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4-H awards
The Topnotch Feeds Limited Award :for. exhibiting ,the Grand Champion 4-H Steer at the ,
Seaforth Fall Fair was presented to Kim. Rintoul of RR2 Lucknow on November 8 during
Huron County's 4-11 Awards Night. Presenting Kin with the award at Central Huron
Secondary School, Clinton, was Bevan Shapton. Kim also tied with David Jones of RR2
Clinton for the Old Mill Award. This award was given to the top sheep club member with
the highest score. Both members had 924 of a possible 1,000 points, Kim's third award
was the Stan Jackson Award for the Grand Champion Steer,. (Anne Narejko photo).
Large turnout at F.E. Madill
A large turnout of parents and friends
turned out Friday to witness the presenta-
tion of awards, bursaries and scholarships
totalling $13,364.60 during the commence-
ment
orminence ment exercises at F.E. Madill Secondary
School.
In addition to the presentation of 59
awards and 12 scholarships, proficiency
awards were also presented to six students
during the program. A total of 17 Ontario
Scholars also received recognition at the
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'gathering. '
Secondary school graduation diplomas
were handed out to 186 graduates while
honor graduation, diplomas were received
by 64 students.
Valedictorian Stephafiie Gaunt paid
tribute to. parents- and teachers in her
remarks to those gathered in the school's
large gymnasium.
"Nothing is attained without a certain
amount of work and a certain amount of
assistance and. direction," Miss Gaunt said
in thanking the teachers on behalf of the
graduating. class. Parents, she said, were
the "backbone" of any school life.
Miss Gaunt is the daughter of Murray
and Pat Gaunt of Wingharn and is current-
ly attending the University of Western On-
tario. An OntaridScholar, she was also the
recipient of an number of scholarships and
awards at the exercises. Other Ontario
Scholars are: Audrey Banter, Carol
Blackwell,, Shauna Dane, Brenda Davies,
Colleen Durnin, Sherri Fraser, Jan Gib-
son, Nancy Henry, Debbie Hoy, Marilyn
Jamieson, Rose Marks, Wendy Martin,
Dena Marzetti, Margaret Newson, Trevor
Peel and Wilma Vandervelde,
Awards, scholarship and bursaries were
presented to: Kevin Smith, Marlene Mar-
tin, Sandra Schwartzentruber, Jeff Roetci
soender, Sandy McDonald, Ruth Higgins,
Ian Huth,Sean Kieffer, Kevin McKague,.
Sharon. Schwartzentruber, • Karen
Whytock, Heather Smith, Donald McLean,
Darrin Foreman, Jane Dickson, Nancy
Henry, Colleen Durnin, Stephanie Gaunt,
. Jan Gibson, Carol Blackwell, Wilma'
Vandervelde, Audrey Baxter, Angela
Walker, Steve Hamilton, Marilyn
Jamieson, Tom Bailey, Sherri Fraser,
Bruce Elliott, Glen Gibson,. Erika
Hooftman. ,
Other recipients are: Tom McDonald,
Mary Beth O'Hagan, Tracey Wail, David
Riley, Kristen Hawkins, Sandy McDonald,
Andy " Versteeg, Kerry Bauer, Susan
Marks, Rose Marks, Wendy Martin,
`Wayne Wheeler, Cheryl Stafford, Debbie
Hoy, Ellen Rodger, Trevor Peel, Gerda
Versteeg, Joanne de Hoer, Sandy
MaeIntyre,
Bruce Elliott is ' the recipient of the
Bruce County Scholarship and. Miss Gaunt
is the University of Western Ontario
Scholarship winner. Other scholarship
winners- are: McMaster Elwin Merit
Award, Marilyn Jamieson; Wilfred
Laurier University, Colleen Durnin;
Champion Road Machinery Bursary,
Susan marks and Rose Marks; Goshen
College Merano Simons Scholarship, Wen-
dy Martin.
Two candidates running
in West W.wanosh election
At the closing off nominations on Oc-
tober 27, two candidates are in the runn-
ing to fill the vacated councillors posi-
tion in the upcoming by-election in West
Wawanosh Township.
