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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-06-23, Page 1UC Lucknow Single Copy 350 L oree '83 Published: in Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, June 23, 1982. Playground gets support- of communit The studentsand staff ofBrookside Public School acknowledged the different groups. who helped in playground improvements over the past year at an official opening of the• creative playground and the improved ball diamond, held on Friday morning. Representatives of the various groups and organizations who made donations to . the purchase and construction of the creative playground equipment were present to address the, assembly. They included Jeff Gibson, president of the Brookside Students' Council; Warren Zinn, reeve of Ashfield Township; J. D Duman, reeve of West Wawanosh Township • Marian Zinn, school trustee, Huron County, board ., of Education; Robert Allen, superintendent, Huron County Board of Education, 'Mr. °Arthur Scott, 'minister Trinity United Church who pronounced the dedication; K. K. Dawson, representative of the' Dungannon 125th Birthday committee; Melanie McLaughlin:, representative of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation and Gary Jewitt., . principal, Brookside: Public School., gra:yaGd'" s The students and staff of Brookside Public School acknowledged the different groups who helped in playground improvements over the past year at an assembly officially opening the new creative playgrounds on June 18. From the left are representatives of various groups who participated in the funding of the playgrounds, Gary Jewitt, school principal, who initiated the project and the' procurement of the grants; K. K. Dawson of Dunannon, a member of the Dungannon 125th Birthday° Party committee which donated $1,000, Murray Elston, Huron -Bruce MPP; Jeff Gibson, president of the students' council which donated $600 and Melanie McLaughlin, representing the Ministry. of Culture and Recreation. The. province contributed a Wintario grant of S1;260 and a Community Recreation.Centre grant of S1,260. [Sentinel Staff Photo] who :initiated the playground project and 'Centre Grant, $1,260, and many other procurement of grants. • smaller donations. • Larry Henderson of the West Huron ; Unskilled labour was donated by the Junior Farmers was also present to repress Dungannon District Kinsmen, Dungannon ent the organization which made the Mennonite Youth. Fellowship, Jim Laidlaw, improvements to the ball diamond as their Greg Wilson, Herb Wilkins and Ken community betterment project this spring. Metzger.: Skilled labour was donated by Donations ''to the creative playground Donald Curran, Clete Dalton and Don included Dungannon 125th Birthday Party, Tebow.i Materials were donated by Freeman $1',000, 'Brookside. Students' Council, $600, .Olson, Art Laidlaw, Murray Wilson, Larry Wintario, $1,260„ Community Recreation Park and Cliff Livingston. .truce school taxes could take bi.:'u .p . "But it:means something like $65,060 will materials. In the past, school boards have, come directlyp y pocket," claims Veenstra. - The new legislation calls for the seven per cent retail sales tax on classroom supplies, furniture and equipment and to all building ,� Bruce County •taxpayers. may be in .for a substantial hike in education, taxes in 1983, and members of Bruce County Board of Education are letting' Ontario Treasurer Frank Miller know that it is notappreciated. Board Treasurer T. K. Veenstra, superin- tendent of Business and Finance', told The Sentinel this week that he estimates the N N jos -�}recent changes in the provincial 'sales- tax legislation will add another $100,000 'to' the board's budget over the. full year in 1983. What's more, he's concerned that because the new tax legislation was not passed until well after the budget. was struck for 1982 board financial needs; the. Bruce board may end the , year in an 'under -levy' position. If that's the case, the difference in dollars will need to be added to the 1983 tax bill in Bruce. There's. some small. bit of good news in all ° of this, Veenstra points out. Some of the $100,000 - about $35,000 he thinks is recoverable from the provincial government in the • elementary school panel where expenses are under the grant ceiling; out of 'the `local tax a en's been exempt from this tax burden. Along with many other sehool boards and municipalities in Ontario, the Bruce Board has sent off a letter to Frank Miller objecting to this latest attempt to shift the provincial tax problems onto the shoulders of municipal taxpayers. The board has also sent a letter to. Liberal Leader David Peterson who is corresponding with all boards and councils in Ontario Paul Cole, 'formerly principal of Saugeen and District Secondary School in Port Elgin, has been named Superintendent of Person- nel for Bruce County Board of Education. He assumes his responsibilities August 1, 1982. Cole will bethe first • person to hold this job. According to Board Secretary J. L. Bowers, director of