The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-02-07, Page 1tW
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A 32 -year-old Gorrie
man was charged with
impaired driving, after
passing through a RIDE
check` in Lucknow ° on Feb.
3.
He was stopped at 1
atm. and failed a road side
screening test before being
arrested.
He was charged with
impaired: driving offences
and with having liquor
readily available in, his
vehicle.
At 9:12 ppm. the follow-
ing evening, at another
Lucknow RIDE• check, a
31 -year-old Huron Park
ti an was charged with!.
having liquor ,.availablein
his vehicle.
At 9:35; p.m. a 61 -year-
old Lucknow man was
given a 12 -hour suspen-
sion and at 10:20 p.m. a
16 -year-old •Lucknow`
youth :was charged with
having liquor available.
ther
• A Lucknow couple took
the OPP'sadvice and °did-
n't send $2,500 to a
Montreal company as a
payment toward a grand,
cash prize:..
The couple received_a
`call originally asking for
$5,000 on Jan. 29. .
They contacted the OPP•
and were advised not to
send money:
OPP caution people
against 'sending Money
through telephone and;
mail solicitation,i
n the
receiving bigger
of rec rGig ,. , gger
Prizes.
4
These three friends took •little, time °tit to warm each other as they :trial
their Way to school last: Friday morning in very cold ;temperatures. Lisa .
Cunningham,, Leslie Conleyand Lisa Conley were dressed for the day but
Jack frost was nipping at' their little cheeks. Temperatures are supposed
to wasn't ;up through the week. (Pat Livingston photo) " ;
by Bevy Fry
Power Worker Union
(PWU) members are in for
the fight of their life, John
Murphy, PWU president
said Thursday night.
Murphy . Was at the
Davidson '. Centre in
Kincardine, on the final leg
of his three-day visit to the
area, speaking to PWU
members;. in Port Elgin,
Walkerton .and Kincardine
about Ontario Hydro's pro-
posal to privatize the pub-
Hely owned utility.
About 400 members
fill d' Xincaoline Hall at the
Davidson Centre, and;, heard
Murphy say that 60 per cent
of Ontario's population
doesn't support the privati-
zation of Ontario Hydro:
said -privatization will`
drivHee electricity rates up.
"Neva owners' will have
to will take a
profit," he said..
Aspay a non-pandrofit public
o.
coirporatttaxes+��a, l;Iydr pays.no
federal or provincial taxes.
Last year Ontario Hydro,
`da
uron Count
A CD player,and wallet
with some cash ; were
stolen afrom ` car in.
Lucknow between Feb: 1
and 2,'
The Pioneer CD player
and wallet *44te owned b.
y.
Brent Snifters,,
The passenger door .of
;p . g
the carr was opened to take
the, player' and wallet
worth $51b.
by Mona Irwin'
After an extensive debate, Huron County
councillors voted 44 to 14 in a recorded
vote Thursday to . call in an Oakville engi-
neering company for a "parallel study" on
alternative methods of waste disposal for
Moron County:
Infact, council nenbers authorized
two o
such studies?'Gore & Storrie, the, orth
currently on
York eengineeringengineeringiaCt�rt C y working .
site forthe county, and R. Cave &
a landfill
Associates Engineering Ltd., of Oakville,
will each do a study.
A .lural group, the Concerned.. �itze Citizens of
Ashfield and Area (,CAA), have asked
county, council, several. times to authorize
this type of study. CCAA, had also asked
that Gore & Storrie not be hired to conduct
the study ()cense Gore & Storrdc d sre�,
star t apz,t ..
• gards''small capacity incinerationsystems,'
according to a..letter from CCAA that was
read, into the minutes by, Don MacNay,
chairman{ of the CCAA Alternatives
Committee. the CCAA recommended R.
Cave & Associates for the study.
"This is what vve hoped would happen,
said CCAA President Aubrey Weir, but
added that he was still surprised. The.
CAA. is a citizens' group that has repeat.
edly voiced concerns aboutthe possibility
of`a
in andfill site i . Ashfield 1'uv re-
. At pre-
sent,
t� �
sent, that is the only site that appears to
meet°current criteria according tp the ortgo.
ing research done by Gore &`Sterne
T'he;cost of each study must not exceed
approximately $25,000, plus GST, for .r
total of $50,0 plus' ST, ; ' •
•
paid $55 million to munici-
palities in lieu of taxes.
He ; added Ontario'
Hydro's assets are estimated
at $42 billion. The cost of
transactions, to convert the
utility into a privately
owned :business would be
about 10 per cent. Murphy
said lawyers and the "pow,
erful greedy people on Bay
Street will get about $4.2
billion in transaction fees;
In its report ,to. The
Macdonald Committee,:.,.
studying r. the future of
Ontario's electricity indus-
try. Ontario Hydro: num
ment Bald Hydro cols `
want a choice of
..for their electricity service.
it°<said private generation,'
can compete with':existing
generation, which should be
sold to private enterprise.
The PWU's report to the
Committee pointed to the
United States, where there
is a mix of private and pub
lir owned electrical utili-
ties,
lyc
private power costs
•turn to page 6
a►.ear e
out prop
by front Livingston
A Dining out Program
y
for Seniors in the Lucknow
area is in its initial planning
stages. It is being spear-
Spear -
headed by the, Lucknow
Legion. , •
Pd Pyette, chair of the
local Legion`s Seniors
Program, says the format is
already in place in Ooderich,
and has been quite success.;
ful.
Pyette and his. Wife June-
made their first presentation
on the program: to the Town
and Country Club in
January. Tentative plans
revolve around hosting a
hot, 'nutritiousnoon lun-
cheon, for area seniors,
,brim once a month. In
addition to the 'oleo!. . Mr.
Pyette, "It's a good opportu-
nity to get seniors out of
their home and provide a
social tirrie for therm"
-r. "TYettc said they need
about 40 people to get it
started and that he believes,
word of mouth will increase
the numbers. In a questiont-
naire handed out'to,-the
Town and Country Club
:renibers, the response was
" quite. favorable.. As the
weather gets a little triose
favorable, more„presenta-
tions will be made to local
senior groups and resit-
�dences.
"There's already about 35
,„
interested,`' said Pyette.
Teresa ..Courtney, ir
reporting for the Town ant
Country Club meeting
posed this question: `Art •
we interested in a local din.
ingprogram?” ourttae!
p �t � .
writes: "It's up tons.",
If enough interest it,
shown, it is hoped to get th
program off the ground b:
March or A rrl
Transportation for those
who . need it would be pro
vided,
For further inforirtatto
call Ed or Jude at 529-7633