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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-12-26, Page 3.jj [ O .from pap. 1 Final plans for a new emergency and out patient wing at the Wingham and District Hospital cleared the -preliminary stages of Health Ministryapprovraland awaited the approval of the minister . himself, The hospital also • looked x at establishing ' a quality assurance program to . ensure it continues meeting the standards of hospit- al ospital accreditation, Grade. 7 core•French instruction increas- ed from 2,0 minute lessons per day to 40 minute ,lessons in a . move by the Huron County Board of Education. • Febiruary;:`: Lorne. and Hazel Hackett received the Lucknow Agricultural • Society service dip. Ionia for 'their outstanding contributionto the society. The society donated' a total, .of $2,500 to the community during ;the previous year in their, mandate as a service club. Contributions . included $500 to Lucknow Kinsmen. Community Ball Park; $1,000 to the Lucknow School Concert Band for new uniforms ., and $1,000 to expand the barn used for the poultry, show at the Lucknow Fall Fair. Murray de Boer and Kim Rintoul received awards for most ,points earned in the 1983 judging season from the Lucknow Agricultural Society. Kim. is. a .member of the 4-H calf., club and Murray is a member of the 4-H dairy club. ° • Allan. Nicholson, . 21, of . Lucknow '.was committed for trialon charges, of danger.' ous driving and impaired driving following. a police chase through Goderich;.Township, September 25, 1983. Wayne MacDonald of R. 2, Lucknow was. also .charged in.• the same incident. He appeared. ' in •Goderich Provincial Court, October 20, 1983 to answer a charge of using a licence 'plate not authorized and was fined $53. • Lucknow District Co-operative reported a loss for the fifth "s , aight year, but president Leo Murray. pointed out 'it had; <' been a year: •of change and the .future looked brighter. Former Lucknow bruinQniafl.11. Finn 3 • illi.- 7 _W... • ••,.. 'M. • . •..."p I. .a� • 1� ♦ rng c layson died followed a short illness. Mr. Finlayson operated a business on Luck- now's retain street for 47 years before his retirement in 1978. Art Helm of Lucknow •competed at the 1984 National Farm Machinery Show, and Championship Tractor Pull in Louisville, Kentucky. The Pttll is . one of the premier events of its ,kind in the United' States,. Participants in this prestigious • ei+ent are selected individually, based on each driver's outstanding performance during the previous year. . • The Huron County Board of Education decided to study the cost of implementing a French immersion program in the county's ° elementary. schools, after being approach- ed by a group o:arents interested in hav- ing their children enroll in such a picogram Lucknow Village Council met with, the village's . by-law enforcement officer, /Leo Murray, to:. discuss .enforcement of the property standards by -taw': in regard to animals being kept in a barn owned by Jim Lyons, of Lucknow, Wingham and District Hospital decided to call tenders for the construction of a new emergency and outpatient wing. Bids on the estimated $1.4 million expansion were. due April 3 The . decisiop to call tenders came immediately following, .approval of . the expansion plans by the Ministry of 'Health which is contributing $250,000 toward. the project. I • Lucknow Branch of the Bank of Montreal moved its commercial banking unit to office's next door to :the' bank building following the division of banking services. into domestic and commercial • units. Domestic banking coninues at the present location, ' - . .A virus caused unusually high absentee rates at area schools with}Brookside Public School reporting the highest absentee rates in its history. Lucknow . Central, Kinloss Central and St.' Joseph's Community ` Schools also reported absences due 'to. the virus: . . .. . Willaim A. (Bud)• 3amiltou was appoint- ed LucknowfPire, Chief following:the • retire The grade 4, 5 and 6 students at St..Joseph's Community School. in Kingsbridge performed :the play, Pandora's Perilous Predicament at •the school's Christmas concert December 17. Two of the outer space Antseteirs featured in the play were Ray Didion, left and Rachel hropby, .. 'Photo by haunt Buchman]. 'LucknOw Sentinel, Wednesday, December 26, 198:4..Page 3; i.+v. .4 116, : e '.' ! r.. 0r io, q r rel ix..a �elbR.%Ah .� • r . mentof George. Whitby who had served 30 years in the. position. • Ken Johnstone was named deputy fire chef and Peter Steer, Jim. Hallam and. Gary Austin were named captains. Big city hospitals provide stiff Competi- tion for the. Wingham and District Hospital when ' it d comes to attracting patients,. hospital boardmembers were told, Unless, the hospital can find waysto encourage people to eotne•tp Wingham for health care it will have to trouble reversing a recent trend of -declining activity levels. Dr. Walter Wong suggested doctors on i;taff at the hospital be encouraged to take advantage of their colleagues' expertise. The board and the medical, 'staff must take steps , to recognize and use the special, training and interests of . the existing medical staff, said Wong. • • . .March Bruce County Board of Education has decided to carry out a more intensive study before implementing a French immersion program in the county. In