HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-09-25, Page 1a. •
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three vehicle accident two
miles south of 'Kingsbridge,. on
September 23, claimed the life.
of Father -. Arnold Francis
Loebach, 73, Of 7; Luck:,
now.
Goderich Ontario Provincial
Police . report . that . Father
Loebach was proceeding north
on highway 21 when he came
upon a tractor towing a gravity
wagon ,loaded with soybeans.
There were no lights -on the rear
of the waggon, Father Loebach
veered to the left to avoid the
•-wagon;- u true rthe= le€t-rrear
tine .and went completely into the
southbound lane, where•a south-
bound vehicle; . being. 'driven by
Benjamin Worseh, was -ap-
• Tammy Madder, Miss Ripley Fair, (sec nd from right) was crowned the 26th amiss Mi • d-Western_Ontario
during the pageant last Saturday nighty at the Luchnow community Centre. Third rungerup was Melanie
Teed, Miss Beaver Valley, Fairr; second,run'ine up Debbie Edgar,,Miss Howick 135th 'Anniversary and first
runnerrf Jennifer Korrack,Mi Miss Paisle Fah~. (Past Li ' our: :Photo),
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a ear -old Tammy Fin
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r, oRpley, was crowned Miss
d estert,'tntarto last Saturday
evening.
Tammy was. representing
Ripley Pair. First runner-up was
..Miss Paisley, Jennifer Kormack
second,runner-up, ,Miss flOwick
135th Anniveiy, Debbie Elgar
and third runner-up, Miss Beaver
Valley ;Pair, Melanie Teed. Amy •
Sapkar, Miss 'Walkerton Little'
Royal, was voted Miss Con-
geniality.
Other participants were Krista.
Spielmacher, Mildmay -Carrick;
Soggily Berezowski, Walkerton
!omecoining; Laurie Steele, Mount
Forest; Pauline Monkman, Arran-
Tara; Anita Jack, Dundalk; Patricia
Rowel, Tiverton; : Sara . larges,
Listowel; Melissa Logtenberg,
L:ucknow; Elizabeth Myall, Kncar-
diLauraMustard, Palmerston;
Carolyn Winkel, .Howick-Turnberry
Pair; Kim Snowden, ungannon;
ee per.
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.1 Zurich.
h
e 18Yo
young ladies, representing
various agricultural societies in the
area, were all excellent speakers
and did themselves and their
societies..proud. Each participant-
was,given one minute tospeak
any'of the following:., highlights of
Mid -Western Ontario; acareer in
the year..,2 which wouldn't have
existed 25 years' ago; qualitiesthat
today's woman must possess; what
do you cansider success to be and
how; will yon, know when you have
achieved it, or state one problem
Canda has and suggest how it
should be solved.
An added feature to . the Miss -
Mid -Western Ontario Pageant, now
in its 25th year, was a reunion •of
past queens. Those who were. able
to attend included Ruth' Iathers) '
Townsend (1966); Jean (Jennison)
Mason , (1970)Lorie (Ritchie)
Snyder „(19973);' Sandra (Peter)
fickle , (1974);Vicky
.. Y � t�ryee)
Hammell ` (1979); Judy: (Ward)
Lorenz (1982);.Dianne (McLean)
Perry:., (1983), Leanne Stepnow
(1987); Sherri Stea (1988) and
Debbie Lesko (1990).
Each, of the 'past queens provided
a capsalized version on what they
had been ' ding since their
crowning.
The entertainment for the evening
wad Dave Hay's Good Time Mule
ll, from St. `Thomas-. Thisgroup
provided some rousing renditions of
both old and new musical numbers.
The new committee 'for the Miss
Mid -W' stern Ontario pageant are to
be congratulated, for. an excellent
Job, well-done., The coordinator of
the pageant is Betty. Ann EIphick,
.with committee members, Pat ` and
George Gibson, Linda Cranston,
Chris: Hackett, Marg 1ViacPherson,
Tom -Downey' and Helen McIntyre.
Weather ovperates tOr 12&h/�tll/air
The 128th Lucknow Fall Fair is kept' attenders entertained. The
now history, Although continual Huron Strings from Clinton, and a
sunny conditions ' did not prevail local group of EVan ' :McQ ' ` ,
throughout the weekend, there was Hairy Lavis, Ed Green and Anne
no rain, to deter fairgoers. Pritchard provided toe -tapping
Gloria Messenger, secretary of the music. A surprise contest for local
Agricultural Society, who is a little dignitaries, Cecil . Cranston, Ab
under the weather this week, Murray, Main Gibson, ' Barry
reportedr they dere very pleased ..Johnston . and ,Dorris r Messenger,
with the participationand.turnout"of
.people at the fair this year. In pat-'
dodo they were ecstatic with the
entries in the section for . children
with special learning needs and the
expanded 'section for juniors. There
were 22 entries in the peanut butter
cookie section ;and , 17 in the.
brownies. •
Senior student participation wak
up as was the umber of entries in.,
the parade.
