From 6pm on Friday Sept 26th until 6pm on Saturday the 27th, the Town of SBP asks that you leave your still re-usable offerings out on your curbside, then bundle up the family and go out walkabout around the neighbourhoods to see what treasures you can score!

Swap Day is a fun, environmental program which allows people to recycle unwanted items.

Place unwanted items such as furniture, books, tools, sporting goods, toys, etc at the end of your driveway or the edge of your lawn. Tie a white plastic bag to one or more of the items to indicate that the items are meant for Swap Day.
[ South Bruce Peninsula Crier: Swap Day September 27 2008 ]

Kind of like a Trick or Treat for the homeowners, or being a Womble for a day :) I think it would be great fun to do our rummaging under cover of the overnight darkness, our whole town a midnight buzz of wagon-toting torchlit human racoons, maybe some lanterns, street vendors and buskers to make it more alive and festive, and then everybody wakes up next morning and voilà! All your old trash is completely replaced with new trash! This could be a real Happening! Be like an Art Event: The Night of the Recyclers

I have heard our wonderful bylaw officers give warnings on a number of occasions and have never witnessed tickets being written. Has anybody else noticed this? Their job is not to create their own personal social network. They must be missing a lot of revenue and people are starting to view the bylaws as a bit of a joke, methinks. But just try to walk your dog. They then become Dog Police. Ain't never seen a dog turd on the beach but sure see illegally parked vehicles. They also seem to be missing the boat with fireworks. I wouldn't mind a job driving around , smiling and talking to the tourists. Maybe the Commerce guys have more influence on them than job conscience. I also heard a rumour that one of our councillors encourages them not to write tickets. Any truth to that?

I counted about 200 entries to the car show and they stayed until almost 2:00 pm and what beautiful babies they were. These are true, dyed in the wool car nuts who actually drive their babies in bad weather....true enthusiasts all. Sunset Cruisers be proud. I take my soaking wet hat and tip it to all of you. Kudos also to Friends of Sauble Beach, feeding the throngs and finishing the day by distributing free burgers and dogs to the Cruisers. What a great day! Surprising that so many showed, even considering no Sandfest Looking forward to next year, hopefully in the sun.

Amazing the stories you can find online. Here's one, found in the Hansard, and it is a tale of intrigue and power, a tale some say is slipping the attention of the press. Pet abductions, charges over dirty budgie cages and the wobbily question of whether or not a doghouse should or should not be stuffed with straw, even if the dog hates straw. Pretty scary stuff, boys and girls, and standing up to it to demand some accountability is our own ex-Mayor Carl Noble:
"I would like to provide some examples of what I think needs serious improvement; and I conclude with five brief recommendations that I believe would improve the legislation and the thrust of what we are trying to achieve"

You know the old saying that men will not stop and ask for directions. So I am thinking the internet also falls under that stigma as bigoted a comment as that is.. But here I am so I hope they don't rescind my "Man membership Card"
I have looking around for information/procedures/forms and case histories regarding initiating a Judicial review in regards to a government agencies decision.

My wifes says the clearest indication of insanity is to keep trying the same thing and hopeing for a different result.

that being said:)

But for those who know me and the "situation" know I have what should be an open and shut case and yet going through the proper channels has proved frustrating and may I say a little "tilted".
Being objective and trying not to sound "insane" the government agency involved asks for evidence and never appears to read it and I really wonder if the person involved had the right file in front of them when they come back with a decision.

There was a Black Bear wandering around Carson Lake Crescent in Sauble Beach last night and this morming - August 4, 2008. He was about 6 feet tall when on his hind legs and was overturning everyone's garbage bins.

Paid parking did not seem to scare away tourists this weekend. I cannot remember seeing so many people ever. They were parked everywhere, all the way to Sauble falls parkway and beyond. I think it is time to charge for parking EVERYWHERE! I also think we should charge even more for parking!! We have to pay for the cleanup of these ignorant tourists somehow!! I helped neighbours on Second Av clean up garbage and even escort people from their lanes who had the audacity to set up camp stoves and barbecues on private property. these ignoramuses were also quite indignant when asked to move. I agree that Sauble is everyone's beach but at what price to those of us who are residents?