The Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-02-26, Page 1BEST ALL MONO CO,MNitIN,t 'Y
NEWSPAPER l'NI;,CANAQA.
(Circulation Class -urider2 0O) •
C.C.N,A..Better Newspaper Competition 1985 _
ans
revealed in
Dun annon
By James Friel
Plans are underway to locate a tourist
lodge in West Wawanosh Township it was
revealed at a secondary plan line meeting
at the Dungannon --Senior Citizens' Hall
..: Feb. 20. ,
Al Sherwood, a 'longtime ~ Dungannon
area resident and businessman directed
architect Nick Hill to reveal the first -draft
drawing of Sherwood Forest Lodgeat the
meeting.
The plans call for the lodge to be builton
400 acres Sherwood owns on the fourth
concession in West VVawanosh. Sherwood
tentatively estimated the project to cost at
least $500,000.
:"I've been working on this for 30
yeah," said Sherwood later„_ "I .anticipate
getting started as somas I have the zonin
for it " .
• Sherwood said �hevwanted to get input.
} from local school boards.on plans he,has f o
promoting the lodge•as a.' place f or students
t conduct studies of nate
he ,entrep-rix
k in .conjunctio•i
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e hse : ation aireat
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"land ,
"I -•-control' the whole (Saratoga Swamp)
system' because I'm right in the center and
I have the ..creek," , said Sherwood. "It's
imperative' to get: their. co operation. '
Plans are being 'Made:; to have the lodge.
and weekend . cabins ' constructed. Sher-
wood sees the' development as. .a -place lace for::
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l,.....: ,fishing ,an:.
skating,ski%n , snowmoba in ,d
other recreational urs• its. .
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fie•doesn't think it will be in competition
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with Betimiller, Inn. He. feels the lodge, will.
have t a different emphasis that .,will : be •
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By` James Friel
Lucknow council agreed. it ,would sell
water- to township residents -:.south of the
village currently hooked into the municipal
system" rf the townships Of Ashfield and
West Wawanosh construcfa Main replac-
ing :the deteriorating Main now in Service.
Greg Alton, a township resident tece•::.
ing stow -n' water, asked Councillor Eldon
Mann which of drilling a well or contribut-
ing to construction of a Main is,the'• better
solution when the village is no longer able
to .supply water, Lucknaw sent' letter's: to.
those ..on the line. stating that the 1952.
uz agreement made'to supply waster would be
coripleted .once the "watermain is judged
unsuitable,
' `'Before they even approach, the town-
ships,, we should haveGary (Austin, :village
works tsiirierVisor) estimate ..the cost} for
aiviynjg :t (a {potential water aline'
4..14i..rann�ry",4 ,c.0 •.. .. , _ , M
<10
e,o Itsiri .in" ...bars at:
Fi D... enfalioriored ttiiree f ret is em a .=
lie I.ucknow and�Area. re a ar�in
Feb pat the a fair Restaurant.:Retirlln •from ,the 21:.person force are left
� f
toright; Gary .,�.
and.<,Barty, McDon g
h.: The •three. recelved
plaques in reco tion 'of: their contributi.n
. ;
to the force :over. ''the ears.;
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[James A
Friel hotaj .
By James Friel
The study,°of agriculture in the class
room has gduay been integrated.rated
with other disciplines
" so that a new
course : environmental studies has, been
•developed: -Many people feel: that: the
integration of studies in this manner has
resulted in an„- inadequate . course, of
study on agriculture. ..
An evening addressing .this concern.
.,and "'Some' nicthods to`deal, with was held
Feb. 12- at the Lucknow ::: and District
Community Centre;. Ce-ordinating the
eveningwere Diane Jones. and” 'MatY:
E len •:Rin rnelzwani 'as art of series
of ,iaieetin s desi ned' to 'pare
`infor-
g, g p
station" about issues facing rural' dwel
lcrs '.
r o rEducation
:.�u erviso of (Jittd o for
Bruce County, Clark Birchard, spoke
• about the: devclo ineiit of, courses and,
p
tfte agricultural content of the school
curriculum. He also gave "'a : slide
'presentation on the outdoor, education
center `near. '1Viurton
'Before addressing his subject °matter
he noted that `everythia. front Grades
to 2 isin revision'
[ucation.
