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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-05-23, Page 1..,, • - iIt, I:44 4 ifrr, ;,' - ' -.. ' 4‘, .: ',.' •-,0., V'. :.g,..-• ,, ' , VVI-3.Ma: • •iIIit,.: ." ..-•',1!•.4:4 -V •• 44f4.404414. ,•• ....;, 4 • - I.' .. .44..,'44. .. " , • 4.4 44 • ' • r 4 • ' • ..4,0 'Ingle COPY 354:0i • /IIA' • kr. r Printed hitneknow, Ontario, Wedlesday, May 23, 1984 20 pages ',•„, • 11 4 WI A,,i4 • • 4 h , al seeks legal advice By Henry Hess The,Winghamand District Hospital plans to seek. legal advice pa the possibility of taking action against its architect over, his failure to inform it/atoqt the parking, •requirements in the town. zoning bylaW. That oversight has held up the hospital for , more than a month in its attempt to obtain a • bnilding permit, for a new emergency and, out patient wing and led, to a frantic scramble to find the parking space required so the perinit can be' iistred: • Presently .the hospital board is pinning its, holies on leasing land from Sacred Heart Church' %as .a short term , solution to the problem.- At a meeting last week the board approved a proposal for a five-year lease.at $2,400 per year, ,with an option to renew for a further five years at $3,000 annually. ve George Joynt of . HoWever' it mit obtain agreement oi4Offianniratilmod the Luekno lantrnion Cramnunit3i Park ea from Church airthoritieSbefore it can get the . ,PdaY aftern attintierentimi Mowed bkrmexhilbition ball game betWeen permit,', and then spend an estimated $15,000 to $20,000 developing' the land for h Rod Mentitagh, ICIristileiebidkpark conitidtteei, Gratit'Hehit, Kinsineir president, Cliff parking. Kinsittenlisik4iark Reeve Joynt, Greg Blake, Kinsmen ball Park . Several board members suggested the mialtteeatidliiii tieltareereatioidireetorillinhatiter. IPh°t° by Sharon Dietzl - architect, who is !receiving a fee of, $120,000 for •the Project, should be expected to help 2 Lucknow Kinamenand the'llacknOVrialoulk Chib:Sh9W11 cutting -the ribbon are from the pen s n. f•community park additional construction costa incurred as a out *with these costs, as well as any , . result of the delay, and passed a motion . Lucknow reeve -George 'Joint -officially • Lucknow public,. School as , a substitute ,instructing -the hospital to seek a legal *lied the Lucknow Kinsmen "'Comniunity 'diaMond. • • . ' • ' . • - , opinion on the *atter. .Park Monday •OtetiOdtatiiibtociii-eutting ''' The four recent past i.presidents of ,the A diseussion of the parking problein remony, followed by 00:00146iii4Illtse Kinsmen ' Citilbil.' Ro(fi4344:410k;‘,,-.#11,rana,. .. occupied a major portion of ,the board itch in an :1 toiititak--: baseball• giraig"?4161134,0ket AlakelaPit:,. , .V.401461., ..,d.' 'at . '' meeting; .with . several beard Members 4tireen thewifiltrairoW',' Kinsmen and illePseveralliosgYiesiiterfde -tkvi-blisePIA' ''''qiiditiiiiiiiii. whether .11ie hospital ii confid,, Mum Distr14014.4tItifYL'I.R.:1.' ; diamond?bilti'all were inOitable; nthatlY ,•::,441 lucknOW recreation ttir'eCtor 'Bill Hunter,'because of the considerable reaFestate price nsmen president •Grant Heim,', and mem- involved in the purchase of the land. ers of the Kinamen ball park band* One rainy Sunday afternoon in the fall, of, ' ,ent it will be allowed to use the Sacred Heart property for parking. John Schenk said he understood there had been some objections from neighbours over the proposal and asked whether this might not delay approval. Administrator Norman Hayes assured him however, the proposed • use .falls well within, the terms of the zoning bylaw, and this was later confirmed by Ian Moreland, chairman of the Wingham Planning Advisory Committee. • Moreland Said the committee had received one objection, but noted there is nothing in the bylaw to prevent that lot being used for parking. He said the committee has recommended a building permit for the hospital wing be issued when church author- ities sign the lease. •. He noted, though, that the hospital will have to develop the parking lot in accordance with the zoning bylaw, mailing the project • Must be engineered with proper paving, grading and drainage. • Asking if there was "anything else going on the board should know about" that could prevent the hospital getting a building permit, Dr. Brian 'Hanlon inquired whether the architect • or • property committee had. • known about the parking requirement before the project went to tender. • He also asked whether the planning committee had been given a copy of the plans before tendering. . • Hayes said there should not be any further hitches and explained the architect had- said be interpreted the zoning W.fr!..