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BLUE
RIBBON
AWARD
Decisions, decisions
In the next few months decisions will be made
concerning a new sewage treatment facility which will
'finally get the long awaited project off the ground.
Unfortunately, the decisions won't be -made by the
body that best realized the pitfalls of the project - the
Lucknow Town Council. After eight years of near
constant wrangling over the whole affair and a lot of toil
concerning a possible site for the facility it has all been
for not.
At the last council meeting, council, forbetter or for
worse, finally decided that the all important question of
the placement of the sewage plant was becoming like the
proverbial .millstone around their necks. The project will
be turned over to the Ontario Ministry of the Environ-
ment. They, in turn, will find a suitable site for the
project•
They will advise the ministry that the options on two
sites chosen for the project, namely the Finnigan and
Snobelen property, will not be renewed. This, under the
circumstances, was the reasonable thing to do because of
the $4,000 cost of renewing the options which may not
pan out to be suitable sites when the ministry does their
study.
Moreover, a report from Burns Ross, the town's
engineering company finds the West W awanosh site
would not allow for expansion if the town decided to add
on to the system to cover -areas out from the town core:
Most of the councillors are in favour of having a sewage
system which will service the whole town.
This brings up another fly in the ointment. Councillors
said that the ministry is onlyprepared, to revamp the
sewage system for only one section of the town because
of the oust factors. Are the tax 'payers of the town
prepared to pay extra on their tax bills in order for the
town to have a complete sewage system? This was
brought up at the meeting as a question which deserves
attention,
Although the situation is now back to square one,
council did the right thing by looking for outside help in `Th
the Ministry of the Environment. Hopefully, with their
help, the whole process of . finally building a ,suitable
sewage treatment plant for hcknow will become a
reality.
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Belleville by day
Members of the editorial staff at
Signal -Star Publishing attended an
Ontario Community Newspaper As-
sociation (OCNA) photography sem-
inar at Loyalist College in Belleville
over the long weekend.
Throughout the weekend we ate,
slept and, breathed photography
which was taught by some of the
premier photojournalistsin the coun-
try namely, Andy lark, Reuters
International; Mike ,Veaver, Wind-
sor Star;
ind-sorStar; Stephen Laird, Topic News-
magazine and Rod Mclvor, a photo
editor with the Ottawa. Citzen.
One • of the requirements in the
workshop was to go into the cities of
Belleville and Trenton to do photo
features. These photos were part of
this reporters assignments. The top
photo shows the old and new Trenton
arena. The last photo, I hope, speaks
for itself.
(photos by Alan Rivett)
It was six days before Ian Jamieson and
Chippy Chisholm returned to Redtrees. /
They arrived with a wagon load of supplies
for the general store, and led a small
convoy of eight other wagons which carried
a grott'p of stonemasons and their families.
The newcomers made camp at the new site
for the community hall, pitched tents, lit
fires, and prepared to make themselves at
home.
"It seems like ye brought a band o'
gypsies wi' ye," Lizzie Chisholm said to
her husband. "Some o' them women look
like Glasgow hussies tae me. And did ye no
see the bairns? They'd be better runnin'
around the alleys o' a slum than on the
green g%s o' a respectable community!"
"They're no farmers - they're, stone-
masons," Chippy said rather angrily. -
"That's what we went tae Toronto frae -
that's what we got. Dinna fash yesel
woman - they'll no be here frae long."
"You mark my words, they'll be nought
but trouble. I heard tell o' the likes o' them'
drinking, brawling and carrying on;"
Lizzie continued peevishly.
"Hush woman. Nobody asked ye frae
your opinion. As long as Macx:rimrr r is
here, there'll be no trouble at all!" ,>py
told her. , •
The stonemasons were not ' fig in
making Neil MacCrimmon's acqu.. mance.
He collected the men together ahu made it
quite clear what he expected of them.
"I want tae welcome ye tar. Redtrees,"
he said amiably. "Whatever we can do tae
make ye stay comfortable and happy will
be done. But there is just one thing I would
like tae impress upon ye - we hae rules
here that everybody must obey - and I am
the man who sees they are obeyed!"
"What kind o' rules?" one of the stone-
masons asked.
"Just simple rules tae make sure the
peace is kept," MacCrimmon said. "No
drinking at work - no rowdiness no
physical abuse of women or children - just
common sense things, that's all!"
"And what if ye rules are broken?"
"Then ye'll be on your way out o'
Redtrees as soon as ye can throw ye be-
longings back on the wagon," MacCrim-
mons said sternly.
There was a silence while the men
nulled over MVlacerimmon's words. They
were travelling tradesmen and not used to
being told what was expected of them. One
of the boldest threw out a challenge.
"And which man amongst ye is big
enough tae tell us what tae do?"
MacCrimmon smiled in an odd sort of
way. He took a few paces towards the
challenger and Benched his fists.
"I am mister," he said between his
teeth. "If ye dinna believe that, ye'd best
say so now and be done wi' it. I've thrash-
ed bigger men than ye before breakfast!'"
Nobody seemed to be willing to question
MacCrimmon's ability to enforce his rules,
so he had a feW last words to say before he
departed.
"Once again, gentlemen. Welcome tae
Redtrees - I think ye are going tae take a
liking tae our, little community!"
Whatever apprehension MacCrimmon
caused the newcomers was soon forgotten
when the people came to pay their respects
and welcome them to the community.
Throughout the day, the women folk
brought fresh baked bread, eggs, and milk
for the children. Kathleen Jamieson
REDTREES
by Don Campbell
donated any shoes and clothing the little
ones required and Rebecca Barclay came to
assure them that she would be available in
times of sickness,
During the day, few men were able to
meet the stonemasons and their families -
they were still busy working on the land. Iii
the evening however, quite a few gathered
at the campsite. It did not take long for a
ceilidh to develop, especially when Mac-
Crimmon
arCrimmon brought his pipes and entertain-
ed them with a few lively jigs and reels.
"Your leader is a strange man," one of
the stonemasons said to Chippy Chisholm,
"He acts like a tyrant one minute and a
lifelong friend the next!"
"That's MacCrimmon frae ye," Chippy
said with a smile. "But it is best ye hae him
as•a friend - ye wouldna want him tae be
yeer enemy!"
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