HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-08-25, Page 1LUGKNOW, ONTARIO
Wednesday,
August 25, 1993
G.S.'i. included
Will buy
new truck
snow plow
LUCKNOW - At the Aug. 10
meeting of Lucknow village coun-
cil, the $4,785 (plus taxes) quote
from Champion for a Super Trac
(Trac 108) truck snow plow was
accepted.
Council approved the building of
eight additional units at Lot 44
Albert Street (Gerrie Glenn
apartments).
A request for a taxi service
• license was discussed and leftover.
A temporary nine -months exten-
sion to hook up to the sewers was
granted to a resident.
Council gave two readings to the
proposed joint recreation agreement
between the four arra
municipalities.
Fire Chief Peter Steer was
authorized to serve legal notice on
owners of Roll No. 1-112 regarding
violation of areas of the Fire Mar-
shal's Act.
And how
was your
summer:
Heather Sande, of Lucknow, is
turning nine on Aug. 28, and she
too was out' selling flowers on
Friday for Epilepsy. Heather is a
big Blue Jays fan and enjoys
playing baseball during the sum-
mer. She said her team, the.Reds,
is leading the Ave league right
now. Heather enjoyed a trip to .
Montreal this summer to visit her
cousins.. (Paul Los photo)
Mariah Phillips, of Lucknow, had
"lots of fun" selling flowers for
Epilepsy' on Friday. She has had
a busy summer playing baseball,
practicing ballet and going to the
beach. She also enjoys going on
motorcycle rides with her mom
and is looking forward to a trip
to Toronto next week. In two
weeks Mariah will be starting
Grade 4, and she ' hopes to
imptove her math. Good luck
Mariah! (Paul Los photo)
Kim Snowden (centre) was crowned Miss Lucknow '93 Queen of the Fair on Friday night. Her
court Includes second princess April Brindley (left) and first princess Joy Becker on the right.
(Pat Livingston photo)
Lucknow Village council
Ashfield
approves
zoning
amendment
ASHFIELD TOWNSHIP - Fol-
lowing a public meeting Aug. 17,
council passed a bylaw changing
the zoning of Part of Lot 1, Front
Concession STP, from future
development to recreational residen-
tial
;.
and natural environment.
The zoning amendment ap-
plication was made by James Mar-
tin to permit the establishment of
three recreational residential lots.
The municipality's planner, Scott
Tousaw, indicated that the rezoning
was required as . a .. condition of .
severance of the lots, and that the
planning department had no objec-
tion:
No objections were received from
members of the public.
Steve -Faber .discussed with coun-
cil the possibility of an extension of
the urban designation of Dungan-
non, south along County Road 1, to
include his existing buildings.
In response to a request from Cal
Waddell of the South Amberley
Beach Association, Kevin Cook,
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Meets social contract plans with ease
by Pat Livingston
LUCKNOW - In a telephone
interview, Reeve Stuart Reavie said
"it was fairly easy to come up
with" a plan to meet the guidelines
as set out in the Social Contract
Plan.
The targeted figure for Lucknow
for each of the years of 1993, '94
and '95 is $2,200.
Reavie said there was. "no
problem" because the elimination of
the recreation director's. position
and that of the bylaw enforcement
officer saved the village $6561 in
1993. However, as is allowed in the
Social . Contract guidelines, the
village will carry $550 of the 1993
target over to 1995.
No village employees' wages
were affected because when the
salaries are proportioned out bet-
ween village, hydro arid water, none
of them make over the $30,000
base.
In other matters, Reavie said he
was very pleased with the shape the
town is in. -The mill rate was held
at a zero per cent increase. While
the town is pot generating any more
dollars, he said "some ratepayers
will pay a little more, some a little
less (taxes) because of the county's
market value assessment by proper-
ty class.
Some projects, held in abeyance
for some time, have been completed
this year or are in the process of
being completed.
North and South Delhi' street
paving has been concluded at a
total cost of $31,617.
Reconstruction of the Willoughby
block between Ross and Inglis
Streets will begin the end of
August: The -project includescatch-
basins, sidewalks and pavement for
a cost of $51,704.
