The Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-07-13, Page 1PUBLISHED IN
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Wednesday,
July 13, 1994
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G.S.T. Included
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Ashfield
Ashfield will pursue
recovery of taxes
ASHFIELD TOWNSHIP - At the
July 5 meeting, councilauthorized
obtaining the services of William
Squibb and Associates to ascertain
any legal recoveries of provincial
sales, motor fuel and GST taxes.
Jim Bennett, owner of property at
the east part of Lot 1", and west part
of lot 2, Con. 2, E.D. expressed'
dissatisfaction with the work and
costing ' done on the :Port Albert
drain.
Following . discussion, council
indicated that they were satisfied
that the project was completed
appropriately..
Correspondence was received
from Ed Kulchecki regarding the .
condition of the township park at
the end of the 12th concession, and
the need .for stricter enforcement of
the township regulations governing
the use of the park. 'Reeve Allan -
Gibson will arrange a meeting with
Mr. Kulchecki to discuss the issue.
Correspondence from S. Hradecky
"regarding Lot 12,. Plan 589, was
discussed. Council directed cor-
respondence to reply informing her
that they are not interested in pur-
chasing this property.,
Clerk Linda Andrew will attend a
seminar in Exeter on waste collec-
tion.
A bylaw regulating the erection,
alteration, construction or
demolition of various types of
structures within the township was
passed.
Tile Drain
.,Council gave two readings to a
bylaw authorizing the borrowing of
funds from the Province of, Ontario
to aid in the construction of
drainage • works under the Tile
Drainage Act.
A tile 'drain rating bylaw was
passed and approval given to a loan
.application' by Terry Dalton.
Motion amended
An amendment to a motion at, the
June 7 meeting whereby council
would make application for
infrastructure funds for paving was
amended to, include the description
"on the 4th Conc. Ashfield
Township.".
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Delegations to talk
about 911 service
KINLOSS TOWNSHIP - Council
was advised at the July 4 meeting
that representatives from Emergen-
cy Services would speak to them
regarding the 911 service on July
18. On Aug. 15 a delegation, con-
sisting of the Bruce County warden;
911 chairman and a planner, will
also speak to council on the
proposed 911 system.
Although council sent written
communication to the Ontario
Municipal' Board, in June, asking.
for dismissal of the appeal of Lloyd
Irwin regarding proposed rezoning
by Snobelen Farms, a meeting has
been scheduled to hear • the motion
anyway. The, motion to dismiss due
to no planning grounds, under Sec-
tion 3425 of the Planning Act will
be heard at the County building on
. July. 25.
A . motion was passed agreeing
that the 'municipality share with
other participating municipalities,
on a use by resident basis, . any
operating expenses incurred by
Wheels Away that are not covered
by ja provincial subsidy, donations
and fares for 1994.
Following 'a brief report, from
Councillor Haldenby, on Phase 11
of the `arena, council instructed the
clerk to write to' the committee for
clarification on a few matters.
.Balances totalling $20.29 for four
municipal drains were wrote off:
A bylaw imposing special annual
drainage rates upon land in respect
of which money is borrowed was
passed.
Subject to approval of the buil-
ding inspector, council accepted an.
application for David Eadie to erect
a lean-to to the existing drive shed.
Council agreed to allow the
Township of Turnberry to proceed
with' a clean out of the Thompson,
Lamont & Deyell municipal drain
in that township this fall.
She's off to Japan
by Pat Livingston
Although an experienced traveller,
Helen Maclntyre, is "excited and a
little nervous," as she embarks upon
the next year of her life.
The Bruce County Board of
Education teacher has taken a leave
of absence to teach English in
Japan. The deciding factor was the
limited job opportunities for'
teachers here, plus the "timing is.
right all around" said Helen.
Helen leaves on July 26 for
Osaka, where she will be teaching
"mostly conversational English" at
one of 190 private English schools
under the GEOS Corporation.
Students at the various schools
range from high school in adult.
