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"IN THE HEART OF
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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
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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
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