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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-01-28, Page 18NOW IN STOCK Aspenite Panels (WaterproOf Glue) x 8' x Viand 4' x8' x.7 /16" Chipboard Panels Of 101 Building Uses WEISER LOCKS Passage ,Sets Bath Room Locks Key In Knob Sets JOHN W. HENDERSON LUMBER LTD. PHONE 48.3.118 LUCKI4OW maws somPipitucsoloys, •opermuo WEIONESIDAt JANUARY IS, w,o IE. . The Brownies opened their meeting on :Tuesday, January 20th with a singing game "One •Of Us Has Gone AWay". Rosemary Gilmore 'was Fairy Queen for, Brownie Ring. The • Sixers collected Brownie. Gold and Tawny Owl inspected for names in. • the Brownies beret followed by the Brownie Prayer. At Pow Wow Brown Owl presented Helen MaCIntyre with her- first year Service Star, The Brownies were .asked for ugges- dons for an outdoor meeting in February and they decided to have a tobogganing party. DUring work period. Brown Owl Worked' with some of the Golden Ladder BrOwnies learning Finger;. Spelling while . Packie had some teaching first aid. Tawny Owl had the Golden Bar Brownies and Mae Raynard and Heather Maclntyre pasSed their test for 0 Canada and God Save the Queen. Dorialda Thompson, Heather Maclntyre and , . • ELECTROHOME H35' Sharply styled, two tone humidifier with. 2-speed fan. Perfect for the 4 or 5 room house or . apartment. Record Service. For. Jcie Kett Wingham Reeve lie Kerr estabr lished a record when , t4c. 1976 Hitron County Council sat for opening sessions in Goderich this month.. •He commences .hi's 20th year as a member of that body, believed to be the longest period of county council service in the history of the province.. • , In addition, Mr. Kerr was named for the third time as chairman of the county's roads committee, 'one of •the most important committee posts,' He has already served for 12 years as head of the roads committee. The. present term will run for four years,. CRISIS . Citizens who,refuse to tighten their belts stand a ,good chance of losing their pants. Mae Raynard passed skipping twenty times backwards. The meeting closed with Brownie Taps and Brownie Arch. ‘Ortmit.ito.TilitiForToot Commepts On Kinloss Plarinjog Dear Editor; I am, writing this letter -to the residents ',of • Kinloss Township because I am a'planning stadent'a.t the University of Waterloo and thought it might be interesting to discuss some of the implications of zoning . • Good planning is important. • Today our' Urban 'centres are often growingrapidly s'uch as. Elmira and Brampton or extremely slowly such 'as Metro Toronto which has almost ceased to grow. Thus urban and regional planning is • required to prevent growth of 'a formless conglomeration of continuous city. However, then growth in our area is slightly different because it is not based specifically on a growing city.SO why 'is planning needed here? , Although we are a rural area there has been some groWth mainly because of the 'Bruce Nuclear' P6'wer Development. Everyone felt the advantages and possibly great-. er disadvantages it has on our lives: ;Originally there was virtually no study to see what impact it would have on our area. Now there is an official plan for Bruce County to hopefully avoid a mess.: But don't trust planners. I don't because studying to be one I find that they are human like therest of us. They can make mistakes too so it's your job and mine to be, stire they 'are working for and not -against us. • The. Zoning By-law. 16 was made to protect us from any bad, changes by controlling future growth. If ydu had the strength and perseverance to ,read the by-law, you will find this is• true. Since Only certain parts of the township are zoned residential, then the problem of coMplaints over the smell of manure, • etc. from any new residents will be reduced if farming is partly restricted around '•the presenf residential areas. But how well will this plan work in ,Kinloss Township? • Our township is. • dominantly agricultural with no large industrial zones. Also, 'there are no large towns in the area to expand. Thus the pioblern • of a big town or. city sprawling over our land is not: the case.. Likely the main problem would be people building houses out in the country on farms 'where the taxes and ••land are cheaper and thus restricting our farMing operations. But is this a serious problem 'yet? I don't think' it is. Most often old houSes which were falling doWn are repaired or a new one is built at the farm.site 'beside' the old house. Soinetimes new houses are built on hilly land near a river,-lake or 'swamp. Look at our 'hamlets such as• H'olyrood, Kinlough, Whitechurch and Kin- loss. Do they really require a large protected zone around them? , Often, as in the case