The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-05-02, Page 1r
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honours
Advanced Honourscertifi-
cates were presented to.
these four gifls for comple-
tion of 18 homemaking pro-
jects at the Dungannon
area 4-H achievement night
at Brookside School, April
25, from the left, Elaine
Stewart, Nancy Brim:Bey,
Wihna Blake and Betty
Culbert.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1979
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Nuclear accident possible
at Bruce says secret paper
A nuclearoccident worse than the recent
one at Three Mile. Island,: Pennsylvania,.
could happen at the Bruce generating plant
near Kincardine according .to a,Bruce plant
official: •
The unidentified official 'sent secret
Hydroreports on. recent .incidents at the
nuclear station to Liberal MPP ..Eddie
Sargent (Bruce -Grey)..
A daily log is kept at the nuclear plant
and documentation of incidents are sent to
the atomic energy control board (AECB).
Mr; Sargent was informed after the Three
Mile Island accident that these documents
were public information and available from
ACES. When Sargent,_contacted the board
about seeing the reports he wastold thek.
were classified "top secret" information
and were not available to the public:
Sargent wants to know. why Ontario.
Hydro is keeping this information from the
public.. ; "They are telling 'us CANDU
Vi�lc�ge waits arca• - ••
accorng to owner
The 'owner of a pinball arcade in
cknow says she has not heard any
re arks from local people indicating they
don't want her business in, the village.
Catherine Dadson, (Ripley said people
have coni'e to he/ since the negative reports
in the newspaper and on television, to tell
het they are pleased with the type of
entertainment her business provides.
The 'arcade is located. in • the old Silver=
wood's °building on the corner of Campbell'
Street and Bruce County Road 1. It has.
been open for business for about 'one.
month., r
The arcade has pinball machines and
pool tables. Mrs. Dadson says she does not
'allow' the younger children to play pool.
because. they cannot shoot poll or play the
game at their age.
She said she closes at 10: p.m. through
the week because high , school students
have school the next day and she feels 10
p.m. is late enough for them to be\out on
school night.
Mrs. Dadson doesnot allow gambling or
betting on the games and there is no booze
Or drugs allowed in her establishm'@nt. She
said 'shewatches the children and . teen
agers and if a child has •510 to spend three.
nights a week, she will go to the parents to
see if they are aware the child is spending
this fli'uch money at the arcade.
She encourages parents to come to see
the arcade and if they feel they do not want
their cfiild coming into' the 'place', she will
try to restrict the, admittance u'f that child:
Mrs:. Dadson has operatedi a pinball
arcade in Ripley' for a year and she has a,.
very good relationship. with the parents and
the youth yin that community.
'She said she was disturbed by the
councij report in the Sentinel which
reported on the comments made by village.
council members; who indicated they did
not aprove sof the:. arcade opening for
busines in the village. Mrs. Dadson said
she did of "come in through the night",
but had been inquiring, about a place to
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reactors are safe and yet a `member of the
legislature. • can't , get • access to this -
information, said .Sargent in an interview
with the Sentinel on Monday.
"If an MPP can'tsee the documents, the
ordinary, citizenywon't,' stated Sargent:
• The written statements by the . Bruce
official said titcre are enough design
shortfalls in , Hydro's Candu . reactors that
"radioactive releases would'. be more
substantial than those encountered" at the
Three Mile Island if- .a similar accident
occurred here.
Sargent received the reports from the
Bruce official on April 15 and they were
ted in the Ontario Legislature on Friday
by Opposition Leader Stuart $.moth.;,
The informant who calls himself Mr..
Schultz demanded in. his letter that review
'of nuclear powet safety be oarried "oufi?
immediately: The detailed account of the
mishaps at the Bruce' station show several
incidents similar tothose which occurred
during, the Pennsylvania crisis but They did
not occur simultaneously at Bruce.
All 'failures Schultz documented `were
well handled by Bruce "butmultiple
failures have not' been looked at closely'
enough," he reported;.
He charged; the Bruce monitoring system
which is supliosed''to tell the operatorsof
excessive releases of radioactive gases has
never been operational. The public should
not be overly reassured by Hydro's claims
that its safety systems are spperior to those
in \the U.S., he added.
-auth hurt in accident
A . Lucknow xouth is in St. .Joseph's
Hospital,'`London, With .a broken thigh
following a car accident on Kinloss side
road 20 on Sunday afternoon.
Brent Maize, 17, Bob Street, Lucknow,
was a passenger in a vehicle driven by
Henry Lennips., Victoria Street, Lucknow, .
when it went out of confrol and struck a
tree. The cat left the road on the east side,
went back onto the roadway where it rolled
three times and struck' a tree in the west
ditch.
The accident occurred around 5.A0 p.m.,
just north of highway 86 on the Kinloss
sideroad..
Mr. Maize also received a double
fracture below the right knee but his
condition is improving. Mr. Lennips was
admitted to Wingham and District Hospital
for treatment and was released on Tues-
day.
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Mr. Maize is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon' Maize, Lucknow and Mr. Lennips
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lennips,
-Lucknow.
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By The Sentin.eI
Public 'meeting-
Evasive statements made by Ont-
ario Hydro concerning the Bruce plant '
accident record and radiation expos-
ure of workers has prompted a public
meeting in Lucknow to inform people
about nuclear power. The meeting will.
be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 6 in
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the Lucknow United' Church.
Lecture series
Dan Logan, former chairman •of.
education, at the. Univerity of Western_
Ontario will conduct a lecture series,
The History of Civilization through
Art, on Wednesday nights in . May.
The • lectures will be held :in the
Lucknow Presbyterian Churchand will.
begin tonight at 7.30 Pan: ,,.
Nuclear mishap .
A mishap at the Bruce Nuclear. plant.
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near Kincardine exposed two men to
more than the safe "annual level of
radiation while'' they were working to
remove . a fuel rod from .a shutdown
reactor. Story on page 4,
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Area .4-H .homemaking
clubs held
Achievement. Nights for presentation
of honours certificates. Karen ,Doel-
man.. and Lorna Boyle received their
Provincial. Honours -at the Lucknow
Achievement Night, and •.other certifi-
cates were .presented.at the..l rookside
Achievement Night. - Pi fuze are on
pages 7, 8 and 16. y'
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• Education week
Education week' at local schools saw
students participating in a variety of
• activities. Brookside students learned
about Switzerland. . Above, . Anton
Lendi, centre, presented a film on the
country to the students and Ken
Wilkins, left, and Robin Markham,
right, dressed in Swiss national dress.
to show the students. Kingsbridge
school held speech contests and stud-
ents competed at the Kiwanis Music
Festival. Pictures are on page 21.
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