The Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-07-15, Page 1ESTABLISHED IN 1873
"THE SEPOY TOWN" ON THE
HURON -BRUCE BOUNDARY
PUBLISHED IN Lh1OKNOW, ONTARIO
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Wednesday, July 15, 1987
Village Market
opens its doors
After months. of ,planning, building and
stocking, the Lucknow Village Market will
swing open its doors to shoppers today
( Wednesday ). Operated by Brian and
Kathy Knechtel, the new store boosts a
total of 8,000 square feet of air-conditioned
shopping comfort.
"We've really been looking forward to
this," says an overworked Brian. "We
really needed the space."
The Knechtels opened the original
Lucknow Village. Market on Campbell
Street in March of 1986. The new facility,
located across the street, will allow the
store to stock a wider variety of goods for
consumers.
"While we'll have no new departments
as such, we have added about 700 new lines
in our grocery with much more produce
and an expanded meat counter," says
Brian between, phone calls.
The 'new and improved' Village Market
hopes to draw grocery shoppers from as
far .away as Dungannon, Ripley, and
Whitechurch says the manager.
"Our draw is about half way to the
larger centres of Goderich and Kincar-
dine," says Brian, "and if I didn't think the
area would support a store of this size, we
wouldn't have built it."
Brian adds that they have had no set-
backs as far as the contruction of the facil-
ty is concerned and gives top marks to Ken
Zurbrigg Contracting for the excellent job
they have done in getting the store ready
for business.
The Lucknow Village Market will
employ a total of 20 local people once it
opens and. has created an additionalfive
full-time jobs for locals.
The head office of Knechtel Foods is in
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• Kitchener and has a total of 57 other stores
in South Western Ontario.
Don't miss the grand opening of the.
Lucknow Village Market today. There'll
be coffee and doughnuts and balloons for
the kids.
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The finishing touches have been put on the building and the shelves are stocked as the
Lucknow Village Market swings opens its doors to customers today. Here, Dougie
Struthers of Zurbrigg Contracting in Kincardine dresses up the shop in expectation of
a brisk business.
Crops above average
From early indications, the crops in the
area appear to be "well above average"
says Bruce County Agriculture Represen-
tative Mac Bolton. Despite dry conditions
during germination, the recent rains have
allowed the local crops to rebound.
"Generally, things look very good," said
Bolton in an interview with the Sentinel.
"There may be some problems at harvest
due to the early dry conditions we ex-
perienced, but those prblems will be minor
at most. We certainly have adequate
moisture in the area now."
The lack of moisture during planting and
germination will limit the root systems of
many crops, said Bolton, but the season
also began early allowing local farmers to
stay about two weeks ahead of schedule.
The percentages of area crops appears
to have remained stable from previous
years with the exception of canola.
"It looks like canola has been reduced
this season because of winter kill," said
Bolton. "Summer canola is also short of
previous averages due to a drop in market
prices."
He added that oil seed prices tend to
"bounce around alot" and that prices
could easily rise again depending on the
outcome of this seasons' crop.
Corn acreages in the Bruce County area
have maintained their averages from
previous years being eaqual to or slightly
more than last year. There are slightly
more white beans being grown by local
farmers with the soya beans remaining
stable.
One problem area farmers have been ex-
periencing is with their first crop of hay.
Again, the early dry conditions tended to
inhibit growth in the first crop and reduce
its overall quality.
"While the first crop (of hay) tended to
be quite short," said Bolton, "the second
cut will certainly make up the difference.
Again, its not a major problem.
"Overall, its going to be a good year for
local farms with most crops above
average at this stage."
one agrees 'that the past
Wen me 'y hot, no one could tell
us for sure; when It . hasever been hot
ter..until Harold Greer of our village
came: along. '
With a weather log dating back to the
mid 1930's, Harold flipped back to the July
1936 when the mercuryin the ther-
mometer soared. to 100.5 degrees
Fahrenheit. During the week of July 8 to 14
of that year the temperature hovered just
below 100, degrees every day. In. _ 1936 the
entire Month of July saw only 1.25 inches of
rainfall:
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By comparison, the warmest day of the
recent warmspell came Sunday afternoon
when we .reached 32.5 degrees ,Celcius
(about 91 degrees Fahrenheit).
With these facts in place, old timers in
the community can now honestly say
"Sure it's hot, but it's not as hot as the
summer of '36."
Thanks to Mr. Greer for his facts and for
taking the time to bring them to our
attention.
Close to 4,000 spectators lined the tracks last weekend for the an-
nual Lucknow Tractor. Pull and not one came away disappointed as
almost 100 tractors vied for the $20,000 prize money. A number of
local drivers placed high in the rankings. Be sure to see the full results
inside the Sentinel.