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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-12-26, Page 8- - ..,...��t��:d�.� err-:°•�;. .46 )Page 8---Lacflmow ;Sentinel, Wednesday, December 26, 1979. Kinley Any doubts about Liberal inroads into Progressive Conservative incumbent Bob McKinley's stranglehold on the riding of Huron -Bruce were removed Tuesday night. ' McKinley was returned to Ottawa by an almost two to one majority in the federal election swamping Liberal hopeful Graeme Craig by about 9;000 votes. New Democratic Party candidate Moira Couper was never in the race here but her party increased its support in the riding by 25 per cent. Couper called the NDP sup- port "Super" and said she was 'glad some people voted for me". • Theft at Wawanosh home The .Goderich detachment of the OPP are investigating •a breakin at the Brian Gain - title residence in West Wa- wanosh which probably oc- curred on the weekend of June 9 - 10. The Gammie family is presently living in the Yukon. The breakin was discovered Saturday morn- ing, June .17 by . Brian's father; Ross Gammie. Investigation continues -in to the theft of . missing articles which include a pro-' jector, ' an 8 -piece setting of 1847 :Rogers silverware, a 30-06 rifle and'a 12 gauge. shotgun. :. Car hits hydro:: pole A car driven •by " Mart panne .:Hackett, , •Lucknov. tauffer Street and hit a ro;pole on the east sideof the, road, about 3.20 p.m. Monday, June • I'8. Mrs. Hackett suffered . "cots. but was not'.seriously injured: The accident occurred about twoblocks north'. of Campbell Street. • Hydro power was inter- rupted in the village for Omit three hours between 5 and 8 p.m: while Ontario Hydro and Lucknow Works department repaired the snapped pole. An estimate of the damage is not available as yet. The race in Huron -Bruce was over almost as soon -as the polls closed in the riding. The first poll to report gave McKinley. a 10 vote edge on Craig and that lead ballooned as.,Anore polls were counted. The PC incumbent was de- clared elected by national news agencies . about 10 minutes after the polls closed here, McKinley did not let the convincing win go to. his head election night telling party faithful at. a rally in Goderich that the Liberals had waged one of the best campaigns he has fought in his 14 years as a .politician. McKinley, a Zurich area hatchery operator, was jovial at the Goderich rally telling his workers Liberal tactics to chip away at his support had backfired. He said. redistri- bution had taken away some Conservative territory. in Huron -Bruce and added some Liberal ground. "They didn't get away with what they tried," he said. "Instead we elected two Conservatives on either side of us." Cleland praised for .effort during Caribbean volcano Lucknow's former veterin- Cleland when I was on St. arian, Dr. Brock Cleland, Vincent to. Tihotograph the who was assigned to the recent volcanic eruptions and Caribbean for two years by their effect upon the popula- CUSO (the Canadian Univer- tion. While'alrttost e'ver'y gov- sity Service Overseas) 18 ernment servant, policeman months ago, has been prais- and military man remained ed for his humanitarian 4 away from the area of the efforts during the recenf' volcano, Dr. Cleland made volcanic eruptions on " the repeated trips to help villag- island; of St. Vincent ers salvage a few of their A photographer for the Na-,, necessities, remove or re= tional Geographic magazine lease livestock caught in . the was so impressed by Dr.. area, and evaculate victims Cleland's work • that he when other ' transportation wrote a lefter of commenda- was unavailable.", tion to the CUSO. executive La Soufriere, the volcanic director. Photographer Nath. mountain in the north of St. an Benn wrote: "I met Dr. Vincent erupted violently on T . April 13 and since then there have been about 20 erup-'. tions. Twenty thousand people living in the northern half: hf the island have been rawer off 11 hours The village of Lucknow and parts of Ashfield, West W.awanosh and Kinloss townships were without by, dro power on Saturday even- ing and . Sunday morning when a • tap pole going into the Lucknow distribution st.a tion burned, off. The power first went out -around 8.40 p:m. Saturday when the 44,000volt section at the top of the pole ground- ed. and burned. Hydro, crews managed to restore power 6) 2' the village by 10.13 p.m. but powdr was off in the' :sur- rounding areas until 2:40 a.m. . Hydro spokesman,. B. J. Pierce said the crew suspect-. ed`.: the ' station had been struck by .lightening earlier. in the weekwhich caused the equipment to ground. All equipment .wasin- spected when the hydro crew reinstalled the section on a shorter pole. At 7.36 a.m. the • circuit went out again.. This time the insulators in the equipment. On the tap pole had "flashed Canadian• over" meaning the porcelain tw• irling champ Tommy' Gilmore, 11, Luck- now, won the Canadian Boys Baton Twirling Champion ship in. Thornhill en Sunday for the fourth straight year. Competing in the boys category age 11 14 against two other entrants, Tommy achieved 157.8points of a possible 200. His competitors accumulated 156.5 and 154.7 points in the competition. The three day competition, Jane 22.24, was held at the Thornhill Community Cen- ire. on the insulators had been burned. Holes had been burned into the insulators. when the equipment went to ground a second time. There had been no indication when the crews repaired the equip- ment the first time, that the insulators were • going to ground ‘said Pierce. "The second: time it grounded, it literally blew holes in the insulators," he commented, Power was restored to the village at 9.00 a.rn. the second time, but w•surround irtg township areas did not have power until 1133 p.m. Repairs 'made Sunday are temporary said pierceand permanent repairs will be made at a later date. ash and stones. Benn added in his letter: "Dr,: Cleland's primary in- terest was the safety and welfare -of the people' of St. Vincent whom he serves self- lessly. The natives of vthe affected areas wer.,e very appreciative of Dr. Cleland's help, and you can besure that . it reflects well on your organization." Dr. Cleland, a father ' of five grown children, had be'En 25 years in private `~ veterinary practice in Luck - now', Ontario,when he was assigned to St: Vincent . by CUSO in November, 1977... wife, Mary, has a: non- paying job teaching English and Math ata' training school' for teenage dropouts on the island. 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