HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-12-05, Page 1ge Whitby, (second from left) was honoured last week when he received The Royal Canadian Legion.
eritorious Service Medal, for outstanding devotion to the aims and objects of The Royal Canadian Legion.
the presentation were Henry Clark, left. Honours and Awards Chairman, Delores Cross„ president
•Branch 309 and Don Standen, District C Commander. (Pat Livingston photo)
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eceilves Legion MS.
Lucknow resident George
Whitby was honoured last week
when presented with The Royal
Canadian Legion's Meritorious
Service .Medal. (vISM). The
medal is awarded to ennuaritus
for outstanding devotionto the
aims and objectives of The
Royal Canadian Legion.
Mr. Whitby joined the Royal
Canadian MIOlery in 1939. He
trained in folOand from 1941
until the D Day invasion and
Was discharged m 1946;
He was awarded the Military
Medal of Gallantry on August 8,
1944 and was subsequently
presented with the. Medal by his
Majesty Icing George VI at
Buckingham Palace, in 1945.
Whitby joined the Royal
Canadian. Legion 44,1944 and
Yearlater Wainer: the first
veteran of World Warn to serve
as the Lucknow branch
president. Over the years he has
held Most offices in the Branch
and:Oontinues to play an active
role on the execudire. - •
He Served at Scout Master in
Lucknow for 10 yems.
Mr. Whitby was Chief of the
Lucknow and District Fire
Department for 35 years and
retired with fill honours.
In 1984 he was recognized for
his outstanding contribution to
thevnmualty when: heWas
aWOrdettlihe,
Medal. He was also. a recipient
of the Confederation Medal of
Canada, honouring this country's
100th birthday.
Currently Mr. Whitby is the
Building Chairman of Branch
309, Laclaithw. A professional
carpenter by trade,„ his expert
advice and help is pin to, good
use when renovations are being
discussed.
Congratulations George!
Bruce• County Council news
•Bids on county -owned buildings
rejected, county continues landlord
WALKERTON—Being a landlord for office space and $4 a square County homes top
is a profitable business for Bruce. foot fOr the jail is almost double the capital forecast list
County, but the county's finance old rent. WALKERTON--A revised five -
chairman wonders if it the right Henon said the buildings bring in year capital forecast released by
• business to be in. about $450,000 rent, but the county , Bruce County council last week
t At Tuesday's meeting (Nov. 20) pays about $150,000 annually in puts the two county homes for the
Bruce County counciirejected three maintenance. aged as top financial priority.
t offers on county -owned buildings, The five-year lease is retroactive It could cost the county $10 mil-
t including the court house, former to January 1, 1988. lion to upgrade county homes in
county administration building, jail Rental front the Cayley Street Walkerton and Wigton.
and registry office. The complex is Complex is • die county's biggest Ross Herron, finance chairman,
located on a two and a half acre source of income other than taxes, wants to start saving for that ex-
blockin Walkerton and is known as but Herron is worried about the risk pense by putting $5.1 million into a
the Cayley Street CoMplex. of being a landlord. He's afraid of reserve fund between now and..
Ross Boron, finance chairman, majorrepair or renovation bills, and 1995.
said none of the offers was aeeel)- says die door isn't closed on Meanwhile, the amount being set
table, though one was "close." proposals to sell the property. aside to eventually upgrade the
. The county tendered the complex museum and build a new library
for sale last month, after being "I wouldn't say it would ever be headquarters was cut so that more
-approached by an individual closed because I'm not sure we
interested, in buying the downtown should be landlords. It open if men" can be funnelled int° the
county homes' reserve.
area property. The finmice commit- • someone is interested and Puts LIP The new, forecast also axes plans
tee did not release details of that the moneY.” for a county building in Wiarton. It
offer, or the tenders received. The property was appraised at was to be paid for by selling the
Instead of selling the property' $1.7 million in 1988. So far the. Cameron Lake forest to the Bruce
province has not shown interest in National Park. Instead, that money,
buying the buildings it uses. too, will go toward the county
homes.
While Moon said leases with the In all, the capital forecast alone
province will be honored, he will mean a three per cent tax hike,
speculated that a lump sum from but Herron noted last year's
selling the property could finance forecast was trimmed to help cut
some of the county's capital projects. the county's overall budget
"You can imagine the interest on increase.
The new rate of $11 a square foot - a million dollars," he said. Than to page 3•
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Bruce County will continue as
landlord to provincial departments
and agencies now in the buildings.
That role will net the 'county an
estimated $300,000 a ye,ar profit,
thanks to a new lease approved by
council Tuesday after almost three
years of negotiation with the
province.
The Night Before Christmas'
by CAR Clarke
It was the night before
Christmas and the Fogarty
fatally were all snuggled up in
their beds. Downstairs, the living
room was, bare. No Christmas
gifts were On the floor, no
Cbriaunas Tree was set up in
one comer, and no signs of a
Christmas feast, were in the
• kitchen.
The "two young children
unstair$ asleep. Matilda and
Millie, were dreaming of turkey
dinners, beautifully lit Christmas
• trees, and toys wrapped in
colourful paper.' The excitement
of Christmas had been mounting
for days as Millie and Matilda's
friends allbragged about what
they were hoping to receive for
Christmas. It had never dawned
on Millie and Matilda that there
might not be a Christmas at their
house.
' -Mother and Father Fogarty
• were ,also upstairs in bed but
they certainly weren't asleep and
they ' weren't • having pleasant
dreams. Team began to run.
dOwn Mother Fogarty's face as.
she ' fully realized • how
disappointed her children .would
be on. Christmas day. father
pogany was mulling -over kibia.
hovf he 'might be able to
*PPM& his elllidreas en. the
following day when they found
out they were not to have a
Christmas. But in his heart Mr.
Fogarty low/ that he would
never be able to repay his
children for not providing them
with a.Chtistmas.
Nothing can describe the.
disappomtinent and pain that. Mr.
and Mrs. Fogarty, Matilda and
Millie felt on that Christmas
morn.
Please don't let this happen to ,
someone in our town. Come to
the Lucknow Cotrimuiny 'Centre
tonight at. 7:30 p.m. to aid the
Lucknow School ' Choir.'
Brookside School Choir,
Lucknow Christian School
Choir, and Lucknow Concert
Band to raise money for the, less
fortunate people in Lucknow and
area.
These area 'young people will
be putting on a Christmas Music
Youth Night free of charge with
all your favourite old Christmas
carols. Donations will be.
accepted to go towards the
Lucknow and Area Christmas
Benevolent Fund. Please attend
TONIGHT,' Wednesday,
December 5thand help us to
provide all residents tftuclinoW
and area with a • Merry
• Christinas.-
M.Mitti-7:77-K7417x.,
The spirit of Christmas was evident, as these two little friends Jessica
Gilchrist (left) and Laurie Guay, participated in the Christmas in
Canada celebration at the library last Saturday morning. Ted Roberts
of The Travellers performed various songs, and recited poems and
stories from various parts of Canada and abroad. (Pat Livingston
photo)
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