of Kinloss where I live, the BNPD has only' kept the place from dying a slow death. Whitechurch is the only one of the four with any noteable growth. But should the rest of the hamlets have a, large restricted area around them to prevent new farms,--such as a pig farm. Possibly close to BNPD in places such 'as' Tiverton this is necessary btit does /our present and future growth necessitate zoning like whole townships? Perhaps af the north end of Lucknow there should be restrictions but even there much of the land is hilly or swampy and nature has done . much of the growing already for us-. Needless to say, definite zoning Such as this must mean that there will be a substantial popidation growth in the future 'to Make our loss of freed* worthwhile, There are approximiately ,7400 workers tiOW at Hydro aid no great problems have yet 'occurred. Perhaps there will be an increase of workers in thelutUre,, There is a scheduled increase 01000 this year but again does this 'necessitate such , strict measures? Another' .interesting fact is that Nuclear Generating StatiOns (such'. as the one in our area,;" ettil:4"7;614 a comparatively small number of wOrkers when finally in operation.. Based on this fact it is possible that there could be' an economic' slump in the area and a lot' of vacant, cheap houses When the construe- tion force Moves away. Are there ' big.plans for our area or l's our local governmenf ,perhips' being over- protective? Our generating station could attract heavy industry such as 'a steel plant because of the close supply of power which would require many times the number of workers currently employed at BNPD. It would also put a much greater stress on our • roads; and other services. But industries are very unlikely to locate here, as in the past, _because .we are too far from the big cities and it would be, hard to get enough workers. Thus they would likely move the power to the cities instead of bringing the workers here. Maybe we are being a bit too hasty in planning for growth when there is a possibility that the area could become, depressed too. - Our local' government does not • wish to hurt its residents by proposing the by-law. A meeting was •called last fall which a number of people failed to ., attend either because they did not realize its importance •or they were not told. The by-law • itself is far too complicated for a normal human being to understand. .I have not yet talked to a resident who was able to read it completely although there must be a few who were successful. Compared to the by-law, my lengthy letter is even ' short. Perhaps• they should give us another chance for a public hearing to explain the by-law. • I do' commend• the council for: trying 'to protect our area from future problenis. But, in, my opinion, either they are trying' to W.V. Subdivision eeting At Ripley Mr. Frances Geinrnell of Ripley' was hostess for the meeting Of the Women's Institute Subdivision 17 of the'Grey Bruce Area, ,'Members of the executive, of Bruce East and Bruce South were present. Grey South was not represented due to Weather Conditions. At -noon•; the hostess served a delicious luncheon. The meeting was conducted' by Mrs.. Gemmell, board member of, the. Federated Women's Institutes 'of Ontario, to give an account of the meeting she attended in Toronto in December. Mrs, Harvey Houston P.R.O. for the F. W.1.0. also helped Mrs. -Gemmell with the report. It was of interest to know that' an old 'W.I. hall was obtained at Sherridan and• has been moved to the ' Ontario Agricultural Museum at Milton. The general manager of the _museum is Robert W. (Bob) Carbert, a former Farm Comment- ator of C.K.N.X. Wirigham. The Officer's Conference this year will be held in Waterloo May 4-5-6, The National•Convefition of the W.I. will be held in Charlotte- town June 20 to 25. Other dates to • take note of in Bruce South are the District Directors meeting at Holy rood March 23; District Annual May 18' at Whitechurch; Grey Bruce Area Convention in Chesley November 15 and 16th. The Save She Sight Fund which the Women's Institutes have supported is now,' under the name Nutrition Education which serves a. Similar purpose. Other items of business were dealt• with. Mrs. Miskie of Bruce East expressed thanks to Mrs. Gemmel' for her hospitality. ' shoot the fox before they even see it or they have an abnormally large fear of sitting contentedly in the outhouse and suddenly noticing the door is open. Yours sincerely, James W. McEwan. The 'ultimate in house; hold huMidifiers. Auto- rriatic humidistat main- tains constant moisture • level. S.ignal light indi- cates when tank is empty. ' Shuts of automatically. 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