HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-01-26, Page 1The St. Helen's Snowtnoblle Club held their•2Oth annual poker rally last Sunday%, with 588
hands sold. Gettingready for the runt are Joyce 1 whinney (right) trha is warms ng up her
toes with a battery operated loot warming p along wllil Ashley G#esbreoht who watts
patiently for tier driver to register* in the. background, snowmabilers cher out titelr motors
before starting out on the 25 mile ttali., Pat Livingston photo)
IPM donates $200,000 towards
CAT scanner for Bruce General
by Debbie Davidson
WALKERTON--The County of
Bruce General Hospital could be
the first'rural hospital in Ontario to
have a•CAT. scanner.
This enhancement of local health
services in the southern counties of
Grey and Bruce is partly due to a
$200,000 donation from the local
committee of the Bruce County
1993 International Plowing Match,
Farm Machinery Show and Country
Living Exhibition.
The committee made a unani-
mous decision in early December to
share match profits by helping
purchase 'a major piece of health
care equipment for the county. The
1993 .match realized a profit of
more than $200,000, half of which
goes to groups and service clubs for '
their help • during the match. The
remaining $100,000, plus an excess
of $100,000 raised prior to the
match, will be used for the CAT
scanner.
"We feel that by contributing to
a health-care service, all members
of our community, both urban and
rural will benefit. We also feel that
this approach best typifies.the com-
munity effort .put into making this
match one big success," said com-
mittee chairman Jack Cumming at a
press conference on Thursday, Jan.
20, 1994.
Hospital administrator Guy Kir-
van said getting the CAT scanner
will be a long, tedious process: The
first steps willbe to get approval of
the purchase from the Grey -Bruce
District Health Council and the
Ministry of Health.
"It could take 12 to 18 months
before we get approval," he said.
The committee' has received
support for the project from other
Bruce ,County hospitals including
Chesley, Kincardine, Southampton
and Wiarton.
By purchasing a scanner, "we'll
be trying to provide rural citizens Of
Bruce County with the same access
to diagnostic equipment as found in
larger centres," said Dr. Mowbray,
a radiologist at the hospital.
Dr. Bajumy, chief of staff at the
hospital, said a CAT scanner "gives
•a' clear picture of inside a per-,
son...you can see everything from
organs, bones, nerves and discs."
There is no exact figure as to
how much the scanner will cost, but
it could be between $700,000 to
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Former Ashfield woman
is off to Macedonia
by Pat Livingston
A former Ashfield Township
woman is involved in an ex-
perience of a lifetime.
Lorraine MacDonald, a Canada
Customs official presently
located at the London office, left
Tuesday for Macedonia. She is
part of a United Nations 12 -
member team that will spend six
weeks assisting that country's
government with setting up
tariffs, duties, and. boundaries.
Macedonia obtained its indepen-
dence from Yugoslavia about 18
months ago.
The team is comprised of
Lorraine and a Man from Toron- •
to, along with representatives
from other United Nations
countries.
They will be stationed in
Skopje, the capital city, located
in the Danube Valley, where the
weather is very similar to what
we experience here in Ontario.
Following a debriefing in
Ottawa on Monday, Lorraine
flew out of Toronto to Frankfurt,
Germany, and after a short
stopover continued to Skopje.
The teams are revolved every
six weeks, with an overlapping
two-week period between the
arriving and departing teams.
Lorraine is the daughter of
Beryl and Allan MacDonald.
Discontinues sponsorship
of Miss Mid -Western
by Pat Livingston
The Lucknow Agricultural Society will no longer sponsor the Miss
Mid -Western Ontario Pageant. The termination brings a 27 -year
association to an end.
Directors of the Society, at a recent meeting, decided not to renew its
franchise, up for .renewal on Feb. 18.
Gloria ,Messenger, secretary, said in a telephone interview that the
consensus of opinion was the Pageant had for too long been a financial
burden on the' organization. .
In recent years, the Pageant received Tittle support with the majority
of those attending being family of the participating young women.
Other reasons were the number of hours required by organizers to
arrange, promote, and successfully manage the day long event that has
been run in conjunction with the -annual Lucknow Fall Fair.
The history.of the. Society,'s pageant had its beginnings in 1966, with
Charles Webster, of Lucknow, being the instrumental agent. At that
time it was called a Beauty Contest...In 1980, the Agricultural Society
received a franchise from the Ontario Consumer and Commercial
Relations,' for the Miss Mid -Western Ontario Pageant.
In earlier years, Mrs. Messenger said, the girls participating were not
only Fair Queens .but were entered by various other' organizations. In
later years, although not.formally changed by the Agricultural Society,
the pageant had come to be a stepping stone only for Fair Queens.
With the cessation of the Miss Mid -Western pageant, Mrs. Messenger
said the local Agricultural Society will put more effort into expanding
the local Fair Queen competition. •
.An advertisement in this week's paper gives notice to any local
organization that might be interested in carrying on the Pageant.
Inquiries should be made through Mrs. Messenger at 528-2576.
Cold weather ,plagues
village works department
by Pat Livingston
The Lucknow works department
has been plagued by the bitter cold .
weather experienced in this area.
Last week, two more water mains
broke in the village.
On Tuesday morning, a six inch
main, located at the corners of
Hamilton and Stauffer streets, was
the culprit that kept the crew
working in frigid teniperatyres the
whole day.
Gary Austin, town foreman, said
when he plowed the area earlier in
the morning there was no sign of
water coming up through the
ground. By .8:30 a.m:: the problem..
was evident.
Austin said the frost was in the.
ground so deep that a backhoe
couldn't dig and he hadto call in
Kempton's hi -hoe.
The affected area was without
water until around 4 p.m.
On Wednesday night, a four inch
water main, located at the corners
of Campbell 'and Victoria streets,
broke.
Austin .said that only the arena
and Montgomery: , Motors were
affected by closing off the water
valves. Repair work was left until
Thursday morning when again
Kempton's hi -hoe had to be used to
get through the frost,
Austin said this is the worst
winter he's ,had for broken water .
"mains; of course, he added, "it's
been the coldest." .Normally the
water, from a broken main, ; as it
makesit way to the street level,
would tempve some of the frost
from the ground making it a little
easier to dig. Not this year, said
Austin, as the frost line is very
deep on the .plowed roadways'. .
New COP in Lucknow
by Pat Livingston
Constable Pauline Schwanz; of,'
the 'Kincardine OPP, is Lucknow's
new COP (community oriented •
police officer). She replaces
Constable Andy, Burgess, who was
assigned as the Community Ser-
vices Officer for the Walkerton and
Kincardine Detachment areas. •
Constable Schwanz, is a former
RNA, who worked at the London
Psychiatric Hospital for 12 years.
Looking. for a change in career, she
chose the Ontario Provincial Police.
Constable Schwanz spent her first
four years, as an OPP at Red Lake,
Ontario.
A graduate of Goderich District
Collegiate . Institute, she is no
stranger to the area.
Ready for a change in location
and wanting to be closer to family,.
she requested a transfer to the area
and joined the Kincardine detach-
ment in May 1993.
She is currently reviewing coin-
munity,. programs in place, meeting
local business people and residents
Constable Pablirte Schwanz
and getting' to know Lucknow.
Constable Schwanz says she is
open to suggestions, or questions
and would appreciate the public's
input. She can be reached' -through
the Kincardine detachment of the
OPP at '*46 1441