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Opinion
Highland Glen needs repairs not fees
Thursday, May 4, 2017 The Independent Page 5
EDITOR:
an old picture showing docks which have been gone for some years. The one remaining dock right at the launch is deadly on boats as it has metal protruding and has not been properly maintained.
no more, as the park area is badly run down and has nothing to offer except the launch.
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I have been walking my dog regularly at Highland Glen for years now and periodically use the boat ramp.
The government advertises how we should all get out and exercise more then the county wants money from us to do so.
On my last visit, I saw they have signage indicating we must now pay to park and launch there... for public property we already pay for with our taxes.
The shoreline is eroding and the beach area is strewn with dead falls, driftwood and debris. Not at all as advertised. My dog was badly injured stepping on sharp objects during this visit.
The pay per use term has obviously been applied here, but no matter how you spin doctor it, we get less and are taxed more.
This was the only free public boat launch on the southern Lake Huron shoreline.
The website description tells of nice picnic and beach areas. Once upon a time, that may have been so, but sadly
I will not be returning to Highland
Guy Parker Plympton-Wyoming, ON
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Street Place. Both Gall and Jacques are celebra ng their 100th birthday.
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Edys Mills natives celebrate 100 times two
Heather Wright
Kent Mayor Randy Hope and North Kent Councillor Joe Faas to come and celebrate.
conversation with Gall. “I came here and I didn’t know anyone and I asked him where he went to school. He said Edys Mills and that’s where I went.”
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They were born in the same place and now they’re celebrating their 100th birthday together.
Faas has known Gall for a long time but “didn’t realize Dave was 100 because he was always riding his bicycle.”
The pair remembered very little about each other from that time. Jacques later left school and went to work in the Croton store. It was there she met her husband. They married in 1941 and had three children.
David Gall and Thelma Jacques were both born about 100 years ago in Edys Mills, south of Oil Springs. They went to a one-room school together for a while, but then lost track of each other.
Gall lived most of his life in the Dresden area, doing every kind of farm work imaginable, including being on
a threshing crew which travelled the area.
Jacques was very active in her church and loves music. She can play organ, piano, accordion and harmonica, all
by ear.
It wasn’t until they both moved into Park Street Place that they realized they were old neighbours.
His bicycle was his main mode of transportation and his sons say he was on the road until he was 98.
Recently, the pair marked a milestone together. Gall turned 100 on Feb. 27 and Jacques will celebrate her rst century May 18. Having two people who are 100 years old living in the same place was so rare, the people
Gall still rides today, just indoors. He hops on his stationary bike twice a day for a half hour. “It keeps my legs going,” he tells The Independent.
While she doesn’t play for others, Jacques still plays for enjoyment. She’s not sure if her love of music is part of the secret to her longevity.
at Park Street Place asked Chatham-
Jacques just recently came to Park Street Place and struck up a
“I don’t know if I did anything different... I just live for today and let tomorrow look after itself.”
