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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-07-18, Page 1Pr11110.1116111111, wt LUCKM0. ammo Wadandair 1E, ION „NA-- Insideth week *Obituaries 'ti PIS* 8 *Wow, picture *Weddings Page7 Par la The Lucknout and . distriot Kinsmen Clubs first Farm Show held in the its Complex last. Weekend has Wen 'termed a re, sounding success by chairman, Ken . Irwin. • Looking for a .different way to. raise money for cominiunitj► .pro• jects the Kinsmen believed that a Farms Show could well have merit in Lucknow, considering the number of equipment, feed and other farm related businesses' located inour midst:. 'Following a telephone "mini- survey" of potential exhibitors from which they received favorable response, it Was decid- ed to go ahead. Ken said 1152 Physical signs that the long-awaited sewers were in fact soon to be reality were evident in the village last week, as Blue -Con Inc., of London started installation of the collection sewers. Residents are advised that there may be some temporary inconvenience during the consitruction schedule, when homeowners may be required to make alternate parking arrangements. (Pat Livingston photo)' Sewer construction begins! The long-awaited physical signs that the sewers were in fact com- ing to the village were evident on July 9, when construction finally began. Blue -Con Inc., of London was awarded the kcontract for the in- stallation of collection sewers in the village. The design of supervi- sion of this work is under the con- trol of B.M. Ross and Associates of Goderich: Representatives of B.M.Ross have, in the past two weeks, or will be contacting residents in the village, with respect to the loca- tion of service connections for lots. The contractor will install the service connection to the pro- perty line of the lot, but it is the responsibility of each homeowner to determine the best location for the connection, and eventually to complete the connection to the dwelling. In a notice to all property owners and residents, Reeve Ab Murray pointed out that while construction is in progress, some inconvenience due to local vehicular traffic will be unavoidable, but the construction schedule will attempt to be ar- ranged hi such a manner as to reduce this to a minimum. Residents are advised that when construction takes place on their street, there may be a short period when they will be required to make alternate parking ar- rangements to allow for the restoration of driveways and accesses. Residents are asked to take note that private connections must not be installed from the proper - Turn to page 3 MOE attends council meeting Lucknow village council met on July 10 for its regular session. Rick Passmore waited on council and expressed his concerns regarding the property immediately to the east of his residence, known as Bock 'II", upon which his driveway is built on a portion thereof. Following discussion, coun- cil decided that the village wo try to have the official ownership of this property established before anyone could proceed further. Ministry of Environment Opera- tions Officer, Mark Bell, attended the meeting outlining the benefits of working with the MOE in regard to terme.. Went through the gate during Fri-. daY evening and Saturday The showwas so successful the Xinsinen are now looking at mak ing,t a yearly event, with some - changes to keep it fresh and new. It takes a good number of man hours: toput such a show together and- Ken and his committee of Wayne Phillips, Barry Smyth, • Bruce. Elliott .and Lynn Murray are to be commended. As .Ken said, if it wasn't for his comrnitteer the terrific response of the exhibitors and the public the outcome could have been . a lot different. . All proceeds from the Farm Show • go to community betterment. Bruce municipalities against rising taxes The following press release was prepared and forwarded on behalf of a special steering committee established-° at a-- meetinir of representatives of local Bruce County YVIunicipalities held in Amable Township on June 14. Sit- ting on. the Special Committee on Education Taxes are: Ross Trask, Chairman, Amabel; Carmen Fullerton, Elderslie; Norman Garr, Southampton; Ann MacKay, Port Elgin; George VanderGlas, 'Ripley_; Ron Brown, clerk, Wiarton. The committee will be following a policy of providing facts to the public, soliciting ideas and urging that concerns be sent to Murray Elston and the Minister of Education. "An outcry occurring at the tax collection counters of Bruce Coun- ty's local municipalitiess has con- tributed to the formation of a task force composed of members from local municipal governments in Bruce County. Open talk of a tax revolt amongst Council members and ratepayers concerns re the abili- ty of our large seniors population, our low income families, our single parent families, our fixed the ongoing maintenance of the sewer system and • what kind of ser- vices they could offerthe municipality. Bruce Potter, Engineer with B.M. Ross and Associates joined the meeting and took part in further discussion on the sewer project. Mr. Bell will provide further infor- mation nformation to the village office before a decision will be made on this matter. Mr. Potter went over new bylaws which will have to be in put in place as soon as possible. Council Turn to page 3 income families, our young families starting out, etc, and. their ability te. cope with rapidly,. • escalating • education taxes, all have- led; to the necessity tor this task force to attempt to prevent further dramatic increases in reality taxes, without lowering the quality of education. At' the pre- sent time, specific data is being gathered With -the co-operation of the two boards of education to show the causes. -.of tax increases and.spedfically the effects of Pro- vincial Policies on, not only the School Boards, but the municipalities themselves. Data will also be gathered to show why the people of Bruce are unable to sustain this high level of taxation. Municipal taxes have risen dramaticy in recent years. This is causing extreme hardship to the. ratepayers. The major factor is the rise in educational taxation which has been in double digit figures and has substantially ex- ceeded any rise in the cost of liv- ing. The fact is that during the past five years, the money paid by the residents of Bruce for education has' almost doubled. The frightening thing is that under Turn to page 3 New Democrats issue environmental challenge Following their election plann- ing committee meeting on July 11, at the Clinton High School, Huron. New Democrat President Heather Klopp Issued a challenge to the other political parties in Huron. In her letter to the presidents of the other parties, Mrs. Klopp states, "We would like to challenge the other political par- ties to join with us in running a more environmentally friendly election campaign, by agreeing not to use candidate signs during the upcoming election. If we can all agree not to use signs we ean reduce the waste of materials us- ed to make the signs and the visual pollution of our highways," In her letter, Klopp went on to say, "We would like to resolve this issue before we get into the nomination meetings. If we have not heard from your riding association by Friday, July 27 we will assume you are not interested in this idea and will have to con- sider other sign alternatives." During the discussion Klopp pointed out thating en- vironmentally friendly shay mean changing how we do things in our society. "Now is the time to be thinking of how we might change our election campaigns to be gentler to the environment," she said. In other business it was decid- ed to do pre-election outreach with a leaflet titled, When it comes to the environment, there's no time to waste!