The Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-11-05, Page 1A Brussels man narrowly escaped serious
injury on. Saturday morning when the tractor,
trailer truck he was driving left the road and
struck a hydrO pole on,Bruoe County Road
just north of Kinloss concession. 4, -
Janies Ross, 32, was proceeding north
the pup trailer—began to—slide—on.
slippery Pavement. The truck went :opt of
control, left the read and'iaCk-kttifed taking
out a hydro nble in the west ditch. The trailer
and • pup were empty at the time of..fle
accident,.
Hydro service to, the village of Lucknow;
the southern portion , of '<finless township,
the west portion of West Wawanosh and the
`*7--estern portion of Ashfield—township was
disrupted front approximately 11.00 a.m.,
until` 4,30 p.m while an Ontario Hydro crew
replaced the pole.
In another incident a Lucknow youth
struck a hydro pole . on' Inglis Street while
attempting to make a U-turn at the corner of
tamnbell and Inglis Streets on FridaY night.
Misses Li-tarn
Mark 110Pkins, 19, struck a hydro pole. on
the east side of. Inglis street while making
the turn. The incident occurred about 9a5
p.m. Friday night
Hopkins was- treated at Wingbam and
District Hospital for minor injuries and
released.
The Kincardine detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police investigated both accid-
113'44 service was disrupted la, the village and surrounding areas on
Saturday when this tractor trailer left the road and-hit a hydro pole on
Bruce Couaty 'Road just north of:coneessioa 4. The driVer of the
truelt, JaMes Rosa, 32,, of Brame's received Minor Wades In the
slippery pavement. Ross
and Jack-knifed in the d
was interrupted between
Hydrocrew replaced the
lost control of the truck which left the
itch taking out the hydro pole. Hydro se
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6uncil. 'Ott
Huron County Council continued their
debate of the Pits and Quarries Control Act
whew-they -met---October-.30-. The county's—
mineral aggregate study committee made
several recommendationS to the council
which prompted the- discussion.
The committee's recommendations in-
cluded that owners of open pits within the
county be encouraged to' license their pits
prior to July 1, 1981 as there is a simplified
procedure for obtaining permits prior to that
date; that it should be pointed out that
wayside permits can only be obtained by
muncipalities ''or public bodies for specific
municipal or road building projects requiring
gravel; and since Huron County has now
been designated under The Pits and
Quarries Act 1971, that Council support the
passing of Bill 127, an Act to Revise the Pits-
and Quarries Control Act 1971.
It was the last recommendation .that some
county councillors disputed. They believe
the designation of the county under the act is
not in the best interests of the county's pit
owners and operators and they do not
appreciate the manner in which the county
was designated under the old act.
County engineer, Bob Dempsey, explain-
ed to the council that he was under the
impression the county would only be desig-
nated if requested under the new act. Two
months ago the province designated the
county under the old act of 1971,
Designation carries several stipulations.
Pit owners and operators must have the pit
licensed. The pit must be surveyed and
fenced and the operator will be charged 8
cents per metric tonne hauled from the pit to
the provincial government as a security that
he will rehabilitate the pit. This sectirity can
be reclaimed each time the pit is rehabilit-
ated. If the operator rehabilitates the pit
each year, he can reclaim the security every
year.
In addition to these stipulations, under the
new bill which is to be pasSed in'the near
future, the operator will be paying a
surcharge of an additional 6 cents per metric
tonne for rehabilitation of roads. Four cents
will be paid to the municipality for rehabili-
tation of roads; 1/2 cent to the county for road
rehabilitation; V2 cent for rehabilitating old
pits and 1 cent for the province to administer
County councillors were divided in their
opinion regarding the act. Some feel it is
time the county received some retribution
for the aggregates leaving the county and,
others feel the costs involved will persuade
some small pit owners,- mostly farmers, to
close, their pits, creating a shortage of gravel
for township road Construction and mainten-
ance.
County engineer Bob b rt empsey told cou-
- cil, the government believes 'the designation
will permit the better management of a
non-renewable resource,
Dempsey told council, Huron has been
designated a supply county for urban areas
such as London and Sarnia. He said county
read, systems are being Used by trucks to
haul aggregates out of file county becaust
they can avoid all the stops along highway 8,
Dempsey, said in'an interview later, thei,'
operation of the county's road program will
not change because of the county's designa-
tion under the Oct. He said he will still look at
the quality of the material in a pit, its
proximity to the project and decide whether
to apply for a wayside permit or use a
licensed pit. The only difference he said, will
be if he chooses an unlicensed pit he will
have to apply for the permit.
Despite the wet weather conditions in
October, the corn harvest is 'advancing a
couple of weeks ahead of last year's harvest.
According to Sandy Liddle, manager at
Anderson's Flax Mill, Lucknow, the rain has
not seriously -hampered farmers because
they have been able to return to the fields 4
tho day after a rain,
If the weather holds the remainder of the
crop could be off by the of this week but
'Addle.anticipates the weather will continue
as it has and the harvest will-take another
couple of weeks yet.
Dempsey suggested to council.-that if a
farmer can, foresee that his pit will be opened
several-times-in-the-next-few-years-T., he would
be advised to. license the pit because each
time a wayside permit •is granted the pit
must be opened, rehabilitated and Closed.
The act also means farmers cannot
purchase gravel from a pit across the road
which has been opened, with a wayside
permit, while the township or county
completes road work in the area. The farmer
would have to purchase his gravel from the
nearest licensed pit even if it was several
miles away.
Dempsey admitted that the government
cannot 'begin to monitor every Small pit
which faces the back of .a farm. "They'll
never be able to count the loads of gravel
going across the road to the , neighbours," he
saltL
Ashfield reeve Warren Zinn 'told council
he belieVes the act is, a good thing because in
many municipalities, an unrenewable source
county being hauled out of the Poun which will
generate higher costs for the county in the
future.'
Ooderieh deputy-reeVe Bob Allen said he
supports bill 127. He said the flow out of the
county is tremendous and without the bill,
the county has nothing coming back to the
county for all the aggregate hauled out. The
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He estimates over half of the crop is still .in
the field in this area. Yields have been down
because corn bore has knocked down so
much of this year's crop making it difficult
for the farmer to pick it up in the field.
The moisture percentage is also higher
this year with the average being 29 - 30 per
cent. Usually Corn comes in around 27 per
cent.
Up'to this point Anderson's Flax Mill has
handled approximately 100,000 bushels of
corn Which is up compared to last year at this
time.
By The Sentine
arvest ahead of schedule
Show your tartan
Al Hamilton would appreciate sam-
ples of Scottish tartan to be used in the
decorating of the new Heritage Room
at the Mayfair Restaurant. Families of
Scottish ancestry in the. Lucknow area
are urged to bring samples of their ,
family's tartan, 18 inches by 18 inches
in size, for Mr. Hamilton to display in
the new room.
A brief history of the family's
origins will, .be inscribed on a small
- plaque to be hung on the wall with the
tartan.
Hockey schedules
Minor hockey schedules were drawn
up on Thursday, October 30 with all
teams from Atoms to Midget ready to
start in the near future. The Juvenile
schedule will be drawn up on Novern-
ber 5 with games starting shortly
thereafter.
The House League system will start
within the next two weeks. This year's
registration is down perhaps due to
problems of last year; but with ,a
completely overhauled house league
system and a new fresh approach, a
better response and a much better
year is anticipated.,
Anyone still interested hi playing
can register with Bill Hunter now.