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Village studies assuming center
After a report from village lawyer
George Brophy, the village of Lucknow
may finally formally accept the responsib-
ilities of the Lucknow and District Corn-
munty Center.
Center Board member Barry McDonagh
asked council to consider taking over the
community center after The .Ministry ; of
Tourism and Recreation directed '`that
: funds from community £enters be' . funnel-
led through the overseeing-:muncipality,
said McDonagh.
Councillor Ab Murray, 'chairingtheApril
8 council meeting : ,r absent Reeve Herb
Clark, ' said he felt ownership of the
building could be assumed as soon as
possible. -
Councillor Eldon Mann had reservations
about the make-up of a potential commun-
ity center board. Past experiences have
shown that citizens on boards sometimes
overrun -budgets,." he said.
-"Connell cannot run that place, said
Mann. •
wouldn't want to see you, have . it,"
replied McDonagh.
McDonagh pointed out that the center
has-been:,running at a profit with a ;board
made up of three Lions,' two Kinsmen and
two agricultural •society members. He
wants the board to continue in much the
same manner with a member of council
added if required by provincial laws
governing municipalities.
McDonagh also noted that with the
dramactic increases in liability insurance,
there might be some benefit to being under
the municipality's policy for village lands
and buildings.
Council tabled the matter until receiving
a report from Brophy outlining the village's
responsibilities. Members also pointed out
that a meeting should be held with the
three townships of Kinloss, Ashfield and
West VVawanosh which contribute to
funding of recreational : facilities.
In ,1978 the four .. municipalities moved.
that once certain conditions were met with
the building -,,,the center debt paid off and
he 'parking lot paved, as examples - the
for wound assume the center's maanage-
merit, said McDonagh.•
McDonagh and Murray both said the
municipality essentially owns the center in
any case, because itwas built -on .municipal :,..
land. The takeover, • pending Brophy'
report, is administrative housekeeping.
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Farmer explains
A total of 11 subjnissions,were heard by
the Consolidated Hearings Board on day
five (April -21) of the aearings, -
The hearings, which started in Clinton
on Apri1.15, have focussed on the proposed
Hydro corridor from the Bruce Nuclear
Y
Power Development to London through
Huron County.
:.
Peter Schuettel, a Colborne Township
farmer formerly of Switzerland, " ave the
hearing board some insight mato the
European style of hydro line planning.
With the use of slides, he _showed a
hydro route in Switzerland, which guns
y
along the 'main highway from .Zurich to
Bern. He pointed out that 250 to 300 f'oot
hydro towers were used to ge overtop of,
forest land. There, forests are not allowed
to be cut down to erect a '`hydro line. '
R. Ward Rodman; of the hearings board,
asked the hydro representatives -to arrange
for someone from Ontario :Hydro • to give
evidence regarding. these types of tbvvers:
rib wrttee; Guldes4,;
their annual coq)
e
ie
*Alia*. tt up, after oolleeting over 51,100 daring
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had :a. great .day for eofllng..thclit *areas
-[Js ies:Friel plioto].
which span the top of woodlots. Hydro
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lawyer Bruce ll said a hydro p
Cam beydro official.
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will be arrainged to testify before the end
of the Clinton;' hearings.
Mr. Schuettel ...als suggested .Hdro
place their transmission rout' along :High-' ,..
way 401 _ where it would: affect ; the. least
arnount.offarmland. linehere:Would•also
br€ngpQwer to the largeilarger cetttres. and cQ
uid
connect with the Darlington ,nuclear p14,0
An ' 'a joint submnisson by Stanley
Township farmers., Gordon Hill and Philip
Duran of •°the. ,Foodland `.Hydro Comm. ittee,
• said the proposed hydro
' corridor through h
Huroff.Ca��t�'s ,�aniland'would pronote
industrialization
h
e C
Ounty; adding
to
the pollution problem 41re0,dcausing•.
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prablerswithcrops.
Mr. Durand cited a report which claims a
,`,
; .
highconcentra on ofairpollution has
ti p i
ie ii to 5: et cent in .roan of
reduced yields p +�p Many f..
they ° Crops growing in Southwestern nt-
ario. White beans, he says, are especially
susceptible to poilutiofl with the, yield Of :
p
s e
white bean„ crops'' in- Tent nd'= a
Counties declining,, to the point where it l
no 'longer economical; to grow.
fPollution%frog United ; St. e' s
`frarn Sarnia, Detvoit, Windsor;anC
ana,,
d ,h
areas ca a e' -:sufficient pollution :by
ham a a� ,_ p �t y
e e :, t • e hreshold of • • ,
ozone to ra h t � at our
co p CO<absorbs '`ny additional placing of
energyor industrial deve'lnpment can only
v. Y''..
sere to' iit�x�ase this `polft�tiQii acid thus
morally indefensible,!* Said
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Fauns. of a na .a1 o ave ,a brief he.
