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Is a Donnelly museum
in Lucan's future?
As the village looks
for a promotional
theme, one
councillor points out
museums usually
lose money
LUCAN - At the January 3 meet-
ing, Lucan Council discussed the
options for a village promotion
theme.
Councillor Rosemary Gahlinger-
Beaune voiced some concern over
whether a possible .Donnelly mu-
seum is a good idea as most mu-
seums lose money.
She was assured by McLaughlin
that council has not made a Donnel-
ly museum a definite goal. He add-
ed, " One of the reasons we are
keeping that option open is that
Ray Fazakas has a vast collection
of authentic Donnelly artifacts and
records which he may be willing to
donate to the village. I would hate
to see these litems given to a mu-
seum elsewhere when they should
be located in this area.
Gahlinger-Beaune saki she is not
in favour of spending $5,000 for. a
villagg theme consultant and feels a
public meeting should be held to
try and tap the human resources of
Lucan and area residents. The reeve
said this item would be deferred un-
til 1995 budget deliberations take
place.
Clerk Reymer will be following
up with Frank Cowan Insurance
Company regarding inspection of
the Elm street park bridge.
Revise sewer repair cost
Liqui-Force Services has revised
its quoted price down to $164,727
for the infiltration sewer cleaning
Vans -
only?
if Zurich has
cars -only parking,
why not a few
vans -only spaces
to compensate,
asks one resident
ZURICH - Cars -only park-
ing spaces in Zurich may
have caused some local furor,
but one man is asking for
compensation in the form of
spaces for vans and trucks in
return.
Larry Northover said that
when council designated
spaces for cars only at the
corner of Main and Goshen
Streets in Zurich, it did not
give consideration for where
owners of larger vehicles
would park..
"My suggestion is you des-
ignate parking for vans only,"
he said. "Give us something
so we can park near those
businesses."
Reeve Dwayne Laporte,
however, said the village's
options are rather limited.
"The only other choice we
have with those parking spots
is no parking at all," said La-
porte. "We have no other
choice."
"I don't think it's made that
corner any safer taking that
parking of vans away," said
Northover.
Laporte disagreed, saying
he had received many com-
pliments of increased vis-
ibility and safety for mo-
torists near the corner since
tall vehicles like vans and
trucks were prohibited from
parking there.
"It's only eight spots"
pointed out councillor Brad
Clausius, and added that a
vans -only parking spot would
only be for convenience's
sake, not for any safety con-
cern.
"If our buildings were back
off the street 20 feet, we
wouldn't have this problem,"
saki Clausius.
Acting clerk Sharon Baker
explained that the Ministry of
Transportation approved the
cars -only spaces over safety
and visibility concerns, but
would not be prepared to al-
low vans -only spaces for con-
venience reasons.
and repair. It was agreed 'council
would approve a contract amount
of $155,825, which will actually
• cost the village $150,000 after the
G.S.T. rebate. An iterim report af-
ter about two weeks will be given
by the firm to council in order to
review their progress. Most of the
funding for this project will come
from the federal -provincial infra-
structure grants program.
Council also agreed to have
works superintendent Doug John-
ston perform the inspection servic-
es instead of an engineering firm in
order to save some costs.
Set committees
A bylaw appointing councillors
and members of the public to vari-
ous boards and committees has
been passed.
On the planning advisory com-
mittee are Barb Coughlin, Daryl
Keen, Wayne Pryce and Larry Hot -
son; committee of adjustment
members will be Martin Chitten-
den, Paul Dale and Dave Hotson;
fence viewers are Lorne Hodgins
and Frank Goring and Harry
Wraith is on the property standards
committee. Two other names will
be added.
The Community Centre Manage-
ment Committee consists of Reg
Crawford, Rosemary Gahlinger-
Beaune, Janice Silver and Bob
Taylor from Lucan; Herman Stef-
fens, Fred Dobbs and Roy Van
Kastren of Biddulph; Cord Moir of
. McGillivray township and John
Walls for the township of London.
Lucan and Biddulph fire area board
members are Reg Crawford, Harry
Wraith and Larry Lewis from Lu -
can and Jim Barker, Jim Shipley
and Dave Goddard representing
Biddulph.
Councillors Gahlinger-Beaune
and Brady will be representatives
on the Bluewater Recycling Asso-
ciation and the North Middlesex
Building System, respectively.
Check safety
Bylaw enforcement officer Stan
Flood will be advised that some
snowmobile operators have been
using their vehicles on the side-
walks in the downtown area.
The month of January is being
proclaimed as Alzheimer Aware-
ness Month in the villagb of Lucan.
Times -Advocate, January 18, 1995
Page 3
Weedless Wednesday a
chance to quit smoking
Huron County Health Unit kicks off a youth campaign
CLINTON - If you smoke and didn't make a New
Years resolution to stop, today is another op-
portunity to break the habit. "Weedless Wednes-
day" is a designated day created to draw attention to
the ill effects of smoking.
National Non -Smoking Week runs from January
16 to 22 this year. The campaign is aimed at ad-
dressing tobacco issues in each community and es-
pecially in the young population.
Some organizations support the notion of "Weed-
less Wednesday" all year round. The Grand Theatre
in London offers patrons who do not smoke an op-
portunity to enjoy theatre in a non-smoking environ-
ment each Wednesday.
With the recent new laws to control the sale and
use of tobacco in Ontario, the government is taking
a hard line approach to reducing the number of peo-
ple who smoke and who are starting to
smoke. In a report from the Ministry of
Health, tobacco use was identified as the
number one public health problem in
Ontario.
Minister of Health, Ruth Grier said in a
report that, "Tobacco kills more than
13,000 people each year in this prov-
ince. Each one of those deaths is pre-
ventable."
"Tobacco," Grier says, "accounts for
80 percent of lung cancers and 25 per-
cent of all fatal cancers."
The Lung Association says "as few as two cigar-
ettes a day can cause cancer." Tobacco kills ap-
proximately eight times more people each year than
car accidents, suicides, murders, AIDS and drug
abuse combined, the Association states.
Of particular concern to the ministry is the num-
ber of young people who smoke and who are start-
ing to smoke. While media campaigns have had
some success in making smoking an unpopular ac-
tivity, one in every four young people between 15
and 19 smokes. Research has demonstrated that
young people who do not start smoking before the
age of 20 likely never will.
There is good news for adults who have smoked
for many years. One can still benefit their health by
quitting even after a long period of smoking. With-
in one year the additional risk of heart disease
caused by smoking drops by half, reports the
Ministry of Health. Within 15 years, the
chance of a smoke -related death is about the
same as someone who has never smoked.
For further information about non-smoking
programs for youths contact the Huron
County Health Unit at 482-3416. The
Lung Association has a new self-help
guide called "Get On Track" to help
people make the first moves toward
quitting smoking.
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