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Halloween is on its -way!
Christine and Shawn Norlock of 644 Stauffer St. are in the Halloween spirit as they
have their front yard decorated with ghoulish characters.'The most impressive part
of the display is the bigger than life, inflatable grim reaper that the Norlocks are
seen standing under.
Reeve denied release of securities
BY DENNT SCOTT
Signal -Star Staff
Despite previous conver-
sation to the contrary,
Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh denied Reeve
Ben Van Diepenbeek's
request for a temporary
release of securities on
lands he had intended to
develop.
Council was faced with a
request • from Van
Diepenbeek to return a
$170,000 letter of credit
from Van Diepenbeek's
bank that is serving as secu-
rity on lands he had planned
on developing. While the
letter of security is not the
actual money, it does repre-
sent the money should Van
Diepenbeek need it to pro-
vide services to the proper-
ty. Having the letter of cred-
it out in his name costs Van
Diepenbeek $3,000 to
$4,000 a year in interest.
Council had previously
alluded to the fact that it
might be possible to set out
an agreement in which the
letter would be returned to
the bank, thus making
future interest payments
unnecessary. The Reeve
would then have to place
another security deposit on
the lands before they could
be sold or developed.
Council heard from Brad
Vanstone, who voiced con-
cerns about Van
Deipenbeek's request, stat-
ing that had he known this
was an option, it would
have changed his decisions
when finalizing his own
land development plans.
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Bringing Together
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working together
BY GrARIT' REED
Sentinel Staff
At the Oct. 21
Lucknow and District
Joint Recreation Board -
meeting, representatives
from the Lucknow Minor
Hockey Board, president
Jim Murray and town
contact Steve • Hare met
with the Rec Board to
discuss a variety of top-
ics.,
One of the,',major topics
was the LNIFIB's need of
•help because of the vast
workload they have this
year. Hare explained the
LMHB is working with
just 10 members and
hoped,the Rec Board
could help out with some
• of the activities.
The LMHB was look-
ing for help with the
coachingclinics that are
• scheduled on Nov. 7 and
Nov: 8 and asked if it
were possible that regis-
tration be facilitated
through the arena and its
staff during the day
. instead of doing it- at
night, which would be
the only time the LMHB
members could do it.
The hockey board
requested the Rec Board
consider • paying the
upfront cost charged by
the Ontario • Minor
Hockey Association
(OMHA) for the upcom-
ing coache's clinics. The
OMHA requests that all
fees for the clinic will be
paid immediately after
the clinics are completed.
LMHB will reimburse
.the funds to the Rec
Board in full once pro-
cessing is completed.
F a c i lit y
Manager/Recreation Co-
ordinator Bob Zubel rec-
ommended assisting the
.LMHB and the rest of the
Rec Boardagreed.
Zubel had no qualms
with this and said he
would do as much as he
possibly could to help
• out.
They also asked if the
Rec Board could help
with the printing and
copying of some of .the
more extensive paper
work needed for each
player in Lucknow Minor
Hockey, such as medical
files. The Rec Board had
no problem in helping the
LMH 13 with this issue.
Another issue brought
up. by Jim Murray was
•the need for the facility
manager or one of his
employees to have more
of a presence at night, so
• that people could get to
know the facility staff
better. A schedule for that
will be determined at a
later date, but the Rec
Board felt it was a good
idea.
"Small towns like to
see the arena manager
from time to time," said
board member Doug
Miller. "It's important
that people know there is
a night they can go and
find a staff member to
help them out."
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