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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-12-18, Page 22Page b•--.Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 18, 1985 16441111.1164 "The Sepoy Town" BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1985 Thomas Thompson . -Advertising Manager James Friel -Editor Pat Livingston -General Manager Joan Helm Compositor' $.14.aa Outside Canada s58.00 Senior Citizen Merle Elliott -Typesetter Second class mailing reg: no. 0847 / Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of theadvertising. space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, willnot be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. •• Subscription.rates in advance: 97.00 Outstrip Canada Shp 0°' ay , ayes Taxpayers in the village. of Lucknow should answer "yes" on the sewage system questionnaire and direct • council to ',lobby to have -sewers installed 'in, the whole municipality. The questionnaire's covering letter, notes .that small • industrycould be attracted to the village and that any "bad feelings" would be eliminated if the whole village was done: Engineer Steve Burns noted the Ministry of the Environ- ment ,.(MOE) doesn't want to pay for any more sewage system than is absolutely needed. They're concerned about costs. They say the sewage system can, be expanded later. • The question about the "later" is how much later. Twenty years could be, taken as a reasonable estimate. • 'During that time"though,'it's entirelj possible that capital costs pertaining. to maintenance will have to be paid, With interest rates fluctuating the way:they are, it seems the smarter,road is to pay now while rates are down.' The costs involved in doing thewhole village aren't that much different from doing two thirds. Initial project costs and operating costs rise, of course, .but because they're spread among all taxpayers, costs actually go down; based on "very preliminary estimates". ' Finhlly, every ratepayer is going to have to pay some amount toward' the systema They might as ,well enjoy the • benefits. J.F. • Byiaw • reflects• residents • Bylaw enforcement officer Jack Crozier. is right to•make a point in.pushing the enforcement of the municipality's • noise bylaw. Sonne may feel that the , bylaw is unnecessary • and • •interfering with their rights: Rut to competently run a municipality 'to its citizen's greatest good, counciladopts laws that best suit the people 'in that municipality..• • • A noise bylaw makes sense. in the village of Lu'cknow . because of the nature of the population: almost `half of the . residents are 60 and over. Many of them are 'disturbed ,by snowmobilers racing by their houses. The 'problem gets• more. serious when .this occurs on- private n private property. Crozier isn't worried about snowniobiters travelling the roads at a reasonablerate of speed, but he isn't too happy about trespassing on private property. Then it becomes a police matter: ` • All that's needed is a little. consideration. , j.F. 111 nom! Wendy Sellars, left, and Debbie Nicholson scan the audience near the beginning of the play "Christmas on Angell Street" presented at Luclinow Central' Public School Dec.' 13. When her husband came home each weekend, 'Annie Livingstone could talk about nothing except returning to Red - trees. She was tired of living in two rooms of a. farmhouse while Allan was away, on some building project ' r other. , " 'Tis no life frae a young marrie lass," she told Allan. '-'Let's awe tae the Caiedon Hills - . we' may not make much money there, but we'll always hae something tae put in bur 'bellies and at least we'll be taegether every day." . I•t' took several weeks before Allan ev- entually.agreed to go back with his wife to Redtrees. They . purchased a horse and wagon to transport their meagre belong ings and as they headed northwest, the trees were beginning to announce .the . coming: of fall. Sitting together on the seat of the wagon, Allan realized this was the first time they had an opportunity for a long uninterrupted conversation. There were ntanywthings "'the young man wanted to impress upon his headstrong wife: "When we get back: amongst ''ye're ,ain folk, dinna get' any ideas that,ye'll rule me like ye mother rules ye stepfather. From now on, ye'd best acceptf ine as the boss - cause that's what 1 intend tae. be. Let's make that clear frae the start. If it'sno tae ye likin', ye'd best say so the noo an' I'll let ye 'gae back tae Redtrees on ye're ain." Annie,bit her lip but she did not reply. She was extremely fortunate to have solved all. her problems by marrying Allan Living- stone, and had no intention ofchanging the status quo. Nevertheless, she did not relish th'e thought of playing . second fiddle to anyone: When they turned off the sixth line toWards Redtrees, Allan . gave his final instructions. "I'm gonna hitch my wagon' in the bush. Ye'd best stay here wi'. it until I've had 'a • few• words wi`' ye mither. I've got some things tae settle wi' 'er." • Allan climbed down from the wagon and began walking to*i+'rds . Redtrees. Annie watched him go and somehow felt pride in the fact that he was no longer the meek and mild young man who had once shyly told her that he loved her. Allan Livingstone was not likely to be used' as a scapegoat by anybody again(• Katie Murdoch was not inclined to discuss her (laughter's ' .elopment with "that 'ragamuffin stonemason". She felt Annie had married far beneath her, but was secretly thankful her daughter's reputation . had . beensaved. When she - opened her door and `found Allan Living- stone there, she was taken completely by surprise. `Good-goodday tae ye,. Mr. Livingstone. I .neverexpected tae see ye. Where's mi dadghter?" Allan looked disdainfully at the woman who had wrongfully dragged his character through the mud. He was' not likely to soften towards her. simply: because she chose to address him as "Mister"... "I understand ye have an empty auld cabin still standin ' on ye property. A ragamuffin o' a stonemason would ,tae rent it frau ye. . Katie was so,delighted at the possibility of her daughter's recut"), she pretended to ignore his pointed sarcasm. "If ye are •wantin' it frae ye an' mi daughter, I'll no be takin' rent," she said .n a benevolent tone of voice. "But I'll be payin' ye just the same," Allan told her. "Other•wise.ye`ll be tellin' ail the people in Redtrees T'm not onlya ragaimuffin but '.a pauper tae boot! . Now then, Mrs. Murdoch, do 1 get tae rent ye're cabin or no?" . The sound of an unfamiliar voice brought Hamish Murdoch to the door. He was 'genuinely pleased to see Allan and took. him affectionately by the hands. "Och, lad. It's sae, good 'tee see ye. 1 hope,ye've come back tae stay. "frae a wee while!" ''1 want to rent ye're auld cabin frae rhe an' Annie," Allan said. "I think when there is nay mare building tae be done, 111 be learnin' how to work the land." ",:ire can hae the cabin wi' pleasure," Hamish told Him. ' "I was just .talkin' tae ye wife about that," Allan began to explain and was quickly interrupted... "No need tae discuss it wi"'er," Hamish 'said. Im the boss 'ere the noo:'There's been a few changes hereabouts since ye left. Things will be different from now onl.""