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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-01-07, Page 1VOL 1 WK WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7,1"x.+8 . by 'Bev E`er; ' Signs, signs, every- where a• sign. You can't drive between Kincardine. and Tiverton without see- ing . Retube Bruee A now signs along the. highway and municipal. • boulevards. Smaller signs are in the windows of local; busi- nesses. The sign cant- paign sprang up dur- ing the. Christmas holiday's when local. contractor Kett Zurbrigg and the Building; and Trades Association of Kincardine, as, well. aslocal realtors, decided to throw their support behind retubing Bruce ;A now,, a ul'iit :at. a time, instead of .shutting it down completely. O.ntano. Hydro announced in its Nuclear: Asset Optimization flan,, • Aug. 13, it would lay. up Bruce:" A with a 'tentative restart: date in 2002. The fear of local municipalities is on.ce'. Bruce A is laid up March, about 1.700 Ontario hydro employees who live in the area, will be • transferrett to - the. Ptekerittg or Darlington nuclear power stations}. leaving tie. local economy devastated: , A'hother concern is once Bruce ,has been shut down it will never be restarted again,, Friday, Glenn Sothis,. Kincardine mayor, along action anti the town,;fr.200, Two hundred staked .signs were printed. • Sutton said tate sip campaign: is:•a result of the towies cetnmunity action plan; qt's to show a broad- based community support for retubing Bruce .A now." he said. , "It's agrass roots initia- tive. It was : sponta It. 1148 with Zurbrigg, deputy reeve Cord Thompson',., councillor Dave Walsh; and real estate broker Mike Palmer, . officially, kieked off the sign -Cam-, paign in Victoria=Park itt Kincardine. Local real estate companies donated`:. '$500 toward.the sign cam- paign the Building and Trades Association; $300 nevous and I'm Pleased to endorse. it„ In response to the statement that the sign campaign is Preaching to .tile converted, Sutton said he ' hopes, Hydro's board 'of directors will pay.. attention to thu efforts the area has made to point out how much" nuclear power is supported along the Bruce. County Lakeshore. That is in stark ;contrast to, Pickering, where .a recent:, election plebiscite indlcat .ed the °:xialority of Pickering residents, favored; having an envi- ronmental: assessment .'torn : ito page 2: to .Oefiev.t;''his. picture' wastaken en Jan "$, but one could` easily think it was a spring picture. This view iso taken, from the bridge on Wlllouyhby Street, facing South. The water level is more indicative: of March Or April, (kivingeton nheto) ! INCLUDES +G`r� Anne Sanderson, a far- xner L.udknaw business- wotnan, now living in" Goderich, was, honoredon her gist birthday on Dec. 27', Her nephew, Marvin and Nannie Scott hosted a gathering at their Ashfield Township farm. Mrs., Sai derson's actual birth date is Dec. 23. For a surprise, Mrs. Sanderson was given a ride on the sleigh which was once owned by her father,tato , (Sky) MacDonald,s. (alter family .tuembers present for the .occasion. were .Frank Scott, Donald anti. Shirley Scott. Douglas and Nelda Scott and children Steven, Daniel and Amanda. and Rick McQualln, of Feint . Clark.. _ Mrs. Sapikersorr was raised in the F'aramov nt area. She and tier late hus- band, Mike, operated a ladies' anti ,news clothing' store (Llaya's Dolls loca- tion now) in luc;know for many years before retir- ing to Goderich. Anne Sanderson, a former Lucknow businesswoman, now living in Goderich, celebrated her 91st birthday in December with family mem- bers in Ashfield Township. Mrs. Sanderson ;was ;surprised; with a ride on a sleigh that was.once owned by her father. Mrs. Sanderson, is shown at the reins. (photos submitted) by David Scott "'` public history who is in The history of hockey his -hist year of a PhD pro in Huroneomcs alive, itt ,grata, ;Working;Ofl the pro - January with the `.Our jectis a•dream come true I -Hickey Dreams" exhibit fQr,Stoyles, who,.has been at.=the. `I-ltiiron'County 'an'avid hockey fan since uscr�m, the age of tiie. Familiar names like "I've found this an Hall of rFamers Babe " incredible 'experience. Siebert (if Zurich, Al , }lackey.' is; in the fibre of Pickard of Exeter and , the, county. There's not;. Cooney. Weiland ` of community in Huron that Egmondvillc will be part has not been touched in of'.this temporary<exhibi- someway by hockey " tion':which ':opens Jan. 17 says Stoyles, and, runs:unti1 August Planning'on this Project 1999. And jtistlike ;agame be an in :luly of this year, of hockey, the showcase. ' ; and by August the muse- will: bedivided into three ung started receiving, items periods..- the first opening on. lotto. " Stoyles and. in January, the" second another university student, period ` ` starting in Sandy Bruce., travelled to September">19nd e area in uwn th" third period�i`n M98aarch '99the pa,Jl4tht. summeasr- and I.l[alt garbis-. to,.coincide; with the SOth eying information on local anniversary of thc,Yount players ,and ,following up Catada Week `(`?BCW) valuable leads, `l'aurnarnctkt in Goderich, We're; still 'accepting lvluclr of tate material on .• things," says the coordina- display has been compiled : tor."Right now .i lot of by Sean Stoyles, a UWO ., people sire not'awarc'ol' st dent w th a M.A..in.. the; exlttbttion, People will see it and say, hey, I've got something better, I'll bring that in,'".. Stoyles= spes,. Cs Hculatlghfigho f ` Exhiibi t;: A t�ce tnix of new and old' hockey items highlight this exhibit. On display will be Seafor"th;.hockey' player Boyd Devereaux's 1997 Waria, Junior, Canhdampionship ring, medal Hockey Jersey The Hockey Trophy a solid pewter coffee pot from 1906 which was a valued prize for Seaforth ho'ekey teams, was lent by Frank Sills, a major contributor to the exhibit. ,Another old trophy, Babe Siebert's 1927-28 Mappin trophy.'.: froi'n the long since defunct..` Montreal Maroonss was. generously donated with permission from the Village ef.Zunch and the Zurich arena, also known as the Babe Siebert Meiticarial Arena. urn to pugge,'.