HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-02-18, Page 1Lucknow Village Council considered their
;road they ram for 1981 when 't..
g y met
February 10 Grants from ;theministry of
Transportation ' and Communication (MTC)
will total $48,100 thisear. Of that amount,
,.
525,200 will be . for road construction and
522,900 will be used for maintenance. The
maintenance grant is up � 51. 1.00 from last
year. The village is expected :to pay the
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additional 50' per cent for construction and
maintenance bringing the total road budget
to $96,200:
Council considered. the :preliminary esti-
mates for construction of four projects which
could be done in 1981. Estimates were
provided by the village's engineering. firm,
Burns Ross and Associates of Goderich.
The ` first project is construction and
paving - of Rose Street from Stauffer to
iVictoria.. ';Storm sewers would cost $18;400
andconstruction would total 522,400 for this
.re
,po,t c, Council also considered construction
andavin of Wheeler Street from Albert to
P 8
Stauffer: Storni sewers .would cost. 51.5,800
for this project and construction would be
529,900 including gutters and basins..
Reeve George Joynt suggested that the
storm', sewer which runs along Albert Street
would not have to be done this year allowing
council to do the work on Wheeler Street and
yet, stay within their budget. He suggested
that council apply for additional Money from.
MTC in the form of a supplementary grant.
Toynt suggested they apply for an additional
$15,000 - $20,000 to :.complete the . two
projects. i
Two other projects were also considered.
Construction and paving of Hamilton .Street
Part of . a well established Dungannon
business has closed: Eedy's bakery no long-
er
exists, .although the Eedy family will
continue to operate a grocery store from the
same location. Since October ' Irvine Eedy
has been Dungannon 'postmaster and the
Post Office for the village will also be located:
at Eedy's Grocery Store.
Irvine's father, Heber, started the bakery
53 years ago and added,. the grocery business
' in :1952 Irvine took 'over from his father
about 1952..
Eedy's Bakery delivered baked goods, to
neighbouring grocery stores until the last
week of January when they stopped deliv-
ery. For the past month they have continued
to use up their supplies of flour etc,: by.
providing baked goods for their store front in
the village
Mr: Eedy says his decision to stop baking
arose from the high cost of supplies and he II.
.,y
closes
decided it was becoming too costly for. a
small baker to cdmpete. While the Eedys
will : continue toserve the community
through their grocery and the post office, as
anyone who4has tasted an Eedv ' chelsea
bun -'knows, their'. baked ' goods will be
missed.
from Albert to Stauffer at a cost of 553,000
and Victoria Street from Rose to Hamilton at
a cost of $15,000, Joynt said a clearer picture
would be available once council knows how
much will be spent on snow removal over the
winter.
Cleric -treasurer Alf Herbert pointed : •out
at n
that , :removal
!�._„ w .;_has already cost the
village as much this winter as it did for the•.
entire winter last year. Snow removal cost.
the village 55,800 to the end of January and
this was the total last winter, Clearing 8 snow
from Campbell Street cost $4,200 to the end
of January. This now removal cost only.
52,000 for the entire whiter in 1980: -:
Councillor Ab Murray suggested ,construc-
tion on Wheeler Street be done from Stauffer
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By Alice Gibb .
George Klpsler, chairman of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture's (OFA) environ-
ment committee warned 40 area farmers at a
recent Huron Federation of Agriculture
meeting if farmers of all ' people can't
support the preservation of good agricultural
land, he doesn't know who can. The Oxford
county farmer was addressing the Huron
Federation's February, meeting in Brucefield
aspart of the OFA's push for new legislation.
to ,protect the farming, community from
urban 'encroachment.
The chairman Said his committee conclud-
ed "the thrust of the policy must be the
preservation of good agricultural land.” He '
said unfortunately, there's division within
the farming .community - some farmers feel
the provincial government won't accept a
strong land :use policy, and many farmers
want farm severances and the option .of
selling their land for non-farm uses. -
He pointed out fulltime farmers are now in
the minority among those who farm and
have been replaced by part-time farmers,
hobby farmers, corporate farmers. and spec=.
ulative.investors buying up farm land.
He advised farmers to start :selling the
need :. for protection of farm land on an
economic basis. He said agriculture must be'
a permanent, secure and economicallyviable
industry since Ontario's farmers "have a
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`WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1981
28 RAGES
�nservative n.
Gary Harron, past warden. of Bruce County and reeve of
'Amabel' l,,Township, was ' chosen ..as the Huron -Bruce
Progressive Conservative candidate at the PC's nomina-
tion meeting in Kincardine Thursday night.
It took three ballots before Mr. Harron had the 50 per
cent plus one majority vote necessary,
Four on first ballot '
At the start of the .iiomination meeting; Lloyd Ackert of
Holyrood,:Miike Snobelen of Huron Township and 'Robert
Emerson, also : of Huron Township, stood for the
nomination'. A fifth candidate, Roland Anstett of. Cargill,
withdrew after he was. nominated.
Out of a possible 558 votes in the first ballot, Gary
Harron took 227; Mike Snobelen, 167; Lloyd Ackert, "137;
and; Robert Emerson, 27.
Mr. Emerson was dropped from the second ballot.
• In that vote, out of 559 possible votes, Gary, Harron had
245; Mike Snobelen, 179; and, Lloyd Ackert, 135.
Iin the third ballot, between Mr. Harron and Mr.
Snobelen, Mr. Harron won the nomination with 312 votes
to Snobelen's 234:
Praise for Murray Gaunt
In his speech before the election, 'Mr. Harron praised.
retiring Liberal Huron Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt.
"This • riding was well represented ' by Murray.
Regardless of our political preferences lavish Murray well
in his future endeavours.
"This is not a Liberal riding but a Murray Gaunt riding
and we need a member on the side of the government," he
said. :
Referring to the steam, supply from the Bruce Nuclear
Power Development, Mr. Harron said "we are on the .
threshold of the greatest economic development right here
at the Bruce Nuclear Power Development." - .
The steam supply is equivalent to about 60,000 barrels
llof oil per day which is available: at about half the cost of
steam produced by burning petroleum fuels.
Mr. Harron, chairman of the Bruce Economic Develop-
ment Committee, said industrial development in Bruce
. County "is going to happen and when :it. does we should
have a member working: hand, in hand with the provincial
government."
Mr. Harron emphasized there had to be good planning
in Bruce. County. "We must have an environmental impact
study to determine that the development won't harm
agriculture and tourism already in the area."
When referring to the grain. and corn needed for
distiling purposes he said "we have one of the best cash
crop areas and there will be a market for grain:"
He expressed his concern about the economic position
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The. final numbe of the talent show staged at Lucknow
Central Public School sin Friday featured .a surprise act from
M„eitico. Members of the "Tijuana Urasa" provided the
musical background' for these calypso dancers who
denoted the children with their rendition of The Me
Hat mance. Here daneer, Janke Reid, left and Joan..
right, try to teach "El Clutso" ,, [Bill Burlington] centre how
to tell hi's right foot from his left. , Menthol Staff