The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-11-12, Page 1VOL. 133 WK. 46
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1997
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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..
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"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
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Township 'of linton sup -
. by13ev Fry, • Asses.sment' (IIPA) of
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:Preserving Bruce , Ontario Hydro's nuclear .
,
ported the proposal, repre-- - G •
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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)
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• • 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
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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. • •
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:...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
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*11race Tanner (inc.)
*.Wilfred Gamble
Vert '
Elmer Smeltzer (inc.)
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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
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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
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