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ommittee estimates arena will cost *900,000
Ask municipalities to hold debentures while funds are raised
A committee. of the Lucknow Arena
Board which has been studying the cost of
a new arena and how it would be financed
• has determined a new .:arena ' would est
approximately $900,000. Of that total,
$300,000 is available in W intario grants
and the remaining $600,000 is to be raised
by the community.
• The committee, comprised of represen-
tatives 'of each of the four municipalities
which operate the arena, has recommend-
ed the four -Municipalities hold debentures
for the remaining 8600,000 while the
money is being raised. The , committee
expects it will take five years to pay off the
debentures. •
• Approximately $40,000 is. already raised
in the form of funds from Jamboree '83 and
funds already committed by service clubs..
The remaining $560;009 is to be raised by a
fund raising campaign and through the
effort S of community service. organizations.
The proposal was presented to West
Wawanosh. Council at their November 6
meeting when the arena board chairman,
Kathryn Todd, who is the Wawanosh
representative on the committee, present-
ed it .to her council for their. approval.
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West Wawanosh council has decided to
' call a ratepayers meeting to discuss the
. proposal for the township, to.. hold a
debenture while the money is being raised.
Councillor Bruce .Raynard suggested a
ratepayers meeting be called ;because he
-believes it is only fair to give the taxpayers
of the township an opportunity to hear
about the arena proposal and _to discuss
whether the township should hold a deben-
ture for that amount of money to build a
new arena. "That's a lot of money," said
Raynard who inade the motion to hold a
ratepayers meeting to discuss the .propos-
al, which was seconded 'by deputy reeve.
Gordon Brindley. :
• Raynard went on to say,if the arena is not'
• paid for. before it is built, , the, cost • will
increase accordingly because the inunicip-
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alities)iive to pay interest to service the
debt , •• 1
Why wasn't the new arena built in 1967
when it would have cost only $127,000, he
asked. • .
Todd remarked that the arena board is
facing a difficult situation. The arena roof
has 'to be.. repaired . and the board fears
repairs will leadMore repairs'.
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With some proceeds from the commun.
ity canvass still to be counted and the
lottery proceeds still to come, the fund
raising drive for the new wing at the
Wingham• and District Hospital is nearly
halfway to its goal. •••
Campaign chairman Tom Miller report-
ed this week that as of November 6 the
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drivehad raised in Wingham
and the stirrogriding irea, amounting
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46 per cent of its target of $460,000.
Of the total raised to date, $52,740 has
come from people ind e'roups, in Wingham,
while Lucknow taS the second highest -total
at $29,021.91: Donors.in• Morris Township
contributed $15,471.50; Teesi,vater,
$12,722, and Turnberry Township,
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Receives, med
for distin
The cost of a new roof for the arena is
estimated at $200,000 which will likely end
up costinra lot more before the job is
finished, said Todd. The arena board has
decided to look into the cost and feasibility
of building a new arena rather than
spending $200,000 or more on the present
structure.
• Raynard asked 'what it would cost to
build a new arena on - a new location,
because -the present site is located at the
very edge of. Highway 86 on a main street
corner. Todd: answered the cost of a
completely new arena is estimated at $1.5
million plus the cost of the land which
would have to be acquired for a new
location.
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The proposal the arena committee is,
considering would see a new arena built
over the present ice surface. The projected
cost of $900,000 would include expanding
"the floor surface, new, dressing rooms and
the' new structure.
West Wawanosh Council! will take the
proposal before the township ratepayers at
a meeting November 20 in St. Helens Hall
at 8 p.m. . •
ttend Remembrance banquet
On Saturday evening, November 10, Barry Johnston, Reeve of Kinloss; Sr. and
Branch #309 Lucknow Royal Canadian • Mrs. Allan Gibson, Deputy Reeve of
Legion held their annual Remembrance Ashfield; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brindley,
Day banquet with, owl. 180 enjoying a Deputy Reeve, West VVawanosh.
