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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-06-16, Page 1PUBUSHED IN LUCKNOW; ONTARIO Wednesday, June 16, 1993 550. G.S.T Included Lucknow council briefs Lucknow Feed Mill Mark Stever and Jim Douglas, of the Lucknow Feed Mill, met with Lucknow Village council during the June 8 meeting. Discussion took place on cleanup after the fire and their plans for rebuilding. Council agreed to cooperate with them in all related matters. Petition Nancy Aitchison and several residents from the north end of Havelock Street, Lucknow, presented a petition regarding what they believe are health and safety problems at 809 Havelock Street (MT Enterprises). The bylaw enforcement officer, Jack Crozier, and Peter Steer, fire chief were also in attendance for the discussion. Chief Steer informed the Sentinel that an official from the Fire Marshal's office will inspect the property on June 23 and subsequently make a recommendation. Chamber of Commerce Ben Hogervorst and Richard Askes, representing the Lucknow Chamber of Commerce presented a project to council regarding having brochures and postcards printed, for an approximate cost of $1078.70. Council subsequently authorized the Chamber of Commerce to order 5,000 brochures and 1,250 postcards and submit the bill for the order to the village for payment. Quote Council accepted the quote of Brad Humphrey in the amount of $2,545 for carpentry work at the' pump house on Ross Street (OPP satellite station). • Notice• Registered letters were mailed this week to all ratepayers who are still not hooked on to the.Lucknow sewage system. The sewer bylaw allows the village to bill the by -monthly sewage charge even if a ratepayer is not hooked on to the system. ,Clean-up of debris begins by Pat Livingston Clean up at The Liucknow Feed Mill on Campbell Street should begin this week according to Mark Stever, co-owner/manager of the business. The May 29 fire completely destroyed the . feed mill and • damages were estimated in excess of $1 million. Fire Chief Peter Steer said the Fire Marshal's office has declared the cause of the fire "officially undetermined." Constable Johnstone with the Kincardine OPP said Mon- day that they are designating the cause of the fire with "undete- rmined origin", although the inves- tigation continues by , way of inter- views etc. Mr. Stever said demolition will follow immediately after the grain is cleaned up and anticipates a maximum of two to three weeks for the work to be completed. Temporary business quarters for the Lucknow Feed Mill have been set up at Snobelen Elevators. The phone numbers remain the same 528-3000 or 1-800-265-3006. Congratulations to Greta Stewart, of Pinecrest Manor, who celebrated her 101st birthday On June 13 with her family at Point Clark. Present were Ann Rabjohns of Birmingham Michigan; Bill and Marie Stewart, Jack and Gwen Caesar, and grandchildren and great grandchildren. (Pat Livingston photo) , • BIG WINNERS. This family Is all smiles and So . they should be. Judy and Jim de Boer were Informed last week that a ticket they pur- chased from a Grand Bend Rotary Club mem- ber was the grand prize winner, and what a prize. Jim Is shown behind the wheel of their 1993 Plymouth Voyager SE, with a retail value of $27,000. Alicia, Matthew and Mike agreed the van appeared just at the right time as the family statlonwagon was getting a little worn , out. The two other prizes in the draw were for a . Ford Escort and Geo Metro.. (Pat. • Livingston photo) Protest closure of CIBC Dungannon by Pat Livingston The Dungannon Senior. Citizens Club, #1110 is valiantly protesting the scheduled July 29 closing of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), which has been a part of the business community since around 1929. ..A letter to the editor last week cited inconvenience to seniors and others, and a Loss of business for the CIBC as reasons for keeping the bank open. Petitions in support of keeping the bank open have been placed in Dungannon businesses by the Senior Citizens Club.' John Harris, the CIBC District Manager, . said ' although fmancial consideration comes under review,. there are many other factors examined when a branch. closure is contemplated. These include studies to determine customer traffic, if the area is growing, what other. services°draw people to the community. and location of the nearest CIBC branches. Mr. Harris said they believe Dungannon residents travel either .to Lucknow, Goderich or Wingham, and CIBC branches are located in the latter two towns. Goderich and Wingham branches also offer an Instant Teller which he said makes it convenient for out-of-town customers to use after regular banking hours to withdraw money, find out account balances, pay telephone bills etc.. Mr. Harris said they are planning a demonstration day for customers un- familiar with Instant Tellers He also referred to the CIBC Linkup, a system that allows customers with a touch-tone phone to do certain types of banking from their homes. Mr. Harris called the Dungannon branch a "limited service operation." It is open Tuesday and Thursday from 10 to noon, and 1 to 3 p.m. Mr. Harris said .his district of Oxford, Perth and North Huron Counties has 22 CIBC locations, . the largest of any of the banking institutes. He said that while it is necessary for some branches to be closed, the CIBC does open new branches and referred to the new one in Brussels. He stressed that one has nothing to do with the other. Mr. Harris referred to an employment continuity program as "a very good policy" that provides several options for those who jobs' are affected by the closing. • Beware this fraud Beware, a local area man received a call from what turned out to be a Toronto area pay phone saying he had won a new car and it would be trailered to his. residence. The potential victim was told he would have to wire $480.00 by Western Union to a, Toronto address to cover shipping. In the interim he got a further call saying the car had fallen off the shipping transport and they would replace it with a.Jeep Cherokee, if he sent a further $500.00 to cover 'additional shipping expenses. The caller purported to be calling for a company Galled Fantasy-Produc-tions-and-that they/had just -had—• their yearly draw. The company name and that of the bank account number can change on a daily basis. It would appear that the money goes into an account which can be accessed by a money machine for rsee money, back page Crystalizers top slo-pitch. league After five weeks of play the at 528-6840 to book diamond times. Lucknow Crystalizers remain un- There are no league games being defeated and on top of the 10 team played this week due to the 19th standings in the local slo-pitch league. The Crystalizers who have Annual Lucknow Kin Summerfest finished up second in each of the Slo-pitch Tournament running from last two years currently hold a two June 15 - 20. Several of the local game lead over both Holyrood and the Kinsmen teams. The Lanesville Lords who have wan the league in each of the past two years sit alone in fourth place while the expansion Port Albert team is tied for fifth with the Luck - now Six Shooters. Some games have been cancelled due to inclement weather con- ditions. Teams are urged to make these games up as soon as possible to avoid scheduling problems at the end of the season. Team captains are. asked to contact George Gibson teams are involved in this tour- nament which has a total of 20 mens and 20 ladies teams playing throughout the week on both the Community Centre and •Kinsmen parks as well as in Dungannon on Saturday. Current standings as of June 12, 1993 are as follows: Team W Crystalizers 6 Holyrood 4 Kinsmen 4 Lanesville 3 Port Albert 2 Six Shooters. 2 Kinloss 1 Belfast 2 Rapid City 1 Black Angels • 0 L. ' 0 2 2 2 2 22 4 4 5 PCT GB 1.000 - .667 2 .667 2 .600 22 .500 • • 3 .500 3 .333 31 .333 4 .200 4r/ .000 51