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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-03-18, Page 1f '- iF 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.