Hope you enjoy our latest issue of The Lake Erie Beacon. Read about A New Port Stanley Municipal Boat Launch, Port Stanley Silos to be taken down and used in a dredge containment cell. Congratulations to the Municipality Council and Staff for the research done on this. A potential saving of $300,000.00.
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Saturday Sept 20 Port Stanley Sparta INSIDE Port Stanley Silos to be recycled into dredge containment cell The next step will be to tender the demolition of the concrete silos in time to re-use the material in the dredge containment cell. STORY PAGE 3 Port Bruce Report The Port Bruce Ratepayers held their annual fish fry on Saturday Sep- tember 6th. STORY PAGE 3 2014 Soling North American Championship Thursday September 18 – Sunday September 21, 2014. STORY PAGE 4 Q Garden At this point "Q Garden" is mature and except for the annual rearranging, removing and adding new plants, somewhat finalized. . STORY PAGE 8 Serving Lake Erie’s North Shore Friday September 19, 2014 LOOK AHEAD Community Events Page 10 Classifieds & Service Directory Page 11 Business Roladex Page 12 Kate Jorda Communications Branch Ontario has approved the Kettle Creek Source Protection Plan to strengthen local source-to-tap drinking water protection. The plan, developed by local mu- nicipal and community partners on the Lake Erie region source protection committee, will take effect Jan. 1, 2015. Source protection plans are discussion and decided that it was our responsibility to find ways to provide new amenities that enhance the lifestyle of our citizens. This is also being done in the context of economic Dan McNeil Central Elgin’s (CE) Council has approved the funding for the construction of a new public boat launch in Port Stanley’s outer harbour. A budget of $300,000 was approved at the Council Meeting of 8 September with the ‘yes’ vote ‘unanimous’. The money will come from in- terest earned on Transport Canada’s contribution towards the harbour in 2010. No munic- ipal tax dollars will be used. This interest now exceeds over one million dollars, and will be used for other economic devel- opment opportunities in the port. Recently, CE Council was challenged during the “Recreation Master Plan Study” to find new sport and recreational opportunities for our citizens. Council had a very productive revitalization of the water- front. The project was initiated as the highest priority of the Har- bour Vision Committee, given that nothing can be done on the East Berm until Transport Canada completes its environ- mental risk assessment. The municipality also received money from Ontario’s Rural Economic Development fund for the preliminary engineering design and preparation of contract docu- ments. Now that Council has commit- ted to the funding, the construction is Continued On Page 9 Continued On Page 11 Protecting Kettle Creek- Area Drinking Water A New Port Stanley Municipal Boat Launch Above: Once the location of the Bessemer dock the site will now be a new Municipal Boat Launch. Left: A drawing of the launch site utilizing the original Riggs Engineering drawing. Centre City Realty Inc Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated Richard & Helen Haddow Sales Representa- tives Thinking of buying or selling... We can help! 519-495-0789 Richard Direct We Live in Port Stanley You Should Too! Existing West Pier To Remain Existing Water Level Gauge House To Remain New Asphalt Boat Launch and TurningArea Existing Concrete Structure To Remain Existing Light Standard To Remain Approximate Location of Proposed Boat Launch and Fixed Piers. S Elect David MARR Mayor Central Elgin Experience, Proven Leadership We live in a vibrant community, with rich agricultural roots and growing tourism, built by dedicated people. With seventeen years in Municipal Politics and leadership roles on many community and council committees. I bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position of Mayor of Central Elgin. Today I ask you for your continued support as we...work towards our future. 519-782-3836 [email protected]X Dedicated, Experienced, Responsible...
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Saturday Sept 20
Port StanleySparta
INSIDEPort Stanley Silos to be recycled into
dredge containment cell
The next step will be to tender thedemolition of the concrete silos intime to re-use the material in thedredge containment cell.
STORY PAGE 3
Port Bruce ReportThe Port Bruce Ratepayers held
their annual fish fry on Saturday Sep-tember 6th. STORY PAGE 3
2014 SolingNorth AmericanChampionship
Thursday September 18 – SundaySeptember 21, 2014. STORY PAGE 4
Q GardenAt this point "Q Garden" is mature
and except for the annual rearranging,removing and adding new plants,somewhat finalized. . STORY PAGE 8
Serving Lake Erie’s North Shore
Friday September 19, 2014
LOOK AHEADCommunity Events Page 10
Classifieds & Service Directory Page 11
Business Roladex Page 12
Kate Jorda Communications Branch
Ontario has approved the KettleCreek Source Protection Plan tostrengthen local source-to-tap drinkingwater protection.
The plan, developed by local mu-nicipal and community partners on theLake Erie region source protectioncommittee, will take effect Jan. 1, 2015.
Source protection plans are
discussion and decided that it was ourresponsibility to find ways to providenew amenities that enhance thelifestyle of our citizens. This is alsobeing done in the context of economic
Dan McNeilCentral Elgin’s (CE) Council
has approved the funding forthe construction of a new publicboat launch in Port Stanley’souter harbour. A budget of$300,000 was approved at theCouncil Meeting of 8 Septemberwith the ‘yes’ vote ‘unanimous’.The money will come from in-terest earned on TransportCanada’s contribution towardsthe harbour in 2010. No munic-ipal tax dollars will be used.This interest now exceeds overone million dollars, and will beused for other economic devel-opment opportunities in theport.
Recently, CE Council was challenged during the “RecreationMaster Plan Study” to find new sportand recreational opportunities for ourcitizens. Council had a very productive
revitalization of the water-front.
The project was initiated asthe highest priority of the Har-bour Vision Committee, giventhat nothing can be done onthe East Berm until TransportCanada completes its environ-mental risk assessment. Themunicipality also receivedmoney from Ontario’s RuralEconomic Development fund
for the preliminary engineering designand preparation of contract docu-ments. Now that Council has commit-ted to the funding, the construction is
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ProtectingKettle Creek-Area DrinkingWater
A New Port Stanley MunicipalBoat Launch
Above: Once the location of theBessemer dock the site will nowbe a new Municipal Boat Launch.
Left: A drawing of the launch siteutilizing the original Riggs Engineering drawing.
CentreCity Realty IncBrokerageIndependently Owned and Operated
Richard & HelenHaddowSales Representa-tives
Thinking of buying
or selling...We can help!519-495-0789
Richard Direct
We Live in Port Stanley
You Should
Too!
Existing West PierTo Remain
Existing Water LevelGauge House To
Remain
New Asphalt Boat Launch and TurningArea
Existing ConcreteStructure To Remain
Existing Light StandardTo Remain
ApproximateLocation of Proposed BoatLaunch and Fixed Piers.
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ElectDavid MARRMayor Central ElginExperience, Proven Leadership We live in a vibrant community, with richagricultural roots and growing tourism, builtby dedicated people. With seventeen years inMunicipal Politics and leadership roles on many community and council committees. I bring a wealth of knowledge and experienceto the position of Mayor of Central Elgin.
