HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-03-04, Page 1ESTABLISHED IN 1873
"THE SEPOY TOWN" ON THE
HURON -BRUCE BOUNDARY
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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.
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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.