The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-06-04, Page 1VOL 124 WK, 23
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4,1997
65'.INCLUDES G.S.T.
1997 Federal Election
Liberals win;.
Steckle returned
in HuronBruce
About 67 per cent of elig'ibl'e Canadian voters cast
their ballots on: Monday returning the- Liberals to govern
with a small majority - 155 of 301 seats. The Reform
Party will ;form the official opposition with 60 seats. „
The Bloc Quebecois garnered 44 seats, followed , by
the New Democrats with 21, Conservatives with 20 and
one independent.
•In Huron -Bruce, Paul Steckle, the incumbent Liberal`
Kwon a second term with a huge majority- of 24,243 votes.
Steckle reiterated his '93 promise to represent the con-
stituents.
onstituents: '
Doug Fines .(Reform) came in second with 9,963
votes, followed by Colleen Schenk (PC) with 9,230, Jan
Johnstone (NDP) :with 1,063 and Dave Jo$lin (CHP).
. with 779. .
In Bruce Grey, incumbent Ovid Jackson won the rid-
ing with about1,700 more votes more than the. Reform
party had.
All six ridings in•this area'. went' to the' Liberals:
.Provincially, the. Liberals claimed10I of, 103 ridings.. ,
14fldf:i1: roduod
by 41 per cent
by Pat Liivingston
Lucknow councillor, Rick McMurray is •very pleased"
with the efforts of village residents in theirapplication
of the three.R's - reduce,_reuse and recycle.
McMurray who sits on the Mid -Huron Landfill, board
says that from April 1996 to 1997, :there was a'reductiotn
of 40.9 per cent in waste goinginto the landfill site.,
"We expected -to see a 40 per centrange wren the bag ` •
,.
tag was implemented," said McMurray County restructurtng
.now .could. join
Rick. Cook(header) and Vivian Henrnn slher side -of Winghant Eventg=included-team roping,- -
er) competed Saturday at the Spring Creek Bob . steer wrestling and were sanctioned events
Jamieson memorial . cowboy competition out, (Hilgendorff photo)
People: are composting and recycling, more amid it
showing up.in municipal waste comparison figures In.
the first four months of 1997, a. savings of $739_.20 has
been realized. • • •
"We're very happy with the program," said •
McMurray: "Residents ate helping to zero out our envi-
ronmental costs."
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by Ron Wassink
The five municipalities
that make. up'south west
Bruce. county :could be
restructured and amalga-
mated by' the end of this
century. •
The borders that define
the town of Kincardine,
:'village of Lucknow and.
*townships of Huron
. (Ripley), Kincardine and
Kinloss, will •be redrawn'
into bne municipality.
That's the recommenda-
tion, of; Bruce County
council, ,a recommenda-,
tion that needs two-thirds
majority approval to pro-
ceedwith county -wide
restructuring. ,
Pour °of the .five .reeves
attending a special' meet-
ing in Ripley .'last.
. Wednesday 'night were of
the opinion the county
restructuring initiative will
'pass. ' Kinloss councillors
are still leery and are look-
ing for ans'wers to ques-
tions before jumping on
the restructuring .bandwag .
on.
Up until last' week's
meeting, only the town
ships • •Of: Huron, and
Kincardine, and the town
of 1Cincardne, had been
involved in local restruc-
turing talks... It; was the,
restructuring initiative at
• the county .level . that
brought the five munici-
palities to the table. •
Last Wed,nesd'ay's
meeting; however, 'started
out as a tri -municipality
meeting,, Kinloss and,
Lucknow were invited to
join, a half hour later,
• The half hour allowed
reeves and deputy reeves
of :Huron • and . two
Kincardines to ponder •the
future of their restructur-,
ing talks. "
It was. based on the'
county's ,restructuring pro.-
posal;that:the three Munic-
ipalities decided, the only
option was to 'involve
,; Ki'nlos's, and Lucknow as
well.
But, if county council
dors :reject restructuring,
"we could still go with
three, or five,". said "Reeve
Gordon Jarrell, Kincardine
township.
"Lord help us if that
;happens'," said Deputy-:
reeve Stu Mowry of
Kincardine.
Councillors :fear a "no"
.to. county restructuring
would bring rn provincial-.
ly 'directed initiatives sim-
ilar to :what happened in
,Chatham/Kent County,
where municipalities .
didn't have .a say. how
'restructuring would hap-
pen.•
Mowry said a -worst
case scenario' would see
`the province forcing Bruce.
and.Gre.y counties, plus
the city of•Ow.en Sound
melding. into one Munici-'
pality with Owen Sound
being the 'centre of'in.unic
ipal politics:
That's the fear of Bruce ,
County council too and:
that'•s why the county
dusted off a six,.--year-014
restructuring .planthat
would bring the county.
:down from. 29-30 .munici-
palities to eight, `
• The •annalgamation of
the: five communities in
southwest Bruce would
create a municipality*of
15,000 people
' Initial speculation: is '
political representation
would lle achieved.
through a ward system.
"That's preferred," said
Mayor Charles Mann,.
Kincardine
"Representation
�tivPnr.e"sentatiorby pd it
•
"No way," said
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