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Pnylliis and 1, were
to king the other day"
r.
about the people in our..
ornmun.ity. Nit, we
weren't gossiping. . .
We were talking with -
pride and amazement at
the facilities we have
here. We've hardly taken
a few deep breaths since
everyone worked togeth-
er to .pay off the pew'
sports complex,
Next•on the agenda.
was the aging swimming
pool. A little slow to -get
off the ground, tliis pro-
ject .has, now taken preee-
dente and various groups
and ind'i:viduals are
Putting . their, support
behind this refurbishing:
That project just gets
going and we hear about
the. proposal of •the
Kinsmen
Club to add:
two more
S.QC°Ge'r•
fiel'd+, mak-
ing a total of
three,
• Here' we .
are, a vlilage
of 1,100
•with three.
close,' inter-
-knit munici
palities
combining
our forces. to .'
bring about
all these
great things -. most•of grants: Volunteers we
them that enhance the have More than aur fair
lifestyle of people in our'. . share, .I'll bet there are
communities. • ;: larger communities .who
The governments keep.. are just a'httle jealous.
gutting, but .our people , • Let's take stock of,the
keep .forging ahead to- recreational facilities we
�n-ethin
40000}
l+i
b `at' C.W n StQtt
•
alk abouWriter. feels t°wn
should sho mo
elastin: we: have: two top notch ball
have . the diamonds, <a new sports•
best sports complex, squash cs tirts,.
foci li t i:,4' s a' soon to be newer 'swim -
around. ming pool, .three. soccer
It takes 'fields, threeplayground
cooperation areas, `'lawn' .bawling
to 'pull off greens, tennis courts, a
these feats nature walk, and.'park
And onbe , fcilrities; beach volley-
a c c o in:. , ball pits.:.
plished %it w We should' bevery
takes the proud of our coni unity(
dedication As we work together
of .marry .you can be sure that
volunteersouter cornirntinities are
to work at talking about ass. But we•
the pro, don't mind, do we?
L,et`s.continue giving
them -something to talk
about Never hesitate to
strut your pride when '
you tell theni'*here. you
live.
s: nt neI Memoirs
�stxns 1+��e
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10 years ago •
Apri127,.198$ _ .
ire r ' Wilfred and Marion
Austin of the., • Fourth
Concession. • of.' . Ashfield
Township lost their home and:all pos-
sessions in afire last • Wednesday
!-afternoon.
• ` The Austin's noticed smoke pour-'"
ng "from the ;residence upon their.
,return home • at about ' 3 p.m:'
Wednesday and were able to ;place, a:
call to. the Lucknow Fire Department
before being forced from the home
due to smoke and flame.
jockey awards - Shawn`-Behriore'
and Chris Stevenson were recipients
of Minor Hockey. Association
Awards, Sbawii. received .the Allan
Maclntyre Memorial • Award, Chris`
received the Stewart Mann Memorial
Award.
20 year ago;
April 26, 1978
SHIP ,- •;Murray Gaunt.' MPP
Huron-Brucehas chaired. the
' committee that recommended
the'OHIP premium increase- lye with-
drawn and the Ontario provincial
government present alternatives to it:
Holme from South Africa --:
•f
rnship
Russell , Barr, who was raised in
_ E nlough and ' graduated front;.
Liieknow District High. School, has.
returned home` from South' Africa
where. he worked as. a consultant:
-engineer for. four years. ' He has
accepted a transfer 'to Thunder Bay:.
where he and his wife, Trixie, . and
their four children will make their:
new home,
. 50 years ago
April 29, 1948
,aby' chicks perish `- t�crnon
`Hunter lost 225. baby chicks :A
'last Wednesday afternoon;
when tire broke our in the colony,
• 'house. The •- chicks were about 7;
weeks old.
Two more Dutch families have set -
tied on farms in this district, having
arrived at Goderich on Tuesday of
last week-
.
Mr. and Mrs.: 1-L Bourma,and fami-;
ly, and Mr: and Mrs L k1aev,r and;
family are the newcomers:
Lucknow Sepoys, were honored on
Thursday night at -a banquet lir the
Town Hall, at which ,the Free Pres
Trophy was presented, emblematic of.
the Intermediate ."B" championship
of Western Ontario Association.
prideof iocai hero
bear'editor::. • ,goal. He has been consid-
I am °a Lacknow boy, :erect' for the Hockey Hall
Even though 1 im in of Fame- in Toronto and.
