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$8.00 A Year In Advance — $2.00 Extra To U.S.A. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER .214 1975
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Two-Tier System Suggested
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Recommendations Presented From
$80,000 Study Bruce County Government
Campbell, Wm. Hornell. Mac
Webster, D. A. MacLennan, Reid
KINSMEN AGAIN. TO ORGANIZE PARADE
Plan For Santa's Visit To Lucknow,
Name Bill Bogues As New President
Of Lucknow Business Association
Bruce County should be reorgan-
ized into a two-tier system of
government in which county coun-
cil has dramatically increased
powers and responsibilities while
the county's 31 municipalities are
reduced to either 12 or 18 units of
local government.
These are two of 29 recommend-
ations in the final report of a
year-long $80,000 study of local
government in Bruce County.
The report was presented Tues-
day of last week to County Council
by study commissioner Ed Cornies
of London..
The consultant told council
reorganization as suggested in his
report likely would qualify the
county for an increase in provincial
grants of about $200,000 annually.
_ • The study is the first of 12 under
way across • the province, Mr.
Comics said. In Western Ontario,
studies are being conducted in
Elgin, Essex and Kent Counties.
"This local government study is
only a first• step" he said. "Now
you need to talk about it.
"You are the first to finish your
first step. Perhaps you will also be
the first to implement changes."
Mr. Cornies said county reorgan-
ization could be accomplished by
January 1; 1977, but the process
likely would take until 1978. -
The recommendation that the
county adopt a two-tier approach,
with a strong upper tier and weak
lower tier,- was prompted by .
discussions held across the county
with residents who indicated sup-
Kincardine Club
Visit Lucknow
The Town and and Country Club
entertained a bus load from
Kincardine Senior Citizens Club on
November 18th. •
A short program was enjoyed
after which 27 tables of euchre
were in
Mrs. Reta Wieck of Kincardine
was 1st prize winner with Mrs-
. Vera Errington second. For the
men, it was Rex Stewart with 1st
prize 'while James Robinson took
second prize.
Lunch was served and everyone
reported a most enjoyable evening.
Named Manager
With Esso In
Vancouver Area
Ai Irwin, who was employed in
the Ottawa area with Imperial Oil
and had been living at • Aylmer'.
Quebec, 'across the.-river from the
nation's capital, recently' was
transferred to VaneouVer as gener-
al manager of Esso Home Comfort
for the Vancouver area: •
He and his wife Mary and
children Warren, 'Darryl and Karen
have taken' Up residence at
Colquitiatn, B.C.
Mrs. Irwin is the former Mary
Alton. daughter of Mt. and Mrs.
Bert Alton of Lucknow. Al is the
son of Mrs. Rachel Irwin . of
Clinton and the late Emerson Irwin
and lived in Lucknow for many
years.
port for small-scale amalgamations
and added responSibilities for the
county level of government, he
said. '
Local attitudes also determined •
that urban and rural municipalities
should be kept separate as much as
possible and he has .relegated to
the wastebasket his earlier propos
al < for a six-unit system of
government ,across Bruce County.
In "his 219-page report, Mr...
CornieS laid out proposed amalga-
mations.
In the 12-unit k proposal, the
following municipalities would be
joined; Carrick and Culross Town-
ships and the villages of Teeswater
and Mildmay; Walkerton; • Brant
and Greenock Townships; Huron
and Kinloss. Townships 'and the
villages Of LucknOw. and Ripley;
Kincardine; Kincardine, Bruce .and
Saugeen Townships and the village
of Tiverton; Elderslie and Arran
ToWnships and the villages of
Paisley and Tara;. Chesley; Port
Elgin and Southampton;' Amabel,
Hepirorth and. Albemarle . Town-
ships; Wiarton; Eastnor, Lindsay
and St. Edmunds ToWnships and
Lioit's Head.
,Under the 18-unit proposal,
major differences are that 'the
townships of Greenock and Brant
would be separate . municipalities,
Second Crop Barley
In Lochalsh Area
LOCHALSH NEWS
Barley out in head in late
November in our area must be
somewhat of a record.
Barley, which took to growing
from seed dropped over by the
combine, has advanced to the stage
of being out in head and has caused
several to stop and ask what is
growing in one such field in the
area.
Rain, sunshine' and frost free fall
weather has been the reason for
this unusual experience of seeing a
second crop of barley in one year.
BAND MEMBERS, left to right,
Roy MacKenzie, Murray MacDon-
ald, Kenny MacLennan, Audrey
Bill Bogues, proprietor of Bill's
Place Variety Store in Lucknow, is
the new president of Lucknow
Business Association. He succeeds
Jim Sutherland.
