The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-12-18, Page 6'Page 6—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 18, 1985
"The Sepoy Town" •
Say "yes"
BLUE
RIBBON
AWARD
1985
Taxpayers in the village of Lucknow should answer
"yes" on the sewage , system questionnaire and direct
council to lobby to have sewers installed in the whole
municipality.
The questionnaire's covering letter notes that small
industry could be attracted to the village and that any
"bad feelings" would be eliminated if the whole village
was, done. , • •
Engineer Steve Burns noted -the Ministry of the Environ-
ment (MOE) doesn't want to pay for any more sewage
system than is absolutely needed. ,They're concerned
about'Costs. They say the sewage system can be expanded
• later.
The question about the "later" is how much later• .
Twenty years could be taken as a reasonable estimate.
touring that time though, •it's entirely possible that
• capital costs pertaining to • maintenance, will ha`ve to be
paid. With interest rates fluctuating the way they are, it
seems the smarter road is to pay now while rates are down.
.The costs involved in doing the whole village aren't that
Much different from doing two thirds. Initial project costs
and operating, costs rise, of course, but because they're
spread among all taxpayers, costs actually go down, based
on "very preliminary estimates".
Finally, every ratepayer is going to have to pay some
amount toward the system. They might as well 'enjoy the
• benefits. J.F.
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Bylaw
reflects residents
Bylaw enforcement officer Jack Crozier is right to make
•a point in pushing the enforcement of the municipality's
noise bylaw.
.Some may feel that the bylaw is unnecessary and
interfering with their rights.
But to competently run a municipality to its citizen's
greatest good, council adopts laws that best suit the people
in that municipality.°
A noise bylaw makes sense in the village of Lucknow
because of the nature of the population: almost half of the
residents are 60 and over. Many of them are disturbed by
snowmobilers racing by their house.
The 'problem gets more serious when this occurs on
private property.
Crozier isn't.worried about'snowmobiliers travelling the
roads at a reasonable rate of speed, .but 'he isn't too happy
•about trespassing on private property. Then it becomes, a
police matter.
All that's needed is a little consideration.
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Wendy Sellars, left, and Debbie Nichol -son scan the audience near the .beginnIng of the play
"Christmas on Angel Street" presented at Lucknow Central Public School Dec. 13.
•
When ' her husband came home each
weekend, Annie Livingstone could talk
about nothing except 'i•eturning • to Red- •
trees. She was tired of living in two rooms
of a farmhouse while Allan was away on
some building project.'r other. .
" 'Tis no life frae a young married lass;"
• she told Allan. "Let's awa tae the Caledon
- we may not 'make , malt money,
there, but we'll always hae something tae
put in our bellies and at ,least we'll be
taegether every day.' ' ,
It took several weeks before Allan ev-
entually agreed to go back with his wife to
Redtrees. They purchased a horse and
wagon to transport their meagre belong-
ings and as they headed northwes.1-, the
,trees were beginning toannounce the •
coming of fall. •
Sitting together on the seat of the
wagon, Allah realized this was the first ,
time they had an opportunity for a long
uninterrupted conversation. • There were
many things •the young man wanted to
it6press upon 'his heads‘trong wife. 's•
",When we get back amongst ye're ain
• , folk, ,dinna get any ideas that y,e'll rule me
• like ye 'Mother rules ye step -father. • From
now on, ye7d best accept me as the boss -
cause that's what I intend tae be. Let's
make that,•clear frae the start. If it's no tae
ye ye'dbest say so the noo an' I'll let
ye gae back tae Redtrees on ye're aim!'
• Annie bit ,her lip but she did not reply:
She was extremely fortunate to have solved
all her problems by marrying Allan Living-
stone, and had no intention Of -changing the
status quo. Nevertheless, she did not relish
the thought „of playing second • fiddle to
anyone.‚ •
• When tey turned off the sixth line
towards Redtrees, Allan gave his final
instructions.
• "I'm gonna hitch my wagon in the bush.
Ye'd best stay here wi' it until I've had a
few words wi' ye mither. I've got some
things tae settle iwi' er:"
Allan climbed down from the wagon and
_began walking towRedtrees. Annie
watched him go and somehow felt pride in
the fact that he was no longer the meek and
• mild young man who had once shyly told
her that he loved her. Allan Livingstone
was not likely to be used as a scapegoat by
anybody again! •
Katie Murdoch was not inelined to
•
discussher daughter's elopment with
"that ragamuffin stonemason". She felt
Annie had married far beneath her, but
was secretly 'thankful her daughter's
reputation had been saved. ' When she
opened her door/and found Allan Living-
stone there, she taken completely by
• surprise.
"Good-goodday tae ye, Mr. Livingstone.
I never expected tae see ye. Where's mi
daughter?" '
Allan looked disdainfully at the woman
who had wrongfully dragged his character
through the •mud. He was not likely to
soften towards her, simply because she
chose to address him as "Mister".
'I understand ye have an empty auld
cabin still standin' • on ye property! A
ragamuffin o' a stonemason would tae rent /
it frae ye."
Katie was so delighted at the possibility
of her daughter's return. she pretended to
ignore his pointed sarcasm.
"If ye are wahtin' it frae •ye an' ni
' daughter, I'll no be takin' rent," she said
.n a benevolent tone of voice.
"But I'll be payin' ye just the same,"
Allan told her. "Otherwise ye'll be tellin'
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all the people in Redtrees I'm not only a
ragamuffin but a pauper tae boot! Now
then, Mrs. Murdoch, do I get tae rent ye're
cabin or no?"
The sound of an unfamiliar voice brought
• Hamish Murdoch to the door, 1 -le was
genuinely pleased to see Allan and took
• him affectionately by the hands.
"Och, lad, It's, sae good tae see ye. I
hope ye've come back tae stay frae a wee
while!
m1 want to rent ye're auld cabin frae me
an' Annie," Allan said. "1 think :when
there is nay mare building tae be done, I'll
be learnin' how to work the land.'"
"Ye Can hae the cabin wi' pleasure,"
Hamish told Him.
"I was just talkin' tae ye wife. about
that," Allan began to explain and was
•quickly interrupted. •
"No need tae discuss it wi"er," Hamish
said. Int the boss 'ere the noo. There's
been a few changes hereabouts since ye
left. Things will be different from now on!"
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