there have been regularmeetings of a “Harbour Vision Commit-tee” that included, among others, ElginCounty, St Thomas, the Port Stanley Vil-lage Association, fishermen and theBIA. Discussions and priority settingwithin these meetings have resulted in
the Council decisions that you can see inaction today on Port Stanley’s waterfront.
Among the decisions made was thecontracting out of an “Economic Devel-opment Plan” for the harbour. Thatplan produced a series of 16 recom-mendations that can be found on theCentral Elgin web-site. One of thosewas: “Initiate a preliminary risk assess-ment for the public lands on the west-ern half of Port Stanley’s Harbour”.
Now that the grain silos are comingdown, Council decided it was time toaction that recommendation. The aimis to encourage private sector invest-ment over the long term. Completing aPhase One Risk Assessment is one lessstep for any company interested in ex-amining options for the property. Stan-tec Consulting Ltd. was contracted todo the work with a budget of $33,475. Itis being funded from the 2014 harbourbudget which includes sufficient inter-est raised on the $13.5 million providedby the federal government with the har-bour. The aim is that the Port Stanley’sharbour will be self sustaining with thefederal funding and eventually will gen-erate income for the residents of Cen-tral Elgin.
(Daniel McNeil is a retired Rear Admiral inthe Canadian Navy and, along with his wifeKathy, a resident of Port Stanley. Dan is themunicipal councillor for Port Stanley)
future is based on a harbour that sup-ports the commercial fishery, but willalso be focused on small craft recre-ational uses and tourism. To this endthe federal government committed toclean up the east headland, the berm,to Ontario’s parkland standard. Thus,the privately owned west harbour in-dustrial lands that belonged to “LakesTerminals” and “JRI”, used for bulkcargo and grain and corn transfers be-came redundant and were subse-quently purchased by the municipality.
Central Elgin has been very strategic
ing to make new friends.
Posh offers the following services:Pedicures & Manicures, Brow Tinting,Facials, Massage, and Couples Pack-ages. They are also please to announcethat Natasha an RMT will be joiningthem every Monday. They also hostKids and Adult Parties, put a Girl’sNight together and enjoy! Another oftheir specialties is Wedding Parties.
Spa Hours: During the winter monthswe are operating flexhours.Please Call For appointment.You can reach Posh by calling 519.782.4600
Save the Date! Open House!Client Appreciation and Open House
For Posh in the Port – November 26th, 5-8 pmPosh is excited to announce the arrival of Dermalogica!
Come and meet our representative for product information.
This extravagant evening will include sampling and skin analysis.
Draw your discount on all purchases.Buy 2 – $65 facials and get the third free.
We will be having draw prizes every half hour beginning at 5 pm.Draws for a Gift Basket or Gift Certificate.
Come and enjoy hot cider, Christmas cookies and our Dermalogica Skin Bar!
Please RSVP to 519-782-4600208 Main Street • Port Stanley • 519-782-4600
Pictured are LtoR: Alaina Delouw, NinaTallman Owner and Shannon Broughton
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What do car accidents, lighting and influenzahave in common? They all are more likely to killCanadians than Ebola. While we will probablynever know exact numbers, some researchers estimate that Between 2000 and 8000 Canadianscan die of influenza and its complications yearly,depending on the severity of the season.
Human influenza or “the flu” is a respiratoryinfection caused by the influenza virus. It typicallystarts with a headache, chills and cough, followedrapidly by fever, loss of appetite, muscle aches andfatigue, running nose, sneezing, watery eyes andthroat irritation. Nausea, vomiting and diarrheamay also occur, especially in children. The influenza virus spreads through contact withdroplets coming from someone who has the flu.You can also get the flu by shaking hands with aninfected person or by touching contaminated sur-faces, and then touching your own eyes, nose ormouth. (So avoiding people and being anti-socialmay not protect you)
“The flu” can often be confused with the com-mon cold, however there are some differences. Acold is a mild infection of the nose, throat and air-ways that is caused by a variety of viruses. A coldmay last for a week and symptoms include arunny nose, stuffy nose, cough and sore throat. Aperson with a cold will not usually have aheadache, fever or muscle aches. Symptoms suchas nausea, vomiting and diarrhea do not usually
accompany a cold.
Most people will recover from influenza within aweek or ten days, but some - including those over65 and adults and children with chronic conditions,such as diabetes and cancer - are at greater risk ofmore severe complications, such as pneumonia.And if you know one of these high risk individuals,getting the flu shot helps to further reduce thechance that you will spread the virus to them.
The best protection against influenza is gettingthe flu shot every year and frequent hand washingor hand hygiene with alcohol hand rubs. When youget the flu shot, your body's immune system devel-ops protection (antibodies) against the strains ofthe virus in the vaccine. Each year, the virus mu-tates and changes and the vaccine is tailored to tryand meet these changes. This is why it is importantto be immunized each fall. While some peoplemay feel slight side effects from the vaccine, it is im-portant to know that you cannot get the flu from aflu shot. Where can you get your shot? You can callyour Doctor, go to one of the many convenient clin-ics run by the health unit, or talk to your pharma-cist. Many pharmacists are trained and able toprovide the vaccination free of charge to those overthe age of 5 years.
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name is recorded on the Menin Gate at Ypres in Belgium.
My mothers father, William RobsonSr. died in France near the end of theFirst World War while serving in theBritish Army.
