HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-01-03, Page 9Lueknow.SGntinel, Wednesday, January 3, 1'9
r9vements were made tomill gond dam in Au
Ault 2
I:re
Black,"• of.
kuow, hasheed
aaned' " the new
recreation coordinator/facile
ity manger by th joint
recreation board. Fifteen
applications for 'the job
wet received
Huron Township and
Ripley are roiling out the
• cast this long weekend as -
die)" celebrate "Keeping the
Hometown' Spirit'Alive". It .
is W years since their last:
reunion.
Plans to improve the`mill
pond dam onto property of
Mark: Stever .arenow com.
.plete. Construction of the
improvements will begin
later .this week and include
new flashboards for the
darn, and rip rap around the
dam structure to . control
erosion.
Ross Street, in Luckuow,
• The tender for the, cone
struction of the Dungannon
Drainage Works 1995 , has
been awarded to D°amore
Construction (Windsor) Ltd.
. u ust 23
the Lucknowand,
District Chamber of
,Commerce hosted its,
first Teddy Bear parade for
Foca: youngsters in conjure
tion with the. Whacky.
Olympics and wind up of
swimming lessons.
Rev, Linda Hili delxve
her'`farewell : sermon 'on:
Sunday in the Anglican
parish, She began her new
charge at Holy Malty
Church, , Kitchener on Aug.
15. •
match held on the farm of septembee 27
lou and Yvonne Pentland,
Bluewater 'Recye
..,,eptert„ibe:±
September
bare onthe propel.
of lint: West,
.Ashfield Township,
was completely ° destroyed..
by fire on Aug. 30
Combustion was the cause.
Fair boards were feeling
the. rising costs; sof liability
insurance The local. fair
beard: was facing an
increase. from $700 to,
$1500. `
September 13
the official opening 'of
Phase 11 of the
.L_ uckoow and District
Sports Complex began' with
a blessing, and ended with
more than 600 people .cele-
brating the opening of the
expanlsiun, Ken Parrish,
Dave :Farrish and Pauli
Henderson, : were on hand
for the grand opening.
August 9
onstruction on the
village's ' connecting
link is a go,. says.
Reeve Stuart Reavie, '"afb-
ject to tender$•"being•
a p,p' 'proved.
�� Ce $1.9 billion�'he„recent.
b.
cut �n provincial spending
had matters onhold ..for, a `
while. MO" has indicated'
they will come up with
$220,000 towards their .cost'
of, the project; and the bal-
ance will be deferred over
two years. The village will
bankroll the difference.
"there will: be some interest
relief on ,the remaining 'bal-
ance which is deferred over
two years," said Reavie.
Jesse and John Davidson
received an old-fashioned
country welcome as they
made their .way down ftwy.
21 through the Kintail and
Kingsbridge -area. The: son
and father duo were on their
75th day of a 3,000 kin trek
across Ontario 'to raise
funds for , :Muscular;
Dystrophy research.
August 3t
E[eIehl
Macintrye was
back:oto• Japan and
described her .one
year teaching tenure as 'the
best of times, and the worst
of titres,'
IThe local Agricultural
Society began promoting its
fall fair using the them "Out
with. ° the.. old, : In with the
New."
ling Association
plan to offer han-
dling
an .dung of virtually all;forms
of solid waste, in .addition to
current recyelables coh:1d
render a eeeeliuren County
landfill` site practically
unnecessary, say. s the assn«.
ctatieres 'pr tdent �Frauci,s
'eilleus. ,
Veilieus said the plan
announced on July 26 at the
association's annual meet-°
ing, would be cost-effective
and result : in .a total diver-
sion of 75 per cent ,of tnaterp
ial from landfill, .
Branch .109 of the Royal
Canadian Legion hosted a
variety of events .inrecogni-
tion of Legion Week,.which
is held annually the third.
week, of September. This
week more empb sis was
put on the week because of
the significance of 1995
being the 50 anniversary of'.
