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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-09-12, Page 6ntr-.1014-07Af'?ik k.7nr.lifr st`FIf -'a •�.rr. �h..ny Pie i --iadcrw 9antlre}, NeditcadtY. Stritietober 1E, lIN ONTARIO LA MARCHE Ashfieid council will apply for MARCH CES DIX SOUS 116 4 OF DIMES- DEL'�I�TARtO capital conservation grant oFveloingthe obilityin di, l adults BARRY REID Be *Auditing " . *Financial Accounting "Personal orate Tarr Consultation »Persona!! 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Murray Ross; athletes Alex Baumann and Vicki Keith; community leaders Harry Gairey and Kathleen Zhylor—all of whom are among the 77 distinguished Ontarians who have received the award since its inception in 1986. What outstanding Ontarian would you like to see receive this honour? Nominations are now being sought for the 1991 awards. obtain a nomination form, or for further information, please write: The Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs 6th Floor Mowat Block, 900 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario M7AIC2 The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, October 31,1990a c'ntario Ashfield council met on August 13with Reeve Gibson and Council - tors Anew, Bleck end Simpson attendance. Bylaw 23, 1990, being a bylaw 10 ship up, close and sell a municipal road allowance on pari of lops 32 and 33, registered plan 136 and pint of Vireltington Street, Port Albert, was swat . three readings and Council voted in favour of ep_ plying foraconservsi grant from the Mid of Tourism and Rccreatio to install new lights,. fence; and backstop at the Dungan- non: ball diamond, end to unde the project if the grant is tPproved. Council met on August 21 with all , councillors and the reeve resent. Ken Dunn and Malt Fear - ken of 'B.M. Rosa' and Associate* Ltd., were p esent, to review with cou ncii, information obtained thus far regarding the deteriorated bridge striven at Port Albeit, Following discussion Mr, Pearson was directed to prepare an environ- mental study report on the Port Albert bridge. Council had no objection to severance appy submitted by Graff, IVIathesmiand Finnigenand To tt. By Shelley McPhee- Heist' SEAFORTH The local Conser- vatives 'were feeling .particularly blue last Thursday` night as the results of 'the provincialelection rolled lin. r . For the local Tories who gathered at election headquarters irr"Seaford), the results were not expected. For the several hundred Tory faithfuls who filled' the Seaforth Arena . to follow the election results with candidate Ken Campbell, the news of the' Conservative loss came as a surpirse. The anticipated victory party that night took on a subdued air as party faithfuls quietly watched' the elec- tion results come in. The results for the Huron riding steadily showed the New Democrats in the lead from the start, with Campbell fol- lowing in second place and the Liberals in third. The Tories were disappointed by the results. Huron County is traditionally known as a Conser- vative tiding, in spite of the fact that a Liberal member has held .a parliamentary seatfor the past 17 years. Tineories were hoping for a comeback in Huron County with notia in this regard laid'. uni�his property at 5 to the � of Huron. Land 1 D, part of lot 23, Southampton Division. Committee. Street, Dungarmon. He was advised' Tile *Anima mn moans were to corded the Hurn County en. for Neil MacKenzie and ginces. Gem Alton. s uhject to approval Tile drain loan applicetions were of provincial funding. approved for Terry Daltons' and At the September 4 meeting of Janina- Bradley, subject to funding council, Oink' Morgan, Regional f O nn the Manny of Agriculture Azaetsplent Commissioner and Ted and Food. baghttan, Evaluations Marna at- A final -Ontario Home Renewal tended to discuss the impact of the ;Program loan application was ap- hydro line on the to as- Peeved. for Doug Brown, moment boy. They that A claim under the livestock and Wit$of on as- Poultry Protection Act, in the ' township and amount of $30,00 was paid to'Bill throughout the City of Huron. Famish. would be Closely monitored for A draft warrent for the .Dun tluc� in market values of gamma Recreation, Board was dis- flrilles affected by the hydro cosset with further .discussion to V '.I •"continue at the septemper tg' -W.I. Sherwood was present to meeting. dinettes ns regarding' his . Ill communication dated Septem- rte waterline and Municipal drab' ber 4, the Ministry of Environment Idoll though properly subject to a has approved. $20,877 as a foals.. recent ; zoning . amendment and .payrnent for a water works project. minor variance ui Dungannon. The The Project .cysts of the water'* ckwas directed to, notify site mains laceme�ntalongcounty d -Wet Wawartosh, Mutual Insurance one.. Company of the existence of the The money is part of an estimated waterline« < $23,207: grant . as a' provincial Mr. Sherwood also raised concerns contribution toward the estimated regarding the paving of a strip of $29,100 total cost of • the ptnject. . supr sed .at- lo