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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-07-18, Page 21.* • e . a. • Lucknow Seridnel, Wednesday, July 18, 1984—Page 2 Donations finalize Lake Wawanosh acquisition Suncor and.the Richard Ivey FoUndation. 'presented donations to the .Maitland Valley Conservation Foundation at Wawanosh Lake July 12, to finalize the acqUisition of the property purchased by the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. ' The 200 acres of rolling hills and water filled lowlands was purchased for $210,000 in 1978. The Ministry of Natural Resources funded $160,000 for the purchase of 'Lake • Wiwanosh, leaving the Maitland Authority • to raise the outstanding S50,000. • Maitland Conservation Foundation has Cnoducted fund raising efforts for; the local share of the projea cost as funds were to be • raised outside the local tax levy. • Charles Sauriol of the Nature Conservancy of Canada, the only national non-profit organization of its kind devoted solely to the preservation of environmentally importint lands, has been instrumental ii contacting • donators for Lake Wawanosh. Through the N re Conservancy of Canada's efforts, • Suilcor agreed to donate the outstanding $5,000 required by the Maitland Authority to acquire the Lake Wawanosh . property. Attending the cheque presentation cere- mony at Lake Wawanosh on July 12 were • Lloyd Mtyeda, executive director of Canada, Attending the cheque presentation cere- mony at Lake Wawanosh on July 12 were • Lloyd Mayeda, , executive director and Charles Sauriol, special advisor of the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Gerald • Henderson, Suncor's direCtor of government and public affairs, Lorne Murray, vice-chair- man of the Maitland Valley Conservation • Foundation, Dave' Gower, chairman of the LADIES' VINYL • WATERPROOF • BOOTS co I FACTORY SECONDS] •$5*Pr- 3t.1 2• *Canadian • Ton. Burgundy , Suncor and the Richard Ivey Foundation presented,donations to the M.aidand Conservation Foundation,at Wawanosh Like to finalize the acquisition of the property purchased by the. Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. Taling.part in the cheque presentation ceremony were from the left, Dave Gower, chairman of Maitland Valley Conservation AuthOdty; Lorne • Murray, chairman of the Maitland Valley Conservation. Authority; Lorne Murray, vice chairman of the. Maitland Conservadon Foundationwho received the donations; Gerald . Henderson, director of government and publleaffidis, for Suncor Charles Sandal, special advisor and Lloyd Mayeda, executive director of the Nature Conservancy of.Clutada which • was instrumental in contacting donators fer Lake Wawanosh. - [Photo by Sharon Dietz) Maitland Valley Conservation Authority and Bruce McCall, 'the Authority's chairman of • community relations. • , Representatives • of the Maitland Valley • Conservation Authority including Harold • Erringtert from West Wawanosh Township, • and .the Ministry of Natural Resources, also attended the ceremony. • Wawanosh Lake, -located just south of the tenth concession, 33/4 miles east cif Huron County Road .1, in West Wawanosh Town- ship, contains approximately 100 acres of mixed and , hardwood bush harbouring a variety of wildlife and numerous game fish • in the 60 acre man made lake. - The varieties of natural habitat lend themselves to a multitude of outdoor education and recreational experiences including wildlife, Tishing, hardwood trees, picnicing and canoeing.• Lucknow ratepayer requests sidewalk repairs Eileen Ashton of Lucknow attended. the July Meeting of Lucknow Village Council to • discuss her concerns about the uneven side- walks in front of her husband's building ,on • the main street. She said she fears people • • are tripping over the uneven portion Of the sidewalk and someone will fall and be hur• t. Council discussed the matter_and decided • to add the sidewalk repairs to the constrnc- • don work being done by Machan Construe- . • ton Ltd. which:has the contract to do the • road construction in the village thii summer. • Reeve George Joynt also promised Mrs• . Ashton he would notify the department of ' highways that' the approaches' to the main • street conduit should be kept smooth to avoid vibrations in the buildings on the conduit when heavy trucks drive over the, conduit. • Appoint Hospital Board itepresentative • Frank MacKenzie has recommended the appointment of Jean Whitby of Lucknow to serve as Lucknow and Kinloss representa- tive on the Wingham and District Hospital •board of governors. MacKenzie has decided to resign from the board after serving as the Kinloss Lucknow- representative for several years. • • Charge Rental -For Mower Lucknow will charge a rate of S10 per hour for the rental of the mower used to cut,the grass at the Lucknow Medical Centre, the Lucknow firehall, the Lucknow Arena and the ,Lucknov0s*rnming Pool. The rent will be clividelequilly among the four municip- alities which operate the medical centre, swimming pool, arena and fire department. The wages of the Experience 84 student •employee who operates the mower to cut the grass will. also be shared by the four • Previously the grass cutting was contract7' COUNCILBRIEFS ed out and the cost was shared by the four muncipalities. Since Lucknow is renting a • mower and has hired the 'student to do the • grass cutting, the rent for the mower as well as the wages must be calculated in the shared ••, Will Provide Additional Water • Lticknow Village Council decided to • provide additional water' service to the •Mayfair Restaurant with the town respon- ' sible to the shut off and the property owner responsible from the shut off, which is located on the street side of the sidewalk. into his building. Council is ready to procee.d with the installation upon agreement with the . proprietor Al Hamilton. Draina • off in fertilizer efficiency • •Good drainage makes any fertilizer work harder.. Increased• , fertilizer, usage is no alternative to good drainage -they must be used hand,in-harld. . •' Healthier soil increases the effectiveness of fertilizers and, at today's constantly climbing costs, it is imperative that the maximum benefit is derived from every ounce applied, regardless of thesource. 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