The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-13, Page 10-4
VOL. 1 3 WK. 11
WEDNESDAY, MARCR 13, 1996
• 60 INCLAJDES
owlers win trip
• Two local bowlers will be
enjoying a trip to Florida in •
November,
Eric Haldenby and Fritz
Schlegel qualified in their
own league for the high -low
• double, advanced through
the house round at Lucknow
Bowl and then to the provin-
cial level on Mar. 2.
Competing against 112
other teams in Hamilton, the
twosome rolled 2f$5 pins
over average to take second
place.
Their prize: an all
expense paid trip for two
plus luggage for each of .
them come this November,
Congratulations!
•
Bantams advance.
to OM playoffs
The Lueknow Bantam A team.elithinated Chesley
three games ,straight and new advance to the Ontario
Minor Hockey Association'finals. After receiving a, pass
in the quarter finals, Lucknow comes up against Lucan in
the 'semifinals.
• Their first gime is in Lucknow on Wednesday
,
(tonight) at 8 p.m. The secOnd game will, be Friday. night
in Lucan at 8:45 pm. • ,
In game two of the Chesley series, Lucknow was Vic-
tOriouS With a.s4, to 1 sabre. Goals were from Jonathan
MacKinnOrt (2), Craig Moffat and Ean Moffat, 'with
assists by C. Moffat, Dennis Lubbers, Mark Stanley,and
Rob McGee.
In the 5 to 1 victory on Wednesday, Lubbers and C.
Moffat scored to eadh,and C. Moffat a single. Assists
were from MacKinnon (3), Lubbers, McGee and C.
• ,
Moffat.
These skaters were Fear'. Groovy during Sunday's Quantum Leap carnival
• presented by the Lucknow Skating Club. Taking part were in the Wilk row,
Cindy Willits, Ashley Boak, Loretta Weber. Front row: Kelsey Cox, Chelsea
Adamson and Kristina Drennan.,(Pat Livingston photo)
stay
in Bruce
by Pat Halpin
Junior Kindergarten will
continues to be offered in
Bruce county schools if
trustees accept a recommen-
dation from the board's edu..
cational issues committee:
"The good news is Bruce ,
county is in a very good
position when it comes to
JK," said cornmittee chair-
man Carolyn Day as she
presented 11 options for the
continuation of IK devel-
oped by the board's execu-
tive council. The estimated
price 'of those options
ranges from the current
$26,00() Bruce county
ratepayers spent, on Junior
Kindergarten this year, to,
, savings of as much as
$243,000 a year by provid-'
ing JK in only one school in
each, municipality. Several
of the options consider
using Early Childhood
Education assistants work-
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by. Pat Livingston
Alleged faulty engineer-
ing and escalated costs on
the Dungannon Drainage
Works 1995 project contin-
ue to be a matter of dissen-
sion between several
assessed property owners
and. West Wawattolh
Tbwnship, council. The esti
mated cost of the project.
(March 1995) was
$950,000. The actual costs
came in at $1 011 217
about a 6.4 per cent
increase.
, At the Mar. 5 meeting, of
council, about 22 people
turned out to once again
convey their frustrations.
This was the third meeting
in as ,many rnonths attended
• by assessed owners. At a
January Meeting; council
• listened to residents' corn-
• plaints and documented all
of the, drainage probleins.
At February's Council Meet-
ing, OA engineer, Tom
Pridhato, of R.I. Burnside
and Associates, heard the
residents' verbal and written
.complaints and indicated
they would be rectified in
the spring.
The ratepayers .are an
that council went ahead and
paid the balance ($17,400).
of the engineer's :bill' in
February. 'The ratepayers
' believe .the final. payment
should have been ,held back
until the work was c6mPlet-
ed‘properly, • •-
I'm wondering why.
three ,people -at the, front
table volunteered to pay the
engineer, after we were all
bitching we didn't want you
W1)0. him," asked Dwayne
Rivett.
ft1 . have no doubt the bill
cao,:be.00#firnied.bY the
hoitis" replied •Councillor
Gord }hint. "Ii was no good
to go to court. 1 have,no
'citialm he (engineer) will
come back and fix the prob-
lems. The, bill was due and,
payable."
"If 1 read' it right,' the bill.
is due when Work is satis
factorily cOrripleted„'s said
101) 14/1cCortnick, another
assessed property owner.
•
"You're not working in
otir best interests, interject-
ed Rivett. "Von bourn hand
, • • • 1 ' • , • '
s over Dungannon drain
in your resignations."
Councillor 'Doug Miller
-
tried to reassure the delega-
tion; "I have good faith that
he is good for his Word."
• Deputy Reeve Ron
Snowden's statement, "If we
didn't pay, the infrastructure
funds could have'been,
ardized;" didn't convince
Rivett. '
"You knew the infra-
structure funds were secure
as soon as the hole was in
the ground," countered
Rivett. The-Surn,of $99,0100
was allocated toward the
Project form the three-tier
infrastructure funding.
At, this point Hallam,
who had vacated the chair,
because he is assessed
x • ty't:..14::;•;),
delegates
under the drainage project,
returned to the meeting. If
you don't like' the way this:
council is acting, .you can
kick us out," said Hall*:' '• -
An earlier motion by
Councillor Stuart 'Alton' to
have the head 'of the engi-
neering firmi come to a
meeting finally, got a secon-
der, after he explained that
he believcd it was necessary
'to have the '"reassurance .r)f-
the engineeringcompany
that they` will do. their
utmost to look. after every-
one's problems satisfaCtori-
ly." The contractor D'Atnore
will also beasked to attend.
• There Was no; verbal
response from ratepayers to.
TVIeCortnick's question, "Do
yon want council to stay or
do you want a week to think
and talk about it?"
• Hallaminterjecied saying
this was a`•matter for the
ratepayers and didn't have
to take up- time at this couw,
Cil meeting. ,
In a later telephone inter- .'
view, Hallam said he knows
there are Problems with the
drainage project. "You can't
deal with them until spring.
Some of them are self
inflicted, but .there is a lot
-thent-that have to be dealt -
with. My concern now is ,
who is at wrong. Who's
goink to pay for some of
these miscues?"
When contacted by tele-
phone, Ifunt, said, "I'm not
saying I'm coMpletely
happy with the way it
unfolded, but I think they
(engineer and contractor)
have Made the commitnient
and both have reputations to
protect and both will do
what is feasible to solve the
problems.
It doesn't do any good to
sit there meeting after meet-
ing and just have verbal
grumbling," said Hunt'. "It
has to bejogically put down
on paper. what the concern
is and we'll address if one
• by one."
Hunt said he perceives
that the drain itself is filnc.
tioning quite well. '"yes,
there are special problems
. and there are things that the
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