My own father Thomas Hibbertjoined the British Royal Field Artilleryin 1914. He was 17 years old. Heserved throughout the First World Warand was discharged in 1919. In 1930he moved to Canada with my motherand my older sister and brother. Soonafter he joined the Canadian Reserves,with the Second Division Signal Corp.in Montreal and was made Sergeantand then Regimental Sergeant Major.When the Second World War broke outin 1939 he was posted to England withhis regiment. While in Liverpool hewas severely injured in a bombing at-tack, he was given a medical dischargeand returned to Canada. He passed inthe summer of 1957.
My wife Linda’s father Wyburn RoyFootwinkler served in the CanadianNavy throughout the Second WorldWar. He live until October of 2003.
To serve ones county is one of themost honourable of duties and on Remembrance Day we give tribute tothe courage and sacrifices of veterans,Armed Forces personnel and theirfamilies. This Remembrance Day amuch larger number of people at-tended services across Canada notonly to honour those who served butto remember the recent deaths of Cpl.Nathan Cirillo, who was killed by a
terrorist while on guard duty at thecenotaph in Ottawa, and ArmedForces member Patrice Vincent, whowas killed in Quebec, in another ap-parent act of homegrown terrorism.
Lest we forget
They went with songs to the battle, they were young.�Straight of limb, true of eye,steady and aglow. �They werestaunch to the end against odds uncounted, �They fell withtheir faces to the foe. They shallgrow not old, as we that are leftgrow old: �Age shall not wearythem, nor the years condemn.�At the going down of the sunand in the morning, �We will remember them.
A Day Of Remembrance Continued From Page 1
Thomas Hibbert British Army 1916
The Corporation of theMunicipality of Central Elgin
Municipal Winter ControlOperations
OBJECTIVESThrough our policies and procedures, the Municipality of Central Elgin is making every effort to ensure we not only meet our winter control obligations but to do so as effectively andas economically as possible. Through good operations, we are trying to facilitate the handling of emergencies by our fire, police, andambulance officials. It is our goal to maintainsafe passable transportation routes and to minimize the economic losses of the communityand industry during the winter season.
Your co-operation is appreciated.
PRIORITIESThe Municipality’s winter control proceduresare in place to meet or exceed the MinimumMaintenance Standards as set out in the Municipal Act. As such, some streets are givena higher priority. Not all streets will be main-tained in the winter to the same degree. Thedegree of winter maintenance will vary in accordance with the roll the road/street plays inthe transportation network and its classifica-tion according to the Minimum MaintenanceStandards.
ATTENTIONThe Municipality will
be enforcing the relevant sections ofthe Highway TrafficAct and Municipal
By-law EG1.
Traffic Laws Section 170(12) of theHighway Act whichprohibits parking soas to interfere withthe clearing of snowfrom the highwayand Section 170(15)provides for the
removal of offendingvehicles at the
owners expense.
Municipal By-Law By-Law EG1
prohibits the parkingof any motor vehicleon municipal streetsbetween the hours of3:00am to 5:00am.Owners of vehicleswhich are in contra-vention of this by-laware subject to a fine.
Any vehicles in contravention of thisby-law are subject to
removal at theowner’s expense.
SIDEWALK MAINTENANCEThe municipality will undertake sidewalk wintercontrol as per the Municipal policy. The policystates:
• All commercial property owners are respon-sible for the clearing of snow and ice fromthe sidewalks adjacent to their properties orbusinesses.
• Plowing will commence when snow has accumulated to 100mm and the storm issubstantially over. This time may vary due tothe availability of manpower. Plowing will becarried out during normal working hours.
• If required, the maintained sidewalks may betreated with salt or sand as soon as possibleafter the storm or when manpower/equip-ment becomes available and during normalworking hours.
• The Municipality will not perform wintermaintenance on any sidewalk that is lessthan 1.2 meters wide.
MailboxesThe Municipality ofCentral Elgin will
replace broken mailboxes only if snow removal equipment
makes physical contactwith the mailbox.
Landowners are respon-sible to ensure mailboxes are securely
attached to their post.
The Municipality will not be responsible or held liable for damage to private installationswhich encroach on the Municipal Right of Way. Further that, the Municipality would encourage landowners to remove any existing items that may encroach onto the right ofway. Any items that are fixed such as boulders or posts that pose a threat to public safetywill be required to be moved at the landowner’s expense.
Although we all look forward to having thestreets plowed, no one really looks forwardto that pile of snow left at the end of thedriveway. Plows push most of the accumu-lated snow along the roadway. Some snownormally travels alongside the blade. As theplow moves past driveways, that snow fallsto one side forming a windrow. It is unfor-tunately up to the home owner to clear thissnow left behind by the plow.
If you have any questions,please contact the Physical
Services Department, Municipality of Central Elgin
at
(519) 631-4860
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With Christmas justaround the corner, why nothead into Western Elgin todo your shopping this year?From November 21 to De-cember 6, come visit theshops, restaurants, andother businesses in WestElgin and Dutton/Dunwichas part of the annual Homefor Christmas promotion!
There is a wide variety ofprizes to be won from ourlocal retailers!
How will you know who isparticipating? Just look for aspecial Home for Christmasbow and the ParticipatingBusiness poster in theirwindow or on their door.Once inside and while youare shopping, you will alsofind a list displayed of theover 50 business places in-volved in this year's event.
2014 Western Elgin Home for Christmas Shopping Event
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Staff at each participatinglocation will happily tellyou about their particulardraw prize or prizes, andhow to enter to win.
Enter as often as youwish during the two-weekevent to increase yourchances of winning one of the great prizes beingoffered.
Event draws will be heldin each participating location on December 9.Winners will be notified bythe business whose drawprize they have won.
Shop Local to support the businesses that support our communities
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forcing an election and standing fordemocracy.
