HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-12-28, Page 1Single copy 35c
Published in Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, December 28, 1983
8 Pages
Cable television company applying for Lucknow licence
J. C. Warden and Steve Warden met with
Lucknow Village Council on December 13 to
discuss their application before the Canad-
ian Radio and Telecommunications Com-
mission for a licence to operate a cable
television system in Lucknow. They request-
ed a letter from council indicating council
had no objection to the licence and were
prepared to co-operate with the cable
company.
The Wardens told council they operate a
cable television company in the Mitchell and
Seaforth area and have been in the cable
business for close to eight years. They have
had successful co-operation with the Dublin
Hydro System and the Mitchell and Seaforth
Public Utilities Commissions.
Council indicated they had no objection to
the Wardens seeking the licence and a letter
saying they are prepared to negotiate with
the company. should they receive a licence,
was to be drafted.
In other business. council approved a
donation of 5375 to the Wingham and
District Association for the Mentally Retard-
ed. They also considered a request for a
contribution from the Victorian Order of
Nurses in Bruce County. The contribution is
to help offset the deficit the Order incurrs
when patients do not qualify for government
assistance and cannot pay the entire fee of
their nursing care. Reeve George Joynt said
he would contact Bruce Medical Officer of
Health, Dr. J. D. Pudden to see if the county
pays for Lucknow's allotment to the Order.
Council read a letter which has been sent
to the Ministry of Environment from the
Huron County Health Unit requesting
answers to questions regarding the proposed
sewage works treatment facility which
Lucknow will be locating on land in West
Wawanosh Township, if approved.
Council also considered a letter from
Dorothy Atkinson of Lucknow, regarding
drainage problems, where water from neigh-
bours' lots, is draining onto her property.
Reeve Joynt said he would contact Harold
Rankin, director of Inspection for the Bruce
County Health Unit, to determine why action
was not taken following the inspection by a
Health Unit inspector referred to in Mrs.
Atkinson's letter.
Jewitt anticipating challenge
of appointment to twin school
Gary Jewitt. principal of Brookside Public
School for 8'/2 years, has accepted the
position of principal of Seaforth and Walton
Public Schools. He completed his tenure at
Brookside School on December 16 and will
take his new position January 2.
A native of Hullett Township. Gary has
lived in Huron County all his life. He began
his teaching career at Clinton Public School
where he taught from 1963 to 1965 before
taking an extended tour of Europe. He
returned to teaching in January 1966 when
he took a position at Goderich Township
Central School at Holmesville where he
remained for two years. In September, 1968
he was appointed vice-principal at Seaforth
Public School and remained untii he took
the position of vice-principal at Exeter Public
School in 1973. He became principal of
Brookside Public School in 1975 when the
present grade eight students were in kinder-
garten.
Gary has enjoyed his years at Brookside,
where he has established an excellent
relationship with the teaching staff and the
parents as well as the children.
"Any success you have relates to the
parents and organizations in the commun-
ity," he says. "It's that relationship which
makes a success or failure of your relation-
ship with the children. This provides a key to
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The year 1983 in retrospect
January
Renovations to the auditorium of the
Lucknow Town Hall were underway with the
lowering of the ceiling, panelling of the walls
and stair wells and the basement meeting
room. New drapes for the auditorium were
also purchased.
Fire completely destroyed a workshop on
the farm of Jim Nelson, concession 10 of
Ashfield Township on January 4. Four
firemen were slightly injured when an
explosion occurred while they were fighting
the blaze. Peter Steer. Gary Ritchie, Barry
McDonagh and George Whitby were knock-
ed to ground by the force of the explosion.
Curtis Bryan Nicholson was Lucknow's
New Years baby weighing in at 5 Ib. 11 oz.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rae Nicholson
of R. 1, Lucknow.
Lucknow Village Council decided that
council honorariums would remain the same
in 1983 as they were in 1982. Reeve George
Joynt receives $1.000 and councillors receive
$900 and an additional $30 for each special
meeting.
Areas within the Golden Horseshoe at the
western end of Lake Ontario were named by
the Ontario Waste Management Corporation
as the immediate focus of the search for a
suitable liquid waste disposal and treatment
site. The announcement relieved speculation
that the proposed site would be located in
Ashfield Township.
A statistical report indicated, that the loss
of 14 beds to Health Ministry cutbacks
several years ago, has not affected the
quality of patient services at Wingham and
District Hospital. The report showed most
areas of activity were up over the previous
years.
Wingham and District Hospital's invest-
ments are as safe as the Government of
Canada according to the hospital's treasur-
er. Gordon Baxter. Questions about the
hospital investments followed Ontario gov-
ernment action to seize control of trust
companies following the sale of Toronto
apartment buildings to foreign interests.
Dan Nicholson celebrated his 95th birth-
day on January 9, at an open house in his
honour held at the Lucknow Anglican Parish
Hall.
Alexander MacKenzie of Wingham and
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Fire destroys Lucknow home
Two Lucknow senior citizens escaped their
blazing home uninjured. when fire destroyed
an Inglis Street home on December 21.
Lucknow Fire Department answered the call
at nidnight to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Reid.
Two passersby from Kincardine and
neighbour. David Finnigan assisted the
elderly couple from their home. They had
been awakened by a smoke detector. They
were taken to the home of fireman Ron Crich
while firemen tried to put out the fire and
spent the night with neighbours. Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Nicholson.
Firemen remained on the scene for three
hours and returned about 6 a.m. when the
fire erupted again around the chimney.
Cause of the fire is believed to be a wood
stove.
Firemen have also been called to two
chimney fires at the homes of Manfred
Dierolf, Ashfield Township and Doug
McEwan of Kinloss Township. Both calls
were made on December 22 about five
minutes apart at 6.20 and 6.15 p.m.
respectively. No one was injured and, there
was minimal damage.
Firemen were also called to a Lucknow
home on Christmas Day around 11 p.m.. to
assist a Lucknow doctor with the pulmonary
resuscitation of a patient while waiting for an
ambulance to transport the patient to
hospital.