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LUCKNOW OPTIMIST
Hockey Pool
Wiflners
The NHL regular season is over and the
final standings for the Lucknow Optimist Club'e hockey
pool have been calculated. ,The first place prize of $500
was won by, Tony Wartnaby, Congratulations Tony!
finishing second and winning $200 was Jon Chilton. Jon
ended the year only one point behind Tonyi Kevin Hickey
was third and picks up $100. The final standings are
posted at the Lucknow Sentinel office or you can call. 528-
3600 or 357-1369 for your results and placing. The
Lucknow Optimist Club would like to thank all those who
took part in the pool, making. it a successful fund raising
event, the proceeds of which go to projects for Lucknow
area youth. These are the top 20 finishers for the end of
the pool.
Tony Wartnaby 414.5{ 11. Ross Moffatt: 392.5
. Jon Chilton ,
3. Ravin Hickey
4. Steve Hackett
406.5
397.0
fir« Home Hardware 391.5
6. Steve Chamney 391.0
7. Bryan Lachance 390.0
8. Randy Alton 385.5.
9. Eric Taylor 385.0
10. Rob Hamilton 383.7
Rod McDonagh
12. Doh McDonagh
Mike Mali
3. Bill Haldenby
14 Brad Petteplace
16 John Hamilton
16. Dale Lougheed
17. -Shan McDonald
Jim Surridge •
392.5
7a.
378.3
'373.3
373.
372.6f
372.0.
371.3
371.3
Affr,
unicipalities face higher costs
in having lab testin =- done now
by David {Scott MILS for past overpay- orrground water, surface
The recent elosurc of ° merit to the workers' water, leachate, r tc. at
government ent inn laborato- Compensation Board by those times, Even water
ries in Ontario means the landfill board. from neighbors of the
landfills, water treatment As of the end of i landfill is tested.
plants and municipalities ,government lab facilities . Monthly testing of
Boat relied on `free' test- in London won't be leachate from the MHLS
lug in the past will now.. receiving samples, said leachate transfer facility
Dave to pay private lobo- Yardley. But that's not in (oderi h which cost
ratorr�es :to do the samethe only closure in the approximately $95 a
work. . province. Labs in month in the past, will
The Mid -Harron Thunder.ay. Kingston now cost the board
Landfill Site QMH%SJ and Sudbury will Ws be approximately $250 at ,a
'board learn,d of the shat down and the gov- private lab, close to.
news at its April 18 . ern ►ent's main lab in "VAMP, more per year.
.meeting from Jiro Toronto will be restive- Chair of the landfill
'Yardley of Conestoga- tuned and reduced. m. board; Laurie Cox, Reeve
Rovers .and Associates,. In thepast,, massive of Goderrieh Township, is
p
the Consulting engineers closures like this would. also manager of the:
for the landfill site. be announced a ., year water treatment lant. at
Yardley had just been ahead, said Yardley. Goderich which regularly
informed of the govern- "Now it's imimedxntely serids water
samples to.
meat lab cut thrs. hours :. governmentlabs..f r test -
prior
g. o.
to;the. 4 p.m. land' ng. He suggested the .
fill t�neetin T'h l h t .
.. � pima, the landfill and
In terms of cost, the
landfill will likely have; who e. ministry lab
S 1�11at Story S, go
to - pay . between $22,000 Environmentguidelines,Weibel- - on. a : block e
,�'� a ,,.._.. g, b+u.., to
to $23,x►; now per year. the April test results at.der for private, lab test:
(with . the Harris govern-
ment)," he said.
The closures leave the
landfill in a bind because
under n: Ministry . of
member municipalities
•
for mon.itnring,.:estiun ated thesite have to be cum ing, in hopes of a cost.
Yardley, :for a service plated: by the end of the, savings to taxpayers."
done free by the govern- month. The recent , The .board agreed to
nient. before. That cost OPSEU strike halted test- ' survey the :eight:member
doesn't include tests. ing at government labs, municipalities as to their
so: seasonal sampling at water testing require-
the site was delayed from ' inents and report back at
March, until April:, "next month's meeting in
Presently the MHMS regards to a group bid for
mately $45,000 in rebate undergoes monitoring) private-lab:services.
cheques -we're ues`we're issued last 'three'.ti times q es a: year' by "We. probably,send
rnn'
o th to the' eight
g mem-� , Conestoga -Rovers.' and several rrlllion dollars'
bar municipalities of: u numerous n rn ,oas tests are done (of' test work)"to labs:
approxi -
required for the landfill's'
leachate transfer facility
in Goderich.