In Ward 1, it was a four way race,and a race it was. All four are to be con-gratulated for standing for a Councilposition. All four shared a good part ofthe vote. Long time residents, KimLegg and Norm Huhges were edged outby the newcomers to Bayham. RaineyWeilser led up to the very last poll,where Randy Breyer snuck past with aseven vote margin.
Randy will have a challenge tomaintain a global outlook for theprogress of all Bayham and to speak foreconomic development and the real-ization of our potential, a return to theformer bustling port, with a vibrantharbour, waterfront and busy down-town commerce. There are three majorissues, water rates, harbour divestitureand making the Ojibwa opportunity vi-able, right off the bat.
Another big hit The Periscope Playhouse closed an-
other successful season with TheCemetery Club, an urbane play by IvanMechell. The experienced Playhousecast highlighted the subtle humour in aserious play about life and death. Theaudience needed to be on their toes tocatch the fun and the one line zingers,and they were.
There was a good crowd, but a fewempty seats. As a community, we cando better. The Periscope Playhousebrings to Port Burwell and Bayham, atheatre group, board, operating com-mittee, stable of actors and crew withyears of experience and local actorswith innate talent. The Cemetery Clubis not an easy play to produce, but theseasoned cast nailed it. Next up is an-other Murder Mystery in the new year.The Periscope Playhouse is introducinga new bursary for young people to at-tend theatre camp in Tillsonburg. ThePeriscope Playhouse has passed the100 mark in members.
Our future is in goodhands!
The individuals who make up vol-unteer groups tend to be active mem-bers of two or more of the HistoricalSociety, the Harbour Committee, theOtter Valley Naturalists, the Horticul-tural Society, the Legion, the churches,the Periscope Theatre and the new-comers, the Polestars. They need anddeserve the support of everyone in PortBurwell.
The Polestars have embarked onperhaps their biggest project yet. Theirlatest initiative is to transform the bigpile of dirt between the bridge and theOjibwa into a Carolinian delight. It allstarted with the knowledge of an op-portunity to gather Carolinian plantsfrom a farm near Walsingham, recentlysold. A cavalcade of trucks and fivetrailers brought back a wealth ofseedlings, saplings and mature beefriendly species for free. Ken from Elgin
Central Elgin Growing Together Awards
Andrew HibbertAnnually the Central Elgin Grow-
ing Together Committee presentsawards to local citizen, groups orcommercial endeavours who exem-plify the best in each of the cate-gories. The recipients are treated to adinner and recognized with a certifi-cate for their achievement. The com-mittee promotes tidiness of greenspaces, recycling, composting, andother environmental projects as wellas organizing and coordinating thecitizen award recognition night andpromoting and supporting naturaland cultural heritage conservationinitiatives.
The Central Elgin MunicipalAwards Dinner was held this year atthe St. James Presbyterian Church onFerguson Line. Present were mem-bers of Council and Mayor ElectDavid Marr.
Prior to 2009, the Municipalityparticipated in the provincial and na-tional “Communities in Bloom” com-petition and the awards werepresented as part of Central Elgin'sparticipation.
In 2009 Central Elgin - GrowingTogether deleted the Turf categoryand added a Farming Excellence cat-egory. In 2011, we also deleted sepa-rate heritage awards as we are alreadydoing this through Heritage CentralElgin and the Ontario Heritage Trust.We also chose to eliminate the com-munity involvement category as wedo several volunteer awards under aseparate committee.
Heritage Recognition Awards
Each year since 2004, the munici-pal council has recognized the natu-ral and cultural heritage in CentralElgin. These awards are given in con-junction with the Ontario HeritageTrust who examine the ... but anyonein Central Elgin can nominate some-one for these awards. The nomina-tions have to be in before the lastcouncil meeting in June. ...�
Citizen Achievement and Distinguished Citizen Awards
The Municipality of Central ElginVolunteer Service, Citizen Achieve-ment and Distinguished CitizenAwards recognize and honour CentralElgin residents: whose ...
The Growing Together Awardrecipients for 2014 are:
Greening SchoolsThese awards were presented at eachschool. They were:
Community Involvement the PortStanley Public School.
Environment the New Sarum PublicSchool.
Overall winner the South DorchesterPublic School.
Tidiness AwardNathan McIntyre
Tidiness AwardBen Juarez
Volunteer ServiceNoelle Racicot-Kelly
Volunteer ServiceRosemary Underhill
Volunteer ServiceRobert Halle
Honor E. W. WassingMemorial Youth Fund
The Periscope Playhouse has es-tablished a bursary, to assist youth inentering the world of theatre, for in-stance to theatre camp in Tillsonburg.Applications are open to residents ofBayham under the age of 18. To apply,local students require teacher recom-mendation and parent/guardian per-mission. A candidate, after filling outan application (available at Bayhamschools) will be contacted by thePeriscope Playhouse to explain his orher reasons for wanting to participatein a theatre program. Periscope re-quires proof of attendance at a theatreprogram to cover the costs directly.
About Honor Wassing Honor was a brilliant woman who
helped found the Port BurwellPeriscope Playhouse. This was justone of her contributions to her com-munity. She was active in many com-munity and school events. She was amentor to many, and an activist in thebest sense. Honor kept the BayhamCouncil and administration on theirtoes with her reporting. She was also aking (queen) maker. Honor was a bigplayer in the electoral success of LynnAcre. Mark Taylor toppled veteranpolitician KC Emerson and experi-enced rival Cliff Evanitski. Honor wascampaign manager and personalmentor to Mark.