education, increased staff and the corresponding , heavierwork- loai for the board's superintendents, is the seas, n for creating the new position. Tr, stees on the Bruce Board have been conce_ned that the three academic superin- tendents did not have enough time to fullfill Turn to page 2, concerning the impact this new legislation is Veenstra also noted another statement made recently by Treasurer. Frank Miller that boards and councils do not need to look for grants to municipalities to follow the cost of living increases. • • Veenstra said the implications of that comment by Miller .would have some far-reaching effects.. too. Hep suspects it's 'a..strong indication that the trend is continuing to put even more tax collecting responsibilities in the hands of municipal governments. having on .them. New office is handsome landmar The grand opening ofthe new office building of the West Wawanosh Mutual Insurance Company was held at an open. house on°Friday, June 18. President Gerald Kerr made the introduc- tory remarks followed by the introduction of the company personnel and former person- nel by Kenneth B. MacLean, vice-president, The corner stone was laid by Jim Martin, general contractor, of Jim Martin Construc- tion, Goderich; Don Snyder, of Snyder, Reichard March, architects, Waterloo and company president, Gerald Kerr. Eldon Bradley, past president of the company, cut the 'ribbon assisted bythe company president, Mr. Kerr and the com- pany's vice-president Mr. MacLean. Following the, dedication of the building by Mr. George Cowan of Dungannon United Church, former secretary -manager of the company, Fyank Thompson gave his remarks and a short resume of the company history. Guests were invited to tour the new building following the opening ceremony which was attended by representatives of West Wawanosh Township and Ashfield Township councils and Murray Cardiff, MF Huron -Bruce. •.,, . yrs; A ribbon cutting ceremony officially opened the new office banding of the West Wawanosh Mutual Insurance Company at an open house on June 18. Shown . doing the honours are company vice-president, Kenneth B. MacLean, company past president, Eldon Bradley and company president, Gerald Ken. During the opening, remarks and a brief' resume of the company histo were made by' Frank Thompson, former secretary -manager of the company for manyyears. (Sentinel Staff Photo) Learns lesson about chemicals hard. way A Lucknow woman was rushed to hospital for treatment of respiratory distress follow- ing a household accident, June 14. Wilma Chisholmaccidentally combined two common household cleaners, Javex and toilet bowl cleaner which produced a deadly gas causing swelling and inflammation of the windpipe. Mrs. Chisholm was rushed to Wingham and District Hospital . where she remained in an oxygen tent over night. She was released the following day. According to Mrs. Chisholm's husband, Grant, a tracheotomy would have been necessary if the respiratory distress had been more serious. Mr. Chisholm said the accident causes one to consider the deadly chemicals everyone has around the house, and the potential health hazards they create for both children and adults. Fallen limb breaks line A free limb which fell across Ontario hydro lines at :the south end of the Village, caused 'a 'power- interruption inthe village lasting about three' hours on Thursday. afternoon. 'Phe powerr went off in some areas of the village about 4.15 p.m., when the limbfell causing a short in the system. The live wires set fire to the limb which burned through the wires causing one line to go down.. An Ontario Hydro crew arrived on the scene about 5.40 p.m. and turned •off the power throughout the village about 5.50 p.m. to make the necessary repairs. Electric powerwas restored ?at` 7.30 p.m. Production up . There may be slow• downs other places in Canada, but, at the Wm. Dickie cow -calf operation at R. R. 5, Lucknow, there's nothing but doubled production. Between Tuesday and Sunday last week,; three of the Dickie cows had twin calves. Buggy burns Lucknow firemen answered a call to the farm. sof Martin Hendricks on the 8th concession of Ashfield Township June 13 around 10 p.m. where a driving shed was burning: Apparently one of the Hendricks boys was working on a dune buggy when it caught fire, settingfire to another small model car in the shed which was completely destroyed. The fire spread to a partition of the shed and up into the rafters. Firemen were able to put out the fire and save the building. Pool ready The Lucknow swimming pool is ready for another active summer. The pool will open this Saturday, June 26 weather permitting. The staff has been busy cleaning the pool and preparing for the upcoming season. The staff has visited' the area elementary schools to promote water safety with skits and . songs. There was an, . enthusiastic response to registration this year. There are still a few openings in : some classes and persons who missed registration and are interested in taking lessons can contact the pool. Swimming lessons for July begin on July 5.