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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-12-19, Page 1t 24. dine tyeet d an on hip. )opt. ldine arker rea, �sday know a day single copy 35c Printed inIouuknow, Optario, Wednesday, December 19,1984 INEL 28 pages • 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.