The votes have beencounted
Unfortunately, the 2014 municipalelection has delineated the deep divi-sions in Bayham. There was a periodof hope with Lynn Acre’s term asMayor. Upper Bayham residents tooktheir pound of flesh over the subissue. But, Ward 1 rallied behindMayor Paul Ens and allowed TomSouthwick to topple Deputy MayorEvanitski. Paul easily outpolled RogerJames with a greater than 4:1 pluralityin Ward 1. Tom Southwick did thesame, handily defeating Cliff Evanit-ski, with a nearly 8:1 vote ratio inWard I. The north/south dichotomyis wide and deep. One would hope thenew Council will move Bayham in aforward direction.
Ward Votes Ed Ketchabaw was acclaimed for
Ward 3. Wayne Casier prevailed overRick Weisler in Ward 2. Rick put up agood showing against a well en-trenched three term Councillor.Again, Rick is to be commended for Continued On Page 7
PORTBRUCEREPORTCathy Crane
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Landscape FloralSilverthorn Landscaping
Volunteer ServiceMark Rice
Volunteer ServiceSteed and Company
Distinguished CitizenBarbara Wintermute
Volunteer ServiceJoan Mansell
Volunteer ServiceSheila Wood
Volunteer ServiceRon Beech
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Volunteer ServiceBetty Rogers
Military Museum (EMM) spent thewhole day, his day off, lending a hand.
The Polestars, cut grass and read-ied new beds for a virtual gold mine ofvaluable plants. Their handiwork is al-ready visible from Robinson Street orthe bridge. This project is a fine exam-ple of sweat equity, and sweat thedozen volunteers did. The Polestarshave no formal executive. Jim Tonebrought his boundless energy and vi-sion to this project. We are also fortu-nate to have the wonderful resourcein Ron Allensen (Monarch Landing) toname each and every species of a potentialinterpretive centre.
The Carolinian hill has endlesspossibilities as it is developed as anextension of the Ojibwa experience, aconduit to bring nature lovers into aquiet contemplative experience com-plete with park benches. The amazingfeature of this project is the knowl-edge that the hill is the future site ofthe EMM Museum. At that point all ofthese priceless plants will become anursery for the entire community.
The project will be part of theCanada wide Memorial Garden con-test in 2016. Part of the project is turn-ing the Robinson St. retaining wallinto an expressive mural, a Memorial.The next project is making the trailalong the Otter a more enticing expe-rience. The sky seems to be the limitfor Port Burwell’s volunteers! Thegrowing membership is coming fromUpper Bayham too!
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Santa is coming to Town
On December 6th Santa Claus willbe arriving in Port Bruce! He is sched-uled to arrive in Wonnacott Park (bythe pavilion) about 7 p.m. where hewill light the tree that will remain lit upevery night for the next month. Fromthere, Santa will head to the club houseat North Erie Marina where he willspend time with children of all ages.Please park along Bank Street and pro-ceed to the clubhouse along the drive-way. Don’t forget to bring Santa a fewtreats too!
You’ll even be able to do someChristmas shopping while the kids visitSanta. Existing stock of Port BruceRatepayer’s Association t-shirts will be‘on sale’ at the Santa party. The regularprice of a shirt is $15. They are now ‘onsale’ for $10 each or 2 for $15. Shopearly since the supply is limited to ex-isting stock. It would make a great giftfor Christmas!
Trillium Grant Applica-tion Unsuccessful
On October 25th, the Port BruceRatepayers Association (PBRA) was in-
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PORTSTANLEYREPORTAndrew Hibbert
Work progresses in the village
The resurfacing of the West Break-water (pier) out to the lighthouse ismoving ahead and will soon be readyfor repairs to the understructure of thepier. This underwater work will have tobe done by divers who will work offthe new pier surface. Vehicles will beable to drive along the pier to the divesites to support the divers. Once all thework is complete the pier will be opento the public right out to the lighthouse.
Council is considering options forsafety equipment and handrails thatwould be installed along the WestBreakwater.
Work on the Silos is also well underway. All of the steel equipment andstructures located on or between thesilos will be removed and sold either asscrap metal or as working equipment.
Large machines have been seen onLittle Beach but this equipment isworking on replacing the sea wall alongseveral private residences.
Dicken’s Day ParadeThe annual Christmas parade is
now being organized. The date thisyear will be Friday November 28th
starting at 7:00 pm. Judging starts at6:00 pm. Breaking News: Ray Filewoodhas just reported that this year the Lioness has secured the University ofWestern Ontario marching Band forthe Port Stanley Dicken’s Day Parade.
If you would like to enter a floatthere may still be time. Contact PortStanley Lioness Bev Filewood at 519-782-4308.
The Christmas Angel Tree
Every year the The Optimist Clubof Port Stanley lights the ChristmasAngel Tree. The tree will be set up inthe Library on Wednesday Nov 19 andthe celebration will be Saturday Dec13 at 10AM. If you wish to have anAngel placed on the tree with yourloved ones name on it please contactAngela Howie 519-782-3272.
The cost is $10. and you can makeyour cheque out to the Optimist Clubof Port Stanley, mail to 331 ColborneStreet, Port Stanley, ON N5L 1B3.Don’t forget to provide Angela withthe name of the person you wish tohave on the Angel. We will gather atPort Stanley Library located on BridgeStreet November 29th at 10 am for thecommemorative celebration.
Cutting the steel towers and equipmentoff the Silos in Port Stanley.
Andrew HibbertI asked Dianne Wilson the
Deputy Clerk for Central Elgin togive me the statistics for voterturnout in the recent Municipalelection. She answered with the following information.
