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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-05-11, Page 1Single copy 35c a1.11ekntl44 at$1 1t➢re 8 __--_ Council must withdraw sewage application from OMB Lucknow Village Council must with- draw their application for Ontario Muni- cipal Hoard approval of the sewage works proposal because they cannot renew an option to purchase the land for the treatment facility. Lucknow Village Council met with the village engineer, Burns Ross in a committee of the whole session Monday night to discuss the matter. Council had an option to purchase some 24 acres of farm property owned by Floyd Milne of Lucknow, located north of the CNR railway at the north end of Waiter Street. The option, which ran out in December 1982, included an agreement whereby Milne would sell the land to the village for approximately $34,000. He would have the use of 20 acres of the property to graze cattle and the remaining four acres would be used for the treatment facility. Milne has informed council he will not renew the option because of a difference of opinion with Reeve George Joynt. The members of council asked Milne to guarantee he would sell the land to the village and renew the option, if the reeve agreed to resign and Milne would not agree to sell the land to the village under any condition. Milne gave no reason for refusing to sell the land to the village if the reeve resigned. The approval of the sewage works proposal is site specific, meaning the proposal when submitted to the Ministry of Environment for approval must be based on a specific site. Since council no longer has a specific site, the present application must be withdrawn from the Ontario Municipal Hoard because it is based on the Milne property as the site for the treatment facility. Council is in the process of looking for a new site for the treatment facility and when an agreement with the land owner is reached, a new application will be made to the Ministry of Environment. The notice of application for the construc- tion of the sewage works, the issuance of debentures and the approval of the enact- ment of the proposed by-law imposing a sewer rate will then be re -submitted to the OMB. The complete proposal must be re- worked based on the new property and the whole process is likely to take six months, according to the village engin- eer, Butts Ross of H. M. (toss and Associates, Ooderich. Sewers are necessary: MOH A meeting of village residents who five in the area to be serviced by sewers was held at the Anglican Parish Hall May 5. Several questions were raised by residents which were not adequately answered by the members of Lucknow Village Council who attended the meeting. The Sentinel has contacted Dr. J. D. Pudden, Medical Officer of Health for Bruce County and Harold Rankin, director of Inspection for the Bruce County Health Unit, as well as Burns Ross of Burns Ross and Associates, Goderich, the engineering firm which has destgNad the proposed sewage system, Pour questions the Sentinel has endeav- oured to answer include, Are sewers necessary, is there no alternative? Why is the entire village not being serviced? Does the existance of an emergency gravity overflow from the pumping station to Lucknow Creek mean raw sewage will still be dumped into the Lucknow River after the sewers are in place? and What will the residents have to pay in addition to the hookup charge to have the sewer connected to their homes? Are Sewers Necessary? Do We Have An Alternative? According to Cyr. J. D. Pudden, Bruce County Medical Officer of Health and Harold nankin, Director of inspection, Bruce County Health Unit, there is no alternative to sewers. The history of health related problems, which makes it necessary to install sewers in the core area of the village, began in the Turn to page 24 Parente disapprove of film shown to Exeter students Hy Stephanie Levesque. "Caring and Sharing" a film shown to Grade 12 students at South Huron Secondary School in Exeter has several parents and at least ane Board of Education trustee upset. Huron Board of Education trustee Dennis Rau of R. R. 2 Zurich asked the board to investigate the showing of the film to the Grade 12 family studies course students. At the board's May 2 meeting, Mr. Rau said a group of about 50 people viewed the film at St. Honiface School after it had been shown at the high school. The trustee was one of those who viewed the film and described it as being "in bad taste". Stating he would be frank with the hoard. Mr. Rau said the film mainly discusses masturbation and premarital sex. What he takes offense with. is that the film describes masturbation as being healthy and suggests that pre.marital sex is good and will help people find the right pattner. "There u as nothing about love." said Mr. Rau. Although he is a Catholic, Mr. Rau said parents of other religious denominations also viewed the film and were in some cases more upset than the Catholic parents. It was acknowledged that the film undermines