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Lucknow Sentinel, 2009-06-03, Page 4Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - Page 3 -. y Submitted photo of Lay Reader JoAnn Todd's (Seen holding the who attended her party.at the. Hall. bring a fond farewell A group pho o taken at St. Peter's Anglican Church Parish Hall cake) last service with St. Peter's.This photo is of all members Resident may be able to s BY DENNY SCOTT Signal :Star Staff Mark "McDougall owns an odd piece of land just north of Goderich on Hwy 21, that has two houses on it, separated by a gorge, And due to a technicality, he inay not be able to split the properties. McDougall owns property that. borders on Blyth Road and Hwy 21, and contains two houses, one that was previously known as the Exchange Hotel, and, despite hav- ing no farmable land, and despite being surrounded by other resi- dences, the land is considered agricultural by ACW's compre- hensive zoning bylaw, The lot can either be considered prime agriculture, or environmen- tal, and neither of those can be split for urban growth. County plans indicate that the only place. new lots can be made with urban- ization in mind is m urban areas. According to County Planner Monica: Walker -Bolton it is against policy to allow someone to splitagricultural ricultutal land to make two a• residential lots, no matter how small the land is, or what current- ly exists on it. ur ent-lyexistsonit. Any area that isn't settled, or urban, is now , considered prime agricultural land. "According to the Provincial Policy Statement, any land : that is not designated as a settlement area is considered prime agriculture land.. • [that ruling] is designed to prevent urban sprawl, and protect future rural development," she explained. "There may not . be fields, or barns, but it is near prime agricultural land, and that's why lit properties it's designated as such. Walker -Bolton explained that, as she has to make a suggestion based on her ethics, and existing code, she could not supperthe idea of splitting the land. Council sided with McDougall though, and had strong words about not being able to make the changes necessary. "There is no prune agricultural land there,"Coun. Carl Sloetjes • exclaimed. "We're painting every- thing . with the same, brush, this is ludicrous."J_ kis AO Coun. Barry Millar disagreed with the idea, saying "It's tune we put up reasonable ; resistance to these decisions [handed down from other bodies]." ACW decided to support McDougall's bid to have the land separated, and will make that rec- ommendation to County Council. 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A FREE Seminar and t.uncheon k on End of Life Planning and Preparedness Wednesday, June 17, 12:30 p.m. Point Clark Community Centre By attending you will team: •,How to ease the burden for your family at a difficult time • lMormation.regardmg CPP/Old Age Security Benefits and who qualifies • Estate Planning/Wll Preparation • How to save on Funeral Costs and Funeial Investment Information • and Much More ... Guest speakers dude: Ross Davies and DonnaMollat, of Crawford, Mill and Davies Law Offices; Barbara Hodgkinson, BMO Investment Specialist; and Carolyn Lewis, CPP. • PLEASE RSVP QUICKLY AS SPACE IS LIMITED 519-395-2969 or 519-528-3432 or mackenzieandmccreath@gmail.com Presented by MacKenzie & McCreath Funeral Homes, Ltd. Horticultural Society holds annual luncheon The Lucknow Horticultural Society held its annual soup and: sandwich lunch on May. 14 and it' was a very successful affair. Many, people attended .and the business community supported this event with many take-out lunches delivered around the vil- lage: Thank you to all who par- ticipated, as it is through these events that our village will be beautified once again this year. The Lucknow Horticultural Society is, in full swing gearing up for the beautifying of our Nil - lase for the spring and summer months. A.fiower committee has been formed to determine which kind of blooms will be planted and once the threat of frost is gone, you will see the flower. boxes • spring up on Campbell Street and blooms will blossom in all the other places around town. Upcoming events include a pot luck dinner at the Waterworks Park and afterwards a garden tour on June 16 and the flower show and tea which will be held at the United Church on July 15. A bus trip is planned for some- time in August- details to come. Grey Bruce has first confirmed case of H1N1 The Grey Bruce Health Unit has received laboratory confirmation of a positive case of H1N1 flu virus in Grey Bruce. The individual was not admitted to hospital and is at home recover- ing. The illness was not connected to travel to Mexico. "Based on the numbers we are seeing province -wide, it is not unex- pected that a case would be identi- fied in Grey Bruce," said Dr. Hazel Lynn, Medical Officer of Health. 'This caifirms the H1N1 flu strain is out and about in our community. Our surveillance will continue and we ask the public to take the usual :.pre- cautions of washing hands and ;prop- er cough etiquette to prevent the spread of this disease." The Grey Bruce case is one 626 cases reported in Ontario. Almost all of the cases to date are considered mild. Ivince-wide, six people with the H 1 N 1 flu virus are currently in hospital, most also have underlying medical motions. Syms of the H1N1 flu vinis are similar to seasonal influenza (flu) including, chills and cough followed by fever, loss of appetite, muscle aches and fatigue, runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes and throat irri- tation. Nausea, vomiting and diar- rhea may occur in adults as well as in children. In mom severe cases, or in people with chronic conditions, complications suc as , pneumonia may develop. 4' 4 4 § SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF LUCKNOW, RIPLEY, POINT CLARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS 0 13 is '. _ • �,,�?>•q 1 �. t irofm aloe, oor sailer �:�� •.,• � of the se nrt NM�Me�t�� plate- 482-3443 sex -3N8 Itoiloride Signal -Star. phone .. 524-2614