HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-04-17, Page 1VOL 123 lOr
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F, : by P'at Livingston.
Twenty-six Cubs from
the Saugeen West'.
District :participated in
the annual Cub Car Rally
hosted' by the •Lucknow
Scouting Association on
Sunday: The District
includes Lucknow,
Wingham, Underwood,
Ripley, Kincardtiie and.
Teesivater. The nu mber
of participants. * was rela-
tively low compared to
`last.year's:80.
'The Cubs (8, 9' and 10�
year olds) olds)make their
r
own Oars. out of a kit that
i 1-
c odes"'�a 'lock
n �► of
wood, five Wheels, s and
nails.,
They must weigh
g
h.
nth.: pore than : five
ounces. First and second
year Cubs are allowed to
have assistance from -
their parents .white the
third year. Cubes are
expected to build the car
on their.own.
Points are awarded to.
cars for design and speed
and each car competes in
several heats, racing
down ,a three -lane .track:
There .is also, a class "for.
adults to` compete in.
Winners ,'of, the first
d
second
an
year CubC b
.
di . v,ision_for speed. werej,,,
first r1Ci
it t , J S , ' a
a G
Luc now r.' 'second
Dustin .
Dore Ripley, .and
and
....
third`" A Ankit Garg,
.Rincardine:
Winners in the third -:
year Cub 'division for
speed were • 'first Bob
' aym:ond, Lucknow;,
second - Mark Hackett,
Lucknow; •third, Jesse
Savage, Ripley.':
Carl Yungblut of
Ripley. won for 'best
design for the first and
second year group, and:
Jesse ,:Savage of Ripley
won in the third year
division.
It was exciting i t,
an chin time
for a he Cubs,, parents7und
a;,
den
ds as,they sat on the
sidelines watching each
uniquely designed car.
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h h!ual `Gigli: Car•:R�l!y. #ar thy• S u " n �We� D�strlc ' • au: el
aw
Luckni wand. ►kit mar of Kinca�r `ne a .tri ub le
tLlq
u1l vak; as he a lain�s horti the,. .ear tit � .car , k' `
p mpe t ar s��at Livingston
d ick
photo)
.e'ar-.o1d
Goderich man,facing
multiple ,charges , in.con
:: jc n with area break -
ns 9 was sentenced
1Moin ay to eight months
in prison: after pleading
guilty to two charges.
Ken Kerr and .a,47-
year-old
..17_year old young offender
were `.arrested last
Wednesday (Apr. 10),
after 30 cartons of ciga-
rettes: and: `cash were
stolen from Lucknow
Village Market
( echtel',$).
On Monday, Kerr
,pleaded guilty to. stealing
a,1992 Nissan van from
the . VLA 'subdivision,
just outside Goderich on
Hwy. 8, and also to
breach of pronation..'
• Court was told Kerr,'
and. the youth checked
between. 15 and 20 vehi-
cies before finding one
that was unlocked and
had keys in the ignition.
Kerr s'. lawyer, Mary
ulli said her client was
on' welfare and had used
hisefor entire: cheque uest .
and last month's rent..
He had nothing Left,
over for food or, other-.
e ife• she
tier ssitles :of 1
said.,
"He i,has I ,mYted.
Work skills and has been
out . o f 'work{ for some
time; . c t."eL• the f , of the
ori. ,
Van Was an attempt to, put
foodon the "table, she:
said. In November1995,,
Keil was :convicted of a
break-in and u! . on .P,aro-
p.
bation for two years.,
According;: to a
Goderich ^Police ;press.
release,- .Goderick OPP'
called Goderich Police at
2' a.:mr '' ednesday to
report two • men who
i 'ere seen. leavin'g:
Knechtel's to a white
van. A Goderich Police
Officer, stationed at Hwy.
Z1 and Saltford , Road,
saw the, white van stop at
the stop sign on Saltford
.Road. When he pulled
alongside the van to look.
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by Pat Livingston «,
The engineers and contractors -`on the Dungannon
1995 Drainage Works project. assured 'about 20
ratepayers last Tuesday night that the project,will be
tidied up andfinished according to specifications.
John: Burns,: general manager ofnR.J.Burnside and:
firm, TomPridham ^ e..
the �engineering f 1 am h
. :Associates, :fm►,r' h t
engineer, and Ivan Schwas and. Tom Donnelly
project g
`of D Amore Construction, the project contractor,
answered questions.
members of council, the engineers.:: and contractors
g �
bad walked; the project prior to the meeting "There
h p a �
are no problems `o r: h nthose ' expected in such a ;..
,pr era that
tan pec �
project, or any that we didn't'expect,s said Pridham.
p J.,
The work will be tidted,up and'finished accordingg .o
t
specs,t Our firm remains ommittetn a successful
completion.
by Pat Livings
Lucknow village
council has given the,
bylaw enforcement; offi-
'ter instructions to 'keep
an eye' on the double
parking situation on the
town's main street and to
"clean it up" says Peeve
Stuart Reavie
The doubling parking
of vehicles, in particular
.large trucks, . •makes
crossing the street as
hazardous as in down-
town Toronto. Add to
that vehicles. travelling at
higher than acceptable
speeds through the
erns added his 'assurance saying, This project
will be completed and completed satisfactorily. That
is our full, intent. We will ,decide what is needed with
the .contractor. Theyassured us theyare not .running''
away:"
"We are due to come • back," said Schwas. "It's the
nature of the project ect to have uip. some deficiencies.
be We
Y
_o"l
willbe back" Co finish it Monies h ave en e d
back to ensure' we will 7
Reeve Bob a
lairaid
about $41,000 has been held back.
Donn 11 y c utinned ,the group,saying, ,Baar With:th
us in, the spring,.::' Ile said the rain will go straight
ight feet of loose'"ground.,,.
•
down through the srx to e g
r � a b ld dries t
�ecaiuse the'. forme � .may.., ,ori, ,the a+� s , n..
mean the conditions ares right for us tc do our work, -'
Bob`' McCormick,^` one of the assessed -proort
P g
•turn to a e 2
dwntow,n section and
the scene is rape for a
serious accident.-:`
A �'
.ro bsal:from the
p
Lucknow Agricultural
Society.' ;to build an
access road tu° Lot 517,
west of the.:,arena,;.is
being taken under coin
sideration by council}
Reavie says there are
various areas to be invcs ,
tigated` fore a decision
is reached.:
Village' works
employees will be' coni
• ' ducting a spring yard,
waste collection' Fridays.
only until the end of
June. Specifications for
putting your yard waste
at .thecurbare outlined
in an advertisement in
this week's paper,
When..: asked if that
meant there would be no
more yard waste pickup
after the end of June,
}Reavie said there would
be further discussion on
that and more .:infornih-
tion available later.
Council ispresently
considering implement-
ing a bag tag feep for
curbside garbage. Linda
ottau of Goderich.
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