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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-05-17, Page 8Page 8--Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 17, 1978 Lucknow Farmers ' Market needs .vendors...... CONTINUED FROM . PAGE 1 into the market on a particular. Saturday morning or if his produce is not ready to sell. w "The market is to be a boon to local peopleand local business," says Jo -Ann Todd. "The organiz- ation meeting is being. held just before the growing season so that potential vendors can plan their gardens, with the market in mind, to grow things to sell." The reasons for the Agricultura Society approaching the idea of a Farmers' Market in Lucknow was to allow smll ' producers or ga,rdeners with surplus to fmd market for their produce and 1 bring new business into town c Saturday morning. The three local grocery stores have many customers inquire about selling their surplus from their gardens but the local merchants have to refuse produce from local gardens because they themselvessell little produce that can be grown locally in the summer. Most of their customers grow their own. Now, the local gardeners can take their surplus to the market and sell it there. A market will attract tourists from the lake and people passing through town who would otherwise drive through. Signs at the Market will tell people that a Farmers' Market cannot have everything and encourage people to shop at other businesses in town. A map will indicate locations on the main street r - When the Agricultural Society formed a committee to look into the feasibility of a market in Lucknow, they advertised in the Sentinel that the Society was exploring the possibility of a market and asked for readers to send an indication of their interest in selling at the market. "Considerable interest was shown for such quiet little ads," says McQuail, "and the Society felt that enough interest was expressed to go ahead with the idea of the market." Potential vendors who have shown interest would be selling vegetables, hand made signs, baking, crafts, maple products and the Amish commun- ity has also indicated interest. The committee tried to discover the. feasibility of a, -_market by checking the Clinton Farmers' Market and the Kitchener -Water- loo Farmers' Market to see what had to be done to set up a market. Initially, Friday night was proposed to catch the rush to the cottage, but it was decided that many cottagers and tourists would not want to stop on their way to the cottage because they would be anxious to get to their destination. If well advertised, the market will draw people on Saturday morning as something to do for a morning out. Saturday morning was chosen because it is the usual time for a market; people can plan to attend the market as pant of their weekend at the cottag and it is a morning out if there eems to be nothing doing. "It is important to the success of the ,, ,<rket .that we do not have a Saturday morning when there is almost no vendors," says Mc - Quail, "This will take organiza- tion and that is the purpose of the meeting tonight." Lucknow developer receives approval or Hensall development Lucknow developer, Gerrie Glenn, received approval from Hensall council to proceed 'with plans to build a three store development on the town's 'main street. - Mr. Glenn plans to erect a yellow brick building, with 68.5 Penny Pinchers. Penny Pinchers are a new way to roll pennies. And there's nickel, dime and quarter pinchers too. Penny pinchers are reusable plastic clips replacing the tradi- tional method of rolling coins with a paper wrapper. The clips which are available at the Lucknow Branch of the Royal Bank are coloured coded in four sizes for one, five, 10 and 25 cent coins. The clips have been available at the Lucknow branch for about two weeks and the staff notice that more people are bringing in coins feet of frontage, between the Hensall Post Office and the Hensall Hotel., The developer, who was wait- ing for council's approval before approaching businesses about leasing space, said he hopes to rent one of the spaces for a •••••••• because the method is so easy. Senior Citizens are rolling coins and parents bring in coins their children have saved. The system was introduced in the Atlantic region of the Royal Bank a year ago and it went over well. ,It has just started in Ontario and is catching on fast. The clips ' are the idea of Canadian packaging specialist, Gordon W. Holmes, who develop- ed the system in conjunction with the Royal Bank. The bank says the clips can be pennies reused about 30 times which should help conserve resources. They'll also help to ease the periodic coin shortages by getting loose change back into circulation more quickly. Rightsto the clips are held by the bank which says financial institutions in other parts of the world have expressed an interest in acquiring access to their use. If other financial institutions obtain rights to them, Penny Pinchers will probably replace paper wrappers. Shirley Hawthorne of the Lucknow branch of the Royal Bank shows the bank's new method of rolling coi. "Penny 'P nc suss, for o�BVeps which replace the traditional paper wrappers for rolling coins. Theycome hi plastic 10 and 25 cent -coins and are colour coded. The only problem Shirley has noticed about the new method is the American coins which are bigger. One American coin in a roll presents n0 problem but two or more will not allow room for the last coin, making the roll one coin short. r . Becker's Milk Store. The developer said he will start construction of the building when he has two stores committed to renting space in the building. Mr. Glenn is also planning to build an apartment building in Hensall, on Queen Street, but construction on the building hasn't started. After hearing plans for the, store development, council mem- bers expressed some concern over lack of parking facilities in front of the store. The only parking included in the development proposal is a small lot behind the stores for employee parking. Reeve Harold Knight said the only drawback he could see to the proposal "is a fantastic parking problem" since residents would be pulling in to both the post office and the stores. Chris Borgal, representing the architect's firm of Hill and Borgal, Goderich, said allowing for parking in front of the stores would destroy the Hensall street- scape. He said the decision not to provide for a parking lot in front of the store was made purely on the fact of visual impact. The architect said the develop- ment proposal submitted to council would maintain the qual- ity of the village while trying to improve the commercial area. One council member suggested the peak hours for post office traffic were between 8.30 and 9.30 a.m., which likely wouldn't be the hours people would be shopping in the stores. The architect pointed out the size of the stores means at least one will be a convenience store and none of the three stores would be the kind where custom- ers spend a great length of time shopping. Reeve Knight said, "Well, I'm not one for stopping develop- ment, but I think -there will. be .a bit of a parking 'problem." Councilmembers unanimously approved the development. Mr. Glenn informed council he would clean up the site of his proposed apartment building within the next 30- days. Spot. the Merchants prize -winners WINNERS FOR MAY 10, 1978 Mrs. Howard Barger, Lucknow Michael Whitcroft, Lucknow Lana Sanderson, Lucknow Helen Maclntyre, Lucknow. Mrs. Betty VanOsch, R. R. Lucknow Marian Raynard, R. R. 1 Lucknow Mrs. Nancy Gibson, R. R. 3 Lucknow Betty Stanley, Lucknow Jean Lennips, Lucknow• Mrs. Allan Ritchie, Lucknow Mrs. Lawrencto Macleod, Lucknow Mrs. Harry Lavis, Lucknow Karen Campbell, R. R. 7 Lucknow Allan Stanley, Lucknow Michele Barger, Lucknow Mark .Londry, R. it 2 Lucknow Janice Londry, Lucknow Luke Cranston, Lucknow Joan Robinson, Lucknow Mrs. Joni Shetler, R. R. 1 Lucknow Mrs. Ann Stanley, Lucknow Margaret MacDonald, Lucknow Barb Sanderson, . Lucknow Allan Johnstone, Wingham Mrs. Allan Ritchie, lt. R. 3 Lucknow r