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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-01-27, Page 1• tele d LLQ.:u_t n ; r; ilves who lave b to a1 d the ticgniin.gg public fonim tin 'February 4. They inehide k Anihrttty, OCPA; P Be ttie, MP; Furter• Buchanan, lvinci Minsterof griculture;•Murrayhdiff, may Elston,. �r Ralph lrg�sctri, MP'lamer merge `As haul lope. merles Minister of Agri. cull; Lucia Mci eod, Provut* L'lt 1.ea er; pbie Vlle000e, PC ag idv. i **at Onto 'slid' Lin in a dirt Phillips esperson ares rein roe t #000wVi� gam ' on January 1� to tiff uckno � ariff 3istrict Kinsnil"� 1 o install apower ? t 0,9#0in medalist air :: rooms in the arena. Lack of 4 < proper method of xhausting, r resulted •ri hot and c noky flons the ronin ! la u and ate air U tau tit tom- aMona:: , Tim fllted A Lucknow resident says a sidewalk on this section of Willoughby Street, between Havelock and Bob, is "a top priority for 1993." .Anne Mann is circulating a petition in an endeavour to convince village council to include the sidewalk in this year's budget. (Pat Livingston photo) Sidewalk is needed to protect children by Pat Livingston Anne Mann, of Lucknow, is taking up a petition to convince village council that a sidewalk on Willoughby Street, between Havelock and Bob Streets is "a top priority for 1993." Mrs. Mann said she forwarded a letter tothe village council two • years ago regarding her concern with the safety aspect of this section of road. She hopes now that by obtaining signatures on the petition, it will assist council in making the decision to have the sidewalks installed. • According to Mrs. Mann, "There: ;, are; • over 100 students between the ages of five and 13 funnelled down the above men- • tioned stretch of roadwithout a sidewalkto separate them from • the motorized traffic." Another area of concern is the lack of sidewalks on Bob Street, north and south, where the remainder of the students walk. Mrs. Mann is also concerned with the perilous conditions for pedestrians on the section of • Willoughby Street between Ross and Outram. She believes this stretch of road is central to many community facilities such as the ball diamonds, swimming pool, senior citizens' apartments, Legion and Puddleducks. The petition addresses the lack of snow removal on certain sidewalks with high volume pedestrian traffic, and suggests ' the Village of Lucknow take on the responsibility of• snow removal on these busy or dan- gerous sections. The petition has been placed at • Becker's Milk, Lloya's Dolls Plus, Cliff's Plumbing, and the Lucknow Sentinel. Those inter- ested.in signing it should do so by February 5. Mrs: Mann plans to present the petition to council at their regular meeting, February 9. Supports Culross Township's call for levy Appoints WALKERTON--Bruce County agrees with Culross Township that. the landowner should pay alevy for road maintenance . when water is trucked out of the area on a com- mercial basis. The county endorsed Culross' call for a six cent per tonne cut on the sale of water, and will lobby. the Ministry of Environment and Minis- try of Natural Resources for legisla- tion and local • control over water taking. "We need a levy on removal of water the same as what's on gravel," said Culross Reeve Roy Pennington at the county council's January 19 session. • "It should be paid by the land- owner." Culross has been negotiating with Savarin Springs of Kitchener and Clearly Canadian of British Colum- bia over water being taken from an ever -flowing well. Clearly Canadian Bruce County Council trucks water to a bottling plant in Nebraska. Pennington said the original per- mit was for 50,000 gallons a day. The permit was increased, then dropped back when the flow through the well's two-inch pipe was determined as 204 gallons a minute. Currently , the trucks are taking 143 gallons a minute, Pennington said. . "A lot of ratepayers are concerned about water tables;' he said' in an. interview. ' "But the consultant is a soft , drink manufacturer and doubts the recharge. (area) for this W?