Victory ill : Europe.
R:
ipey . Huron Central
�Scixe:el; earned its
jade status at the end
f the last school year by
completing 250' euvironp
vientKkriented projects,
They include recycling„
composting, litter pickup,,
donatous to UNICEF and:
educational projects,.
were built as a Centennial
project for the Agricultueal
Society.
November
November 1
rea ,residents:, along:
with thousands of
other Canadians,
attended a unity rally in
Montreal - a bid to try and
keep Canada together,
Lucknow 4-1I Beef Calf.
Club • members Brent Black,
Dennis Johnston, Heather
Alton and Vanessa Alton,
along with club leader Don
Alton were getting ready to
face the nation's beast at the
67th Royal Agricultural..
Winter Fair in Toronto..
The Luckn w and;
District Christian School
celebrated .15 years of
Christ -entered education,
October 18
`ork on the 911
project in Bruce
County will be
staggered to save money.
Townships will :likely start
installing the intersection
signs needed, for a county-
wide 911 emergency tele-
phone service this spring,
The posts and signs for indi-
vidual property identifica-
tion will ordered the follow-
ing spring.
•
September 20
Oct
October 25
A group of Lucknow ,.
community "mei n►bers have .
formed the Optimist Club of
Lu:eknow and District to
conduct positive service
projects to benefit area
youth and community.
Charlene Townsend of
Seaforth was crowned..
Huron County :Queen of the _.
Furrow f"at the plowing
ork on. Lucknow's
connecting link
began in earnest
last week when Seeley
Amil1 crews started remov-
ing the: asphalt ,' and
to
8p
installing thewaterimains on
the south side of Campbell
Street.
Amy Sutherland was
crowned the 1995 Qeeen of
the Lucknow Fair. 'Holding-
couirt with Amy were
•Katrina Abbott and
Charlene Burgess
October 4
he first ' xpl`ore the
Country °Tour , span-
.�t►; sored by the
Lucknow " :
no and District:
Chamber of : Commerce,
was;. a bg c. sir cess., About
250 people took` advantage
of the opportunity to visit
10 various types. of fauns in
the four surrounding munic-
ipalities.
The sun shone once again
On the Ripley Fall Fair.
October 11
he tender for snow
removal' on village
streets and sidewalks
was awarder;: to Dave
Seabrook Excavating.
The Centennial Crates
have bere-installed on
t aco"
;the "northwen � es es tm�>r ot
.
the"Lucknow. and District
Sports Complex.
They originally stood at
the - old entrance to -
Caledonia Park but had to
be moved for the new facili-
ty to built.
The stone, gates date back
to August 1965 when they
November g. ,
cPP are investigating
a fire: that destroyed
a barn and . two
smaller sheds on the proper-
ty. of Chester Finnigan, in
West Wawanosh Township,
on Halloween..
Huron County can save
$40 million by ditching its
plans for a landfill' in.
Ashfield To. wnship and
accepting a new one-stop
waste Collection plan from
Bluewater` .Recycling ac-
cording ..,. "„..'
tothe concerned
citizens
of Ashfield.
•Neve tier 1
hieves, broke into R &
” Dining "acid the:.
Lnow
u k Spores
Complex.
The. congregation of
South Kinloss. Presbyterian
*turn to page 14
N..
Marianne . (Frayne)
Hogan of Ashfield township
cut.: her ' first tape
" Marianne's Simple Gifts
65. minutes of traditional
Irish' and Scottish songs.
Apgast 16
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Dungannon, was : in:
Victoria Hospital, London,
recovering from oornplicaa'
tions after, surgery, Be sus-
tained very serious spinal
• cord injuries . in a laiin'trice
for accident : on July 21.
Seeley Arnilt of coiling-
wood has `been given, the
contract for constrnotion
work on the .connecting
ljnk and:; two blocks on
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