The voter turnout for CentralElgin was 37.8% which is down from2010 (42%). There was a slight in-crease in our Advance Poll turnoutand we did add one additional pollthis year on Sunday, October 26.
Voter turnoutfor
Central Elgin
Port Stanley and Community 55 Plus Club
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clude a series of workshops with keystakeholders, members of the commu-nity, landowners, and representativesfrom the County’s local municipalities.
Anyone who owns a business in theCounty’s villages or agricultural land isinvited to attend one of two workshopshappening on November 18. Pleasevisit www.progressivebynature.com formore information.
In addition, a Region-wide surveyhas been prepared to obtain input fromthe wider community on specific com-
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each Monday to play cards at thearena in Port Stanley at 1:30.
Pictured above are:From left to right....Mary Dunn, PortStanley Festival Theatre, Pam Buys,Fresh Start Maternity Support, PaulJenkins, STEGH, Deisy Venegas, Vio-lence Against Women, Cindy Webber,Serenity House, Marj Lanning, Exten-dicare Auxilliary, Laurie Nagee, PortStanley Gardeners, Shelly McCorkell,Alzheimer Society, and Amber Lord,VON.
Marie Geerts, President of the PortStanley and Community 55 Plus ClubPresident at the podium.
Marie Geerts Club PresidentOn Oct 20, 2014 at our Annual
Thanksgiving and Donation Dinnercatered by the Belmont Caterers. Wedonated a total of $6700. We had 160 inattendance including the 9 charities.
We are a social card club andthrough our membership, weekly ad-mission and volunteering at bingo weare able to give back to our communityas well as provide our membershipwith various short trips and dinners.We have a total membership to date of227 which includes 24 Life memberswhich are those over 90 years of age.We are averaging about 138 members
ing new and existing agriculture andagri-business opportunities.
This CIPO initiative will build onprevious work undertaken to promoteElgin’s economic strengths and qual-ity of place. With the development ofthe County’s first Official Plan in 2012and ongoing work to update its Eco-
nomic Devel-opmentStrategy andAction Plan,Elgin Countyhas estab-lished a cleardirection forits future.There is nowan importantopportunity to
align the County’s broader economicdevelopment goals with a RegionalCommunity Improvement Plan in aneffort to make the County more at-tractive for new investment.
A number of consultation eventswill be undertaken as part of this two-phase initiative. These events will in-
Kate Burns Gallagher Business Development Coordinator
Elgin County has initiated the de-velopment of an exciting RegionalCommunity Improvement Plan thatwill help promote the unique eco-nomic development advantages of theCounty. A Community ImprovementPlan (CIPO)is a plan-ning andeconomicdevelop-ment in-strumentthat sets outtools andstrategiesfor improv-ing the built, economic, and social en-vironment of a municipality andregion. Importantly, through the devel-opment of a CIPO, the County will beable to offer financial incentives tolocal business and landowners to assistwith improvements to private property.
Specifically the CIPO will focus onassisting with downtown beautificationand revitalization efforts and support-
Elgin Regional Community Improvement Plan
munity needs and the types of incen-tives that should be offered through theRegional CIPO. You can provide inputand ideas by completing an on-line sur-vey at www.progressivebynature.com byno later than Friday November 21, 2014.Hard copies of the survey are also beingmade available for pick-up at theCounty office and local libraries.
For more information about thisproject, please contact: Kate Burns Gal-lagher, 519-631-1460 ext. [email protected].
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PORT STANLEY 2014Port Stanley Community Policing Requires volunteers.To help protect your village, call 519-782-3934 or Car-roll at 519-782-7616, email [email protected] Port Stanley Library 782-4241 304 Bridge St. Mon, Tues, Thurs, 10 - 8:30 Fri 1 - 5, Sat 9 - 1. Men’s Book of the Month. December, In the Heart of theSea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by NathanielPhilbrick. Ask about the Mens Book Club to discuss this titleFree Film Friday – PA Day Edition. Join us for our fea-tured Indieflix film, in partnership with the PSFT. Doublefeature for kids and teens on Friday, November 21, 2-2:30pm for Kids & 2:45- 3:30pm for Teens. Please ask forlist of titles to be played!Learn to KnitNov. 