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Curb bump outs not popular By Bryan Jessop
LEAMINGTON – Following a series of public complaints, changes made to urban intersections in Leamington might be ‘curbed’ in the foreseeable future. A notice of motion was brought forward to consider the fate of recently constructed curb extensions, also referred to as ‘bulb outs’ or ‘bump outs’. While some residents living within close proximity to the bump outs have expressed positive sentiments on the structures’ intended purpose of slowing down traffic, others have indicated frustration over newfound challenges in navigating the narrower passages permitting access from one street to another via motor vehicle. The notice listed four sets of bump outs as issues of concern among intersections reconfigured during recent street reconstruction and sewer separation projects. Those included Danforth Avenue, Pulford Avenue, Talbot Street and Fox Street, Mill Street and Erie Street and Mill Street and Fox Street. “With hindsight being 20/20, if we had to do it again, we’d do them a little differently,” noted Councillor Tim Wilkinson. Councillor John Hammond agreed that the “pinch in” portions of renovated streets are too narrow in some intersections, while Councillor Paul Tiessen expressed sentiments that the feedback of residents must be considered while giving (Continued on Page 2)
Katherine Martens helps Johnathan Knelsen remove a goby from his hook during the annual Southwest Outdoors Club’s Kids’ Fishing Derby Saturday, July 6. More than 200 kids participated in this year’s derby in four age categories. (Sun Photo)
Over 200 at Kids’ Fishing Derby By Bryan Jessop
WHEATLEY – With ideal weather came an ideal crowd of youngsters for the annual Kids’ Fishing Derby alongside Wheatley Harbour. This year’s edition of the Southwest Outdoors Club outing drew 207 participating youth up to 17 years of age. Along with parents, grandparents and other accompanying adults for guidance, the derby’s total attendance was an estimated 300 to 350 people. Southwest Outdoors Club president Dan Reive described this year’s turnout as average in comparison to recent years and noting the limited amount of available space, was pleased with the level of participation. “To get the kids away
from their iPads and computer screens for half a day and into the outdoors is the whole idea,” he explained. “This is the kind of thing we spend the whole year raising money for. If we can introduce something to a few kids that they’ll stick with for years to come, we’re happy.” As in previous years, each entry was entered into a draw to win one of eight bicycles purchased by the club for one boy and one girl in each age category. Reive noted that this year’s bikes were bought at a generously discounted rate from Canadian Tire in Tilbury. Bike winners were Brody Renwick and Emily Loewen in the 0-3-year-olds’ division, Leland Quiring and Elena Goertzen in the 4-7-year-old group, Isabella Sacasa and Ty Gould among 8-12-yearold entries and Angelica
Guenther and Chase Simpson for the 13-17-year-old group. Winners in the same age categories for the biggest fish, in the same order, were Efrain Amaya, Estrella Amaya, Bryson Willis and Marissa Klassen. Each of the four winners was awarded a plaque that they had the option of having engraved with their names.Winners also received new fishing rods. The Southwest Outdoors Club again ensured no participants went home empty handed, offering each a takehome toy from prize tables filled with $3,000 worth of items. Throughout the five hour event, rods were loaned to children who didn’t have their own while bait was offered free of charge courtesy of Windsor Wholesale Bait. Early in the day, each of the 25 loaner rods had been ac-
counted for. Each participating youth was also treated to a free lunch of a hot dog, chips and a beverage. Measurement and recording of catches was again performed courtesy of Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry personnel working out of the Lake Erie Management Unit’s Wheatley Harbour Authority office. Next on the Southwest Outdoors Club’s schedule will be the annual Big Boyz Fishing Derby, to take place this year from the Leamington Municipal Marina Saturday, July 27 to Sunday, Aug. 4. The measurement station will be in Leamington this year because of high water levels in Wheatley that have delayed construction of new steel docks. (Photos on Page 30)
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