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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-02-02, Page 1Sink tele' 3Se arnb•onee '83 Leciassw Uom Club have launched the fir eknow District Fire Board's tend raising campaign for a paging system for the larcimow Fire Department with their donation of VOW to purchase pagers for the firemen tins president, Bob Struthers, Lett and Mat vice-president, Mall Lison, are shown presenting the cheque to George Whitby, litre chief, right. The proceeds from the Bremen's New Years Eve dance and contributions from other community orgaudradons will also go towards the purchase of the paging system. Blyth playwright wins award Anne Chislett has won the Chalmers Canadian Play Award for the best Canadian play presented in Toronto in 1982 for her play Quiet in the Land, Quiet in the Land, a story of two Amish families during the tension filled period of World War I, was commissioned by Artistic Director Janet Amos for the 1981 Blyth Summer Festival. it was revived for the 1982 Summer Festival before being taken on tour to the University of Waterloo Arts Centre where it played to packed houses. Sets, costumes and some members of the cast then went on to Toronto Free Threatre for a successful production in October and November which qualified the play for the Chalmers Award. Only plays presented in Toronto qualify. The award includes a $5000 prize. A native of Newfoundland, Ms. Chislett has lived in Victoria, B.C. for the past three years. With her husband James Roy, First artistic director of the Blyth Summer Festival, she played an integral part in founding and building the Festival to its present popularity. She served as administrator in the first two seasons and assisted with fund raising and a thousand other little things to make the fledgling festival succeed. Besides Quiet in the Land, she has also written the highly successful Tomorrow Box (which will be revived this season) and A Summer Burning for the Festival. Quiet in the Land will receive another production at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal in March with James Roy direct- ing. Two runner up plays were also awarded to west coast writers. John Lazarus' Dreaming and Duelling and Tom Wamsley's White Boys each won $1500. OFA authors program tostay farm foreclosure, bankruptcies The. Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) has come up with a three-point program to help stem the flow of farm foreclosures and bankruptcies. The program was announced this week at the monthly meeting of OFA's board of directors. The program calls for working towards setting up a group of farm experts to help farmers with their finances, right -to -farm legislation, and long term affordable credit, Ralph Barrie, president of the OFA, believes OFA must deal with this complex problem because "more and more farmers are packing it in. They're turning the key and walking away from farms that have been in their families for generations". in 1982, 176 Ontario farmers declared bankruptcy, a 26 per cent increase over the 1981 level of 140. Many other farmers were foreclosed, or otherwise forced out of farming. Barrie cited high interest rates, poor commodity prices, lower property values and the general economic situation as factors contributing to the demise of many farmers. The OFA will work towards setting up such a group of farm experts to help farmers facing bankruptcy or foreclosure. Such a team would consist of knowledgeable farmers and experienced financial resource people who would respond to calls from the farming community. These resource people would then assess the overall situation of the farm, re-establish contact with the bank if it had been broken and offer to draft a proposal spelling out the options available to ,,the farmer and his creditors. "Foreclosures should only take place after due process -- after every possible option has been explored," Barrie said. "Even if the situation is not salvageable, the farmer should be left with his dignity intact. At present, many farmers feel that the cards are stacked against them from the begin- ning.- The egin- ning."The OFA also plans to lobby the govern- ment for right -to -farm legislation to guaran- tee farm rights. Governments will also be pushed to provide more long term credit at affordable rates and guarantee commodity prices through stabiization programs or market risk insurance. Paiblished in Lecimew, Ong, Wednesday„ NeMS Alexander its Pages acKenzieis 98 Alexander MacKentie of Wiryghar and formerly of 4reknotv celebrated his 98th birthday on January 26, 1483 at a tea party gathering of family, fiends, residents and staff of Copeland Lodge in Winghana. Birthday congratulatory messages were received from Ed Schreyer, Governor Gener- al of Canada; John Air& Reuter+ant Governor of Ontario; Murray Cardiff, M.P. Huron -Bruce, as well as numerous cards and gifts from friends and relatives, Mr. MaeKerazie's fancily, his most fervent admirers include, his daughter, Kathleen and her husband, Parish Moffat of Wing - ham; grandson, Gordon and his wibe, Margery and great grandchildren, Julie, Kendra