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BY.MONA IRWIN
Three -proposals to alleviate flooding in
Dungannonwent down the.drainThursday.
About :60 residents attended a public
meeting to discuss the -engineer's
preliminaryreport aboutthe drainage pro-
blems in :the hamlet Agricultural and
residential runoff --much of itfrom aiarge
tract of.landnear,thevillage — has caused
regular :flooding for: decades.
,But.noneofttheproposals offered by An-
drew McBride, of Maitland Engineering
Services :Ltd.::in Wingharn, met with the
residents' approval.
Andatthe =and of the meeting, some 16
people had removed their names from :the
original petition demanding a solution to the
flooding problems. A removal of.asfewas
four names would have nullified the petition
(unless the road superintendent's name re-
mainedon:the petition, which would -effec-
tively indicate West Wawanosh Township
Council's support. However, council -gave
•the road superintendent . permission to
remove his name as well) .
"There'sa definiteneed for (a solution),"
said Charlotte Pollak, a resident of . • an -
non. "But I removedmynarrebecause none
ofthe.suggestedways_hellp meatall.Where
I am (on William Street) is right.across
:from the .watershed.:William Street is a
short stre.et — :the water comes -straight
down :from -the fields And floods. all (our)
yards:" bepr'eluxlauary : 'eport indicated
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insuoh, alafft. itsauffa.cewater drains
•intothe Wit.
Abot t*PeoPle►lay d:thepeta-
tion, :th►ttimber iincludes joint
owners)* i repeva 9 of oint-owner-
ps.loth soPlei w to n thepetition, but
:thetwonsmesesmiltokysto e�/�. j name,
ff one
of thejflt. Veabi o bern,
it suitcx *Uc 11Y . t -vote.
'ha day''.a .l ss`ls tunendto io
mg tsi re ,s,'':said amilton-
Seeger, deputy -reeve of
down th
The .township council has smaller : alter-
native
lternative projects in mind toheipalleviate the
flooding, she added, "but I can't go into
detail because they haven't been formally
approved yet."
"This has been misrepresented from the
start," said Robert Edmunds,.also .a resi-
dent of Dungannon. `°We.understoodthere
would be PRIDE grantsand othergrants to
help us. Now we're told there's. no such
thing.
"Nobody figured we'd get away scot-free
— we're -willing to pay, but we'renofools."
The township council "let ns dowmdrastical-
ly," he said.
"They said they'd look into grants, but
they didn't do anything."
The preliminary report described the ex-
isting .system .as "an inadequate 'pat-
chwork' arrangement" that is "neither a
properiurban-drainage system (curbs, gut-
ters, catchbasins and storm sewers) nor a
proper semi -urban system (deep ditches
.and culverts)."
it
also pointed out that most of the
developed lands are lower than the road-
ways, causing the roads to. actassiykes in
that theyhold the ;water back rather than
enabling it ,.to -drain away. Also, the main
Obstruction to the waterflow is the
SoutbamptontoJoseph section of pipeline;
despite what WAS reported :at he site
;meeting, ,the Southampton Street crossing
is not ran Obstruction.
'The three .proposals sketched out by the
preliminary°report were:
-Alternative active 1
`his,plan, vrith anestinoted:costsfabout
0,000, pry eomp*iyAha#ag
;theextting drams gesys u1 s e
.open dram outlet southAad osit:.0134aple
Street .in hfield:Town tip ' 1-
new -drainage systeramtaid.bAbiltittieitatOti
-almost -entirely on Munie pal :Road
,allowance.
A new 46 -inch jilameter -arm ;tower
would be builtat:the ell
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surface water inlet structures would be
built, located so as to collect the surface
water which drains in from surrounding
lands. Both this proposal and the following
were :designed to accommodate runoff from
"the five year storm" : the largest rainfall
expected to occur once ` in any five-year
period.
- Alternative :2
This proposal includes the use of the ex-
isting Southampton Street crossing to pro-
vide an outlet for the area west of William
'Street,and construction of.a completely 'new
system extending north and east from the
Southampton Street crossing through
private properties up to the Berry Isobel in-
tersection.
A new system wouldalso be built running
south from the Berry -Clara intersection,
again mainly :across private lands, to an
outletinthe southhalf of Lot13, Concession
4. 'Three surface water inlets would be built
to accept runoff, from surrounding .lands.
This :plan ;would cost 1about$320;000, but
the price could bee reduced toabout$5,000
if surface .waterFretentionponds.were used
at the three main surface water inletloca-
tions. Such ,ponds would be dry under nor-
mal .weather conditions,: but wouldfillttur-
;ing or immediately After a heavy vain as
surface water flows intuit.
The benefit of such ponds is that they
Allow small -pipes to be Aged downstream,
which means !reduced installation -costs.
however,;such land could not be used for
xleveiopmentlthou gh it -could be ;need for
roduction,Un�due***'or
end it -could 440 represent A xo
Cltborheede ildren unless it was -fenced
Ihecoiltitthisalternativeeoulld e r-
j►y another 415,000 if the existing
-drain-1W between <Joepb : and
s4 aareets-coukl be used.
ve3
proPosill.is.not designer] to Amin -
"five year sloe ,event " It inIsm psgel
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Ken `Parrish,
guest at banquet
Lucknow Minor Sports held their se-
cond annual hockey banquet last Friday
evening.
Guest speaker was former
Lueknowite, Ken Famish, who is a
lawyer, having graduated from Harvard
University. Mr. Fairish stressed the im-
portance of education to the young crowd
in attendance, pointing out that a career
as a professional hockey player with the
NHL is a short term. Everyone should
provide themselves with a good educa-
tion, ensuring for life after hockey.
All winter sports teams were recogniz-
ed with medals ortrophies.
The following is a list of the coaches
and managers:
Ringette - Susan Wyndham and Sara
Murray
Midget - George Gibson, Duncan Camp-
bell, Neil Rantoul
Bantam A - Gerald Murray, Doug
Stevenson, Bruce Skillen
Bantam B - Barry Johnston and Tom
Helm
Tyke - Rod McDonagh and Carl Stanley
Novice - Steve Hackett and Allan
Andrew
Atom A - George Adams and Dan
MacDonald
Atom B Kent Alton and Murray Moffat
Pee Wee, A - Jim Murray, Evans Helm,
Ed =ton
Pee Wee 13 - Mike Whitcroft, I)ean Lind-
say and Al Dorion
In addition, there were many others
who donated hours of time to assist those
named. All volunteers, these people
deserve a large thank you for working
with the youth of this community.
The Minor Hockey Committee included
George Gibson, chairman, Gerald Mur-
ray, Bruce Skillen, Neil Rintoul, Murray
Moffat, Linda Sticklend, Doug Steven-
son, Evans helm and George Adams
The term for Gibson, Stevenson, Helm
„and Adams expires in 1989 and four more
members will he required:for next year
in order for the committee to function
ProPer-yr
coals 'for next season are more than
welcome.
Education week
Education week is April 23 to 29 and to
celebrate the event Lucknow Central
Public School has again published their
LCPS Insider newspaper, which is con-
tained in this week's Sentinel.
Students and teachers alike put a con-
siderable amount of effort into selling
and designing ads and writing editorial
copy for this issue each year. They are to
be applauded for another fine edition.
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