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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-11-03, Page 2LUC Single Copy 35' KN Lucknow 4. mboree '83 NTINEL Published in Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, November 3, 1982 '20 Pages Decision '82 Municipal ratepayers go to the polls next Monday, November 8 to cast ballots electing municipal councils and school trustees. In this area, voters will elect a reeve and council in West Wawanosh Township and a deputy -reeve and council in Ashfield Town- ship. Ratepayers in the two townships will also vote to elect a representative on the Huron County Board of -Education. Today's Sentinel features a picture and political sketch of each of the candidates running in the election, as well as an editorial about the issues with comments on the acclamations in Kinloss Township and Lucknow. For your election update turn to pages 2; 4, 5 and' the editorial on page 6. Skating lessons cancelled 4•% ... 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Skating will, resume its regular schedule, Saturday, November 20. . Hockey school B & B Hockey School will be conducted at the Lucknow . Arena for all hockey players Atom and up registered in this year's program. On Saturday, November 6 and Saturday, November 13 the schedule will be as follows: O 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Atom and Pee Wee; 12.30 p.m. to 3.30 p. m. Bantam and up. O The school will be conducted. from 7 - 10 O pan. Monday to Thursday November 15- 18. O Children will be told on November 6 what O times they will come on the Monday - Thursday schedide. Parents, coaches and managers are welcome to attend the hockey school • sessions Which include on -ice training and off -ice lectures and films. Amnesty results Ten members of the Lucknow group of • Amnesty International have already received personal replies to letters written on behalf of prisoners of conscience in Uruguay. The replies, were written in Spanish. The •group has learned through the October issue of the Amnesty International' Bulletin that two of the prisoners for whom they have written letters, one in Zambia and 'one in South Africa, have recently been freed. . Three long serving prisoners of consci- ence, who over the years have been the subject of hundreds of thousands of appeals from peole all over the world, were set free durihg August and September, 1982, and allowed to return home. They are Gustavo Westerkamp, a 29 year old Argentinian imprisoned without charge •or trial for seven years, and Dr. Poh Soo kai and Dr. 'Lim Hock Siew, both 51, and both former Singapore politicians, who between them had been prisoners for more than 35 years. , In August, 'the Amnesty International Seeretariat in London, England, learned that of 209 cases of prisoners of conscience under adoption or investigation, 100 have been freed. These reports are very encouraging to the Lucknow Group. 4 .• • . -•• • Ata ".c":4 A The bridge at the end of the 12th concession of Ashfield Township was replaced last Wednesday morning with a bridge which had formerly been located on concession 6, known as the Crozier bridge. The abutments tothe Crozierbridge Were undermined in the wring runoff of 1981 but the: bridge was salvaged and moved to its new location to replace an existing bridge at' the end of concession 12. • . [Sentinel StaflPhoto] ormer Lucknow school principal dies A former Principal 'of Lucknow District High School died following a recent illness. Noel Mason, principal at Burford District High School died at Brantford General Hospital October 20 in his 50th year. He was principal in Lucknow during the 1966-67 school term. During that year, he was voted principal of the Year by the students at the local high school. Mason was well known byall the students at Burford District High where he, had been principal since 1974. •00 0 • According to a story in the Brantford Expositor, Mason kept in close contact with the students and their families. He made a point during his years as principal of visiting the home of each student at the school at • least once. • He also organized "communication at 10" O which was a get-together between himself and eight different parents each week. Mason received his Bachelor of Arts O degree from McMaster University in the • 1950s, and received his' master of education\ O degree from the Uniyeriity of Ottawa in 1974. O He was a teacher 'at Waterford District High School in 1958, and was head of the O physical education department at Annandale •High School in Tillsonburg from 1.961-1964. Mason also -served as vice-principal of • Kemptville's North Grenville. District High School, principal of Lucknow District High School, and principal of Arthur District High School. He was vice-principal at North Park Col- legiate in Brantford from 1969 to 1974. Mason was a former chairman of the Brant County Headmasters Association, and a former principal of the Brant ,County summer school program. He served on many committees, including affirmative action. in the schools, music, the use of educational facilities, and 'values education. • He was an active layman at Queensway Baptist Church and for five years he and his wife. Carolyn, haye been business managers of the Oneida Baptist Camp near Nanticoke. In addition to his wife. Mr. Mason is survived by four children, Brenda, Wendy, Diane and Brian, all at home; his father, Rev. Lawrence Mason of Tillsonburg; and a sister and 'two brothers. Funeral services were conducted from Queensway Baptist Church on Friday, October 22, 1982 at noon. Internment followed at Farrington Burial Ground. , Huron holds line on salaries and honorariums • , By Stephanie Levesque Huron County Council 0 will receive no honorarium increase in 1983 and has O instructed its negotiating committee to keep, employees' salaries at the present level. At its October 28 session council approved keeping committee and session pay at $67 per day and the warden's honorarium at O $4,000 for 1983. Council also voted unanim- ously in favor of holding employees' salaries to current rates. "It's no reflection on the competency of the employees," stressed Colborne Town- ship Reeve William Bogie. The reeve said it is rather a result of the current economic situation. , He acknowledg- ed that the provincial government has given five per cent as a 'wake increase limit. "That five per cent is not a God-given right, as I see it anyway," said Reeve Bogie. He appealed to the employees to consider that if council grants five per cent salary increases services May have to' be cut and O some employees may be laid off. "How many county councillors enjoyed a five per cent increase?" asked Reeve Bogie noting most are farmers and not all O commodity prices increased' five per cent. "And we are the ones paying the taxes." He added that he is under the impression morale has dropped among county employ- ees since the' executive committee decision to hold salaries. "What about our morale...it hurts,,! ' added Reeve Bogie in reference to county's decision. He mentioned the amount of $300,000. A suggested figure of what will be saved by not increasing salaries. "That buys a lot of services," rioted Reeve Bogie. He suggested that in the road department alone, $300,000 will pave four to six miles of road and the Hullett-McKillop bridge, which is currently under construction, will cost about $200,000. Reeve Bogie wasn't the only county, councillor to speak in favor of the action. In fact no councillor spoke against the motion. Reeve Paul Steckle of Stanley Township commended the executive committee for coming forward with the recommendation. He doesn't want restraint limited to non - bargaining employees, but that zero increas- es be across the board. He also suggested that school board •members take the same approach and limit increases. "I know no one is indispensable. If an employee decides they dori't want to work for the county, they can seek employment elsewhere," added Reeve Steckle taking a hard line. . Reeve Murray Dawson of Usborne Town- ship added that unions bother him. He noted in the 'United States unions are backing off their demands. "Here in Canada they're not smart enough. They'll strangle themselves. Unions Turn to page 20 1