Teaching at a downtown Osaka
school, Helen ' said most of her
students would probably be
business people, which is at the
opposite end of the sphere from the
kindergarten children she taught this
past year.
Helen Maclntyre
Classes run from 12 noon to 9
p.m. The curriculum is very struc-
tured with teaching on a one-to-one
basis, or in group lessons with up
to 14 students.
Helen views this opportunity as a
"challenge. It's a new culture, with
the conveniences 'of the western
world."
Attitude 4
These basswood sculptures are two of four-part series by Peter
Wilde, a Lucknow artist. The exhibit Is at the Blyth Festival Art
Gallery until. July. 16. (Pat Livingston photo)
Attitude 3
Blyth Gallery features
ucknow artist's work
An intriguing exhibition of
woodcut prints . and wood
sculpture by •Lucknow artist
Peter Wilde is currently on
display at the Blyth Festival Art
Gallery. The display presents a
strong message about the dif-
ficulties faced by the youth. of
today.
The models for the 18 woodcut
prints were students at F.E.
Madill Secondary School. Peter
had them pose inside a box,
pressing against the sides as if to
escape. While students posed,
Peter quickly cut out the image
on mahogany plywood, using a
gouge to remove the negative
areas:
"This is not pretty work or
comforting art but should make
us feel the discomfortof the
models, their struggles and their.
power. There is no sense of
finish here, but one of ongoing
struggle, the outcome of which
is not clear," says Jerry McDon-
nell, the Art Gallery curator.
:The woodcut., an • ancient
Japanese printmaking process, is
the oldest . known printing.
method. It became"popular in the
West in the 15th and 16th cen-
turies, when German artists such
as f Albrecht Durer combined
their artistic talents with the
skills of master woodcutters to
produce some of the most ex-
quisite printsever made in the
medium. The woodcut process
did not appeal to many artists
after. the 16th century, '.until it
was revived by artists such ,as
Paul Gauguin and Edvard Munch
in the 1890s. (from Building a
Print Collection by Glen Warner)
Tasha Mayer, of Lucknow, is
one of the students who
modelled for Peter's carved
wood sculptures that complete
the exhibition.
At the opening of Peter's
exhibit, Jo Manning, a well-
known Blyth arca artist, said
when she first viewed the
sculptures, "My first exclamation
was they're not pretty. That's
quite a good, .if negative com-
ment on this work -• strong, ..
original, very contemporary,
very real, with a compelling
presence,, and evocative of the
real problems these young
people face,but not pretty."
Peter graduated . from York
University in 1984, and has
since been a practicing artist. His.
sculpture has been exhibited in
public galleries in Simcoe,
Cornwall, Oshawa and Peter-
borough, and in commercial gal-
leries in Toronto, Montreal and
Chicago. Recently he carved .
some of the pulpit of St. Paul's
Cathedral in London. He was
recently commissioned by the
Surgeon General's office of the
United States to create a
memorial for World War I1
corpsmen:
The exhibit closes July 16, and
from. there will go to . either
California or Montreal.
St. Augustine stop signs changed
WEST WAWANOSH - The stop
signs at, St. Augustine are being
changed . back to their original
location.
Council passed a bylaw at the.
July 5 meeting providing for the
erection of stop signs on the
north/south road, where they
originally had been. The former
moving of the signs to the east/west
roads came about when the County
Was drawing from a pit to the south
of the intersection: At that time, the
move was a safety precaution
because of the number of gravel
trucks using the road that would
have had to stop and then traverse
the intersection quickly to avoid
any oncoming traffic down a very
steep hill to the east.
Residents in the area recently
voiced their concerns with the
dangerous corner, where many
vehicles were neglecting to stop.
Gary and Kathy Leeman
presented three estimates to council
for signs for the four boundary
limits of St. Helens.
They were authorized to request
Jack Millar to prepare four signs at
,a total quoted price of $182. The
wording was left to their discretion.
Council authorized road superin-
tendent George Humphrey to mark
trees to be logged in the Inglis
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