Today I ask you for your continued supportas we...work towards our future.
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Niagara frontier.
September 18:Half of the British inva-sion force departs the District of Mainefor Halifax, Nova Scotia.
September 20: U.S. President JamesMadison delivers his Sixth Annual Mes-sage to Congress, and paints a positivespin on US Army actions in the NiagaraPeninsula. "The splendid victoriesgained on the Canadian side of the Ni-agara by the American forces underMajor-General Brown and BrigadiersScott and Gaines have gained for theseheroes and their emulating compan-ions the most unfading laurels andhaving triumphantly tested the pro-gressive discipline of the American sol-diery have taught the enemy that thelonger he protracts his hostile efforts,the more certain and decisive will behis final discomfiture."
September 21: The British establish acustoms office at Castine, District ofMaine, which is designated as a com-mercial headquarters of the occupiedterritory. The announcement that tradewith the enemy was legal through Cas-tine was music to the ears of the mer-cantile communities of Saint John,New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Sco-tia. Many of the coastal towns in NewEngland had continued to trade withthe British colonies in Nova Scotia dur-ing the war. British troops fightingagainst the American invaders on theUpper Canada frontier were said to beeating American beef.
September 26: A British squadron cap-tures the armed frigate USS GeneralArmstrong (a privateer) in the Por-tuguese port of Fayal in the Azores. TheUS ship is scuttled by her own crew.
October 2: The HMS St. Lawrence isready to be launched at Kingston.
October 3: The Congress of Viennaopens, to settle the territorial problemsleft by the Napoleonic Wars.
Andrew HibbertAutumn 1814: The British construct ablockhouse and battery at TurkeyPoint, Upper Canada which becomesknown as Fort Norfolk and served as aBritish military and naval post. The sitewas also intended to become a navyyard for Lake Erie but the war con-cludes before any work can com-mence. A memorial cairn was added tothe site in 1922 which became a Na-tional Historic Site in 1925.
September 17-21:Heavy autumn rainsmade life miserable for the poorly shel-tered British and Canadians, besiegingFort Erie. Sickness decimated theirranks. Joseph Willcocks, commanderof the treasonous Canadian Volunteers,was killed on 4 September. On 16 Sep-tember, Lieutenant-Governor GordonDrummond decided to end the siege,but the next day, the Americans at-tacked the British batteries. After afierce two hour battle, the Americansfell back to the fort. Each side lostroughly 500 men. The British aban-doned the siege on 21 September andmarch to Chippewa camp. Near FortErie, Ontario
The Americans had successfully de-fended Fort Erie, but they were unableto advance further. On 5 NovemberU.S. Major General George Izard blewup the fort, and withdrew to the UnitedStates, ending the bloody and ulti-mately futile 1814 invasion of the
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The word on the street in the Village isthat the grain silos on the west side of theharbour are soon to be history as a resultof a recent decision by the Municipality ofCentral Elgin which purchased them fromRichardson International in 2011. This isgreat news and I applaud the decision asdemolition of the facility will eliminatesome long obstructed views of the lake, ridthe village of a neighbourhood nuisancewhen in operation and an industrial eye-sore and further the village's transition toa recreational – tourism economy andcommercial fishing port.
I would hope, however, the munici-pality would hit the pause button andgive consideration to retaining the mostsoutherly of the six silos as an observa-tion tower (and local tourist attraction)accessed by a steel staircase wrappedaround the outside and possibly an-chored by a tourist office or silo bar atgrade level. Saving just one of the siloswould preserve a visible and prominentsymbol of Port's once industrial harbourand of the calling card which oncebrought large lake freighters to its door.
Ted Halwa, MCIP, RPP Port Stanley property owner
Fort Norfolk near Turkey Point
Fort Erie Historic Site
EDITORIALA Gross Conflict
of InterestIt recently came to my attention
that the owner of a local web site thatis purported to be a news site is run-ning for political office in the upcom-ing Central Elgin Municipal Election.This person, without informing theother candidates of their own candi-dacy, proceeded to ask each of theother candidates who were running,for details of their political campaign.Until the word got out the others didnot know that they were dealing withthe competition.
Many of the other candidates an-swered the questions only to find thattheir answers were followed by mainlynegative comments about they’re pastperformance. In several instances thecandidates were said to have failed, inone way or another. This is not jour-nalism based on fact but merely oneperson’s personal opinion. Some ofthe candidates refused to answer thequestions because they had becomeaware that there was a conflict of in-terest involved. These candidateswere, never the less, still dealt withnegatively.
It looks as if this web site is, and hasbeen, used to bash other candidatesand the Municipal staff itself to makethe owner of the site look like somekind of a crusading hero. Of coursewhen we believe everyone else iswrong except ourselves, this should be definite cause for alarm.
The Lake Erie Beacon has itselfbeen “bashed” by this web site on oc-casion. I have always chosen to ignorethese comments, knowing that theywere unworthy of rebuttal, and it was awaste of time trying to refute this kindof negative attitude. I also did notwant to give this site free publicity,which I felt it did not deserve.
If any media reports the news theyare supposed to report the facts asthey are given. If they want to com-ment on what is reported they are sup-posed to do that in the form of an
editorial. The type of reporting seenon this web site is, in itself, extremelyjaded journalism. This is similar towhat you would find in the US basedNational Enquirer and other publica-tions that are based on Yellow Jour-nalism that is both unprofessionaland unethical.
It often seems that people whorun for political office think they willchange the world when they getelected. This belief is usually shat-tered when they become involved indealing with the realities and regula-tions of the many levels of govern-ment, of finances and of the needs ofthe community as a whole. Just askanyone who has been elected to aMunicipal council. If you are not ateam player you will be just anotherroadblock to the business of council.
If you attend council meetingsregularly you might think that, forthe most part, everyone is in agree-ment. The reality is that behind thescenes there has been a lot of discus-sion and a lot of tradeoffs to achievethe goals that each councillor thinksare important.
Journalistic Codes of Ethics In the professional journalistic
world there is a Code of Ethics that isdesigned as a guide through numer-ous reporting difficulties, such asconflicts of interest. Some of theseinclude: Reports on public figuresmust be backed by facts. Pursuit ofthe news is not a license for arro-gance. Show good taste and avoidpandering to lurid curiosity. It is alsoaccepted that a journalist should nothold a political office about whichthey may want to report or make editorial comments.
I quote from the JournalisticCode: “If journalists accept that the“objective method” contributes tothe public trust, and that “impartial-ity” is not just a noble ambition but arelevant goal to honour our demo-cratic responsibility, then it is impor-tant to strive to preserve the integrityof the ideal – even if it may some-times mean voluntarily surrenderingsome personal freedoms.”