"Some of the worst spots" in
village. - sidewalks have been
replaced said Reavie. The work was.
completed by the village works
department and Claude Guay
Masonry, at cost of $10,000. Reavie
also said, "We hope for this to be
an on-going project."
The pttmphouse on -Ross Street,
referred _ to by Reavie as "hi-
storical", has been refurbished and
a bathroom installed at a total cost
of $4,200. The Ontario Provincial
Police use this building as a satel-
lite office,
$5,000 was put into bridge repair
work and there is still more to be
done in the future, Reavie said.
The largest project facing the
village is the construction of the
__hydro_substationon_Clyde _Streetrat__
a cost of $206,000. The- contract
was awarded, to Devgrop of Lon-
don, who will start the work in.
mid-September with a finish date of
mid-October.
An unexpected bite into the town
coffers took place in May with the
million dollar fire at Lucknow Feed
Mill. Reavie said the cost to the
village was in the $8,000 range for
equipment and hours put in by the.
Lucknow and District firefighters.
In addition to meeting social
contract guidelines, Reavie said the
unconditional grants from the
government to . the village were
reduced. by $5,953.
Considering all of the cuts and
the spending on the above projects,
Reavie said the village has no debt
at the present time, although some
dollars will be needed for the hydro
sub -station project.
"The town is in good shape," said
Reavie, and "hopefully. we'll be
able to hold the line on taxes next
year as well."
Feds come up: with funding for RNA school
by Cameron Wood
The Registered Nursing Assis-
tants' School, Wingham, slated for
closure at the end of Last May, will
open its doors for a 52nd academic
year. A federal government
employment training grant of
$239,077 was,announced last Wed-
nesday by Huron -Bruce MP Murray
Cardiff, on behalf of employment
minister Bernard Valcourt.
The program, which begins Oct.
4, will operate under cooperation of
the . Listowel and Goderich
Canadian Employment Centre
(CEC), Wingham and District
Hospital and Kitchener's Conestoga
College.
"This is a program that the
hospital, in its wisdom, felt ... could
be funded for the continuation of
the training of registered nursing
assistants in this community. And
of course', we all know the value of
training programs," Cardiff said.
Word of the program broke very
late. Cardiff said he only received
official word from Employment and
Immigration late Aug. 17.
Entrance criteria changes •
The program will continue to
operate in much the same manner it
has for the previous 51 years of
operation; with only the student
entrance criteria changing. Potential
pupils will be selected from a field
of candidates currently on
unemployment insurance.
CEC employment councillor Lynn
Ellis said 20 students will be ad-
mitted for the fall, with 15 chosen
from applicants on UIC and five
from other applications: The five
non-UIC applicants must meet the
National Training Act criteria of
being the legal high school leaving
age (16), and have been out of
school for at least one year. •
The program will operate for 44
weeks, with four weeks scheduled
as work placement experience.
Cardiff said he hoped by the end
of the 44 weeks the program may
have established a more secure
funding future.
Responding to this concern,
hospital administrator Lloyd Koch.
said the hospital is very pleased to
continue the RNA program with a
revised mandate. Conestoga College
is providing the management of the
course, and together with the
hospital is hoping the experience
this year will pan out into an on-
going satellite program.
"We hope that long term we will
be able to create a partnership
where they will continue to . be
involved in providing . training
students in our community on a
satellite basis," Koch said. Cardiff
added that the half -century success
record of the RNA school had a
key role inreceiving the funding
from 'the federal government.
"I'm hoping with the success in
the next 44 weeks that will also
give us the initiative to- put our
shoulders to the wheel to try to
make sure we continue with this,
program in Wingham," he said.
The idea of seeking additional
funding for the RNA school arose -
last year when it was announced the
program would cease to receive
funding from the ' provincial
government. When Koch arrived in
January, he assumed an important
role in continuing the search.
"Dave Burnfield (from the CEC)
was one of the people who was
very instrumental in helping get this
started." Koch said.
The CEC will be conducting three
information sessions in the region
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