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International past president addresses Lions
• • by Nellie Blake
Fulfilling his role as sounding board
and messenger, international past weal-
dentAnstin Jennings told 'Lions club
Members at the Blue Water convention
last weekend the news from the top and
asked for input histo club. operations. •
The convention Was hoeted by the Kin-
cardine, Tiverton and Lucknow Lions
clubs, but held in Kincardine.
In a speech April 21, during the
business portion of the 'collimation, Mr.
Jennings said, each club must do its part
to reach an international goal of awar-
ding 75,000. Lions club ' members as
Melvin Jones fellows; He said this goal
Must be reach by 1992 - the 75th anniveri. •
sary of the Lions club.
Responding to a .question ' from • the
floor, Mr. Jennings said a survey
distributed. to club Members' this year
will :determine if clubs_under the
minimum of 20 members should be made •
to pay the dues for administration
as larger clubs. . • Austin Jennhigar
-Ile said while no proposal has been , •
made, the survey.is not meant to . Lion is candidate •
clubs for having a low number of for international director
members, but -is finding a way to keep • Lions Members at the convitnton voted'
finaneiallY ••
to elect Mount Forest Lion B oodY as
Mr. Jennings fielded. another question a candidate for international director. 1.
aboetuiow to - build Member") •sP!PlOri, ' - - A Lions club inernber for 31,years,'Mr. • '
in ,er clubs. - , ...,
1. IVIMAY Wilt rePresent district .6,4 at the ,
He suggested club members - ilivi.. multiple dishict leiel of -Easton Canada.
friencis not already involved to a u heieweives the election, he could
breakfast meeting Lind subt,ly ask t,hem .represent' tits area at t.he hiternational '
what projects they would like to be in- conference in 1993. He has to survive the
volved in. '
• worldilde election to be. international
Mr, Jennings said clubs should fecus director of the Lions chib.
their attention on younger people because A Mount Forest -110m member told the
of his view Lions clubs are full of "old crowd Mr, Moody was a graduate of the
mem,' • former Waterloo Lutheran University,
chairman of the Liontof Canada and in -
"We should try to change our attitude strumental in forming 27 new clubs, He
toward younger men and attract them (to also -received the honour of being chosen
the Lions club)," he said. . a Melvin Jones Fellow.
Mr. Jennings visited the Lioness
businees meet* in another part of the
Davidson Centre and gave them a pep
talk about the projects Lionees clubs
have been involved in around the world.
• win here to learn, to conununlcate
with menthe= tO Meet the needs of the
clubs," he said, aeidng for question's from
the group.
Mr. Jennings said Lioness duly in
Egypt built a home for seniors citizens
and in -Indonesia, the club provided den"
tal care and education for homeless
. children. .
Involved in eke care
• and drug awareness
He told the Kincardine .News projects
undertaken by local Lions -clubit depends
on what the club sees as. a need Its
area.' Mr. Jennings said club$ usually
perceive needs in people who are
physically and Mentally handicapped. He
said clubs are no involved in a successful
eye care campaign.
Another successful, campaign for the
'past five Years is a drug awareness pro-
gram in 23 countries. The 'program, helps -
build youths' self-esteem so they don't
turn drugs.
, Mr. Jennings said the Lions club is also
involved in youth exchange in 103 coun-
tries. This year, Diatrict A4 received its
first • request for 'a • youth exchange with
Hungry.•,. „
Mr. Jennings said ;Lions clung weren't
successful in getting a youth exchange
started with Beijing, China. Exchange
with the country stopped in 1949;
He said., the best thing that. has ever
happened' to the Lions club occurred in
1986 when' the club's constitution was
amended to allow women.
Although the, Lioness was formed in,
1975, women could not join the Lions club
which was for men only. He • said now
women have a choice of joining the
Lioness or Lioris.
Ashfield ratepayers asle for more tnformation on
MTO financial assistance Port Albert Bridge
Approximately 50 interested citizens
turned out for the special ratepayers
meeting, held on April 14 at Brookside
School. Also attending were Ashfield
Township representatives Reeve Gibson,
Councillors Andrew, Simpson, Cairn-.
cross, road superintendent, Kevin Cook
and clerk -treasurer Linda Andrew. Ken
Dunn Engineer and Matt Pearson, En-
vironmental Planner for B.M. Ross and
Associates were on hand to assist in the
presentation. •
The meeting was called to discuss the
future of the 100 -year-old existing bridge
at Port Albert and the possibilities of
constructing a new bridge at a new
location.