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PORTBRUCEREPORTCathy Crane
Dan McNeilCentral Elgin’s Council voted
unanimously to start decommission-ing the former James RichardsonGrain Facility immediately. The leaseon the facility recently expired, and itwas determined theconcrete in the siloscould be re-used inthe construction ofa harbour dredgecontainment cell tohold 65,000 cubicmetres of dredgedmaterial from theharbour bottom.This recycled mate-rial could save asmuch as $300,000on the $2 milliondollar dredge proj-ect.
The first step wasto contract out to Yarmouth CraneService Ltd the decommissioning ofthe electrical and mechanical compo-nents on the property, including theelevator system and grain dryer.Yarmouth Crane presented Councilthis proposal based on their experi-ence with the installation and mainte-nance of the equipment. Actingquickly to remove this equipment willmake it available to be sold. Anythingthat is not sold for re-use will havesome value as scrap. The cost of this is
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estimated at $300,000 funded from theinterest on the Transport Canadamoney from 2010. It should take fromsix to eight weeks. Any money madefrom the material will help offset thecost.
The next step will be to tender thedemolition of the concrete silos intime to re-use the material in thedredge containment cell. This con-crete will be the inner core of the con-tainment cell. It is estimated thedemolition of the concrete silos andpreparation of material for re-usecould cost as much as $600,00 to alsobe funded from interest on the Har-bour account.
Dredging and the Dredgeate Cell
Council also, ‘unanimously’, ap-proved $2 million in funding for theconstruction of the Containment Cellto accommodate the 2015 dredging ofPort Stanley’s Harbour. This moneywill come from the $13.5M funding forinfrastructure that the federal govern-ment provided with the harbour di-vestiture of 2010.
The dredged material from theinner harbour will be disposed of inthe cell to be created immediatelysouth of McAsphalt and east of thebreakwater. The easterly side of thecell will be constructed using verticalsheet pile steel to create a mooring
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Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the localDoors Open Port Stanley and Sparta. Over the yearswe have opened the doors of many interesting andhistoric venues. This year will be just as exciting. Pick up your tour booklet early and select the sites
you want to visit. Thanks for supporting Doors Open.
The silos mechanical and electricalequipment will be removed and sold.
and Valu-mart Aylmer. Thanks to eachof the volunteers, and to everyone whosupported the event. Money raisedfrom the event will be put towardscommunity projects.
The annual Fish Fry in Port Brucewas sold-out for the first time, with 400 people enjoying a delicious perch dinner.
Summer StormOn the evening of September 5th,
the skies opened and torrential rainscaused Catfish Creek to swell and theswift current brought much debrisfrom upstream. The hard rain and rais-ing waters caused several boats to beset adrift from moorings, several withthe docks still attached. A few were rescued before they travelled too far.Others were seen quickly drifting outinto the lake. The next morning, atleast 4 boats could be seen washed on
shore east of the pier. It was reportedthat in total over 20 boats were affected. Fortunately there were no serious injuries as people tried to savetheir vessels. Since then, several boatshave been pulled out of the water, end-ing the boating/fishing season for thisyear. Another example of the power ofwater!
Fish Fry a Huge Success
The Port Bruce Ratepayers heldtheir annual fish fry on Saturday Sep-tember 6th. For the first time in its 7year history, the event was sold out. Atotal of 400 tickets were available forthe event held at the pavilion. DougClause and his cooking crew pro-vided excellent perch and fries, andan army of volunteers ensured every-one received helpings of buns,coleslaw and baked beans. Hats off to
Linda Newman for taking on the taskof organizing the event.
Generous donations towards theevent were received from severallocal businesses including: the LakeErie Beacon, Ryan's No Frills, theAylmer Express, Cal & Mary Grissom,Cornerview Café, KFC Aylmer, Mc-Donalds Aylmer, St. Thomas Dragway
Silos to be recycledinto dredge
containment cell
The Proposed Disposal Site along theWest Breakwater in Port Stanley.
LAKE ERIE
West Breakwater
Port Stanley
Main Beach
Area shown in red is part of theproposed area to be dredged
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munity Band and is the Staff Coordi-nator and Social Media Director ofthe National Music Camp of Canada.
It was founded to give women,age 14 (or so) and up a safe and en-couraging place to sing, to learn toread music, and perform. Somewomen can read music; we offersupport and teaching to those whodon’t think they can sing. (everyonewho has come to the choir has foundout they CAN sing)
We sing everything from Bach toBoogie and Beyond. Past concertshave included Broadway and moviesongs, standard women’s choirrepertoire, folk tunes in several lan-guages, traditional songs and brandnew songs.
The Treble Makers Women’sChoir has commissioned two piecesfrom Canadian composer SarahQuartel. The first was to celebrate thefifth anniversary of the choir; the sec-ond was commissioned just because.Both songs were immediate hits withour audience as well as the choir.
High School students and youngwomen looking for a fun night outare especially encouraged to comeand try us out. Women who areshower singers, belt it out in the carsingers, singers to babies but nobodyelse singers and those have been toldto mouth the words or stand in theback of the choir are all welcome.
Jane AntonThe Treble Makers Women’s Choir
is offering women from age 14 and upfrom Western Elgin region, SouthwestMiddlesex and Kent County an oppor-tunity to attend a free “open” trial re-hearsal on Wednesday, September 24.
This “no obligation” evening is forthose who have considered joiningthe choir or who would like to knowwhat happens in a Treble Makers re-hearsal. During the two-hour re-hearsal, we’ll do a little work on someof the new music we are learning, andtalk about our exciting eighth season.
For those who are thinking aboutjoining the choir, this is a great oppor-tunity to get a sample of just whatgoes into putting on the great con-certs we do every year and find outmore about membership in this veryfriendly and supportive group. Mem-berships will be available.
Rehearsals take place at West ElginSenior Elementary School (BesideWest Elgin Secondary School) on Gra-ham Road in West Lorne on Wednes-days from 7:00-9:00 pm.
Background:The Treble Makers Women’s Choir
was founded in October 2007 bySharon Little, Chief TrebleMaker,artistic and musical director.
Sharon has been an elementaryclassroom teacher, ran a privatemusic studio for 17 years, is the for-mer conductor of the West Elgin Com-
The Soling is a past Olympic keelboat raced with 3 crew. This keel boat isboth technically and physically chal-lenging and can be raced in all condi-tions. This event was held in PortStanley in 2011 and 2013 with great suc-cess. The team members who com-peted here in Port Stanley are stillraving about what great events thesewere and how amazing it was to havethe support of the village and localbusinesses.
Manfred Kanter Jr The Port Stanley Sailing Squadron
is hosting the 2014 Kanter Marine Sol-ing North American Championshipfrom Thursday September 18 – Sun-day September 21, 2014. With 30teams committed to race, this will bethe biggest fleet since the Olympicdays. The teams will be travellingfrom Canada, the United States, Ar-gentina and Germany. This sailingevent will include past and currentEuropean, World and Olympic cham-pions. Two to three races will be runeach day in the waters off Port Stanley.