Larry Cowan is the new secret-
ary-treasurer of the association
succeeding Gordon Fisher who has
served for many years in this post.
The' meeting of the ,group was
held last week at the Lucknow
"Town Hall 'to plan for Christmas
business hours and details 'sur-
rounding the 'Santa Claus Visit to be
held at Lucknow on Saturday,
December 13t11.
Secretary-treasurer Gordon Fish-
er advised the meeting that
Lucknow Business Men first
brought Santa to Lucknow in 1930.
The Lucknow and District Kins-
men Club has again volunteered to
organize the Santa Claus parade
Home From Brazil
Wallace Houston visited on the
week end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Houston, Lucknow..
Wallace returned from Goiania,
Brazil, two week's ago, and has
been in Ottawa at the Survair
Limited headquarters. Wally is an
aeroplane mechanic and has been
in Brazil. since August. He
returned to' Ottawa at the • first of ,
the week.
Fred Martin is
President Of
Clydesdale Assoc.
Fred Martin, who resides on
Highway 86. about four miles west
of 'Lucknow, haS been elected
president of the Canadian Clydes-
dale Association.
• The election of officers was held
in the Royal Lounge of, the
Coliseum at the Royal Winter Fair.
Fred has been a director of the
association for four years' and vice
president for two years. ,
McKim, George Smith, Frank
MacKenzie, Stewart MacLennan,
and films for the children. The
business association will provide
treats for the children which will be
distributed by the. Kinsmen.
The 'buSiness. association will
again provide free skating for the
children and the arena committee \
was to be approached and ask if
skating might be arranged for
December 6, 13, 20 and 24.
Business places will remain open
'until 9 p.m., on Friday, December
5, 12 and 19. In December, prior to
Christmas, stores will 'be open
Monday to Saturday inclusive.
Open hours the week prior to
Christmas include Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, December 17,
18, 19, open until 9 p.m.; Saturday,
December 20. 'dose at 6, p.m.;
Monday, Tuesday, December 22,
23, open until 9 Wednesday,.
December 24, close at 6 p.m. •
Stores will close Christmas Day,
Boxing Day and New Years Day.
Places Second In
Jr. Showmanship
At Royal Fair ,
Tim Hackett, 15-year-Old son "of
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hackett, R. R. 3
LucktiOw, placed second in grand
Champion , showmanship in the
junior division of the heavy draft
horse class at the Royal Winter
Fair. The junior division is for the
10 to 16 year age group. •
Tim had earlier won the top
award for showmanship , in the
Percheron division in the junior
class. This competition' was on
November 14th.
On Sunday, November 16th, the
three winners-from the heavy draft
classes, • Percheron, Belgian and
Clydesdale competed in the grand
champion classes. •
The judge placed a youth from
Indiana first, Tim second and a
Quebec entry, third in 'the grand
champion showmanship class.
The judging, both times, was
done by Professor W. Q. Kennedy
of the Ontario Agricultural College.
Guelph.
A: E. McKim. Pat Treleaven, Neil
McCallum, Alan McKim, Kenny
Rintoul, Lane Treleaven.
while in other areas, each unit
would comprise either two town-
s or a village and its nearest
town ip
Mr. Co nies said the proposals
provide "no black , and white
answer for what must happen and I
don't stand hard on these amalga-
mation schemes."
He' feelS he has devised a
restructured county which, will
meet problems and demands on
local government for the next 'ten
years.
"I've chosen what I feel is a
moderate course between extreme
conservatism and radical experi-
mentation," ' the study_ commission-
er said..
Other major recommendations:
* Each municipality be entitled -to
one representative on county
council, for every 4,000 population
(or part thereof).
* The .position of warden be
retained and extended from a
one-year to a two-year term.
* County. Council carry on business
through five standing committees:
administrative and finance, plann-
ing, and development, public
works, public protection and health
and social services.
* Wherever possible, special
purpose bodies and. boards be
dissolved with their Powers revert-
ing to councils.
* County Council be given' respon-
sibility for tax billing and capital
borrowing for all municipalities.
* Local police forces be dissolved
and county council either establish
a county force or contract for
provincial police services.
*Building and plumbing inspection
be administered by the county.
One of Bruce County 'council's
first , tasks is to see if the provincial
government would consider the
proposal for a remodelled county
and restructured government and
increase financial assistance.
If the province agrees with the
approach, the county could expect
$400,000 annually in, increased
grants based on 1975 grants, the
consultant estimated.
Of that amount, half would go
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