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"THE SEPOY TOWN" ON THE
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Lucknow Central Public School students were having some fun inthe. snow last week
preparing their snow sculpture for the Lucknow Kinsmen Club's annual snow sculptur-
ing contest for the area schools. Putting the finishing touches on Garfield are, from left,
Peter Neufeld, Peter Reavie, Candy Fielder, Lyndon Johnston, Jodi Hackett and Dennis
Johnston. (Alan Rivett photo) • `
Board recommends hydro
route through Huron
A hydro transmission corridor for this
area appears imminent after the Joint
Hearing Board made public their recom-
mendations on February 20 after 131 days
of hydro hearings last year.
The Joint Hearing Board, an impartial
three member board, recommended to the
Ontario Cabinet that a transmission • cor-
ridor be established to bring power from
the Bruce Nuclear Power Development.
(BNPD) down to southwestern Ontario.
The corridor, known as Plan 1, would in-
volve a double circuit 500 Kilovolt line
from the BNPD through Bruce, Huron and
Middlesex Counties to Hydro's new
transformer station just south of London in
Caradoc Township. Another corridor
would be established from the London
Transformer Station east to the Nanticoke
Generating Station as part of Plan 1.
According to Ontario Hydro- spokesper-
son Donna Prout, a 28 -day appeal period
will go into effect in which interested par-
ties can make their thoughts known to the
Joint Hearings Board.
After this appeal period, the Joint Board
would then take their findings back to the
Ontario Cabinet and ask for an Order in
Council, which would allow Hydro to pro-
ceed with land acquisitions for the cor-
ridor. The land acquisitions could start as
early as August 1, 1987, said Prout.
Under Hydro's current timetable, con-
struction could begin on the hydro corridor
in the spring of 1988 with the first "in ser-
vice" of the line scheduled for March -1,, �•
1991, she said.
For the Foodland Hydro Committee, an
organization representing 1,200 farmers
opposed to the hydro corridor, the an-
nouncement came as a bitter
disappointment.
"It's disappointing. We fought a long,
hard•fight ever since 1980. All I can say is
we've done the best we could," said
Foodland Hydro Committee Secretary Bill
Jongejan.
"We've got the best farmland in the
world here. We just thought it was worth it
to make that point known." he said.
Mr. Jongejan said the primary effects of
the -corridor, the inconvenience of farming
around hydro towers, will eventually be
overshadowed by the secondary effects of
the new hydro corridor which will promote
more industry, and take more farmland
out of production.
"It's the secondary effects is what we're
really concerned about. How large will
London will become with 15,000 acres
about to be annexed by the city? Is that the
stewardly thing to do as every acre is uni-
que in its production ability," he said, ad-
ding that the hydro corridor will be supply-
ing London with five times as much power.
as it really needs.
He also spoke out against Hydro's claim
that the corridor will make the inter-
change of power easier between Ontario
and Michigan, saying Ontario Hydro
should not be subsidizing the Americans
with cheap hydro.
"The real reason they're (Ontario
Hydro) coming through with the line is to
be near the Michigan utilites. Should
agricultural land have to pay the cost to
have Americans get cheap, subsidized
Turn to page 2
Simpson will step down
as Ashfield clerk -treasurer
Donald Simpson, the long-time clerk -
treasurer for the township, will step down
from the position as soon as a replacement
is found, council learned at its February
meeting.
Council authorized him to call for ap-
plications for a new clerk -treasurer.
Ashfield Township Council set the salary
schedule 'for council members and
township employees
The new pay schedule is as follows:
Reeve - $1,300; Deputy Reeve - $1,225;
Councillors - $1,150 per year.. All members
of council will receive $40 each for extra
meetings.
The clerk -treasurer will earn $23,629
with the assistant receiving 150 -per month.
The road superintendent salary was set a
$23,000 which will be reviewed in six mon-
ths. Grader operators will receive $10.40
per hour with part-time operators earning
$7.60 and general laborers earning $6 an
hour.
Council has agreed to pay off the ac-
cumulated sick leave pay to road
employees at the 1986 wage scale.
