HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1977-01-19, Page 1BOB MacKENZIE
The LUCKNOW SENTINEL
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Lucknow's inaugural council
meeting was held on Tuesday
sevening of last week with four new
(members of council taking the oath
of office from clerk A. E. Herbert.
Reeve George Joynt of Lucknow,
who has completed nineteen years
as Reeve of the village and two on
council, will again head the
Lucknow board for a further two
Cameron MacAuley of R. R. 4
Ripley was chosen chairman of the
Bruce County Board of. Education
by, acclamation at the board's
inaugural meeting on Wednesday
of last week.
Thomas Lambert of Kincardine,
last year's chairman, was nominat-
ed but withdreiv. Mr. MacAuley,
who represents Ripley and Huron
Township, was nominated by Lloyd
Ackert of Holyrood.
MacAuley was first elected
in 1974 after serving two years on
the Ripley Public School Board and
seven years, three as chairman, on
Gerrie Glenn of Lucknow and
planner Nick Hill of Goderich
presented a proposal at the
inaugural meeting of Lucknow
Village Council for the establish-
ment of a mobile home park on the
former Sawmill property at the
north-west corner of the village.
The property in question is 41/2
acres, in size and faces on Albert
Street. Mr. Glenn originally owned
this piece of property, but a few
years ago it was sold to Tom
Jamieson of Whitechurch who did
considerable work in filling and
levelling the piece of ground. Mr.
Jamieson had planned to build
year term. Newly elected members
,of council are Ab Murray, Tom
Andrew, Bud Hamilton and. Bill
Crump.
In his inaugural address, Reeve
Joynt said that he was pleased to
welcome the new members. He
said, "The people have spoken and
I will give you my support in
continuing the work of governing'
the Ripley-Huron Township. School
Board. He was vice-chairman last
year.
Lloyd Ackert, a Holyrood area
firmer, was acclaimed vice-chair-
man. He represents Teeswater,
Lucknow and the Townships of
Kinloss and Culross. Mr. Ackert
was nominated by Alan Dent.
Mr. MacAuley said the biggest
problem facing the board is finding
spEce for students.
"We are in an area where
student enrolment is increasing as
a result of the nuclear power
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houses on the property and had
gone to the point of submitting
plans to the county planning board
and required government agencies.
Mr. Glenn has now repurchased
the property and feels that the
community is in need of the mobile
home. housing facility. Citing the
high cost of conventional housing,
Mr. Glenn said he believed mobile
home parks will be more widely
used and demanded in the future.
The park would' contain individ-
ual mobile homes of a similar high
quality, each suited to blend in with
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the municipality".
Mr. Joynt said that he expected
that all business would be conduct-
ed at the council table and that he
did not believe in private meetings
in conducting 'the affairs of the
village. "1 have no axe to grind",
said Mr. Joynt, "but there is no
good to come from operating in a
manner of previous councils where
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Let Contract For
Snow Removal
Lucknow Village Council award- '
ed the contract for snow removal
from the main street in the village
at last week's' inaugural meeting.
Robert Symes of Lucknow sub-
mitted a tender for a 21/4 yard
loader at $18 per hour and two
trucks, each at $15 per hour. Mr.
Symes was awarded the contract on
a one month probationary basis and
started last week.
The work had previously been ,
done Joe Kerr Construction of
Wingha.m. The price submitted
was $30 per hour for a 5 yard loader
and $18 per hour for each of 'two
trucks. Travel time between
Lucknow and Wingham was also
charged.
Overhang Falls
Onto Main Street
Shortly before noon on Friday, a
wooden overhang, at the front of
the Button Meat Market on
Lucknow's main street, came
crashing to the sidewalk from the
weight of snow.
Very fortunately there were no
injuries in the mishap. Pedestrians
on the sidewalk were fortunately
not in the line of descent or serious
injuries might have resulted.
One end came down, with the
other end holding with the help of
electric wiring. An electrician and
tractor were used to completely
remove the frame structure.
London Position
Robert James MacKenzie grad-
uated June 18th from Herzings
Institute in Toronto, from a
Computer Programming and Sys-
tems Analysis Course.
Graduation exercises were held
on October 23, 1976 at The Four
Seasons-Sheridan Inn.
Bob started employment at
Triton Data. Ltd. in the I.B.M.
Building, London, on June 21st.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ross MacKenzie, R. 3 Goderich.
Public Meetings
Council meetings in the village
are open to the public, but rarely do
the public take advantage of sitting
in on meetings or parts of
meetings.
The press, for the most part, is
usually the only member of the
public in attendance. It was
encouraging to have a little support
in the public gallery last week as
the press was joined by a local
taxpayer who sat in on the
sessions.
Council meetings can be very
interesting to observers, and
occasionally they can be very dull.
Why not tear yourself away from
the "idiot box" some winter
evening and take in a council
meeting, the second 'Tuesday of
each month, and see for yourself.