Australia at this moment Canada has recently put
and •haven't lived: in : his face on a coin- to cele-
Lucknow for over three brate the 25th anniversary .
• years, 1- still consider of his achievement . in
n yself a Luekno:w boy. :1972. kiss goal in 1972
and an proud to say I was made every Canadian
raised in Lucknow, proud to he a Canadian.
l . have. read .Paul' Even though wasn'tborn.
Henderson's autobiogra- at 'the time.. when 1 think .
phy and he is also proud to :about his goal 1 am proud
say ' he was' raised in• to be a Canadian. More
Lui;know. " ; than that though 1 am
proud to say I grew up in, .
and played hockey in, the
same town- as Paul
Henderson. .
The purpose of .this let
ter is to ask,, ''Why: hasn't
Lucknow done something
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Paul Henderson is a
hockey heroin our caun
try, ,He had' a . great career
in the NHL and the WHA;.
He represented our coun-
try -in 'the.197.2, Canada vs.
• .Russia Slumtnit Series. He
scored -the series winning.
>'�'�e best uiterest Qf s�tud�nts
•
being met, writes Huron MPP.
Dear Editor; ;lance, and'board adminis-
I would Tike to respond 4ration;.
to the questions posed in a ' . ' These numbers will.,
recent letter to the editor remain stable if the enrol -
coin Paul yck, merit lovl a the boar
fD d
President, Teachers Union remains stabie..If the
of Huron. enrolment level increases'
Question #.1 , Are the the •board, will. see an
best interests of the.:stu- • increase .in :dollars, if';,
dents being met? Question •.en'rolrnent ,declines .as
#2: Pas the government forecasted by the board,
kids fit?. Tanswer -lantount of'' will
toput each.;orsf ,.these.he is, .a-. decreaeaase: Hencedoll, warsish a
resounding YESI 1 give . projected decrease in:
the following reasons to enrolment for 200010, the
support my answer. ' board will have less dol
Spending for. the Avon- tars due to a decrease in
Maitland District School enrolment.
Board will increase! The It isin the best interest.
board' has received -more of the board to:, ensure' that
dollars for classroom the public is cognizant of
expenditures -°and - non- the Meritsf public educe -
classroom .expenditures:. tion because this board
In 1997 the board. needs to ensure enrolment
received: Classroom? levels remain stable or
$77,728,097; :non-clasig. increase.
room„ $43,184,375; total . ' Students at the board
operating, $120,912,472. will receive the same dol -
In '1998199 the board will , lars on their education, as
receive:'. classroom, the students inTitnnit'rS,
$79,533,435: non --class Toronto and Windsor for .
•room, $45,063;506; total the first time in the history
operating; $124;596;94' o- publicty- funded educa- -
A total increase of a.0 j tion. This is:, very.good '.
cent. news for the, students of
Classroom"expenditures Huron, because they have
include such things as, traditionally received, less
classroom teacher, teacher . dollars for their education.
assistants, textbooks, sup- Fair Funding is something
plies, computers, library that the students, parents
and, guidance, Non -class- and teachers in Huron
room expenditures include County` asked this govern -
light, heating and imainte- ment for, through a peti- -
tion.campaigta. The .gov-
-ernment listened to those
requests and responded- as
previous governtrients had'
failed to do.
. This government and;
the taxpayers ,of Ontario
;are•putting students;: first..
We are directing more dol-'
lars -into the classroom to
ensure students, have text-
books and- learning materi.-
als that -they need to reach
their full •poteritial: and ; ..
receive the' best education
in the world. No longer
will administrators make
over $100,000 while our
children to without text-
books,
ext-books _ .
This government has
always placed students
fi'by'nsuring at ey .
have theerCsourCes needed
to excel i`n an` ever-changth-
ing world. Quality educa-
tion and placing students
first' have always been the
number one priority Of this
government: I believe. our
policies reveal this coin-,
mitinent,
Policies such as:
* Standardized report
cards
*.Introduction of coat
prehensive testing.• -
* $50 million for text-
books
* New, rigorous and .
demanding curriculums
Fair funding model .
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