HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-05-24, Page 1tlivarths
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Thirteen people, sin addition to the
Lucknow village council, attended the
special meeting called last Thursday to deal
with the Sunday shopping issue.
After all was said and'done, nothing will
change in the village. The bylaw will remain
as is, allowing gas stations, restaurants, and
convenience stores to open on Sundays.
At the beginning of the meeting Reeve
Herb Clark explained that there were four
options open: pass a bylaw allowing all
businesses in the village to open after 12
noon on Sundays, leaving it up to the in-
.dividual'sdiscretion
ass to whether to open
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of business to open on Sundays; leave the
bylaw as is; or pass a bylaw allowing Bell's
Discount Centre to open after 12 noon. Bell's
Discount Centre was the business that had
approached council to have the Sunday
opening bylaw changed or amended.
• While the bylaw will remain the same, the
question as to whether Bell's Discount Cen-
tre falls under the category of convenience
. store remains to be answered.
Lorne McGibbon, representing Bell's,
stated that he had received considerable in-
terest from tourists and a local resident ask-
ing if his business would be open Sundays.
He felt that by opening on Sundays he would
be providing a service required by some
segments of society and stressed that he felt
it would be a long term benefit to the village.
He stated that he was not -asking all
businesses to remain open with him.
Richard Askes, president of the Lucknow
Business Association, was in attendance
representing those who had attended an
association meeting where the question of
Sunday opening had been discussed. Mr.
s.kes_stated that the association was
against.,. Sunday opening, stating that the
needs of the public are being met with stores
being open six days a week. He also felt that
by allowing Sunday opening, businesses
would feel pressured into opening in order
to remain competitive
He asked that the local people be kept in
mind, six days working is plenty and that
Sundays should be cherished to spend with
family. He also stated that tourists' wishes
do not weigh heavy with the association:
Rev. Gerald MacFarlane of the Lucknow
United Church stated he was against Sun-
day opening. He said the church is having
a difficult enough time in keeping the young
people interested in attending services and
that if stores were allowed to open, those
same young people would be the ones in-
terested in having a part time job at such
retail businesses. This in effect would pre-
vent them from attending church, as most
services are from 11 a.m. to 12, with the odd
one starting at 12 noon.
Rev. MacFarlane referred to the Village
of Ripley, where apparently one store had
been allowed to open, and then last Sunday
11of the stores were open.
The general consensus of opinion seem-
ed to be that Sunday has been set aside as
family or worship day and should be kept
that way.
Mr. McGibbon said he didn't feel he was
a threat to other businesses, comparing his
store to Becker's Milk, as a convenience
store.
Betty O'Donnell felt that Sunday opening
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CHP leader visits Huron -Bruce riding
Ed Vanwoudenberg, leader of The Chris-
tian Heritage Party (CHP) of Canada was
in the riding of Huron Bruce last Tuesday
and approximately 75 people attending a
,public meeting held at the Lucknow Com-
munity Centre had the chance to listen to
Vandenberg promote the CHP andques-
tion him on the party's platform.
Barry Sjaarda, MC for the evening in-
troduced Vanwoudenberg, who hails from
Surrey, B.C. Vanwoudenberg, who is mar-
ried with three children, immigrated to
Canada in 1954. Previously in marketing
and manufacturing, a builder of domes,
Sjaarda referred to the leader as "now a
builder of government".
Vanwoudenberg used three races as the
basis of his speech - athletic, political and
biblical - comparing then independently
and in comparison to one another, to show
that the CHP has a race to run.
The athletic race was based on the famous
Ben Johnson scandal when Canada held a
gold medal for a few seconds, "when after
that day of fame, came months of shame."
On the heels of the inquiries that have
V91.
Lucknow Village council met on May 9
and received the Bruce County Board of
Education budget. The increase for village
amounts to '$38,783, 15.6 % increase.
According to a recent report in the
Walkerton Herald Times, the Bruce Coun-
ty Public School trustees have approved a
853 million budget. Ray Fenton, finance
chairman, stressed that the figures are
averages only. Because of the complicated
formula used to equalize assessment across
the county. the actual increases vary from
one municipality to the next. The lowest in-
crease will be -6%, while the highest will be
more than25%. Fenton was reluctant to say
which communities will be hardest hit, but
Teake Veenstra, finance superintendent,
said it will be those that were "under re-
quisitioned" last year.
"Name a township," Veenstra suggested.
"Those rural municipalities will feel as if
they are paying for the growth along the
lakes bore, even though that's not really the
ease.
Continued enrolment growth was fingered
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The leader of the Christian Heritage Party
of Canada, Ed Vanwoudenberg, attended a
public meeting in Lucknow last week. Van-
woudenberg Is on a two-week tour of On-
tario. (Pat Livingston photo)
followed, Vanwoudenberg said, "we have
cow` 10 the coneltutien that our whole
system of athletics.is basically corrupt. We
wanted our athletes to win fairly, with
honour and dignity." He then went onto ask,
"What's happenedtothe moraiity of ourna-
tion? What's happened to the morality of
athletics? What's happened to the role
model that we look up to? In the athletic
race there are three winners - the gold
medallist, the bronze medallist and the
silver medallist, and beyond that you are
soon forgotten."
