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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-02-15, Page 1Old mnn winter cooperated for ;the .Luclmow Kinsmen's se - gond MushbUll ent last ;Saturday, providing snow and inly 'clear skies;The chilly winds (didn't ?hamper :the I fpI :III spirits of those participating. The sounds of voices :scream- ing, cheering, laughing and :booing could be heard in the air over the bail diamond below the Community Centre. (Pat Liviugohmphoto) BYIIYL IIENRYHENRY The: dry ;basementsand flood -free yards Dungannon residents are asking for may . cost homeowners as muchas $t4O, 0OO, says the engineer studying :aproposed surface drainage project in the village. "There definitely, is.a:drainageproblem," said engineer Andrew McBride. "And un- fortunately, to solve it is going to cost a lot of,mooney. I'rnnotsure whether-anybody,;is going .to be 'prepared to pay that money." tinder the terms of the drainage act, owners of about60 properties which would benefitfromthe drainimustshare the cost, expected to be "somewhere between$,80,000 anct ,000", addedMcBride. He has been studying the drainage problems since a ratepayers' petition was circulated in Dungannon last fall. A1thottghetfirstchere wasnottiiemajori- ty cif residents' signatures required on the .petition: to artier the study, sMCB.ride said W:estWawanoshTownshiptoundil endors- ed the ;investigation when its road superintendent added phis :name. By .law, °that m s he rojeetAproeeeds. Meana ale, there (there :have been muttons misunderstandings. MARE 'TACTICS . 3.taWestWawarKerC until Wig;last week,.eeveaalidentsdernarsdedanswers about t drain.`Theycotaliiinedcof "coun- .eilscare_ia .es",andsaiditheengineertold them nothing tat a November public meeting. DHyovw t O S iM nBeb; c unds saipd rreelde. ... brain t w,srried:lt "eo>ddi. _ten;CotitlY. e star launed thatreound' members i rued'timers tti ll 9" ''to Int daite W. i big fen its r-esidents:into.scratching their names from the petition. He said residents had hoped for several clear proposalswith attached costs. "As :a property owner, I don't ;think I wouid:like to venture, intoanythipgrtoop without knowing the costs," Edmunds told council last`Tuesday :night. Reeve CecirCranstthrtold the°group that November'smegtingwas onlyiogatherin-`' formation,in.acco dancew,iththe drainage act,andthat.MCBrlde!spreliminary studies are -expected -.neat ;month. .McBride said Friday that drainage in Dungannon has :-probably never been ade- vate for an urbanarea, and lot develop - tan recent years:hasadded to the,pro- . Beeth ,agricultural and residential runoff,;much of;itfromalarge tract of land nearthelUage,bas causedfloods regularly for decades. • FLIER BEQUEST 19W2,a:similarcitizens group -petition - ad council to improve *ahi age under the tact- But when that group saw the s$1/4000 price ag'fora patch job:onthed 0*ain, the Lproject was rejected. Sinoiiarly, the ,currentfgroup,could veto 1VieBride's recommendation :this time aroundr`einee the ldrage aL mown for citizens to 'remove their "signatures once they =view Atm` final aplans. Meanwhile, :both the reeve and 'the engineerlhave said r os '.elg e mind Which woUld : uce epetslor the owners Okffieutiapropertlemnanyotthem u et clop i, which would ,bea est i• ‘tSoniething has to he tdpr& ," ,said ,Mel ,swore ; rec m . pn[r�?i# ofrthe�: nothile Viltlingetiteihatayitemend inCKPOrIttint holding reservoirs which would slow the runoff 'down until after .peak rainfall The -proposed solution would be based on a "five-year design" meaning rainfall ex- cessive enough to flood basements would likely occur only once in five years on average. "If you go beyond that, the project becomes much tooexpensive,if you do than that, you're notoffeingadequateppro- tection," said McBride. PRIDE POSSIBLE McBride said therojectappears to meet the criteria of the provincial PRIDE pro- gram, which:provideshalf theme for com- munities who are redeveloping. He said council couldisado.some of the workiunder its road-constructionprogram, which -is partially funded by the province. But that could also mean residents pay nothing, if the ;province approved, since road projectsarare bolded 70 percent through ,provincialgrantsand SO per from the general municipal tax levy. It =could also .take tllariuoe. ;of West Wawanosh's road ,;huet for the;nnext two years. ;project<couldalao bedone under the :fid. Improvement legislation, .McBride iateverroute council ehoosbs, ;prooper- ty, owners were toldat the coil meeg, the program=eaUld be <debenturedAnd-any $bili to Dungannon residents -spread over several, years. '` atever,we canget ingrants,,we;will, .andt a ancocouldeertainlybetaken out in ebentures," `eaki tome,* =c lerk ,Joan �vog:$healao,aseuretltihe TesiAtute tthatibetowuallip ."wo egethit" brat least 'f "age .2. Support for Dungannon seniors apt. encouraging' 9 BY BILL HENRY Some Dungannon residents are ready to move into a proposed seniors' apartment complex the minute. its built, says the president of the group researching the project. Ted Bowers, president of the Dungannon Senior Citizens Club, says a needs survey required before the project can be con- sidered for 100 per cent provincial funding is about half finished, with the hamlet's residents highly supportive. "It looks pretty good so far," said Bowers, whose group has been going door- to-door within .a five mile radius of Dungannon and will soon move further afield. "It seems very encouraging." Bowers said he expects the club will know by April whether the project qualifies for the estimated $1.5 million grant needed to build the 25 -unit complex on .the south edge of Dungannon. The plan has been under discussion for about a year, and Bowers said the seniors group, which would administer the non- profit complex, expects construction could begin as early as next fall, if the grant is approved. The-planeurrently ealls for-eight,-two-4-- bedroom or sight, -two-- Lbedroom apartments, one unit equipped for a wheelchair and the remainder one - bedroom units. The building would sit on about four acres on the southern edge of Dungannon. Post Office vandalized Once again vandalism has reared its ugly head in Lucknow. Employees of the Lucknow Post Office and box holders have been subjected to a very strong odour in the building during the last few weeks. Someone with a sick sense of humour has repeatedly poured ammonia under the :large .mats in the .lobby. The very dangerous fumes from this product pollute the whole'building causing unsafe conditions for the employees and those who frequent the lobby. In aneffortto ccnnbat'thisproblem, ef- fective February 10, the postal authorities, have made the 'following changes in the hours the box .lobby will be open to the public: closed at '5:45 Friday until 8 a.m. Saturday, Saturdays from 12:45 noon until Monday atl, ! a.�ii. Poor reply to senior's stuvey The survey being conducted by the Lucknow and Distract Lions Club, regar- ding transportation needs of seniors and the:physically handicapped, has drawn a poor response. The 1985 census figures for the village recorded 456 residents over the age of 60. To date, 17 replies have been received by the Lions Club. Out of the 17, one required assistance or a handy -van. Fifteen of the 17 chose Friday to be the naost acceptable day, for a two hour period, and felt once a week to be sufficient. Some did exprees an interest in having transportation two days per week, Wednesday and Friday. Iwo of the 17 replies expressed an in- terest in a taxi service, for which they Of the 1� 7 replies, 1 would be ;pa �;eame from the Senior's apartment "building in the Needless "RSV Jay, Walter old, the Lions Metnher ain;c drge S,1)ro ct, was very isap . gateWith loWtOnnber of questionnaires =returned. if the seed is sot there, that's fine; however, if api!thY 3 take. ,,over, it could reedit in the` l are Ibisproject. You still have tie to opieete <return the questionnairethat was 1 WI- etl in the $entinel Amoy 10 d February i a it's up toyoUl