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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 11.00 am. and 4.30 p.m., while an On pole. [Sentinel Staff p road rvice tad(' hoto) ents. accident which occurred when .,tile pup trailer began to slide, on 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 Turn to page 8* 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.