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Legion announces winner
The Lucknow Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion announced its 1985 Essay,
Poem and Poster Contest. Lucknow Central Public School, St. Joseph's Separate
School, Kingsbridge and Brookside Public School all had students withn the top
three placings.
The topthree students in each of the Intermediate categories of essay, poem and
poster were: essay - first, Sarah Brophy, Kingsbridge; second, Mark.Dawson,
Lucknow; and third, Collin Clarke, Lucknow. Intermediate' poem category winners
were: first, Sharon Askes, Lucknow; second, Sandra Van Osch," Kingsbridge; and
third, Scott. Strawbridge, Brookside. In. the Intermediate poster ,division, the top
three students were: first, Jennifer Jane Stanley, Lucknow; second, Diane.Broome,
Lucknow; and third,, Jodi Hackett, Lucknow.
Winners of the three categories in the Junior division were essay - fitst, Ainy '
Olson, Kingsbridge; poems - first, Rachel Brophy, Kingsbridge; second, Theresa
Stanley, Lucknow;. third, Diane Ric ling, : Lucknow sters first, Art Brindle
Lucknow; second, Sheila Strt ht. King sbrida and their Shane Inc ail
Brookside.
Amy Olson
Why db 1Popp Grow?
Byiethy
Do you ever wbnner why things- are
here?
ie...:that ow in Flander's
Like the poppies gr
Pmelds:
Well guess uat#:.Pfloppies. mof. ,
things;
Like the soldiers who fought in.the ?,
They foou ht for peace,. andfreedom
Jews; .
1heyyfotutgtooht .forthe=r, f#nliies,..sn for ' year1�4Y, o
u said again, don
!tt.wa
want
to.. o.' We all ray to Hod :;you=, will
We shouldremember th a *ellwho died • come back.
for us: ,On
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For they Were important too.
So now you should know why, the pop --
pies in F'lander's Fields .gr
o
My Beloved nir
W = By Amy Olson
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Why did . you .have to de?' boat vie e
my only son. Your friend camelback and
told us what ha eneed..-.1: reme==mber you,
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so well. When youI wish therewas - were five .you said,
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tnreases to rine per cent
for Huron department heads
By. Dave Sykes
Huron County department heads will
receive increases of up to nine per cent a_
year after Huron County Council endorsed
a comprehens:!e 'salary ;package for its
nine . department heads at its regular
, monthly meeting Friday. ,`° •
The salary increases, covering a three-
year period to 1988, were ' granted =after
'council deliberated in closed- session at
length.` By a vote ' of 18 - 13, council
endorsed a salary schedule prepared by its
executive committeewhich proferred the
document after .=meetings' with the -depart,
ment heads.
A preface, -tom: the report suggested the
salaries were arrived at by taking the
average. paid to similar or comparative
„positions " in the ;adjoining count es'� o ins
Southwest ,r ' moo.. 1985` and4dtidYing
cost of living increases' of four pert cent % in
each year for 1986 through; to 1988
inclusive.
The increase' means the county` Medicall.
Offleer of Health wi11.. ear $6L,Cv72 nr 1986,
er ce t increas; t , z ala
flc ase by -per cent in 987 t "$66, 14 and:'
pe, cent In r
r`" ,
Thee...acli i1n041A i I i�r � f3o e
for the Aged, carr ntly ening
will get$41:,042 iu -1986, a , .2 per cent
increase; $44,460'; n,r, 1987 whichrepresents"
an 8.4°per.cent'increase Band .a .futther
..,.per cent increase in 1988 -will =boost the
salary to $47,892. .
Thetas social service..admini'strator; _cur
rently,earning}S32 57$ . will, -receive.. 535,334
in 1986;, $38,09( :in -;1987' ar d $46;820. in
1988. The increases average •6ver4.8 per
centover the three years.
