Run, Jays, Run
Blue Jays Instructor John Hashimoto teaches a group of young players proper baserunning technique Saturday morning at Connaught Park. The Jays went over the basics with more than 90 area ball players Saturday. For the full story, see this week’s print edition. (Josh Howald photo)
Barbs game moved to Port
The Bruce County Barbarians will not play in Kincardine tomorrow (Saturday) as originally scheduled.
Saturday's game will now be played at the CAW Field in Port Elgin at 3 p.m. The Grimsby Gentlemen will travel to Port to face the 9-1 Barbarians.
Head coach Martin O'Connor said Friday morning the club has been doing improvements to the surface of the KDSS field. It was recently top-dressed and fertilized, and it will need another week of growth.
Nest Saturday's game will take place at Kincardine Distrcit Secondary School in Kincardine.
Memorial for Milovanovic tonight
The life of Oksana Milovanovic will be celebrated tonight at Reunion Park in Kincardine.
At the request of the Milovanovic family, the South-Bruce OPP has extended an invitation to the public who wish to attend a non-denominational celebration of Oksana's life.
The 16-year-old girl from Vertou, France, drowned at Station Beach earlier this week.
The celebration will start at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Friday). The public is invited to bring a candle or flowers.
"I wish to thank all the community members who have rallied around both families involved in this tragedy," said South-Bruce OPP detachment Commander Inspector William Klym. "The support provided to the families and the members of the OPP involved has been and continues to be remarkable."
End of their rope
These kids were having a blast during a tug-of-war at the International Youth Games held Saturday afternoon at Station Beach in Kincardine. (Barb McKay photo)
Station beach open
Water samples taken at Station Beach show acceptable levels of e-coli, said the Grey-Bruce Public Health Unit Tuesday morning.
The beach was posted as unsafe on Aug. 6. Based on samples taken from Station Beach Aug. 12, the Health Unit has reopened the beach. However, those samples were taken prior to the heavy wind and waves yesterday, meaning there is a good chance of high e-coli levels once again.
While e-coli levels may or may not be now acceptable, The Independent reminds swimmers to play safe after yesterday's incident in which a 16-year-old is presumed drowned. For more on that story, see the front page of this week's print edition, which is on newstands now.
We also encourage swimmers to read our story "What to know before you swim", which was posted on this website two years ago following a drowning in similar lake conditions.
Two points for Meurs in win over Slovakia
Team Canada is off to the semi-finals of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament in Slovakia.
Ripley native Garrett Meurs set up two goals in a span of 20 seconds in the third period this afternoon as Canada's national under-18 team defeated the host Slovakians 6-1.
Meurs assisted on a pair of goals by Boone Jenner of the Oshawa Generals.
With the win, Canada clinches first place overall in Group B and will play in a semi-final game Friday.
Independent closed for holidays
The Kincardine Independent will be closed for holidays from July 28 to August. 4.
There will be no paper on Aug. 4, 2010.
Normal hours resume Aug. 5, and the next edition will be published Aug. 11.
Beach closed again
For the second time this month, Station Beach in Kincardine is unsafe for swimmers.
The Grey-Bruce Health Unit said Friday that samples from Thursday show a higher than acceptable level of bacteria.
Earlier this month, the beach was posted with high levels of e-coli. The beach was closed from July 2 to July 6, but most swimmers were unaware of the bacteria and continued to swim at the beach.
Cubs at home twice this weekend
The Kincardine Cubs will play a pair of home games this weekend at Connaught Park.
The second place Cubbies (7-2) will play the South London Stingrays (4-7) Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. on Tout Field. Sunday, Kincardine will host the Thorndale Thunder for another 2 p.m start.
Kincardine is still chasing the first place Mitchell Astros (10-1) in Thames Valley League mens baseball play.
Admission to both games is free.
Station Beach safe for swimming
Swimmers can return to
The results of water samples taken at the beach July 5 found that the lake is once again safe for swimming. Bacteria levels are very low, at just 19 geometric means.
According to Andrew Barton, manager of health protection for the Grey Bruce Health Unit, negative bacterial samples typically occur when lake water is churned up, pushing contaminated water closer to the shoreline.