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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-07-19, Page 141 Decision on Taylor drain up in the air Council instructed Betty Ackert and Doris Johnston, Kincardine, to get Ministry of Transportation ' and Communication approval to drain their property to the west of oss Street behind the Chuck Becker residence which was „awned by their mother, Ida Taylor. They were also to get permission from Art Dickson to empty the drain into the swamp he owns just, west of the Lucknow Sales ..Barn. At a meeting in Ashfield on June 13, Gibson Engineering, who had done4 study of a proposed municipal `'drain, to drain the property, advised the township council, and representa- tives of Lucknow Village Council that such a drain was not feasible. Part of the property is in Ashfield Township and the remainder is in the village. Council was interested in having, the area drained because water was running from the Taylor property to the ball park, creating, a.surface water problem on the .outf}eld of the ball diamond during' the spring tuonths.. Councillor Ab Murray.pointed out that this year, the teams played ball in May which they were never able to do before. Murray suggested. that .Council, wait 'Until ow spring to'see if a, the Community Centre drain system has eased the situation enough to alleviate the problem on the ball diamond. Perhaps, said Murray, tile across ,tie outfield of the diamond will not be necessary as once thought. Mrs. Ackert and Mrs. Johnston were told to receive Ministry approval and then approach Mr, Dickson to ask if he would allow the drain to empty into his swamp, Later in the meeting, Mr. Dickson came in to speak with council because Mrs. Ackert and Mrs. Johnston had approached him after leaving council. He told council that he had been to look at his property, west of the Lucknow District Community;, Centre, and clay and water from the ditch behind the community centre was running into the field at the edge of the eswamp area. Council and Mr. Dickson discussed that the water from the Taylor property was seeping through the hill into the ditch behind the community, centre since the centre had been built and the drainage system laid for it. . Pickson said he was not getting clay and water before this year, .He, said he believed the water from the wet spot on the ear: Iii ,Advance $14 To U.S.A. and: Eorelgn Taylor property used to run away east but that since the building of the community centre he was getting the water 9d clay as it washed down from the ditch behind the centre. Council decided to hold a meeting on the site with the Community Centre building committee, Mr. Dickson and the engineer, Art Clark, on Thursday evening. Mr. Dickson said that he would! allow the drain from the Taylor property access through his swamp to the ditch along highway 86 but would not pay for the drain through his property as Mrs. Ackert and Mrs. Johnston requested. He said he would not agree to have the drain run from the Taylor property and empty into his swamp without being taken through the swamp to empty into the highway ditch. He added that the water that is running down to his property is seeping through, the hill into a man made ditch behind the community centre and this water comes from the Taylor property. No decision was reached at the Thursday meeting. Mrs. Ackert and Mrs. Johnston willehave to decide what alternative they will choose. 1 WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1978 Single Copy 25c 24. PAGES AWARD OF MERIT: Harold Greer., Lucknow, was presented with an award of merit for a minimum of twenty continuous years of satisfactory service as a voluntary weather observer on Wednesday, July 12. Although Mr. Greer has only been a climatological observer since the death of his father in 1967, the weather records for the Lucknow station have been handled by members of the Greer family since Harold's aunt, Ida Greer and her husband, William MacDonald, began service in January, 1904. Harold's cousin, Tom Salkeld, began his service in January, 1921, and when he retired in 1933, Harold's father, J. M. Greer, took over serviom Salkeld, second from the left, received a certificate of merit for his service and Mr. Greer, second from the right, was presented with the award of merit and a wall thermometer. Making the presentations were R. S. Tsuda, supervisor station operations for the Ontario region, left, and Philip G. Aber, superintendent general weather services, Ontario region, right. There are currently 350 voluntary climatological observers in the Ontario region who take daily readings of temperature extremes and/or precipitation amounts. These records are forwarded to Regional Headquarters in Toronto at the end of each month of publication. The derived data from these observations form the basis of climatological statistics which are used in support of commerce, industry and agriculture throughout Ontario. [Sentinel staff photo] Swim -a- thon The Lucknow and District Swimming Pool plans a Swim-a-thon on Saturday, July 29 to raise money to help offset the cost of heating the pool for the summer. Prizes can be won in each of the age categories: 9 years and under; 10 - 12 years; 12 - 15 years and 16 years and over. Sponsor sheets and the times of each category's swim are available at the pool or call 528-3002. _ The money raised from the $wim-a-thon will not pay the entire expense of heating the pool but it will help to support it. . Tractor Pull this weekend The attraction to tractor pulling, making it Canada's fastest growing motor sport, is that many people do not believe it is possible to get the performance from an engine that the tractor pullers do. "Everybody says it isn't possible," says Art Helm, of the Lucknow Tractor Pullers' Association which is bolding a Class A pull this weekend, July 22 and 23. "But I know one puller who has a new stock field tractor. which puts out 2,000 horsepower," says Helm. This tractor would normally -put out only 150 - 175 horsepower before modification. "It intrigues people to see the horsepower some guys get out of farm tractors which have been suped up,." he adds. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 Area men charged Two area men were charged with theft on July 12 when gasoline was stolen from the Lucknow Co-op yard. A charge of mischief was laid in the incident because the gates to the entrance of the yard were knocked down. On July 15 the same two Lucknow men were charged with break, enter and theft when a small amount of liquor, and cigarettes were stolen from the Lucknow Legion and meat and possibly cigarettes were stolen from the Log Cabin Restaurant. Developer pays $l, in lieu of conveying park land., Village Council agreed in regular session on .holy 11, that developer Gerrie Glenn would pay a fee of $1 in lieu of conveying land for a public park according to the sub -division • agreement between Glenn and the village for the proposed sub -division in the north-west section of Lucknow. The Ontario Municipal Board stipulates that a developer must set aside property in the developtilent for a park or pay a fee if the municipality decides that a park is not needed. Council decided at a previous meetng that Lucknow has adquate park,facilities and that Glenn: would not be required to set aside land for a park. Reeve George Joynt suggested t� Council that Glenn pay a .;fee of $1 instead of „settin aside land : for a park "in appreciation fon` wheat' Glenn is doing in Lueknow. Re is building houses and apartments and everything he does is done welt " itkid Joyfit g„ Nick Hill, Goderich planer, who drew up the subdivision agreement for Glenn and the council, said that the agreement requires that a high level of service installations be made in` the subdivision in respect to a community of this size which means a large investment for Glenn. Councillor Bill Crump told the meeting that he believed the amount should be more than a nominal fee. Lawyer George Brophy. recommended that $500 to be allocated to Caledonian Park would be reasonable. He said that in this particular agreement the feein lieu of conveying the land for a park could be set at $900, lie suggested that. some incentive should be given to the developer in a town of this sire but he thought. it should be tnom,than a nominal fee.. Joynt told Council it was a matter . of good business,. principles. "You work with a man of the calibre of Glenn and keep him interested in the village." It's a matter of what he's doing for the town," said Joynt, "and you can't always measure everything according to the almighty dollar." Councillor Bud, Hamilton stated that he didn't believe in "hosing a guy who is trying to make a dead horse walk." Crump replied,that,.$500 was not much to pay for a lot of land. Councillor Ab Murray said he went along with the dollar figure and, made a motion that Glenn ,.. pay a fee of$1 in lieu of the park land whish was . seconded by Councillor :Tom Andrew. ouncillors Murray; Hamilton and Andrew agreed, Crump dissented. "