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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-03-20, Page 3Ludmow Sentinel, Wednesday, Manch 20, 1985—Hage 3 Council wants decision soon • from page 1 make at the council table is "no go" withthe lawyer and the engineer. "1 think we're getting poor advice; said Mann. °`I'll. do whatever Ican to get this thing through, but I don't think we're any further ahead now than we were in 1977," when council started the site selection process. "'Phis is supposed to be confidential- (information)," onfidential .(information)," reeve Joynt observed, "But I've gotten to .the point where I don't care .. anymore." "How can it be confidential when Plaxton can go to any file he -wants and get a -Copy of any letter he wants?" asked- Councillor Mann: Council met in a'special session March 18 - and decided to send a letter to Willard Page, district officer for the southwestern region of the Ministry of the. Ebvironment, outlining their concerns about the delay in approval for the sewage 't*eatinent site. , Correction A :-eport on municipal wage increases in last week's Sentinel said the assistant fore- mao of the; village of Lucknow, Doug Hafdenby; -received a 2.9 per cent increase m 1984 to bring his salary to. $17,500 when in fact, the $500 increase was payment for Haldenby's additional duties as village - building inspector, a position he assumed at that time. In effect Haldenby has not received - an increase to his base salary since 1982. County council sets aside •2,50,000 for museum fund. Huron County council gave -an approval. of sorts for the go ahead of ' Huron County Pioneer Museum but whether or not a neW museum actually gets built depends on the c»uneil elected' this fall. Close to 50 people heard county coma decide in a 16 to 12, recorded vote to put $300,000 in a reserve fund this year for the • museum project. Later, taking slashes. at its..... 1985 budget, council reduced theamount to .. $250,000. In the same motion, council agreed to recommend that the next ooundialso Set aside. $300,000 a year for the years 1986, 1987, 1988. West Wawanosh reeve Jim Aitchison voted in favour of the reserve fund while Ashfield reeve John Austin voted against the mention. Although, council agreed in prindple with a Museum in Huron County with a 27 to 1 vote, the amount of money tote spent was a point for debate. Reeves from ureter and Hay and Morris Townships questioned the size of facilities needed for the museum Exeter's Reeve Bill Midde and Deputy Reeve Lissy Faller called for reducing the. size of a future . museum, thus lowering the cost. "Can 55,000 people -support a building of this size on a year round operation?" asked Reeve Mickle. "We need to think seriously • about how much wewant ?to spend on this building." Morris Township Reeve Bill Elston said his council was only willing to commit the county / to a total of $500,000 for the museum project. Support of the motion is only putting - _money aside for a start at the museum, said Bayfield Reeve, Dave Johnston. "Tyle draft Dopy is not set in stone but we need to start planning now. We're not being asked to store artifacts; we're being asked to preserve them. There's a difference,'.'. he said. Diana Ross and the Supremes starred in the Ludmow Skating Club's presentation of "Jivin' into Reeve Johnston; said the people of the '85" at the Ludmow Arena Saturday evening, when over 100 local children presented the club's . a rjual -carnival, skating to music of yesteryday and today. Rock and roll king. Elvis Presley and popular music star Michael Jackson were among the musicians saluted. The Supremes were played by, from the left, Jacqui Dawson, Rhonda Hogan and Maryon Dow. (Photo by Sharon Dietz) Kinloss passes -medical centre by-law county are in agreement with the museum project because no one has asked members of county council to vote against it. Howick Reeve, Jack Stafford, chairman of the.museuun committee waid the project has to get underway. "Rome wasn't built in a day but it got started. We're just asking to get started. We hope to have 'it open this. year with monies from Goderidi and the county. But, if we don't get the operation up to ministry standards, they're going to close -the museum," he said. fir an address to county council, Goderich Mayor Eileen Palmer said the museum would benefit the entire county, not just Goderich. • "The tourists- that Dome to the Tbwn of Goderich, don'fleave monies just in Goder idi. Unless they come in .by boat or air, they have to come through some of your Turn to page 4. , Micafil Vermiculite Home Insulation Just pour INSULATION level it, and you're through. It's genuine VERMICULITE INSULATION Pour it in once and you've insulated for the life of your home. Polyetheiene Film N STOCK 2m�-4mi-6ml HENDERSON BUILDING CENTRE J .1. W. HENDERSON UMTIER WCHNOW. 5284118 HOURS: MON. - 1Fit1. ® - 52.0 RM. SAT. S - NOON , The regular meeting of Kinloss Council was held on Tuesday, Marti 4 due to . the snow storm on Monday. Reeve Barry' Johnston and all council members were present. By-law 8-1985 was passed in respect to the transfer of property from the Village of Luc$now, to the Townships of Ashfield, Kinloss and West Wawanosh. Each municip- ality now has. a 25 per cent share of the ownership of the Medical Centre in li cknow. An "application fora file dtairi loan for T:= MacKinnon, west part lot 11, concession 4, was accepted for $1,600.00. A motion was passed that $100.00 be donated to the Ludmow Agricultural Society for 1985 the same as in 1984. Motions were passed to advertise for tenders for crushing, hauling and spreading approximately 32,000 cubic yards of "A" gravel on township roads and for supplying and spreading gravel on ratepayers private roads, also for approximately 130 flake tonnes of calcium chloride to be delivered at the mad . superintendent's direction. Tenders are to be, in the`mad superintendent's office by '4200 p.m , on April 1st, 1985. General accounts for $15,393.73 and mad - ways accounts for$20,485.13 were approved. eevee Ladies Wear. iv\n/`'1'' V March 20th to 30th 7,, /-v/v/vivi All Remaining Fall & Winter DRESSES SKIRTS SLACKS \CA A -%4\A^t \AnAZ/ 1 10 1 Sale BUY ()NEAT 111,1;ULAR PRICE AND (;HT ONE EE ovNoi/vosAA"AAAA it"- It,' LUCKNOW OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK . -1l 528-3320