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Local girl places third in Ontario
Kinloss resident Jill Campbell literally
threw it all away over the weekend and
in doing so earned a third place finish in
the Royal Canadian Legion's Provincial
Track and Field Competition held in
Toronto on Saturday.
Jill, the daughter of Duncan and
Eleanor Campbell, tossed -a seven foot,
600 gram javelin 31.52 metres to establish
a personal best during the competition.
She held first place threugh five rounds
of throwing, but slipped back to third in
the -si g --round -under -stiff _ ee*..npetit_ion
from other girls in the Bantam division
(15 years and under).
Jill joined 47 other local athletes under
the sponsorship of the Legion Branch 309
at the provincial competition held at
Toronto's York University. First place
finishers at the competition now move on
to the national meet to be held in Vic-
toria, B.C.
"Jill has always been very active in
sports but just took up the javelin last
spring," Mrs. Campbell says proudly of
her daughter. "To place third in the pro-
vince is pretty good. We're quite proud of
her."
Ti11.....atteude e,a1 n—District—
Secondary School and has been :awarded
the .Junior Female Athlete of the Year
award for two consecutive years. She
was .a member of the 1988 Ontario Field
Hockey Team and also participates in
soccer, basketball, volleyball, badminton
and other track and field events. In ad-
dition, 311l is a pitcher for the Walkerton
Bantam Girls baseball team.
"I saw some of the other kids at school
throwing the javelin and thought I'd like
to try it," says the 15 -year-old with the
winning smile. "Now that I'm into it, I
really enjoy it."
Last weekend's provincial competition
was not the first meet Jill has been seen
throwing the javelin. She earned a second
place finish in the Bruce County BIA
Meet, a second at the Grey -Bruce Coun-
ties Meet, a third spot finish at the
CWOSSA meet in Brantford, and a first
place finish at the Legion District Meet
held in Kincardine last month.
Prior to "chucking the spear" 31.52
metres last weekend in Toronto, Jill's
best distance had been 31.40 metres
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Jill Campbell threw her way to a third place finish in the Canadian. Legion Provincial
Track and Field competition last weekend in Toronto. (Rob Bundy photo)
established at the district meet.
"The provincial meet was a very well
run competition," Jill says of the ex-
perience. "It was lots of fin and I'd real-
ly like to thank the local Legion for their
support and encouragement."
Obviously, even bigger and better
things are just a javelin's toss away for
this talented local athlete. When she's not
practicing the javelin on her parents
farm near Kinloss, Jill works at Fisher-
man's Cove Tent and Trailer Park.
peeve's ch sir still emvt
Members of the Lucknow Village Coun-
cil failed to name a replacement for
retiring reeve Herb Clark during their
regular monthly meeting held last Tues-
day. Mr. Clark tendered his resignation
effective June 30 and, under the
Municipal Act, council has 45 days to
name a member to take over the
reeveship.
At present, acting reeve Ab Murray is
chairing the council meetings.
The July meeting of council saw
;members make an .amendment to the
local Sunday Shopping Bylaw making it
legal for :businesses operating in Lucknow
to open for business on a federal holiday.
Need , for the ,amendment came about
when confusion arised regarding the
legality of staying :open on the July First
holiday 'which fell on ,a Saturday this
year.
The Sunday Shopping Bylaw makes it
legal for Lucknow businesses to open
their doors ,On Sunday "if they so desire",
and to conduct business on "holidays
designated by the Retail Business
Holidays Act". Such holidays include
Christmas Day and New Years Day.
Storm sewers
In other business attended to by coun-
cil last week, it was agreed to open
tenders for the local storm sewer project
on July 18 at 4 p.m. The project will see
new storm sewers added tothe north side
of the village along Havelock, N. 'Delhi
.and Lodger(' Streets. Work on the sewers
will begin soon.
Council also approved the ,application
for Town Foreman Gary Austin and
Assistant Doug Haldenby to attend 'the
Workplace Hazardous 1Vtaterial Informa-
• tion System Training Workshop when the
seminar comes to Walkerton.
Approval was given to - the Hydro
System to purchase one new 75I.VA
transformer and 12 high preseure Odium
lights. The high efficiency bulbs are ex-
pected to save money in' the long run.
In keeping with the current trend pro-
vincially to become more environrnenta-
ly conscious, council moved to have
Councillor George Gibson look into the
recycling program being implemented in
Port Elgin. In addition, it was moved to
have Village Clerk Berth Whitcroft pro-
ceed with the purchase of a FAX
machine for the Town Hall. This would
mean the .addition of a second Bell
Telephone line into the buildingand
would allow the village to communicate
quickly and efficiently with other
businesses and departments of
government.
Just before the adjournment of the
meeting, council went into a Committee
of the Whole for the discussion of ad-
ministrative matters. These discussions
are not trade public though it can be
assumed the reeveship .was given top
priority. Council has until the middle of
August to name a suitable replacement
for Mr. Clark.
Cardiff
to speak
MPP Murray Cardiff, Parliamentary
Secretary for the Honourable Don
Mazankowski (Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Agriculture) will be the
guest speaker for the upcoming Huron
County Federation of Agriculture's
members' meeting.
The important meeting is being held
on Thursday, July 27 at the Central
Huron Secondary School in Clinton
begining at 8:30 pm. Topics of discus-
sion will include cuts to the agricultural
budget, crop insurance, free trade, in-
ternational trade and stabilization.
All members of the Federation are
urged to attend.
Library fun
"I'm having fun and you're having
fun and we'll all have fun together!" So
says Merrick Jarrett, a traditional folk
musician being presented in concert at
the Lucknow Library, Friday, July 21
starting at 7 p.m.
A storyteller through song and guitar,
Merrick's musical program of entertain-
ment is perfect for every member of
tl
family ..__His_..background in tradi-
tional folk music is extensive. He has
various radio programs including a
special series for CBC Radio, LP recor-
dings, and numerous appearances at
folk festivals across the cojntry to his
credit.
Merriek has worked with children for
many years either through library pro-
grams such as this, school perfor-
mances and day care work. His show
this Friday is being presented by the
Lucknow Library with assistance from
the Outreach Program of the Ministry
of Culture and Communications .:and the t
Ontario Arts Council.
Tickets for the show are $1 each and
are available from the library...summer
fun for all.
Farm Safety
Next week marks the beginning of
Canada's annual Farm Safety Week
(July 25 - 31). The theme of this years
event is "Children on the Farm - Keep
Them Safe" which aims at making
farm families aware that it is their
responsibility to keep the workplace
safe.
Statistics from last show show that 22
children died as a direct result of farm
accidents. Through the identification
and elimination of hazards, the setting
of good examples and through the pro-
per education of our children on the
safe procedures to follow on the farm,
these numbers can be greatly reduced.
Take a moment next week to review
your farming operation. Is it a safe
place for children to explore? Know the
hazards and be sure the kids know
them too. Children are the future of far-
ming in this country - let's keep them
safe!
While the
cat's away.....
Sentinel Editor Pat "Mrs. Fixit" Liv-
ingston has taken a break from the dai-
ly
ally grind of newspaper work for a well
deserved holiday. Taking over the big
desk at the office for the next two
weeks is former Sentinel Editor Rob
Bundy. Rob is just back fro*n a three
month tour of South America and says,
though it's tough to get back into the
swing of things after such a long hiatus,
he's pleased as punch to be back at the
typewriter in Lucknow.