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LUQKNOW, ONTARIO
Wednesday,
November 3, 1993
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G.S.T. Included
Lindsay Murray,the little Cat Woman, and T.J. Irwin, a floppy -eared dog, had a practice run for
Halloween during Puddleducks party last week. (Pat Livingston photo)
It was a fairly quiet Halloween
Halloween was relatively quiet in
town this year report the Kincardine
OPP,
A Lucknow resident reported a
window was broken at 7:15'p.m. on
Halloween after an egg had been
thrown at it.
Another Lucknow resident
reported scratches to a vehicle's
doors •and hood on the morning of
Oct. 31.
On Devil's Night in Riplcy,.about
$550 worth of damage was done to
Ripley Huron Central School.
QPP had received a report of
some youths behind Ripley Huron
Central School,
• Officer arrived to find about $550
worth of damage done to the,
screens and windows.. Also, the side
of a portable " had been spray
painted.
Officers 'also discovered damage
had been done to Ripley District
School where some portable class
room stairs had been damaged and
obscenities were spray painted to a
portable class room wall.
A Bruce Township man reported
being awakened by the sound of
breaking glass around 2:30 a.m. on
Oct. 31. A house window had been
broken and his mailbox was dam-
aged, He told OPP he saw a vehicle
travelling west on Concession 4 of
Bruce Township with its headlights
off.
On Oct. 31, the OPP received
reports of 13 mailboxes damaged
on Concession 2 and Concession 4
in the township.
Staff Sergeant Al Neville said
' someone had smashed the boxes
with a baseball bat.
On Halloween, there were a' few
instances of egg throwing reported
from Point Clark, Invcrhuron and
the Huronvillc subdivision in Huron
Township. -
At 11 p.m., the fire department in
Tiverton was called out to a fire at
an abandoned house on Concession
6 of Kincardine Township. The
building was destroyed and OPP are
investigating it as a suspicious fire,
Owen Sound Platers
are coming to town
The Junior "A" Owen Sound
Platers are corning to Lucknow!
The Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
team will be holding a full team
practice at the Lucknow arena on
Tues. Dec. 7.
Rod McDonagh, of the Lucknow
Minor Hockey Association (LMHA)
executive told The Sentinel that the
Plater coaching staff will be holding
a clinic for Lucknow minor hockey
coaches prior to the 90 minute
practice. There 'will also be an
autograph session after the practice
for anyone interested in speaking
with these possible future • NHL
stars.
Some local talent will also take to
the ice on bec. 7, after the Platers'
practice. One skater from each team
in the rninor hockey system, as well
as one goalie from each level will
participate in a shoot out match up
with the Platers. The Lucknow
skaters will be chosen by their own
coaches and have an opportunity to
try their skills against .. the Plater
goalies and shooters. During this
time the rest of the Platers' team
will be available for the autograph
signing session.
The LMHA is sponsoring this
fundraising event as part of their
commitment to reduce expenses
incurred by the minor hockey' sys-
tem. Any profits will be put
towards the annual hockey banquet
held in April each year, playoff
busing and expenses incurred within
the system.
4Vho they are
The Platers, who got off to a
good 8 and 2 start, are currently in
third position in the eight team
Emms division, while standing
seventh overall in the 16 -team
OHL.
The front runner in the Emms
division is the Sault Ste. Marie
Greyhounds who are the defending
Memorial Cup Champions. It was
the Greyhounds who defeated the
Platers in ,last spring's OHL semi-
final before going on to defeat
Peterborough and advance to the
Memorial Cup.
The Platers entered the OHL in
1982 while operating out of Guelph.
They won the Memorial Cup, which
gots to the top team in the OHL,
Western Hockey League and
Quebec Hockey League in 1986.
They relocated to Owen Sound in
1989 and are currently entering
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Heliport is a reality
by Pat Livingston
The Wingham and District
Hospital Heliport was officially
opened last week with a fly -in by
an air ambulance helicopter and a
chain cutting ceremony.
Much credit for the attainment of•
the heliport was given to Lynn and
Annabelle Hoy and family. The
Hoys donated the property for the
landing pad, located just to the east
of the entrance to • Lynn Hoy
Enterprises Ltd., on Hwy. 86 Win-
gham. The entry gates to the lan-
ding pad were designed by the Hoy
family and have the hospital logo
on them.
Lloyd Koch, hospital CEO, said
they became aware of the need for
a heliport when they had a couple
of seevyere accident cases requiring
immhdiatc transportation to a
trauma_ccnue._._AL_that time with
the • assistance of the Hoys in
preparing an emergency spot for the
helicopter to land, the air service
was utilized. It was apparent that
Wingham and area needed a per-
manent heliport pad to tie in with
the province wide critical care
network. Access to air ambulance
service plays .a special role in
reducing a patient's time away from
a hospital, said Mr. Koch, Trauma
and neo -natal cases are some
instances where the service would
be used. Air time .between Win-
gham and London is 26 minutes.
Once rezoning approval was
obtained from Turnberry Township
and approval received from the
Ministry of Transport, the hospital
applied to the Ministry of Health
for funding. Mr. Koch estimates the
project will come in over the
$45,000 mark.
Doug Fortune, hospital boaird
chain an said; `"l,hc fa6ility4s4ike--
an insurance policy. We hope we .
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New municipality's name
will be Huron Township
Huron Township will be the name
of the new municipality being cre-•
ated by the amalgamation of Ripley
and the surrounding Huron Town-
ship.
Ripley councillor Stacey Bell said
the village was originally a part of
Huron Township and doesn't sec a
problem with keeping the
township's name.
Huron Township Reeve Murray
Thompson, chair of the amalgama-
tion committee, said Ripley would
keep its identity much like existing,
township communities such as Point
Clark and Pine River. '
Coun. Bell said addresses with the
post office won't be affected by
using the name Huron Township.
The committee, at an Oct. 28
meeting, passed a motion to accept
the new name when the municipal-
ity forms.
The committee also passed a
motion to have the amalgamation
date take place on Jan. 1, 1995.
Ministry of municipal affairs
Member Liz McGrath said an order
in council could be used to allow
the November, 1994 elections to
take place as if the amalgamation
hadeoccurred.
She said both councils would
have• to agree to this and add it to
the amalgamation agreement it has
been' working on since the spring.
On Jan. 1, 1995, the single coun-
cil elected in November,, 1994
would take • over and the two coun-
cils for Ripley and Huron Township
would no longer exist. •
A new way to handle tax increase
• Scott Andison of the ministry of
municipal affairs outlined a new
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