The Ministryof ' Education first
desl ns board
g board guidelines and goals for •
Ontario schools. `
- he uidelines are not usuall clan -
:g Y s -.
ro r
om .cad .:�`heyy{'i°e .very
eiieral he
said. _
The ui Jelin s ott 'th , h
d e o esc oolboard:,
$ t + - g
l t o n
of t the g dividua'schools, olid finall �.
of e. 'h
Y
fi th teat el
responsible .for cairrses.
P.
frYj
,.1
A ricu l
g tore _trs,utal a+ ears; . yin..,
Y Ply
rimae �, and ``unior leveXs as art of
y.
m i2t l" t ,"
env -E°- e a s tidies will h includes ..
co -,r ..h n ,,v
science' g i'g a y e d,..history .item ,.
search has : shown , ,children '. refer
cnvironir ental tudi s r t `'. ' -1`t-
primary
..., s e tithe Bart sp it .. '
ting things tip into disciplines; laid
Birchard.
'- The courses rs y
h oil es at these ,levels which
include learning
le
arnin as:nud JeJcotis
throb h a.
r,
history, writitg
"not sccihc_to agriculture"
fngpolattYtscould
e
,
laGvcxoavgaigculture involved.
arotiiigsaid ar animal units
ive some agricultural content to theirtpportuities for • teachers to
i'
tr
au,gg -s
neighbours to deter'
wells or''a new Idle,
it <' wasrtl± unlikel.y`i
construct a -main..
constructing ..a line
responsbility.
'You' see how.. ;much it cost to fix, t e
$13,000 to „pull it -° it takes along
tine; it " ..
iback.:at - $6 ' a.: tri:�onth, said
get
Mann.
"After another year like.this we'll be
lucky if -we can hold the rate whe"re it is,'
;their' feelings on
ough council .agreed.
ie townships ; would
They -'also agreed
is .not the village"s
he; added
instruction and to.o optional unitscoult�`,
,
lso..be. sed for.a"ri It '
a ucu ure. g
Life in early an
Canada is bolted at,in
grade 2 in
farming is seen .from: an
hiorical
est a perspective, There are two
optional. unitsfor teachers as well.
Later -in the:prirtiary and junior levels,.
there is quite` a bit on :plants ... and
there's alwaysthe option of the tw
units
In Grades'-
Tand 8 chatacteristics, an
- a
:classifications,of livin :.thin s� is taught.
g g g
as is the interde perde cc The w°
p ti ase else
ofn. r unit has e e ti t has o f rn�i unit it
s, in and -
the . -study. of :green plants is also .
X
ncluded as ;a' topic of :study:
``In °most •• iaces.a riculture is reit
. P g py
..ind trectiy involved."i
' .ch;
Bit° r
a d said - e vironin vital .. • i
n e , sc exice`
us' l 'n i
iia ly.y codes agriculture but.that;tlie
cc u�rsc is .optional. Azrather. problen
with exposingstudents to a ric ltural
studies` is that sortie schools don't offe
r {
iivir6tii1'iental studies.
Kincardine .doesn't offer,
iron-
•
mental studies a all but Walkerton::
(four.:years) 'Wiarton -(Grades ' 10 and
12) and y Chesledo. At Saugeen the
environmental studies' program isi:ori
ent d More t u ;
e e.a hortictil#ure.'in�[n to, a ri-
_ ,g
cti,iture because the. school ,has a green
h u g
Ouse.
•Geo ra h ` rn • t provide the "` best
t
g P Y b. s p
overview of ,agriculture as an enter-
prise,''.' said Birchard.'
Another place students may et sortie
agricultural: ex .osui°e throe h .school is
"... F through
with' field trips. -Birchard pointed out,
though that field - trips r generally utilize
g a g Y
the resources u res at hand andi
e
Nile there s
w h,,.
len a
t f.
a ort nit .for
u ruralstudents
.y_
to visit farc
icritic sturan stu en
ts,
liicti w
nuke up the `bul% of� chtiof goers,
don't have the same chance. :Teachers
based iii elani
,u centers and tisin local
resources might instead take children to
city. "locations,
Birchard
�arid Dan Wob ate "r' teacher
,
at F. F ; Madill . Secondary 'sachool in
,., Y
Citi barn ,agreed that a great deal of
lobbying had'heen .done by agricultural
1�
interests"rcccntl and some affect `
Y had
f • ,been felt.