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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-04-13, Page 5Wednesday, April 13, 2016 • Lucknow Sentinel 5 Kincardine Summer Music Festival welcoming Sonja Gustafson April 16 Vocalist Sonja Gustafson and her quartet lead off the KSMF 25th Anniversary Even- ing Concert Series Saturday April 16, 8 p.m. at the Best Westem Plus Govemor's Inn Based in London, Gustaf - son's ability to do justice to music has won her Jack Rich- ardson Music Awards for both her classical and jazz singing. She has also won scholar- ships and been an award - winner at the London Fringe Festival. A finalist in the television series Bathroom Divas, she's been centre stage in operas and at home on a club stage, working with London's top jazz musicians. Whether crooning jazz standards with her band, singing with the symphony or performing on the oper- atic stage, Sonja's passion for music is evident in her pres- ence and attitude. "...lovely and thoroughly sat- isfying... This lady is an incredibly versatile singer. She has a beautiful voice and she crosses the boundaries between operatic singing and crooning as if they simply didn't exist. That is rare.' - Brian Hay, No Rules - No Lights Sonja will be joined by guitarist Oliver Whitehead and friends for a special evening of jazz favourites, plus original compositions by Whitehead and selections from Stevie Wonder, The Beatles and Leonard Cohen. Come out and enjoy this engaging and entertaining artist! Tickets are $25 in Kincar- dine at Jerome Flowers and Gifts, Kincardine's Scottish Shop In Port Elgin at Ralph's Hi - Way Shopette, online at TicketScene and at the door. For dinner reservations call 519-396-8242 or for information visit www.ksmf. ca, e-mail info@ksmf.ca or call 519-396-9716. Lucknow 4-H sheep club learn interesting facts during meeting Do you know that sheep intestines are used to make tennis rackets and wool is used to make baseballs? The first Lucknow 4-H sheep meeting of the year was held at the Lucknow Legion from 7 - 8:30 pm on April 4, 2016. Members got to meet some new friends and gather with old friends. We had to fill out registration forms. Then we were split into two groups to play a trivia game with all questions based on sheep, like the facts above. This is how we played. A person on each team would be asked a question, the first one that had an answer would flip over a cup. If your answer was incorrect, the other team had a chance to answer the question. Then, after the game, we got to judge eggs and give reasons. This was the first time for some members to judge and give reasons. After judging eggs, we nominated who would be Saugeen Valley Conservation, Gay Lea in talks Don Crosby For Grey Bruce Weeklies Saugeen Conservation is giving top priority to a pro- posals for expansion by Gay Lea Foods. "We need to find a way to get this project to move ahead and there is a way. I'm very positive that this authority can work with South Bruce and with Gay Lea to find solutions that are going to allow Gay Lea to remain and grow in Teeswa- ter," board chair Luke Char- bonneau said after a pas- sionate presentation last Thursday by Gay Lea plant manager Darren Ireland. Ireland told directors that the authority has put off approving plans for expan- sion for several years because Gay Lea's process- ing plant is in a flood plain, which is not suitable for construction. But Ireland doesn't buy that argument, noting that in Wingham approval was given 15 years ago for con- struction of a Tim Hortons restaurant, and the town's arena is within a flood plain. And there are plans to build a gas station in the same area. He also argued that the authority can and does make exceptions at its own discre- tion citing the construction of a sewage pumping station in Teeswater within the same flood plain as the Gay Lea plant a few years ago. The pumping station moves sew- age uphill to a sewage treat- ment plant that serves Teeswater and Formosa. Ireland saved his strongest criticism for the authority's reliance on a 1986 flood plain map, a copy of which he produced at the meeting saying so much has changed in the past 30 years since the map was drawn. For example a dam shown on the map has been gone for years, and changes to the topography of the area, which include new gravel pits, mean that the capacity the area to hold excess water during flood conditions has been enhanced. Ireland said relying on outdated mapping has affected applications by many people over the years, not just Gay Lea. "We have a major problem here and Gay Lea is just one of them. There are probably 40 cases of people who are being told 'no' and they (SVGA) are using data from 1986 which is incorrect. That map is an example of what has gone wrong in our sys- tem. People have been taken advantage over that and it shouldn't have happened," Ireland said. "The lay of the land has changed since 1986, gravel pits have been opened; those are great pockets for water to go into to relieve the flood plain," he added. Ireland said he met with Charbonneau, cheif administrative officer Wayne Brohman and a member of the planning staffon March 3 and was promised action on this file by the end of March. Some board members said this was the first time they had heard about the concerns being raised by Gay Lea. Gay Lea, with 80 employ- ees, is a major economic driver in the small commu- nity of Teeswater. Ireland said the company has plans for investments in the next 10 years that could boost production capacity of the plant and increase employ- ment by as much as double. Former South Bruce Mayor Bill Goetz said municipal officials met with Saugeen Conservation three years ago and they were promised an answer within six weeks. "That's how long it's been dragged around," said Goetz. Goetz said he's worried that if Gay Lea doesn't get the approvals to expand its facilities the company will eventually move it to another one of its eight facil- ities around the province. "Rural Ontario needs all of the help it can get," he said. Huron -Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, who is also a res- ident of Teeswater, said she wanted to hear firsthand the scope of the problem. "I wanted to hear how red tape is holding back eco- nomic development... and it all comes down to the need for updated mapping and the reduction of red tape and that's what my take away is today." She plans to speak the minister of Natural Resources and Forestry about funding for updated mapping. "Here is an example of how a late 1980s map is holding back 2016 develop- ment and we need to do bet- ter," Thompson said. Directors voted unani- mously to make the Gay Lea request a priority and involve South Bruce munici- pal officials. "There are ways to do this. Darren in his presen- tation gave examples of other projects in another watershed where accom- modation has been made inside a flood zone area for development. It is possible and there are mechanisms for doing it; it requires us to work with the municipality and with Gay Lea," said Charbonneau. "We can do it and we will do it. .. we're going to address as aggressively as we president, vice president, secretary, and the press reporter. This year, the presi- dent is Brooklyn Hendricks, vice president is Jessalyn Hendricks, secretary is Sarah Durnin, and press reporter is Lauren Todd. We ended the can. We have been address- ing it aggressively for last few [.1�iE.14iMu Submitted Vocalist Sonja Gustafson performs at the Best Western Plus Governor's Inn April 16, 2016 in Kincardine. meeting with the 4-H Pledge and Motto. If anyone would like to join our 4-H or Cloverbuds (6-9 years) club, there is still time. Please contact Keith Todd 519-528-2650 or Joan Finlay 519-528-2620. weeks... we're going to find a solution," he said. 01146, x•04-4111 IMP%PIS 4014 .41 ��•, air#errb foil CO .414 Cly:; Make Your Own per, 4'rint', Cookrrand Fn itibinu (al= dr d kcorilk Ifo 11Tn ort CiOCERECI-1524432.1 AW439553 The Lucknow Sentinel Birthday Club Erin Johnston April 14, 2011 5 years old Justin &Jessica Bushell April 15, 2005 11 years old Owen Dalton April 16, 2005 11 years old Tucker Cliffe April 17, 2007 9 years old Nolan Moffat April 18, 2009 7 years old Your child can be a member of the Sentinel's birthday club ca1I519-528-2822 to register fileboviSeatingl 619 Campbell Street 519-528-2822