the morals taught by the Catholic Church. Mt. and Mrs. Clare Regier of Zurich and Joe Miller of Dashwood were present at the hoard meeting and wanted to know who is responsible for allowing the film to be shown in the School. "Is there not a committee here that reviews films..?" asked Mr. Miller. "If not there k something wrong with the board of education." Mr. Regier said he is "sick of fighting" against books and films being distributed in' the School system. "You're corrupting my kids. You sit on your fat ass and you guys are not doing your job. That film isn't fit to look at." said Mr. Regier. The scene turned into a shout,ng match as hoard chairman 17orothy Wallace assured the parents that administration would look into the matter. Mr. Regier replied. "It's too fate." Turn to page 20 Published In Lueknow, Ontario, Wednesday, May 11, 1983 24 Pages The sound of the pipes can bring tears to your eyes and a rendition of Awning Gore played by Dr. J. C. Melting and his daughter, Lori, accompanied by the Lueknow School Cutest Hand, did gust that at the band concert Friday evening. Lori Is the third generation of the Meths family to play the pipes or to be associated with a pipe band. tier grandfather, A. E. McKim was manager of the Lueknow Pipe Hand hi which her undies, Reid and Allan McKim played, [Sentinel Staff Photo] Farmers discuss Bill 0653 Area farmers had a chance to hear both sides of the argument regarding Hill C-653 at a joint meeting of the Bruce and Huron Federations of Agriculture and the Huron - Bruce farm Survival Association in Wing - ham, May 4. Brigid Pyke, an executive director of the Ontario f=ederation of Agriculture (OFA) and Larry Thompson, south-western Ontario manager of banking services with the Toronto Dominion Bank, were members of a panel which discussed the Bill and answered questions from the meeting floor. Pyke commented farmers need long term credit and questions whether the Canadian banking industry can support agriculture in this country. When you're looking at turning over several million dollars in 30 years, or in a generation, farmers don't need to have tc review their long term credit every five years, she says. ''We don't need someone saying at the first sign of trouble, they're going to get out this business of lending; money to agriculture". it isn't fair to criticize the banks for taking a second Zook at extending credit to farmers. she adds. many farmers are taking a second look at banks. Bankers saying they'll pull their money out of agriculture if Hill C-653 is passed is an over -statement, especially considering the provisions for rewriting debt included in Hill C-12, the Bankruptcy Act 1980. If banks were saying they were going to pull their money out of Canadian business should Bill C-12 be passed, the statement regarding the Farmers' Creditors Arrange- ment Act would be seen for what it is. "Hill C-653 is not a wholesale assault on the rights of the creditor," she says. A farmer cannot just walk into court and have his debt rewritten according to the provi- sions of the Act. The thrust of the Hill is similar to the bankruptcy laws in effect in Canada which relate to the general populace. These laws ate not in place to grind a debtor into the gound so he will never step out of line again. Similarly the Act is to rehabilitate the debtor; to make him a fixture in the community able to function, where he can service his debt at some level, rather than surfacing him out into the street and nobody. secured creditor or unsecured creditor, gets anything. These are sound positive solutions Turn to page 241 Taxpayers' share of Huron education budget increases 10.5 per cent Hy Stephanie Levesque The taxpayer's share of the 1983 Huron County Board of Education's budget will increase by 10.5 per cent resulting in a $37,05 increase on an average property assessment of $3,110. Taxpayers will pay $11.640.733 this year, up from $10.530.161 in 1982, representing a 10.2 per cent mill rate increase. The total budget approved at the hoard's May 2 meeting is $35.204,154, up 9.5 per cent from last year's actual expenditures of $32.196.417. The Nlinistry of Education's share increas- ed five per cent from $20,688,431 in 1982 to a budgeted figure of $21,722,609 this year. 1 he remainder of the budget, $1.590,159 will he paid by tuitions from the province and other school boards. rentals, night school, supplementary taxes, etc. Hoard chairman Dorothy Wallace said the budget was thoroughly reviewed by trust ees. "In view of decreased government support and increases in the Canada Pension Plan, unemployment insurance and the seven per cent sales tax (on school supplies), I personally can't see that this board could have done any better and kept its obligations to the students,'' said Mrs. Wallace. In her inaugural address in January, Mrs. Wallace forecasted a 1.7 per cent increase hut this was reduced to a 15 per cent increase after such items as an increased French core program, additional co-ordinat- Turn to page 23'