The Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-09-05, Page 1s
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Holiday time is over for
students and talking to some of
them on tha main" t last
Friday morning, , this reporter
was fid; to find that most
were ,y to be going back to
school. - reasons were varied,
but it would sippear thattoo
much of a good . can get a
little boring even far the young'
The ^Lucknow and District Fire Department was mit fiat to; West .•-W osh Township during i
heightO of last Monday night'sstorin. A barelocated on tilt Stu Helen's side' by -TC
was but by, lightening anti erupted hiniOnek The Darin► lib's refteOi by
contained.•appro initley=200 pi l .andi44•hes* fitOta . Neighlidwit
barn,° however the Pigs ° and 2000 bales ef straw were lost.in the;rire. The house:l n the:propi
Barb and Ron Snowden,. received. no :daninge, although it was reported that when the hi
shot out the receptacles in the home. (Marg Burkhart. photo)
13ruce-Gre
colIect lot levies as financing.
The Bruce -Grey Separate School
Board has decided it won't be col-
lecting lot levies to help finance
education costs.
Over a year !Igo, the province
suggested lot levies, or developmen-
tal charges, as a way to raise
money to build and equip schools
neededfor .a growing student
population. The idea - has sparked
controversy for boards, , developers
and taxpayers. •
Last August, elle separate school
board hired a consultant to look
into the issue from a local perspec-
tive. That study showed lot levies
would raise just over $500,000 over
five years for the board, with no
guarantee that the, funds would' be
allowedto go to project snow on
the board's five-year capital
forecast.
There's also a chance education
lot levies could be ,held up if
homeowners or developers appealed
them to. the Ontario Municipal
Board.
The study also cited a concern
that the extra cost of the levy would
hurt local housing prices and pos-
sibly slow down development
Projects•
In given a "ball park" estimate of
how much the lot levies would rise
for the board, the consultant said
residential units in Bruce county
would be charged $160 and those m
Grey $57. The study explains the
"relatively modest revenues` are
due to slow growth in the two
counties. Another factor is the large
area • the counties, cover including
some schools' that still have room
for new pupils.
Also the board gets a -high rate of
provincial grants because of- its low
assessment. The board accepted the.
consultant's report and turned down
lot levies, though it will keep an
eye on .growth in 'Bruce and Grey
and monitor how other . boards
implement lot levies.
usiness chainnan John Clancy z
agreed -levies aren't the answer for
the separate board,
"Well, .half . a million dollars on
$15 million (capital forecast) isn't
very much. It's peanuts," he said at
the board's August 28 meeting,
The move to shelve the lotlevy
plan "'leased trustee Peter Hillyer,
who has opposed the ideaof the
new fund raiser for more ` than a
year.
Hillyer said, education levies are
just an "easy grab" for money. He
said school boards should consider
cutting services if the province cuts
grants•
"But we never cut," he said. "We
Turn to page 2
Wingham Air Cadets invite you to join
Are you tired of sitting at home
watching the same old television
shows? Are you considering a
career , in the Armed Forces? Are
' you between the ages of 12 and•19?
'If so, then the Royal. Air Cadets
may be for you.
•
The Royal Canadian Air Cadets is
a. military Organization focused
mainly on citizenship and ' was
formed in 1941 as a training unit
for young people who moan) be
pilots in the'war when they were of -
age. Today there are over 450,000
cadets throughout Canadaand this.
number increases annually:
Some of the classes you will
attend include leadership, citizen-
ship, air frames, aero engines, air
navigation, weather (meteorology),
drill and many more fun and ex-
citing courses.
Throughout the year many special
activities take place such as, sports
nights, drill team competitions, a
band, bush exercises ':tips to
Canadian Forces bases and other
more.
If you.. want to continue training
throughout the summer. there are
several summer camps held at
active Canadian Awes rtes, bases such
as Trenton, Codd Lake Alberta,'
London and Bagotville, Quebec, to
name a few.
If you are interested the weekly
parades are held at the Wingham
Armouries (located behind the
Town Hall in Wingham) from 7 to
9 p.m. on Wednesday evenings.
If you are unsure you want to
join, why not come visitand try the
drill and classes for three weeks
and if you• ° enjoy what yew ex-
perience then stay and Team new
and exciting material which may
help you in the future. '
The first training night is do
Wednesday, September 5, at
so come down and check out the
Pastes wowing _youth organization
Jackie Murray said . that al-
though she Wouldn't mind, a
little more summer, she didn't
feel too bad about going'•bact
to school Jackie :.bahyat
during the surer, did -some
.shopping: and had fun, at Bin,
�rar�i,or, P n.Ir
Jason Pentland -was also happy
about. going ' batt to school.
When asked why, , he said,
"because I am going; to have
another young teacher!" Jason
enjoyed a trip to Napariee`this-
somber.
Pa* Taylor'was, very happy
to gp back to school because
she Would see .`all, her'friends
Paula enjoyed' a trip 'to
Bootie* .Village . this ;sunnnier
where she met Santa and Mrs.
Santa;
Derek Hoggart's main reason
for looking. forward to grade
one was to get away from .his
brother. Derek enjoyed a trip
to African Lion Safari this
summer.
Debbie Nicholson was looking;
forward to entering grade 13
this year at. F.E. Madill. Al-
though Debbie • worked
summer sire said it was a great
rience for her.
Ni le Kingsbury of
Whitechurch as looking for-
ward to seeing her old kinder-
garten . friends in grade one
this year. She vacationed in
Elliott Lake during the sum-
mer.
Rob Furness was happy about
going back to school, his first
year hi high school. Ile en-
joyed spending time with his
grandma in Whitechurch this
summer and especially enjoyed :
seeing :Hind touring the -Lan-
caster when it landed in .
Goderich.
Alexander BaICh of London
spent time witiLliis grandma,
Dorothy . Finiason, in Luck -
now this sumdier. Alexander
was looking forward to school
as he really enjoys' math. He
vacationed in Barry's Bay this
summer.
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