The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-07-17, Page 1BEST ALL ROUND COMMUNITY
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Frank MacKenzie pipes Dr. and Mrs. Corrin into the conununity centre for the
entertainment portion of Dr. Corrin Night held in Lucknow in appreciation of Dr. Corrin's
winning of the Doctor of the Year Award for 1984. A dinner and a.parade preceeded the
evening of entertainment which was well attended by the coMmunity.
(Photos by Alan. Rivett)
Lucknow shows apprecita. tion
at Dr. Corrin Night
For all who attended, Dr. Corrin Night
was a smashing success.
It was- a chance for Lucknow and area
residentto pay tribute to Dr. Mel CorTin,
a trusted family •physician in Luclinow for
the past 37 years, who was the recent
recipient of. the Glenn SawyersAward for
Doctor of the Year.
me Glenn Sawyer Award is granted by
the Ontario Medical Association to a doctor
for significant service to the profession and
to the community. It was presented to him
in Goderich by Dr. Brian Baker in • May.
The evening started off with a dinner for
the Corrin family iuthe Legion, followed by
a. .parade with the Lucknow School Band
leading the way for Dr: and Mrs. Cortin,
who waved at well wishers from a car
driven by Lucknow Fair Queen Lindell
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After arriving at the Community Centre,
the Corriris were ushered to their seats to
the sound of bagpipes played by Frank
MacKenzie. The capacity crowd at the
centre then settled back to some fine local
.entertainment ,tiosted by Jim Reed.
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Atter softie opening number .f$m the •
concert bank, the Clark Band, consisting of
Herb Clark playing the fiddle, Doug Clark,
the string bass and Rey.. Warren McDoug
all at the piano, took the stage for a few
upbeat tunes.'
The next number was)supplied by the
Lions Club with seven members forming
The Silver Seven singing group. A song
especially prepared for Dr. Corrin Night
was well received by the audience. The
' Silver Seven were Bill Hunter, Allan
Gibson, Joe Agnew, Walter Arnold, llarry
McDonagh, Aj Hamilton and Lorne Cook.
They were accompanied on the piano by
Anne Pritchard.
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In between numbers, 'MC Jim Reed had
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Lucknow council criesfoul
By Alan Rivett
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What was supposed to be a cut and dried
business' deal concerning the old water •
works building east ohown has,now turned
into a" problem Lucknow council hadn't
bargained,. for. '
Last week, council closed a deal for -the
,derelict building owned by Michael Dauch-
erty of Colorado with a settlement of
$8,500. However, a sliding glass door and
windows valued at approximately. $500
were removed from the site after the trans-
action was completed.
The building was purchased in (Ater for
it to be demolished to allow renovations to
• be done on the adjacent bridge this
summer. The landn the site is to be
• turned riiier to the Maitland Valley
Conservation AuthorkF to be used as an
.extension of. the existing park • •- ' •
Council, alleging Mr. Daucherty has
possession of the materials, telephoned
him during the council meeting and
requested the materials be returned or a
$500 settlement be given.' Daucherty, 'who
was staying with a relative in Windsor,
offering council $250 as a replacement
value of the goods. This offer was refused
by council. -
In a discussion which ensued after the
Phone call, Councillor Ab Murray reconi:
mended that the deal be nullified and +Mr. ,
Daucherty he made to pay the legal costs.
He. also recommended that the land. be
appropriated by -the town for .the bridge
project- •
"It's a business deal gone bad and he
broke the deal. tlegot the deal just the way
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Curious farmers come to Hogan farm to see tillage practises
By Alan Rivett
Farmers from across Huron and Bruce
gathered with a little curiosity to see add
hear first hand about conservation tillage,
a relatively untried technique of farming.
In order for farmers to get a better
understanding of the process, ,Soil Conser-
vation Day, organized by the Huron Soil
and Crop Association, was held last
Tuesday at the farm of Ray and Mildred
Hogan in Ashfield ToVvphip,
Area farmers received a thane during
the day long event to tour different fields •
' on the Hogan farm using ridge till, and no
till, two types of conservation tillage, and
conventional tillage for their white bean
and corti crop. Iri addition, there were
displays of machinery used in SOH Conser-
vation, as wela.s four guest speakers from
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the J.S. who are involved in the practical
application of conservation tillage.
According to Jane Sadler Richards,
OMAF' s senior conservation advisor, there
are three basic types of tillage, namely, no
till, ridge and minimum till, which is an
• umbrella term which encompasses chisel
plowing, discing and cultivating.
The basis •of conservation tillage, she
says, is to leave, the residue from the
previous .crop on the • field rather than
plowing it Under using conventional tillage.
The residue helps to control soil erosion by
tercepting the ram drops so the soil does
not become detached by the rainfall. The
residue serves as a dam which slows down
tne'speed of the ;water and keeps the land
moist for a longer period of time.
The process is especially useful on the
tops and side Slopes of hills Where top soil
would ordinarily wash away and Crops
would suffer. "The residue helps to keep
the soil where it should be," she said.
No tillage, the most extreme forrn of
conservation tillage, is where tillage prior
to planting is •eliminated. The spring
planting can therefore be done in May
using a modified planter and tillage is
Milted to a2 - 3 inch itrip. Ridge tillage, a
system of putting five' to six inch hills in
which the crop grows, is used mainly for
soy bean and corn crops although there is
•experimentation done to make it useable
for cereal cropS; said Sadler Richards.
There are a number of benefits to using
the alternative tillage methods; says Sadler
Richards. One of the obviousobenefits is the
reduction in soil las due to erosion. The
system 144S0 savekon fuel costs as well as
time and labour. She says farmets 'using
the system are ' generally "very happy" '
with the system and the yields are
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'Dr, Howard Doster
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