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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.
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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.