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Glencoe resident .... • visits grandmother by. chopper
When Todd Hogan comes to visit his
grandmother, he does it in a big away.
Last Wednesday morning, with his
grandmother Vivian Hogan waiting anxi-
ously, Todd appeared over the horizon
flying a Hughes 300 helicopter and after a
few circle's around the Ashfield Township
farm, he completed a perfect, feather -
touch landing in the backyard'.
•Hourlong flight
For Todd, a 19 -year-old Glencoe resid-
ent, who is the son of Kerry and Diane
Hogan, formerly of this area, the hourlong
flight from St Thomas was another step
closer to receiving his full helicopter
licenSe. Currently„he is in.his last 10 hours
of 40 hoursworth of solo time needed to
complete the training.
For the past four months, he has been
taking the Commercial Helicopter Course
through the Ontario Ministry of Transpor-
tation and Communication in St. Thomas.
However, the course which consists o1 both
ground school and flight time is not cheap,
costing $18,500.
In the ground school portion of the
training, Todd says it focusses fm machine
operation, aerodynamics and weather
charting which he describes as:the-biggest
part a the course. '"You have to know what
tyou're flying into." • .
In the beginning of his "in air'? training
he said the helicopter was a little difficult
to get used to. A lot of co-ordinatfon is
needed to operate the "sticks" in the
helicopter. '
• "It's fun"'
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"For the first 19 hourst wasVonering
what f Was doing. It's a bit hard off the
start, but once you get the hang„ of it, it's -
fun. With a plane, once you get it nip in the
air, it can almost fly itself, but in a
helicopter you're flying it all the time and
reading a map at the same time." he said.
On completion of the course, Todd said
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Touching down
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Todd Hogan, 19, of Glencoe paid an extra special vWt to bis grandmother, Vivhm Hogan of
Ashfield Township last Wednesday, as he made the trip from St.. Thomas to the Litclmow.
area farm with a ,helleopter. Here, Todd sits at the "drivers" seat of the whirlybird.
[Alin Rivett photo),
Lucknow to • •
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By Alan Rivett • after tests by the Brude County Health Unit
• . found low levels of conform and fecal
• While the jury's still out on the source of
Lucknow's' recent bout with contaminated
water, one municipal official maintains the
standpipe may have been the root of the
problem.
Lucknow Reeve Herb Clark said the bad
water samples discoveredjn the village's
water 'supply on July 25 could have been
caused by the drop in the water levels at
the standpipe in order for it to be cleaned..
Since the standpipe is routinely cleaned
every seven years, the drop hi the levels
. may have ,stirred the sediments which
• collect at the bottom.
"We think it was a result of when we
• were planning to drain and clean the
standpipe. The company called and they
said they were tied up• with another
contract and were unable to clean and
re -grease the standpipe. We think this
could have contributed a eertain amount (to
the bad satnples)," said Mr. 'Clark.
On Friday, August 1, the boil water
order issued by the Bruce County medical
officer of health was lifted after extensive
test g carried out earlier in the week
revealed the contamination had been
cleared. Contaminated water was found in
the downtown area of Lucknow on July 25
coliform, bacterias commonly found in
polluted water. The boil water order stayed
• in effect for a week. until chlorine was
pumped through the entire system.
Spokesmen with both the. Ministry of the
Environment and the Bruce County Health
Unit have said no concrete source for the
contamination has been found. However,
both agree a,cross.connection, where water
backs up into the system from an outlet
such as a sink, may have been the cause.
Mr. Clark said the standpipe will be
drained on Sunday, August 10 with the
cleaning and re -greasing to commence on
August 11. Houses in Lucknow will get
their. water supply directly iron the wells
with the chlorination system to be • in use
throughout 'the cleaning procedure. How-
ever, the chlorinating system, hooked up
on one of the village's two wells will be
discontinued after the standpipe is- clean-
ed.
"Once it's cleaned,. there shouldn't be,
anything to rile up the water. If there is,
we'll start the chlorinators up again. But,
we don't see the need to keep on.vvith it
(using the chlorinators)," he said. • •
The public response to tne water con-
tamination was minimal, said Mr. • Clark• ,
with most of the people being vi/ell
informed of the situation. •
"There was really no reaction. The
people knew that we had a bad test and
that we were trying to keep them informed.
We tried to correct the problem as soon as
“possible."
Cotmcil accepts myth gravel tender
West Wawanosh council awarded the
tender for pit run gravel to a Blyth firm at
their council meeting on July 30.
The tender of George Radford Construc-
tion Limited of Blyth received the tender
for loading and hauling put run gravel to
Sidcroad 1849 Concessions 1142 at $1,07
per cubic yard.
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Lottery
'The 37th draw in thc; Arena Complex
Lottery was held on August 11. ,The
winners are: $500 - Annie Vindiepen-
beck; $300 a Gary Ritchie; $100 Ken
Hamilton and $100 — Anderson Flax.
In other business, three applications for
building permits were received by council.
Council authorized building permits to J.
Shetler Jr. for a house addition; S. Hickey
for a shed and D.B. Brown for a mobile
home installation.
The road superintendent also reported to
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Fun day
Even though. It rained, the. Dungan-
non Family Fun Day on August 10 went
ahead as planned with th'e tractor and
horse"pull, barbecue and variety
concert. For. the results of thi events...
SEE PAGE 11.
Vitors
Many pcople visited with Kinlough
area families over the long weekend.
• For the lanlough news... SEE PAGE
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