On behalf of the Agricultural
Society, Mrs. Messenger asked to
convey thanks to everyone who
helpedMake the 128th fair a huge
success.
ccess.
Friday evening a host of events
oarfducation
proaching: and .. Struck
Loebach vehicle head on.
Father Loebach, Mr, . Worsen
:and a female passenger in the
Loebach vehicle were. removed
to Al:xandra .Marine " =and
General Hospital, Goderich,
where : Fathers Loebach, ` pass
away.f Mr. 'worsen 'was taken to
Univ"ersity,llospital, l oiadon and
Margaret Waters,'. the passenger
in the Father opbaeh":s vehicle,
was kept in Goderich 'hospital.
The driver .at the tractor Chris
i eier ' d kola ' ckett,
passenger were not injured,:
Constable 'A Burt, of the
Goderich . OPP, continues the
investigation. .
ws from Bruce
The . Bruce County Boar. d ' of
Education _ met at the Chesley
y
District High School on September
17, instead of •,the 'board's ad-
ininistratio n centre.
TrlrIst Eloise CalkOur
represen,Y,Yt��yyyysyyyy�Chesley
j s ttl solgob 1,
in;ther'hI" f11;�1
ti way; to givescltt file of a -`big get
gyn siurn'in the: neat future. .
Calhoun admits iheprojentray
take some "creative &anding'' acid
suggested a community-useition
- which could be •used, and, paid for
by the school, community groups
and Chesley town email.
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Contract
Trustees quickly ratified a con-
tract at the September 17 meeting.
with the Bruce board's school sec-
retaries and "education assistants.
Negotiating- chairman Gerald Batt
said his committee is' very .,happy
with the'contract, while board Chair-
man
hairman David ,Inglis said getting the
agreement was a long and "not
easy" task.
The two-year deal gives the 110
members of COPE Local 2712 an
11.7 'per cent. pay increase and
benefit improvements. The union
O
was looking. tor parity with a recent
elementary .school'teachers' :raise •
'Meanwhile the°bo '.s'secondary
teachers are getting ready to vote
On o tentative tom. reached 'earliert
month;bio details of that agree-
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have'beere eased y either
rp
Junior Kindergarten
e i of w
4f:tearl ,:: a dozen .nems new
legislatiotrt:lelated -to eduction, the
Bruce County Board of Education
says -the ir+uling'on Junior Kindergar:
..ten is - the key item for the - local
hoard.
' .'lie:legislation in Bill 125 covers •
everything from student suspensions
to employment, :equity, . but the'
Bruce Boards says the plan for a
Junior Kindergarten `by September
1994 is the item of major concern.
So far, 9 the board has not made
any provisions for Junior Kinder-
garten. A pilot project was -chapped
in a budget cut last year and, Direc-
tor of Education: Paul Martindale
says :theboard has been .denied
extensions on the deadline for start-
ing
tarting.the progntm. The board has also
been denied extra funding to get:. he
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provided some hilarious moments.
With paring knife and apple 'in hand
these 'men attempted to prove who
was the better :apple peeler. Barry
Johnston proved to be the •handiest.
with the knife, and was declared the
winner when his peel measured the
longest. Barry maintains his record
turn to page 5'
Ra eement
The Moon County Board of
Education `(HCBE) and its al-
most 300' secondary school
teachers, represented by District
45 of the Ontario Secondary
.School Teacher's p-edcratiort,
have ratified a 'new Collective
Agreement for the ` :190192
school yeaur.
The agreement sf
r cent increase in
1,1
C
AAs of September 1, 1991, the
minimum,. and maximum
teachers' salariewill�ybe $28,852
and $62,41.5 respectively.
Allowances for extra degrees
and positions of responsibility
received increases of per cent
and 3tl0 per cent respectively.
The -board and the teachers are`,
pleased .to point out that the non-.
eve agreement was reached
prior to the expiration of the old.
agreement
A "lot of funny faces were evident at the fair Friday evening as the
grade 8 LCPS students raised 'money for their Ottawa trip. Amish.
Bllk sits patiently as Kerrie Shin applies makeup to tri hint into
a. wee clown. (Pat Livingston: photo) %,
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