Kanter Marine 2014 SolingNorth American Championship
Thursday September 18 – Sunday September 21, 2014
HealthTalkHere’s My Advice forDealing with Lice
They come when you least expect them;feasting on our children sucking their blood;creating fear and disgust in parents. No, it'snot the cast of the Twilight movies – I'mspeaking about lice. Lice are tiny, wingless in-sects that live on hairy parts of the humanbody and feed on our blood (fortunately theydrink less than the average vampire). It's un-fortunately very common for kids to be in-fected with head lice and it's not in any wayrelated to poor hygiene. Transmission is bydirect contact with someone who has lice orby sharing personal items such as hats, tow-els, combs or bedding.
The most common symptom of lice is in-tense itching at the site of the bite. Othersigns include small, red bumps on the scalp,neck, and shoulders as well you may see tinywhite specks (called eggs or nits) at the baseof the hair which are hard to remove. Toidentify lice, it's best to examine the headunder bright light. Part the hair all the waydown to the scalp in small sections, lookingboth for moving lice (they look like smallwhite to grey bugs with six legs and a largebackside) or the eggs which attach to the
base of the hair shaft and are hard to remove.You should examine the entire scalp this waybut pay particular to the areas around the topof the neck and ears, the most common location.
Treatment should be initiated even if only asingle egg or nit is found. A number of overthe counter treatments are available and it isimportant to discuss the options with yourpharmacist. Many products require retreat-ment in 7-10 days and it is important that youperform the second course. Avoiding washingthe hair between treatments may help theproducts to work better. If one product fails,switching to a product of a different class maybe effective. If two products fail, then you maywant to see your doctor or nurse practitionerfor a prescription medication to increase suc-cess rates. A nit comb is a small plastic (orpreferably metal) comb with narrow teethwhich makes removing the nits easier. Withcare and hard work, parents can tackle theproblem of lice and be victorious.
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PORTSTANLEYREPORTAndrew Hibbert
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United Way CampaignKickoff
The 2014 United Way CampaignKickoff took place on Wednesday Sep-tember 10 at the Port Stanley Legion.The Fund Raiser was called TheSupreme Soup Challenge and in-volved 4 competitors who know theirfood. The first was the Legion itself,Branch 410, next was a well knownlocal eatery The Kettle Creek Inn. TheVillage Square Coffee House was also acontestant as was our local Extendi-care who don’t cook for the public butdo feed their residents every day.
Each contestant cooked up a spe-cial soup for the contest, they were allgreat but the winner, selected by pop-ular vote, was Extendicare whose chefis Earl Wilson. The Golden LadleAward was accepted by LorrainePlaunt on behalf of Extendicare.
Upcoming United WayFun...Fundraiser
For Friday October 3rd a uniqueFund Raising Challenge, for the UnitedWay, has been issued by David Hard-ing, Chair of Heritage Port. David isthe proud owner of a real railway
LtoR: Elgin County Warden David Marr,James Todd United Way Board Presidentand Melissa Schneider Campaign andCommunications Coordinator.
James Todd with Supreme Soup Challenge winner Lorraine Plaunt whoaccepted The Golden Ladle Award on behalf of Extendicare.
Hand Cart similar to the one shown inthe picture below.
Instead of delivering the Hand Cartto Port Stanley by trailer, David and hiscrew will be pumping the cart from the
Train Station in St.Thomas to Port StanleyTerminal Rail. They willbe leaving St. Thomas at9 am.
The Hand Cart canbe operated by four per-sons and will be locatedat the Port Stanley Ter-minal Rail station from12 pm to 6:00 pm. Thechallenge is for teams of4 people to run theHand Cart from thePSTR Station, to theKettle Creek Rail Bridge,next to the Prevost facil-ity and back to the Sta-tion. The fastest timewins.
Each team will contribute $25 per person/$100 per teamto the United Way. Thewinning team will gettheir money back as a
prize. To register your team please con-tact Melissa Schneider, Campaign andCommunications Coordinator,[email protected] Way Elgin-St. Thomas, Suite103–10 Mondamin Street, St. Thomas,Telephone: 519-631-3171
Work is underway onWest Breakwater
Crews have be working on resurfac-ing the West Breakwater since last week.
As reported in our September 5thedition the rehabilitation of the westbreakwater of the Port Stanley harbourwill include repair and reconstructionof the concrete cap surrounding thebreakwater. Work will continuethroughout the fall, weather permitting,and resume in the spring. As part of therehabilitation process, public accessalong the west breakwater will be re-stored.
East Elgin Concrete Forming of Tillsonburg was awarded the contractwith a budget of $2.2 million.
David Harding with the United WayFundraiser – Hand Cart Challenge.
travelers superior tourism experiencesin Canada. These national awards areextremely competitive and the Museumwas judged against outstanding nomi-nees from coast to coast to coast, all ofwhom deserve congratulations.
“HMCS OJIBWA is a trulyunique experience. Howoften do you get to snooparound a Cold War subma-rine?” asked Melissa Raven,Director of Communica-tions. “Visitors are able tolook behind the curtain ofthe Cold War to a time wheninternational crises broughtus closer to World War IIIthan any of us imagined.OJIBWA is definitely a ‘mustsee’ destination.”
The Canadian Tourism Awards, pre-sented by Deloitte, HTL Advisory Inc.,and The Toronto Star are presented an-nually to recognize success, leadershipand innovation in Canada's tourism in-dustry.
The award winners will be an-nounced at a Gala Dinner at the WestinOttawa on November 26 as part of thenational Tourism Congress.
Melissa Raven Director of Communications
It was smiles all around at theElgin Military Museum this week,and with good reason. The Travel In-dustry Association of Canada an-nounced the finalists forthe 2014 CanadianTourism Awards. After anintensive review process,the Museum was short-listed for The BrewsterTravel Canada Innovatorof the Year Award for the2013 opening season ofHMCS OJIBWA.
“It is a tremendous ac-complishment to be rec-ognized in this way by thenational tourism industryfor our first year of opera-tion in Port Burwell”, said ExecutiveDirector Ian Raven. “More than that,it is a tribute to the innovative vision,hard work and dedication of ourboard, staff, volunteers and spon-sors.”
The Canadian Tourism Awardswere designed to reward people,places, organizations and events thathave gone above and beyond to offer
HMCS Ojibwa finalist for majorCanadian Tourism Award
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Periscope Theatre is on a roll
Wife Begins at 40, finished a suc-cessful three week run on Aug. 23. Thehumorous play drew full houses in thelast week. The local Thespians arepleased to see a growing number ofout of town patrons. The PeriscopeTheatre is a prime example of thethings we need to do in Port Burwell tocapitalize on natural assets and theOjibwa opportunity. The next produc-tion is in rehearsal for their Octoberpresentation.
