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The Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-11-25, Page 1010 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Troy Patterson/Kincardine News Point Clark residents were treated to a beauty of a sunset Sunday night, the day after the first major snow of the season. The snow was think along the Lakeshore, while inland inches remained on the ground after Saturday's snowfall. Lucknow & District Chamber of Commerce 2015 Members Amanda McClenaghan Real Estate Armstrong's Home Bakery Barb's Country Catering BASE Farm Equipment BMO Bank of Montreal Britespan Building Systems BUG Busters Clera Windows & Doors Cliff's Plumbing & Heating Connect Equipment Co. Crawford, Mill & Davies Danceology Dance Studio Donald A. Andrew Accounting Dungannon Kitchens Ltd. Equity Bookkeeping Solutions Evans Computing Everlastings Flowers & Gifts Fisherman's Cove Tent & Trailer Park Gagnon Painting Green's Meat Market Grundy Family Dental Care Helm Welding Hodgins Home Hardware Hodgins Lumber/RONA Hoek Farms Huron Landscaping I Want That Bag Boutique Irwin Automotive Jurjens Holdings Ltd. Kaylan Hicks Therapist Knechtel Food Market Kranenburg's Service Kruzin Mann Limos Lanes View Acres Lloyd Collins Construction Lucknow Auto Parts Lucknow Bowl Lucknow Chiropractic Lucknow Cut & Curl Lucknow District Co-operative Lucknow-Huron Veterinary Lucknow Pharmasave Lucknow Sentinel Lucknow Service Centre Lucknow Travel Mac's Milk MacKenzie & McCreath Funeral Homes Maitland Valley Agri Systems Mayfair Training McDonagh Insurance Brokers McPyatt Signs McRobert Fuels Me 2 You Thrift Shop Doug Miller CGA Montgomery Bus Lines Montgomery Ford Sales Nine Mile Villa Nine Waves Clothing Omni Insurance Brokers Paul Zinn Real Estate Pegg Building Centre Pinecrest Manor J.A. Porter Holdings Protekta Inc. Rick Smith Farms Robert's Farm Equipment RPM Auto Supply Sepoy Manor Sepoy Wiring Smyth Welding Son & Pop Auto Shop Snobelen Farms Vanity Boutique & Spa Village Pizzeria West Coast Financial West Wawanosh Mutual Ins. Wilfred Mclntee & Co. Dues paid by members of the Chamber of Commerce assist in supporting the following community events: • Easter Egg Hunt • Town Wide Yard Sale • Ice Skating Rentals • Pitch -In Clean up • Christmas Tree Lighting • Visit with Santa Claus • Lamp Post Decorations • Tourism Office Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Members SHOP LOCALLY! Do you Christmas shopping with these merchants that live and work in the Lucknow area. Visit our website at www.Iucknowchamber.ca or Facebook us E O a) a •1-� a a) U) O 0..0 Lucknow and District chamber executive meets The Lucknow and District Cham- ber of Commerce (COC) held its executive meeting Nov 16 at Nine Waves/Protekta Inc. Taking part was Kayla Howald, Morten Jakobsen, Paul Zinn, Elaine Steer and Rod McDonagh. Membership chair Paul Zinn reported that the number of paid up members for 2015 was 73. There was discussion regarding the amount of membership fee to apply for 2016. Steer motioned that the annual fee remain unchanged at $80. A letter was received from Huron County Planning and Development asking for the dates of our community projects in 2016 for their annual tourism publica- tion. Events for 2016 so far include the Easter Egg Hunt planned for Sat., March 26, 2016, Town Wide Yard Sale Sat., April 30, 2016 and Santa Claus Parade - Fri., Nov. 25, 2016. Jakobsen said he, Howald, Rick McMurray and McDonagh attended the Nov. 2 Huron -Kin- loss Council Meeting where they highlighted some areas of con- cern in the Village of Lucknow. Jakobsen prepared a power point presentation showing infrastruc- ture needs. Director of Public Works Hugh Nichol is to contact the executive in order to set up a meeting in relation to our concerns on the condition of sidewalks, regular weed control and sweeping and maintenance of the streets. To date, contact has not been made. Mayor Mitch Twolan asked the COC membership be encouraged to participate in current Township initiatives such as Nuclear Waste Adaptive Phased Management Process, the Natural Gas Project and the Official Plan process. It was pointed out that these pro- jects will contribute to the eco- nomic viability of Lucknow and the continued growth of Huron -Kinloss. The Chamber of Commerce Christmas Party is Dec. 5 at the Community Centre. Nominees are needed for this year's Community Service Award. Nominee forms can be picked up at McDonagh Insurance Brokers office, with a deadline of Dec. 7 for submissions. There was discussion about possible guest speakers for upcoming meetings. It was felt that this might attract more mem- bers to attend. The membership is asked to advise Rod McDonagh of any possible speakers that could be asked. Next General Meeting is sched- uled for Tues., Dec. 8 in the Multi Purpose Room of the Lucknow Sports Complex at 7 p.m. Five more victims identified in historic sexual assault case The Huron County OPP Crim- inal Investigations Unit has identified more victims in an ongoing historical sexual assault investigation that dates back to between 1971 and 1995. Five additional victims have been identified who were all between the ages of 10 and 21 when the offences took place. Officers determined that the accused gained access to the vic- tims through his employment at the Wingham & District Hospital and through his volunteer work as a Scout Leader with the 1st Wing - ham Scout troop. As a result of the further inves- tigation, Martin CRETIER, 71 years of age from North Huron, is facing the following, additional charges: • Six counts of Indecent Assault, contrary to section 156 of the Crim- inal Code • One count of Indecent Assault, contrary to section 149 (1) of the Criminal Code • Eight counts of Gross Indecency, contrary to section 157 of the Criminal Code • Two counts of Sexual Assault, contrary to section 271 of the Crim- inal Code • One count of Sexual Assault, contrary to section 246.1 (1) of the Criminal Code • Two counts of Forcible Con- finement, contrary to section 247(2) of the Criminal Code • One count of Sexual Exploita- tion, contrary to section 153 (1)(a) of the Criminal Code He has since been released from custody with a court appearance scheduled for Dec. 10, 2015 at the Ontario Court of Justice - Wingham. Any person with information regarding this incident should immediately contact Huron County OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or (519)524-8314. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1 -800 -222 -TIPS (8477), where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.