The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-01-15, Page 1VOL. 1 4 MX.; 3
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15,1997
65°. NcLU1M S
New
executive
At last week's meeting of the Lucknow
and 'District Chamber of Commerce, a new
executive was installed.
Taking over as president from• Pat
Livingston is Pat McKillop, owner of
McPyatt Advertising. Her -vice president is
°Tracy Meurs of EVerlastings; secretary is
Cheryl Tyson of Gallant Communi-cations,.
who will be assisted by Donna Evans. Evans will: also be bulletin. editor. Handling;
the.f nances for the group is Scott. Hannay, the new pharmacist at Rx Central.
Some peOple have anextreme dislike for the snow but , these 'three'
youngsters were making the best of it and enjoybuilding ,forts on the
community centre hill last Sunday, under the supervision of an adult.,
From the left: Judy Peat, Joe Peat and Stacy King. (Livingston photo)
KinlOgS 7'OWnShiP`
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Supportt
Kinloss township will see its 1997
municipal support • grant cut about 4 per
cent; $17,819 less :than last year's
$448,803.•
At the Jan. 6 :meeting of council,; it,
wasagreed that the names of the road
within the township as named for '211
purposes, would be left as is. This deci-
sion is in response to an ;earlier 'letter
from Wilda McArthur, of Fisherman's
Cove Tent & Trailer Park, regarding
more appropriate •names that could have
been given to certain roads. -.
Council is putting their support behind
the physician recruiting committee. and
the town of Wingham, in their application
to the.provincial Ministry of Health, ask-
ing for Wingham and the surrounding •
catchment area'to be declared under -ser-
viced for physicians.:
A brief discussion took place regard-
ing a/historybook for the municipality.
Investigations will he made to see if there
are any grants available for this type;of
project. , '; ,,
A letter will . will,be. sent to the
Holyrood Women's ,institute reminding
them'; hat only WI functions are to be
allowed in their room at the municipal
office. In fairness to all ratepayers, the .
room is not be used for any other fund-'
Hospitals'
:saues over
After .a series' of meet-
ings held over the last two
weeks, Huron. and Perth
hospital boards are endors-
ing` a new restructuring
alternative developed ed b
Y
board members,h si-
p Y
cians and senior hospital
managers. The plan results"
in savings of 13,4 per cent
in ministry funding includ-
ing 'a
nclud-ing'a reduction of 17 per
cent in administration and
support expenditures.. The
-written proposal was sub
milted to the Huron Perth.
District Health Council
yesterday::' ."
UCati011
The hospital boards ties they serve; •
recommend the proposal' - obstetrics and surgery to:.
be adopted by the task complement essential ser -
force
' as the preferred vises in Goderich,
option for further.develop- ,®Listowel and Wingham
ment andp ublic consulta-e' (Goderich will continue to
tion provide mental health pro
The proposal calls for. grams);
- `hospital. care and einer- - Stratford to serve : as a
gency services in all eight district referral centre
communities. Each hospi- offering, essential services
tal will have in-patient and programs that require
beds", out=patient programs specialist support such as
and diagnostic services;' .pediatrics, rehabilitation
- services at • Clinton, and'specialized,surger''
Exeter; Seaforth and St.. ='a staged :`two-year imple7.
Marys sized `:according;to ..mentation (by April 1,,
- the needs of the cominuni '199)
Areaboards. t
Significant reforms to Ontario's edu
cation system will see Bruce and Grey
'boards amalgamated,: and 'Huron "and
.'Perth boards amalgamated in January
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998.. No ' announ .went was made
l e a
regarding separate school boards in this
area. when Minister Education 'and.
, oft
Training John Snobelen released : details
on'the reform on Monday.
Early reaction from the hoards is ;ren
terred. around the lack of direction 'from
:.• the. province regarding .the reduced ,num-
ber of .trustees per board and the single
board management structure.
Highlights
Roads;.
' Henry Clark, road superintendent,
reported to council that the cost to blow
.snow on the.portion of road behind
Porters .Septic Tank business is. about
$670 a 'winter season, by Reavie Farm
Equipment. Council.agreed,to leave the.
" arrangement as is. r
Repairs to the moldboard; and circle on
the Champion 740 are' needed and will be,
done
'The possibility of tendering, tree cut-
ting along roadside's was discussed with
no decision made, '
• Culvert .plans' on; the -fourth were dis-
cussed briefly. The cheque to Maitland'
Engineering will be held until Clark
checks with MTO. to ensure the plans
have' been approved,: and confirms with
Maitland that the culvert is ready for ten-
der.
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'Landfill
Deputy Reeve Leo Murray 'reported
that. he was at the waste.disposal'site to
oversee: the implementation of the bag
tag system the first Saturday in January.
He .reported everything seemed to go
well.
Brad Rhody will continue to help the'
waste site supervisor for a short period,
while the implementation: of this system
tions is still new.
• School boards reduced from 168 to 66,
29 English-language public, 26 English
language separate, 11:French-language.
• Trustees reduced from' 1,900 to 700 and
their salaries' reduced to a maximum hon-
orariurn of up to $5,000/year, ..
• Fewer trustees. per board (5 to 12),
except for, Metropolitan Toronto District `
Public School Board (22).
• Eduction costs' removed from residen
tial property .taxes, replaced•with ,provin
sial grants. ':
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Every school required to have a school
advisory council.
• Annual reports from Ministry that allow
parents to monitor and evaluate the per-
formance of local school boards.
• New curriculum to be phased in, over
five years beginning in 1997.
• Standard report cards tobe introduced.: '
by fall.
• Regular province -wide testing by
Education Quality. and Accountability
Office,
S.tdi�
Sarah' (Sadie) Barbour
celebrated her, 90th birth
day, on ;Jan. 5 at- the
.Wingham Presbyterian
'Church, where the fanuly.
held a come and, go tea',, in
her honor Well. over 100
friends : and ' • relatives `.
attended with their best
.wishes:
Sarah Pettapiece was.
,born in. Kinloss : township
and lived there until'
February.1926 when she
married Elwood Barbour.
They lived on the 10th
concession 'Of .• West
Wawanosh until•Elwood's
death in May 1969.
Mrs. Barbour 'then•
lived with daughter Helen
and her family until 1902;
when she,moved to an
Sadie;' Barbour cele-
:brated her 90th birth
day earlier: this
mon tti at a come and
go tea in Wingharn.
(photo submitted)
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apartment in Wingham
:and was there until
February 1996. She now grandchildren. ,
resides in° Huronlea,
Brussels, and welcomes.
anyone to call on her.
• Mrs. Barbour received
five certificates from all
levels of government and.
they were presented to her
by;.MurrayC3atn1t; '('•F
Her family consists of
three daughters and two
sons: Ken and Laura of
•.Brussels; Allan and: Betty
of Listowel, Isabel
Montgomery of
Wingham, Phyllis Homes
of Grand Bend, and Helen
and Harold Errington of
Lucknow; 20 grandchil-
dren, `.32 great grandchil-
dren, one ' greatgreat
grandson; five step grand-
children
randchildren and six .step. great