The Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-04-04, Page 1•
An Ashfield Township home and eontentn were completely were r:entbig the helve froll'ilman Debra*. (Nell'Oorhett photo);,.
destroyed in a fire March 27 about 9 a.m Ron and Heidi Sehmldt
Fire destroys
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• • • BY NEIL CORBETI' of the house was "completely involved." ed that he wouldn't allow them 0.40 an
A fire in an Ashfield Twp. home spread His hair had been singed in getting the inside attack. 'I've never seen one go up
so fast that even a fire chief who was on boy out _ so fast," he said. The house burned to
' the scene was helpless against it. "If either of them had been upstairs I'd the ground.
.Tuesday, March 27. at 'about 9 a.m. a have never gotten them out' said Steer., • How the fire started "is a mystery to
farmhouse, on Hwy. 8 at the comer of the Steer went back into the house to phone all of us," said Steer. He assumes it
. township's lath concession caught fire. the fire department, and
' received minor either spread from a chimney, or could
The home was being rented by Ron and burns ("a bit of a burn"he said) to his have beencaused by_ electric heaters
Heidi Schmidt, hands • and hie 'face from radiant he:at. upstairs In the house."
Lucknow Fire Department chief Peter "To be honest I wasn't sure 1 had got- Ron Schmidt and the other child
Steer was at the house making a service ten the message out. I was at the end of were away when the fire broke out
call for his appliance repair bu.shiess. the cord, as far away from the! fire as I
ome and contents
The Sclmddts did not have insurance
• . "By the time he noticed it and went to could get, and the ,phone was start* to on the contents of theit ham, aad a ad.
calf he almost burned his hand on the ' burn on the said Steer. lection al household item and &thing is
phone," said Cst. Burgess of the Kincar-•
ii‘When you're m t,he fire trucks it being organized 'by Lucknow area
dine OPP, who was also at' the fire. seems like you're really getting there
amazinglo me that I was in there fast, but when you're sitting 'there • ""' aUrAIW2
and never smelled smoke," said, Steer. ' -waiting it seemed like it took. forever," Milan Behrens of RR 7 Lucknow was
Heidi Selmildt looked out the window and said Steer. . • c the owner of the burned farmhouse. He
saw flames on the side of the house. "Talk about a helplessfeeling. .You're had insimmee, but it wasn't adequate to
Steer got her and her son out of the supposed to knew What you're Mpg, but cover the complete loss of the building.
house and into a vehicle outside, but by you. can't do anything." ! He said he lost more in the fire than did
the time he cloded the truck door and Steer aid when the Lucknow lire the Schmldts with the loss of all their
looked at the house the fire an the roof fighters arrived the blaze was so initolv- contents.
ajority against county restructuring
A small, but interested gathering of
area reeves, councillors and other In-
terested citizen." turned out for the pubile
meeting called by the i'Bruce County
Restructuring Committee in Teeswater
last Thursday evadrig. The indication of
those attending was they were not In
favour of restructuring and they like
things just they way they are.
Members of the committee in often -
dance included Warden Dave Thompson,
Reeve of Brant Township; Monte Fitzsinh
mons, Reeveof Tiverton; Graham
Cassidy, Reeve of Teeswater; Jed Riley,
Reeve of Greenock Township and John
Maddox, Project Leader, Ministry of
Muni Affairs, Them men represent
tiny half of twee ° on the
committee reviewing the Wiles of
enudcipal structure, representation and
function of all municipalities in Bruce
'County. The review defined the moot ap-
propriate form of localgovernment in the
• county in terms of municipal structure,
boundaries, organization and !service
responsibilities of the county and local
municipalities. ..
In his opening conuherds, Reeve •
Cassidy stated that the committee had
. met on an individual basis with 30 of the .