On deckAfter a smashing summer success
with Wife Begins at 40, the PeriscopePlayhouse, presents The CemeteryClub, by Ivan Menchell, from Oct. 17through Oct. 26. On Oct. 16, the popu-lar member preview presentation willbe on for $10 per ticket, and includes apost play social event at the Light-house Pub. Non Members are wel-come at the regular $15 ticket price.Membership has swelled to 95.
Jeff Rogers is directing Gord Walker,Colleen Martin, Marion Rogers, ValDonnell and Lena Foris for the Ceme-tery Club. Tickets are available fromthe Lunch Box, The Sweet Spot and theSunshine Restaurant or call GwynneWilliams, 519-874-4026, Ann Notman226-271-3 815.
The hard working Periscope groupis looking for more volunteers to stagethe Cemetery Club. Call Grahame Not-man 226 271-3815 or Stage ManagerMarianne at 874 43 10.
Not a banner year fortourism in Port Burwell
Poor weather, particularly on week-ends, dampened the visitor traffic tothe Ojibwa and area businesses thispast summer. Here is the good news!
On Sept. 27 and 28, from 11 am to 4pm., the HMSC Ojibwa will celebrate100 years of submarine service inCanada with fun events. All are wel-come!
After only one season with theOjibwa, the Elgin Military Museum hasbeen short listed as the 2014 Travel In-novator of the Year designation. Theaward winners will be announced onNov. 26 at Ottawa.
It is obvious that the dividends toPort Burwell and Bayham from thepresence of the Ojibwa will be onlyfully realized with a concerted, coordi-nated effort, involving the EMM, theMunicipality of Bayham, the local andarea merchants, and all of us.
The return of the gas company andthe navigable harbour are critical. TheSweet Spot needs to be emulated fivetimes over with as variety of uniqueshopping experiences. We need a har-bour development plan, beginningnow. Only a Riverwalk type plan willwork. Bayham is a haven of naturaltreasures, largely unappreciated andundeveloped.
Water woesAdding, in the order of $100 or
more, to annual Port Burwell and Vi-enna water bills, to bail out the Rich-mond water system, is not going over
well. It promises to be an election issueand will create a firestorm with the firstbilling. Ward I water users have justcome through a costly meter upgrade.Some may call it highway robbery, likea story of semi legal cash seizures byUS state troopers under the guise ofdrug legislation. More will follow onour friendly neighbour's vigilantehighway robbery in a subsequent story.CBC featured the highway thefts re-cently.
The Polestars are likebaseball relief pitchers
On August 23rd, the weather wasfine for another successful, award win-ning local festival in Straffordville. Thisyear, the ubiquitous Polestars wereamong the volunteers. Mayor Ens put
in a call for assistance from the PortBurwell group, who are willing to pitchin where there is need in Bayham.
The Polestars have goals to boostthe quality of life and economic wellbeing of Bayham. Earlier in summerthe energetic group answered a callfrom the Historical Society. A numberof talented painters from the Polestarsjumped in to do a wonderful job on thefaded and chipped mural on the Redand White south wall. The plan is tomaintain the mural going forward.
The Polestars are like baseball reliefpitchers. Any Bayham group that needssupport and bodies just needs to call,within reason. One would hope thattheir enthusiasm rubs off on all localresidents to get on board to becomepart of the revival of Bayham.
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Joe Preston� MP �Elgin-Middlesex-London
The Harper Government issquarely focused on creating jobs,growth, and long-term prosperity. Indoing so, we recognize the fundamen-tal importance of small businesses infueling the Canadian economy. That iswhy we recently announced the intro-duction of the Small Business JobCredit, which will lower small busi-nesses’ payroll taxes by 15% for thenext two years, saving them an ex-pected $550 million over two years.These savings will help small busi-nesses in Elgin-Middlesex-Londonhire more employees and grow oureconomy.
According to the Canadian Federa-tion of Independent Businesses(CFIB), small- and medium-sizedbusinesses employ 70% of the totalprivate sector workforce in Canada!
duced by 34% since 2006.
The Small Business Job Credit willreduce EI premiums by 15% for thenext two years. Any firm that pays em-ployer EI premiums equal to or less
Small Business Tax Credit to help local businesses create jobs
than $15,000 in those years will be eli-gible for the credit, which will be ap-plied automatically.
By supporting small businesses inElgin-Middlesex-London and acrossthe country – we are helping to ensurethat Canada’s economy continues tothrive. And the results are showing: wehave created over 1.1 million net newjobs since July 2009 (over 82% full-timeand 78% private sector), we are pro-jected to have among the strongesteconomic growth in the G7 in the yearsahead, and Bloomberg has recentlyranked Canada as the 2nd best countryin the world to do business.
I am proud of our Government’srecord and I look forward to continuingto work with small businesses in thecommunity to reinforce our commit-ment to low taxes, economic growth,and long-term prosperity.
That’s why we have introduced numerous measures since 2006 tosupport small business growth – in-cluding the temporary hiring creditand the EI rate freeze. In total, smallbusinesses have seen their taxes re-
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ploymentService Elginand the On-tario TrilliumFoundation fortheir dedica-tion and sup-port of thisproject.” JeffYurek, MPP,Elgin-Middle-sex-London
“Our goal isto assist areayouth in gain-ing access tothe local jobmarket in thehopes that
they will continue to live in ElginCounty and grow our rural communi-ties into the future. I thank the On-tario Trillium Foundation for theirsupport of this project.” Brian Mass-chaele, Director of Community andCultural Services
Elgin County Library provides awelcoming, inclusive and supportiveenvironment that fosters lifelonglearning, creative expression, com-munity engagement and cultural vi-tality in harmony with a rural way oflife.
A leading grantmaker in Canada,the Ontario Trillium Foundationstrengthens the capacity of the volun-tary sector through investments incommunity-based initiatives. Anagency of the Government of Ontario,OTF builds healthy and vibrant com-munities.
Elgin County Library Board
The Elgin CountyLibrary celebratedtheir newly awardedOntario TrilliumFoundation (OTF)grant with local com-munity members,MPP Jeff Yurek and anOTF representative.
Thanks to a$14,000 grant, theElgin County Libraryand the EmploymentServices of Elgin willbe able to increase ac-cess to employmentand career services to youth in ElginCounty, by purchasing laptops for all 10library branches. They will be equippedwith job training software and wirelessinternet access for job searching.
