Volume 2 Number 1

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Volume 2, Number 1 – May 14, 2008

Inside: Nursery School, Baseball Project, Rachel McAdams and Dominion Cribbage Championships

• A tribute to the Regiers and friends
  View from the Strip By Casey Lessard It’s not often Grand Bend attracts attention on a national stage. Last summer, the country watched Grand Bend and Mt. Carmel for a horrible reason: the murders of Bill and Helene Regier. Friday night, my work covering their murders for the Grand Bend Strip was honoured nationally when I received ...
• Need a reason to golf? Nursery school has a few little ones
  Grand Bend Nursery School needs money to cover funding cut Grand Bend Nursery School Golf Tournament May 30, 2008 – Bayview Golf Club $75 – golf and dinner; $30 dinner only Register by May 15; sponsorships wanted Call (519) 238-2199 Story and Photos by Casey Lessard Stretched to the limit of what they feel they can ask parents to subsidize, the ...
• Grand Bend’s kids need $85,000 to Play Ball!
  By Casey Lessard Grand Bend’s baseball diamond is out of date and dangerous, and it’s going to take $85,000 to get it to standards. For now, the municipality of Lambton Shores hasn’t stepped up to the plate with much help, so the Grand Bend Baseball Project committee is putting the call out to the community. “The fencing ...
• Hollywood star goes (almost) undetected in Parkhill
  “The Notebook” actress Rachel McAdams dines at Kelli’s Family Restaurant By Casey Lessard It’s not every day that a Hollywood celebrity visits Parkhill, so you can’t blame Martha Papadopolous of Kelli’s Family Restaurant for not recognizing Rachel McAdams when she sat down at one of her tables for lunch April 27. “She came in here with her parents ...
• June 21 – Friends of Pinery Park golf tournament
  Support children’s Natural Heritage Education Programs at the Pinery by taking part in the Friends of Pinery Park charity golf tournament June 21 at Widder Station. Packages include: Golf Package ($100): 18 holes of golf, golf cart, 3 course dinner; Sponsor Package ($100): signage on hole and sponsorship recognition. Sponsor and Golf Package ($450); Dinner Only ...
• May 30 – A few tickets left for Animal House dinner
  There are still a few tickets available for the Huron SPCA Animal House dinner auction, (May 30, South Huron Rec. Ctr., Exeter) which raises money for the Huron County animal shelter. The event sold out at the end of February, but dinner chairperson Kate McKenzie says a few tickets have been returned and are available. Anyone ...
• Tourists vs. Residents vs. Businesses
  Draft community plans stir debate in Port Franks, Grand Bend By Casey Lessard EDA Collaborative Inc. presented its draft community plans for Lambton Shores at three separate meetings May 6-8, with some praising and others panning the progress. Port Franks Moves to make Port Franks a “lakeside residential natural neighbourhood” mean advertising signs will be dropped from the main ...
• No Beach Access signs causing friction
  By Casey Lessard Confusion over the wording of a new No Beach Access sign in Port Franks seems ill-timed to coincide with the start of a new beach season. ‘I’ve had a lot of people come in and ask about the sign,” says Christine Orosz of Christine’s Marina Bar & Grill. “They feel they’re not wanted and ...
• Paint the town red (with flowers)
  Lambton Shores hopes residents will get in the spirit and make their community bloom with red this summer. The Lambton Shores Communities in Bloom committee is organizing initiatives to compete for the 2008 provincial title, which is judged based on eight criteria for all municipal, commercial/industrial and residential properties in the municipality: tidiness, environmental awareness, ...
• Putting the family in family restaurant
  Fifth generation now working at Aunt Gussie’s By Casey Lessard If you didn’t notice that Aunt Gussie’s was taken over by new owners a year and a half ago, Pat and LeeAnn Powers are content with that. The couple worked at the Ontario Street South restaurant for a couple of years before taking ownership, and wanted to ...
• Reading between the labels
  Alternative View By Angela Michielsen Consumers have power. Using buying power in a capitalist economy as an active way of creating social change and is one of the most underused forms of expression, and yet en masse it is so powerful. Our economy is built on supply and demand. Wal-mart started carrying organic produce in Canada in 2006 ...
