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Council overwhelmingly supported in sewage system
By James Friel
Lucknow ratepayers have overwhelming
supported council's wish to install a
sewage system to service the whole village,
according to the initial estimates being
tallied at the town hall.
Clerk -treasurer Bertha Whitcroft said
that of the approximately 410 question-
naires sent out, about 300 have been
returned. Of the 300 odd replies', "20 at the
most" reject council's goal to have all the
village's buildings connected to the system
rather than just two thirds comprised of
core and problem areas.
"I think it's unusual. It's excellent
response for this type of thing," said
engineer Steve Burns of B. M. Ross and
Associates, Goderich. "In my 'limited
experience 40 or 50 per cent is the
average."
Lucknow Reeve Herb Clark estimated
that the 300 responses returned represent
about 75 per cent of the total.
About 200 responses had been received
by the original deadline of Dec. 23 and an
extension was arranged until Jan. 7. At the
time of the original deadline, Clark said
about 93 per cent of ratepayers favored
completing the town now.
Council extended the deadline to Jan. 7
to allow more responses o be included in
the tally and approximately another 100
have been handed in. A letter was sent out
after the initial deadline to remind rate-
payers to complete their forms and send
them to the town office,
We' re hoping that they (Ministry of the
Environment) will change their minds
(about funding 85 per cent of only the core
and problem areas). If that's whaf the
people want, then that's what we're going
to try . to get," said Clark.
Burns was also cautious about changing
est
the ministry's position. -
"If the policies in Toronto are going to
be changed, this is the way it's going to be
done. At most it's an unofficial survey and
encouraging but I couldn't say how it will
affect MOE thinking,"
Clark said that after the tally the next
step is to arrange a meeting with Burns to
assess the import of the findings.
Council and Burns 'are encouraged by
the excellent 'response especially in light of
the fact that very little interest in the
system had been previously shown by
Lucknow residents.
Rural mothers want dad care
By Ron Wassink
Aaron Fischer spends a lot of his spare
time in the barn, In fact, three-year-old
Aaron can't remember a time when he
didn't use the pathways and calf pens as
his play area
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tend -a -family services • (in-laws, aunts,
grandparents) to lelp look after children
during the busy spring , and ,summer
seasons, that type of assistance is decreas-
ing. Grandmothers don't always have the .
time to help out
"A lot of moms work off the farm to help
ut financtalixsomany of hern,,are. }t ging .
Most of the penalties goalies- get are
due to stickwork. Second year bantam
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goalie Craig Irwin shows his blade.
Crack down on stickwork
By James Friel
Hockey fans attending games -at
the Lucknow Arena may have
noticed that more penalties involving
the stick were called at the beginning
of the year. It's all part of an attempt
to encourage players to keep\their
sticks on the • ice and keep the wood
out of any fracas they may get into.
The crack down on stickwork in-
cludes infractions concerning high-
sticking, cross checking, slashing,
and hooking.
"The CARA (Canadian Amateur
Hockey Association), asked coaches
what they'd like to see improved in
the game. They wanted to see more
stick penalties Called," said Dave
Black, who handles refereeing duties
at the arena.
The refresher clinics •he attended ,
stressed calling more . infractions.
involving stickwork and Black has
noticed that at the beginning of the
season, from the Ontario Hockey
Association on down, more penalties
have been given.
There . are more . this , jear than
ever. You just don't want this stuff to
get away from you," he said.
"Smite guys don't, call enough
stick penalties. If those refs don't
and they're being monitored by
someone, then they have a talk about
it."
Although the Ontario Minor Hock
ey Association, (OMHA) Referees'
and Playing Rules Committee noted
there is nothing the organization can
do about the amount of stickwork
seen in professional hockey, stick-
work' can be, controlled in the
amateur levels.
-'"Through this stricter application
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of the above four rules, it Is hoped
that ` the safety and enjoyment
aspects of the gime tvill be promoted
,and that players may be allowed` to
develop and better exhibit individual
and `tea.mla.- skills, " states a
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message, from the committee.
"It's decreasingnow," " said Black.
"It doesn't take long for them (the
players) to pick it up. The kids know, ;.
they've to keep�'their sticks on
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the ice."'
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boinMlater this morth. Her newborn Will be
in thebarn with' her.
For Aaron and his parents, Jim and
Donna Fischer of RR 3, Walkerton and for
Gary and Joan Fischer, there's no ' such
• thing as rural .day care: Donna and Joan,
along with many other Bruce and Grey
countyrural farm women hope that will
change in the next few Months.
A meeting held in Chesley recently •
concerning rural day care shows farm
families need day care, if only for one day'a
week, especially at times such ,as spring
seeding, haying and harvesting. That's i
when wives pitch in and help their
' husbands in the _fields and in the barn. And
if their children aren't old enough to fend
for themselves, ;the kids accompany their .
parents wherever their mother is required.
A steering committee of conerned ,rural
mothers was formed after the Concerted`
Farm Women of Bruce County initiated the
first meeting on rural day care in Novem-
ber. The second meeting` in December was
an information ' meeting where `` various
child, care 'groups presented the mothers
with'idcas • on • how some of their methods'
could be incorporated into a rural ;day care
systems. •
"Municipal day care centres are avail-
able,"? says ' Donna, the Walkerton area
representative on the steeringcommittee.
if
Fut those centresrequire an enrolment
while Our main' concern only involves the
peak seasons on .the farm."
The outcome `of themeeting , she says, is
the need for a mobile day care unit..
• -Children would have ° the opportunity to. -
interact with their peers once a week when',
the mobile unit caro a to their area. A
drop in centre of this type would bemore
convenient than present day care`. centres
because less travelling time would" be
involved.
"We're looking at a drop in centre
where there is greatest reatest need. The
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centres could be located in such places as
'church basements or camnaeinity.,cenitres."
Though many farin:families rely on `ex�
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barn. But :he helps withw as muc:
,child care as he canr";
Life atFischer Dairy, Farins starts at 5:30 "
a.m. each • day and usually finishes at 11
p, m. during the summer, Donna helps in
the barn in the 'mornings, but has to time
her schedule so she can get her oldest child
ready for school by 7:30.
"In the mornings the kids are still
sleeping, so we can have an intercom
system, between the house and the barn. At
night;, we take our three-year-old to . the -
barn and the six-year. old- stays in the
house. On occasion, ,; both. ;have" been left
alone for as long as, hree>hours "
Like most other;farm' families, Donna
says there have been "too many close
calls" where her, children could lave been
injured byanimals' _
and.. equipment. She
makes a practice to pull all the buttons off
the electric stove . and Locks doors ,; to
potential danger areas in the house when
she can't be there to keep and eye on her
kids.
"We don't make it a practice to leave`;
them . alone,- but we have Iwo resptinsibli
little ones and we: trust:thent"
She says her daughter Lindsay, who as a
baby spent much time in the barn playing
in her buggy,, has grown to dislike the
barn;
An alternative to a drop -in -centre :. is
using the Farm Labor. Pool. Instead of just
farm labor, the pool could supply
providing ; p.
babysitters or a form of rural child care
during busy seasons. Whatever the
solution, Donna ho es" �somethin willbe
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implemented by spring.
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"The need is there -and . has its`'be
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looked at very soon."
Joan Fischer also lives and works on• a
dairy farm, but her situation is different
because her husband' works off the farm.
Like Donna, she deeds seasonal help siteh
as sprin and summer. Though Joan relies
on herarents and'inblaws to help out;
Pl�
there was an occasion last year when she ..
took her kids to the field .because she
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