Elgin County Library will purchaselaptops and software to be located inall 10 Elgin County Library Branches.Branches are located in the followingElgin County communities: Aylmer,Bayham, Belmont, Dutton, Port Bur-well, Port Stanley, Rodney, Shedden,Springfield, and West Lorne. Each lap-top will be equipped with wireless in-ternet access for job searching, resumewriting and training software. Employ-ment Services Elgin will provide an employment councillor on a regularbasis to visit all 10 library branches andprovide individual and/or group sup-port.
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Elgin Library Board receives grant for new computers
Front Row (LtoR): Sarah Goguen &Michelle Huigenbos, Employment ServicesElgin. Back Row: Cathy Grondin – Employ-ment Services Elgin, Emily Finch (BranchSupervisor), Sharon O’Leary, Ontario Trillium Foundation Volunteer, Jeff Yurek,MPP for Elgin-Middlesex-London, ElginCounty Warden Dave Marr.
of Elgin in partnership with Employ-ment Services Elgin will be receiving$14,000 from the Ontario TrilliumFoundation. This will allow youth ac-cess to the technology, services andskills needed to find employment inour community. Currently youth un-employment is about 14% for countyresidents which is almost double therate for the general population at 7.7%.I am confident that this partnershipand project will address this concern. Iwant to thank the County of Elgin, Em-
A New Port Stanley MunicipalBoat LaunchContinued From Page 1
expected to be completed by thecommencement of the boating sea-son next year – 2015. Expect to seeaction before winter sets in.
The double boat launch will belocated at the south end of the WestHarbour Walkway, where the Besse-mer railway dock used to be. Theintent is to save the heritage of theconcrete structure that was part ofthe Bessemer Dock. It will be in thepark-like centre of the turn-aroundservicing the launch. Great care willbe taken with the engineering topreserve the public walkway aroundthe West Harbour to our Blue FlagBeach. The decision to transformthe former Lakes Terminal propertyto a parking lot has ensured there isample room for the trailers to re-main while boaters enjoy their timeon Lake Erie.
(Daniel McNeil is a retired Rear Admiralin the Canadian Navy and, along withhis wife Kathy, a resident of Port Stanley.Dan is the municipal councillor for PortStanley)
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EDITORIALContinued From Page 2
Most media organizations have policies to govern a journalist’sengagement in outside political activ-ity. The Lake Erie Beacon is a memberof the Ontario Community NewspaperAssociation and through them theCanadian Community Newspaper Association. These are professionalmedia associations. They would not behappy if I ran for public office and stillcontinued to publish a communitynewspaper and comment negativelyon other candidates.
Unfortunately the Internet has nosuch guidelines as yet. It is basically a“wild west” frontier. There is an oldsaying that “you should believe noth-ing you hear and only half you see”.This is certainly true of the web whereBLOGS abound and pander to self-in-terest. Some viewers may find them tobe fun but they should not be taken seriously and definitely should not bethought of as credible news sources.
Andrew Hibbert Publisher The Lake Erie Beacon
area for transient boaters waiting touse the new boat launch ramp (seeBoat Launch article). Note that the ma-terial that touches Kettle Creek and theLake must be armour stone as a revet-ment to water. It is intended that someof these areas will provide an area forshore based fishing access to the water.
In order to finalize the Departmentof Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) ap-proval process for this project it mustprovide “off-setting” ‘works’ whichwould be improvements to the existingwater lot to support fish habitat. Thisextra engineering is being done withRiggs Engineering and DFO authori-ties. It is expected that the work will becompleted to construct the dredgeatecell over the winter 2014-2015. Dredg-ing will only be done to a depth to ac-commodate the fishing boats andrecreational boating. The actual dredg-ing will be tendered separately suchthat the dredging operation will becompleted in the late summer, or fall of2015.
(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.)
Silos to be recycled intocontainment cellContinued From Page 3
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PORT STANLEY 2014Port Stanley Community PolicingRequires volunteers. To help protect your village,call 519-782-3934 or Carroll 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. Learn to knitThurs, Sept. 25 6-6:45pm, all ages wel-come! Please bring yarn and needles with you!Culture Days, Friday, Sept. 26, 2-4pm, with a HumanLibrary. Come and “check out” a community mem-ber and hear their story.Youth Employment Counselling, in September, atall 10 branches – ask staff for details!Artist of the month, Jean Cluness, Ursula Rudd and Sharron RussellChildren’s Programs Kidz Korner,Mondays, 6-6:45pm starting September15th Ages 6-12 – please pre-register!Preschool Story Time, Tuesday Mornings at 10:15-11am, Songs, stories and crafts for children ages 0-5with a caregiverGirls Club in grades 4-6: Sign up now for our fall \session! Starts October 2 and runs every other weekon a Thursday from 4:30-5:30pmBoys Club in grades 4-8: Sign up now for our fall session Ask staff for more details or to sign up.Lego-Mania! Saturday Mornings from 10am-12:30pm (all ages with an adult)Adult ProgramsItty-Bitty-Knitty-Committee Join us for an informalmeeting Thurs, Sept 25 7pm Learn from other andpick up new tricks & patterns! All levels welcome!The Port Stanley Festival Theatre is pleased to beholding its third annual Playwright’s Festival on FridaySeptember 26th with a public reading of “Feathers”,a new comedy by Artistic Director Simon Joynes, thereading will be followed by a question/answer ses-sion with the playwright and invited audience feed-back. Admission is free of charge with donationsaccepted at the door. Seats should be reserved at thebox office. Port Stanley Festival Theatre Box Office,302 Bridge Street, Port Stanley, ON (519)782-4353 Inquiries to Theatre Manager, Melissa Kempf andArtistic Director, Simon Joynes (519)[email protected] Foot Care Clinic September 25th at TheVilla Apts, 289 Frances Street 8 - 11:30 a.m. Call519-782-4089 for appointment. Sponsored by thePort Stanley Lioness Club.Port Stanley Lioness Club Ladies Night/ Wineand Cheese Friday, October 24, Port Stanley ArenaDoors open at 6:30 P.M. A Great Evening of En-tertainment, Skits and More. Includes appetizersand Decadent Dessert Buffet Tickets $20. Pro-ceeds to STEGH & other Community ProjectsCall 