In : contrast, pp
by
by Michele Greene
A tri -board committee
intended to improve co-
operation was disbanded
Monday, night when the
Huron -Perth Roman
Catholic Separate School
Board withdrew from it.
Separate trustees are
reactingt0 u "carinpaign
by the Huron County
Board of 'Eduction to
promote one publicly
funded school .board in
each ,year. They tend to
give good prices," said
the Conestoga -Rovers
rrepresentative.
t hnnges to
Monitoring?'
Yardley suggested the
landfill might be able to
louver costs if monitoring
was reduced. He says it's
normal for the g veru-
i, r rit to ease up on. fre-
quency of naonito g if a
landfill has been opera-
tional for five years or
more with safe' results.
"We've been operating
now for five `years, we
have good data fro the
landfill. e haven't seen
any issues,. 'It's tittle to„
back off on rr� onito ig,
said Yardley. "Most'. land-
fills cut back 'to twice a
o b
year (monitoring) )' when
� g
they have a data base of
five yea s $
e. also said an addi-
ticnal cost savings ; might:
be realized if the number
of test vsells drilled cirri,.
the site is reduced.
However, it's ultimate-
ly up.to the government
to " decide if monitoring:
can be reduced.' Yardley
'll . ud ' that a vrra< �rfcl e t reeom,
.mendation in the MHL
annual ' report . tc the
Minis of Environment
and: Energy (MOEE)
which is: due `b the end
of the month.
Huron County, The
Huron board :wrote letters
to the ',editor in. local
newspapers and received ,
Other pros on' its .nitia-'
tive.. It is also distributing
postcards that • are
addressed to Huron ' 'P
Helen Johns :urging' her
to support the . idea in
Queen's Park..
The campaign is <the,
Huron board's response •
to thenoneY : report
p ,
Bate Area Solid
Taste Recyaling
1+'.® ` Association inc.,
eicomes New
Manager
Bruce Area 6&lid WetsPt-gains Association. et, IMAM 1 completed
its search for a (MY Central Nigger. BARiDA1. Board of Directors have
short Ctet tea libatd. to over e thAssocilids operation,
Mr. Archbald beings avith loam five years of experience in municipal• re yclin8.
Iia is the author of ` par urri intim 8nide8 on waste management. Most •
ny. ter. Archibald v3s Operations and Maketin Coordinator for the
1 rue vatrr l ecydlins Amociation and (Site Manager for the City of &rnia
Yard Waste Comp* facility. • .
Mr Archibald amused his revongibilities on April B. 10. He WM be
read d at 1800.794-9770 or 019) 7975557.
released in" February
which recommended
amalgamation of the
Huron , and Perth school
boards. ,The Huron board
would like each county
to have one school board,
resulting in splitting. the
Huron -Perth' board.
"The firstrind
le ` [of
p �
the tri -board conunittee ]
vias governa[acc'inust not
be compromised. It was
felt this was . being cum-
promised by this' cam-
paign., T lie- Huron board
has ` failed to live tip.. to
that," said 'area. Trustee '.
Louise. Martin.
The separate board:
met with. Johns to discuss
the 'issue and will meet
with Perth MPP ;Bert
'Johnson this week.
The to -hoard commit-,
tee •-, was formed. in
January 1995 and
*torn top g n e .9
I1•E.•r1riO•N VE11I1N
EX S RVICEMEN AND
WOMEN & DEPENDENTS
The Royal Canadian Legion Provincial Service
Bureau Officer,. Randolph Groundwater„ will be visit-
ing in the area.
Anyone wishing' :information, advice or :assistance
'regarding
*War Disability' pension*
Treatment for entitled veterans.
*Appeals against adverse original
application for war Veterans and
Widows Allowance.
Contact the Service Officer or Secretary of the
Branch no later than May 9.
Irvine Eedy
Branch 309
Service Officer
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