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LUCKNOW'S 130th CELEBRATION
JUNE 30 - JULY 3, 1988
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(PUBLISHED IN LUCKNOW ONTARIO
Wednesday, May 4, 1988
Ashton
Building
is sold
The "Ashton Building" on Lucknow's
main street has a new owner, according to
B.A. McDonagh Real Estate. The new pro-
prietors of the Campbell Street location
are Dewayne and Marlene Greig of
Wellesley.
The building consists of four commercial
businesses - Your Favorite Things,
DeeVee's Ladies' Wear, Hair Creations
and the Lucknow Variety and Dry Goods,
as well as eight second -floor apartments.
The previous proprietor of the building,
Lloyd Ashton, passed away two years ago
and the property has remained as part of
his estate since then. Mr. Ashton purchas-
ed the building in August of 1964 from Mrs.
Wellington (Zetta) Henderson.
Prior to Mrs. Henderson's ownership,
her father, Isaiah Congram held the deed.
Mr. Congram died in 1932.
The Greigs are certainly no stangers to
this area. Marlene was raised in Ripley
where her mother, Mrs. Victor (Wanda)
Gawley, still resides. She also has a sister,
Gladys Johnston (wife of Barry), living in
Kinloss Township and another sister,
Velma Chadbourne, residing in Kincar-
dine Township. Dewayne was born and
raised in the Wiarton area.
Along with the Ashton Building, the
Greigs have also purchased the farm of
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Sparks of Kinloss.
Both property sales were conducted by
Fraser MacKinnon.
In a phone conversation with Marlene
earlier in the week, the Sentinel was told
the couple has no immediate changes plan-
ned for the property on Campbell Street.
The Greigs recently sold their restaurant
business in New Hamburg and are now
looking forward to setting up home in this
area.
Work over at the Lucknow and District Arena is progressing right on schedule according to Rec. Director Bill Hunter. Much of
the concrete has been poured and it will take just a little cooperation from the Weather Man to have the project finished on time.
Here, Murray Simpson mans the backhoe as his crew of workers strip the frames from the foundations. (Rob Bundy photo )
Area farmers are back
on the land again
A drive down almost any consession
road these days will find the local farmers
cultivating and seeding. According to the
Bruce County Agricultural Office in
Walkerton, the season has gotten off to a
much slower start than last spring but is
still about normal for this region.
"Today, we look to be about a week
behind the normal date for seeding," says
Mac Bolton, District Agriculturalist for
Bruce County, "but if the weather holds,
we should be right on schedule. Last
season was an exceptionally early one."
Bolton also added a warning to farmers
that the residue reports for this year show
a higher than norrhal level of Atrizine
residue.
"It appears that Atrizine residues are
higher than normal this year," says
Bolton. "Farmers should be careful to
watch for damage."
He explained that this higher level of
residue from the herbicide is not a danger
at this point but that farmers should be
aware of. it.
As for what we can expect to have seed-
ed in this area over the coming weeks,
Bolton says the total acreage of corn will
be about the same as in previous years
while acres seeded in soya beans and
canola will likely increase as prices in
those comodities have increased.
He also suggested that white beans and
barley will decrease as prices continue to
be poor on the world market.
While moisture levels are not a major
concern this early in the season, it is im-
portant that farmers are able to get their
crops in. Late June and early July is the
time most farmers "say a little prayer for
rain."
"There is nothing to worry about right
now," says Bolton, "but ask me again
come July."
The Bruce County O.M.A.F. Office has
scheduled a number of seminars and infor-
mation sessions for the coming season and
you are invited to watch the Sentinel for
further details on where and when these
seminars will be held.
An unexpected windfall
Hospital WM Purchase
Equipment With $72,000
An unexpected $70,000 windfall will be
used to purchase new ultrasound equip-
ment for the Wingham and District
Hospital. The hospital's board of gover-
nors gave its approval to a property com-
mittee recommendation that approx-
imately $70,000 the hospital will save
because tenders for the window replace-
ment project came in considerably lower
than estimated.
Architects had estimated bids would
come in at about $260,000 but the actual
contract price - also approved by the board
at the April meeting - is $149,981. Since
two-thirds of the project's funding is pro-
vided by the provincial government, the
hospital's share of the cost is now about
$50,000, rather than $120,000 if bids had
been as the architect estimated.
Approval in principle for the ultrasound
purchase had been granted by the board at
an earlier meeting, but action on that ap-
proval has been on hold while hospital of-
ficials sought the funds.
In related business, the board also ap-
proved a property committee recommen-
dation to apply for special capital funding
from the Ontario Ministry of Health to be
used in office renovation and improve-
ment, including some computerization.
The $65,000 request is for part of a two-
stage special allocation offered by the
ministry for distribution among all On-
tario hospitals. Under the terms of the pro-
gram, the first installment of funds is
available now with the second to come
much later. Applications for the first stage
must be submitted by May 10.
For the program's second stage, the
hospital will submit a request for addi-
tional hardware and software for its com-
puter system. At the meeting, Dr. Marie
Gear questioned why the board would be
using the grant money for office renova-
tions instead of putting it toward equip-
ment to provide direct patient care.
The property committee had considered
direct patient care in discussing the
special capital f»nds, replied Bob Mid-
dleton, its chairman. "However, as we saw
it, these were the only ... areas we could
look at because of restrictions dictated by
the ministry."
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