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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-09-25, Page 1// BEST ALL ROUND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER IN CANADA (Circulation Class under 2200) C.C.N.A. Better Newspaper Competition 1985 Ruth Rogues places the W oinen's institute wreath at the foot of the cenotaph in front of the Lucknow Town Hall. The cenotaph, which was originally funded by the Women's Institute, was re -dedicated as part of the Royal Canadian Legion's 60th anniversary. Legion president Len Clarke, left, conducted the hour long ceremony. Fair a success The 122nd Lucknow Fall Fair went off without a hitch despite threatening. skies on the day of the parade, September 21. Agricultural society officials estimated that while attend- ance . at the fair was average on both Friday evening " and during the day on Saturday, more people attended the Miss Mid -Western pageant Saturday. 'night and stayed for the popular Carlton Show Band. Ingrid Ratz, Miss Hanover, won the 20th. Miss Mid -Western contest: Miss Mildmay, Mary Jane Schefter, was both the first runner-up and Mist Congenial- ity. Second runner up. was Rhonda Lobb, Miss Clinton, and third runner up was Bonnie Kirkland, Miss Arran -Tara, Rainy weather early Saturday morn- ing was "respons ble for some society / members losing a few hours' sleep. Ed Blackwell and Rod Furness, guards of the many displays. at the arena, called • Bob and Marlene Struthers and Ross • and Elaine Errington at,2 a.m. Saturday to help cover. .the displays in case of arena leakage. Richard Askes came. to the rescue with the rolls of plastic. Entertainment on the Friday evening consisted of the Gordon Wall Band,. Bruce Country Cloggers, Heidi Pritch- ard, Jack Henderson and Anne Pritch- ard. Agricultural society president, Bruce ,Skillen, : was master of •ceremon- ies. for both Friday and Saturday evenings. • Master of ceremoniesfor Saturday afternoon was• CKNX prsnality Mur- .: ray Gaunt and entertaining were the Nine Mile River Boys. ONIP won't build arena By James Friel The four municipalities that co-operate to run . the Iucknow . arena had their suspicions confirmed during a• -meeting. with representatives from the Community Renewal . Branch of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing,. Councillors and 'clerks from the four municipalities realized they would have to integrate provincial government grant programs to lessen the burden of: a new arena on taxpayers but discovered that there isn't an agency to coordinate the grants. - 'The government representatives, Tom Moy and Judy Tihach, said they had very little. information on the other prograrns available for the type of project Lucian* and district hopes to undertake, and admitted that information • even between ministries and programs; is difficult or impossible to'/get. ' • Theyclid show an audio visual presenta- tion and supply information about the. Ontario Neighbourhood .Imprdvenient Pro- gram (ONIP). ONIP is tailored for areas that are deteriorating and need financial assistance to upgrade essential : and recreational services.. It provides 50 per cent of funds devoted to a project and the -municipality is required. to come up with the other 50 Per cent. The.. average grant is 8150-$200,000. with the municipality matching the provin- cial money dollar for.. dollar. . The program also demands that an 80-20 per cent split be made between "hard" services - sewers, roads, or capital expen- ditures or an ,essential nature, for example and "soft". 'services - recreational or cultural facilities, renovations to those facilities or maintenance.. El'ither portion of the split can. go to hard or soft uses: The municipality whose application is accepted - there were over 100 applications last year and enough money . for 69 • • municipalities - has four years to complete the project. The first eight months of the / program are devoted to developing an in-depth plan and. the remaining three years see the project completed, with -a third of the, provincial funding coming through each year after that year's construction has been completed. "You're looking at roughly April of '87 when you'd get the first of the, money," - said. Moy of the application deadline of January 1986, He also noted that the money granted from the ONIP program can only be spent in . the municipality. that requested.' the grant. The grant can't help Kinloss, West W awanosh .and Ashfield pay for their share of the arena. "Obviously, ONIP is not going to build your arena," said the ministry man. "Most municipalities have not used it (ONIP) that way. They've used it in arenas to upgrade dressing moms' or improve the ice surface with a new floor." • He did ,say that arranging the. ;tum frames of various grants could help the four mu nicpalities pay, nn ch pleas But he noteirthat'it"would cake `a gi+eat dial of organization and tune to arrange the funding and mentioned that Consultants are available. who "claim" to have the information the municipalities would need. Moy said each ministry, will "net out" Other provincial government grants before granting funds. That means they subtract preceding ministries' funding ,and base their allocation on the balance left to Lucknow after that . previous funding. Recreation director 'Bill Hunter noted that with the. four year sdiedule, time is Turn to page ` 3 Ingrid Ratz, 'Miss Hanover, was crowned Miss Mid -Western Ontario during the Lucknow, Fall Fair September 2i •at the Lucknow Community Centre. Mary Jane Schefter, Miss Mildmay, was first runner/up and Miss Congeniality. Rhonda Lobb, Miss Clinton, was second runner up and Bonnie Kirkland, Miss Arran -Tara was third runner up.