The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-03-18, Page 1f
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VOL. 125 WL 11
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18,199
5* INCLUDES G,T,
,Madill
Student
ears •
rdal•
Award
An. • F.E. Madill
Secondary School stu-.
dent•,is one of eight in
Ontario who received
an OSSTF Marion.
Drysdale Award On
Monday, .
Andy Shaw's entry
"Keep Your Dreams.
Alive"' was catered in
the general : prose and
poetry division.
This is,' the twelfth
consecutive year .far •thee'
Drysdale. Awards. They
honor students:.' from
across the province for
their outstanding abili=;
ties and creativity and
are presented annually
by the Ontario`
SecondarySchool
Teachers' Federation.
There` are six ,divi-
sions for'' poems or
essays ,grade'' nine;
basic, general,
advanced, French .- and'
adult. learner programs;
,and for creative entries:
in three: divisions:
vid'e.o/audio,.
paintin:glsctilptur•e,..
computer ;graphics/ani,
maiiion.. • Entries;; are
judged. at three succes-
sive .levels; local,
regional and provincial. •
Warning
0: parents
A cautionary note to
parents this week after a
Lucknow resident' -spot-
ted,some, children doing
foolhardy things on the
foot: bridge at
Waterworks .. Park.
Please remind your chil-
dren about the dangers
of playing around water.
The water is very
cold. Even if a child
didn't hit .his/her" head`
falling. into the water,
the bitter cold of the
water could be deadly.
Youn
One hundred teens trav-
elled from Owen Sound,
Palmerston, Listowel,
. Guelph, Blyth,.Cli.nion,
"Vanastra and Kincardine
on Friday night to partici-
pate in a Winter Camp
hosted by the young peo-
ple at the • Lucknow
Christian Reformed
Church. Stormy weather
made a 'few adjustments
necessary, but all in all the
weekend was a great`;,suc
Seventeen -year-old
Yolanda Ritsema., was
chairperson for the week- •
end as, the teens, aged.,14
to 20, gathered for "Basic
Training" learning the first -
steps to life with Jesus
Christ•and how to develop .,
their walk with Him.'
All visitors were billet
109 teens gathered
at the • Luc know
Christian Reformed.
Church last weekend
for a Winter Camp,'
The theme. for the.
weekend was "Basic
Training"` learning
the first steps to life
with Jesus Christ. in
this photo, two . par._
ticipants are shown
blowing bubbles in
one of •the many
games that got the
teens mixing. {Hohn
photo}
camp.
ed with area families, for,
the weekend.
Meetings' were held at
the'church or► Friday' night
and..Saturday mottling:
The group then , moved to
the Community Centre .;at
..noon -for lunch and games '•
duringthe afternoon. ". •.-
One game, called KGB, .
• had a small group desig- •
nated as Christians who
-were sent, to find various„
locations around the -Vil-
lage and pick up _notes. At
the sanme,,time, a ;much
larger .,groupwould be
Searching -the village to,.
stop them from assem- •
bilrig at a secret location:
tit share the information;
on the •notes . with one
another. If ctught' the
•-see. ".Arrest', page "2
til Mary Rose
tog secretary •
Kinloss clerk.
appoint as'.
entinel staff
La
tinges
Frida�
iaiy Bev;Fry
Communities' `impacted
by. Ontario 'Hydro met' last
Tuesday night to discuss
an economic :'diversifica-
„ion strategy:
The ;meeting, facilitated
by Lauri Cunningham, •
Bruce Community
Development Corporation
manager; was held. at
'Ontario:i-lydro's informs-
tion ' centre' in Bruce.
Township.
Representatives attend-
ed from, the:eight impact
municipalities, including
councils and chambers of
•
commerce Bruce
you to Dress Down
The Lucknow Sentinel
is challenging area busi-
nesses to ;,participate in
Dress Down. Friday's . and •
help raise money for
refurbishing the -swim-
-ming pool.
Employees of•partici-
pating businesses will be
- asked to donate ;a mini -
morn of $1 each Friday in
exchange- for Waring their
casual duds to work.
Thebeneficiary of
•
collect the donations on
the last Friday of each
month All the money
raised will be -earmarked
only for the pool remove-
•
tions.
Take the challenge and
help bettor this facility
that is used by so many
people iu. our area.
If you don't receive a
hand delivered letter or
fax about this challenge,
call Phyllis at 528-2$22,
Dress Down Fridays is tie
local swimming pool built
in l973, and now, in dire
need of a costly refurbish-
ingAlthough' no official
quotes -are in yet,: the sum
of :$50,000 . has been
bandied about.
Dress Down Fridays
Krill ;start April 3 and carry
on through the months of
April, May and June.
A representative of the
Lucknow Sentinel will
Township and Kincardine •
Township did not attend,.
saying they had other
meetings scheduled for
• that evening.
Barb Fisher, Bruce
MPP; Sam MacGregor,' of
ihie.Bruce Energy Centre,
end ;Harry Thede, Warden
of Bruce ; County; were on
the discussion panel.
Cunningham, Said, "We
all know what we don't
know," " referring to
Ontario Hydro's March 17
,board` meeting which was
to determine ' whether
Bruce A will be shut.
down or not
'Fisher said' the meeting
was overdue in terns of'°
trying to -to -ordinate .a
strategy to lessen ,the
rrunicipalitie's depen ••
dente on Ontario Hydro. •
"It seems like We never
get off the roller coaster.
Our lives have been spin
ring, around: We're in the
incline or decline mode " "
She ..said she has urged:
,Ontario Hydro, as'.well'as•:
the" federal and,provincial.-
governments to, pay alien
titin to' the Bruce corn nu-
nhtles.
`E'very tiine ' Hydro
burps," it affects us. We're
always .behind :instead of
ahead.' We should never
fund ourselves be
again. This run has ophindened'•
our eyes and made us real
ize we must'stand up and
'get in front of and lead
Hydro' instead of follow-
.
ing „
Ken ackson,
Kincardine and District
Chamber of Commerce
president, said: the entire
impacted area needs to
• see'Cornrriunity',page 2.