The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-12-17, Page 1VOL, 124 WK, 51
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17,-1997
65' .INCLUDES G.S,T,
C u.ncil briefs
Disrespectful
snow obilers'
bjl:. Pat vi ng on
Disxespcctful, snow-
mobi;lers. carne • up for:
discussion at Lucktxow's;
council meeting; r last
week.
-~ hr Havelockk trOer
residents decided to
bring their' complaints to
council',earlyin the win-
ter season after. favi ng.
put up with thee satne
prcible ns all:last year.
Snowxnobilers':' are
trespassing on their prop-
erty and 'not only at the,
sidewalk,; In one•
ins'tance,, a machine was:,
within:20 feet of •a`fioitie
owner''s front door.
The.. ratepayers ;asked
council if the Village has
a bylaw regarding snow-
mobiles.
.Reeve Stuart :Reavie.
said there was no bylaw:.
Currently the matter NW
'tinder police jurisdiction.
Council wall look into
passing a :bylaw, but
PR.eavie, :questioned
Whether it would have
"any teeth." ,.tf a bylaw is.
passed, 'infractions;: then
become part of the 'bylaw'
officer's duties.
In the rneantinie;`a lei -
ter Will • be ` sent` to the
OPPadvvising them:ofthie':
problertt•,.
StrepP. .i
—The bail -c -evver-ni ht-
parking on village
streets, • for. the:..Winter.
"nxonths,• took effect '.:on
Nov:: •1, : but ... a. few
'inotori sts 'seen to' have
forgdtten such a bylaw.is'.
in .place
This is your fai:r,warn-
ingl.,
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Santa Claus received Mixed 'reaction from these two little ladies during
•Breakf'astwith Santa; s:pons,ored by the:O.ptimist• Club on. Saturday. Two.
year -v ars ie s" a :asn'
• Ontario Interline
closes its doors
by Bev Fry
Qntario Interlink; the"
marketing arm of the
Bruce •Energy Centre
(BEC), has closed its
doors.
"" TPie three
pan -Tiers ",ern
B.A,L, Developers Ltd, •
who :own ' Ontario
`Interli►k,. are in dispute
over the direction the DIEC
•should sale, and are. suing
each cther,,•Allan Wickert,
the executive vice presi-
dent of the H:J;. .Sieber.
• Group (a private invest
inent company ,) said.:
Wickert said •t.he.:part-
ners• Helrmut Sieber of
ye
Id S h Sh t (left) ,w 'tly h pPY about it' g: S t ,
over a at :ou .: visto an. a.
She wasn't too sure about all that beard, while three and a. half .month
old Ashley Forster took it'all in; stride: Wonder how the girls will •react
,when at theage of .18 their 'moms ; ull out a .coPy of this picture.
• (Livingston photo). .
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• ' by. Pat Halpin
'.S.au T.eert Town,shi
Z;. P
Reeve Harry Thede adrnits
fie`s`taking on a big chal
lenge as 199' warden. of '
Bruce; County.'
"The clown l'oading..we....
arc' f iced with s re'.ates a...lot
of 'uncertainty,";he said in
his inaugural address. •
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•The'd- is .also core ..•: ed. _ ..
Thed c-er-n
about a',s:hrtnit nu road . '
budget..:finali ing;:the '
county • offici'al .p1an:.:an;d
the' future of Bruce A •;'.
Thede previously ;made,
two. u s eeessfu1 att 'iripts,
in the •warden`s' elci ticari�,
This time he'...defeated
Kine ardiiie: Reeve :Norm
..Annets' 'and GGreen.oc•k_•
Township R.e'e e. Roland
Anstett •to win the•post.on
' the l i'rst ballot.
Thepew warden Will
Preside over what.could be
an unusual; fe,rm•of office.
"I"fiere a.re'` •
three fewer
councillors 'because' •f.
amalgama'tions involving
11<li_lclmay,Ca
Tiierten.;'and �eswaters
T,
Culross ,I'fcounty �restruc-
Turing. goes:`:ahead.• this.
.council's term will he for
one's' ear'.instead of three..
y...
"lt's •ha:r: to pre.di41.
'what I"l like. to see dome;"''
see',."'Highways.'.,.page Z
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1VIVEA Rep ` l� r�Yl� . nGL��Ql ref.
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Lucknow' ' council
passed a motion at last
week's, Meeting support-
ing ;Jini Boyle as the
Maitland Valley
Con.servaribn Authority
joint representative for'
the village, . Kinloss and
1=luron townships,
• LCBO Opening
. Council approved the
local :�L,CSC and beer
store outlet being open
on' Sundays from ,11:arm.
to 6pan.
the: medical board. Reavie and Rick McMurray will sir
to committees
The acclaimed. Lucknow village council reaffirmed .
their oath :oi allegiance and took the declaratron of
office at the Dec.:'9 meeting.
