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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-10-23, Page 11 �r VOL. 123 WK. 43 Protect your pets The month of October has come to be associat- ed with that time of the year you have your pets innoculated against rabies. Low cost clinics are being held in Bruce County this . week. Today. (Wednesday) the Lucknow clinic is open 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the PWC Shed. Tomorrow (Thursday) the " clinic will ram the same hours at the Holyrood Township Garage.: The cost is $10 per ani - mil, with a $45 maxi- mum 'for five or more cats.. Mild temperatures and sunny skies, on Thanksgiving Monday, attracted nearly,300 000 people to the 4.5 km long Oktoberfest Parade,' the star attrac- tion of : Kitchener's famous. festival. The Five .County Pipes' and Drums .had , the honor .a of following` directly behind. "Onlde Hans" who led the parade. Members of" the Lucknow Legion. Pipe Band, Gerald Mowbray, Doug Stever, Laurie Falconer, Archie Pur - don, Duncan Campbell and Anne Pritchard were part of the contin- gent of 36 pipers and 45 drummers on parade. The Five County Pipes and Drums band mem- bers are from Clinton, Mount Forest, Listowel, Brussels, Kincardine and Lucknow with Pipe Major Glen MacLean of Clinton, Drum Major Jim Arthur of Mount Forest, and Drum Sergeant Jim McArthur, 'of Kincardine. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23,1996 65* INCLUDES G9S.Tp • .nice. Countydefers i workfare plan by Pat Halpin by the social services commit- will cost the county more for staff, prompting Anstett to raise Bruce county has declined a tee. administration, including a new concernsabout reduced accessi- chance to be among municipali- Committee chairman Roland computer system, compatible bility for social services clients ties running the second round of Anstett said Bruce county's with the province's program. under the new program. workfare pilot projects. workfare program "will dramati- Budgeting for workfare. will "Why don't we wait until At its October session, court -scally alter the delivery of public force the county to close two some other rural systems have cit deferred its workfare plan in assistance" in the county. He resource centres and lay off five been on [workfare] for a couple light of several concerns raised said the plan is ready to go, but of its nine job -counselling •►turn to page 3 - uldren affected education cuts by Bev Fry Increased class sizes and a reduction in resources is affecting the students. in Bruce County. Mary Winn Daykin, newly appointed presi- dent of the - Bruce Women Tei ehers' Association, wants.. par- ents in Bruce .County to. know their children are being affected by4 the provincial cuts to educa- ti`on. • "ith parent/teacher. .interviews on the hori- zon., Daykin hopes pat* ents, willask teachers how the. .cuts are affect-' ging the classroom "If teachyrs are asked, they will answer." win + in She said it isn't in ele- mentary schoolteachers' natures to be militant and publically voice their frustrations, R but "we. have to start talking to parents and let them' know that (education heater) John &wheaten saying students woi t be affected by the cuts, is a ;myth. Children are being' ected. "This is not unique to Bruce County. Children across the province are' being .hurt.": `She said thefour or five years a government rs in power is a long time in the education of u child, By the time the:. effect of cuts is felt down *turn to page 9 ar exten :olmes 1 sa l by David Scott The supervisor of the Mid -Huron Landfill Site (MHL$) in Hol inesville is convinced that if garbage is ground up the life of thelandfill could be greatly extended. Frank Postill stated in a memorandum to the MHLS board on October 17 that if "we can grind everything grindable, we could at least double, if not triple the present life of our landfill. Many items will be greatly reduced in volume:' Engineers have estimated there's at least 12 to 13. years left in the site's life. Because materials would be fed through a grinding machine, it would be easier to sort out steel and some other recyclable items that "currently end up in the garbage.' Postill also said it would clean up the presence of the landfill. "The site would look better because there would be less papers to blow around." However,.grinders for landfills don't come cheap. One company Postill looked into for a possible pur- chase charges about $265,000 for a new grinder. *turn to page 11 Just *login in the rain w That's what Tanner Simpson, Colton Chamney, Natasha Stanley and Rebecca Atkinson were doing last Friday as they, stepped outside from Puddleducks for a breath of fresh air. Their little voices rang out "Rain, rain, go away, come again another day." (Livingston photo) Scouts celebrate 75 years The Lucknow Scouting Association marks its 75th anniver- sary in Lucknow this Friday night. The group has worked hard to put together an entertaining evening for you via a variety show and auction of donated articles and services from Lucknow Scouts' fami- lies. So enjoy your main course of supper and then beat it down to the Community Centre for dessert at 6:45 p.m.. to view the auction items. The variety show starts at 7:30. The evening has a two -fold purpose; cele- brating 75 years and rais- ing funds to help the Scouts attend the big Canadian Jamboree in 1997. See you there!