Serving Lake Erie’s North Shore Friday June 10, 2016
“Butt Free Beach” Campaign
INSIDE Letters Encouraging public access and participation, where possible, to ensure that decision making is responsive to the needs of STORY PAGE 2 its constituents .
Port Stanley Report Port Stanley Main Beach will be flying the Blue Flag again this summer. STORY PAGE 2
Hospital Fund Raiser Another Success 2016 saw another sold out Golf Tournament at the Kettle Creek Golf & Country Club in Port Stanley. STORY PAGE 3
Port Burwell Report The tiny, venerable, little church is a monument to our history. This charming edifice was constructed on land gifted by Colonel Burwell. S TORY PAGE 4
Andrew Hibbert
Port Burwell Provincial Park Friend or Foe? Lately some local citizens have brought forth the issue of the access gate to the parking area accessing the boardwalk not having been opened STORY PAGE 4
Taylor Made
Port Stanley Cat Rescue to the rescue Calling on all Port Stanley & area residents to let us know if you see any feral cat in need of assistance. STORY PAGE 7
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Left: The cleanup crew waiting to start. “We’re planning to have the beach divided into 4 sections based on the tower locations and we will divide the group up into these sections for a quick productive clean. Ideally we’ll have 1-2 adults including beach patrol per section to monitor and to be keepers of the containers for collecting sharps. If any glass or needles are found the students will notify an adult monitor to come with the proper disposal container.” “We anticipate the clean will take about 1-1.5 hrs leaving us with 30 min of free time for them to relax and play some games, we’ll be bringing with us Frisbees and a couple of giant earth balls, Mr. Underhill will monitor them. Continued On Page 6
Fund Raiser For The Fort McMurray Fire Relief Fund The Optimist Fund Raiser BBQ with Optimist members LtoR, Connie Arnold, Emily Finch and Michelle Horton, cooking on the BBQ and serving food.
Optimist Linda Hibbert
A worthy and necessary project that firehall to be sure. But at what cost? And I don’t mean money. STORY PAGE 5
Community Events
On Tuesday May 31st, Chris Underhill, Teacher and lead of the Central Collegiate Institute Environmental club, rallied over 40 students to come to Port Stanley to kick off the “Butt free beach” campaign. The Beach cleanup initiative took place at Port Stanley’s Main Beach. The “Butt” refers to cigarette butts of course because cigarette butts are the most littered items on Canadian beaches. They aren’t readily biodegradable and they pollute the water with toxic chemicals such as cad“Hi Renee, just wanted to send you mium, lead and arsenic. The butts can the detailed plan for the youth coming also harm wildlife. The campaign slodown on Tuesday for the beach cleangan is “Help keep our beach beautiful. up. We had a meeting at lunch today Don’t treat it as an ashtray”. with the students and we’ve booked a The following note was sent to bus to pick them up at their school for Renee Kendel Parks & Recreation Su11:20 am with approximate arrival to perintendent for the Municipality of the beach drop off in GT’s parking lot Central Elgin and the Port Stanley at 11:45. We’ll give them 15 to get orVillage Association. ganized then start the clean at12:00.”
Top: Over 40 students from Central Collegiate rallied to come to Port Stanley to kick off the “Butt free beach” campaign.
The Port Stanley Optimist Club, The Talbot Trail Optimist Club and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #410 held a fundraiser for the Survivors of the Fort McMurray Fire. The purpose for this fundraiser was to raise money to help the thousands of displaced people who were forced from their homes by the wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta. When all the donations are being matched by the Government of Canada this could really make a difference in helping out our fellow Canadians in a time of need. Visitors to this event were entertained by local artists and a band from the School of Rock in St. Thomas who donated their time for this great cause. The response of donations to our Silent Auc-
With over $3,000 raised so far, and still collecting from the Silent Auction, this Port Stanley Fundraiser will have made its goal to help people in need. All proceeds will go to the Canadian Red Cross, c/o Fort McMurray Fire Relief Fund.
tion was overwhelming, with visitors having a huge selection of items to bid on. The Optimists Clubs were busy all afternoon holding the Silent Auction, and cooking up hamburgers, and hot dogs on the BBQ.
There are so many people to thank for their kind donations and we would not want to miss anyone, so we will simply say “Thank You”. Our shops and residents really supported this cause. We would like to thank the bands that made the afternoon extra special and also to everyone who attended. Thank you to Mayor David Marr for his acknowledgment of this fundraiser.