T.he.county clerktreasureer and badiminis-
tratorz will have his. ;present salary of
$51,974 boosted. to $55,172 this year.: In
1987 the administrator will receive a S 8
�. Soprano ass'I
By James Mel
B
ln' the sante *ay she now devotes
herself completely to her daughter and -
husband, Renee Stalenhoef Van Haar- '
`lent applied herself to becoming a world
class -soprano with the Dutch National-
Opera,
per cent increase to $58,370 and a 5.4 per
cent increase to $61,542 in" 1988.
The county engineer's salary, of $48,074
will increase by 6.7 per centto-$5i272 this
year and by 6.2 .percent to S54,444 in 1987.
The report suggests his salary increase by
5.9 per cent in 1988 to. $57,,642."
The deputy clerk -treasurer, presently
.earning $44,460, will receive a 6.7 per cent
increase this year to $47,450 and 6.3 per.
cent in 1987- 'to $50,440.. The salary will.
incrase by 5.9 per cent in 1988 to $53,430.
The county planning director, currently,
earning $45,.188, will receive .a 7.4 per cent
increase this year to $48,542 and 6.9 . per
cent in 1987 to $51,986. A 6.4 per cent
increase in 1988 will boost the annual
sa55,.raria
Thelary countyto$224
libn°'s ; f salary will in.
> rease, A.8% •per" cent to $36;894 from
$34,866. A 5.5 per cent increase in 1987
will boost the salary to $38,922 and a 5.2
per. cent increase in 1988 will push. the
salami of the museum .dikector will`-:
by four 'per cent eaclt year from.
o•,$38 298 in 1988. ti ," .
p ',reez+� Do
arg ed t t re was no
to gm, m;o • closed session
ee
CI' 'Pk'
, ,to;,ldtx'00$
aalarteli tdepar''tmet�t- b=ear=s
however,. • 'passed with fire , councillors,
voting against. Both Doherty and Goderich
Reeve Harry. Worsen voted against going
into closed .session as did Goderich Town-•
ship deputy -reeve Laurie Cox. -
Warden ,Leona Ar=mstrong told Doherty
the motion to close .the session . was
introduced because there were several new
members on county council and she
"Min want them inttinidated" by report-
' ers'
eport'.ers' .
The salary increases passed by a margin
of 18 - 13
9
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ere • " my family. We used to lissten to the
About four years ago, she felt she had
reached 'a .plateau with her career and
saw marriage and. a family as the next
ail-consumin -thin on,which to' concen
trate: g g..,
"i was married four
years ago and......
decided to stop my ;Pl.'s'('And •start; ;
en=joying life," added., her - husband,;
Walter). 1 -decided to ire, of
the little girl (their ti gh�aG :Flom
ence)."',,'
,She Yanks to the future for the time
she iii ht'°a in
g again get involved withher
first love, afterthe 'demands of family
lessen ° as children grow older::
"Actually, rt it's . very good to stop
things for a while in arts and sports.
Things change. all the tithe,artistically.
You grow and the voice comes with it."
interest starts
She became interested in h ile
growing up in Rolland. - `°1 til
om childhood, it was in'y
a
raw.
culture
radio, go to the theatre in Amsterdam:..
That's how I, got involved. - .
"Here you 'sta=rt with the 4-H Club,
there you start with music lessons."
Renee also knew while young that .
opera was the styleofmusic-she wanted
to study. Then, when she was '14she
went- to high school for Music and
finished after six years. After that she
interned with the Dutch. National Opera.
When she went to school, the Dutch,
were required to -learn four languages
as part of 'their- curricuhitn. ' This .
assisted Renee in realizing her ambi
tion. to become an opera singer because
much of Opera is written, in .Italian or
German. "I. got to know the exact
meaning ofeve y world", tint was sun
The.,Dutch National opera is modal-
-
led. along the lines of other opera
companiesin Europe. "Every 'count
has a. nationald opera,''' said Renee
"They're heavily subsidized n-
stitu*:
tions:
The huge .payrolls incurred by' the
co==mpanies for a production ("every.
ra house at leastpeople
,a has . 300 ale oir
the payroll') result in the =much needed
subsidies:
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