lovely meal served by the Trhiity U.C.W. Comrade Henry Clark thanked the
The Legion president, Eldon Bradley, caterers. Comrade Eldon Mann presented
welcoineli everyone and following 0 20 year service membership pins to
Canada, the Reverend Allison Ramsay Comrade Jack . Fisher and Comrade Jack
gave the Grace. The toast to the Queen was Hodgins. Thirty-five year membership pins
given by first vice-president -Comrade were presented to Comrades, Bud Thomp-
Leonard' Clark. son, Harlow Stonehouse and Cyril Brown;
Following the Meal, the head fable was also to Harold Ritchie who was unable to be-
ntroduce.d.by chairman. Re also tnaqk present..
kieni#,On Of . bYEllLott*WOW Df-
Veletinbolta*liWd-t,MtNOgit,„fit4die.:Wjteeitt tit this siiihillettd.._,."14X10# 1.41q,
two First War Veteran **IetOwsi* Jean ‘;'' of China. He was thanked by president,
Hughes and Jessie Johnston, who were Eldon Bradley.
present. Comrade. Danny- Nicholson was The Auxiliary President, Colleen .Eedy•
unable to attend. presented a cheque .to the Legion and also
The guests were introduced by " the two 10 year membership pins to Mrs.
chairman -and they each spoke a few words Worden Howald and Mrs. Angus MacDon-
- Mr. and Mrs. Murray Cardiff M.P.; Mr. ald.
and Mrs. Murray Elston M.P.P.; Reeve Following, the president's remarks land
and Mrs. George Joynt; Mr. and Mrs. • Toni to page 40
idled service to the community
H. D. "Bud" Thompson of Lucknow wilt II spans a total of o-er 25 years, all of which '
be among 1,984 citizens . to receive a was served in Artillery units from the.
Bicentennial medal for volunteer service to
•his community, when the medals are
• presented in a series of ceremonies across
the province December 9. •
Nominated for the honogr by the Bruce
County Council, Bud has just retired after,
22 years as administrator and executive
• director of the Bruce County Homes for the
Aged. But his contribution to the elderly of
Bruce County is not the ,only service which
qualifies Bud for this distinguished hon-
our. •
• Surprised that he had been selected to
receive a medal, Bud had no idea he' was
nominated for the honour. In thinking of
• the aceomplishments and failures which
might have warranted such an honour, Bud
divides his life into three categories: his
ithe LtifitnoW, branch of the Royal
Canadian' PLe gi;L:1, and' the 21st ' Field
Artillery Regiment R.C.A. (Militia); his
work in the community and his work with
the elderly of Bruce County.
• The seventh child of eight and the third
son, Harold David Thompson was to known
"as "Bud" almost from the time he was
born. As a child he had such a dear little
• face, his eldest sister, Norma remarked •he
looked like a rosebud. From this obersva-
tion came the name, Bud by which he has
been known. all of his life. •
An Officer and a Gentleman
Bud Thoinpson's military service in the •
Militia and on Active Service in World War
Huron -Bruce area. •
• He joined' the 99th Battery Reserve in
1940 after graduating from, the Lucknow
High • School. When mobilization orders
were received to combine batteries from
• Wingham, London and Guelph into the
,19th Canadian Field:Regiment: RCA, in
August, .1941, he enlisted for active duty.
Subsequently he was sent to the Junior
Leader's School at Megantic, Quebec
where he earned his Sargeant's stripes.
After a month of gunnery training • at
Petawawa, he returned to the regiment at •
Camp Borden. ' ,•• ,
In May, 1042 the regiment inoveday:,::,
special train to Camp Shilo, Manitoba -
firing practice. In June, the regimentwent
operational as „part of a Brigade Group of' -
six Canadian Infantry Division', whose job '
it was to help defend the coast of British
Columbia. Terrace where the Skeena River
and all natural,passes and valleys met, had
been selected as one point for the army t�:
establish a defensive position. Clarence •
• Greer of Luckow was with Bud at this time.• 1 •
During the regiment's service on the
west coast it became involved in a rather
• unique defensive strategy. The regimental•
History reports: '
"Late in August the regiment helped io
man an armoured train which 'consisted of
a locomotive and four cars, two of which
mounted British 75 mms. and 36 inch
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