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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-05-02, Page 5Huron Landscaping '•011/1114 %M. 11111111M, 11.• R. R. 7 Lucknow Phone Dungannon 529-7247 Open 7 days a week AUSTRIAN PINES Excellent for -- Screens Windbreaks CHARACTERISTICS iiresently 8 - 12 inches and grow to 50 ft. -rapid growth -adaptability to any soil -dark green glossy foliage Price - $4.50 each 4 miles south of Lucknow on Huron County Road No. 1 MEMBER bF LANDSCAPE ONTARIO Meet Graeme .Craig Liberal Candidate In Huron -Bruce and Hon. Eugene Whelan Minister of Agriculture TUESDA Y, MAY 8th 8:00 A.M. CLINTON COMMUNITY CENTRE Breakfast with Eugene and Graeme 10:00 A.M. LUCKNOW LEGION HALL Coffee with Eugene and Graeme 12:30 P.M. BELMORE COMMUNITY CENTRE ,Lunch - $3.00 per person With Eugene and Graeme For Information, Problems, or If You Wish to Work Phone Widton 887-6886, Exeter 235-2788, Clinton 482-7801, Seaforth 527-0607, Goderich 524.2161, WInghatu 3574560 ' Published by The Official Agent for Graeme Craig, Walton, Ontario. Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 2, 1979—Page 5 • Huron CountyCouncil Leases land to Shell BY JEFF SEDDON If Shell Canada doesn't find oil in Huron County it won't be because county council stood in the way. Council agreed Thursday to lease mineral rights on 1,186acres of county owned land to Shell. The lease, for one dollar per year per acre, is a ten year pact. Shell leased all county owned land between the Lake Huron shoreline and Highway 4. The bulk of the property is in Colborne, Ashfield, •East Wawanosh and West Wawanosh townships. The lease on most of the plots is subject to the approval of the ministry of natural resources. The land is used for county forestation projects and the, province picks up part of the costs for those projects. The provincial government does not advocate private leasing arrangements on publicly owned land and in the past has refused to permit such leases.to be granted. County clerk Bill Hanly said no word has yet been received from the province as to whether it approves .of the leasing. But he explained that the lease with Shell may not upset natural resources • since, it contains a no - entry clause. He said the ministry is anxious to protect the forest land pointing out that the Shell lease does nothing to upset the natural growth on the •property. He said the lease is for mineral rights only and does not permit Shell to go on the land for any reason. Hanly said he did not know how County council would react to a ministry disapproval. He said council may just go ahead with the lease 'contrary to the provinde's wishes or ma Y forget the whole thing: David Johnson, a \ spokesman for Shell, told the development com- mittee his firm was anxious to get a handle on the lands in Huron near the lakeshore. He said much of the land had already been leased but, explained that if oil is found on one property OPP report Constable R. I Dawson investigated a theft of money from the Fairview Car Wash in Lucknow which occurred April 25. Approximately $15,00 of coins were stolen. Constable S. S. Jordan investigated a theft of a Yardman Snow Blower val- ued at $150.00 from a res- idence in Kinloss Tosknship, Constable W. S. Jackson investigated a break enter and theft at Conklin Lumber Co. during the night of April 27. Stolen from this break in was a quantity of new lumber and other building material. Approximate value was $3000. neighboring •properties must be- credited with that find. Because of that any money arising from oil found on land. Shell had leased would have to' be shared with neigh- boring landowners if Shell did not have leases on those properties. Johnson told council his firm was not interested in drilling test wells if it did not have land surounding those test sites leased. He indicated at. the March session of county council that unless the county granted mineral leases no test drilling would be done. Johnson told council seismic testing done in the county last summer had indicated there may be oil deposits here. He said it was impossible to tell how much oil was here or if there was any just that there may be some. h son refused to say where Shell was - in- terested;in drilling its test well and would not even tell the development committee. He said the •search for oil was very competitive and he could not, for those reasons, give anything away. Hanly said the com- mittee did not really press Johnson for any particulars on the test well. The lion's share of the leased land is in Colborne township. Almost one third of the total acreage, 594 acres, is in Colborne. Another 250 acres is in East Wawanosh town- ship, 150 acres is in Ash- field, 99 acres in West Wawanosh, 84 acres in Stanley township, seven acres in Goderich township and two acres in Hay. Speculation in the county offices indicates that the test well will be drilled either in West Wawanosh or Ashfield township. Proxy voting rules includes more electors • The proxy voting rules have been. broadened- -to -.nclude more ejectors in Canada's 31st Federal Elec- tion on May 22nd. • Proxy votingallows anoth-, er qualified. elector to cast your ballot for.you if you will be absent and unable to vote on ordinary polling day, or at an advance p011 or in the office of the Returning Offic- er for your district. To vote by proxy, you must take steps to appoint another elector, called a proxy voter, to vote in your place. You will qualify for this kind of voting if you fall in any of these three categories: 1. a fisherman, mariner, prospector, trapper, member of an air crew, forestry crew or topographical sirrvey crew; 2. you have a medical doctor's certificate indicating you are ill or physically disabled; 3. you are a full-time stud- ent, away from home during an academic term, and have a statement from the regist- rar, of your educational insti- tution in Canada. Proxy voting has been permitted in previous gener- al elections. But amend- ments to election law rec- ently have extended to air, forestry and topographical survey crews, and to trap- pers, the proxy voting privil- ege. Both your natne and that of your proxy voter must be on the same voters' list. Either you or your proxy voter must present aii official application for a proxy cer- tificate to the Returning Officer of your district, as soon as possible after the voters' list is posted -- but not later than Friday, May 18th. An application form is available from the Returning Officer. •If you are applying to vote by proxy because of illness or because you are physically incapacitated, you must have a certificate from a legally • qualified medical doctor on the doctor's letterhead paper (containing the doctor's ad- dress and phone number), stating that the doctor per- sonally has seen you. • An elector may act as • proxy for one other elector -- • but the names of both must • be on the same list of electors in the same polling division. The proxy voter can cast his' own vote on election day as he casts the proxy vote. Those who expect to be • absent from home on election -day normally- will vote if possible at an advance poll or at the office of the Returning Officer. • Advance polls are open 12 noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 12th, Monday, May 14th, and Tuesday, May 15th. Persons of advanced age, who are disabled or ill, or have reason to believe • they will be unable to vote on election day are the , main categories that qualify for advanced voting, provided their names are on the voters' list. If you will be unable to vote in an advance poll or on normal election day, you may vote in the office of your district's Returning Officer - from 12 noon to 6 p.m., and from 7 p.m. to 9 pan. -- and any da starting Monday. May 7th and ending May 18th, except Sundays and advance polling tlitys. "7777,777, 41.