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Marina hosting GLCC Rendezvous By Bryan Jessop Leamington is about to become the focal point of boaters from port communities across the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Cruising Club, in celebrating its 80th anniversary, has selected the Leamington Marina as its destination for the 2014 annual Rendezvous. The list of activities for participating members will run from Saturday, July 12 until Wednesday, July 16. Convoys of GLCC members will begin arriving Thursday, July 10 with the last groups to dock the following Saturday. From Saturday to Wednesday, the combined 160 club visitors will tour the sights of Leamington and surrounding areas such as the community’s greenhouse industry and wineries. Members will also arrange board meetings at the marina pavilion. The marina will also host a Commodore’s Reception and conduct a flag-raising ceremony each morning while the Roma Club has stepped forward to host the Commodore’s Dinner. Leamington Marina will also host a wide variety of seminars during the GLCC visit for five consecutive nights. The Rendezvous schedule also includes a volleyball tournament, a gadget hour, potluck dinner and bilge auction at the pavilion for GLCC visitors. The Great Lakes Cruising Club will bring an estimated 65 vessels into the local marina’s docks — from power boats to sail boats — ranging from 35 to 60 feet in length. Combined with regular visits from Michigan, Ohio and Southwestern Ontario, the number of vessels in the area will reach about 100. Leamington will be the first-ever Southwestern Ontario port to host the GLCC’s annual Rendezvous. “I was very excited when I heard we were selected this year,” said Leamington Municipal Marina manager Ronan Oliver. “This will bring a lot of dollars into the Leamington area. Great Lakes Cruising Club members will be renting halls and cars, booking hotel rooms and visiting the wide assortment of Leamington-area restaurants during their stay. (Continued on Page 3)
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Two riders make their way down the final stretch during the 166th annual Leamington Fair harness horse races Friday, June 13. Harness horse racing will return to the Leamington Fairgrounds for 13 additional dates this year, beginning with Sunday, Sept. 7.
Harness horse racing returning to the area By Bryan Jessop After a lengthy waiting period, the Lakeshore Horse Racing Association was finally able to announce 13 race dates at Leamington Fairgrounds. Representatives of the group converged under the roof of the Fairgrounds’ pavilion, built during last year’s announcement of four races for 2013. The details were made public Monday, June 30 and included comments by LHRA executives as well as Chatham-Kent-Essex MPP Rick Nicholls and Leamington municipal council member Larry Verbeke, speaking on behalf of mayor John Paterson. A handful of trainers and riders also attended the conference. “It’s been a long negotiation,” said LHRA president Mark Williams, who has made a living of horse racing as a family business for multiple generations. Williams thanked the Leamington and District Agricultural Society, his fellow LHRA members and Dr. Paul Branton who along with Williams, originally initiated plans to build a new, permanent horse racing facility in nearby Lakeshore. Branton explained that he and fellow horse racing advocates were originally to have a clear vision mapped out from the provincial government in October of 2013. Instead, negotiations did not begin until early spring of this year while other tracks were given the go-ahead as early as a year-and-a-half ago. Although the Wynne government committed to a contract to fund a five-year period, actual race dates were only allocated for one year. Branton explained that establishing race dates was crucial to secure the required funding, as the group is looking to build a new paddock for the Leamington facility. As recently as March, there was no clear indication that funding would be made available to the Lakeshore/Leamington organization. “We’re quite confident that we’re going to get a five-year program here,” said Branton. “It’s a real big start for us to get going. About 10 days ago, I came to this facility with my sad face on because unfortunately, the time clock was running out for our program. The Leamington Fair board saved the day because without them, there would be no racing here this year.” Last year, the LHRA group had only nine days to plan their four race dates compared to two months they have to develop a program for 2014’s 13 events. (Continued on Page 2)
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