The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-05-29, Page 1VOL 123 WK.22 ..
W D »li g MAY ..29, 1996
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Obiection
Couifly
councillors
staying at
Rcniu.Uler
.pian t:. acaorno
date co rflt► c,•uncill<.;rs
and ° their spouses at the.
enmiller Inn in Huron
county raised objection
from, a. former Warden. }
"I don't believe the
taxpayer should be pay-
ing for accommodation
for a social event," said
Tara reeve Pial
Eagleson.
The June .Session is tra-
ditionally held in the
e
" Warden's municipality..
This, year it will be a.
one -day ;Meeting at the
Lucknow:- Community
•Centre on June 10, There
will be a social gathering
at the Beautifier Inn on
June 9, and councillors
will be paid for one night
accommodation and
mileage or two days'
mileage.
Previolrs June sessions,
including overnight
accommodations, have
- been held in Port Elgin,
on the peninsula and in
Southampton.
' "I don't think it's
something (where) . we're'
spending the taxpayers'
Money. that foolishly,''
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ingham :irl
killed, two men
in hospital after
Saturday crash
A young ` 1'ingharn
woman is dead and two
Lucknow merit seriously
injured after an accident
Saturday right ori Huron
County Road 1
Jennifer. Todtz, 18, was
killed when she was
ejected from a vehicle in
which she was a passen-
ger,
Patrick Rutledge, 25, of
Lucknow was driving the
1. 3 Chevrolet pickup.
ttn k. 'northbound on
county 'road 1 around
7:20. p.m. near
Concession 7 of Ashfield
Township.
Goderich OPP Staff
Sergeant Baldwin said
Rutledge was travelling
at a high rate of speed
when he tried to pass .a
second northbound 'vehi-
cle driven by Jeanne
Mayer, 43, of Lucknow
Bruce County council
but hit the rear drivers'
side of Mayer's vehicle.
Rutledge's vehicle
went off the west side of
the road, fait a hydro pole
and a tree before coming
"to rest in a private yard,
Todtz and ,passenger Neil
Wall, 20, pf Lucknow
were ejected from the
vehicle.
Rutledge and T:odtz,,
were . taken to Wnghan;
and District Hospital, by
ambulance and passenger
Wali was taken to
Goderich ;hospital } by
ambulance. Rutledge and
Wall were transported to
London hospital for treat-
ment.
,,A, report from investi-
gating officer Constable
• Burt stated no one in the
Rutledge vehicle was
wearing a seatbelt.
Get along now, in t, doggy. Else we'll get the Maw after~ yell. 7hese•-fhree \Velfare down Iast
cowgirls just missed the best dressed cowpoke competition
ing
Saturday morrltna during Western Days but they sure didn't lack ttr.1", wo"` `'.
western flair. From left .arre Reba ,3, Sophie, 6, and Ellen 5, Jefferson
of St. Augustine. (Jennifer Vandermeer photo),.
Huron residents to be inducted
into Agricultural Hall of Fame
.Twolluron County residents are host/researeherkommentator of aired attraction at the museum.
being, inducted into the Ontario Country Calendar. Gordon Lyle Hill provide
Agricultural nab of Fame. In 1968, Carbert joined the-'' strong leadership to the agriculture.
Robert WilliamWilliamCarbert and Ontario Departmentent of al- comtLanityh serving on
Gordon Lyle Hill are being' hon- Agriculture as associate director various advis,throu .r committees and
ored for their individual contribu - of the infOrrnation branch and for as the eluted head of the Ontario
tions to agriculture over the years. six years served as executive Farmers.' Union and later the
Carbert has ,had a long and dis- assistant to the minister, Hon. Mario Federation of Agriculture.
tinguished career in farm broad- William Stewart. In addition to -,his presidency of
casting, the Canadian and Ontario In February 1974 he was, ; the union and federation, Hill
Federations of A riculture and appointed general manager of a .served on the advisory committee
government. new: project, the Ontario to Canadian . Agricultural
He returned to the farm after Agricultural Museum and was Siabilization,,Board, StabilizationOntario Farm
military 'service and in 1949, responsible for the development Products Marketing Board'and the
joined radio station CKNX and impleinentation. of its master - Parni Income Inquire Committee.
i as f. director. After an. Carbert was• instir�nin � nta 1 •in . This enabled hili •to articulate the
g am fain d o After . ,p1 .° c
rah
w with the federatio of the •f _. rmation fo the. Ontario : farm - - osition and needs effective
serving yn w ons �� .:
agriculture, he:joined joined the CBC as Agricultural" Hall of amen a f 'gm* to page
a�
Welfare figures in
Bruce county last year
were at their lowest "lev-
els in three years, and the'
trend appears to be con-
tinning in 1996.
"The econot y if;
improving, and things
look good for , '96,"
Social Services -commis-
sioner Dick Verripstold
Bruce county council.
Verrips noted the coun-
ty's traditional seasonal
fluctuation in the public
assistance caseload has
been flattening. out for
the past several years„ He
said :.that trend could indi-
cate.:less dependence on
seasonal jobs as the econ-
omy intra: roves.
Bruce connty;•s pilot
run .of the jobLinik pro-
gram proved "extremely
beneficial', Verrips said,
•
•
with an average 55
client's a month from
September to December
1995 finding work on
training through the
provincially -funded pro-
' gram. About 60 per cent
of those clients had been
receiving social assis-
tance. At the same time,
the county's own pro-
grams helped 26l' people
on public assistance t
find w.srk or further edu-
cation.
In spite of that success,
both , programs will
change when workfare is
introduced in Bruce.
Verrips said his depart-
ment is working on a
workfare proposal to sub -
. nit to council on lune
10. Provincial guidelines
state workfare will
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