the meantime the core French will be expanded to include. grade 4 beginning . in 'September, 1984. The board's French immersion commit- tee . recommended a French immersion program. not be started in the schools ' in Bruce County in September, 1984 `but the chairman name a committee to carry out a more intensive study, to determine : the best way to achieve the. goal of making children functionally bilingual. Problems with farm financing and soil' erosion dominated ,conversation .:at the annual members of parliament - dinner sponsored by the Huron •County Federation of Agriculture:, MPPs J:ack•:Riddell and Murray Elston, MP Murray Cardiff, members' of Huron County. Council and 'Mel Swart, NDP agriculture critic were on hand to hear briefa„from various Huron County Federa- tion of Agriculture committees and corn.'. modity groups. - April. • 'Eleven HuronCounty beef producers voiced their,opinions on, the present beef marketing. system and the proposed beef marketing agency at a public meeting of the Ontario Beef Commission,which con- ducted meetings. across the province to prepare recommendations on how the new agency ,should operate. Evans Helm of Lucknow was honoured at a banquet . and dance making hima life member of the Lucknow District Kinsmen Club. A charter member of the club, he has held most positions on the club executive and chaired many major projects of. the Lucknow Kinsmen Club since its inception. Also active in the community, Evans is a. member ..of the Lucknow District • Fire Department, a minor hockey and. baseball coach and a cub leader. He is the ' first Lucknow Kinsmen to receive the disting- uished. honour. Prominent Lucknow businessman Robert. McIntosh died suddenly April 16. Propriet- or of the Lucknow Sales Barn for more than 30 years; he also farmed • in Huron Township: Construction of a new emergency and out patient wing at Wingham and District Hospital was approved at a special closed meeting of the hospital • board. The ' vote was taken during, a special meeting of the board ' held to review all aspects of the proposed building program, despite an earlier agreement by the board that a final decision would not be made at that meeting, 'which was to have been for dis- cussion purposes only. The board proceed. ed 'with- the votebehind closed doors in order not to.delay �the project 'any .further, Bruce County Council approved a grant for the amount of . $5,000 to support the Wingham and Area Day Centre for' the Homebound. The grant is based on the number of Bruce County residents who attend the centre's program:, for -senior citizens; The village of L':ucknow'supported the county grant to the day centre and approved payment of 51,410 to the Grey 'Bruce Regional Health•Ccntre in return for support of the Day Centre for the Home- bound, • May George Whitby and Stuart Collyer were honoured at a retirement : banquet in recognition of their 30 and' 31 years • George. Whitby retired 'lifter • 30 years as Lucknow's fire chief. He was subsequently the recipient of the BI.centennW medal .fot. volunteer service to the'commanity. •EPhotoby Sharon Dietz] • respectively as Lucknow Fire Chief and Secretary -Treasurer .:of.; the fire depart ment. Former firemen and presentmem-,a bers of. the ,department as well as repres- entatives of. municipalities served by :the department . ands representatives of area fire departments attended the banquet. Concerned citizens who attended a Film'_ • on drug abuse were told alcohol abuse is a 4 major problem in the Lucknow area. Dr. Donald Jolly of Lucknow •told ' the parents • and children who attended the screening of the American film, The Chemical People, narrated by U.S: First Lady Nancy Reagan, l he has not been called' to, a major : traf$c-k accident'in tha 'five.'years he has been lin q Lucknow where alcohol was not related.; Jolly said the kids aremodelling them::: selves - after their • parents who abuse alcohol. The Wingham and District .. Hospital hoard debated procedures used during an in -camera session which officially approv- ed the 'construction of a new wing at the t hospital when it met for its May meeting.• Board ''member Archie Hill questioned the validity 'of the motion to accept the tender for: the new building, noting he had risen on a point of order at the time, which - had not been properly dealt with: ATiOther board member Robert, Pike also expressed concern' over the way discussion had been cut off to force a vote .on the building • project. ;,. ; Hospital administrator. Norman. Hayes read an obscure passage 'from Robert's • Rules of Order which he claimed supported • • . Turn to page 40, Request residents to accept propoa1...• • 'gym page 1 . . permit the loSation of the facility there. This will make the construction of the facility. more costly. If residents in the area do not agree to this proposal, council intends to build the .facility op the original Snobelen site further to the west, closer to the homes in the area, .: which councillor Clark describes as Plan A. ErLcewarden... 'gym. page 1 • alities on the Bruce Peninsual, which • in the past have usually voted as a block. The peninsula municipalities favoring Thompson were Annabel and Lindsaytown- ships. Municipalities north of Highway 21 that supported Mielhausen included Marton, Hepworth, Lion's Head and St. Edmunds Township: Owen Sound Sun'nines