20th 6:45pm. Bring needles and yarn ifyou have them!Artists of the MonthDiane Dobson and S’ine MauleChildren’s ProgramsKidz Korner Mondays from 6-6:45pm, Ages 6-12 — pleasepre-register! Pajama RamaMonday evenings from 7-7:30pm, Storiesand songs for all ages & their caregiver. No registration re-quired, please drop in!Preschool Story TimeTuesday Mornings from 10:15-11am,please pre-register! Songs, stories and crafts for children ages0-5 with a caregiver.Lego Boys Boys in grades 3-8: Sign up now for our fall ses-sion! Thursday Evenings 4:30-5:30pmAdult ProgramsScrapbooking Bring your photos for a creative scrapbook-ing session! ($5.pp, please pre-register) - Monday, Nov. 17,10am-12pmAdult Book Club Surface Rights by Melissa Hardy — Tues-day, Nov. 18, 7-8pm Ask staff how you can reserve a copy!Itty-Bitty-Knitty-Committee Join us for an informal meet-ing on Thursday, Nov. 20, 7-8pm Learn from others and pickup new tricks & patterns! All levels welcome!VON Foot Care Clinic November 27th at The Villa Apts,289 Frances Street 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Call 519-782-4089for appointment. Sponsored by Port Stanley Lioness Club.Finding Wings to Africa Fundraiser Evening Join usat the Port Stanley Legion in community style to supportthe healing journey of a local business woman, SherriSmith from A State of Bliss. Live music including JohnMilles, Darin Stevens and more! Silent Auction, 50/50Draws. Call 519-317-3177 for tickets. Saturday, Novem-ber 15th, 7 – Midnight.Port Stanley Public School Holiday ExtravaganzaShopping Event, Sat. November 15, 9am-1pm. Scentsy,Everyday Style, Travel Only, Epicure Steeped Tea, Thirty-One, Sunset Gourmet, Tupperware, Regal, It Works, Arbonne, Scholastic Book Fairs. Refreshmentswill be available. ARF – adoptable dogs and cats will beavailable to meet in the front foyer.Port Stanley Village Association meets the third Thurs-day of the month 7- 8:30 pm. All welcome.Optimist Club of Port Stanleywill have Christmas Treesfor sale starting Nov 29 at Foodland.The Optimist Club of Port Stanleywill have the Christ-mas Angel Tree. The tree will be set up in the Library onWednesday Nov 19 and the celebration will be SaturdayDec 13 at 10AM. Make cheque out to Optimist Club ofPort Stanley for Angels you want, $10 each. Call AngelaHowie for info 519-782-3272. Angels are for deceasedfamily members or friends.The Port Stanley Lions Club is having a free DiabetesScreening Clinic at the Port Stanley United Church, Satur-day, November 15th – from 10 to 2. We are also holdinga Diabetes Tag Day throughout the village. “PLEASEHELP FIND A CURE”.Port Stanley Community Christmas Bazaar Port StanleyArena Saturday, Nov. 15 9am - 1pm. Lunch Room availableFree admission. Christmas gifts, Baked Goods, Hand-crafteditems. Sponsored by Community Non-Profit Groups.Port Stanley "Dickens Days' Parade Friday, Nov. 28,Parade starts at 7pm from Kettle Creek Villa, Parade endsat Mackie’s. Come and meet Santa and bring him yourletters. Canned goods collected by Port Stanley SailorsHockey Team. The Parade is sponsored by the Port StanleyLions and Lioness Clubs. For more info call 519-782-4308.Christ Anglican Church Sunday Morning Service,9:30 am with Eucharist. We invite all to join in worshipwith us. Coffee follows downstairs.Al-Anon Meeting, Christ Anglican Church 7:30 pmevery Friday. If there is an alcohol/drug problem of afamily member or friend that is affecting you, the AlanonFamily Groups may be able to help you.Heritage Port The meeting for November 27th, 1:30pm will be at the Port Stanley Festival Theatre. PostCard books Vol. 1 & Vol 2 now available, $90 each,only 1 set remaining. Port Stanley the First 100 Years,$25. Get yours at the Lake Erie Beacon, 204-A CarlowRoad, side door, 1-5 pm. Proceeds to Heritage Port. St. John's Presbyterian Church Tom Jeffrey Pastor.Sunday Worship 10 am followed by Fellowship Hour. TheDoor is always open, why not join us? Sunday Schoolstarts at 10:20 am.Port Stanley Youth Group & St. John's PresbyterianChurch Nov 14, Preparation for Dicken’s Day Parad.Port Stanley United Church Service of Worship at 11am followed by a time of fellowship. Come join us. We arenow wheelchair friendly and barrier free.
The Port Stanley Community Food Bank at Christ Anglican Church
PLEASE!!! We are servicing more clientsthis year than ever before!
We need you to drop off non-perishable items at
Foodland or call 519 782-3122 for pick-up.
The food bank is open the third week of themonth: Tues. 3:30-6 pm Thurs. 10 - NoonFor cheque donations please send to: Port Stanley Foodbank, c/o Christ Church, 283 Colborne St. Port Stanley, On. , N5L 1A9 Ad sponsored by the Lake Erie Beacon
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Port Stanley & Community 55+ Club Meets every Mon-day 1:30 -4 pm to play Euchre at the Port Stanley Arena.For info call 519-782-4801 (John Brenders) or 519-685-2101 (Marie Geerts).Port Stanley Legion Branch #410 Summer Hours: Mon. & Thurs., 12-7, Tues. & Fri., 12-10, Wed. 11-10. Sat. & Sun., 12-7,Port Stanley Legion Branch #410 Don’t forget the Legion offers the following:Seniors Bridge, Tues. night, Euchre:Wed. nightLegion Darts Tuesday night 8 pm Men’s DartsSaturday Afternoon Meat Draws 3-5 pmPort Stanley Legion Bottle ReturnsMon & Thurs- Closed, Tues, Wed., Fri, Sat 12-4 pm.Port Stanley Legion Ladies MahJongg, Fridays 1:30pm.We are looking for beginners as well. If you like to playMahJongg come on out! Call 519 782-3189 or 782-3118.Port Stanley Legion Port Stanley Karaoke Sing It To Win It!Every 3rd Friday of the month, 7pm - 11pm Chicken Wings onSpecial. Come for the fun.