Kathy Todd of RR 2 Lucknow and
Joseph Hickey of RR 3 Auburn, both of
whom . have served on the council
before, are .vieing for 'the council posi-
tion left after the resignation of Jim Ait-
chison as reeve and the subsequent ap-
pointment of Councillor Cecil Cranston
to the position in September. •
Mrs. Todd, the mother of three who
works full-time at a local business, said
she : entered the by-election because of
her interest in municipal politics. She
had served a three-year term as a coun-
cillor on West Wawanosh council,
before being defeated in a close vote for
the reeve's position by Mr. • Jim Ait-
chison in .the -1985 municipal elections.
During her term in council, she also
served on the arena board, the .joint
recreation committee and the Huron
County Safety Council.
. As
for any aspirations if elected, she
,said realize -the finish -Of
the secondary plan" proposed for the
township. She was;inivolved with.the,in-
itial stages of the plan -when she, was•a
member of council. '
In terms of planning for the township,
Mrs. Todd says some park space should
be found in the township, for families to
"gather for picnics". She said other
surrounding townships have parks of
this nature except West Wawanosh.
She also said she doesn't feel the
plans . for the proposed, new arena for
Lucknow should be "shelved", but
other means of funds should be looked
into, including a new arena lottery. She
also the municipalities involved with
the arena should continue to solicit help
from the 'Ontario government.
"If you keep after the politicians,
they'll do something for you,". she•said.
She says experience on the family
farm, working for a local business and
her past municipal council experience
would be an asset to the township.
The other candidate Joseph Hickey,
when contacted by the Sentinel last
week, refused to comment on the up-
coming by-election. -
Voters in the township will go to the
polls on Monday, November 17 at one of
three .. polling = stations: The Senior.
itizen°s Centre,` . Dungannon; the
Auburn . Vmage Hall, and Library; and
''the St: Helens Worneres Institute'Hall.
The "polis wilfbe open from 11 aln td 8
p.m.
funding on track
By Alan Rivett
- Officals connected with the• proposed
$3.5 million expansion and renovations
project to the : Huron . County Pioneer
Museum are breathing a sigh of . relief
after governmentofficials accepted a new
funding formula for the project.
The .new funding formula, passed by
Huron County Council' at its meeting. on'
November 6, calls for the museum project
to be completed intwo distinct phases,
-with the County and the provincial govern-
ment each contributing 50 per cent of the
$2.4 million cost for firstphase construc-
tion. The second phase will be completed
as money becomes available.
The original funding plan, adopted last
year by Huron County Council, had the
county, provincial and federal govern-
ments each contributing one-third each to
the project whichwas slated to go ahead in
one phase. •
Museum Committee Chairman Dave
Johnston said the project was, put in
jeopardy last, week after the. County's 1
million grant application through the
Federal government's Cultural Initiatives.
Program (CIP).was declined.
In turn, the County's grant, application
under the provincial Ministry of Citizen-
ship and Culture (MCC) was also placed in
jeopardy. The provincial ministry refused
to approve the one-third funding proposal
by the county after learning of the federal
government announcement.
Mr. Johnston said the committee recent-
ly met with Mrs. Marty Brent, the
manager of the lViuseunn' section of the
MCC, to discuss an amendment to the ap-
plication which,would allow the county to
stay as a top priority for provincial fun-
ding. She recommended to the committee
=that the project and the application be
made up of two phases.
"She (Marty Brent) gave us every
assurance that the county museum project
would be top priority and that our applica-
tion would not have to be re -submitted but
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only re -worked," said Mr. Johnstonin ex=
plaining the situation to council.'
Under the new formula, the first phase
would include allnew construction while
the second phase would include renova-
tions to the old museum building and the
finishing touches to the total project, such
as landscaping, etc.
Mr, Johnston also said that after the new
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Lottery
The 50th draw of the Lucknow and
District Arena Complex Lottery was
held on November 10. The winners are.
$500 - William Haldenby, RR 5
Lucknow; $300 St. Helens Snowmobile
Club; $100 - Jim 1VMeTavish - RR 1
Ripley; $100 - Grant McDonald,
London:
UCW
The Lucknow UCW units met for the
month of November with a number hap-
penings at the meetings. For the
reports...SEE PAGE 3.
Hockey
A number of Lucknow hockey teams saw
action this week. For game reports,.SEE
,PAGE' 9.