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'into
wa' ' 5�'
pri 'sports.
complex
, ,
.roe
Major leaks in three
places at the sports com-
plex are ,being.' docu.-
mented by facility man-
ager Dave
an-agerDave Black.
At lastweek's recre-
anon board meeting,
Black told the group that
a representative' of, the
contractorhad come up.
and looked at the leaks
and: said: •that• the snow
.and ice should 'be
knocked off the areas to
cure the problem. Board:
chair Tom Pegg saidthat.
was not acceptable.
' The roof is supposed
to: be leak.proof and
water proof' no '.matter
what conditions:, exist
and board , members
checked the. contract and
determined there was
five Year guarantee on.
the roof.
Pegg said, "It's
• ,ahnost a design flaw."
• Board member. -leo.
Murray wanted to know
:it engineers f ' th on t'
d
• have any• responsibility:.
in putting pressure:. on,
the contractor. •
'Pictures'will be taken
of , the damaged areas,
and those. along, witha
letter and .copies of ',the,
contract regarding war-
ranty will be. "sent , to
Norlon"• Builders ' . of
London. ,
Anther scam
"Bite and. you .lose
your nlonley, , said
Constable Andy Burgess
of the, Kincardine -
Walkerton ' OPP detach-
menta
Burgess was referring
to 'a letter teceived by a
Lucknow business last
week. It was a request
for "urgent confidential
business relationship"
regarding, transferring
"$28600' American dolma
Lars' intoyour account."
The ` letter came from.
Nigeria, and is looking;
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tI.e !�r1d Spe
• . •by Pat Livingston
Sam.' (Samantha) Mayer is a, champion
already; she's a champion to her family,
friends, neighbors, her skating associates at
the local club and a host, of youngsters who
look up to her and her accomplishments:
Next week, our local champion willcom-
pete-in-Alm
om-pete itr.tlm 1997 --Special Olympics World
Winter Games, .in Toronto, and the positive
• thoughts of those who know and love her -will
be with Sam. "Her skating'lais will be cheei-
ing her, on from Lucknow;"says Joan
Chamney, president of the local skating club,
It's been a busy few months for Sam, : who
moved up a level this year, says her coach
Marlene Webb of Cargill; Last year at the
nationals, Sam competed: at level two, and
brought home a gold in the Canasta.DanCe and
a bronze. for,hcr Mickey. Mouse March 'Free
Now at the worlds, Sam •will compete: at
level three."We've seen >a great • deal of ..
improvement in her skill development At this
level of competition it's that much more diff
• reult, She'sG •doint really well," .:said Webb.. ItH
n ..
was very appropriate and good tinning for Sam,
,to move up a• level:. She's up for. the chal-
lenge,"
,In addition:to preparing for the world corm-.
petition, Sam found herself in the limelight
whenit came to
promotional
events ;for _ the -
oiympics.• In early..
December, Sam
was part of day-
long fundraising
campaign to bene-
fit special
olympics
Canada, It was all
part of the Sports.
Ce"lebritie.s.
Festival in.
Toronto. And Sam
was, also selected
to act as. reporter
during.• the:, event
for theTSN tele-
vision networks.
Mayer
1
..
ilia .,.
, Sam's participation in the Sports. Celebrities
Festival was reported in the Toronto Sun in
late November:
Earlier this month, producers and, crews
from CBC and SRC were in town to take
footage of Sam to promote the Special
..Olympics:
Webb,attributes some of -Sam -'s repularity
with the media, to the town of Lucknow. "I.
think Sam is seen as unique,because she is just
another Member of the community. And it's
not until a time like this that every°:body'sort.of
goes, Wow, -.l didn't know Sam was doing
this." And that's great,' said Webb, "she's' a
part of the community There's nothing sepa-
rate or different about her - Sam leads -a nor-
mal life;"
Sam heads for Toronto early toniorrow
• (Thursday), There will be, a national tcainin;
camp later this week and' the opening, core -
,monies take place. at the' SkyDome: at p.m.
on Sunday
Sam and seven other Canadian; female
skaters Will compete.agaiist about 125 ;in total;'
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Reeves
by Pat Livhig,'ston. -
Solving, the :dissension
surrounding -the joint...
recreation agreement will'
fall into the laps of the
reeves, of. Lucknow.
Ashfield, Kinloss .and'
West Wawanosh, After
many roundsof discussion.
by the joint recreation
committee" `toe board'
decided last Wednesday
night that enough is
enough.
"We've- talked about it
for too many .meetings,"
meeting'
s• `'
said Ashfield Councillor
Paul Fray.:ne.:"The ,reeves
Y
know 'what we are talking
about;; let them. fight it
out."
Dissatisfac ion with the
joint, agreement 'came to
light in August. of 1996
when West Wawanosh
council informed. the
boardthat they wanted a
user fee System put. in
place.
Currently the agree-,
l
merit calis' for an.sven
four-way split on capital,,
Which 'includes salary and
wages, with operating
costs.' assessed. 35: per` cern
Lo.Lucknow, 23 per cent to-
each
o 'each of ' Ashfield and
Kinloss, and 19 per cent: to
West :Wawanosh.
The allocation ,of ` the
SS{1'S1Of
1995 deficit ($92,32,6)
was:, Lucknow $23,225;
Ashfield $23;053., Kinloss.
$23,053. :'and 'West:::
Wawanosh; $22;995:
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•
For individual munici-
palities'the per capita cost
of that deficit:, was:
Lucknow $19:99, Ashfield: $12.56, Kinloss:; $19 67
and . West' Vllawanos.h: ,
$1`5.83-
Concentrated" efforts° •
were made in the fall: of
1996 to reduce recreation
deficits, through increased
registration fees° for hock=
ey and the skating, club,
and'various energy conser-
vation methods at the.
s s "complex.
The main area of con
tentron now is that wages
are -included, to capital ..(an
equal • four-way split)
rather than 7in in operating.
where the allocated "assess-
ment.� is less for the `three
.toweships.
West. Wawanosh has,
taken a • strong stand on
reducing recreational
costs, • Lucknow was
eement
informed-. . by West
Wawanosh ;late ,last year
that they wanted thedrstrr-
bution.-'of wages put into`
operating
In a- letter dated. Dec..,
Lucknow ': -.council
pointed out to the red
board that changing, the
distnbutron woul result
--in an iiiicreasc of;1;0 per:
pent for Lucknow.
West Wawanosh wrote
to Lu.cknow`on inn- '• 10
stating.that the agreement ,
would' be signed if wages.
r were placed: in', operating,
and if that wasn't... done,
"payment "of wages will
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dight
hosp itais
. : :by Andy, Bader
•A "`unique and.
"novel" approach to hos-
pital and health care
restructuring. was unveiled
Monday. a.proposal which
,keeps *eight hospitals in
the Huron -Perth district
open with inpatient beds
and emergency services:
'Task torte Chair Janet
'.Hook and, District Health.,
Council (DHC); 'Chief
Executive Officer Fraser ,
Bell made the announce-
meat Monday morning
with hordes of media,,
some task force volrn-.
Leers and a couple of hes-
pital. CEOs in attendance.
Perth , MLA Bert Johnson
was-alsd:present.
The task forcehas rec--
orirrrnended' the establish-
ment of a single Huron
Perth hospital: system' with
a, single board and one
administra- s
tive .team:,
That alone
will save
upwards of
$3.4 mil-
lion. Hook.
said the preferred option,
involves ";considerable:
change" as programs and
services' will' be redistrib-
uted,
Under the preferred
option, basic hospital ser-
vice will . be provided. M.
Clinton; Exeter,: Seaford)
and St, Marys, with coma.
inunity hospitals,,es.tab-
fished in •Gtderich
Listowel and Wingham.
• Everything but pediatric,
rehabilitation and psychirc care -
at ' i f l be
r c �. w per
formed here, except for 20
psychiatriC beds in
Goderrch and five rehabil-
itation' beds, in< Wingbam.
Stratford will 'be a.sec
onday, or, a referral, Los.
pital. Of the tota1.406 hos- •
pital • beds , identified
i,through the utilization
management process and
accepted by the task force
last Nov'e.nthei'; alnnost
half: :182•—will be locat-
ed,in Stratford.•The'beds
in the basic hospitals will.
concentrate on medicine
and, chronic care, as we i i
as be available. for, emer-
gencies', St:' Marys and
Exeter- hospitals will. have
no beds available for
. obstetric. care..
. Three preliminary
options were announced
in November,and caused.
massive community,
uproar in: towns where;
their, hospital. faced' ser-
vice _reduction An -exten-
sion' was granted in
December, .after seven
additional options were
brought forth; including
one. formally endorsed.. by
all hospital boards, two
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