PORT BURWELL/VIENNA 2014St. Paul’s Port Burwell /Vienna Sunday ServicesSt. Paul's P.B./Vienna United 11:00 am Port Burwell Trinity Anglican 11:30 am Port Burwell Lighthouse Gospel Church 10:45 amNativity Display Port Burwell Trinity Anglican ParishHall 25 Pitt St. Over 200 Nativities on display. Dec. 12 and13 - 1pm to 8 pm. Dec. 14 m- 1 to 6 pm Admission isfree. Donations accepted.Port Burwell - Bayham Horticultural Society,MeetsEvery 3rd Monday, 7 pm at the Port Burwell School, Stra-chan Street. For more Info 519 874-4260.Otter Valley NaturalistsMonthly Meeting is the secondMonday of the month, 7 pm to 9 pm. Please call 519-874-4028 for information. Order of the Eastern Star Areme Chapter #15, OESmeets the first Tuesday of every month, at 7:30 pm at theVienna Community Centre, Vienna. Photographers of the Otter Valley (POV)meet the lastMonday of the month, 6:30 pm, Bayham Public Library inStraffordville. All are welcome. Call Bruce at 519 874-1822.Port Burwell Historical Society meets the 3rd Tuesday ofthe month, 7 pm at the Marine Museum. Call 519 874-4135.Museum Bayhammeet the 2nd Wednesday of the month7pm, Municipal Office in Strafforville. Call 519 874-4135.Oriental Masonic Lodgemeets the 4th Tuesday of themonth at the Vienna Masonic Hall, 7:30 pm. New MembersWelcome! Call 519 874-4135.Hubbub at the Sub Hub Pub is bubbling back! Join us forimprovisation workshops every Thursday 8:00-9:30pm atthe Lighthouse Restaurant, Wellington & Robinson. Mem-bers free, non-members $2. Have fun, gain confidence, newskills, and friends. For more info, www.periscopeplay-house.ca or [email protected].
AYLMER 2014Aylmer 50 + Seniors Welcome you to join them for Eu-chre or Bridge Every Monday 1 - 3:30 pm upstairs atAylmer Legion Admission $2.Aylmer-Malahide Museum 13th Annual Christmas Tourof Homes, 4 unique homes plus the Museum. Fri Nov 14,7-10 pm, Sat Nov 15, 1 pm to 9 pm. Tour tickets $15. Info519-773-9723 or 519-773-5575German Canadian Club - Saxonia Hall presents "OurChristmas Dinner & Dance", Sunday November 23rd Danc-ing at 2pm to the Music of the Blue Waves. Dinner at 6pm- Turkey and all the fixings! $25.00 pp RSVP before Nov17th 519-688-2531 or 519-7735271 [email protected] or order tickets on-line at www.sax-oniahall.comGerman Canadian Club - Saxonia Hall invites you to Celebrate with us the New Year on December 31st, 6 pm.Special New Year's Eve Menu and dancing to the music ofCornell's DJ Service. $40 pp. Create your own mask to beworn at midnight. Prizes for best mask! RSVP before De-cember 15th. Call 519-866-3164 or 519-7735271for tick-ets. e-mail: [email protected] or Order Ticketson-line at www.saxoniahall.com
DEXTER 2014Dexter United Church Dexter Line. Service of Worship at9:15 am followed by a time of fellowship.
DUTTON 2014Poinsettia Bazaar Dunwich United Church, 179 Nancy St.,Nov 15, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Baking, "good-as-new" table, crafts,preserves, soup mixes for sale. Noon luncheon available.Dutton & District LIONSAnnual Turkey Bingo; Friday,Nov. 21, 7 pm, Dutton Dunwich Community Centre. $1 ad-mission; includes; door prize draw. Cost 25 cents per card;per game. This is a fun night with children of all ages wel-come!Dutton & District LIONS Optimist Club Annual SantaClaus Parade; Sat., Nov. 22, 3:30 PM, Currie Road (down-town) Dutton. The Lions will be serving FREE Hot Choco-late in front of the Seniors Centre! 5:30 PM; “Celebratethe Season” ceremonies; followed by “Lighting of theLights” at approx. 6:30 PM in Park at intersection ofShackleton & Currie Road (downtown) Dutton.
For info (519) 769-2157. Come and worship with a warmand friendly group of people, we are barrier free.
SHEDDEN 2014Shedden Library Hours: Tues. 2:30-8:30, Thurs. 2-5,Fri. 10 - 5, Sat. 2 - 5 764-2081.Children’s Programs Preschool Story Time Friday mornings from 11-11:45am Songs, stories and crafts forchildren ages 0-5 with a caregiverLego! We have LEGO for use anytime while you’re in the library!Adult ProgramsAdult Book Club Surface Rights by Melissa Hardy. New mem-bers are always welcome! Ask how you can reserve a copy!Itty-Bitty-Knitty-Committee Join us for an informal meetingon Tuesday, November 18th at 7pm. Learn from other and pickup new tricks & patterns. All ages and levels are welcome!Please pre-register!The Optimist Clubs of Fingal-Shedden and Talbotvillepresent a Murder Mystery fundraiser for the new Southwold Li-brary on Saturday, November 15. Begins 6pm, dinner 7pm atthe Keystone Complex, Shedden. Come dressed as yourfavourite author or well-known character. Bring a trivia ques-tion and qualify for a prize. Tickets $40 each. Call Ray or Barbat 519-769-2013 for more info.Wabuna Rebekah Lodge #143 Shedden,Annual Snowflake Bazaar, Sat. Nov. 29 2014 9am-12 noon.Shedden IOOF Hall, Talbot Line, Shedden. Baking, crafts, tea ta-bles, something for everyone.
SPARTA 2014Sparta Stitchers Every Tuesday 1- 4 pm, Sparta CommunityHall. We quilt, tat, knit, embroider, smock, crotchet, etc. Every-one welcome. Cost is $5. session. Come learn a new skill.Sally Martyn (519-775-2292).Sparta Country ChristmasVillage of Sparta Nov 22-23rd,12pm-3pm. Have your picture taken with Santa for free andhave it mounted as well. Free gifts and draws at participatingstores. Donation for the Caring Cupboard greatly appreciatedAA Group Meetings: Tuesdays at 8 pm in the lower hall atthe Community Centre.
