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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-10-22, Page 11 ESTABLISHED m 1873 "THE SEPDX TOWN" ON THIS HURON -BRUCE BOUNDARY 16 PAM 4O PER COPY Mrs. Jean Hughes of the Sepoy Apartments in Lucknow celebrated her 94thbirthday on October 17, A total of 35 welhwishers came out in the afternoon to honor her with a birth- day party. Here, Mrs. Hughes engages in one of her favorite activities - knitting. She also displays a rug which she recently finished. (Alain Rivett photo) jean Hughey celebrates '94th A very special birthday party was held at the ,Sepoy Apartments in Lucknow to honor Mrs. Jean Hughes on her. 94th birth- day on October 17. According to long-time friend Belle Mole, 35 guests registered for the after- noon birthday party. The end result was a number of gifts and cards which adorn one of Mrs. Hughes' tables. When asked to what she owes her long life, Mrs. Hughes simply said she "just keeps busy". Mrs. Hughes was trained .as a nurse,. graduating as a registered nurse from Vic. toria Hospital in London in 1917. She mar- ried her husband Allister Hughes in 1922 and lived on a farm on Concession 6 of Kinloss Township. They left the farm in 1973, and lived in Wingham for three years. Mrs. Hughes has been living at the Sepoy Apartments for the last 10 years. During her time on the farm, she served as a "community nurse" visiting farm tamilies in the area stricken witha bout of sickness. "If there was any children going to be born back then, they just called on Jean," said Mrs. Mole who is also a resident at the Sepoy Apartments. "1 was just glad to be of help in the com- munity," responded Mrs. Hughes; One of the most memorable events of her birthday party was a phone call from Lillian Reed of Vancouver, a long-time friend from her former nursing school in London. They are the last two survivors from the graduating class of 1917. She also received a call from her niece from Arm- strong B.C. Although she's 94, Mrs. Hughes is still busy in the community, belonging to the South Kinloss Presbyterian. Church, the Kairshea Women's Institute and the WMS, from . the South Kinloss Presbyterian Church. She also finds time to indulge in her favorite hobbies - knitting and hooking rugs and pot holders. Enough to service village Councii options p•roperty for proposed sewage facility An agreement has been signed with Floyd Milne to option additional land ad- joining the parcel optioned from Gordon Brooks, east of Lucknow in Kinloss Township, for the proposed installation of a sewage . treatment facility, Lucknow. Reeve Herb Clark announced this week. The village now has approximately -50 acres under option, an area large enough to service the , entire village of Lucknow, Mr. Clark said the village's engineers, B,M Ross and Associates of Goderich, has informed council, that the soil tests carried out late last summer are favorable. Cour- cil will now be getting in touch with Kinloss Townshop council and the Bruce County Planning Board. ' Although council has not received any confirmation from the Ministry of the En- • vironment (MOE) regarding their ap- proval for the servicing of the entire village,,.eouncil will be, meetingwith the, MOE on. November 25 to discuss the issue. said Mr. Clark. If the Ministry will agree to having the entire village includedin the sewage treat- ment facility project, 85 per cent wouldbe picked up by the. Ontario governmentwith the remaining 15 per cent the responsibili- ty of the village of Lucknow. Lucknow's share of ` the project:is is estimated. at $665,000. While the method of payment is current- ly , in the preliminary stages, Mr. Clark said the costs based on an average assess- • ment of $14,000 (frontage or. trollrate) would be: cash payment. for connection (one time only) - $750; Balance over 20 years of $95 a year or (one time only) $635. There would be a yearly operating and maintenance cost of $140., , Mr. .Clark said the_amount of money which would have to be debentured would depend upon the number of ratepayers that would consider a one-time payment only. New a.rena plans ,�1�elvedr The proposed new arena for = Lucknow • has been temporarily been shelved ` because .of' Lucknow's financialcommit- ment to . a new sewage system in the. village, according to a press release issued • by the Arena Board this week. • Arena Board Chairman Jim Boyle said the decision was made to put the project on hold at the board's last meeting on October 15 because of the uncertainty surrounding, the sewer project in Lucknow. "Every angle has been discussed. We decided tout the project on hold and see what they (Lucknow) can come up with," said Mr. Boyle in a recent interview.. However, he said he hoped Lucknow would have a better picture of their finan- cial status after a meeting with the Ministry . of . the Environment on the sewage project. At Lucknow's council meeting on October 14, council said there has been no date set for the meeting, as yet., The press release goes on to say Lucknow councilcannot commit any funds until debenture requirements, for the sewers project have been approved by the Ontario Municipal Board. At the Arena Board meeting on September 29, all' three of the municipalities represented on the board pledged money towards a new arena with Ashfield, West Wawanosh• and Kinloss Townships all agreeing to put $75,000 • towards a new arena. However, Lucknow Arena . board representative Ab Murray stated the village's position was to fix the deteriorating arena roof and continue with the fund raising efforts. He told the board at that time that the • village's accountant had stated the village would be unable to debenture the $75,000 for the project becauseof their commit- ment to the sewer project. He said the sewer project (projected to cost $1.3 for ▪ the core area of the village) wouldput a strain on local taxpayers, without adding a new arena at the present time. According to. Lucknow Reeve Herb Clark, council is hopeful • that after the Ministry of the Environment advises them of its intentions regarding the sewers pro- ject, council can review the village's finan- cal situation and probably "see some light at the end of the tunnel". The Arena Board would like to set a date for a new arena within the next one to two years, the press release concludes. Lottery The 48th draw of the Lucknow and District Arena Complex Lottery was held on October 14. The winners were:. $500 - Jo ratthon and Sarah Nelson; $300 George Newbold; $100 - Peter Van Sickle; $100 Lucknow Service Centre. The 47th draw in the Lucknow and District Arena Complex lottery was held on October 20. The winners were: $500 Bill Simp- son, RR •3 Goderich; - Fred and Elizabeth Tiffin, RR 3 Wingham; $100 - Paul Doherty, RR 3 Goderich and $100, Bob and'lsabel Arbuckle of Wingham.. School news Forty Grade 7 and 8 students from the Lucknow Central Public School went on special trip to the Stratford Shakespearean Festival to see their • presentation of Cymbeline. For this and other happenings at LOPS... SEE PAGE 11 0