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1988
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Wednesday, September 21, 1988
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Clowns to queens, Fall Fair packs them in
Though the dark clouds overhead
threatened to dampen the spirits of the
125th Lucknow Fall Fair, the weather cer-
tainly didn't keep the crowds away. In-
creased attendance and outstanding enter-
tainment at all venues were the order of
the weekend.
With Agricultural Society president Leo
Murray as emcee, the two days of
festivities were kicked off when the oldest
living past president, George Kennedy, of-
ficially opened the fair Friday evening.
During the opening ceremonies, Helen
MacIntyre received her crown as Miss
Lucknow from last year's queen Heather
Howald.
Despite the controversy surrounding the
parade this year, every float which turned
up atthe starting point was allowed to
complete the route. This included the NDP
float entered by Tony McQuail. Last week,
the Ag. Society passed a motion restricting
political and religious advertising but, ac-
cording to Mr. McQuail, not a word was
spoken when he turned up with his float
Saturday morning.
"We're just glad it all worked out," Mc -
Quail told the Sentinel Monday.
Rounds of applause and shouts of "Way
to go Tony" along the parade route proved
the Agricultural Society was correct in
their,decision not to hinder the appearance
of the float.
A glowing conclusion
With all Fall Fair roads leading to the
grounds surrounding the Sports Complex,
young and old alike took part in the
numerous events staged as the backbone
of the fair. Murray Gaunt acted as emcee
Saturday afternoon at the grounds and
local dignitaries Allan Gibson, Herb Clark,
Barry Johnston, Cecil Cranston, Roy Pen-
nington and Leo Murray joined M.P. Mur-
ray Cardiff in welcoming the large crowd
to the festivities.
Lucknow Reeve Herb Clark took a mo-
ment during the welcome to present
Agricultural Society president Leo Murray
with a special plaque from MPP Murray
Elston commemorating the fair's 125th
anniversary.
A glorious afternoon of games, contests,
displays and musical entertainment
followed. The highlight of the weekend
came Saturday evening when the Com-
munity Centre was filled to capacity for
the staging of the Miss Mid -Western On-
tario pageant.
With Murray Gaunt again masterfully
handling the duties of emcee, the twenty
Clowns and queens. were the order of the
weekend as the Lucknow Fall Fair came to
town. The highlight of the weekend for
most was the staging of the Miss Mid -
Western Ontario Pageant Saturday even-
ing. When the judging was complete, Kin-
cardine's Shari Stea, left, took the crown.
First Runner-ap in the pageant was Miss
Clinton, Tracy Potter.
lovely ladies participating in the pageant
were ushered on stage by Dan Gilchirst
and Greg Hackett.
Following the introduction of the con-
testants, and the presentation of prepared
speeches, the judges retired to make their
decisior.. The interlude before the big
event was brilliantly filled by the enter-
tainment of the Leahy Family.
With toes still tapping, the audience was
eager with anticipation when the ladies
made their final appearance on stage.
The first name called was that of our
own Miss Lucknow, Helen MacIntyre, who
stepped forward to receive the award and
banner of Miss Congeniality. According to
the hostesses,, Helen received an extreme-
ly high percentage of the votes for this title
from the other contestants.
Next presented were. the runners-up in
the pageant. Third runner-up was Miss
Mildmay Tracey Fatheringham; Second
was Miss Walkerton Little Royal, Vicki
Seigner; and First Runner-up was Miss
Clinton, Tracy Potter.
As a hush fell over the building the 1988
Miss Mid -Western Ontario was named and
Miss Kincardine, Shari Stea, stepped for-
ward to accept the tiara and banner from
the 1987 recipient Leanne Stepnow.
A return appearance by the Leahy
Family left those in attendance dancing in-
to the wee hours and brought the 125th
staging of the Lucknow Fall Fair to a
close.
Congratulations are to be offered to the
Lucknow Agricultural- Society and to all
those who helped with the organizational
duties involved.
Student enrollment up slightly over last year
Declining enrollment is a thing of the
past as far as Lucknow's two schools are
concerned. The Lucknow and District
Christian School has enjoyed the addition
of 12 students this.term over last while the
Lucknow Community Public School has
held steady with a total of 259 students
showing up for the first day of classes.
The fact that there are the same number
of students at L.C.P.S. this year as last is a
little deceiving says principal Bill Pike.
"We actually enjoyed an increase
because of the large graduating class we
had leave us at the end last year," said Mr.
Pike during recess at the school last week.
A total of 35 Grade Eights graduated
L.C.P.S. last year, the largest garduating
class produced by the school in recent
memory, while new kindergarten students
number only 23 this year.
"This means we have 12 more students
than we expected to have," explained the
principal.
At the Lucknow Christian school, a total
of 40 families have registered students this
year while last term the school
represented only 32 families. The school
has students travelling from as far afield
as Teeswater, Greenoch and Carlow for
their alternative style of education.
Copperation between Lucknow's two
school is on the rise as well, according to
Etty Broer, principal at the Christian
school.
"We get a great deal of help from Bill
Pike at L.C.P.S.," says Mrs. Broer.
"We're able to share in a lot of activities
and we hope to be able to build on that
cooperation throughout the year."
The Lucknow Christian School has a
staff of seven teachers this year (three
full-time and four part-time) while
L.C.P.S. employs the equivalent of 18 full-
time instructors.
As in the past, both Lucknow schools,
along with the Brookside Public School,
will be submitting weekly reports on their
activities for publication in the Sentinel
this year. Watch for details of fund-raising
activities, special projects, and parent
participation events.
Standpipe work approved
The Lucknow Village Council accepted a
quote from H. Hillis for the regreasing of
the local standpipe in the amount of $14,500
at their regular monthly meeting held last
Tuesday.
In addition to the greasing to be done,
the standpipe will also have a safety rail
installed at a cost of some $2,500.
The work was decided upon following the
recent summer inspection and is a normal
and necessary precaution to ensure the
continued operation of the 100 foot stand-
pipe. The work is expected to begin at the
end of September and should last about a
week.
Due to the fact that Lucknow residents
are no longer watering lawns it is doubtful
there will be any interuption of service
while the work is being completed.
In other business attended to by council
last week, it was moved that a streetlight
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