A bylaw authorizing the reeve and clerk -
treasurer to borrow up to $500,000 from the
Bank of Montreal, Lucknow for current ex-
penses was passed by council.
The following grants were approved by
council: Salvation Army, $50; St. Johns
Ambulance, $50; Ontario March of Dimes,
$50; Wingham and district Association for
the Mentally Retarded, $375.
An application was made to the Ministry
of Transportation and Communications for
a supplementary allocation of .subsidy
money for paving part of Concession 4 and
5 from Sideroad 3 and 4 West Division, to,
Sideroad 9 and 10 East Division at an
estimated cost of $107,000. Also included in
the application is the purchaseof a new
grader at an estimated cost of $135,000:
The clerk was instructed to negotiate
with the Ministry of Natural Resources for
the acquisition of the Market Square are in
Port Albert for park purposes.
Road .accounts for $29,082.72 and general
accounts for $41,683.13 were approved for
payment.
Rabies inereasing in Huron
More than 92 cases of animal rabies
have been 'reported in Huron County in
1986 compared to 36 in 1985.
As a result, 50 people have received the
anti -rabies vaccine after coming in con-
tact witha rabid animal, Dr. James
McGregor, medical officer of health for
the Huron County Health Unit said today.
McGregor said that, under a provincial
regulation that has ,been adopted in Huron
County, it is compulsory for all dogs and
cats three- months of age and over to be
vaccinated against rabies. The regulation.
is intended to protect people from • the
disease, he said. Most cases of human anti-
rabies treatments result from contact with
cats and dogs which have been infected by
a rabid wild or domestic animal:
Although vaccinating domestic animals
is the only barrier between rabies and peo-
ple, only 40 per cent of dogs and 15 per cent
of cats in Ontario are currently immuniz-
ed. More than 50 per cent of the human ex-
posures to the disease occur from contact
with owned, unimmunized dogs and cats —
often one's own household' pets.
Special low-cost clinics will be held and
pet owners will be charged only $6.00 per
animal for the rabies vaccination. Owners
also have the option of going to their
regular veterinarian.
An immunization certificate will be
Departmnt:
called to
barn fire
The Lucknow District Fire Department
were called to a barn fire in the Dungan-
non area which caused an estimated
$65,000 damage on February 11.
Fire Chief Bud Hamilton said there was
no indication of what started the fire to the
barn on the property owned by John
Fielder .and rented by Terry Bauer. The,
department was at the scene for five hours
to ensure the fire didn't spread to two near-
by buildings. A quantity of hay inside the
barn was lost in the fire.
A second fire call on February 20 was for
a chimney fire in Ashfield Township which
was extinguished by the owners' before the
department was called out, said Mr.
Hamilton.
issued to the owner; indicating when and
where the animal was vaccinated and
when the vaccination must be repeated.
In addition, a rabies identification tag will
be provided for each vaccinated dog and
cat. The regulation requires that dogs and
cats be re -vaccinated on a regular basis.
Pet owners who do not comply with the
regulation are subject to a maximum fine
of $5,000.
In the interest of protecting the people zn
the community , from rabies, the Huron
County Health Unit urges dog and cat
owners ,to meet the regulation by getting
their dogs and cats immunized.
.Inquiries regarding this regulation
should be directed to this Health Unit.
Sports
In sports this week, the Lucknow
Atoms won the WOAA Atom "D" Cham-
pionship in an exciting series with
Paisley recently. They will start the
OMHA quarter -finals against Wasaga
Beach in Lucknow on Sunday, March 1 at
6 p.m. SEE PAGE 10.
Scouts
The Chairman of the Lucknow Group
Committee for Scouting reports that
despite repeated attempts to find a
leader for the Lucknow Scouts, one has
stilinot been found. The Scouts may fold
unless a leader is found for the group by
next year. SEE PAGE 2.
Lochalsh
In the Lochalsh News, correspondent
Kae Webster reports on a surprise birth-
day party held last week in that com-
munity. SEE PAGE 8.
4-H
The 4-H Clubs in the area are working
on another worthwhile course called
"Surviving with Style". For the reports
of the area clubs...SEE PAGE 14.