Volume 3 Number 4

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Volume 3, Number 4 – July 22, 2009

Inside: Tom Love’s house, Skip Izon’s ambulance, and a pirate tree.

• Inside the House of (Tom) Love
  Hard worker makes cozy nest for himself and cat by restoring century home across the street from his parents Now 23 years old, Tom Love got the idea three years ago to buy the home and acreage across from his parents after it came up for sale. After a year of hard work, with help from ...
• Skip Izon helps rescue 100-year-old ambulance
  Story and photos by Casey Lessard Master boat-builder Skip Izon has been working on a non-aquatic project for the last little while: restoring what’s believed to be the oldest horse-drawn ambulance in Canada. The ambulance, built in Petrolia in 1908, spent the last 25 years at the Lambton Heritage Museum after it spent ten years at ...
• Shiver me timbers! Carver turns tree into pirate
  Story and photos by Casey Lessard When Deb and Jim McCann bought a lakefront cottage last year, it came complete with a dead tree. Of course, they thought what anyone would: make a pirate. “It’s an elm tree that was hit by lightning about four years ago,” Deb says. “The bark flew off it one winter and ...
• First step to Main Street fix
  View from the Strip By Casey Lessard I am delighted to see that – so soon after the beach enhancement project – Lambton Shores has received $2.6 million in economic stimulus funding to rework Grand Bend’s Main Street. The work will involve burying above ground hydro wires, and replacing curbs. Work begins in September and ends next ...
• The danger of derivatives
  Alternative View By Lance Crossley (Part three of a four-part series examining the monetary system.) Another danger of having a money system controlled by private banking interests is something relatively new in our history: the financialization of the economy. Before the 1970s, capital was mostly used for economically fruitful purposes, such as production. Banks still had undue influence on ...
• Money problems
  Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard Congratulations to my young friend Tanya, who has accepted a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Rubin. The happy couple will soon be out searching for the right engagement ring. I hope Rubin is prepared to spend a bit of cash. When Tom purchased my ring, it cost him $200, but that ...
• Feelin’ alright in Jamaica
  Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. I think it was 1969 that word came down from the top that the battalion was going to fly to Jamaica for a month of jungle training. This was during the month of March, as I recall. After all the paperwork was done, we held QM parades to issue jungle gear, ...
• Good sports in Crediton
  Great news for Crediton, where federal and provincial funds will be matched by South Huron for a total of $900,000 to make a sports complex and community centre. The money will join Ontario Trillium Foundation funding and community fundraising to build the project. The project should be done within the next two years. Molson Canadian ...
• The Perfect Steak
  Recipes by James Eddington Eddington’s of Exeter 527 Main Street, Exeter 519-235-3030 – www.eddingtons.ca Photos by Casey Lessard Don’t miss a single recipe. Subscribe to the Strip today! First off, I must thank my Dad for any barbecue skills I have acquired! Put him in the kitchen and it’s a disaster, but throw him outside to the Q and ...
• The sweet sorrow of leaving Fido home alone
  Fido… Come… Sit By Yvonne Passmore http://www.FidoComeSit.com A past client of mine was just telling me how her dog is now trashing her belongings when she is gone to work for the day. She tells me that her dog is angry with her and that’s why he ruins her new glasses, her shoes, her couch, and the list ...
• Strathroy newcomer steals Camelot stage
  Story by Casey Lessard Fresh out of college, fresh-faced Thomas Alderson of Strathroy is hogging the spotlight in Camelot, playing now to July 25 at the Huron Country Playhouse. “It’s a dream come true,” says the 21-year-old, whose mother Mary writes theatre reviews GrandBendStrip.com and other newspapers. “I grew up coming to see every show here for ...
• 2 Pianos 4 Hands hits the right notes
  Review by Casey Lessard It’s a good thing 2 Pianos 4 Hands is running most of the summer at Huron Country Playhouse II – it’s good enough that there should be no empty seats all summer. The comedic musical (versus a musical comedy) centres around two pianists and their careers starting from their first lessons to ...
• Late Night house band in Grand Bend
  Late night television fans have the opportunity to see Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night house band, The Roots, when they perform at the Cutting Edge Music Festival August 2 at the Motorplex. Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the “twenty greatest live acts in the world,” The Roots are releasing a new album this ...
• Metal concert rocks Legion
  It may sound like an odd place for a metal concert, but the Grand Bend Legion will host four metal bands, including Toronto’s To Cherish, Battlesoul from London, Grizzly from Wingham and a band yet to be announced. Also on the roster are indie rockers Blaze ‘n’ Murder of Wingham and punk group Streetcore of ...
• To Do List – July 22 to August 5
  Community/Charity Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Pt Franks Comm Ctr. Kids Matter. Join us as we crochet sleeping mats out of milk bags to send to the children in Africa and South America. Bring your lunch, scissors and a #7 crochet hook. Peggy Smith at 519-296-5834 for details. 7 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion Bingo Fridays 5 to 7 p.m. ...