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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-07-30, Page 1EST.MMUUSHEDd 4 aN1870 �l�[� "THE SEPO TOWN" y� N" ON. THE • HURON -BRUCE BOUNDARY PUBUSFiBB IN tAICKNOW. ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,, JULY now 2o PAGES 4ae PER COPY J Scottish gfrl on exchange stays with Kinloss family L Izabeth Speirs. [centre) from Scotland, a delegate front that country on a three month exchange from the Young Fainters aubs of Scotland, spent five days at the home of Debbie before -Stanley [left] and back to Scotland Kinloss Township. Elizabeth .will also. visit Expo '86 Mary Stanley $S otland on August 21. [Man Rivett photo) OPP launch weekend campaign :. The "Strict is Fair" policy of highway traffic enforcement -is still in 'effect, with Ontario Provincial Police officers concen- trating on impaired driving, excessive speed and seat belt use during the coming Civic Holiday weekend. The August 4 Civic Holiday weekend marks the ' ht of the summer vacation season - a time when cottage country traffic reaches its peak density. Impaired driving and excessive speed ue to be the major contributors to 1 collisions on the province's highways, total of 19 people :died as a result of 11 fatal motor vehicle accidents, on roadways patrolled by the OPP, during the 1985 Civic Holiday weekend. In contrast, not a single life was lost on Ontario roads patrolled by the OPP during this year's July 1 Canada Day holiday. "The `Strict is Fair' campaign is the most effective means we have to make the corning Civic Holiday weekend as safe as possible for the travelling ' public," said OPP Commissioner Archie Ferguson. In a bid to save lives, the OPP R.I.D.E. Program and radar units will be used to full effect, and officers will place special atten- tion on the use of seat belts.. SPP report was Incoriect The Sentinel received an incorrect report from the Goderich detachment of the OPP regarding a two vehicle accident which occurred do July 21 south of Lucknow. The correct report reads as follows: Tlie vehicle driven by Gordon S. Cronin of RR 2 Dublin was southbound . following n two vehicles. The vehicle iinniediately in front of the Cronin vehicle pulled onto the right shoulder into the Lucknow Co-operative, The Cronin Vehicle then turned into the northbound lane of traffic where it collided with a vehicledriven by Michelle borscht of RR .2 Lucknow. • By Man Rivett After two months of near constant travel- ling and sight-seeing, Elizabeth Speirs, on an exchange f ron' Scotland, will be doing more of the ,same in her` visit to Bruce County while staying with the Ron Stanley family of Kinloss Township. It's the chance of a lifetime. It's Some- thing I'll never get again as you're only allowed one exchange," said Elizabeth in a Scottish brogue accent. She lives on a farm in Ayrshire, Scotland near Glasgow, Young Farmers' Clubs Elizabeth, 23, is one of nine exhangees from the Young Farmers' Clubs in the United Kingdom to participate in a three- month program with the Junior Farmers of Ontario. She took a leave of absence from her jgb' in a Bank of Scotlandin order to take part in the exchange, Debbie Stanley, who hosted Elizabeth for a five-day stay last week, saidthey will be sight-seeing in ,the area as well as soine waterskiing, Other special events planned include tour of the -Bruce Nuclear Power Development, a play at the Blyth Festival, a tour of the Pine River Cheese Factory along with attending a county -wide Junior Farmers meeting in Paisley, "We'll be keeping her busy," said Debbie, a member of the Ripley Junior Farmers Club. Since arriving from Scotland on May 30, Elizabeth said she has been on a whirlwind tour of the southern half of the province, staying with farm families in the countys of Victoria, Prescott, Leeds, Wellington and Waterloo before arriving in Bruce County an July 19. During this time, she has also visited the major tourist attractions such as Niagara Falls, Wonderland, The CN Tower, .1,000 Islands, the Eaton's Centre and Upper Canada Village, to name a few. White water rafting However, she says heffavoriteactivities' since coming to Canada has been white water rafting and sight-seeing in Ottawa. "I liked whitewater rafting - I really enjoyed it. It's really exhilarating, And. Ottawa is such a lovely, clean city," she said,. Outside of the liizzarre feeling of driving on the "wrong" side of the road, Elizabeth said there aren't that many differences between Canada and Scotland. She did say, 'However, that there are far more *Turn to page 3 o rder xci tioilmixer�n O, f,�ec until more testing completed By Alan Rivett An order to boil water before drinking will remain in effect until at least this weekend until the Bruce County Health Unit can find the source of contaminated water in the Lucknow system, said a , spokesman with the health unit. Harold Ranking, the director of water inspection with the health unit,: told the Sentinel Monday (July 28) that extensive testing, especially in the downtown area where the contaminated water was origin- ally detected, will be carried out with. results expected to be known by Wednes- day (July 30). In the interim, the Ministry of the Environment will hook up a chlorination system to flush the water lines in' the village. "The order to boil water will remain indefinitely until we get the test results back. By Wednesday, we will be making a decision, Hopefully, we'll be removing the boil water order by the weekend," said Mr. Ranking. Be'said the decision to place a boil water throughout Lucknow was authorized by :Bruce County Medical Officer of Health Dr. McPherson after three of a total of eight routine water samples taken in Lucknow last Thursday -and Friday reveal- ed a low fecal and total coliform count, a bacteria found in contaminated water. "If it had of been just coliforms; we would have just re -sampled the water. But, with fecals, we don't want to take a chance, Although they're very slight, the fact that they exist is enough to place a boil water order," he said. As for cause of the contaminated water, Mr. Ranking said it could be the result of dirt and Muck entering the water lines after repairs to the water lh a or a cross -connec- tion in the water lines. However, more specific information into: the situation won't be known until the results of the extensive testing now underway are *Turn to page 3 Yon r Sentinel This Week... Lottery Thea winners of the Lucknow Sports Complex Lottery drawn on July 28 are • as follows: $500 Conor McDonagh; $300 - Elwin Petrie, Goderich; 5100 - George Brophy and $100. Cal McDon- agh. . . • Set' designer Sue LePage, a costume and set de- signer with the Blyth Festival for their production of Gone to Glory, has many descendants who were once merchants in Lucknow. In this week's Sentinel, she's interviewed shout the process of set designing for theatre's across Canada. SEE PAGE 10. Upeotning fair The Dung.on Pair is coming in August and th's year it promises to be bigger and better than ever.. Many attractions and new competitions have been added to this year's edition of the fair. For a complete run»down of the activities... 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