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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-03-04, Page 1ESTABLISHED IN 1873 "THE SEPOY TOWN" ON THE HURON -BRUCE BOUNDARY Wednesday} starch 4-, 1981. Mrs. Belle Henry of the Pinecrest Nursing Home celebrated her 105th birthday on March 5 with many gifts, cards and flowers arriving at the nursing home to mark the occasion. Originally from Ripley and a resident at Pinecrest since 1982, Mrs. Henry still takes pride in reading the Bible every day. (Alan Rivett photo) Magic show coming to Lucknow The Lucknow and District Kinsmen Club has announced the contract signing of the magic show "ABRACADABRA" from Vancouver, B.C. This will be used to kick off Kin Summerfest '87 as both the Kinsmen and Kinette clubs gear up for their biggest project of the year. There will be one show only, commencing at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 31 at the Lucknow Community Centre. This family entertain- ment show has played all across Canada and boasts a large following. More details will follow as the date draws closer. Summerfest '87 will continue on with the 48 men's and ladies' team slo-pitch tourna- ment starting, on Monday, June 15. The tournament runs all week long on four diamonds and ends with the final games on Sunday: The popular. Monte Carlo Night will be held on the Friday • evening and there will be a free dance at the Communi- ty Centre on Saturday night. Summerfest Chairman, Doug Aitchison has all the sub - chairmen positions filled and licence ap- plications, etc., have already commenced. The Kinsmen would like to thank the area schools for their participation in the recent snow sculpturing contest held in conjunction with Heritage Day. The theme this year was cartoon characters. Brookside Public School took the $50 top prize with their sculpture of "Odie". The Lucknow Christian School's "Snoopy" was second, while Lucknow Central was third with Garfield the Cat. They won $40 and $30 respectively. Committee Chairman, Ray Guay was quite impressed with the number of sculptures done. Other projects , just completed include the purchase of a spiral slide for the playground at the Lucknow Kinsmen Com- munity Park, and the door-to-door canvass for the Heart Fund in February. This was a joint effort with the Kinettes. Kinette President, Wilma Blake was the co- ordinator of the canvass. The Kinsmen also'hosted a highly successful New Year's Eve Dance under Chairman, Lance Sanderson's guidance. Plans have already been made for next'year's. The Kinsmen are currently looking into the feasibility of installing a permanent fence and/or lights at the Kinsmen Ball Park, as well as possibly installing a wading pool beside the community pool. The club also remains commited to the new Sports Complex if the same is to go ahead. Upcomingprojects include the Annual Skate-a-thon during the March break, defence of their Monkton Hockey Tourna- ment crown and the Annual Bike Rodeo at Lucknow Central Public School in June. They are also looking at hosting a Spring Dance in either April or May. The' club would like to welcome new member Brian Alton, as well as con- gratulate Vice President Steve Chamney and wife Joan on the birth of their daughter. President Wayne McDonagh would like to take this opportunity to announce his decision to twin his club up with the small Danish town of KALUNDBORG. He would also like to announce that the club's going is currently in Denmark as a gesture of goodwill between our nation and theirs. To meet in Exeter Members will discuss options at Foodland Hydro meeting An upcoming meeting in Exeter of the Foodland Hydro Committee will decide whether the committee will appeal the Hydro Hearing Board's approval of a Hydro transmission route from the Bruce Nuclear Power Development (BNPD) to London, says the Chairman of the commit- tee in a recent interview. Tony McQuail, the Chairman, of the Foodland Hydro .Committee, said the membership will meet in Exeter at the high school on March 11 to give the members "a chance to discuss various op- tions of how to proceed". However, Mr. McQuail said it was still premature to tell if the 1,600 -member com- mittee opposed to the Bruce to London Hydro route will go ahead with -an appeal of the route, but said that the upcoming meeting will result in "a good indication of the way we want to go". "It's hard . to be sure of the mood of the membership." said Mr. McQuail. The Foodland Hydro meeting comeson the heels of the announcement by the Con- solidated Hearings Board on February 20 to recommend a transmission corridor be established from the BNPD through southwestern Ontario to Hydro's London Generating Station. The line would involve a 500 Kilovolt double circuit line through Bruce, Huron and Middlesex Counties. Also at the meeting, Mr. McQuail said the membership will be given an explana- tion as to what the board's decision means. The committee's legal council will also be on hand to respond to the board's decision as well as to answer questions on ex- propriation or any other concerns regar- ding the proposed route. Mr. McQuail said if the membership chooses to appeal the Hearing Board's decision, the committee would undergo.a "re -organization of its structure" which, The Lucknow Legion's Public Speaking contest was held at the Legion Hall on February 27. Jane Brophy, a St. Joseph's Community School student and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Brophy of Lucknow was the winner of the junior division with her speech call- ed "If I Won a Million Dollars". Joel Wright, a student from Brookside Public School and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wright of Dungannon, placed first in the intermediate division with his speech on "Pet Peeves". (Alan Rivett photo) after the appeal is exhausted, would turn the attentions of the committee to aiding the individual landowners in receiving fair treatment from Ontario Hydro, seeing that Hydro's brie- construction is carried out properly and that the fatmers get fair compensation for the land. "If it comes to a line being built, the "Disappointed but not surprised": McQuail members will be well informed which will ensure that the individual Landowner isn't lost whendealing with the huge utility," he said. Mr. McQuail said he "was disappointed but not surprised" by the Hearing Board's recommendation of the Hydro route through the farmland of southwestern On- tario. Howev,er, he believes the committee did receive some concessions from the hearing board which did listen to some of the concerns of the farming community. He said. Hydro originally wanted two lines from the BNPD to London, but were only awarded one line by the board. He also said the board also recommended more extensive use of the single -based towers which would have less of effect on agriculture. These type of towers would be used when crossing the field of specialty crop class 1 to 4 land when feasible and on property borders on land which is actively being farmed. "There's 'going to be greater use of the single -based towers than Hydro had originally envisioned. The organization did effectively represent the landowners as Hydro didn't get everything they wanted on the Bruce to London line," he said. t Sports In sports this -week, the Lucknow Ban- tams captured the WOAA title with a must -win victory over Chesley. However, the locals find thems Ives down by two games in the OMHA quarter -final round against. Wainfleet. SEE PAGE 15. Local talent A good time was had by all at the Lions Club's Family Fun Night at the Com- munity Centre on February 28. For pic- tures of the event...SEE PAGE 9. Memoirs 50 years ago, a Lucknow man set out on a trip .to the unexplored northern tip of the world. For this and other in- teresting stories of past local events...SEE PAGE 4. Column In the editor's column this week, the writer examines a particular item of mail which caused quite a stir in the local press. SEE PAGE 4.