In the political race, he said, "There's on-
ly one medal, that's for him that wins. If
you're a political leader and you don't win,
you are asked to step down to be replaced
by someone with more charisma, or
perhaps a better approach, a youthful ap-
pearance, better television manners, more
appeal to the common man."
Referring to Ed Broadbent, leader of the
NDP, Vanwoudenberg, said "That no mat-
ter what your opinion may be of the man,
his party or his policies, you all have to con-
cede one thing with me, he ran an
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as the one of two major reasons for this
year's leap in budget numbers.
The board is expecting 425 new students,
and while it will get more provincial grants
for those pupils, the grants don't kick in until
next year.
"We have to pay up front for everything,"
said Fenton. "Classrooms, desks, books,
teachers, support from the administration
office. That comes from local tax dollars."
Last year the board expected about 85
new students, and bad to scramble for space
and borrowed money when the final count
showed well over 300 new faces.
"This year we examined the figures
carefully, Fenton said. Kindergarten enrol-
ment and a survey of housing starts are two
methods the board used to predict student
numbers.
Fenton repeatedly referred to the budget
as "bittersweet". lie said the sweet part is
the growth Bruce County has and the (uaty
of education it offers, while the bitter part
is the cost.
Many of the costs are fixed, he said.
Salaries and benefits, transportation and
buildings account for over 9% of the budget,
and all those costs rise with an increase in
student numbers. This year's budget for
salaries is up 14%, most of that due to ex-
tra teachers needed for new students,
smaller classes at the primary level, and ex-
panded French and Computer Programs.
Veenstra said that if there had been no
projected increase in student numbers for
this fall, the budget hike would have been
8.6%.
The overall budget is up 12.3% from last
year, but taxpayers are picking up a bigger
percentage of that total because of declin-
ing rate or provincial grants well as the
enrolment growth.
The finance committee went to some trou-
ble to explain how the proving footed 57.1%
of the board's costs last year, and is giving
only 54.3% this year. After accounting for
a 2.3% growth in county assessment, tax-
payers are picking up an extra 2.5% of the
total hill more than they did a year ago.
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Council deals with
sewers and tenders
The village of Lucknow has received
notice from the Ontario Municipal Board
approving the village's application for the
construction of the sewage works and the
issuance of the necessary debentures.
In this respect, council gave third
reading and passed bylaw 84989 at the
special meeting called last Thursday. The
proposed Frontage Sewer Rate Bylaw was
printed in the Sentinel's March 15 issue.
Council also opened tenders for former
CNR property. Two properties had been
advertised - parcel one, being on Havelock
Street and Ludgard Street and being ap-
proximately three acres; parcel two, be-
ing on Havelock Street, where the
Lucknow District Co-op building is
presently located, being approximately
one acre.
The tender of David Ziegler of
Southampton, for both parcels, in the
amount of $40,000 was accepted.
Arena and rec
boards amalgamate
As of April 26, the area arena an&
recreation boards have amalgamated. Ac-
cardingto-chairman reorge-GibsoYni ; -r`a'te
amalgamation will save money and
simplify communication. Discussion on
this issue has been ongoing since 1972.
Having two separate boards was resulting
in duplication in committee members and
functions.
Mr. Gibson said he was pleased with the
one board approach and felt it was a step
in the right direction.
In other recreation matters specific fees
have now been set for the rental of the
arena. Ice surface only (allows for access
to fire exit) fee is set at $75 per day. Full
use of the arena fee is $125 per day.
The village auditors have been asked to
attend a recreation meeting to review
methods of receiving accounts and look-
ing after finances. This is being done in an
effort to improve the system as the village
is responsible for auditing of all recreation
funds.
Sorry...
Alesha Moffat represented Lucknow's
Pathfinder unit in the recent Pitch -In day.
Apologies for this omission.
To the priesthood
The Reverend David Laurence Atwell of
St. Peter's, Lucknow; Ascension,
Kinlough; and St. Paul's, Ripley will be
ordered priest in St. George's Church,
Goderieh, onSt. Peter's Day, June 29, 7:30
p.m. The Right Reverend C. Robert
Townshend will officiate.
The prayers and presence of
parishioners and friends are welcome.
Congratulations
To Steve Hamilton of Lucknow, a stu=
dent at Conestoga College of Applied Arts
and Technology, who was a member of a
group winning the second best manufac-
turing problem analysis report and the
best oral presentation of a manufacturing
analysis report. Steve also received a $100
award for highest academic achievement
during the year in design and analysis and
a proficiency award.
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THOSE WHO GIVE
—Largely may not give generously.
—Themselves give their best.
—Are not giving if they expect gifts in
return.
—Encouragement give themselves
courage.
—Other pleasure fill their own hearts with
the overflow.
—Other people trouble will never escape it
themselves.
—A cordial welcome need not serve so
lavish a feast.
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