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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-02-11, Page 1Nine area ' men have declared their intention n to -seek nominations in the u c n. , ung provincial election. -for the a Progressive Conservatives and the Liberals in the he Huron -Bruce riding. g For the Conservatives, Michael Snobelen Gary Hatton and Robert Emerson have announced they will seek the nomination- Snobelen, former reeve of Huron. town- ship, is the owner of the Anderson- Flax Products, Lucknow and Snobelen Farms ,:Ltd., Huron Township. He is recently retired ' from-. municipal politics and is currently a member of :the. Bruce County Board of Education. A co-owner in the Bruce energy Centre Joint Venture, which owns and -operates the present ' Bruce Agri -park prototype green house; he is a developer for the proposed Bruce Energy Centre industrial park development. Gary Harron, rran, warden of Bruce County;in • 1979, is presently.: chairman of the Bruce Economic Development'Committee..A farm- er in Arnabel Township, he is a former reeve of that township. Harron was " active '.in initiatingthe Bruce Economic Development P . Committee and after. his year as warden was asked to continue in his capacity as chairman of the committee. Robert Emerson, a• beef and cash_ crop farmer from' Huron Township, has had seven years municipal experience at -both the local and county :levels of government. Actively involved in the PC organization, he is also a coach of minor: softball teams in Ripley. Six men have tossed their hats in the 'ring for the Liberal nomination in the riding. David Zyluk, Bruce MacDonald, Renus Bailey, Tony Johnstone, John,. Jewitt and .Murray Elston have declared their intention to run for the nomination. • David Zyluk of. Kincardine is principal ,of St. Joseph's Community ..School, Kings- bridge where he was instrumental in securing a community school grant to develop community programs at the school. Zyluk ran for the NDP in Huron -Bruce in the last provincial -election and for mayor of Kincardine in the last municipal election. He acted. as chairman ` of the --Kincardine, Recreation' in . member of Board 1979 and is a b the Knights of Columbus, "'Council 7160, Kincardine. Bruce 'McDo a id of Wingham was. born.. ... and.. raised in Grey Township, , -north, of Walton. He has a bachelor of business ad ministration. degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.:He is, president ' of the Huron Bruce Federal Liberal .Associationand was campaign manager of the past two federal • campaigns for the Huron -Bruce Liberal d, candCraig date,.�Graeme C .-raig,. McDonald is also a director of theowick Optimist Cl lib, libs RenusBaxley, Wingham, .- owns . the Sunrise . Dairy in- that town and has been a businessman, in Wingham for 20 years.; A staunch Liberal supporter he was raised` in Prince Edward County near Picton. Tony Johnston, ge en. 'm manager general a ager off. the. Lucknow , en i el has`been: cti. el' m olv- t n ed in community life as a member of the Lucknow Recre ':ion Board,. p, the Lucknow . Business : Association i... the � ofbaseball 'twins tn coach andhockey e villaSe. He is immediate past master of Old 'Light- Lodge, Lucknow, a vicepresident of the Bluewater Shrine Club and a Member; of Branch 3Q9, Royal Canadian Legeon, Luck- now. He has worked on several federal and provincial election Campaigns and is a a. director of the federal Huron -Bruce Liberal Turn' to page 2' BY MARGARET ARBUCKLE Tony McQuail,. a West Wawanosh, farmer, ;was unanimously declared the NDP candi- date in the Huron -Bruce riding at a nomi- nation meeting held February 7 at F. E Madill'. Secondary School, 'Wingham Mr: ' McQuail, 29, ran as the NDP candidate in last February's federal election. He has served- as the NDP provincial council delegate for this area for the past year and has been active in local a `cultural organ- izations. or g izations. He also has an ongoing interest in energy and ,energy-related issues: eeCoPy 3st WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1981 24: PAGES _'..hers of the Lucknow Figure Skating Club .*ill present their Mem .. 8.. ..d the this .Sunday afternoon, at the Lucknow carnival, Aroun ... World, Y Arena beginning at 1.15 pan, . Featuring .numbers from Japan, Geis iaay, Switzeriand, United States, .Canada and Ha vale, the carnival will be a .whirl-wlnd tour of i.he world with fun for all along the way. Shown are senior members of the club from the left, Csthy y aceMcDonagh, Melissa Becker and Sheila bell Cain Chisholm, Tracey y a8_ + _. _... P in the number representing: England. [Sentinel Staff Photo • Mr: McQuail addressed a gathering of approximately 10 supporters at the meeting. He identified "rising' energy prices, high interest rates and monopoly,pricing powers'' - as three of the most contentious issues in the. upcoming` campaign. The . problem of rising . energy prices was cited as the mostm {iportant aspect of this election:. Mr. McQuail: contended that, "we Must . shift our dependence en(ence from rapidly depleting energy sources to " those energy supplies which are renewable." He propos- ed that such a shift : would "ensure secure supplies at a more stable cost. Mr. McQuail went on to say that his party :proposes to cancel the Darlington Nuclear. Power Station .because there .is. nofore- seeable need for the :project. He- said that if :smaller projects in many localities were Undertaken the' economic benefits would be more' widespread. Mr. McQuail also. suggested . Ways to combat high interest 'rates and foreign ownership. New Democrats 'have devised a manufacturing strategy for the 1980s which emphasizes "Using our own resources to" •meet our; own :needs" He` stressed that ownership:; and control of ,our•resources .is a positive step toward healthy economic develognt. �lnothet� ea which' is of gi i ern, to r. McQuail is the prcscrvation of farmland and the farming -community ^He4p? inted to the ''Success .of "the' Saskatchewan NDP government indealing with absentee owner- ship and said he -would' like to see •such 'a program initiated .in Ontario. He attacked the 'corporate giants" who are .` `trying to gouge Ontarians" . He pro- posed a Fair Prices Review Board to examine pricing policy and keep a rein on :excessive price increases. . He clesed by saying that he is pleased. to Turn to page 2• February brings storms The ground hog saw his shadow on February 2 warning of six weeks more winter and it wasn't long before the weather turned bad. A storm last Wednesday afternoons crew ed havoc as it moved through the area. A white out, just north of Belfast, was responsible for a car -truck collision there 'andschool children were stranded at Kinloss Central School until late Wednesday night. Helen Nicholson of Belfast received minor, injuries, when thecar she was driving was in collision with a C & M Transport stake truck driven by David Huber of Lucknow. The accident' occurred about 3 p.m. Wednesday. afternoon, just north of Belfast. Visibility was nil when the accident occurred. School children, who 'are bused to Lucknow Cer. tral Public School from Kinloss Townshii, were taken to Kinloss .Central " Public. School where the decision was made to wait until the storm , eased before taking the children . home. The children left the school about 10 p.m. and only one bus encountered problems, when it became stuck in snow on the road. Highway 21 was closed from Kincardine to • Port Elgin and 'a storm warning remained in effect through the night. Blowing and drifting snow had created poor driving conditions closing roads and schools to the south of Lucknow, west of Goderich on Monday. The same conditions had prevailed north of Lucknow through to Port Elgin and .west to. Wiarton on Tuesday.