The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-03-04, Page 2The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 309, Lucknow held
their annual public speaking contest for area schools Friday.
night, when 15 elementary students participated:
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Kent Campbell, Kinloss ' Central Public School won the
j junior yn,
placei
nand Vick Hackett,.Brookside P blic School
untor avasao.
took first in the senior division.
Lisa Collyer, Lucknow Central Public . School and Lisa
Card, St Joseph's Community School, Kingsbridge were
runnersup in the junior division. Linda Van 'Asch, ,St.
Joseph's Community :'School, Kingsbridge, and Bill Card,
St. Joseph's Community School, Kingsbridge, were runners
up in the senior division.
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Five other speakers competed in the junior division
1 including Meagan Clark, . Kinloss Central Public School;
Wendy Miltenburg, St. Joseph's Community School,
Kingsbridge; David;Cayley, Lucknow Central Public School;
Liane Crighton,' Brookside Public School and Beverly Exel,
Lucknow Christian School.
Four speakers also competed in the senior division,
Dorothy _ Lennips, Lucknow Central Public School, Andy
Grazier, Lucknow Central. Public School; Mary Ann Malda,
Lucknow Christian School and Vicki Pentland, Brookside
Public School.
Judges. were John Snowden, Kincardine, Betty Scott,
Ashfield Township and Cal Russell, Hepworth.
Dave Zyluk, principal of St Joseph's Community School,
Kingsbridge, was chairman for the evening.
First place winners in the event will proceed to the Zone
finals held in Seaforth on March 7.
Winners of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch -309, ,Publc
Spealdng Contest held: sit the Lucknow Legion, Friday night,
included from the left, Lisa Collyer,: Lucknow Central Public
`'School, second, .'janitor' level;: Bill \\Card, St.. Joseph's
Community School, : Kingsbridge, third, senior- level;; Kent
Campbell', Kinloss Central School, Breit,. junior level; Vicky
be. '
Hackett, Brookside 'POW School, first,. senior level; Linda
Vans Osch, St: Joseph's Commanity, School, ' Ki ngsbr dge,'
second, senlor level and Idea Gard, St. Joseph's Community
School;, Kingsbridge, third, jingo! level. tent Vicky will
: go qn to compete hi the Zone Cl 8gls hi Stator* on March
7. . ' • [Sentinel Stat Photo]
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1981
Increase in fire claims alarming
The president of the West Wawanosh
Mutual Fire ' Insurance . Company told the
company's annual meeting that net 'losses
•have increased over 100 per cent in the past
two years. Eldon Bradley ' told the . policy
holders who attended the 102nd annual
meeting held in the Dungannon. Agricultural
hall on Friday, net losses increased about 75
percent. in 1979 and increased another 35
per cent over the past; year.
There was a high rate of fire claims with
improper installationof wood burning
apparatus or faulty ventilation as the
probable cause, said Bradley. This unfortun•
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Cassidy coming
to Huron truce
Michael Cassidy, Leader of the Ontario. >
New Democratic Party will'be in Lucknow on
Tuesday, March 10. Cassidy will'be addres-
sing a luncheon mecting.on issues of in%part ,
20 PAGES •.ince to'this area. Following his presentation.
ate trend may lead to some adjustment in
present rates; should ' it continue, warned
Bradley. He acivised . that . any material
change to the property insured, such as the
installation of a wood burning stove should
be reported to the company. Failure to do so,
saidd-Bradley, , could affect coverage. •
During .the year the reserve ' for the
protection of the policy holders increased by
approximately 13 :per cent to 52,899,513, with
an increase in grosspremiums written of
16.75 per cent:
Total gross claims paid, amounted to
$690,540.68. Of these claims, 92 fire claims
totalled $473,350 and 305 lightning claims
totalled $85;883. Twenty-two theft claims
including livestock and machinery totalled
$18,432 and 70 machinery claims', including
only those claims ,where coverage would
otherwise not be provided, totalled $44,639.
Bradley concluded his remarks saying the
response to automobile insurance is encour-
aging. The company began writing automo-• .
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Preschoolers have been attendidg a story hour it Brookside Public School for the month of
February. Here, Tracey Curran, 4, it assisted by Heidi Fillmore of grade 6. The the
me ef.
Monday's session was pigs and the children heard a story about Hamilton the Pig and trade
paper pigs with it little help froth come older students, Helen Blake, librarian at the school,
directs the story hour which.has egioyed'an increasing attendance since the beginning of the
month. Some 30 children attended Moidayts story hour. [Sentinel Staff Photo].
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Mere wilt be an appOrtunit3r for, questions
from . those in attendance.:
The lunch will be held at the Lucknow
Legion and will start at 12.30 p.m. A hot
roast beef buffet will be. served by ,:the
Lucknow Anglican Church Women. The
meeting is being sponsored by, the Huron
Bruce NDP. Enquiries should be addressed
to Fran McQuail, 528-6542.
Meet the
candidates
Lucknow .area voters in, the upcoming
• provincial election will ' have the opportunity
to meet the Huron -Bruce candidates at an
All Candidates Meeting in the Lucknow
Legion on Tuesday, March 10 at 8 p.m.
The meeting will open with 'remarks made
by the candidates lasting six minutes each in
length. This' will be ''followed . by written
questions' which will be answered. Questions
may be addressed to a 'particular candidate
but each candidate will have, the opportunity
to 'respond fo any question asked.
The meeting will then be open to
questions from the floor. At the close of this
question and answer period, each candidate
will give his closing remarks.
Coffee andcookies will beserved follow-
ing the meeting. '
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High' water has damaged' the Crozier
bridge on concession 9 o Ashfield Township
and the `bridge may be closed . until May or
June. '
The high, fast water caused by the
February thaw undermined the 'bridge abut-
ment on the south-west corner, causing the
abutment to settle and the deck of the bridge
to drop about two feet. Ashfield Township'
Council surveyed the damage and closed the
bridge last Wednesday.
B. M. Ross and Associates, of Goderich,
the township's engineering • firm, plan to
replace the pier but do not believe it will be
necessary to replace the deck of the bridge.
Work on the bridge cannot begin until the
water level subsides and weather conditions
stabilize. , It is expected the bridge may
remain closed . until May or June before
repairs can be completed.
Similar damage occurred in 1948 when the
bridge had to be replaced,
liospital receives
county grant
Huron County Council approved grants
totalling 5220,204 to two of the county's
hospitals when they met February 26.
Wingham and 'District Hospital will
receive 5119,250 for construction. to expand
the hospital's outpatient area, laboratory
and radiology department,
Council also granted $100,954 to Clinton
-bIieflos 'tai for the redevelopment of the
Pu pa P
_ services of the e hos. tal.
ambulatory care p
ofth
o n � share e
In both instances the c u ty
cost is 371e r cent of the amount approved by
the province. .
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