519-782-3589 for Tickets or contact any PortStanley Lioness Member.Christ Anglican Church Sunday Morning Serv-ice, 9:30 am with Eucharist. We invite all to join in worship with us. Coffee follows downstairs.Al-Anon Meeting, Christ Anglican Church7:30 pm every Friday. If there is an alcohol/drugproblem of a family member or friend that is affecting you, the Alanon Family Groups may beable to help you.St. John's Presbyterian Church Tom JeffreyPastor. Sunday Worship 10 am followed by Fellowship Hour. The Door is always open, whynot join us? Sunday School starts at 10:20 am.St. John's Presbyterian Church, will be partici-pating in Doors Open. Our church will be open,with a few quilts showing, a bake table and willbe offering a soup and sandwich lunch. St. John's Presbyterian Church, will be cele-brating our 160th anniversary on September28th at 10:00 a.m. Rev. Shaw will be our guestminister and we will be having special music.Lunch following the service.Port Stanley Youth Group & St. John's Presbyterian Church September 19, 7-9 pm.Scavenger Hunt and Registration. Bring a friend.October 10 Fall Party at Teresa’s, 424 George St.Port Stanley United Church Service of Worshipat 11 am followed by a time of fellowship. Comejoin us. We are now wheelchair friendly and bar-rier free.Heritage Port The meeting for September 25th,1:30 pm will be at the Sparta United ChurchMuseum. Post Card books Vol. 1 & Vol 2 nowavailable, $90 each, only 1 set remaining. PortStanley the First 100 Years, $25. Get yours at the
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Lake Erie Beacon, 204-A Carlow Road, side door,1-5 pm. Proceeds to Heritage Port. Port Stanley & Community 55+ Club Meetsevery Monday 1:30 -4 pm to play Euchre at the PortStanley Arena. For info call 519-782-4801 (JohnBrenders) or 519-685-2101 (Marie Geerts).Port Stanley Village Association meets the thirdThursday of the month 7- 8:30 pm. All welcome.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 forgetthe 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, Fridays1:30pm. We are looking for beginners as well. If youlike to play MahJongg come on out! Call 519 782-3189 or 782-3118.Port Stanley Legion Port Stanley Karaoke Sing It ToWin It! Every 3rd Friday of the month, 7pm - 11pmChicken Wings on Special. 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 amPort Burwell - Bayham Horticultural Society,Meets Every 3rd Monday, 7 pm at the TrinityAnglican Parish Hall, corner of Strachan andWellington Sts. in Port Burwell. For more Info 519874-4260.Otter Valley Naturalists Monthly Meeting is thesecond Monday of the month, 7 pm to 9 pm. Pleasecall 519-874-4028 for information. Order of the Eastern Star Areme Chapter #15,OES meets the first Tuesday of every month, at 7:30pm at the Vienna Community Centre, Vienna. Photographers of the Otter Valley (POV)meetthe last Monday of the month, 6:30 pm, BayhamPublic Library in Straffordville. All are welcome. CallBruce at 519 874-1822.
AYLMER 2014Aylmer 50 + Seniors Welcome you to join themfor Euchre or Bridge Every Monday 1 - 3:30 pm upstairs at Aylmer Legion Admission $2.Aylmer Community Theatre presents Looking byNorm Foster Fri, Sat, Sun Oct 23, 24, 25 at 8pm SunOct 26 matinee at 2pm Thurs, Fri, Sat, Oct 30, 31,Nov 1 at 8pm Old Town Hall Theatre Adults $18 Stu-dents $10 775-3039 or [email protected].
DEXTER 2014Dexter United Church Dexter Line. Service of Wor-ship at 9:15 am followed by a time of fellowship.
DUTTON 2014Dutton Lions Friday; Sat. & Sunday; Sept. 26, 27 &28, join us at Wallacetown Fair. We will have ourfood-booth on site with famous fries and burgers!Dutton & District Lions Charity BINGO Wed.,Oct. 1, Dunwich Community Centre, 7 PM, featuring$500 Jackpot and several special games.Dutton & District LIONS famous full breakfastSunday, Oct. 12, famous full breakfast; 9 am - 1 pm,in the LIONS DEN (behind Dutton Dunwich Commu-nity Centre): Adults $6!
FINGAL 2014Knox Presbyterian Church Lay Minister Mr. JohnVan Eyk. Worship 10 am. Coffee, cookies, fellowshipfollows: Sunday school/nursery 10 am. For info (519) 769-2157. Come and worship with a warm andfriendly group of people, we are barrier free.
SHEDDEN 2014 Shedden Library Hours: Tues. 2:30-8:30, Thurs. 2-5,Fri. 10 - 5, Sat. 2 - 5 764-2081.Culture Days, Fri, Sept. 26, 2-4pm with a Human Library. Come and “check out” a community memberand hear their story.Youth Employment Counselling September at all 10branches, ask staff for details!Children’s ProgramsPreschool Story Time Friday11-11:45am Songs, storiesand crafts for children ages 0-5 with a caregiverLego-Mania! Saturday 2:15-4:30pm (all ages with anadult)Adult ProgramsAdult Book Club Corduroy Mansions by Alexander
McCall Smith New members are always welcome!Itty-Bitty-Knitty-Committee Join us for an informalmeeting on Tuesday, October 14th at 7pm, Tuesday, No-vember 18th at 7pm. Learn from others and pick up newtricks & patterns. All ages and levels are welcome!
SOUTHWOLD 2014Ferndale Community Park Township of Southwoldinvites everyone to the Grand Opening located at thecorner of McBain Line & Wellington Road, Saturday,September 27, Rain date: Saturday, October 4th. Rib-bon Cutting at 2 pm. Movie Night under the stars, TheLego Movie - $5pp, Children under 3 free, Starts 7:30.Dotsy the Clown, popcorn, snow cones, cotton candy,BBQ by the Talbotville Optimist, Bottle/Pop Can Drive,Monster Trucks. See you there!!!
SPARTA 2014Doors Open Sparta / Port Stanley Saturday Sept.20th, 10am-4pm. Come out to tour locations that arenormally closed to the public. Don’t forget our shops.Sparta Community Centre Furnace FundraiserPresented by 1st Sparta Scouting Parents. Friday, Oct3rd 5-8pm. $10/per adult; $5 kids 6 and under.Spaghetti, garlic bread, vegetable, dessert and drinkPumpkins for sale and a small silent auctionTickets:519-775-2265 or 519-317-6037.Sparta Stitchers Every Tuesday 1- 4 pm, SpartaCommunity Hall. We quilt, tat, knit, embroider,smock, crotchet, etc. Everyone welcome. Cost is $5.session. Come learn a new skill. Call Sally Martyn(519-775-2292).The History of Quilting This display is at the SpartaChurch Museum 6073 Quaker Rd. Over 60 quilts ondisplay from 1850 to the present and feature manyrenowned quilters from the Sparta area. Please takethe time to have a look. The museum is open Satur-days, Sundays and holidays from 11:00 to 4:30 tillThanksgiving Monday. The Forge Museum is open onweekends and holidays till Thanksgiving also.
ST. THOMAS 2014Abundant Life Fellowship Join us at the TimkenCommunity Centre - Doug Tarry room (2 Third Ave.)at 6 pm on Saturdays for a free meal followed by ourcelebration service. For more info call 519-633-9207or go to www.abundantlifestthomas.ca
TYRCONNELL 2014Backus-Page House Museum, 29424 LakeviewLine, 519-762-3072.