„dil.TerntlY 'Turn to page tv , committee, Red MeDenigh. ,Gteg Blake, 1982, they looked over the flood plain land tigi Cliff. Willi assisted with the tihhen owned by,. Anderson ,Flai, Products located 4 ;. tting. Recreation 'director' gill 'Hunter . behind the Lucknow fireball. The land was I Irew out the eerernonial first pitch. • so Overgrown with underbrush they lost each The new ball diamond, which is estimated other as they stepped off the property to see vest about 01,000_ to date and has taken if there was .enough space for a baseball ipproicimately.; 500 man hours ,of work to diamondThe only way they found their way 'eate, has been the • Major community back to Willoughby Street was by working rice project of the Lucknow and District their way back to the firehall siren which was smen Club tor the past two years. the only thing visable above the under- esently the Kinsmen Club has only one growth. • n outstanding on the .project, which the The club approached Michael .Snobelen, i' amen hope to pay off by the fall. proprietor of Anderson Flax Products, who • sold -the 3'/2 acres of land to the Kinsmen for t<4 e Kinsmen recognized the need for $2. The Kinsmen officially turned the nother ball park in the village almost twoproP erty over tothevillage of Lucknowlat •'fars ago because of the rising interest in ' theopening ceremony on IviOnday,. The i,ganized and slo-pitch baseball and the Kinsmen will !continue to accept the financial ladequacy of the baseball diamond at the Turn to -page 12• . • t . 4.• .„ d Cameron of Luettnow was honoured May 19by fellow postal employees on the ion of her retirement following her association with Canada post Corporation for 36 . The evening took the form of a roast and &Hew • einplayees and supervisors paid fe to ,IVfildret, Shown frotn the left are Clarence McCallum, Listowel, Zone Supervisory aster, who presented it plaque from the Catiada Pot Corporation signed by Prime ter Pierre Trude** Mildred Caliteron, Cordon $ut4ellffe, Whighiun Area Supervisory ?aster, who presented a plaque from the Huron Division of Canada Post Corporation, Akins Johnstone of Wingharn, stssistant Post.Mistress of the Wingbam Post Office, who nted a gold locket with the inscription, Post 0 ce 1948 to 1984 from the Lucknow hl employeea. • [Photo by Pat Livingston] oard supports hospital project - By Henry Hess • Despite their differences over details of the project and procedures used in getting it approved, members of the Wingham and District Hospital Board have rallied behind the hospital's expansion plans. Following a lengthy discussion behind closed doors last week, lasting well into the night, the board emerged presenting a united front • In a motion passed following' the in -cam- era session, the board, while recognizing the "great frustration" which some members have experienced, proclaimed its "unani- mous endorsement" of all efforts to proceed with a fund raising campaign and bring the project to a successful conclusion. Administrator Norman Hayes, who is also ' secretary_ of the board, explained that the board went over the whole project again in an attempt to get unanimity, and this time it was successful. • ' He also reported that Archie Hill, who had earlier resigned as chairman of the board's property committee in frustration over being kept in the dark regarding project develop- ments, had withdrawn his resignation and agreed to return. The unanimity has beena long time coming over a project which had split the board right from the start. At the beginning of last week's board meeting, members were asked to vote once again on a motion awarding the contract for the building to R.efflinghaus of Goderieb at a price of $1.492 million, as chairman Mary Vair conceded that a previous 'notion passed during a special, closed door meeting a Month ago had been handled improperly. The new motion passed, but by asplit vote of 9 - 5 with two members abstaining on the grounds that they had not been at the meeting at which the project was discussed. Despite a request by one board member, no further discussion Was permitted since it was ruled that this was simply a procedural matter. Later in the meeting, after Hayes had read the property committee report which norm- ally would have been presented by Hill, Mrs. Vair revealed that Hill had resigned as a result of concerns arising from the building project and that she had accepted his resignation and appointed a new chairman. Asked by another boird chairman, Roberit Middleton, to explain his reasons, Hill said he was disturbed that neither the property committee, the management committee nor the board as a whole were being consulted ' about important developments. He noted that he had only found out through the grape vine, two weeks after the fact, that the hospital was unable to get a building permit because of a shortage of parking, and said •there had been no consultation with the committee about the demolition of buildings to make way for the new addition. • Asked to reconsider his resignation so as not to deepen the split at a time when the board is trying to raise,moncy for the new wing, Hill at first refused, saying that a Turn to page 2• Lucknow Community Sales Barn sold Lucknow Community Sales Barn was sold by public auction May 16, following the death of owner, Robert McIntosh in April. The barn and property were purchased by Gordon H. Brindley, of Dungannon. Lucknow Community Sale, a weekly Wednesday livestock auction, has become . widely known, Once the idea was put into operation in 1949 by the late John M. McIntosh of Pararnouitt. • James Johnstone's feed barn, formerly Allan Macleod's livery barn on Inglis Street, Lucknow, was purchased for this purpose. , Robert McIntosh, had operated the business since the death of his father in 1953. Bob built a new sales barn west of Caledonian Park on Highway 86 in June of 1958. Auctioneers for the weekly sales are Brian Rintoul and Grant McDonald. They also conducted the auction sale of the building and property. , I I t4' . ksta