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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-01-19, Page 1A .a LUCKNOIK ONTARIO I peaky, January 19, 1994 55° G.S.T. twinned Storm closes schools and roads again Another major winter storm hit this area on Monday. The continuous snow, com- bined with high winds, caused poor visibility. In the village, snow started falling around 8 a.m. and continued throughout the day, By Tuesday morning, Hwy. 21 from Goderich to Kineardine, and Hwy. 86 from Amberley to" Lucknow were closed. A snow squall warning, with 10 to 15 em of snow possible, was issued. The bitterly cold Arctic winds, gusting to 40 km, made driving treacherous. Temperatures were in around the -17 celsius. Brookside, St. Joseph's, Luck - now Christian, Ripley and FE. Madill schools were closed, with all busses to Lucknow Central cancelled: Set interim mill rate LUCKNOW - Council, at its Jan. 11 meeting, set the interim mill raw for 1994 at 25.967 mills. Effective Jan. 1, 1994, Dennis Thompson was hired as the village's animal control officer. Mr. Thompson is the new jo6it bylaw enforcement officer as well. During the meeting, committee reports were received on recreation, tire, landfill, medical and recycling. Gary Austin, PUC foreman discussed snow ,removal, streetlights and proposed road work. Mr. Austin was requested to prepare a hydro policy for Lucknow-Hydro, using the MEA contingency planning manual as a guide. . He was also asked to prepare a five-year roadwork plan and to.discuss crossing guard options on Bob Street with Floyd Stanley, LCPS principal.. Re?ve Stuart Reavie told the Sentinel that no responses were received to the village's advertisement for a crossing guard at the corners of Bob and Willoughby Streets. • , Councillor Lillian Abbott replaces George Gibson on the joint recreation board. Council agreed on an. a grant' of $500 for 1994 to the Lucknow Agricultural Society, on the condition that they sign the arena. rental agreement for the Fall Fair. • The grant to the Horticultural Society is $400. A clarification on proper licensing for the Nevada fotteries was presented. Although no 'policy statement has been prepared, by council yet, Reeve Reavie said one of council's concerns is that. the monies derived from these lotteries stay in. the village. Council will continue- working on the matter. Brookside's aiming; for `green' Last year Brookside Public School joined a nationwide environ- mental awareness program called Learners in. Action. The program was .developed in Edmonton in 1990 by the SEEDS Foundation, which is jointly funded by government, industry and the private sector. At schools across Canada, par- ticipating students have responded to their 'concerns about the environ- mentthrough action, proving that as individuals, they can make a dif- ference. ' At Brookside, working for the environment has • taken several forms. .,The most recent involves students heading out to their new compost bin with some of the lef- tovers from Their -lunches.' They're creating compost to use for the new trees that have been planted around the school. The Pollution Solution Club began last. year and had an activity - filled • calendar, including nature walks, Bluebird house building and an Earth Day school cleanup. Trees were purchased with the help of the Parent Advisory Com- mittee and ,were planted through the combined efforts of the. Pollution Solution Club design committee, some Grade 8 muscle, and Mr. Culp's 'guidance: The composter, a special heavy- duty one created by George Smyth, was also purchased using a SEEDS Foundation grant. • This year 'the Pollution Solution • Club includes committees to look after regular meetings,a litterless lunch comrriittee, a composter com- mittee and a SEEDS committee, with staff advisors Lisa Anguish, Sheila Clarke; Anne Roberts', and Margie Wise. Part' of the Learners in .Action program has been a'S$EDS log- book", in which records of a1l en- vironmental action . projects and units are kept. • A trophy has also been travelling through . Brookside recognizing Classes that take environmental action. At 20 projects; the school official- ly, became a Bronze School, 'a • Sil- ver School. at 40 projects, and a Gold School at 60. The school is very near'the final goal, completing 100 environmental projects and units, and becoming a Green School, • • At that point, Brookside will receive a large green beanner from the SEEDS Foundation and will hold a Green Day, including an assembly to mark the achievement. Members of Brookside Public School's Pollution Solution Club check out their new composting bin which they found close:.to being buried under the winter snowfall..The.schoof is a member of a nationwide environmental awareness program called