The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-03-11, Page 1YOLK 125 'Vim: Vit!
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 114998
65' INCLUDES G.S.T.
to Pirates Se+eothgam.e
by Pat Livingston .
It took seven gamesto
decide if the Lucknow •
Lancers or the Goderich
Pirates, would advance to
the, final series of WOAA
Senior A action in the
western division. 'Three
back-to-back games on the
weekend. ,were played: in
.fat -,packed arenas, The
Pirates took the seventh
game and now advance to
play Clinton for the west -
ern division champi-
onship,
With Lucknow winning
here on friday night,
Goderich .was -behind the
eight ball on' Saturday.
night. When push"came to
shove, the Sailorspulled it
off.
Back in the Sepoy town.
on Sunday . afternoon,
playing in front of about
1,000 people, the Lancers
appeared to be tired and
• feeling the pressure. They
were missing three play-
• ers: Mark Bakker whose.
wrist was bioken in game
one; Brad Robinson who
suffered a broken collar
bone in game four; and
Chris Stevenson who
received a broken nose in
Goderich on Saturday
night.
Friday•night action saw
the Lancers open.the scar-
. , ing at 11:23 of the first
period oti, a goal by Steve.
Simpson . from Dale
Priestap and Chris Irwin.
. The Pirates tied it up at
7:58 Kyle Wheelzr`s:
marker, set up. by
Simpson, at 5:04, sent the
teams: to the dressing room
with Lucknow up one.
Storming around the
Goderich netminder,
Lucknow's Jon Lane gave
the. Lancers a,two goal
lead. at 17:3$ of the sec-
ond. The play was set up
by Troy, Fisher,and Toni
MacDonald.
;A little over a minute
later, Lucknow was ahead
by three when Irwin.
pumped one in from
'Wheeler and Simpson..
Goderich was success;.
fur, on the power plays at
15:39 and 11'03. Nine;ty
seconds later Goderich
broke up the ice. A Lancer ,.
skated hint tothe boards' '
but the .Pirates' connected
to, tie the game at fo#r.,
Goderich continued to
attack Lancer goalie
Adair Skillen but; he stood
his own.
• Lucknow took advan-
tage of a power. Olay at.
8:59 wheat: Brad Priestap
was set up by Clint.
Murray ;and Stevenson,:.
• see 'Lancers', page.6
The. Optimist Club .of 'Lucknour hosted another
spellinw.bee, this year for. area schools.
Advancing from their"schools for the speakoii
were Jackie Miltenburg, St. Joseph's; Angela
Bell, Lucknow, Central; Patrick Miltenburg, St.
Joseph's; Mike Stam, Lucknow Christian;
Jontue. Kuyvenhoven, Lucknow Christian;
Hannah Luke, ; Brookside;. Melanie: Willits,
Lucknow Central and Laura Bere, Brookside.
Melanie and Angela, tied for first and advanced
to the zone level on Saturday, where they tied
for second. First place was Laurie Wyliey repre-
senting the' Ripley 'Optimists, Laurie, Melanie
and Angela will now compete at the District
level. (l,lm photo)
Yeai" ,Jubliant reaction from Lancer .playere (whlte shirts) as they pump.
• one In past the Pirate's goalie in Friday nights game. With the 'series tied
at three games each, the Pirates .carne: back to the Sepoy town on
Sunday afternoon:. 'and worn 5 to 2 advancing to the final round in the
. Senior A.western division>.wlth Clinton..(Livingstan photo) .
orene Pilkington is:
trustee on Bluewater board
by Pat Halpin ;
.Tho newest trustee on
the Bluewate'r District
School Board says it won't'
take her long to get up to
speed on ,business. and
issues.
Norene Pilkington' has
been attending board
Meetings asan observer
since January. Previous to
that, Pilkington seirvcd. six .
years on the Grey County
Board,of Education, where
she was vice-chair~of,the
boardand chair of 'several
committees.
Until' her defeait.in 'the
November. election;
Pilkington was" also a
rtiember of the Local`
Education Improvement
Corrimittee that made; rec-
e mmendatiions on amalga-
mation of the, Bruce and
Grey Boards..
"1,°have not missed any
.6f the meetings; so.in
effect l` have attended
-school board. meetings for
six years;" Pilkington said.
"Even when, i was out
of office for; two montis,1`,
.attended ---the mectiags `m
not totally aware of all;,.the
issues but I have a handle
on them.".
Pilkington was chosen.
from 14' applicants to fill .
the , vacancy,- on the
Bluewater..Board. ' That
vacancy was created; when
Owen Sound trustee•:Tim
'N•icit•ol1s41arr:1son,
"resigned before taking
office, in 'a protest; over.
provincial ..education'
; rei'ortns. •
Bluewater tritstees'were
looking for an. experienced..
;Candidate with Owen;
Sound Connections.-
•Pilkington has worked.
with schools. on .the east
side of the city and was" a,
member of the OSCVI
planning "committee.
The new trustee. ,was.
sworn into office , at ;
Tuesday's meeting; Mak—
ing it the first time,'since
the term began January 1
that the'..liiaard..has had •a
roil con plertent of nine
trustees, .two Native
Trustees, and two non-vot-
ing. studetit .trustees.
'Pm pleased to bea.
here;' Pilkington.said, "1 ,
cnloyed my six years as
trustee:and Pm really
looking forward to work-
ing across both counties,,"
The .names..'of the'
unsuccessful c°andidates
Were 'not released .:abut
„vice -chat Iton;:Motz said
all 14 aicants . went
through the same "daunt •
-
ing" selection process.,
That process includcd a
resume evaluation and an
interview with the .'whole
board, using a prepared
list of seven questions.
Inside
this week
WestWawanosh
cburtdi) news
..: page'2',
•Carresponderit
profiles
page 4
UCW reports
page 5
Little Devils
win tourney.`
.. page 8.