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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-08-22, Page 1SEE... . ByThe Sentinel Increase in traffic deaths The Huron County detachments of the Qntario Provincial Police releas- ed alarming statistics last ,: week showing traffic accidents, liquor seizures and : traffic deaths rose dramatically in the county in the first seven months of 1979.. The OPP plan to initiate several means of .combat- ing the'' problem. See story. page 4. Brownies go camping The Lucknow Brownie :Packwent campinWat Camp;Aneesh,near Owen, Sound. on the w.e kend,;,One. of the leaders at the camp is a :Girl Glide ., Leader .from Engl'and', Whose mother is the leader of the Brownie Pack which arepenpals with the Lucknow Pack. Picture on. page;l5. • Lead. series The Lucknow Intermediate ball teani . lead 'their playoff series . with Walton two games to three. The next game in the series is , tonight in Walton and if necessary the fifth game will be played in Lucknow tomorrow night. Sponsor, refugees A meeting at Knox. Presbyterian Church in Ripley was well attended. by Members from churches in the Ripley -Huron Township area. The meeting. agreed . to look into 'the sponsorship of a refugee family because they feel they have a moral obligation to help the boat people. It was agreed St. Andrew's United Church would be the sponsor with others named as co-sponsors. Story on page Yb. Ken Houston of Kliiloss has bear racing harness horses since 1971. luck with Napal Dew whom he said in 1975- Nolial Dew. has won canna. Above; he tikes Lancer Fella for his morning run. Ken doesn't think he earnings Of over S400,000, He Was a son of Ken's, brood mare, Block MOdd go back. to farming, now that he has been. breeding and racing Mist. See story page 14; aness horses as a baslness :for five years: 14.11118 had hie .best racing.. 28 PAGES WEDNESDAi,.AUGUST .22., 1979, SingieTCopy; 25e • Repairs will be made to the main :street. conduit but little: will. be da!e toyremove long grass and dead . trees frog the Lucknow River north of the conduit: Engineers, from -the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority told council follow- ing an on-site 'meeting= that the trees, are providing little flood obstruction and instead are stablizingthe banks; A draft report presentedto council last September by the Authority, recommended improvements to the channel to'increase the channel capacity for low flows with dyking to contain up to a 30 year storm. Improvements recommended in the rem edial measures section of the report, were channel widening .and dyking, lining of the main streetconduit, removal and discon- nection of drains from existing buildings. The recommendations were presented to the Ministry of Natural Resources for funding approval but, thegovernment will not provide money for a project which is based on a once in 30 year flood criteria. Government funding is only available for projects which will flood proof for a once in 100 year storm, according to an Deslauriers, resources manager of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. • the cost of dyking on a once in 100 year basis must be considered in relation to the benefit provided, said Deslauriers. It would not be worth the cost of providing once in 100 years dykes for the amount of. property they will protect. The Authority is waiting until the Ministry reviews the, Lucknow project before a final decision is made. It is . --possible, said, Deslauriers, the Ministty could decide to support 'the once in 30 year dyking project for Lucknow after a further consideration. If the Ministry. turns down the proposal, Lucknow •could clean :out the debris in the river but some form .of bank stabilization would be required. The' increased 'velocity through, the channel would erode the banks'; without the support provd'ed''by the trees that are in the river. now. Because the Lucknow River, is a cold water stream and a spawning bed for trout', the Ministry of •Natural resources would also have toapprove the cleaning out of the river: The, trees in: the river may be. providing shade forl.spawning beds and the ministry will haveto approve their .removal'. reenlzouse test roject hopeful • BY DON HALL Hopes were high for a good harvest when about 150 people took in the official opening of Bruce Agripark'stest greenhouse facility in .Kincardine Township August .15. The project is designed . to test the practicality of using waste heat water from the Bruce Nuclear Power Development to keep tomatoes and cucumbers warm . and growing year-round. . Bob Voorberg, vice-chairman of the Ontario Greenhouse Growers Marketing Board, summed up the purpose of the venture at a luncheon ,that followed the official opening. -We (greenhouse growers) wish you all the best but we're from Missouri. We have to be shown." The investors in the project hope the test crops grown this year will prove to skeptical greenhouse growers in Leamington that produce can be grown using waste heat in Bruce County at substantial savings over conventional heating sources. Frank° Miller, treasurer of Ontario and guest speaker at the opening, said he has been watching .the progress of the project with "more than passing interest" from his background in engineering. He also said th the project was being funded totally without government assistance. Investors in the -project. include Huron Ridgo Ltd. of Kincardine, Anderton Flax Products of Lucknow, Consumers' Gas, TransCanada Pipelines, Weston Energy Resources and the Ontario Energy Corpora- tion. Six HOUSES UP The test site on the fifth concession of Kincardine Township is composed of six greenhouses linked by their sidewalls. Three types of skins are being tried out, double poly film, fiberglas and glass. In addition, two growth mediumsare being uses, sterilized soil and plastic 'grow -bags'. Tars to pep 2i,.