Wearing �
boa*, , . e ex ressedccr nceirn.ovei'
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the, removal!, lf� trees to accommodate . the
hydro lines:, He said trees' not; only. serve
,
as
reduce . ere i�an, but� also to -'use; ''fuel.,
th
recommended that Hydro' a ; for
energy value of the trees" cut; down if t .
transmission, lines are built.
He also, .said he resented the fact that
Hydro prefers to build: on o .en farm, land
rather'than through bush as costs would`'be
increased b SSU,000 ;per krri' in "i3onstruc-
y p.
tion costs
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o . ,dro ia' ori ts"t
henefi;eatelanrather
te'd land will ac ' e to ahem.•
l cleared,and .:' ed ,
s,.,. anc� was net cle r ,, .a d dr,�xn fax •
the benefit of Ontario ` 'H' dro , s. id 'Mr.-
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Otla"er testiany ;during•the Apri
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.leariirX(`�`} was: devoted to,'the•. roblens` of soil
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colnpaction,n alxiage,,t , a nage hr � f,aer�a
application.of Herbicides, and`'the' effects:of
P .S
animalproduction connected
dro: ` transin ssion corridor -
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proposed l��to London route
during .,.,�vn pri22,
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By James Friel
Sheila Hunter, is one of those women
who have brokendown traditional bare
r'
lerS, but she doesn't see her er' ac -
ep e t
,
ante as a" firefighter for the, areas:
department as anything more than just
doing what she wants to do.`
l n
heard peoplc� ' (women) talking,
about it, but, they haven't done anything
about it, tin not doing if because I'm a
woman,
but
ut becanse:I want to do it. Ii X
was.'be
a titan . Y d roatil b the
fuc `noDepartment, he ex-
plained. Fire 13epa.rtrn ri , s
'
lained
o
Sheila`; is alae � first r Woman it the
Lticknow and , Area Fire' De artincnt,
and, according, to Fire Chief Dud.Ha iil-,
ton one of the first , on., any' •fire,
departtnent in the ".county.
Sheila doesn't, feel that there is ;� any
y
s ill tion, on the''part art
scsi�ali di�crii� _ap of fire.
Other firefighters}
I don't feel that way.. I m lust
another firefighter," she said.
`
It's heels gtiite a while since Sheila,
first ut`her name in offering herself, .s
a condidate for the volunteer depart,
rnent. She waited while the dcpartrnent
wont .through .the, process it uses to
select new firefighters, After putting'.
her°' name e ' in, she had to wait until' he!
rlarno cattle op.
'tV `hcnever your naive corrnes u
they •vote on you," sire said
the. process,'
her
After she'''had��:been .�.accep�ted by
future'tfellow voliinfe'ers Sheila went on
a three loco h•,pr•obatro whic'h�'iieeause.;
shewas accepted in �Janitary .:of this',
year, ended'in March. Ditringthat time
she. attended " some fires 'and, :had sortie
training.: `‘Tr .ining is f and .work.'►
Thwere 'all `ch xi ii ne�. ,,fires and
ey �
` ras '<fiies she sald:at the `tiitleof the :.
interview.
'The' trailer in West Vitawanosh has
ite.,.
been the only stitietrire f Itstc only.•
h y ,--
tine that borned'down on tnc.",,
I of surprisingly, she was scared at..
rise `fires'' she attended.
explaining;
Thetraining consists of ..such; exer-
cises as pretending a building is ,frill of
smoke and.usin `air packs to search for,
thefir ':
e s s o" urce}
'Ile firefighters
�condpct. themevesns if aalaze,:is' ,
attually, ra in.
Despite her`
status' s as the first woman'
on
w.the for
e and, the
e prablen s,.
pre
omen, have when taking on non-tradi-
tionalroles, Sheila. finds the more
:.::
'oiperieneed tale firefighters acce
pt
her as just
another fellow' volunteer.i.
Arid kuowiltg the rest of theeo le on
p p
ho force hasnthurt. either,
dd
The ,
p guys 'ui�7 have been really tood..It
wasn't a if had to8` et'to know theta "
a �.
she pointed i dout.
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