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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-06-17, Page 5fllTFflh!FN 482-7103 PECK APPLIANCES "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" Lucknow council discusses option to purchase property Lucknow Council has expressed interest in purchasing CNR property within the village following receipt of a letter ex- pressing the same. The land, about 8.28 acres, is located at the north-east corner of Havelock and Ludgard streets. CNR will sell the land to Lucknow for $5,000. The sale would also involve the leases which CNR currently looks after. These include leases with Mike Thielman, United Co-operators of Ontario and the Lucknow District Co-operative. "If we buy the land, we would take over the leases," Bertha Whitcroft, Lucknow clerk -treasurer, said. Reeve Herb Clark noted that council had budgeted $8,500 for the purchases. Council decided to go ahead with the op- tion to purchase the land. Receives invitations Lucknow council has received an invita- tion to. attend the grand opening of Canada Day Festivities in the Township of Lind- say. The 2nd annual celebrations will be held in conjunction with the grand opening of the township's new recreation facilities and municipal offices. The event is to be held Saturday, June 27 at 2 p.m. Council also received a letter from the Wingham and District Association for the Mentally Retarded to attend a pot -luck dinner Monday, June 15 at Riverside Park at 6 p.m. Selling water Council established a set price for con- tractors who wish to purchase water from the town's hydrantsfollowing a request for water from a Port Albert company. "Every year we seem to have to pull a figure out of the hat when people ask to buy water. We should have a price per gallon so we can tell them when they telephone," Reeve Herb Clark said. Council motionned to set the price at two cents per gallon. Contractors are to notify COUNCIL BRIEFS the town foreman when ready to take water from a town hydrant. Paving concerns Lucknow council received a letter from Ken Zurbrigg Construction Company of Kincardine, the contractor for the Lucknow Village Market, concerning the installation of sidewalks and pavement near the store. Reeve Herb Clark noted that the town would be paving the area from Campbell Street to the building and from Victoria Street to the town property line. By-law officer's report Jack Crozier, Lucknow by-law officer, gave his report at last week's council meeting. In his report he noted the town should update their property standards by- law. He noted the by-law had been put together in 1984 from Goderich and Kin- cardine property standards by-laws. He noted a reference date back to the 1970 planning act which is now obsolete. "I would not entice taking this by-law in to a court of law because we could not win on it. I am suggestinga by-law similiar to the one used in Paisley. It's a little more in-depth as far as the maintenance of yards, parking lots and derelict buildings is concerned," Mr. Crozier said. Council,approved his suggestion and will prepare a neW property standards by-law for the July council meeting. A new dog by-law will also be written and proposed at the July council meeting following discussion. of the current dog by- law which council feels does not allow enough authority to the officer. Nothing takes place of umpiring • from page 4 them a number of runs. The purpose of Little League is to teach baseball skills to young men. Obviously, a team which does not play well in a given game, yet is given .the opportunity to blame that loss on an umpire for one call or two, is being given the chance to take all responsibility for the loss from their shoulders. A parent or adult leader who permits the young . player to blame his failures on an umpire, regardless of the quality of that umpire, is doing the worst kind of injustice to that youngster. Rather than learning responsibility, .such an at- titude is fostering an improper outlook toward the ideal of the game itself. This ir- responsibility is bound to carry over to future years. As I sit here writing this letter, I am no longer as upset as I was this afternoon. I wanted to quit umpiring, but fortunately, my wife reminded me of another situation that occurred last week. I was umpiring behind the plate for a pit- cher who pantomined his displeasure at any call on a borderline pitch that was not in his team's favor. One could sense that he wanted the crowd to realize that he was a fine, talented player who was doing his best to get along, but that I was a blackhearted villain who was working against him. The kid continued acting like this for two innings, while at the same time yelling at his own players who dared to make a mistake. For two innings the manager watched this. When the kid returned to the dugout to bat in the top of the third, the manager ealled him aside. In a voice loud enought that I was able to overhear, the lecture went like this: "Listen son, it is time you make a decision, , you can be an umpire, an actor or a pit- cher. But you can only be one at a time when you are playing for me. Right now it is your job to pitch, and you are basically doing a lousy job. Leave the acting to the actors and the umpiring to the umpires or you won't do any pitching here. Now what is it going to be?" Needless to say, the kid chose the pit- ching route and went on to win the game. When the game was over, the kid followed me to my car. Fighting his hardest to keep back the tears, he apologized for his ac- tions and thanked me for umpiring his game. He said he learned a lesson that he would never forget. I can't help wonder how many more fine young men are missing their chance to develop into outstanding ball players because their parents encourage them to spend time umpiring, rather than working harder to play the game as it should be played. The following morning, Donald Jensen died of a brain concussion. Forestry Club holds meeting By Warren Andrew On May 26, the North Huron Forestry Club held their first meeting at Brookside School with 14 members and 2 leaders present. Doreen Cartive from the Ministry of Natural Resources attended th meeting and took the members outside to demonstrte the proper way to plant a tree. After that, she showed the members -some slides and some members had some ques- tions for her. Barry Nivins thanked her for coming to show us these things. Next, the members picked Robert Ireland as the president. Linda Hayden is the vice-president, Eugene Scott is the secretary, Warren Andrew is the press reporter and Joel Wright is the treasurer. All the votes were close. Leaders Donna Hayden and Joanne Sproul handed out the booklets and read some of it. Next. two games were played and the meeting was adjourned. No date was set for the next meeting. Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 17, 1987—Page 5 BEST RATE AECINVESTMENTS FINANCIAL CENTRE, GODERICH 524-2773 1-800-265.5503 ATTENTION!! June 16th to June 20th CASUAL SUN DRESSES, GRADUATION DRESSES, MARY ROSE, BLACK ROSE, O -ORDINATES, COTTON PANTS & SKIRTS BLOUSES, T-SHIRTS, SHORTS, JUMP SUITS, DENIM JEANS, SKIRTS, SHORTS JUMP SUITS, STONEWASH AND ACID WASH. ALSO CHAMBRAY Accessories: Camisoles, Petticoats, Crinolines. Lots of Jewellery 220 Josephine St. \,9 Hours: Tues. - Thurs. 9-6 Fri. 9-9 Sat. 9-5 Shirley's House Of Fashion WINGHAM 357.1051 Homecare Summer Savings Vermiculite Insulation s 30 Per Bag Do it yourself. 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