UNION 2014Union United Church, 6008 Stonechurch Rd., Wor-ship and Sunday School at 9:30 am. We are a Wel-coming Friendly Family of Faith and are barrier free.For info: 519-631-0304 and our website iswww.unionunitedchurch.ca.Union Sports Club and Community Centre,- Low Impact Circuit Training Starter Course: starting Sept. 30th - 4 week session for $25 - CallVicki for more information - 519-631-3840.
VIENNA 2014Bayham Historical Society meets the 2nd Thurs-day of the month, 7:30 pm at the Vienna Commu-nity Centre. All are welcome. Call Bruce at 519874-1822.
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designed to protect water quality ofthe lakes, rivers and sources of un-derground water that supply munici-pal drinking water systems. Theplans set out actions to eliminate,manage or reduce potential risks todrinking water sources.
The Kettle Creek plan will: • Establish maintenance and in-
spection programs for septic sys-tems to meet building coderequirements.
• Create risk-management plans forhandling and storing commercialfertilizer and fuel.
• Produce and place road signs toidentify wellhead protection areasand intake protection zones.
Protecting drinking water en-hances quality of life for Ontariofamilies and supports sustainablecommunities now and into the fu-ture. This is part of the government'splan to invest in people, build mod-ern infrastructure and support a dy-namic and innovative businessclimate.
Glen Murray, Minister of the Envi-ronment and Climate Change said.“Few things are as important to ourhealth and well-being as having safewater to drink. Protecting the sourcesthat supply our drinking water is thefirst step in keeping our drinkingwater safe and helps ensure we never
have another Walkerton incident.”
Craig Ashbaugh, chair of the LakeErie region source protection com-mittee commented. “I am verypleased that the Kettle Creek plan hasbeen formally approved for imple-mentation. The plan will ensure localresidents continue to have access tosafe, high-quality municipal drinkingwater. Commendations are to be ex-tended for a job well done to Eliza-beth VanHooren and her staff at theKettle Creek Conservation Authority,Martin Keller, Lake Erie region projectmanager, Lake Erie region source pro-tection committee members, andsupport staff from the Ministry of theEnvironment and Climate Change.”
Source Water Protection • The Clean Water Act established 19
local committees across Ontario.Each committee developed sci-ence-based plans that address con-tamination risks to municipaldrinking water systems.
• The Kettle Creek source protectionarea is part of the Lake Erie sourceprotection region, which consistsof four source protection areas —Kettle Creek, Catfish Creek, GrandRiver and Long Point
• The Kettle Creek source protectionarea has two municipal drinkingwater systems. The Elgin area pri-mary water supply system drawswater from Lake Erie to supplydrinking water to 100,000 residentsin Kettle Creek and neighbouringareas. The Belmont water supplysystem draws water from anaquifer and serves approximately1,900 people.
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clawed and adopted as a kitten, wasrecently returned because of an un-certain home situation. Monte is ablack and white boy who just hap-pens to have the most gorgeous aquaeyes you have ever seen but, is stillpretty upset, having just arrived onthe 9th of Sept. He does enjoy beingpetted, cuddled and will purr for you.I know what you are thinking.Hmmm.....7 and 8 years old...too old.Not true. I have two 8 year olds andthey both play, eat, sleep and windme around their little claws betterthan any kitten I know. So, pleaseconsider an older cat. They could havemany, many years of love and grati-tude to give.
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Every year we seem to see a certaintrend. This year, the trend seems tobe returning cats. Life tends to playit's own little jokes on us and whilewe would prefer to see our cats in ahappy, forever home, we wouldrather they be returned thandumped someplace inappropriate.8 year old Ringer,who is front declawed and adopted at age 2,was returned due to the illness of anewborn in the family. Ringer is agorgeous but, shy boy who is begin-ning to come to terms with being inthe shelter. 7 year old Monte, also front de
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Elgin-St. Thomas needs your help!The Port Stanley committee is in need of volunteers. We’d like tohave at least four members, but are always willing to take more!
If you’re retired, semi-retired or enjoy helping your community,please consider being a part of this wonderful committee.
Monthly meetings promise to be on the short side, and totalcommunity involvement hours will typically range between 3-10hours per month, depending on if there are events or not.
Anyone interested in sitting on this committee is asked to pleasecontact me at 519-631-3171.
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September 24Building Event Open House 6:30 PM
Parent Presentation - Nick Foley
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Sep t embe r 2 6 PD Da ySeptember 29
Building Event Immunizations - Gr. 7/8
October 3General Bus Safety Presentation
Port Stanley Public School Activities September 2014
tems and human communities. It isalso essential to the work of agenciesand researchers studying rare and vul-nerable species not just locally, but atprovincial, national, and even globalscales.
Improve your species identificationskills, learn about the wildlife in yourown backyard, and take an active role inthe conservation of the landscape thatsustains us!
Natural Heritage Inventory“Citizen Scientists” from Elgin and
further afield are invited to collect andrecord observations of plants, animalsand ecological communities through-out the county in this important initia-
tive. Many fantastic tools and pro-grams already exist for volunteers toshare their species observations. Wehave created a Participant Guide thatwill arm volunteers like you with theknowledge and tools needed to iden-tify significant species, collect andrecord accurate and reliable data,and report this information to theappropriate place.
Together we will develop an accurate, up-to-date database of thecounty’s rich natural heritage.Knowing where local species occurand keeping track of their popula-tion trends contributes to wise plan-ning decisions for a healthy andsustainable future for species,ecosystems and human communi-ties alike.
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This NEW book by authors Bob Burns and Craig Cole Available NOW at The Lake Erie Beacon Office204 A Carlow Rd. (Side Door, ring bell)All proceeds to Heritage Port
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The Catfish Creek ConservationAuthority will receive $34,515 toconserve fish habitat and rebuildthe creek banks at the Archie Coulter Conservation Area.
“Our Government is commit-ted to supporting the individualsand organizations who are work-ing along the shores of lakes, riversand streams across this country toprotect and restore fishing habi-tats for future generations” saidMP Joe Preston. “Recreational fish-
Karen Vecchio Media For �MP Joe Preston
Member of Parliament Joe Preston,on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea,Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, an-nounced that, under the secondround of the Recreational FisheriesConservation Partnerships Program,the Government of Canada will pro-vide financial support to 2 projects inElgin-Middlesex-London.
The Kettle Creek Conservation Au-thority will receive up to $28,180 toconserve fish habitat in Union and
THE LAKE ERIE BEACON ROLADEX
Federal Government Funding to restore recreational fish habitating is an important economic activitywhich attracts thousands of visitors toCanada and contributes billions ofdollars to our economy every year. Theprojects funded by the RecreationalFisheries Conservation PartnershipsProgram will benefit Canadian com-munities for years to come.”
MP Joe Preston; Kim Smale, General Manager Catfish Creek Conservation Authority; Sally Martyn, Councillor forCentral Elgin and Chair of the CatfishCreek Conservation Authority.
