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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-04-29, Page 1ESTABLISHED IN 1873 "THE SEPOY TOWN" ON THE HURON -BRUCE BOUNDARY qfkitQW ONTARIO PY Lucknow Sentinel, Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. sold Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. of Goderich , web -offset printers and publishers of seven community newspapers and a bi-weekly newsmagazine, has been sold to St. Catharines Standard Limited, company president Robert G. Shrier announced today. While details of the sale have now been finalized, Shrier said the new owners will officially take over Oct. 1. A family owned company since 1891, the new owners are publishers of three daily newspapers, The Standard in St. Catharines, the Cobourg Daily Star and Port Hope Guide, and seven weekly newspapers in the Niagara Pennin- sula and Cobourg area. The publishing company is owned and operated by the Burgoyne family under chief executive officer Henry Burgoyne. Signal -Star Publishing and the St. Catharines Standard have enjoyed a pro- sperous and amicable business relation- ship over the past 10 years as co -publishers of a 40,000 circulation newspaper in Newmarket and co-owners of a web -offset printing plant, Webman, of Guelph. While admitting that overtures had been made by several companies over the years to purchase Signal -Star Publishing, Shrier said he only seriously entertained the pro- spect with the St. Catharines Standard Limited because both the "timing and buyer were right." "We have enjoyed a long and friendly association with the Standard and its management and I feel totally comfor- table with the sale," Shrier said. "I have always liked their business philosophy, the manner in which they treated their employees and the autonomy they have given people to run their operations." While ownership of the company will be distanced from the location of the newspapers, Shrier believes it will create for a day at wlide ag chow dux the tonnial iE inettC 1. ! l house enjoyed the Widen V`ee's and Chari. Fashians of Pahi ey, and Rivett tt r) an even more autonomous situation for the company's community newspapers. "The general managers will, in effect, operate the newspapers like it was their own," Shrier explained. " We are leaving the company in the hands of people who will do as good a job, if not better , than we have done and they will treat people equal- ly as well. I feel totally comfortable with the arrangement." In speaking about the company's association with the people in the com- munities in which it does business, Shrier said the trust between community newspaper and reader and advertiser will be upheld. "The communities in which we've done business are very important to us," he said. "I hope we've made a significant con- tribution to all the communities we've served. Really, we are only managers of something (newspapers) owned by our advertisers and readers. We are simply given the trusteeship." Shrier and his wife, Jocelyn, Signal -Star Publishing vice-president, will continue to live in the community and will serve on a community board of directors advising on the business affairs of the publishing company. Jo reiterated Bob's sentiments about the sale claiming the company was being passed on to a capable and professional organization. "I've been impressed by the integrity. that's evident in their management group" Jo said. "I know they will treat employees very well and that's what's im- portant to us." The company .will continue to run as it has, without any significant changes either in staff or business practice. Henry Burgoyne, whose family has own - Turn to page 5. Sewers .may be delayed two: years, Elston says By Alan Rivett Lucknow council's decision to reject the Ministry of the Environment's offer to do the core area sewers may delay the pro- ject for at least two years, says MPP Mur- ray Elston at a gathering in Ripley. Mr. Elston made the statement during an interview with the Sentinel at an infor- mal "meet the candidate" get-together at the home of Mrs. Mary MacDonald of Ripley. Mr. Elston said the time frame needed for the Ministry of Environment (MOE) to review the project in its entirety after council's decision to apply for sewers for the whole village will definitely result in a delay of at least two years. "But, the village could eventually catch up when the project is done all at once. There's some advantages on both sides," said Mr. Elston who has been working with the Ministry of Environment on the village's behalf. He said the re -submitted sewage project proposal, in a situation where extra fun - Drugs stolen from Medical Centre The Lucknow Medical Centre was a target of a widespread drug theft which has hit six towns in the past week, says the Kincardine OPP. According to Kincardine OPP Sgt. Walker, the Lucknow break-in occurred sometime between the night of April 22 and the morning of April 23 with the thieves us- ing the back door of the medical centre to gain entrance. A small quantity of Demerol, Valium, and Tolwin, all drugs "for those inclined to shoot up" were stolen. Sgt. Walker said the OPP are currently investigating five other drug-related break-ins in Ripley, Durham, Flesherton, Drayton and Hanover which police feel are all interconnected. The Ripley break-in occurred at the Ripley District Medical Centre sometime between April 18 and April 20. Police say nothing was stolen as there were no drugs at the medical centre. The break-ins are still under investiga- tion. However, the Kincardine OPP do have suspects connected with the incidents. ding is required, has been placed back into the MOE's general program list and will undergo a comparison study with other similar sewer projects in the province in order to allocate the funds. The village's re -submitted its sewer pro- posal for the entire village was received by the MOE in January and its not expected a decision will be made on the project in the next three months. An Ontario election Mr. Elton also commented on the possibility of an upcoming election in On- tario, saying an announcement on an elec- tion will be unlikely in the near future. A throne speech is scheduled at Queen's Park on April 28 followed by eight days of debate which will delay an election an- nouncement for at )east another two weeks. Also, Robert Nixon, the Ontario Treasurer, is working on a budget for -the province and "I can assume that he wants Turn to page 2 Your Sentinel this week... Special edition Included in this week's Sentinel is the Lucknow Central Public School's an- nual edition. It's full of stories and pic- tures prepared by the students and represents a history of their year at LCPS. Even the ads from Lucknow and area businesses were prepared by students. Fashions The Lucknow Kinette Club again held a successful fashion show called "A Stylish Affair" on April 21. A capacity crowd was treated to all the new fashions with six businesses from Lucknow and area contributing to the show. In this week's Sentinel, we're pleased to present a pictorial feature of the fashion show. SEE PAGE 6. LIMlIME1m b 'l El EEMIFI 4E4 EkebalROeIAI f'