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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-03-21, Page 1t +0. • Last Tuesday morning's dense fog has been attributed as the cause of a single vehicle accident on Bruce Comity road 1, north of Holyrood. A tandem and pup, owned by Ireland Woodlot Consultants, loaded- with logs and driven by Louis Jur- Jens of Lucknow was bound for Walters Falls. The unit left the shoulder of the road and rolled over into a water filled ditch shortly after 5 a.m. Mr. Jurjens received no serious injuries. Constable George Ling of the Kincardine OPP said that when • • " *Att., • he arrived on the scene he couldn't see five feet in front of him. Ontario Hydro had to shut off power in the area in order to allow two tow trucks and a log loader access to the overturn- --ed truck. The logs on the pup were removed first and the trailer towed from the ditch. The men then continued to remove the logs from the tandem in order to facilitate removal of the tandem from the ditch. (D. Burkhart photo) Quotes for library renovations authorized During the regular meeting of Lucknow village council on March 13, Fran McQuail, local librarian was in atten- dance and the propnsal, previously drawn up the local Advisory Committee, to renovate the library was reviewed and discussed. The proposal includes refinishing the soft wood floor, replacing the existing lighting system with full spectrum energy efficient fluorescent, renovation of an existing storage closet to provide a more efficient work area, and construction of a secure closet in the basement for storage of the video equip- ment. The present lighting system pro- vides unevenaumination, due to the fact that the special bulbs for the system are no longer available. Three hundred watt incandescent bulbs are presently being used. Following the discussion, council voted in favour of obtaining quotes for the renovations and proceeding withthe im- provement grant. In a telephone conver- sation with Mrs. McQuail, the Sentinel was advised that a Cultural Facilities hn- provement grant is available through the Ministry of Culture and Communications. The grant will pay 30 per cent of the costs of the lighting and the carpentry work. • The broken down condition of an area of the town hall steps was disussed with the result that quotes will be called for the repairs with the work to be done as soon as possible. Dave Wallace of Champion Road Machinery waited on council with infor- mation on two used graders available, a 1975 and a 1974, piiced at $31,000 and $29,000 respectively, less $6,000 for trade - m. A -used "A" frame ($750) :anct one way plow totalling $2,000 are also available. Discussion followed and council agreed to take a look at the graders in the future. Prices which had been received for a new truck and salter -sander,' were presented and discussed. Council authoriZed Stuart Reavie and Gary Austin to look into buying a new town tatck. Councillor George Gibson presented an update on recycling and moved that the municipality of Lucknow approve the ex- penditure of $5.71 per household, totalling $2855 as the municipalities share of the operating expenditures for the 1990 year for the Bruce County Area Recycling pro- gram. Mr. Gibson told the Sentinel that the Blue Boxes should be arriving very soon and it is hoped to have the system in place during the summer season, with curb pickup once a week The Ministry of Environment covers two thirds of the cost through a grant and the Lucknow Kinsmen are helping to fund the balance. Employee Wages Negotiations have been finahz' ed for Turn to page 2 • Horticultural Society needs help The Lucknow Horticultural Society, an organization spanning 36 years in the village, needs the help of interested citizens if it is to continue on with its work of beautifying the village. Lack of interest in attending meetings and doing the work could make, it foreseeable that this Society will no longer be around to enhance the appearance of Lucknow for residents and tourists. The history of the Horticultural Socie- ty actually extends back as far as the 1920's, although little information could be found for those years. In January 1933 reference was made in the Sentinel to reorganization of the Society and in March of that year membership stood at 80 and was growing. According to a Glimpse of the Past, it was during the years of World War II that the Society became inactive and it wasn't until 1958 that interest was revived, under the leadership of Charles Bristow, the manager of the Lucknow Branch of Beatty Industries. A nucleus of 25 members was needed to form the Socie- ty. It is reported that the special com- mittee enrolled 62 members with ease. The membership continued to grow and in 1983 boasted maintaining over the 100 mark for nearly the entire 25 years. Unfortunately what was referred to in 1983 as an "active and interest is keen" Society may now in 1990 become defunct. The present Society has a paid Turn to page 2 • !PI THE NEWS Dungannon esidents will have lock box mall service soon by Pat LIVIIIIPtin Bob Williamson, Steve Pfaff and Tom Creech, representatives of Canada Post, Huron Division out of London, met in- formally with residents of Dungannon last Tuesday evening to infoon them of the arrangements made to continue postal service in the village. Correspondence from Canada Post, dated February 22, advised the residents that the Dungannon Postmaster, Heather McClinchey, was, resigning effective March 31. In that communication, local businesses in- terested in the opportunity of applying for a Retail Postal Outlet were, re- quested to contact the corporation. The March 1 conununication to residents ad- , -visect of the aforementioned meeting stating "Canada Post representatives will meet with you, on an individual basis, to respond to your questions and listen to your suggestions concerning changes to the postal service in Dungannon." Interested citizens attending the meeting were informed that an agree- ment bad , been roachod—witio•Qavid Dawson to establish a Retail Postal Outlet at Dawson's Store in the village, with the new service.beginning April 2. The outlet will provide full retail pro- ducts and services, with additional hours. New hours are Monday to Satur- day, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., giving residents 56 hours access to postal services com- pared to the present 32 hours. Lock boxes are being installed at Dawson's Store and residents will be provided with a new box key which they should pick up, prior to March 31, at the present post office location. Canada Post has advised the residents that there will be no change in their postal address. \ , • Bowlers raise *2000 Lucknow and area bowlers and Strain and Dwayne 'Ziegler, . of Webb Lanes, deserve a pat on' the back for raising approximately $2000 during the Big Brothers Bowt for Millions in February. It was a great effort on the part of everyone associated with the fundraising, effort. Weather stats • Temperatures were most enjoyable last week during the March break and talk of records being broken were heard most of the week. Harold Greer checked the weather books for The Sentinel and found that the highest temperature on record was March 18, 1894 when temperatures soared to 77.2 degrees F. On March 15, 1990 the thermometer hit 73.4 degrees F., an enjoyable day, but no record was broken. Mr. Greer found that for four days in March 1945, the temperature remained in the 70's: March 25, 74 degrees F, March 26, 78 degrees Fr March 27, 72 degrees F and March 28, 75 degrees F.