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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-10-23, Page 1BEST ALL. ROUND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER IN CANADA (Circulation Class under 2200) C.C.N.A. Better Newspaper Competition 1985 Construction to begin Lucknow council accepted a tender from • Owen King Ltd., Walkerton, to do the construction needed to upgrade the bridge at the east end of the village over the Lucknow River. The King tender was the lowest of three received for the work. The -Walkerton company bid $36,690. Ken Dunn, the engineer looking after the project for the village and an employee of B. M. Ross and Associates of Goderich, _said the replacement of a rusting section of the bridge. should start shortly. _ "We anticipate a start in about another week. The pipe is on order right now and the•scheduling has it ready the week of the 28th," he said. The engineer said confirmation ` is needed from the `contractor but reaffirmed that the work should start the week of Oct. 28. 'trThe existing extension has badly rusted beams. They'll be removed and a new steel pipe extension will be put on concrete footings to the south," he added. The project should take . about two to three weeks "depending on the weather". The upgraded bridge extension,is fund- ed by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) to 100 per cent because it is a connecting link in . a provincial highway. iddeli'lashes out By Stephanie Levesque Jacek Riddellwas ready in August for a stabilization program but the Ontario Cattlemen's Association and the Canad- ian Cattlemen's Association asked him to gold off. • Riddell, the Ontario agriculture min- ister got annoyed when he was criticized for the delay of stabilization. He was the guest speaker in his home riding at the were present so they could go back to - Huron County federation of agriculture.. Ottawa and: tell Wise that farmers have "I want you to know, that as of the "played around long enough". The end of August, I was ready for stabiliza comment was in reference to Huron" - tion," said the 'agriculture minister. Bruce MP Murray Cardiff who was However, he said he was' asked to • absent from the. meeting. hold off so federal agriculture minister Riddell did say that earlier conversa- John Wise' could make a national tions with his federal counterpart stabilization program. • indicated there could be some program" Riddell's words heated up and he • . by the end of October. asked his audience several times if they "I'm not about to let Wise off the wanted to know who had asked him to hook," he said. • ' • hold 'off. • The agriculture minister has been He said it was ; the Ontario Cattle- making the rounds of 'federation meet - men's Association; the Canadian Cattle- ings and fairs,: including an incident last men's Association and verbal conserva- Tuesday when some tobacco farmers tions with the pork producers.. /had to be taken away by police at the "It's not fair to be critical of the Norfolk County Fair. 111111.11 minister of agriculture, at least not this minister," said Riddell. He later apologized for getting annoyed. "I'm sorry got annoyed. But obstac- les are put in my way for no reason," he said. Riddell also commented . that . he wished other members of parliament - OPP. urges emergency plan adoption The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have been ' urging Ontario municipalities. to • oTl. V C I! . adopt , emergency plans and a hand delivered letter reinforced the desire to '1 '~` -r -t-ti r�'r •t Lucknow council. It was noted by council members, however, that .a county -wide ° emergency plan has already been develop- ed. that," said 'Reeve George Joynt. ' , "They've got an emergency plan for all "I' told them that, replied Clerk-treas of Bruce County. They (OPP) should know *Turn to page 3 The d&fficulty of the 3.8 kilometer cross-country course set up at Brookside Public School for the fall meet shows in the face of Brookside student Brock Raynard. The Oct. 17 meet provided .a chancefor students from area schools to compete in the difficult sport: Hospital boardsendsjob description to councils By Henry Hess The ' Wingham and District Hospital Boardhas taken a step to ensure prospective board members know what they are getting themselves into. The board agreed last week to send outa job description to all municipal councils ,, which nominate members to the board. In the past some new members have not had a very' clear idea of their duties, Vice ' Chairman Mary Lou Thompson told the board. Some have thought they would be required to attend only one meeting a month and that the board shut down for the summer.. Noting that members are expectedto sit on one of two committees in addition to the regular board. meetings, Mrs. Thompson proposed sending out a "job description" so councils could ' let prospective candidates know what is • expected: The board endorsed the proposal, • "Over The Top" 'Fund-raising tor, the new wing at the. hospital has gone "over the top", with a total of $410,000 raised in, cash and pledges, board members _were told. This is 510,000 more than the goal set for the campaign, which started last year. • Now that the goal has been reached, the board agreed to dissolve, the fund-raising' committee, with ail mem- bers to be invited to the board's annual Christmas party Dec. 18. The new wing. is , to ' be officially opened in a special ceremony at the , hospital Nov. 2. Doctor Joins Staff The newest addition to the/ medical staff at the Wingham and .District Hospital, Dr. Peter LOng, was introduc- ed to the board and granted privileges at the hospital last week. Dr. Long, who had previously practic- ed at Wiartqn and most recently spent seven years i the Yukon, was introduc- ed by . the Chief of staff, Dr. Brian Hanlon. He has joined the practice of Dr. J. Chong Ping in Wingham. Nurse Honored The board meeting opened with a presentation' to Mrs. Margaret McVit- tie, honoring her for long service at the hospital. Mrs, McVittie' is retiring after spending 20 years on the' nursing staff.