The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-09-02, Page 1VOL, 125 WK, 35
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1998
6$° INCLUDES G.S.T.
Sepoy
Stay
by Pat Livingston said .seven
The. Lucknow Sepoy be moved
Stampede, a Dodge Rodeo.
series, has .been termed an
unqualified , success.
Teresa Hoist, chair of the
organizing Committee,
said they estimated 6,000
people, including, conies-
• • tants,attended the two-
day weekend•event. • -
Friday night's rain gave
the committee some con-
cern, however, the weather
on Saturday and Sunday •
• •couldn't have been much
better. _ `
"It was an excellent
weekend," said Hoist,
"Good attendance; .great
weather." The 'volunteer
support from a large :num,'
tier of people was instru-
mental .inpulling off the
event, she said.
Hoist apologized to the
'people •whoa lined the
street: for the noon hoar.
• •parade. on Saturday and
were disappointed She
said 14 horses were
loaded on trailers ready to
be brought down from. the
site to the parade starting
point, however, the con-
gestion of horse trailers
etc. • made . it impossible to
• get the horses out; Hoist;
•
vehicles had to
just to get the
an un.qualified *success -
Lucknow`s• main street • Dodge trucks led the small way to the Stampede site.
into. "Dodge City" as the parade•east on the high- "Fabulous sponsorship"
.from . area businesses was
also a contributing tactor.•
to the successful event,.
• Businesses who won
$100• back from their
sponsorship included, on'
Saturdays Bull Riding
• (Randy McMullen) .-
Fairview .flair)i , and
Snowden Insulation; Team •
Roping. (Ken Prince, Sr,
and. -Ken. prince, .1r.)
Mike Snobelen Farms;
Calf •Roping (Brad Roe)
Pizza Delight: • Sunday
winners were 1Ju11•Ridinig
(Brander) Moore), George.
• Sixsytb Belding;,' Ladies
Barrels (Cheryl-Dunseitli)
Lucknow, Village
Market; and Calf Roping
(Mark Coulson) —Hackett'
Farm Equipment.
These businesses were
silversponsors and if the
.cowboy/girl they were
sponsoring won, they ...
-received.$100 tack. •
• ,.The Lucknow Sepoy:
Stampede will sponsor. a
$500. buckle for ,the. pear
one of .the competitors in the saddle bronc eventat. the fhst ever Lucknow Sepoy Stampede end; champion in' barrel ,
Organizers said the event was great success.. More pictures inside. (Livingston photo) racing.
Dodge promo truck out,
The parade turned
recover.
stolen
van
The .South Bruce
detachment of the OPP
recently recovered a van
that had bcen stolen
from the Brampton area.
. Police were advised;
that a white 1992 Chev
Lumina was stuck just
off the old railway' line.
on Conc.'1`, Kinloss
Township. The van Suf-
fered some damage:
Police have no suss
.pests at this time.
The Huron OPP
report that a stop sign
arm was stolen from a
sehaot bus parked; at a.
West Wawanosh resi-
dence during the::night,
of Aug. 30, Value of the,
sign is ,$200..
by Pat Halpin ' u
The. negotiating .com-
-mittee 'for' BIuewater
District secondary teach-
ers is recommending a
strike vote: in the wake of
three days of -unsuccessful
contract. talks. •
• Talks between the
'Bluewater District School
Board and its 570•
sec
ondary school teachers
'broke off in Owen 'Sound
• last week without reaching
agreement. '
The board aad 'teachers
are trying to negotiate
their first contract since
the' former Bruce and Grey
County boarda atnalga-
mated,
Teachers' president Art
.. Doughty said, staffing
under new guidelines set
out in Bill' 160 is the main
issue and was the main
stumbling block in last
week's talks.
Doughty is disappointed'
with the impasse. He said
ct tal
S re
•
the board "wouldn't seri
ously. look at" staffing
suggestions , from the
teachers' negotiating. team.
•:`I still •think'we..:could
have 'Made .a• staffing
model'' aha couf d work,"
Doughty said •
Education director Janet
-G1asspool blames the
provincial funding forma-
la for blocking•an agree
inept ".with, the teachers
She said the Bluewater
board is facing the same
'problem as boards across
the, province because "the
numbersare so tight", in
the funding' formula
"It's a very frustrating,
formula," Glasspoot said.
"There is no right to, make.
Ideal. decisions."
Glasspoolis also disap'
pointed that the twa sides
couldn't reach agreement,,
but she disagrees that the
board failed to, consider
the teachers' proposal. -
"We s•pent••three days
studying it carefully,"
Glasspool said."We. just
•4 couldn't make it work: We •
would have -to rob 'every
other part of thebudget to
do it. The•:transpartation.
budget is already :not near
ly adequate to get all. our
students to school." •
The failure to ' reach an •
agreement means the
board will impose staffing
rules that require teachers
to teach .6.5 out of 8 cred-
its each yeah Glasspool,
said -the formula' avoids
teachers having to carry
four out of four classes in,
any one semester, but she
admits it also means :less;.
time for preparation, plata
ning, and extracurricular
help for students.
The decision to impose
conditions is the reason
Doughty's• executive corn.
Mince is . recotmrrending'a
strike vote,` he said.
"Once they're changing •
'conditions we have to take
a strike vete to protect -
ourselves," he said.
'Teachers:•will be to the
classroom at all 1 I sec:
ondary -'schools •on.
September $. • The strike
vote has :been set 'for
• September 10 in Owen
Sound. 'Doughty :said the
tirmu g and: form of. strike
action, if any, will be.
decided after the vote., •
conduct food drive
The Bruce Area. Solid Waste'Recypling Association
Inc. (BASWRAI) will be conducting a food• drive to
assist those in need' during the Thanksgiving holiday.
BASWRAI is hoping .the convenience of having food .
• donations picked up at your home the same•day as your
recyclables willbe an .enticement for people • to 'partici-
pate.
• Bi- weekly blue box pickups enable BASWRAI ta.do
• the collections during aha weeks of Sept;' 21 to:Oct 2.
In Lucknow, those interested in donating to•thc food
drive are asked to put them in an open bagbesidetheir
bhiebox on Wednesday, Sept.• 30. •
All donations will go to: the Salvation :Army, Wiarton`
who in turn have' agreed to distribute the food:. evenly
amongstall locations picked up from: