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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-02-19, Page 1• VOL. -124 Wil. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1997•. 65t, INCLUDES G.S.T. One were not human An, anthropologist from - the University of Toronto determined that bone fragments found in the base- ment of a Victoria Street home in Kincardine were animal bones: This information was released. after the Sentinel went to press last week;.. Acting on a tip in the missing per-. son case of Lois • Hanna, -the Kincardine OPP searched the home and found the bone fragments in the basement, which has a dirt floor.: The present occupants of the house are not involved in the case and' agreed to a, voluntary search of ` the premises. The house, which is owned by a Kincardine couple, is rented: Manna, 25, of ;Kincardine,' disap- peared the evening of July 3, 1988, - afterreturning home from a dance in Lueknow. ; When police .investigated herdis- appearance, it • was found that her television was still On andher purse was untouched. Police are still uncer- , tam what she was wearing when she vanished. Hanna was 5.'4" tall, weighed 120 pounds and had brown hair and brown' eyes. • Special letter for Samantha Samantha Mayer's medal perfor- mances at the Special 'Olympics World Winter Games have been noted. by Marilyn Mushinski, Minister of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation for Ontario. S • In • .a letter to Sam,. Mushinski offers her congratulations on Sam's "latest triumphs" adding to her previ- ous ` achievements- ; at last year's. National Winter Games. in Calgary, when she captured two medals. "You have attained a level of per- sonal excellence and have also set an outstanding 'example for all, young athlete`s who aspire .to represent their province and`country in athletic com- petition," writes Muslinski Sambrought home a gold and two. silvers' from . the Special Olympics twoweeks ago. • ion Before the •productof a in oss 1 township history book can K receive support from Health ,& Welfate'the five . W's and how c u ci.must be answered. Edina Haldenb will be asked to form a • -.. committee that will then meet s . with council to talk about the re issue farther. • The OPP will meet with council on March 17 toexplain the ser- vice they:currently. provideto res- idents. • Wheels Away .will receive ..a $100 donation to be put towards the purchase of 'a new • • Council is suggesting you warm your bag and your bag tag before trying toadhere them together, or the tag may not stick. Tags can be .applied to the neck of the garbage bag, so the tag overlaps and sticks to itself. • Council van. will 'review • Property the . union owners with employees' contract - at, the first meeting in March. • • Cost of911 property signs was. $1,580. The clerk: will find out at a 911 `:meeting in Tara on Feb. .• 20. whether those, costs can,be. passeonto the landown- ers, and who is •responsi- ble for:. the maintenance. of the signs once erected. Honorariums stay the same Kinloss township councillors will retain the -same committee seats as last year, and their honorariums .will, not be increased. This is the fourth year for council to hold the line on their remu neration , Regular meetings remain at $95 for" the reeve, $80 for councillors; special meetings155, and out-of-town. mileage; 30¢ per km. Management employees', salaries will be looked at in May. As this is Kinloss Township's turn to chair the joint medical. centre, Gerald Mowbray was appointed as the. second' representative for 1997. Martin • Metske and Fred DeBoer have been appointed as fence viewers. In connection with this, council passed a .motion that no arbitration or' other pro- ceeding& requiring the attendance or: reattendance of fence -viewers would be scheduled between' Nov. 1 ` and .March 31, dueto weather conditions. taxes-three`— years in until April .1 to bring accounts -41p • td date,. After that,. tax sale reg- istratio:n. proceedings will begin. • Reeve Jim Boyle will. represent • •:.the munici. palities of Kinloss Huron and Lucknowon the MVCA board of directors .. • ,arrears have Sylvia .and `Len Goodenough, of ,Kinloss town=• ship, were recently the lucky :winners of. $250,000 on the 649 Encore. The ,retired tau plea formerly owners of the Belmore General Store, purchased the ticket at Brian's Value Mart, Wingham, and had it validated at Bell's, Variety, Lucknow, where they say they normal' ly, purchase their tickets It was a timely vein for the .newly retirees. (Livingston photo) ,:.; �., .1-i .cmc.. ' The • finance chairof the, Bruce County Board" of • budget; very difficult to set 'Two village landowners talked to Lucknow council. at last week's meeting. regarding proposalsfor their land. Cliff Mann questioned council about - the .servicing of lots on Napier` Street, and. what, if any, portion of costs •Would absorbed by Lucknow' Hydro to upgrade' the existing line which stops at the lots in question.. , PVC foreman Gary Austin will follow up on this. Tony Howald presented council with a sketch location of his proposed new house, and the hydro, sewer. and water lines associated with it; -on Havelock Street. Approval has been given by Maitland Valley Conservation Authority and planning . Pat McKillop, president of the -Lucknow and District Chamber of Commerce, has a general discussion with council about:street: planters and .associat- ed maintenance, signs for disabled park-' ing, bag tags and service club signs at the village entrances. • . ,. Council approved renewal of the insurance for the.. arena, in the amount of $5684. There is no increase from .last. :;;year. Rod McDonagh, of McDonagh 'Insurance, will attend the net joint recre- ation board meeting, to talk about some poncems the board has with insurance. A donation Of $j601111 wi11 be Made to. the Lucknow-and.Distric Horticultural , Society for 1997: , Council was informed that the' con- necting link maintenance agreement with MTO is cancelled effective April 3 this. :year.. This 'in effect means all mainte- ' mince costs will be borne by the village Previously there: was a. 50, percent sub- sidy. The amount of 25¢ per user ride &i'- ing the year 1997 will be paid to - Wheels Away. Council .approved the Ontario Clean Water Association (OCWA) Midget for 1997 in the amount of $81,088. OCWA operates the local sewage. system. The budget is up $888 :over last year's.. The user fee charged by the 'village generates the money to pay for this .expense. Education says setting this year's: education budget • will be .even harder than: it ' • Was last year. Bruce board finance chair David''Inglis`says the province's announcement..: of no,new .:funding .cuts .''. •turn to page 7