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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-11-30, Page 11 PUBLISHED IN LUCKNOW ONTARIO . • y, November 30, • 40t PER COPY This has been year of re-count Following on the heels of the obligatory re-count required to decide who would take the fourth and final seat on the Lucknow Council, the Township of Kinloss now has a re-count of its own to do. Kinloss Township clerk Frank Hawthorne told the Sentinel that a request for a re-count was entered last week in the case of the votes cast for the reeveship there. Following the closing of the polls November 14, incumbent Barry Johnston led challenger Jim Boyle by a mere five votes - 289 for Johnston compared to 284 for Boyle. The Municipal Elections Act stipulates that unless the votes cast are tied, a re- count will only be conducted at the request of at least one the candidates. Mr. Hawthorne also said the re-count would have to be conducted by someone other than himself as his work as a deputy returning officer in the advance polls makes him ineligible. Susan Stevenson, the clerk -treasurer of the Village of Ripley, has accepted the task and will conduct the official re-count sometime today (Wednesday ). School Board re-count An official re-count was also requested by Vicki Culbert in her bid to take the public school board trustee seat from in- cumbent Tony McQuail. McQuail received just two votes more than Culbert following the closing of the polls. McQuail finished with 334 compared to Culbert's 332. The re-count was staged at the Ashfield Township office Monday with Marlene Col - ling, clerk of Huron Township, acting as the re-count officer. The task took just over two hours to complete and ended with McQuail retaining his position by the same two vote margin. The only change in the totals was the discovery of two additional ballots with a vote for each candidate Officially the final tally give'. McQuail 335 with Culbert at 333. Ms. Culbert now has until the end of the week to launch an appeal if she so desires, although this is not expected. Brindley bids and buys the Brussels Stockyard Another page was written in the saga of the Brussels Stockyard last week, and this time Harry Brindley of Dungannon is a main character. Brussels Stockyard Ltd. went on the auc- tion block on Thursday of last week after it fell into receivership following an alleged fraud scheme involving an estimated $900,000 worth of cattle. Three bidders made offers on the business with the highest bid coming from Mr. Brindley. Brindley, who also owns and operates the Lucknow Sales Barn, bid $465,000 for the business. The new owner now has until December 14 to license the operation. "You never know what's going to hap - Accidental spill nets Ashfield farmer a fine of X350 An Ashfield farmer plead guilty last Thursday to charges laid by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Following the hearing at the Provincial Offences Court in Goderich, Justice of the Peace J.P. Sturdy entered a conviction and fined the man $350. The charges laid by the Ministry alleged that, on May 5, 1908, the farmer applied hog manure to his land which then ran from the property into the Blake Municipal Drain and wound up in Kerry's Creek. Ron Quipp, an investigator for the Ministry of the Environment working out of London, admits the manure leak was an accident. "It's certainly ho secret that, in this case, the leak was indeed an accident," Mr. Quipp told the Sentinel on Monday. "It's not that this fellow is a bad apple or anything like that, but the point must be made that these types of incidents are very dangerous to the environment. All farmers must stay on top of the work being done on their, property. Mr. Quipp said the purpose of laying charges in a case such as this "is to show that it can be expensive to be sloppy". "I should point out that the gentleman tried to minimize the impact of the spill by doing his best to recover as much of the leaked material as possible," Mr. Quipp said. The maximum fine for a first offence in a case such as this is $5,000. The Ministry had requested a fine of between $500 and $1,000 be levied in this case. Dungannon gets OPP In a continuing effort to provide "effec- tive and efficient quality policing in the community", the Ontario Provincial Police have opened an Extended Service Office on Dungannon's Main Street. The new office, located between the Post Office and the Bank of Commerce, will allow officers working in the Dungannon patrol area to be able to write reports, con- tinue local occurrence investigations, or even interview people, in the privacy of an office without having to travel to one of the distant offices in the area. In addition, this newest OPP office with its bright yellow sign, will allow the local police more visibility in the village. The office was officially opened November 15 at a ceremony attended by OPP Superintendent M. Peer of the District Headquarters; Staff Sergeant Turnbull, Detachment Commander of the Goderich OPP; West Wawanosh Reeve Cecil Cranston; and Ashfield Reeve Allen Gibson. pen," Brindley told the Sentinel following the sale, "but we could be holding sales there by December 16." He added that the acquisition of the Brussels Stockyard would in no way affect the sales barn he operates in Lucknow. The Brussels operation was the subject of a combined OPP - agriculture ministry investigation in late October this year following a complaint by a Saskatchewan cattle broker who stated he and at least five other brokers had never been paid for 733 cattle shipped to Brussels. Since that investigation, the owner at the time, Klaus Henschel, has been sought by police but apparently fled to West Germany. While no charges were ever laid in the fraud scheme, the operating license was suspended and the business put into receivership. The man that sold the business to Henschel, Bruce McCall, has managed kept the business operational over the last three weeks as a show of good faith to local producers. New owner Brindley says the yard has been busy in spite of the fraud allegations and that he expects business to continue as usual once he re-establishes regular sell- ing days - For the kids This Friday, December 2, is a Profes- sional Development day for the public school children and in an effort to take a little pressure off mom, the Lucknow Library is offering a special hour of movies for the kids. The movie hour will begin at 11 a and nm until noon. -Movies include Ski Fever, Summers End and The Little Drummer Boy. Of course, anyone is welcomed to attend. In addition, the good folks at the library remind all that the pre-school story hour will run as usual Friday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the base- ment of the Town Hall. Late shopping The coming of the snow earlier this week brought smiles to the faces of the local businesses. It's starting to look a lot like Christmas and with the season comes Christmas shopping. The local business community has, as in past years, announced plans to stay open for business until 9 p.m each Fri- day evening from now until Christmas starting this weekend. A meeting of the Business Association next week will probably reveal plans for extended hours during the week prior to the big day. Look for that announcement soon. There's also some bad news to report in regards to Christmas in Lucknow. It seems some people in town have taken a real shining to the lights which adorn the town Christmas tree outside the Post Office. So far, no less than four packages of Christmas lights have been stolen from the boughs of our tree. These lights were donated by local businesses and its a real shame to seem them treated with such disrespect. If you happen to see someone violating the tree; please take a monnt to men- tion it to one of our local business people. Or leave it to Santa...he does know who's naught and who's nice. Carolfest Thursday Don't forget the annual Lucknow and Area Carolfest being held at the Com- munity Centre this Thursday evening. All the local schools will, be out in full force providing the entertainment for this one. All the festivities get underway at 8 p.m. and a full house • is expected so don't be late. Beseiged by seagulls Saturday afternoon, a farmer guides his tractor and plow across a field as the noisy birds rummage among the furrows in search of worms and other fare. The plow was working about a mile northwest of Nile. (photo by Bill Henry)