.' Reeve. Stuart.Reavie thanked the 'cou'ncillorg.for
again taking on the duties, "I thin we' were very suc-
cessful .in getting
uc-cessful.in'getting done what we had to do last year 1
hope we can be as successful for the next year,':; he said,:
Appointments Were made to the various';boards
L'i.11ian Abbott will sit on the fire and recycling boards;
Tom Pegg on the fire and recreati'onboard' Paul Zinn on
recreation: landfill and planning;. and Reavie will :•be.on '
on the restructuring coitirnittee. '
Kincardine Township and
foreign investors Christian
Strube and Dr. Gerd, Merz
h►ays agreed t•o liquidate.
.,their partnership arid have
�1 an rate
.tive a,
by'
Pat Livingston
Lucknow ;villa' e'.council artd.belores
SokolnsCi have wine to a tentative'
agreement regarding changes to the
storni sewer that erript•ies :water: onto the
cornier of. her •.property, at ;Offer and.
Wheeler.: ,Streets;: A 'letter of understand:
ing will: be drafted•.to• ensure :both, :parties
are in agreeirrent •
At last Tuesday. s• cO4incil' meeting,::
• Councillor Torn Pegg told- council that,
"the village's lawyer. had told hi rn ;that if.
council originally offered`too pay •half o
the: cost''.of,the work, they :should stick to ,
that
At ,'4ctohcr`'s council ine'eting,
S:okoloski told council that when:the
'5'0/50 offer was made'no total dollar fig
• u�re Was;,given. sed she didn'.t: know, what,
she would be ,paying 50 ;per cent':of.• She
• also. Maintained the work•was the rriunic:-
ipalrty'v responsibility• ::
•,Pegg• ,said that. •the tow'n's .law.yer
• couldn't find anything to, support that
Lucknow wound be, legally.res.portsi.hl'e
for the tost•of changing the.s.torrn sewer.
• "Part of;;the problern.lies in that it (water
drainage),has: been there along ti Me."
• "It's a.'natu;ral right; of'•drainage," said:
Reeve ,Stuart ,Reavie'.. "We' •could; spend
days in c ourt "'
"Legally, I'shouldn't have to pay•any,
thing," said 'Sokoleski • "The. Drainage,
Act says you can't dram water on : my.
property."
called in.,aceo,untant.s
Doan Raymond to oversee
the liquidation of assets' of
the partnership,
"The issue is how the '.
.money will ,bp: carved -up
among the!,partner•s,'f
Wickert.said: ..
"The' assets include 186
acres of, vacant serviced
land at the BBC, another
2,$'00 acres surroun'ding '
the 'BEC and. seven farms
totalliing' 6;400 acres'
around Ontario. 'Three 'ot "
,those f arrKis 'are local..
There is .art 8:00 acre fare! • ,
in. lgiicardine Township,
another. 790 acres • in
Tiverton' and; 1,°100 acres..
• i.n Huron Township:
• `It's' `land;. holdings 'that
are far sale. The existing,
•:see'Not", page 4 .,
..`" The "Drainage.. Act. affects others on
the' road too," said Reavie It you•'feel
your.: legal . rights ; ir�r tfri,,ged 's..'.
have the.right to proceed
•Sokolos:kipressed •her, point that the,;
�; .,p:. r. .
Act says. You cant drain water on'anoth
er'.s property,"
Reavie. then said.t ere -is stat'u'te` on•
l►
time,as well.
• • He asked ,Sokoloski:' if she was -aware
of the sewer easement on her property, to'
which she replied'in the affirmative,
f ' Sokoloski wants', to landscaP e the'e 4 r
-.tier of her p'ro'perty and the wetness in the
Corner • is preventing her from doing so.
Sokoloski offered to pay .20 per cent:.
of the cost:' but the reeve countered ;with.
"We'saidve'd give you.$0.per cent."
Coune.illor Li;1Iian•Abhou wanted: to,
knvw 'if the lawyer. was going ty,give,'
thein.a wri:tten opinion.•
. ' •. :Pegg said be probahly could hut::;that
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,.•••' h'e .was told.; "If we wanted t(' be gene
esus, we should ~:tick to50•perccnt:"
"'And tliat's'-.generous! countered
Sokoloski. • •
said Pegg. "He dcicsn't rl7lnk'' we•
• are,ohligated "
The part ies.ii,naliy,ag+ieed'10,obtain •
`• three quotes for: the work:''Tlihc cost. will'
be s lit••50/5O•and council will. •aggree to •
some minor assistance to' Sokoloski 'hy a
sumr dnt h
Themelestutte`r'oe'f..Un(ifdired)ors�tanding i,s to he
prepared' for the parties`: to review by next."
month s trieeting
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