Lia tiers In Action. Pictured from the left, Jonathon Finnigan, Robbie Moir, Ceilidh Rankel, Jamle.Jo Alton, Leanne Sloesjes, Samantha McDonald; Cody Alton, Liam Hartman, Chantefl Fraser. (Pat Livingston photo) Landfill board chooses. hauler for leachite by Don Jackson The Mid -Huron Landfill Site (M1 -ILS) Board has tentatively chosen a tender for the hauling of leachite from the site. John Lyons submitted a tender which offered to haul the liquid waste away at a cost of 8 cents per imperial gallon. Lavis Contacting Co. Ltd. submitted a tender of 4 cents per imperial gallon, Bayfield Sanitation Service offered to haul the waste away at a cost of 3.75 cents plus applicable taxes per imperial gallon. J & R Trucking of Ailsa Craig' submitted the lowest 'tender, which was 3 cents per imperial gallon. A. motion was put forward that J & R Trucking's tender be accepted, on the condition that the company has the proper licenses and. cer- tificates and is equipped to do the job. I' The landfill site is .coming into some. money from the Workman's Compensation Board. According to' landfill site Scale Master Ben Mun- nings the MELS board has been" trying to get its compensation. status changed from heavy civic to municipal. The heavy civic fee is 13 per cent and municipal is threes or four per ,cent, said Munnings. The difference. is about S 10,000 per year. The compensation board has accepted the landfill as municipal, The board is receiving roughly $47,000 in retroactive payment for the last five years that the MHLS has paid the heavy civic fees. Ross Lawson, representing Bayfield and Bill Carnochan representing Tuckersmith, wanted the money to go back. to the municipalities. Clinton represen- tative. Ross Carter asked the board, "Do we want to be sitting in a position 'when; if we have to pay •turn to page 2 Village water' main breaks The village works department was called out late Saturday afternoon., when a four ' inch water main broke on the corner _ of Rose and Outram Streets. A backhoe was brought in to dig down about six to seven feet. The men 'vorked for close to three hours in freezing temperatures to correct the problem. "Rae Days" could give students an 'extended. March break in 1994 CHESLEY -Bruce County students could be looking at a longer, March break this year. Trustee Frank. Eagleson. wants the board to declare Mar. 21 •and 22 as . "Rae Days" or unpaid leave days under the province's social contract. The move would cancel two' professional' activity days and extend • the traditional March break by two days. No days in the classroom would be • lost. • . "The motion takes a strong position with teachers to say 'these are the days', but it leaves the door open," Eagleson said. The open door is a Feb. ' I deadline to negotiate alternative arrangements with teachers for leave days. The March break extension will be imposed if no agr;nient'is • reached by that date. .• .Eagleson admitted he was "forcing the issue" because the board and its teachers have not yet'scheduled unpaid leave, even though the school year is. almost half over. . "Social contract days are inevitable," Eagleson said. • The -two sides have yet to, agree on the number of days that will be needed to meet the province's social contract target. Eagleson estimates teachers will have to take 2.5 to 2.75 days, without pay. "They haven't taken a clear opinion," Eagleson said. "It's time someone did: / Teachers' Federation representatives did not attend the Jan.' 11 meeting. No estimate of unpaid leave required was supplied by the teachers' groups, but late last year secondary teachers''okesman Mark Ciavaglia predicted the board and teachers will "argue. figures a great deal because Of the combined effects of the social, contract and the unresolved collective agreement for -the. secondary panel. According to• Eagleson, the public knows there will be addi conal days off school this 'year.. Parents, teachers, and even business people:planning sales events want to know when they' will fall. • "We need to know where our lives are heading," Eagleson said. "We • don't live one day at a time. We plan ahead." 4 edy PubliCations buys Wingham Advance Times Mary's, Exeter, Fergus and Listowel. , At the Advance -Times, Audrey Currie continues as general manager and advertising manager; Cameron L Wood as editor, and Eve Buchanan 'and Louise. Wetwood -fi' nt office staff, Jim Brown, reportereatd,Stvve' Pritchard, sales, will be the new fees at the Advance ri e& The ownership of three area newspapers Changed 'hands ' last week., • The Wingham Advance -Times, the Listowel Banner and the Mount PerestConf`ede,rate were purchased by Body Publications Ltd. from NCC Publications, a Halifax -owned company. Rcdy, bltcationsalready. publishes newspapers:. to St,