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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-11-12, Page 1VOL. 133 WK. 46 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1997 65INCLU ES G.S.T. Lest we forget T 44 0 - ' 1.00‘ ve, L 4 County council sends proposal to Ministry A majority vote of Bruce Municipalities will allow the Bruce County Restructuring proposal to be submitted to- the Minister of Municipal Affair's and Housing, for implementation. Stated a • .press teleate from the COUray. • • The proposal, which would see the amalgama- tion of the Village of Lucknow; arid the Townships of Huron and Kinloss, has now received the.support Of 67 per•cent of the local municipalities after being accepted at the Oct. 21 session of County Council., The supporting municipalities represents 75 per cent of the total number of electors in the' countY,' repotted the , release. Both the Village municipa. , of Lucicnow• and The • ' ' • System composed of eight local municipalities with an effective date of Jan. 11 1999. There are cUrrently. 30 local municipalities within the county. r . While releasing the results of the local votes, stated the release, Warden Keith Campbell congratu- lated the local rnunicipali • ties for determining their own destiny ;rather 'than. leaving the decision to. a ' possible ,outside commis- - sioner.. • "We appreciated all the cooperation received in developing this worIcable. solution to 'municipal '‘ restructuring. We, are con- fident that this'proposal will create a stronger sys- tem of local government that is large enough to pro-. vide, efficient •serVices to 'the taxpayers yet .is still Small ,enotigh to ensure •iaccessibility and reflect local communities of interest," said Warden Campbell the release: reserl7in su or e . - Township 'of linton sup - . by13ev Fry, • Asses.sment' (IIPA) of • . :Preserving Bruce , Ontario Hydro's nuclear . , ported the proposal, repre-- - G • dii 1 The Color Party for Branch 309, Lucknow Legion stand at attention for the laying of wreaths at the St: 'Helen's cenotaph, Sunday, Nov. 9. Members and area residents took part in the annual Remembrance bay Setvice. Shown here from left to right are Poppy chairman Jeff Taylor, Helen Errington, Nick Schaus, and President Ed Pyette. (Helm photo) _ I •.• • • senting 990 and.$,179 ' enert rig St tion A, and • op rat ons ee s on, to ay ,, ,.0 electors respectively 1... Turepairing' units One and up the three ,units:at Bruce ' - . e. , Township of Kinloss didTwo while operating Units ' A and Pickering A while '. Three and Four is supported- ' the reactors. at 'Bruce B, .. • not support the propoSal. by- municipalities surround-. Pickering B and Darlington The• proposal re ' 9(Yin- ' log the rue Nuclear were rehabilitated, wasi'' . mend .s two tier county Power DeveloPinent.. • • ' flawed. • • • • :...Ludettot 0: area results .141faS;TWAWANQS11 TWP MIRON TqwNsare. ASHFIELD TOWNS Voter ttnuout 45.5% Voter turnout ; .30% Voter 'turnout 29%' Reeve *Iloug Bob Hallam (inc.) Gordon H. Brindley »eputy Reeve • • keen Votes votes *Murray Thompson (inc.) 822 06 Gord Shantz 678 47 Deputy Reeve *Keith Vanderffoek Cecil Sutton (inc.) Votes • *Walter Elliott 291 Cord H t 215 Councillors (three needed? Votes *Start Akan (inc.) 410 *Neil Rintoul *Kevin'Sheili Cecil Crangort Dors ne • *11race Tanner (inc.) *.Wilfred Gamble Vert ' Elmer Smeltzer (inc.) C 346 Donass Brian Dewar 194 Jan Johnstone, Lynn Courtney Cottneillors (three *Connie Black *Marilyn Miltenburg *Mike McKeon Phil McCann (inc.) Votes . 7.786` • 682 KINLOSS TOWNSHIP • Votes 399 496 433 379 Voter turnout 38.5% ed Votes •RtTvc . 642 ' •• Votes 973 4Virn hoyle (i) 215 599 Brian Wolfe 154 463 Edina Jean HaldenbY , '113' '473•„,. 197 • qi denote,s 362 O 321 elected to office The effect of closing "A moral and ethica :Bnide GS A will be one of •tesponijoilitY was not pre' • sented. The bottom line was. • dollars and cents. No other-. factors were taken into con- sideration.” ' • • ' John 'Van Etastalaar, 'mayor of Port Elgin, said. social considerations.should utter devastation to•the coinniunity, the Select cominittee on'•'Ontario Hydro's nuclear affairs wag O told by numerous paneliits. The conntittee, chaired . by MPP Derwyn Shea, was in Kincardine Wednesday have been made in Hydro s afternoon and Thursday board of directors decision mbrning, holding public to lay up,Bruee A.: • • hearings at the Governor i' "We depend on 1311PD.." Inn.- • • He told the committee Mark Kramer of the Port Bruce A, the heavy water Elgin Chamber of plant and the Bruce E,nergy Commerce said the • 165 Centre are all interconnect- busiessei in Port El in ed • O "Decision makers need to • consider the whole package before the final direction into the 'future is made." • • Kincardine mayor Charlie Mann, a nuclear operator • for'41 years before retiring, told the committee replac- Ping reactor calandria tubes, at Bruce"A should be "a snap??•. He said when Hydro retubed the firstunit at • '1' Turni to ppite 2 g . were fighting far their lives.. "I Made a choice on lifestyle, by choosing to live here. I have invested -thing 1 have in four busi- nesses, which employ 35 people:" • • • Kramer 'is owner, of Itobert kik-Faye:1 Port' ; Elgin, Kindarifine and Wiarton and the Grey - Bruce Airbus: • He said the Independent 'Integrated Performance • •