Serving Lake Erie’s North Shore Friday September 9, 2016
Port Stanley Community Policing Memorial Tree
INSIDE Port Stanley Report For the past 15 years, Bruce Parker has been tagging monarch butterflies at Hawk Cliff, near Port Stanley, STORY PAGE 2
Central Elgin Trails Master Plan & 10 Year Implementation Strategy We have planted a mixture of meadow species in the former agricultural fields. As the plants grow up, this new meadow will provide habitat for Monarch Butterfly and other pollinators, as well as a range of meadow birds. STORY PAGE 2
Letters I also really like the way Port Stanley is going right now, with the reconstructed lighthouse pier, the Hofhuis Park, and other STORY PAGE 2 developments.
Ray Filewood
The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup Every year, tens of thousands of Canadians participate in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, STORY PAGE 3
Taylor Made We’ll miss splashing into Erie’s warm, inviting, sometimes too inviting, waters. STORY PAGE 4
Port Burwell Report The Dennis Farm is an example of the diversity of interesting outdoor recreational opportunities in and around Bayham for travellers looking for a unique vacation. STORY PAGE 5
Second-oldest shipwreck in the Great Lakes The sloop Washington was built on Lake Erie in Pennsylvania in 1798 and was used to transport people and goods. STORY PAGE 5
LOOK AHEAD Community Events
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Classifieds & Service Directory Page 7 Business Roladex
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Community Policing Committee The Port Stanley Community Policing Committee was chartered in 1992. Its mandate was to assist in creating, and maintain a partnership between the community and the OPP, to assist in the identification, definition and articulation of community concerns to the OPP and or the Municipality of Central Elgin. Included in this mandate was to assist in consideration and recommending possible solutions to concerns raised. on the corner of Main Street and Bridge Street, in May of 97. This also serves as The first meetings were held in the a satellite office for the OPP. The office old Port Stanley town hall, which has is manned by volunteers, of which since been revamped and become the more are always needed, from people home of the Port Stanley Festival Thewith a few extra spare hours a week, atre. A brief relocation of the commitwho can help out. Much water has tees’ residence took place by moving to flowed down Kettle Creek since that ina store in Main Street. From there it was ception, along with the Port Stanley moved to their permanent location, in Committee gaining a well respected the basement of the medical building Ontario reputation, for not just being
Above: Ross Whalls (left) led the dedication ceremony which included other committee members seen in yellow T shirts including Central Elgin Mayor David Marr and Port Stanley Councillor Dan McNeil and members of the OPP who work closely with the Community Policing Committee. Left: To commemorate the passing of Committee member Lou Gosso, members of his family held a special dedication after the above service ended. one of the pioneer committees in Community Policing, but by its continuance of serving the community. They boast a whole litany of accomplishments for the local citizens including some of the following. Hosting a water safety programme every year at our public school. Snow bird patrols in the winter, keeping an eye on vacationing resident’s homes. Continued On Page 7
Local Resident Tests Positive for Lyme Disease Elgin St. Thomas Public Health Elgin St. Thomas Public Health is advising residents to take precautions while outdoors after receiving notification that a resident from the Municipality of Bayham has tested positive for Lyme Disease. Lyme disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick. Once a tick is infected, it may transmit the Lyme Disease — causing bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, to humans through a bite. “Although the majority of ticks identified in Elgin County are dog ticks, residents should take precau-
The "classic" bull's-eye rash caused by Lyme disease does not always look like this and some of those infected may have no rash tions to protect themselves while outdoors”, says Dr. Joyce Lock, Medical Officer of Health. Elgin St. Thomas Public Health conducts surveillance activities to monitor the presence of Lyme Disease in Elgin County. Ticks that have been attached to humans can be submitted to the Health Unit for identification and, if determined to be a deer tick, will be sent for further testing for the presence of the Lyme Disease. Continued On Page 7