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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-06-23, Page 1.,PUNT JSHED,.IH . . LUCKNQW, ONTARIO Wednesday, June 231 1993, G$,T, tnetudeci YUMMY, YUMMY! Mike Fischer -was one of 375 people who enjoyed dinner out at the Lucknow Presbyterian Church Strawberry Festival last week. This is the 12th annual strawber- ry festival to be held by the church. Poor local weather con- ditions necessitated obtaining the produce from points a little further south but they were Ontario berries that the diners devoured. (Pat Livingston photo) Swimming pool opening delayed by one week by Pat Livingston Problems at the Lucknow swimming pool resulted in a one week. delay for lessons and other programs. While attempting to repair the pool liner and pull it into place last week, it was discovered the liner had shrunk two feet. An emergency meeting of the joint recreation board was held on Thursday night. Representatives of the four municipalities (Lucknow, Ashfield, Kinloss and West Wawanosh) voted in favor of replacing the liner. The ap- proximate $8,000 cost will be split four ways between the municipalities, said Lucknow Reeve Stuart Reavie. Shauna Andrew, pool co-ordinator, said all dates referred to in last week's advertisement have been delayed by one week.If all goes according to schedule, Shauna said the first session of lessons will begin July 5. Parents and pool users are asked to note the change in dates. AU- day kindergarten could save money Ripley area parents say the Bruce County Board of Education • could save money by offering all -day kindergarten. Finance chair Allan Mackay, who represents the Ripley -Huron township area, said parents have done a survey showing support for the all -day alternate day program instead of the current half-day kindergarten. "A number of parents are serious about getting buses off the road at noon and 'saving money," Mr. Mackay said: The proposal will be studied in committee this week. Meanwhile, board representatives met with the Ministry 'of Education last week about, permission • for the board's plan to delay junior kindergarten until the fall of 1997. Driver Ed.. Driver education fees are going up $100 thanks to the province expenditure control program. The board decided to raise the fees rather than cancel the program Bruce County .Council Social contract forces staff reduction The province's social contract payroll. If the county can't find a legislation is forcing Bruce County 'way to negotiate the cuts, using into potential liability for wage freezes or unpaid leave time, negligence, according to the coon- the province intends to impose the ty'sfmance chair, • cuts itself August 1, Bill Ferris said in order to cut "Ratepayer's... should be aware of more than five r—cent—f onr-~the-.potential....-damages—that_may payroll costs the county will have result from the ill-timed, to "reduce staff and cut back unprecedented provincial cutback," materially on essential services." Mr. Ferris said in a resolution that On Tuesday, county councillors warns county residents to "govern learned the province's social themselves accordingly." contract legislation means they will Mr. Ferris explained that cutting. have to cut $218,659 from the back on staff wages likely means cutting hours. That could lead to roads not getting plowed or grass cut as speedily as in the past. County administrator Wayne Jamieson said admissions at the two county homes for the aged may. _ have io be restricted to match any cuts in staffinglevels at those institutions. Mr. Ferris said the county will contact its employee groups to discuss the payroll cuts. He said the number of layoffs needed to meet • see many, back page Wall, genealogy book ready for reunion by Margaret Stapleton July 4 of this year marks a redletter day for the Wall family - particularly David Wall of Wingham - with the launch of a comprehensive family history. The book, titled Moses Wall, Ellen Greene and Their Descendants, will be launched at the 1993 Wall Reunion, slated for Sunday, July 4, at the Wingham Armouries building. Mr. Wall's mother Marjorie, who assisted in the compilation of the book, expects that close to 200 Wall relatives will attend the reunion and book launch. For David Wall, it will mark the end of a long journey which started, for'him,•at the family reunion two years ago. At that time, Elizabeth Wall of Toron- to and formerly of Lucknow asked for volunteers to compile the family history she had collected and had hoped to have published during the early 1980s. David decided to take the "bull by the horns," even though he wasn't sure what he.was getting into. He agreed to spearhead the project, but asked for a committee of volunteers to assist