{: .;f4 of ative . awarei ess •pay' evokes various responses Bruce County Board of Education impact it has'," said one cast mem- trustees admitted they were.embar- ber. . rassed and uncomfortable with the Cast menibers and their teacher, images. of everyday . prejudice and Dr. Harriet MacConghie, were racism that Grade 12 students pres- praised. for having the "courage" to ented in a series of sketches at the project the emotions and ideas they board's January 12 meeting. • had about the' issue of racism and "You made me feel uncomfort- . how it affects students in their lives able; you disturbed me; and you are • at. home, at school, and in social • to be congratulated," Trustee situations. Gordon Thompson told the drama • Trustee Lester Anaquot, represent class. "You did a good job." ittg Saugeen First' Nations, told Students performed a "Sundance students to. "keep up the good Ritual" and ' a series of sketches work." • they wrote for last November's "You are on the right path: Edu- Native Awareness Day at Wiarton cation is the key (to fighting rac- District Secondary School. ism)," he said. The blunt and powerful skits The class has performed their showed the pain, anger and division ' work.. at the Cape Croker band that prejudice causes;'and gave the council, and will present it at a final message, "This has to stop workshop in Toronto later this When asked if their message winter: made a difference, members of the Later, Anaquot iaaid a Native drama class were hopeful. Awareness Day at Saugeen District "Some people came up to me and Secondary, -which serves students said 'yeah, they were like that from Saugeen First Nations, would sometimes (nanle calling and be interesting. stereotyping) but didn't realize what turn to page 2 aquifer is,the same recharge as for the local wells.' Pe nington admitted soq'ie citizens arfrustrated" that someone 'out- side the community is making a business out of the water supply, ' "but that's not the issue. From the township"'s perspective it is, just the roads upkep" that is at stake,, Pennington added. "Nobody is ever going to con- yince me that a tonne of water on a truck does less damage than a .tonne of gravel," he said. Pennington reported that a . spokesman for the bottling' company, has "no problem" with the six -cent levy, as long as the charge is uni- form 'across the province. Waste plans As one step in what is going to be 'a very' long process to establish a waste management plan for Bruce County, residents can attending turn to page 2 committee mern-bers Lucknow Village council finalized the appointment of committee mem- bers for the coming year. • Reeve Stuart Reavie will sit on the finance, roads, industry and medical boards. Senior Councillor George Gibson retains recycling; recreation/arena and is alternate on . the planning committee. Councillor Lillian Abbott sits on the library, fire/water, and planning, committee and .isalternate to the landfill board. Councillor Lynn • Peck is repre- sentative on the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, the recre- ation/arena board and the alternate • for recycling. ' ' Councillor Ken Fischer sits on hydro, fire, roads and the landfill committee. Order '93 pumper truck (by Pat Living§ton. Member's of the Lucknbw and District Fire Board, with support from their councils, approved the sale of the 1978 pumper truck and -Purchase of a new crew -cab pumper for the local fire department., According to Fire Chief Peter Steer and Fire Board Chair Richard • Foster, a new pumper was on the horizon for late this year, due to the fact that under the Mutual Aid Agreement a department's primary „vehicle' can be no older than 15 years. The Christmas Day accident, tiithich saw six firefighters in the rescue van involved in an accident and the excellent offer for the old pumper were instrumental in thepurchase time being advanced. A northern Ontario township has made a $5,000 down payment. towards thou $34.000 offer to purchase the 1978 pumper truck. The balance will Wield upon delivery. A 1993 Volvo GM pumper truck with crew cab has been ordered from Fort Garry Industries, Winnipeg, at a cost of $145,000, as well as new- hose and air packs in: the sum of $3,000. This ':equipment is purchased with the truck and is not subject to sales tax. The total cost including GST $158;360 Chief Steer said four quotes for basically identical` trucks were' received and the board accepted the Fort Garry quote. The net cost to the four municipiilities represented on the fire board is $118,441, after deducting the funds received for the old truck and receiving a GST rebate of 57.14 iter cern, says Chief Steer. Delivery is expected sometime in February. The fire deparrnilent's rescue van has now been repaired and await lettering. The van should be back in service within a few days.