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Protest go-kart
races at Pt.
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ApproXhnately 50 Port Albert and area
residents, many of them cottagerS, attended
a special meeting of Ashfield Township
Council on Tuesday, July 21 to protest a
request by Can -Kart Ltd, of Rexdale to hold:
go-kart races on the former Port Albert
• airport property over a 15 -year period.
A representative of Can -Kart first at-
tendedthe July 7 meeting of council with
this request but no action was taken at that
time,
Residents are objecting mainly tri( noise
• and traffic congestion which they fear would
• be caused by go-kart races
A public meeting is planned for August 4
at 6:30 p.m. in Ashfield Township Hall. At
this time, a representative from Can -Kart
Ltd. will have an opportunity to present
plans on how the company intends to use the
• old airport property which it must lease.
•Those people opposing the plans will have an
• opportunity to ask questions at this time
also.
ccident injures
ipley woman
A Ripley woman is in satisfactory condi-
tion in Kincardine and District General
Hospital following an accident on highway
86 west of Lucknow on Saturday morning,
about 11:25 a.m.
Cathy Nugent, 20, was a passenger in a
car driven by her father, Hugh Nugent, 48,
Ripley. The Nugent vehicle was westbound
on highway 86 and was making a left turn
onto county road 7, when it was struck from
behind by a car driven by Kevin MacKenzie,
18, of Ashfield Township.
Passengers in the Nugent car included
'Nancy Nugent, 10, who was treated at
• cardine and District General Hospital and
released, Francis Nugent, 51, Joseph
Nugent, 15, and Kerry Nugent, 10, who were
not injured.
In another incident, a parked car on
Campbell Street in -Lucknow was struck
when the driver of another ear attempted to
pass between the parked car and a third car
parked alongside•it.
A car owned by Kenneth Ritchie of St.
Marys was parked at the corner of Camp-
bell and Havelock Street when a car driven
by Harold Quipp of R.R.3, Wingham drove
alongside and stopped. A third car driven by
Bruno Gabriel of Kitchener attempted to
pass between the two vehicles and struck
the Ritchie car;
The incident Occurred about 2150 p.m. on
Saturday afternoon. No one was injured in
the incident.
Gabriel left the scene before police arri
ed and was later charged in Goderich by the
Goderich detachment of the Ontario Provin-
cial Police.
Both accidents were investigated by the
Kincardine detachment of the OPP.
Sodety plans
craft fOstivid
Approximately 85 crafters will be ex
hibiting at this year's Lucknow Craft
Festival to be held This weekend at the
Lueknow Arena. On display for purchase
will be .woodworking, embroidery, knitting,
c ocheting, Ceramics, macrame, Silk
toting, stained glass, pottery, bottle cut-
ting, jewellery and weaving,
Draws will be made for a dressed lantb,
donated by Ian Clarke, vice-president of the
Lucknow Agricultural Society which sport-
sors the eraft show, a cedar picnic table and
a gallon of maple syrup, both made by
William pickle, a director of theSociety.
MX will be broadcasting from the
festival from 14 p;ift.
The ilth annual Craft Festival will open at
noon on Friday and. continue until 10 p.m,
The festiVal will be open Saturday from 10
a,m, to 5 pam,
Members of the Lucknew Business
Association will be getting in on the festival
mood by moving their stock onto the,
sidewalk for the annual Sidewalk Sale in
&injunction with the Craft restive'. •
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Windsurfing on Otter Lake is only. one of the activities campers enjoy 'Little Miss Fishermen's Cove coatest, Chrlitinas in July and the
at Fishermen's Cove tent and trailer park Summer recreation in- Fishermen's Cove parade. Fully serviced lots are available to
eludes fishing, swimming, horseshoes, paddle boats, tennis, basket- seasonal or overnight campers. (Sentinel stidiphoto)
ball and picnics. Special activities include a frog jumping contest,
Fishermen's Cove
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A great place to spend your summer vacation
Camping is one of Ontario's favourite The swamp area near the lake was
leisure pastimes and one of the province's cleared and filled in with sand and gravel to
top 12 camping parks is Fisherman's Cove create a beach and swimming area and Al
in Kinloss Township. replaced the cleared trees with 20,000 baby
pines which he is now transplanting through
Owned and 'operated by Allen and the sites.
McArthur ,the, k d
Camping facilities include seasonal sites,
Manly we part' tocateo on Lou acresor iced lots. serviced lot &
s, good
ungeryhiking
beautiful Ontario woodland on the shores of water from a 110 foot drilled well, firewood,
Otter Lake. boat linuiching, boats and motors for rent,
The ItleArthurs purchased the land 18 1971 clean modern washrooms, hot and cold
and opened the tent and trailer park in the showers, dumping station, security gates
summer of 1972 with 11 sites. Since then it and a play area for children.
has expanded to include 300 sites, 220 fully Recreation facilities include an indoor
recreation hall, swimming hi the indoor pool
serviced with hydro, water and sewer
and outdoor beach area, Ivating, wind suit.
facilities
Ing, fishing, canoeing, . paddle boats,
horseshoes, tennis, basketball, and a large
picnic shelter. A pontoon boat is available
for handicapped campers to enjoy a tour on
the lake. '
The 'indoor pool,. whirlpOol'and recreation
hall are located la the new 8,000 square foot
buil
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g which also houses the store arid
food re Fishermen's Coe is possibly one
of onl three parks to have an indoor pool
which was necessary, says Wilda, because
of the unpredictable Ontarlo14 simmer
weather. •
The park ,empleys a staffof 14, all from
' the local area, . during their from
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shfield federation in danger of folding
Only eight members of a inembership of
180 turned out to the Ashfield Federation of
Agriculture's annual Meeting July 23, -
President Clete Dalton and vice-president
Grant Curran voiced concern that the
townshipfederation 18 18 danger of folding if
members do not show some renewed in-
terest. ror the second year in a row the
• meeting wasunable to hold an election of of-
ficers, because of a lack of interest in the
positions.
Last year approximately 30 members at-
tended the annual meeting held at
Brookside Public School, but interest hM
steadily declined since two years ago when
a capaeity crowd attended the annual
meeting held at St, Joseph's School,
Kingsbridge to discuss absentee foreign
ownership of farmland in the township.
•Murray Cardiff, MP, Ilurtirt-Bruce and
Murray Elston, MPP Huron -Bruce attended
this year's meeting also held at St, Joseph's
School, Kingsbridge. Guest speaker was
Huron agricultural representative for the
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Don
Pullen who spoke about his trip to Paris,
Prance to attend the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development
Conference.
Cardiff told the meeting that he would
look, into the possibility that farmers will no
• longer be able to assume existing Farm
Credit Corporation mortgages, Federation
president Clete Dalton said he had been told
the corporation was considering this
measure and eornmented if farmers cannot
assume existing farni .credit mortgages,. it
limits.even further their access to money to
purchase land. ,
•Elston observed that organizations such
as the township federation of agriculture
are important beeause pressure' on a ma-
jority goitermnetit will only be effective if
local organizations remain aetive. He said
he regrets that sonie groups have ,decided to
withdraw from the simmer meetings with
Ontario Hydro because he feels the.
organiz' ations. they represent would be bet-
ter served if they participate now.
• Elston was referring to the Central Work -
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