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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-12-17, Page 1ESTABLOSB1ED 1873 "THE SEPOV TOWN" ON THE ' HURON -BRUCE BOUNDARY Garfield and Heatheliff, played by 'Andrew Johnston (left) and Mike llfcEwarir were part of the LCPS Grade 4 and 5 presentation of the Twelve Days of Christmas at the school. on December 10. A capacity crowd enjoyed the annual concert. (Alan Rivett photo) Huron County. names By Alan Rivett Brian McBurney, the reeve of Turnberry Township for the past six years, was sworn in as the Warden of Huron County for 1987 at the inaugural meeting of county council on December 9. . . Mr McBurney, .35, of RR 1 Wingham, was the only one to declare itis intention for the warden's chair before the in- augural meeting and was subsequently ap- pointed as Warden. However, in a surprise move, Hulled Township Reeve Tom Cunn- ingham nominated, Tuckersmith Township Reeve Bob 13011 as warden, but Mr. Bell declined the nomination. Mr. McBurney, elected to Turnberry Township council in 1977 and elected reeve in 1980, is married to his wife Brenda and has two children, Shannon,11, and Jackie, 8. -He was the past chairman and member of the Wingharn and Area Fire. Board, a member of the Bluevale United Church and a member of the Wingham Legion. As a county official, he served on the truronview Committee for three years, the Road Committee for two years and in the second year served as its .chairman! He also was on the Board of Health for two years., serving as chairman in the second year. Christian society to lease ]...:inloss school property Members of the Wingham District In- terdenominational Christian High School Society endorsed a proposal from its Boar d of Directors to offer a Christian high school program for Grades 9, 10, effective September 1987. A special membership meeting.was held in the now vacant Kinloss Central Public School in Holyrood, just northeast of Lucknow. The High School Society expects to lease these facilities from Kinloss Township. Future plans are to build and operate the school on ? seven -acre parcel of land on Highway 4 , just west of Wingham, already owned by the society. Further plans in- clude the addition of Grades 11 and 12 over the next two years. The decision to start next fall is condi- tional upon obtaining the commitment of 20 tuition -paying families by January 15, 1987. Thetuition fee per family is expected to be $4,200 and does not include the cost of transportation. Wingham District Chris- tian School will open its doors to any stu- dent from a Christian home, where parents are rnembers: of the society or those who agree with the school's objective. In other business,` members approved a $16,000 start-upbudget for January 1 to August 31, 1987. This budget includes the purchase of basic supplies and the hiring of a qualified principal on a part-time con- sultive basis until the end of June. 'A second budget of $142,000 for the first full school year of .1987- 88 was also approv- ed and includes the full-time principal plus two qualified teachers. This budget is also based on 25 tuition -paying families. Addi- tional funds will need to be raised through membership fees of $150 from supporting families and individuals, . and through Turn to page 2 Luc�cd�-Cll sits supervisor: hired West Wawanosh Township council ac- ceptedthe application of Tony McQuail as thetandfill Site Supervisar at the meeting on December 2, Mr. IVIcQuail was hired' after former supervisor Gordon Foran resigned from the position in November. . Council also authorized the Clerk Joan. Armstrong to advertise m local papers for a used house trailor, to be used for office accommodation at the site. In other landfill decisions made by coun- cil, the clerk was instructed to contact Ray Hallahan to ask if he will be prepared to do the compaction and covering at the site again this year, .The clerk' will also write Chester Nicholson informing him that a review of the costs of covering and com- pacting during his probationary period in- dicated that making his contaact perma- nent was not economically sound, In other business, Kathryn Todd was sworn into the position of councillor for the township. She was voted into council after winning a by-election m. the township in. November,. . Council authorized building permits to new warden "I've been on council with Brian for six years. I've always respected his judge- ment to make intelligent decisions. I'm sure he will serve the county very effec- tively," said Hay Township Reeve Lionel Wilder in his nomination of Mr. McBurney for Warden. In his acceptance speech, Mr. McBurney offered praise to the 1986 Warden Leona Armstrong, saying it will be hard .job to follow in her footsteps. He declined to make any commitments for 1987, stating only that the county has enough projects to deal with this year. . "I don't want to make a lot of promises. We seem to have a lot of projects coming up ° and we shouldn't be looking for anything new;" said Mr. McBurney, refer- ring to the Huronview and Museum renovations and the building of the bridge downstream from Ball's Bridge. He also says he wants to concentrate on developing new industries in the county to provide job opportunity for residents in the county. "We should be going after new business," he said. 4 Leona Armstrong, the first female warden in the history of the county, in a review of her year's work, expressed some regret at some of the projects that were left unfinished during her term of office. "We still haven't got provincial funding for the Museum and for Huronview. I don't know what what we could have done dif- ferently," she said. "What should have happened this year, will hopefuIly.happen next year." Mrs. Armstrong, the reeve of Grey Township, went on to say that her first at- tempt at staff salary negotiations in the county was a "frustrating experience" and regretted that two county department heads resigned during her term "but not because of me". She also expressed concern over the Workload of the county warden which "I feel is more demanding than it needs to be". She said her free days were "few and far between" because of county and local council commitments. In a final speech to council, Mr. McBurney expressed his hope that his term as warden will go as smoothly as possible. "I know it won't go smoothly, but I hope it goes as smoothly as possible. If everyone works together, it should be a good year for everybody. We'll . do our best for the most people, not just the most vocal," he said. Y R. Alton for a garages. and laundry room and to, M. Taylor for a garage. In the—read superintendent's report to council, George Humphrey recommended that the old box from the sand truck be sold because it hasn't been used since the township purchased its new truck. He also recommended that the 1977 graders be replaced in late 1987. A resolution for the City of St. Catherines was endorsed by council. The resolution stats that municipalities should petition the Minister of Municipal Affairs to under- take a review of the municipal Conflict of Interest'Act to have key definitions includ- ed for more accurate interpretation of the Act. Council motioned the clerk 'to send flowers to Harold Errington who is hospitalized in London,. A tile drain application for a loan of $2,200 was passed for J. Thompson; The clerk was directed:. t� order the Turnto page 2 Donations needed, Representatives of the clergy, most service clubs met in Lucknow this week andlormed Christmas Fund Committee, The purpose of the committee is to make and deliver Christmas boxes Con- taining food and sundries to local needy f aDonations of money, Mod and toys would hegratefullyp accepted. Please call Gladys Telke t52 3338 or Marg Stanley at 528-2700. P necrest Christmas is a time for giving, but the best form of giving is of yourself. Such a gift would mean so much to the senior citizens of our community, especially those in Pinecrest. For a touching. message from the nursing home...SEE PAGE 8 Efokey Lots of hockey was played in the village this , week. SEE PAGE 6 (7