ST. THOMAS 2014Abundant Life Fellowship Join us at the Timken Commu-nity Centre - Doug Tarry room (2 Third Ave.) at 6 pm on Sat-urdays for a free meal followed by our celebration service.For more info call 519-633-9207 or go to www.abun-dantlifestthomas.caAlzheimer Society Elgin-St. Thomas Breakfast withSanta Sunday, December 7, 9 am-12 pm St. Thomas Seniors’Centre 225 Chestnut Street, Pancakes, Sausage, BeverageGames/Activities Picture with Santa Entertainment TicketsAvailable at the Door or through the Society 519-633-4396Adults $8.00 and Children aged 10 and under $6.00The Lunch Bunch choir sings at the Salvation Army, ElmStreet, Sunday November 30, 2 PM. Freewill donations. Pro-ceeds to community activities of Canadian Federation ofUniversity Women, for projects in St. Thomas
TYRCONNELL 2014Backus-Page House Museum, 29424 Lakeview Line,519-762-3072.
UNION 2014Union United Church, 6008 Stonechurch Rd., Rev. DavidMitchell leads worship with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Weare welcoming friendly Family of Faith and are barrier free.For info 519-631-0304 and our website: www.unionunit-edchurch.caHolly Fair First United Church, Nov 15th, 9 a.m. - 12 noon.Coffee Shop, Holiday Entertainment, The Pantry, Just Gifts'nThings, Bake Shop, Adult and Children's book rooms, AtticTreasures, Blind Auction and Draw Table.
VIENNA 2014Bayham Historical Society meets the 2nd Thursday ofthe month, 7:30 pm at the Vienna Community Centre. Allare welcome. Call Bruce at 519 874-1822.
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formed that the Trillium Grant applica-tion for funding to make improvementsto the pavilion was not approved. Ear-lier this year the PBRA approached Mal-adhide Township requesting anapplication be submitted to the OntarioTrillium Foundation (OTF) to fund up-grades to the pavilion with a goal tomake it usable earlier in the spring andlater in the fall. The township submittedan application for the July 1st deadline.The OTF decided to support projectswith more widespread impact and noother source of funding.
It is unfortunate that the grant appli-cation was declined. The pavilion is re-quiring attention. The peeling paint isan eyesore, and some of the picnic ta-bles have seen better days. The publicwashrooms could be improved as wellas the garbage storage area, to name afew. The residents of Port Bruce deserveto have this maintained to the samestandards as other municipal structuresin Malahide.
Ratepayers Board Meeting
The regular meeting of the Board ofthe Port Bruce Ratepayers Associationwas held on November 6th with 8 boardmembers present. Topics discussed in-cluded an update on the installation of aramp at the welcome sign, with the proj-ect to be finished before winter. Plansare also in place to have additionalnames engraved on the memorialplaque also located at the sign. A deci-sion was made to contribute $1500 tothe Township for paving a walkwaywhich would provide the disabled withimproved access to the pier. The groupwas also informed that the fall newslet-ter will be ready for distribution towardthe end of November.
Please note that there is a change inthe regular meeting date. The board willnow meet on the first Tuesday of eachmonth. Association members are wel-come to attend any board meeting.Contact a board member to confirm themeeting location.
Sunday School BellErected
Some folks may not have noticed thebell that has been erected beside thewelcome sign. In Oct 2013, a Beacon ar-ticle reported that the original bell fromthe former Sunday School was donatedto the Ratepayers to be restored andmounted in the village. Over the pastyear the restoration and mounting hasbeen completed and the bell is nowerected on a pole near the sign. Aplaque will be installed that identifiesthe history of the bell. Many individualsin the village have assisted in this proj-ect, as well as area businesses, includingPutnam’s Disposal. Thank you to every-one for preserving this piece of history.
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In his address MP Joe Preston notedthat he has “acted” in several produc-tions including The Sound of Music. Hesaid “This room (The Palmer Room) hasgreat memories for me and in politicsthere are a lot of actors and actressesand the community productions, inwhich I was involved, were great atteaching me to stand up in front of thepublic”. Mr. Preston was also a memberof the theatre board at one time.
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Editors Note: The following is the first in a series ofarticles that will talk about some of thewildlife seen in our area.
Cliff Dickinson The great blue heron is found
throughout most of North America, asfar north as Alaska and the southernCanadian provinces. The range ex-tends south through Florida, Mexicoand the Caribbean to South America.
Birds east of the Rocky Mountainsin the northern part of their range aremigratory and winter in Central Amer-ica or northern South America. Fromthe southern United States south-wards, and on the Pacific coast, theyare year-round residents.[3] Howevertheir hardiness is such that individualsoften remain through cold northernwinters, as well, so long as fish-bearing
The Great Blue Heron
waters remain unfrozen(which may be the case onlyin flowing water such asstreams, creeks and rivers).
The great blue heron can
THE LAKE ERIE BEACON ROLADEX
adapt to almostany wetland habi-tat in its range.They may befound in numbersin fresh and salt-water marshes,mangrove swamps,flooded meadows,lake edges, orshorelines. Theyare quite adaptableand may be seen inheavily developedareas as long asthey hold bodies of
water bearing fish. Great blue heronsrarely venture far from bodies of waterbut are occasionally seen flying overupland areas. They usually nest intrees or bushes near water's edge,often on island (which minimizes thepotential for predation) or partiallyisolated spots.
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