and Alexander, all of Wingham, His family are proud to a knowleiige Grandad Mac en;zie's timely transition in moving from his apartment in Lucknow to Copeland Lodge, and his adjustment to this sudden change of ilifestyle when leaving behind familiar loved and treasured plates and events of a lifetime spent in Kinloss Township and the village of Lucknow. It is a most noble arbtevement and 'credit to this strong, honest and forthright gentle- man, born of Scottish stock, in a shanty out in the middle of the bush on his parents farm, in the year 188, This same strong determination can be seen in him today; to aecvept changes with dignity, guided this marvellous gentleman through years of toil and hardship, during those early pioneer days, We wish him continued good health, plus a host of newly acquired friends, to brighten his days, and keep him eternally young at heart. Business association plans Jamb�ree '83 promotion A special meeting of the Lucknow Busi- ness Association was held Thursday, Janu- ary 37 to discuss plans for Jamboree '83. Eleven businesses were represented, Town Council has approved businesses being open on the Friday, July 1 holiday and closing July 4. Businesses will be open Friday and Friday night, July 1, and Satur- day, July 2 until 6 p.m. The Business Association is donating S800 to the Jamboree '83 decorating fund. The question of the Business Association entering a float in the parade was discussed, Nancy Quinn will be asked to bring ideas and budget figures to the neXt meeting at which time it will be discussed further. Businesses are asked to participate in decorating their store windows and dressing business employees in the heritage theme, Delores Ctoss has some patterns available for dresses and also flags for decorating, A committee of Jim Bain and Bob Finlay will approach businesses for vouchers to be given away during Jamboree '83 weekend to people in heritage dress, Mrs, Howard (Doris) Culbert and Joanne Weber were introduced. They are opening a fabric store in the village in the near future. It would be appreciated if a representative of each business would attend the next meeting, February 16 to put forth their ideas on the involvement of the business associa- tion in Jamboree '83. Bruce county to spend more on bridge repair, maintenance Bruce county highways will be spending more on bridge repair and rehabilitation in the next several years because of bridge deterioration caused by winter salting. The condition of certain bridges became critical in 1982 because winter salting on bridge decks accelerates the rusting of the reinforcing steel, particularly if the concrete rover is not more than two inches, explained county engineer Eldon Yundt. The average annual expense for bridge repairs in the past five years has been $34,000. This year it was $95,000. Yundt estimates $ '5,000 will have to be budgeted annually for the next five years to maintain the county bridges properly. In his annual report to county council, Yundt said all construction projects were completed c':eept the Scone Boundary Bridge because the province did not approve the supplementary request for funds for its construction. According to the data in the County Roads Needs Study, 18 per cent of the county's road mileage is rated as being deficient, Of 38 upper tier municipalities, counties and regions, Bruce County is seventh in having the least number of deficient roads, repotted Yundt. The department's financial position this year is quite good, said Yundt, and a substantial surplus is expected. Although the level of service was reduced somewhat to cut back on the salt consumption, the mild and open weather of the fall and 4 winter has been a major factor in keeping costs down. Approve employment programs Bruce County Council accepted two recommendations at their meeting January 18 designed to relieve unemployment in the county. Council approved a recommendation from the social services division of the community and health committee that Bruce County enter into an agreement with the Owen Sound YMCA -YWCA, to purchase counsel- ling services through the Youth Employment Service program, at a rate of $175 per person for total service, for residents of the county of the county as approved by the Social Services department. The second recommendation was contain. ed in the highway committee report which asked that application be made under the Canada Ontario Employment Development Program, for funding to be used to engage unemployed persons on various projects such as the painting of steel bridges, replacing guard rail, painting of garages, fencing of county yards and the development of various roadside parks. Also related to unemployment in the county, the finance, personnel and property committee recommended that because of the Targe increase in volume of social service assistance, staff changes and additions be made. The position of assistant intake bookkeep- er is to permanent part time, a social service worker become permanent fell time, effect. ive February 21 ar'.: a social service worker be hired, effective upon receipt of the Ministry approval.