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Printed inIouuknow, Optario, Wednesday, December 19,1984
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Santa `made his: annual visit to Lucknow on Saturday arriving by fire truck to greet , the
children at -Johnattoone's* Furniture on Lucknow's main :sti;eet:�,o me children were absolutely
delighted by the.'1610 fellow in the gyred sirtf as a iubiC iekof Kintail`shows left,`+ribile.'ethers
e i Ittle riiore,thiti tfo' `unto gets puzzled Looks from Devon Petteplaee, left, and his
brother, Shane, above. Santa's visit Was made possible by the Lucknow Business AsSociatlon
and the Lucknow Kinsmen. [Photo by Sharon Metal
'rector puliers recognize volunteer support
The 'Lucknow' Tractor Pullers' Associa-
;tion recognized the volunteer support of.
hdividualsand local businesses- over the
past five years, at a dinner and dance •held
at the Lucknow Legion Hall Saturday
evening.
Approximately 125 attended as guests of
the tractor pullers' association.: Those at-
tending included representatives. of local
service clubs who have worked the gates
taking; tickets,, andparked cars as well as
individuals who.,, worked on ...track dews.
Also asked to attend were representatives
of . several localbusinesses w c ave
supported the tractor pullers by loaning
equipment for use at the pull.
Stu Reavie, secretary -treasurer of. the
association thanked everyone for their
- rolu lacer support-ofthe-tractor pullers in
Lucknow, who have raised a total of
$23,272 to be donated to various commun-
ity . service projects. Donations include
$10,000 to the Lucknow .Community •
Centre; $3,000 ., to the ' Kinsmen tennis
courts; $2,500 to the Caledonian Park ball
diamond fence; $1,500 to the Township of
Ashfield park; $2,000 to the Lucknow.
District Fire Department; $2,000 to the
Kinsmen; Coinniunity Ball Park;.: $1,000 to
the Lucknow Agricultural :'Society; $500 to
the Winghani and. District Hospital ambo=
' latory care wing building fund; $200 to St.
John Ambulance; .$464. to '• Great Lakes
Tractor.: Pullers Association for trophies;'
$108 to ball bleachers (repairs).
Greetings from area municipalities were
expressed by reeve Barry.' . Johnston of
Kinloss Township; Allan Gibson, .deputy -
reeve. of Ashfield Township and reeve •
George Joynt of Lucknow.
orecast fewer permanent jobs at the Bruce
he decline. .of nuclear power develop-
ment in Ontario will, strike . hard in Bruce,
County, The host recent omen is word that
Ontario Hydro forecasts fewer permanent
jobs than expected when .the .latest nuclear
development is finished.
In 1982, the Bruce nuclear power plant
was expected to employ 4,400 after com-
pletion in ,1987. Now 3,500 positions are
forecast.
Fully 10 per cent, 5,800 people, in the
county of '.58,000 now work at • the Bruce
,development as construction enters the Iasi
two year stretch.
"The (economic) decline is well under
way," Hydro spokesman Donald White
warned the December Bruce County
council meeting.
The revised job forecasts at Bruce follow
.word the 17 -year-old Douglas.Point gener-
ating station will be closed next year
because it. will be uneconomical to invest
$100 million in needed repairs:
As well, one of two heavy water plants
operating inthe county will be "shut down
because of low demand for the liquid, used
as a cooling agent in nuclear reactors.
The Hydro project Was first projected to
add 2,000 students to county classrooms
Turn to page 18•
oard opposes funding for Catholic high schools
The Huron County Board of Ed cation
does not want to see funding extended past
the grade 10' level for Catholic secondary
schools'.
A brief the board will present to the
provincial conminission on private schools
states, it "opposes extension of puiblic
funding to private schools because it is
convinced it will lead to a diversification of
the community"
The brief is one of two the board's
administration has prepared to forward to
the . commission. .
The brief says that in a typical county
town ' there may be a public and Catholic
school as well as a private school, more
commonly referred to as 'a "Christian
school'".;'Yet all these students meet for the
four years of secondary school.
"It is here that the community believes
the beginnings oftolerance and under-
standing have commenced their growth,"
the brief states.
' Besides opposing the funding extension
on what it terms "philisophical grounds"
the school board is againstithe funding on
"practical grounds",
Summarizing a brief it presented to an
Ontario .Municipal • Board hearing 18
months ago, the board notes that it already'
faces empty seats in classrooms through
declining enrolment.
Statistics show that in 1982, there was
Turnto page 116
Cable TV service
in Lucknow
this, summer
Lucknow .Village Council is prepared to •
sign an agreement with Kincardine Cable
TV to provide cable television service to the.
village. Brian Walden of Kincardine Cable
TV 'inet with, council at their 'December
meeting to go over. the agreement and
following some changes in wording,
council agreed to sign: . ' •
Walden said he plans to have construc-
tion completed and be ready to sign
customers by "the ' end of June, 1985. •
Walden 'expects the service will offer four
American channels including CBS, ABC,
NBC and PBS networks; Canadian st.i-.
tions, CKNX Wingham and •CFPL London
of the CBC network and CKCO Kitchener
of CTV . as well as the Global network on
channel 6'and TV Ontario on channel 12.,
Walden is presently applying for approv-
al to bring in channel 11 Hamilton by
satellite and if it is approved, Lucknow will
also receive this. station. Reception by,
antenna from the Hamilton transmitter is
poor, said Walden, because the antenna is
more than 75 miles from the transmitter, so
he woul . prefer to offer ` it from satellite.
Luckri w will also receive a French
channel which Walden said is useful for
children taking, French at school.
The rate structure would probably be
$13.95 plus provincial and ' federal excise
tax ' which brings thetotal monthly rate
close to about S1& ,There. is also an initial
hookup fee of $40. V'V'alden said it is up to
the firm to . provide good service and
excellent reception if it is to retain
customers. 'there is no. charge forr discon-
necting the service.