31 municipalities within the county, prior •
•to the.public meetings. Areas of concern
include unfair .representation of
municipalities on county council, boun-
dary disputes and intermunicipal
agreements within counties and the in-
ability of many small municipalities to
deal effechica with- growth pressures
and eomplex and expensive
service
An enlarged map of Bruce County, in-
cluding existing municipal .boundaries,
was displayed showing crossover in ser-
vice areas between villages and
• townships, regarding fire, recreation,
buliding hspection, waste management,
• hospitalsand public works. The commit -
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hieves steal
doctor's car
On Mirth 27, ammisirs el the Khoo.
dime Detschmeaf of the Oshwie Previa -
dal Polies responded le a cal to.*
Huron TeemeW rfaidesea, slowstbill
arrested two Ad men far bag
revealed that two observed
unlawfully in aide:4sursbteoetigatien
a pickup tnicle in the ditheentze
and upon checking the interior of the
house feesd the too men inside. Police
are commendbig the neighbours for the
vital action they took.'
Thieves in Lucknow made off with. a
1904 Lincoln belonging to Dr. KM Cor-
rin, from his 'reeidence around 2 a.m.
recoverim Satuerr undamagedy, March 31b. t'le:t.ethclart samewas
day abandoned on the old railway bed
east of Lucknow. The investigation
continuos.
Vandals were at it again on the
the m the edge of
weekend pulling outIgwalkway at
ne saplings
fro
tarps' Beach. Huron Township
employees had plotted the trees.
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Rick ill and his five year old-`
son, both of lOncardine,!' were gulded
safely back to the harbour in
Kinear-
dine, late Saturday evening after being
caught on the lake by a heavy fog and
losing sight of shore. Detachment "
members used roof lightti; sirens,
highway flares and V.H.F. ritdio to
locate the smsdli craft north of town and
direct it back . to the harbour. Town
lice and OPP had set ambers and
highway flares at the end of the north
pier to act as a beacon. Mr., Dwinnell's
boat was well 'equipped with compass
and V.H.F. radio and wasnever in.
dasiger. <
A raccoon suspected of behig rabid
Was held at bay by a Huron Ridge resi-
dent on Stinday, who Wed a 2 x 4. The
did not have. contact. with.
*Mans° or dot:nettle ',pets. Constable,
Brian:Ferris tended to the dispatch of
me animal.
Veldcle- checks during the last week
resulted in one -12 hour suspension, two
liquor licence charges and one pro-
Mbited driver being apprehended.
An early burning accident on March
30 on county road one, south of
Kinlough„ resulted in. minor injuries to
Kevin Ackert of R. 1, Holyrood and the
total destruction of his 1990 Pontiac. Mr.
Ackert was southbound when his car
went onto the west shoulder, lost con-
ol,' crossed the roadway, entered the
ditch and rolled over striking a
hydro pole.
There were three motor vehicle ac-
cidents involving property damage only
during the past week. •
County budget up
W.ALICEiTON—Bruce County's 1990
budget increased by 9.99 per cent from last
Year, but an increase in the county asseaa-
ment reduces the budget increase, t�•
municipal taxpayers. .
Finance chalrman Ross Herron saidthe
county assessMent, which reduced the tax
increase by 4,2 per cent, is partly based on
the construction of new homes and
bushweens. He also said it is the largest in-
crease in Witty engagement in quite a
*the.
The county's reserve fund of 1290,000, a
90 per cent berewse from last year, in -
dudes MONO for county homes for the ag-
ed, .20,000 for Walkerton's Cayley Street
complex, and 050,000 for thew county
library headquarters, Social Services'
received a.$1,017,850 budaet pertly because
owe levels are expecteifto increase by an
additional 239 cases in 1990..
wantio remind council that a lot of
thought was put into the budget. We.
thought the request for a 144 per cent in-
cluse for county promotions was a bit
much, so we cut the increase back," said
ROSS Herron, finance chairman.
Bert Perkins, Port Elgin Reeve, said the
motion budget should not start at a<
er level .because the county would
ever cathe up if it falls behind in pro-
ofing tourism, .
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