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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-02-11, Page 1VOL. 12S WK. 6 vintei; . mutt ly t '.esa•t trli a Clate y you plc Ik! as inspa•nt ssibiitt r. The suit; torts {.,�, ld Fin�dk.�ytnlYt. fere: were; a%ase4� adaw f of these Ce tent r or rc reminding par . dap ere ofl.-004g,,, . � or ttx peb e r rl+dte ' tit 044 1�1E be Tit hii i motio iter that s+auicty: is Id alductions aro:: aiway our Mild could: oe discs . Ana, reports that the year 1:996 tri eltdd a y strangers in anductions i ccttrred in-Oinario,. ong support WEDNESDAY, I) BRUARY 11,1998 Huron County ounql takps • by Blake Patterson ' The Huron County gov- ernment has decided to take a lead role in restruc turinyg the . county . and hopes to have 4 restructur: ing-cption ready by:; Jan. 1, 1999. Huron; Countyis one of the last eounties in the province: to restructure and. one of the farthest behind in the process. At the Feb. 5:. meeting of Huron County Council, it was decided models for restructuring the county would be developed by the Administration, Finance and Personnel Comitnittee ,',i 'they will investigate one -tier and two-tier gov- 1 � . errr.rneut`options, with input ren by Pat Halpin The education issues comrrtitteewants. the. Bluewater District School Board to expand its French program in Bruce County after a survey. . showed strong support for " the move. Superintendent David - Armstrong said the differ- ence. in French programs offered by the former Bruce . and Grey boards is one of the "high profile' items" facingthe amalga- mated -board, Core French begins:"in Grade .1 in GreyCounty but in Grade 4 -in Bruce. French - Immersion ° is offered" at five Grey ap'. County schools but none Brace. A board -wide, survey, ' showed. 78.9%a. of respoan dents, including 69'.7%in. Bruce County, • agree with starting Freench, classes in Grade 1 instead of waiting;; until Grade 4. On the. French Immersion issue, 7.1'.3% of respondents agree with offering the' progiarn where numbers, warrant. The positive response was Stronger in Grey County with'81,%a than `in Bruce,, Where. 58.4% of respon- dents'strongly or inoder- 'a'tely agree with the proposition. • See ''French' page 6 from tete municipalities. before returning to. County Council- where a final :, option will be chosen. Gnce., a preferred option is selected .by County Go+tncil;.; it wi1l. have to pass a triple majority: process before it can be implemented, A' triple a majority. . of ..County Council; a majority of local municipalities and a majority of the county's' popoulation must; agree.. The debate at County Council; Feb. 5 centred on' whether or not the restruc- turing options. should be , developed bya committee or`:by the entiree council.' by rat Livingston, Members of the Lucknow. and District Chamber of Commerce g4ve approval for a new project when they met on. Feb. 4. Irene Dickie, downer of From Our Heart, wili-speancead'a tour of homes: in Luek.io v scheduled, for the last.: weekend of November. This is similar to the. stili- eessful tont of homes that has taken place in :Kincardine for the past two years, where "tickets are sold for people; to tour homes that 'have been decorated inside by local businesses.' 'tentative plans_ include involving' the Skating Club as volunteers. ,with 40 per tient, of the proceeds going to the club,' and; the balanceto the "Chamber, Dickie recommended that the Chamber's. portion' he earmarked for 'something, specific rather than going into the general t�M ~account. Dickie already. hassome people inter- ested in helping her, however, if you ;ire interested iii helping give her a call. The executive of the Cltait�ber, ha now been filled with Teresa II?oist as. president, °Nancy Hunter as vice presi- dent, Margie MacPherson as secretary, and Tracey Londry as treasurer. The president will chair a committee to oversee the running of the tourism office this year. Members assisting her are Delores Sokoloslei and Michelle Vermeeren. Hoist' would welcome more tosit on the committee that will also develop guidelines: relating tie -the tourism office. , Reeve esrizitt McBurney of Turnberry. Township said another strategic planning - day is:'heeded to ensure all 26 'county reeves have input. He said. further' debate mould give- the eginmiitee a better sense of what options the muni- ei-pal flies, want,eonsid- ered. . Reeve Robin Dunbar of Grey Township supported: 650 INC. L DES GSM, Mcl urney and.. said. anoth- - er Meeting would be "`time well spent." In his Opin- ion, the Strategic Planning Day; meeting held ,Ian. 20 • was the county's " start' :on' . the road.to restructuring" and another: meeting ref nw' ing the path ahead would be a natural, next step for the council to take. "l feet this is such a critical issues we should,be as. involved: as possible." said Dunbar. . • Reeve Doug Miller of West Wawanosh agreed restructuring is a critical; .. issue for.the county, but said anothel'+ Strategic Planning Day for Che entire council would be as, waste of time, Miller said it would be irresponsible for the coup- • .. See 'Models' page°'d • Wedding attire for 'the..bride and her entire. party was fea- tured at. Sunday's Bridal and Fashion Shown To- the left IS� one of.the many elegant selec tions from The Bride -'s Dream, l#arriston; flowers courtesy of Everlastings FloWers & Gifts, Lucknow Below', the guys: are ensuring the "groom" Dave Black is going 'to get to the church on time, pave cable en' stage semi -dressed and; his" friends. `. Rick Gates; Mark Becker, Jeff Hunter and wring - bearer'' ring -bearer'' Travis; MacPherson, helped him get into his,tuxe- do..The gents` attire was from Taskers. Ttaxedos, Goderich. ( Livingston' photo) '. '