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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-12-31, Page 1ESTABLOSHED ON 1$73 "THE SEPOY TOWN" ON THE HURON.BRUCE BOUNDARY • • A:6%w%* ••!..°•*,WW° • Don Gordon gives the thumbs up as he climbs down from Ghost Busters after takings his "dream ride" at the Lucknow Tractor Pull in July. The "Thrill of a Lifetime" segment will be aired on January 9. (Man Rivett photo). 11 e watching on January 9 Do you remember July 13, 1986? Well, Don Gordon of Mississauga does! That was the day Mr, Gordon found out he would be making his "dream ride" aboard Art Helm's Ghost Buster at the Lucknow Tractor Pull, as well as being filmed by the Thrill of a Lifetime television show crew. • This Month, the show will finally be aired on Channel 13 (Kitchener) on January 9 at 7:30 p.m. Time in and see -% Don's dream come true as he thunders sown the track on the ultra-powerftd Ghost Buster. "That was faniasite and' "talk about a thrill . man oh man" were the ways and ex- cited Don Gordon described being behind the wheel of Art Helm's modified tractor for his "thrill of a lifetime at the Lucknow Tractor Pull on Sunday. A film crew from CTV's Thrill of a Lifetime show carne to Lucknow to cap- ture the unfolding of the 43 -year-old • Mississauga truck drivers 'thrill!' to drive one of the ultra -powerful tractors in an ac- tual tractor pull, Froin moment he Was unexpectedly told he would be making his. "dream ride" to the time he thundered down the track aboard Ghost Buster will make up a segment of the popular show to *be aired in the fall. According to Peter Cresswell, the film director of Thrill of a Lifetime, this is the first tme the show has used a tractor pull as the backdrop for a "thrill". He said Mr. Gordon was "totally shocked when he was told his thrill would be coming true. "He's in shock. He can't believe it's happening to him. He just keeps kissing his wife," said Mr. Cresswell prior occasion. he was accompanied to Lucknow by cameraman Rick Mason, story editor Ka- ty Hanley and audiomanJohn Derma. Beth Gordon, who originally sent the let- ter to the show, said he husband has been' . an avid fan of tractor pulls for the past four years. Her thrill would be to see her hus- band drive one of the tractors. "I wrote a letter to the show on June 12 which said- it would be my thrill of a lifetime to see my husband drive in the tractor pull. 1 knew this would be his thrill of a lifetime. On July 4, 1 received a reply and they said 'get him down to Lucknow the best way you can,"said Mrs. Gordon Review '86 Progress made on sewers The proposed sewage system for Lucknow is still the most important issue for the municipality this year. • Although great strides have been made in the project in 1986, with the determina- tion of the site and the type of system to be used, there is still a lot of unanswered questions. - Funding for a seivage system for the core area of the village was received from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment this year, but council maintains it wants a commitment from the MOE to service the "entire village, or at least furnish the . village with a completion date when there- mainder of the system can be finished. Meet with -ministers Members of council met with James • Br Minister of the Environ- ment and Health Minister and local MPP No good news on • The year 1986 didn't provide any new . hope that a new arena will be built in Lucknow in the New Year.. On the con- . trary, a. number of situations have arisen duringthe year which may put a new arena out of reach for the near. future. The most significant announcementover the year was Lucknow councirs announce- ment at the September 29 meeting of the Arena Board that it would be unable to • commit $75,000 towards a new arena, ow- ing to their prior commitment of -debentur- big from the government to provide sewers for the village, At the meeting, West Wawanosh, Kinloss and Ashfield Townships agreed to put up $75,000 each for the new arena, However, the lone, holdout towards backing the pro Kinloss school -closes_ doors in 1986 • This year marked the closing of the Kinloss Central Public School with the 83 students at the school integrated into the Lucknow Central Public School itithe fall. At the opening of school in September, Lucknow school•Principal William Pike, in an interview with the Sentinel on Septfter 10, said the former Kinloss students were adapting quite well to their new school. "The children, I can sense, are extreme- ly impressed. They think it's quite exciting to be part of a larger school with the cafeteria, home economics and ,wood shop and the equipment on the playground. One boys said that he hadn't seen so much playground equipment in one place," said Mr, Pike at that time. Last January, Bruce County Superinten- dent of Education Don Carroll presented a preliminary report to the Bruce County Board of Education concerning the closure of Kinloss Central Public School. The brief was heard on January 14. Kinloss Central currently has 83 students attending Grade 1 through Kindergarten and Grades 6-8 students from Kinloss are taught at Lucknow Cen- tral Pablic SchooL Carroll said savings would be made in the area of transportation with a reduced numberof buses needed, and in maintenance and janitorial staff. office staff Mild also be affected, but Carroll was unsure of the the effect on the teaching staff at Kinloss Central. Kinioss residents with students at the • Turn to. page 2 Murray Elston on November 25 at Queen's Park in Toronto. Reeve Herb Clark said, while council didn't receive any guarantees from the minister of the environment, he said the minister was "sympathetic" .to council's cause. Mr. Clark said council was very hopeful the ministry would agree to db the whole village. he expects a decision from the ministry on the project by late December, 1986. "I think we've made some progress and we're very hopeful. Mr. Bradley was very obliging. He told us that he was glad we came down to discuss the situation. "We just- have to wait for a decision. We've done all we can for now," said Mr. - Clark who was accompanied to Toronto by councillors Ab Murray, John MacLeod, Turn to"page 3. proposed arena. eject was Lucknow itself. "The village of Lucknow cannot commit to $75,000 at the present time. Our recom- • mendation is to fix the roof and continue with the fund-raising," said Lucknow's Arena Board representative Ab 1Vim•ray.in a statement to the board. Mr. Murray told the board the board the village would be unable to the $75,000 •due to the proposed sewer project slated for Lucknow to begin next year. Although the Ministry of the Environment has agreed to. finance 85 per cent of the project, the • village will be left with an approximate $600,000 debt which will be debentured over an indefinite period. He explained the village's debt could rise even further if the entire village is taken into the project in.. stead of the core area. "We were told by our accountant that there is no way the Ontario Municipal *, Board (OMB) would debenture that amount ($75,000)," said Mr. Murray. ...Allan Gibson, the arena board member and reeve of Ashfield Township, Turn to page 7 • Happy, New Year From all of us at the Sentinel to all our, readers, have a happy and prosperous New Year. Pictorial • A great deal of issues have come to the fore 1 1986, Wading the proposed sewage system and arena, and the dos- ing of the Kinloss Public. School. Featured In this issue Is a look back at the news of 1986. Issues • Also Whaled hi this week's Sentinel is a pictoriid look at 1 : SEE PAGE 8 and 9. .• •