The Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-10-23, Page 1Despite severe fire,lamage late
last week to
facilities at Cook'se1evat rss division of Parrish.
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e Limited, ����' `m,Ften, BranchUranch Operations � ate
- ..Sail Reichert says "it'srs ,business as usual.", .",
Amberley business continu to -accept corn fromarea
• farmers, shipping ' it for*, dryii g-o..their. various'
facilities.
The •fir erupted around 11 Ap.m. on Thursday,
Oct#ber 17, at which time the Lucknow and District.
Fire Department wasatalled to the scene. Upon arrival
they were informed the fire was out. After` 'a routine
inspection, fire Captain Jim Hallam, who was in
charge of- the call, discovered the Twin 2165 .Ace
dryer was id fact still on fire.
At 2:15 a.m.` Friday morning, Captain Hallam called
' � p
'for �o help.� fackna�w s Fire Chief Fetear Steer
rem +ed tlunore fighte d t air .
activated. The Ripley Fire • Department* pumper
tanker and crew, along with the Goderich Fire
DepartMent'saerial track responded -Chief Steer said
the Goderich truck pumped over 50,000' gallons of
water onto the graii dryer during the night, with thiree.
trucks hauling water to feed the .aerial'pumper,
At
6
firefighting
u��8b�r: ��a.� ha„ .. .
ger;
to
do to+
tuxes was eliminated
8mLucknow Fire Department rptH e
wile in an attempt to exiguisthe maia
sod
._•
l: andfirefighters _ assist.
The{ dryer sticture. is. aroma+.; `5t
80''. The interior consists of tOwers oof
four foot air spaces. Firefighters were fore to en
each tower by ..cutting them open -
burning corn a it was re oved Acce
St.(y'er "t}.A
.beams w
At 3:30 p.m
out.
,Compoun ing par b emsMfor firefightell was the fact.
there was no• dose Water -sou ce. ' Iydro: 'had t>to
th . ni dt: a 4high ay- r-.preven j
issenn+e
niceCounty 's But Andrews. led it a head in
same costs: a sand" each :to delay the
der
t
twist ,v ic`d
meeting
t r
his
sCrt°on� ��4 smr` area `on W �of�t
cQUAty•'a culture .an�amQti n : Later, Adre said be "tow
give. farmers: the ,samelevel of aid Il rated action
tion . .
the welfare' bud et.:. sets. d `felt ` :, it ' would have been
4.
ti. th
e motionby'Bruce o � . t4 stay
Mr. Reichert said the �:ercontainedapproximately
5,000 bushels-Ofpouf. when e. erupted 3e
laced - the approximate ,damage. . t dryer at.
S250,000.. t
The cause Of the .fire had not peen es hnahe at `
Press.,tin e.
budg t, but said P ers need
Fanining > the co :s nuinbe
one`indu try, di n t seehow`i
we -don't- help' far? ors
to;;be ableto colleat'the money. `.
see serViCes4' AndrOS,am,
Two ten erg wetne
'awarded at the
Oct abeaMee g_ of'Lucluiow
Village cOuncil.'The: snow removal
oder Was awarded to Kinloss Sand
and the fuel oil,' for the fi eh l to
:HamiltoneFue ,
The resignation ofLinda.
tst� n, part; bine clerical ,
was apted..An adre�ementhelp
the local paper its since been
placed for this posiaion,
tuna :.tillsook' expressed her
concern . - to council regarding
da pness in het basement. outwit
apled that _.,the rPnb c- Ut ti+ s
Co mission forernark Gary Austin,
end' the engineer would detemOno
the causeRand advise het.7
Havens approached council. .
regarding a possible severance,
future utilities and `' the associated.
costs: Council agreed he could be
accommodated when Ahe work . is
done On ort. t egu
AUStirk presented upd4ed
infarination Jon various: aspects
under control 'and the.' figui s
needed to'do a leydro`budget.
Approval
atydo m�Shepherd
Ut fatd
cost of 10.
The. Lucknow and' District .Fire
Department . will -do ::a oween..
patrol ' .w
Council agreed to have the sewer a
connection to the mita completed
tl , , I
Councillor ' .George - Gibson
reported on -the recent: Wheels ,
Away meeting . he ham. attended,
This matter was put on hold for the
time being. -
A fire that erupted last Thursday evening itt the dryhti, Oda** Cee*.it a vg at Amber yri
lit appr' iiatefy $ '),Ili . to ter °Ottitt 216 + Wit« ►Re ,int fra
the local company, dlvis� � f� �i" r h�►
trucked the pnn� a. pa� tt� ��� �a a�aa�ar