Fractured Leg
In Collision Of
Two Snowmobiles
' Terry Jamieson, 21-year-old son
of Mr. and. Mrs. Earl Jamieson,
10th of West Wawanosh, suffered a
fractured leg in a' snowmobile
mishap on Sunday afternoon.
Terry was snowmobiling with a
group of friends in the Belfast area
when he was in collision with a
second machine driven by Ray
Nicholson of Belfast. Ray was
unhurt.
Terry was ',taken to Wingham
Hospital and transferred on to St.
Joseph's Hospital in London.
Preliminary treatment was given to
the leg with further surgery, for the
insertion of a steel plate, scheduled
for later this week-. The fracture is
in an area just above the
snowmobile boot. Terry is employ-
ed at. Stanley Door Systems in
Wingham.
Storm. Again
Ties Up Area
Sunday night and all day
Monday saw another fierce winter
storm hit this area. All schools in
the area were cancelled Monday as
snow squalls, whipped up by
strong winds, Made visibility
impoisible for most of the day. //
Strong winds filled in Many of
the roads and it was Monday
evening before the plows at the
town, township, county and provin-
cial level were able to make any
permanent headway against the
storm.
Snow banks are so high in some
areas that snow plow crews are
experiencing critical problems. As
well, the cost of snow , removal, at
all levels, continues to spiral.
Living along Lake Huron's
shoreline is a paradise in the
summer months, and the envy of
many. But in the winter months,
when the winds blow off the lake,
we make up for that short flirtation
with paradise.
Advertising
serves by
informing.
Commences 20th Year As Reeve
Reeve Joynt Looks For Successor
In One Of Four New Councillors
Cameron McAuley Named Chairman
Bruce County Board Of Education,
Lloyd Ackert Is Board Vice Chairman
Gerrie Glenn Proposes Mobile Home
Park On Sawmill Property.
Second Year In Row For Eric
West Wawanosh Hold Inaugural Meeting
Set Salaries, Make New Appointments
"Race With Stork"
In Weekend Storm
A motion by Councillors Hickey
and Foran opened Court of
Revision on the assessments in the
Kirk Municipal Drain Repair and
Improvement, By-law #15, 1976, at
West Wawanosh Council meeting.
The Clerk had received no appeals
on these assessments, and no
owner on the drain appeared before
the Court, therefore Councillors
Stothers and Cranston moved to
close the Court of Revision and te,
uphold the engineer's assessments
on the drain.
Following the closing of the
Court of Revision the. Reeve and
four Councillors each subscribed to
the Oath of Elected Office,
whereupon the, minutes of the
December meeting were read and
adopted on motion of Councillors
Foran and Stothers.
Motion by Councillors Foran and
Hickey: "That West Wawanosh
Township Council accept the peti-
tion for drainage submitted by
Gordon Smyth, and' that the
engineer's report on the Smyth
Municipal Drain Extension and
Improvement be referred back to
the engineer to have these two
petitions consolidated into one
drain, and to make whatever
modifications appear necessary to
the Report on the Smyth Municipal
Drain Extension andV Improve-
ment."
Wallace Conn, the Wingham and
District Hospital representative for
the Townships of Culross, Kinloss
and West Wawanosh attended the
meeting to meet Council members
and to solicit their support for an
increase to his annual allowance as
such representative. Council
agreed that an increase should be
forthcoming, and that they would
concur with the other townships.
The Clerk received one tender to
supply a 1/2 ton pick up truck for the
township, and it was opened and
considered. In general, Council
members felt the price was a fair
one, and a motion by Councillors
Stothers and Foran accepted the
tender of Hayter Chev-Olds Ltd.
Goderich, to suppy a 1977 Chevro
let 1/2 ton pick up truck at $5,140.6
plus tax, with delivery in approxi-
mately 6 weeks, subject to approval
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Eric Exel of Kinloss Township
would 'tell you that "Lightning
sometimes does strike twice in the
same place".
Eric was involved with his
second "race with the stork" early
Monday morning daring a fierce
winter snow storm that had most
area roads blocked and with
visibility at zero much of the time.
One year ago, January 22nd,
1976, Eric transported his wife
NIki by snowmobile from their 4th
of inloss farm to Whitechurch
re she was transported by car
ingham and District Hospital
and gave birth to their fourth child,
Lori Ann.
No doubt Eric expected this
would be a once in a lifetime
experience for him, but early
Monday morning, he found he was
on a similar mission in the storm,
this time with the expectant wife of
a neighbour.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kuepfer, who
reside in the Zetland area between
Wingham and Whitechurch, were
staying at the farm of Tim
Brubacher, across the road from
the Exel farm. The Brubachers are
visiting with their family in
Paraguay, South America, and Mr.
and Mrs. Kuepfer are doing chores
and looking after the farm in their
absence.
Eric Exel received a phone call
for assistance about 3.50 a.m.
Monday. Ivan couldn't start his
tractor and fortunately the Exel
tractor, which was plugged in,
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