• Letter to the Editor – May 14, 2008
  To the Editor, Last Wednesday I had the privilege of attending a conversation about Free Trade and Food Sovereignty. The speakers were Ubali Buerrero, a woman representing a farmers’ organization in the Mexican state of Guerrero, Miguel Conlunga, of the Democratic Front of Chihuahua, and Allan Slater, an Oxford County farmer and team member of the ...
• Moms say the darnedest things
  True stories from the front lines of motherhood Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard Motherhood. What a great adventure it has been for me; I wouldn’t change my station in life for anything. Mothers come in all shapes and sizes – physically and mentally. My mother was a self-taught woman of her generation. Although she didn’t have a ...
• A little prank
  Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard A lot of life spilled through the doors of the Dufferin, most pleasurable, but some not so. I remember one time early in July of 1970 or 1971, Gig, Des and I planned what we thought was a funny prank. The 12th was coming soon (Editor’s note: July 12, 1690, Protestant King ...
• Tiny wonders of the avian world
  Living in Balance By Jenipher Appleton What lays pea-sized eggs, weighs an eighth of an ounce, and can be confused with a moth? It is none other than the truly incredible hummingbird. Only one species inhabits the eastern region of Canada: the ruby-throated or Archilochus colubris. Several other species are found throughout other parts of North and ...
• Check your fundamentals
  Golf Tips By Cameron Rankin http://www.sandhillsgolf.ca Club head: Position your club head at right angles to your intended target line. Grip: The back of your left hand facing your target, looking down you should see between two and three knuckles on your left hand. Right hand palm facing the target, right thumb left side of the grip and there ...
• Attendance is critical for final assessments
  Principal’s Page By Jeff Reaburn http://www.shdhs.ca Last Thursday I attended the school production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, and I came away from the play thoroughly impressed. It was a truly engaging and entertaining production, and I would like to congratulate and commend the director, Ms. Beth Jantzi, and the entire cast and crew of the show. ...
• Never blog while operating heavy machinery
  All of the no cost, easy to learn options available may make you dizzy Technically Speaking By Tamara Nicola http://www.visitgrandbend.com/ Blog is a term that describes a thing, a website. It also describes an action. To blog is to add/post something to your website. It is a part of what has been dubbed the Web 2.0 revolution: the move ...
• May 14-27, 2008 – To Do List – Events
  Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. – 9773 Lakeshore Road (Highway 21 north of the Pinery) Garage Sale – household items. Saturday, May 17 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. – 277 Main St. Parkhill Grace Bible Chapel Yard Sale & Barbeque Fundraiser for refugee ministry. Sunday, May 25 2 to 4 p.m. – Twin Pines Orchards ...
• May 14-27, 2008 – To Do List – Community
  Every Tuesday 7 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion Bingo Every Friday 5 to 7 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion Meat Draw May – Ongoing Mid-May and early June – Forest Canada Day Idol Contest applications. North Lambton Secondary School. Live out your idol dream! There are three age categories: 10-14, 15-18 and 19 and over. Judges will select top contestants from each category to ...
• May 14-27, 2008 – To Do List – Entertainment
  Saturday, May 17 3 to 6 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion Live Music with Ben Shane and Bobby K Sunday, May 18 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Pinery Flea Market Live Music with Brian Dale Friday, May 23 5 p.m. – StarDust Dinner Theatre, Parkhill Almost Abba Saturday, May 24 3 to 6 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion Live Music with Bob Finlay 5 p.m. – ...
• May 14-27, 2008 – To Do Health & Fitness
  Mondays 8:45 to 10 a.m. – Grand Bend Legion TGIF – Thank God I’m Fit. Exercise class. All proceeds to charity. Wednesdays 8:45 to 10 a.m. – Grand Bend Legion TGIF – Thank God I’m Fit. Exercise class. All proceeds to charity. 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Grand Bend Legion Line Dancing Fridays 8:45 to 10 a.m. – Grand Bend Legion TGIF – Thank God ...