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Review '86
Water contamination cleared.
August
The contamination found in the Lucknow
water supply has apparently b 4:.,n cleared
up as the boil water order was lifted by
ruce County Medical Officer of Health
Dr. MacPherson on Friday, said an official
off the county.
Harold Rankin, the head of water inspec-
tion for the county, said the order to boil
water was lifted on Friday at 2:30 p.m. as
extensive tests on the water supply last
Thursday and Friday revealed the con-
tamination no longer existed.
"We did two sets of samples, one taken
yesterday (Thursday) and today (Friday)
and there was no coliform or .any other
organism. present. Also, the chlorination
was determined to be in all parts of the
system," said Mr. Rankin in an interview
with the Sentinel last Friday, August 1.
Visits by chopper •
When Todd Hogan comes to visit his
grandmother, he does it in a big way.
Last Wednesday morning, " with his
grandmother Vivan Hogan anxiously
waiting, Todd appeared over the horizon
flying a Hughes 300 helicopter and after a
few circles around the Ashfield Township
farm, he completed a perfect, feather -
touch landing in the backyard.
For Todd, a 19 -year-old Glencoe resident
who is the son of Kerry and Diane Hogan,
formerly of this area, the hour-long flight
from St. Thomas was another step closer
to receiving his full helicopter licence.
Currently, he is in TS last 10 hours' of solo
time needed to complete the training.
Accident leaves one dead.
A single vee >> cle accident near Kincar-
dine resulted in one fatality and sent three
other local residents to hospital on August
15, according to the Kincardine detach-
ment of the OPP.
Dead is Tracy Hill, 19, of RR 2 Bayfield.
Ronald Kerr, 21, of Goderich ws taken to
Saugeen Memorial Hospital in Southamp-
ton and transfered to the Grey -Bruce
Regional Health Centre. He was later
taken to Hamilton General Hospital and is
listed in serious condition. Martha Curran,
19, of Rr 1 Dungannon, is°in critical condi-
tion at' Victoria Hospital in London. The
driver of the car Thomas. Park, 26, of
Dungannon was treated and released from
the Grey -Bruce Regional Health Centre in
Owen Sound.
Vicki Pentland fair queen
Twelve young women from Ashfield,
West Wawanosh, and Colborne Township
competed for the honor of being chosen
Miss Dungannon Fair for 1986.
Miss Denise Maize, the 1985 Dungannon
Fair Queen ,crowned Vicki Pentland,
,daughter of Nellie Pentland, as the new
queen while Kay Edward was chosen as
first runner-up.
The choir from the Lucknow and District Christian,School sang a number of Christmas songs
during the school's concert at the Town recently. (Alan Rivett photo).
New minister
October
It's currently a little hectic around the.
Lucknow Manse, as it's the first week of
new ministerial duties at the church for
Rev. Gerald McFarlane. •
Rev. McFarlane and his family arrived
in Lucknow from his former pastoral
charge in Jerseyville, near Brantford, on
September 30 and performed his first Sun-
day :service 'on October 5. He said the first
service went surorisinglycwell.
Ruling hits couriers
A new ruling by Canada Post regarding
the contracts' for rural. mail couriers has
met • with• controversy, with at' least one
local mail courier saying mail delivery
will suffer.
Under the new Canada Post -ruling, an -
welcomed to
nounced two weeks ago, all rural mail
routes will go to a public tender after the
courier's five-year term has been com-
pleted.. In the past, ` Canada Post would
renew a contract after the five-year term
if an agreement could be reached with the
courier. The new ruling will go into effect
on April 1, `1987,
According to Anne Pritchard, the mail
courier for the RR 2 Lucknow route forthe
past 11 years, the opening 'of the mail
routes to ' public tender *ill have an
adverse effect on rural mail delivery.
Simpsons win $10,000 -
Monday, September 22 was obviously a
lucky day for Alex and Cindy Simpson of
Ashfield Township.
For Mrs. Simpson,.she was the winner of
Lucknow.
a $300 prize in the Lucknow and District
Arena Complex Lottery. However, an even
bigger prize came into the family as Mr.
Simpson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Simpson of Ashfield Township, found out
that a $2 scratch and wire ticket was. worth
an automatic $10,000.
...On December 11, at the Lucky Million
Sweeps' elimination draw for $1 million,
$100,000, $50,000 and $25,000, the Simpson's
lucky number wasn't- drawn. However,
they still returned with the $10,000 prize.
Emerson move
Whitechurch's loss is Wingham's gain as
two long-time and well -loved residents of
that community took up residence at Bray
Lodge in Wingham on October 1.
•
Todd wins by-election in West Wawan�sh
November
After the closing of, nominations on Oc-
tober 27, two candidates are in the running
: to "fill the vacated councillor's position 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 council. before, are vieing for the
council position left after the' resignation of -
Jim Aitchison as reeve and the- subsequent
appointment -of Cecil Cranston to the posi-
tion in September.
In the by-election results of the
November 17 election, Kathyrn Todd was
elected to council over Joseph Hickey,
Mrs. Todd polled 177 votes to Joseph
Hickey's 127 votes. She was sworn into
council at the township's December'
meeting.