Mr. Pearson explained the en- \.
vironmental assessment process, stress
the importance of public input at every
level of the process.
Mr. Dunn described the technical
aspects of. the deteriorated state of the
existing bridge and the deficient align- •
ment of the south approach, especially
under winter conditions end discussed
several alternatives to deal with the
problems. He then presented a proposal
for a new bridge, outlining the location,
type of construction and costs etc.
An interest was indicated by several
ratepayers in determining the feasibili-
ty of repairing or replacing the old
bridge .at its existing location and
whether the Ministry of Transportation
Would provide financial assistance for
this propfsnd. -
The meeting ended with Mr. Dunn'
stating he would be ht tench with MTO
to obtain further information in regard ,
to their position on providing funding to
repair or replace existing bridge at -its
• present location.
• Charlie and Lee Huizinga of Sarnia paid a visit to Lucknow and District Christian
School on 'Monday to see their granddaughter, Michelle irandervaart, during Grand-
parents' Day. An added bonus was the children receiving their school photos. Grand-
pa Charlie, said he always knew Michelle was a sleepy head, referring to the fact she
had her eyes closed 111 her picture. (Pat Livingston photo)
Dog control
officer hired
11 you're a owner living in
Dungannon, you • better be prepared
to take full reppomaibility for your "beet
friend". In order to combat problems
arlsing in the hamlet, Wel* Wawanosh
during a special meeting on
April 10, voted manhunts** to hire
Darlene McClinchey, of Hullett
Township, to act as dog control officer
in Dungannon.
The costs involved for Ms. WWII*,
chey's services are: $15 per call ($12 if
no dog is subsequently hivolved); travel
expenee of .27 per kilometer two ways;
per day per dog for three days for
food and care; .75 per call to advertise
the dog for adoption if it Is not claim-
ed after three days. All of the
aforementioned ,costs will be recovered
from the owner of the dog, when deter-
mined. If the stray dog is not tagged,
licence mast be purchased before the
dog is returned to the owner. If the dog
is not claimed, euthanasia will. be Per-
formed at the expense of the townaMp.
After studying the costs involved in
retrieving a wandering dog, residents of
Dungannon would be well advised to in-
vest in a 'collar and leash to walk their
dog, and a chain to keep him safely in
his own yard.
Other business conducted during the [
Meeting centered around the use of
municipal equipment for jobs unrelated
'to the township, *Council voted
unanimously in favour of establishing
the Hey that equipment and operators
shall be used to perform municipal
functions only, and are not available for
any job unrelated to =mid work.
OPP Report.
Kincardine Detachment of the Ontario
Provincial ?Aar r eport that "old
fashioned justice" was meted out by
'Constable Andy Burgess an April 9,
when he caught two Holyrood area
youths breaking bottles on County Road
No. 1, near Holyrood. Both youths' were
supplied with plastic bags and supervis-
ed by. Constable Burgess while they
:cleaned up the broken glass from four
'separate locations' and disposed of it
properly.. ' -
On April 10 and 11, the detachment
received a total of six "rabid animal"
calls between BNPD and Bruce Beach.
While patrolling area riverbanks
recently, members of the detachment
discovered evidence indicating that ram -
bow trout are being netted and killed
for their spawn. Gutted fish carcasses
left to rot, a dip net cached in scrub
brush near a stream are silent
reminders that sneak -thieves have been
busy robbing law abiding citizens of this
valuable resource. You can report a
poacher and remain anonymous by
phoning the Ministry of Natural '
Resources at 376-3860, Owen Sound for
the area north of the Huron -Kincardine
Township line, 3574131, Wingharn for
that area south or 1-800-265-2525, the
OPP emergency number,
On April • 12, Constables Ling and
Davis executed a search warrant at a
Kincardine Township residence and
recovered approximately $600 work of
property which had been stolen from
' the lieefway on March 16. An area
young offender has been charged with
Break, Enter and Theft and possession
of Stolen Property as a residt, The cash
register stolen during the same Break
and Enter had been found in a field by
an area resident on April .11,
On April 15 Constables Ling and
Booth executed a search warrant at a
Toronto residence and recovered ap-
proximately $2,450 worth or property
which had been stolen during a break-
in at a residence on concession 10, Kin-
cardine Township on January 11. Some
property from Owen Sound area break
land enters was also recovered. Two
young offenders have been' charged by.
Metro Toronto Police Force with
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