this, election. They did not" an- ticipateAbe results. Campbell admitted that he had no sense of the' NDP majority win ,prior to the election. He, noted "The DP Nwin' Came as a big .surprise". He had. - not counted on ...NDP candidate Paul Klopp as his main competition in the local election.. Campbell said that he believed Jim Fitzgerald of the Liberal party was his primary opponent for the Huron riding. He 801 that Fitzgerald had run. a . good ,campaign and he had done "a lot of handshaking." In .his : closing speech to Tory followers, Campbell noted, "The swing of the electorates has affected Huron County: We didn't know who our enemy was." Ken Campbell, . a 55 -year-old McKillop Township fanner and businessman, was seen as a strong contender for the election nod. in Huron County. As he watched the results come in, Campbell said of his campaign, "We gate it a good shot. There's no way you can counter a vote like that." He added, "You can't tell what's going on when you're on the cam - ss in*, Huron patgn trail.# Ken Campbell found sore con- solation in election results in the factthat he wonshis' local polls in. Seaforth and McKillop Township. The: biggest surprise in the poll results, he said, came from Goderich, where the NDP party �. won by a large majority. Campbell reasoned that a ` m 'ori ty of Goderich voters are working class people. and union members, who support, the NDP cause The Tory" candidate offered little comment on ;:the :future of the • province with an NDP government at the helm. His only response was a negative shakeof his head. To the audience at ° the election headquarters he offered, "We'll probably live through: this," He added, "But I did want to go to Queen's Park. I really wanted to o" g Campbell did not wait in Seaforth to get the final tally. He headed out to NDP election headquarters . in Holmesville to congratulate the winner. Before going, Ken Campbell reminded his fellow Conservatives, "We're not at a wake, we're at a party. It's not a victory party, but it's the second best thing." Bruce County Council news Motion to stop study defeated WALKERTON - Municipalities upset with the Bruce County` Restructuring Committee made an effort Tuesday, Sept. 4, but failed to derail amalgamation proposals in the committee's draft report. Bruce Township Reeve • Ron Andrews was among those asking the restructuring committee to drop its amalgamation proposals and recommend the status quo in its final'report. Andrews said voluntary amalgamations would be okay, but is worried the province could force changes to the county system. "The ministry (of municipal af- fairs) assured us the study won't collect dust, " Andrews said. He's' now concerned that the county will have "no control" . over how the study's recormnendailons will be implemented. Tiverton Reeve Donne Fitzsim- mons also wanted the study halted in its tracks. "I -think we should listen to the people of Bruce County and tell the province where we stand," he said. Restructuring appears to have few supporters on county council, but the vote was to finish the study in spite of public opposition to the plans. Public and municipal meetings over the last two weeks show the issue is controversial in Bruce. Chairman Milt McIver admitted the wave of opposition to the proposals, but said the committee is close to its final report and should continue its work. "Contrary to opinion, we have tried to be objective,. I Ihave no problem if people vote 'no" to the reports" McIver said. Ab Murray of Lucknow said he'd "hate to see it stopped" before the study was finished. "I gather most members supported doing the study in the first place," he said. Uncertainty over whether or not the province will force some kind of restructuring on the county added to the debate. Some councillors are convinced the province wants to see changes, while others think leaving • boundaries as they are will be ac- ceptable to the province if that is what the county `wants. In the end, a recorded vote defeated the motion to stip the study; Work on the final report will continue, with ` the report due in October or November. SAUGEEN REPORT Saugeen Township kept up the pressure in the fight against County restructuring.* the September ses- sion of Bruce County council. Reeve Harry Thede distributed copies of the township's 30 -page response to the study committee's draft report. That report outlines two,options that would see Bruce County rear- ranged into eight or 16 municipalities. "It's not acceptable to us," Thede said, asking for support and com- ments from other councillors. "I know there are considerable savings for some municipalities (under restructuring). I would caution you on voting for that. You're voting to lose your voice" Thele said. Saugeen's brief takes the restruc- turing, committee to task for the figures and examples it used in examining current fire, roads and recreation service agreements. It calls for a new "objective" report that would consider voluntary boundary changes, and give details of how changes would be implemented. Turn to page 7 •