Serving Lake Erie’s North Shore Friday October 3, 2014
INSIDE Doors Open Port Stanley Sparta 2014! Although showers had been predicted they managed to miss us and we experienced a beautiful sunny and warm day. The delightful weekend along with a group of interesting doors to open made for a very well attended Saturday event. STORY PAGE 2
Port Stanley Hosts 2014 North American Soling Championship
Port Burwell Report There was an alternative to central sewage collection, the peat system used by the growing city of Caledon. STORY PAGE 3
Carolinian Life Zone: Forests We are very fortunate to live in the Carolinian Life Zone, which has the greatest biodiversity of any life zone in STORY PAGE 4 North America.
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Port Stanley Report The large mural on the Jackson building at the end of Main Street is in need of repair. STORY PAGE 5
What a weekend! Especially crazy for the kitchen staff. On Friday September 26th the Kettle Creek Inn participated in the Bethanys Hope Fundraiser and GCW Custom Kitchens grand opening of their new facility in St. Thomas. STORY PAGE 5
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Above: Aerial photo of the Soling competition by Janice McClenaghan of Port Stanley. Janice also wanted to thank her pilot Geoff Richards.
Port Stanley has become a very popular competitive sailing centre for the former Olympic Class Soling Sailboat. The international sailors love the ambience and the welcome they receive from the village. The members of the Port Stanley Sailing Squadron, their families and many additional volunteers and supporters host a world-class event in an extraordinarily professional manner. The challenges provided by Lake Erie in September only add to the attractiveness of the regatta. Previous Soling Championships consider themselves extremely lucky to attract teams in the low twenties. Port Stanley welcomed 28 teams in a regatta that has not seen this many boats for over twenty years.
Left: Soling boats at harbourside. ensure, at a minimum, fours races were completed in order to declare a champion. This was good planning because Saturday racing had to be cancelled since the winds were blowing with gusts up to forty knots directly from the South. Solings are incredibly capable – fully capable of handling those kinds of conditions including open-ocean sailing. Their design won an international competition to become the three-person Olympic Class boat first used in the 1972 Olympics. Port Stanley’s narrow harbour entrance faces south with waves that break immediately at the entrance when winds are high. These conditions
This year’s championship was sponsored by Kanter Marine and many other local businesses. There were four days scheduled for racing in order to
Legion Week MPP Jeff Yurek Elgin-Middlesex-London “I’d like to take the opportunity as the MPP for Elgin-Middlesex-London to recognize Legion Week which took place from September 21 to 27. Through their wide-reaching efforts, the Royal Canadian Legion ensures we never forget the sacrifice made by our armed forces. This institution upholds the noble values that took our soldiers to the front lines in the 20th century and honours those continuing to fight for those same values today. We can also not overlook the impact our local Legions have in our communities. Along with their affiliated organization the Ladies Auxiliary, the Royal Continued On Page 7
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