him. Once it was in place, the real work began. Although he had a wealth of information to draw upon - compiled by Elizabeth Wall and before her, Elva (Wall) Needham - there was much work ahead. He asked for sketches of family members, mainly recollections and stories passed down through the years. Then came the job of editing those biographies, gathering photographs and putting the text down on paper. When it was finished, the book ran 236 pages, including an index with 2,800 names, all cross- referenced. The project took him almost two years. A stationary engineer by trade, David worked on the book on his time off and admits that it became something of an addiction. He says the time went by quickly as he became immersed in his subjects. The main subjects, Moses Wall and Ellen Greene, the patriarch and matriarch of the family, were bom in county Tipperary, Ireland. Farmers by trade they came to this country and settled near Ripley in Bruce County. They raised a family which now has roots in see four hundred, back page entirely. "We felt we want to offer it, but it would cost the board $13,000," Mr. Mackay said. Driver education will now cost $350 per student, Social Contract The province's social contract legislation is a "nightmare" for the Bruce County Board of Education, according to finance chair Allan Mackay. "They've given us our expected targets but no information on how to get there," he said. The board, has been. told it must cut' $2.8 million , from the total payroll for ' its 1,000 employees. Finance supervisor Ken Mann said board officials "haven't seen anything official yet," and so far have not decided how those cuts will be made. The board has certain options to negotiate with it's employees, which then have to be approved by the province before they . can be implemented. The board is waiting for more detailed information from the province on how the legislation supposed to work before it goes • on what Mr. Mann called "wild goose chases"; making plans before all the details are known. Mr. Mann agreed with . Bruce see board; back page, Awards drainage tender Ashfield Township - Council awarded Hanna and Hamilton Construction Co. Ltd., the tender for the Victoria Street outlet drainage works project., when they met on June 15. The total price is $30,568.49. Six tenders were received. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Garvey, part owners of Registered Plan 589, Kingsbridge Shores, discussed with council the possibility of developing the lots along Ridge Drive Plan 589. Council requested that a develop- ment agreement be signed requiring the access roads (Kingsbridge Lane and Ridge Drive). be brought up to Ministry of 'Transportation stan- dards. Mr. and Mrs. Garvey were advised to contact Scott Tousaw, Huron County 'planner, regarding the issue of the road assumption by, the municipality for maintenance purposes. Following discussion regarding access by large commercial trucks to the landfill site, council set dum- ping fees at $150 per . tandem truck load and $500 per trailer load. Councillor Ben VanDiepenbeek vacated council chambers prior to discussion resuming on the proposed Peter and Barbara Van- Diepenbeek development agreement. , A bylaw was subsequently passed authorizing the reeve and clerk to execute an agreement with the VanDiepenbeeks and the municipality. ' Don Dickson was given permis- sion to erect a commercial sign on the township road allowance. along Melbourne Street; Port Albert, with the understanding that the township assume no liability for the sign, and that removal of the sign be at the municipality's discretion. Providing surrounding landowners are agreeable, council had no objec- tions to the Port Albert Reunion Committee erecting a 'streetlight at see Ashfield, back page Airs.-deBoer celebrated her 90th birthday Fettje de Boer of Lucknow celebrated her 90th. birthday on June 20. Mrs. de Boer and her late hus- band, Simon, and six of their seven children immigrated to Ontario from Holland in '1954. Upon their arrival they pur- chased a farm in St. Helens, In 1970 they retired from farming and made their home in Luck - now. Mr. de Boer passed away in May 1974, shortly after their 50th anniversary: Mrs. de Boer's family includes John de Boer and Wim de Boer both of Lucknow, Dick de Boer of Bluevale, Yem de Boer of Velp,• Holland, and Pictje Kragt of Prince George, B.C. Two children have passed away - Peter in 1975 and Tine Logien- berg in 1989. Mrs. de Boer has 37 grandchildren and 67 great grandchildren. Fettje deBoer . of Lucknow celebrated her 90th birthday on June 20 when her family held a come and go tea at the Lucknow United Church. Mrs. deBoer . Is, a resident at Plnecrest Manor Ntirsing Home. (Pat Livingston photo)