Canada Post no show
The rural mail couriers in the area again
met with a stone wall in their attempt at a
meeting with Canada Post officials to
discuss a controversial, new ruling regar-
ding rural mail service.
Over 100 rural mail couriers met at the
Dunkeld Hotel near Walkerton on October
29 for a meeting with Canada Post regar-
ding the ruling which will place all rural
mail routes up for public tender after the
five-year term has elapsed.
However, according to Mary Cummings,
co-chairman for the mail couriers, she was
told the day before the meeting by Dan
Coldwell, the director of transportation
contracting services with Canada Post in
London, that no' representatives frdm the
corporation ,would be attending z the
meeting.
Farm accident
A farm' accident claimed the life of a
Kinloss Township man after becoming en-
tangled in a corn auger last Friday
morning.
According to the Kincardine Detach-
ment of the OPP, Allan (Keith) Maulden,
41, of Concession 3 of Kinloss Township,
was killed while cleaning the cbrn bin of a
White 7300 Diesel. Combine while the vehi-,
cle was running. He became entangled and
was later pronounceddead.
Madill Commencement
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 exercises at F.E. Madill Secondary'
School.
•
Township farmers oppose development
December
Approximately 50 members of the public .
attended a public meeting in Dungannon to
voice their, opposition to a ° proposed
recreation complex on Concession 4 of
West Wawanosh Township.
The planning • Meeting at the Senor
Citizens' Centre in Dungannon was held by
the Huron County Planning •Department to
get the public's view on the recreation pro-
ject, Balled Sherwood Forest Lodge, to be
built in the township by. Alvin Sherwood of
Dungannon,
Architect and developer Nick Hill,
representing,, Mr. Sherwood, in introduc-
tory.comments at the meeting, said the 450
acres of land east of Dungannon would in -
elude a restaurant and a lodge for accom-
modations. Cabins would be located in the
interior of the site with the rest of the land
being used for "passive recreation" for
such uses as snowmobiling and skiing. He
also explained that the farming would con-
tinue on 300 of the.450 acres. . • • .
• CWL celebrates 65 years
The Catholic Women's League (CWL) of
St. Joseph's Church, Kingsbridge
celebrated 65 years of service to the com-
munity parish last Monday with a special
anniversary mass and dinner.
Formed in July of 1921, the Kingsbridge
CWL has been an active council, one which
boasts of a rich legacy of service and
dedication to °a rural community.
One of the highlights of the celebration
was , a special presentation. by Teresa
Courtney to Mary Kogan, the only survive
ing member of the first council. Hogan,.
alongwith Maryetta Martin, Bernadine
Kinney, Irene Dalton and Vivian Hogan,
were presented with 50` year pins by
Joanne Doherty and Pauline Nicholson.
Mary Frayne, also a 50 -year member, was
absent.
Society to lease school
Members of the Wingham District In-
terdenominational Chrsitian' High School
Society endorsed , a proposal from its
Board of Directors to offer a Christian
High School program for Grades 9, 10,0 ef-
fective 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.
New principal
starts at school
in September
September
Coming to a new school is every bit as
hard for teachers as it is for students. So it
was for Lucknow Central Public School's
new principal William Pike.
But the opening day jitters, fortunately,
were `short-lived for the new, high energy
principal at the , school.
"I' didn't how smooth things would run
here. But everybody was very positive. It's
amazing how smooth things run here,'
said Mr. •Pike, who replaced former prin-
cipal . Charlie Davies who's now the prin-
cipal at Amabel-Hepworth Public School
near Owen Sound.
Mr. Pike comes to Lucknow with 16
years of teaching experience. He was the
former principal at Huron Heights Public
School in Kincardine, being the first .prin-
cipal at the school when it opened in 1978.
Aitchison re -instated
Following a controversial ruling at a
special meeting of West Wawanosh Coun-
cil on September 15, Jim Aitchison, who
resigned as reeve of the township on
September 2, was re -instated to the
position.
According to • West Wawanosh Clerk ,
Joan Armstrong, the township's solicitor
who attended the special meeting said the
resignation of Mr. Aitchison was not valid
as the resignation of a .reeve requires a
three-quarters majority of council. This -
motion was never passed at the September
2 meeting.. .
Mr: Aitchison later withdrew his
resignation:
The clerk said the members of council
had a "verbal understanding" that Mr.
Aitchison would resign as reeve because of
health reasons, but would remain on coun-
cil as a councillor.
By-election called
Following a meeting with West
Wawanosh , Township's solicitor on
September 16, a new reeve has been ap-
pointed and an upcoming by-election, will
fill a vacant councillor's position.
In the midst of 'some allegations from
some council members as to' his atten-
dance at Huron County, Couneil meetings,
and •the handling of his resignation and
subsequent re -instatement to the
reeveship, Reeve Jim Aitchison ' has
resigned from the reeve's position » this
time for good.
"1 might say that I'm very disappointed
with the actions of this council. But, if
that's the wav von want it, so be it.