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Summerfest has announced concert lineups
BY GARIT REID
Sentinel Staff
The Lucknow
Strawberry
Summerfest
Committee has
announced this
year's lineup of
concert headliners
as part of the
annual festivities.
The Friday
night, June 26,
Lucknow
Kinsmen dance
will. feature Matt
Mays. Opening
Lucknow Minor Hockey
Jersey Sponsorship
Any businesses, groups, families and/or individu-
als who are interested In sponsoring an individual
Lucknow
Minor HockeySweater, or a set of
Lucknow Minor Hockey Sweaters, are encour-
aged to contact
The Lucknow Arena at 519-528-3002
before June 1.
Any contributions would be greatly appreciatedi
the all ages show
will be Dean
Lickyer.
On Saturday,
June 27, the age of
majority concert
event will be Dry
Country featuring
Symtomist. Both
concerts will be
held at the
Lucknow and
District Sports
Complex.
"We are look-
ing forward to
this year's line up
of events," said
Sara Bender,
Strawberry
Summerfest com-
mittee member.
"We are excited to
have Matt Mays
come to Lucknow
for the 'Friday
night Summerfest
concert: "
There will
nine full days of
family fun at this
year's Strawberry
Summerfest. The
annual event is
made. possible by
the support of its
sponsors and title
sponsor Molson
Canadian along
1 with 94.5 - The
Bull.
The Dungannon
Super Pull will
kick off the
Summerfest on
Saturday, June 20
at the Dungannon
fairgrounds.. The
event attracts.
more than : 3,000
people each year
to see modified
farm trucks and
pro stock vehicles
in their loudest
and most powerful
state. A dance will
be held prior to the
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Signal -Star Staff
Residents of
Century Heights
and . Maitland.
View Estates may
be starting to see
an end to their
flooded basements
and water woes,
but the conclusion
is still a long ways
off.
The Ashfield-
Colborne-
Wa wa no s h
Township subdivi-
sions have been
-experiencing
flooding and .high
water levels due to
a lack of drainage,
but during a recent
event, on Friday,
June 19 featuring •
Settler's Creek
Band at the
Dungannon Hall.
From June 24 to
28 the Lucknow
Kinsmen will host
the Men's J and
Women's . Slo-
pitch Tournament.
The co-ed U11
and U13 soccer
tournament will be.
hosted this year by
the Royal
Canadian 'Legion
Branch #309. It
goes from June 26
-.27.
"We are very
"pleased. that the
Legion has taken
on the U11 and
U13 soccer tour-
nament this yyear.
for the 1': Kinettes,
said 'Bender. The
tournament brings
many families to.
our town each year
for the festival."
Other full day
events happening
throughout the
week with the
main events hap-
pening on June 27
and 28 are the
strawberry pan-
cake breakfast
from 7 a.m. - 1
pm. at the
Lucknow Legion,
Lions car and
truck show, free
swimming, youth
soccer champi-
onship games, day
camp playground,
Cindy Cook from
TV's Polka Dot
Door, : Muskoka
Wildlife Show,
Tiny Tot
Childrens village,
touch table by the
Bowmanville Zoo,
and the Kinsmen
festive gardens,
championship slo-
pitch games, com-
munity wide
church services
and the Lucknow
Pipe Band.
"We are hoping
for great weather
this year and a.
great turnout for
the events," said
Bender.
There are many
great activities
planned for the
Strawberry
Summerfest for
everyone, young
and old. These
events will be
announced closer
to the festival =date
or visit
"". 1Ssi
t
www. strawberry.
summerfestcom
for further infor-
mation.
ACW , council
meeting, it was
decided that coun-
cil would .: absorb
the costs of testing
several different
areas to `determine
the : flow and
strength . of the
lndergroundwater
table.
Bruce Potter. of
B.M. Ross •&
'Associate&.
expiaitned, dam"
the :May 5 meet-
ing, that altering
the flow of the
ground water to
help the situation
is something that
the firm bas expe-
rience .with, and
stated that, while
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basement and 'pre-
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havinghavintto iiia: sub-
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non-stop, � he can
say that they will
try to make : a dif-
ference.
Potter was
. accompanied by
Geoff Rether, a
hydrogeolog i st
from , Wilson
Associates, who
explained what
would be involved
with the operation.
"We'll drill four
to
ou r -
to six [15 to X20
foot deep] bore.
holes, and that
*ill help us deter-
mine elevations,'
gravel and ground
water direction.
With that we can
make a recom-
mendation . as to
what can be done
next," Rether
explained.
Potter shed
some light on
what caused the
issues in the first
When someone
is = looking to build
a subdivision,.
there ... isn't any
,requirement for
them .to assess
ground-wwater,
problems. [B.M
Ross ; &.
Associates] would
ask for that evalu-
ation, but t usually
only if there has
ben problems in
that area."
,The •approxi-
mate value of the
tests will ;: ` be
$ 10,000, which
council has agreed
W pay.
• • If changes are
going to be under-
taken to fix the
problem, those
costs will be paid,
at least in part, by
residents of the
area.
Council decided
that if .changes . are
going to be made,
the final price of
the tests will be
rolled into the pro -
ject's:cos
Comprehensive
ing Bylaw
The : long-await-
ed =s. Ashfield-
Colborne-
Wawanosh
Township
Comprehensive
Zoning Bylaw will
take ` affect ` in its
entirety soon.
The bylaw, that
was passed, in part,
due to unresoly-
able issues
brought forward
by residents of the
township, will be
enforced in full as
residents have
withdrawn the
remaining contes-
tations prior to an
Ontario Municipal
Board hearing that
was scheduled for
this week. All that
is required is for
confirmation to be
received by ACW
from the OMB
stating that they
are aware all con-
testations have
been withdrawn.
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