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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-10-26, Page 1PUBLISHED IN LUCKNOW, ONTARIO Wednesday, October 26, 1994 55° G S T included Sandy Lougheed, of Lucknow, a member of the Vl'ingham Optimist Track & Field Club, is the picture of concentration as he makes his way up the final incline of the Tyke boys 1500 metre cross country race at the Ontario Championship meet held in Wingham on Saturday. (Pat Livingston photo) • Lucknow runners compete • h in provincial cross-country Over 200 athletes from various parts of the province converged on the upper soccer field at F.E. Madill Secondary School last Saturday for the Ontario Championship Cross Country running for mite, tyke and atom. This is the first time in his- tory that Wingham has hosted the championship. The Wingham Optimist Track & Field Club hosted the meet under sunny skies .and above average temperatures. The Optimist runners proved they could compete with the best in Ontario whcn nine individual ath- letes placed, in the top 10 in their races .to win plaques and medals: As well, four •Wingham teams earned silver and gold medals. The Mite girls became the new Ontario champions when the team of Heather Lougheed, Julia Spaling and Jenna- Taylor ran an exciting and fast -paced race and came up with gold. .The Mite boys ran their way to a silver team medal 'when Tommy Pettigrew, Duston Fear and Hamish Black won fifth, sixth and eighth. In the Tyke girls, Trina Daw lcd her team of Ashley Taylor and Sonya Spaling to a second 'place finish. The best individual finish from the Wingham club came from Nigel Black whose fierce finishing kick almost netted him the gold medal in the Tyke boys. Nigel, who is only a first year Tyke, has another year in this category. Nigel's team of San- dy Lougheed and Billy McGrail also won silver medals with their second place team .finish. Individual placings for the Luck - now contingent were: • Heather Lougheed, sixth, 4:59.83, in the Mite girls 1000; Hamish Black, eight, 4:49.54 and B.J. Mayer, fourteenth, 5:08.73 in the Mite boys 1000 m;, Cindy. Willits, twenty- sixth, 7:03.75, in the Tyke girls 1500 m; Nigel • Black, second, 5:29.76 and Sandy Lougheed, twen- ty-second, 6:31.98 in the Tyke boys 1500 m. Congratulations to all Wingham runners ' for the many "personal bests" earned, in this meet. Welfare case numbers declined by Pat Halpin For the first time in four years; Bruce County's Social. Services . Commissioner is reporting a positive outlook for welfare num- bers. Dick Verrips cautioned council that "a lot of things can change", but if current trends continue his department could see "at least a modest surplus" in its budget, at year end., Verrips said welfare case loads were higher than projected for the first three months of 1994, but have fallen since then. During the last three months of 1994, actual case loads were lower than the previous year and 1994 budget projections. "So far things look very positive," .Verrips said. "It's the first time I've been able to say that in the last four years." Meanwhile social services department is continuing its inves- tigations into reported cases of welfare over payment and fraud. Verrips• said as much as $80,090 could be recovered through those investigations, including a potential Teachers and board settle contract dispute by Pat Halpin The work to rule campaign that has cancelled extra .cur- ricular activities at Bruce Coun- ty's six secondary schools is over, and with it a two -year-long contract dispute that hurt relations and increased tensions between the board and its 280• secondary school teachers. Both sides voted Friday to ratify 'a contract and social contract agreement . reached October 13, 'but an unusual cgmplication in the trustees' 'vote resulted • in a difference of opinion that threatened to/put the '•deal on hold., The resulting con- fusion had ' teachers president Mark Ciavaglia vowing to prolong the work to rule cam- paign that was imposed by teachers last May as a protest over the slow progress in contract negotiations. - The contract agreement was reached late October 13 after a session with mediator Doug Lawless, and was ratified by • teachers October 21 when 76 per cent voted for the deal. But the process went into a spin• when trustees added two conditions to their motion ratifying the deal. Board negotiating chair David Inglies said .the conditions state that the terms of the social •See Teachers, page 6. Recommend user -pay fee to reduce landfill by Pat Halpin Garbage collection and t u�dfi•ll operation could become' a user -pay service in Bruce County according to a draft report tabled 'by , the' Waste Management Steering Com- mittee at Bruce County Council's .session Tuesday. " The suggestion to take solid waste management costs'off the tax bill in favor of a method that would charge householders for each bag of garbage collected is considered important in • the effort to promote ' more recycling and reduction in the amount of material going into landfill. "Viewing our landfill space as a $42,600 from ten alleged fraud cases. A telephone tip line fielded 50 calls from July until September,. with four of those calls leading to further investigation. Verrrips said the program to investigate possible welfare fraud answers, public pres- sure for welfare policing but also shows that fraud is not widespread. "What we arc confirming with the tips line is that a lot of the alleged fraud is the misconception of the community," Verrips, quoting the "classic example".. of someone •See Welfare, page 3 commodity and charginga user fee sin'iilar to other commodities is the only way tyi• achieve the kind•oof diversion.- rates that will extend the - -current life; span of our landfills," said committee chair Stuart Reavie • in his report to council. The report says some of the fees, collected.. for garbage, pick-up. and .. disposal should. go toward efforts such as public education on waste reduction and collecting household r hazardous waste. Bruce county is also considering asking five of its municipalities to designate their landfill sites as facilities ihat could be shared by •See Shared, page 3 Rev. Linda Hill models a Chausable, one of a seven -piece alter set by made by Helen Fitzgerald. This is one of the articles that was on display at the Art of the Spirit show, at St. Peter's Anglican Church last Saturday. The show chronicles liturgical textile art In Canada. The bold design In white on a predominately blue background, is suggestive of a direction arising out of infinity. The piece is handworked silk applique with stitchery beading. The presentation was sponsored by the St. Peters Needlework Guild. (Pat Livingston photo)