HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-02-14, Page 1OL. 123 WK.'
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Trish Marsden (left) and Kelly Stevenson are carrying their sticks a; :little •
high as their teams compete in floor hockey session of the Kinsmen and
Kinettesmushball tournament last weekend. But, they were having fun.
(Pat Livingston photo)
Lucknow teen
skati:
Short track skaters from
the Bruce County Blades
speed skating club went
south to Rockton last week-
end to compete provincially
in their first ever race. ,
First year skaters Mike
Saxton of Kincardine t and.
{ Lee Drennan of Lucknow
Good lu
S.
t
Members of this com-
munity and the Lucknow
Skating Club are thinking
good thoughts this week,
while Sam (Samantha)
Mayer is at the Canadian
Special Olympics. Sam
rn
left • on ` Monday. . for"
y
Calgary, She will compete
between :Feb. 14 and 18,
Wet have an interview`
with Salo when When she
returns? •
showed the rest of the
province that we are {still
around and had better watch
out at 'future meets. Both
showed :, fine form and
improved steadily as they
.gained confidence.
The meet was swamped
with kids from all over the
province. The competition
Was great and everyone
watched with enthusiasm.
This meet, organizedby the,
Cambridge club, was a
modified all points meet.
.This means the skater's
-seed time for 500 meters
was submitted in order to
match her/him with other
skaters of equal ability.
Three classes. were Made;
up Froin each grouping, ;pri-
mar (fastest), secondaries
and tertiaries. The skaters.
are moved up if they win
their beat, and down if they
come Mast. ;Everyone has a
:chance to race in four .heats
over the course.of the day..
Taya Cornett, a club Vet-
eran at 6 years -old, now has
three years experienceon
the, provincial circuit. This
year she has moved into the
big leagues (peewee)` and
finds• the competition pretty
stiff
Mike Saxton started in
the primaries. Lee Drennan
was in with a group. of
novice and, senior B skaters
`and started with . the ter*
ties. y,
Taya Cornett, 500m,
2:10:20 fifth; 222m, 57:56
for fifth; 333m. 1:25:42 for
sixth and - i l itn 28:68 for
sixth, an in the secondaries:
Mike , Saxton, .777m
2:05:54,, fourth, . 500m,
1:15:32 for third; 666m
1:38:28, second and 333m
46:98, first, all in the pri-
mariesR
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1
truce cQunty-Board of Education
pect cuts of $4 million
by rat Halpin •
The province is trying to take too cinch,
too fast, says Bruce County education
director Paul Martindale. •
At the Feb. 6 board . meeting, . Martindale
said preliminary estimates put the expected
provincial grant cuts for the board in the
nine to 11 per cent range, or about $4 mil-
lion. Indications from the province are that
most of thatt, funding cut will be extracted
from the budget over the last,four months
of this year. •
"This is an incredible position," ,he said,
"Not only is that wrong, it's going to impact
the classes."
"Everybody doei. realize we do have • a
debt problem m - Ontario. We're all, trying to
be responsible in that'regard,",Martindale
said, : explaining the timing of the cuts .: and
the delay in detailing: information on how
they wilt be imposed increases the board's
planning Problem
s a director, ,it certainly bothers me
thatthat appears to . be the, target,,"
Martindale said,; of the indication 'that
grants will be cut in a contracted four
month period. "I think we. are all hoping
that the announcement in the next few days
.maybe will be a bitmore optimistic than
that}." .
Martindale recalled the difficult 4.75 per
cent cut over three years under the social
contact and predicted a cut of more than
double that amount over one quarter of a
year will pose a significant challenge to the
board.
The province's long delay in releasing
detailed information about the grant cuts
and the so-called "tool box" of legislative
changes means the board will. be at least
threemonths into the new year before it
knows what .revenue it will get from the
province. Martindale called that, system an
"absolutely irrational approach" to long
term planning.
"Until we get into a grant process that
stabilizes funding over a •period of two to
three years,. we are in great difficulty ," he
said
Trustee Don Cass supported a stand by
the:, Ontario Public ,' Schoo ' Ovari s'
Association against the size and tiring of
the cuts.
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tiLucknow & District Sports Complex Phase II
ch.i$ii15,O�.O.•1d:be• raised
Community support
has been incredible
` by Pat Livingston
It's .almost one year ago that fund-raising efforts for
Phasetook off in earnest.
As that anniversary date approaches, everyone who has
had anything to do with raisiing-the communities' 'share to
pay for, this top: notch facility, should be patting them-
selves on the back and saying "Good job!" As:of Friday,
P•only $175,000 of the $1.85 million project remains to be
paid off.
"I can't believe the -community has raised almost
$600,000° -in a year," says John Pollard, co-chair of : the
finance committee. "The .support' has been great. Service
clubs are doing more than they committed and that is pos-
sible due to community support."
There is still another $25,000 to come in from one
municipality and the committee is currently debating a fur-
they GST rebate. It had been anticipated that 100 per cent
of the GST would berats ed, to date only $68,000 or 58
per cent has been received,
Funds have been raised through a wide variety of
events.
Two major fund-raising projects in the future include _4
'Monster Bingo sponsored by the local Lions and . another
Wild Gaines Night sponsored by the Lucknow Kinsmen.
The onster`iri o will offer:$10,x, in : rize money
ony� •y��QQ i� y,,y�,ygy�ry ��yyy�� y� + +�' ,,,. j� prize
Tilly 28. The proceeds' f{.4e earmarked Moi 'base 1s
The Wild Gomes night as.becn passed
the Kinsmen
but'a Confirmed date was not available at press time. Tbere
is talk of holding this -year's. on the arena floor. Watch this
,paper for'further informations
4.UCKNOW
DISTRICTSPORTS
COMPLEX
PHASE II