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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-05-21, Page 1BEST ALL ROUND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER IN CANADA (Circulation Class under 2200) C.C.N.A. Better Newspaper Competition 1985 aKNOW, ONTARIO 10980, 400 PER COPY s• Shawn Woods [right] appears to have the edge on Scott Hinton' as they run for the finish line during one of the running events at the annual field day held at Brookside Public School on May 15. The entire school participated in the track and field events throughout the day. [Alan Rivett photo] Village insurance increases By Alan Rivett Insurance coverage for . Lucknow has increased by 371 per cent over last year as the insurance policy for the village was renewed at the council meeting on May 13. This year's insurance bill came to $13,602 to supply coverage to the village as compared to $10,051 last year. Barry McDonagh, representing the Frank Cowan Insurance Company of Toronto, was on hand at the meeting to explain the policy to council. Municipally -owned property will be insured for $1.7 million, up from $1.6 million last year. The policy will also provide insurance coverage for: council- lor's accident or death; protection for volunteer firemen; crime; plate glass window replacement; the standpipe and liability insurance for the municipality. The village will carry the full amount of $7 million in liability coverage offered by the company, which will protect the municipality in the event of a lawsuit. Last year, the village was covered for $10 million. "WeedInspector In other business, Lorne Robinson, the Bruce County weed inspector, attended the meeting to outline his role in the county and point out the "noxious" weed list and the policy for spraying weeds. Mr. Robinson also pointed out a potential weed problem in Lucknow. He said a large patch of Hogweed has been growing along the Lucknow River near the Anderson's Flax Mill. Although this type Resident denied trailer on river property Due to the flood plain restrictions on properties along the river, council here was unable to grant a building permit to a Lucknow resident at the council meeting on May 13. Oliver Glenn of Lucknow attended the meeting to ask council for permission to establish a house trailer on his lot located on Willoughby Street near the Lucknow River. In answering Mr. Glenn's request, council said permission couldn't be given as the Maitland Valley Conservation Auth- ority's policy prohibits buildings in a flood plain area. "They'll never give you permission for a building there," said Councillor Ab Murray. Re -designated Reeve Herb Clark said the only alterna- tive would be for Mr. Glenn to contact the MVCA's General Manager Les Tervit about having the flood plain area in Lucknow re -designated to a residential zone. However, he doubted the MvCA would comply with the request. "What the chances are of having the property re -designated, I don't know. But, I strongly suspect they would tell you `no'," said Reeve Clark, adding that Mr. Glenn would have to prove to the MVCA that the property should be re -designated. According to Reeve Clark, the village -tried to address this problem with the MVCA two years ago, but were turned down in their attempt to have the authority buy the river -front properties from the owners. "We (council) felt since these properties have a flood plain designation, and the owner's won't be allowed to build, the authority purchase urchase the land from , the owners. We submitted an application to the government, but we were turned down," he said in an interview on May 14. Evaluation Mr. Clark said the reason the village •Turn to page 10 Special Education available in Huroi.County By Shelley McPhee-Halst More than 1,600 students in the Huron County Board of Education system utilize the services of special education and Paul Carroll, Huron's Superintendent of Stud- ent Services want to further "beef up" communication to the parent community of the special education services that are available. He told board members at their May meeting in Clinton that it has taken five years of building and study to meet the re- quirements.of the special education legisla- tion Bill 82 and he noted, "we're bringing things together after a five year building period , and bringing consistency to the system." Mr. Carroll explained that special education needs and staffing requirements are being regularly monitored and delivery of the program is adjusted according to the current needs. Currently more than 1,600 pupils are involved in the special education services. Included are 740 exceptional students, 300 remedial pupils, 300', requiring additional speech and language training and 300 involved in enrichment courses. The program's cost .in Huron County is $3.4 million, approximately 8.5 per cent of the board of education's total budgets A major portion of the cost goes towards the additional staffing requirements, .In each classroom every teacher, to some degree, must provide special education training. As well, the program involves 16 itinerant staff members who travel to schools throughout the county, 30 school based special education teachers, six des- ignated special education class staff members, five teso til ce teachers for the secondary schools, .three program resource teachers at the elementary level, 30 +Turin to page 3 of weed is not on the noxious weed list, if anyone comes in contact with the weed it could cause severe swelling. Spraying of the weeds, he said, could be accomplished in a day and the cost of sprayers and chemicals could be split between the village and the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA). Reeve Herb Clark said the MVCA and the Lucknow Works Department would be contacted concerning.4he matter and the spraying of the weeds would begin shortly. Met with MPP Councillor Eldon Mann reported on his meeting with MPP Murray Elston regard- ing the sewer project in the village on May 3. Mr. Mann said Mr. Elston agreed to talk to the Minister of the Environment to see if money could be made available for the sewage project to encompass the whole village and not just the core area. However, he said Elston offered no guarantees. Reeve Clark said Mr. Elston under- stands the problems the village is having regarding the proposed sewage system and he is willing to pursue a compromise with the environment. minisfxy ? which :Would allow`'for fUnditil for The rest of the village's inclusion in the sewer system in two or three years time. Standpipe Council received a letter from B.M. Ross „and Associates Engineering Firm . of Goderich, regarding maintenance to the stanpipe. In their letter, the engineering company recommended the painting and re -greasing of the inside of the standpipe "be done soon" to prevent corrosion and pitting of the metal. Work on the stand- pipe was last done in 1977. In response, council will hire Carl Vincent of Grand Bend, who did the work in 1977, to inspect, re -grease and paint the inside of the standpipe this fall. He will be •Turn to page 3 Business beat A new business has opened up in Dungannon. It's called Saxony Flooring and it's operated by Terry and Heather McClinchey and Greg Hamilton. SEE PAGE 7. Play review Many people from this area took in the play by the Drama Club at F.E.. Madill Secondary School called Bye Bye Birdie. The play is reviewed in this issue. SEE PAGE 6. Column The NHL playoff system, as almost anyone will tell you, is in a state of near chaos. The editor's column this week tries to make sense of this yearly hockey nonsense. E