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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-12-03, Page 11 7 ESTAnOSHED N 137 "THE BERN TOWN" O THE HURON-tRUCE BOUNDARY An apple a day . The Lucknow Cubs and.ScOnts held their annual Apple Day and Bottle Driveln the village on November 29. Here, Cubs .Danny WYlds, Mike McEwan and Jeremy O'Neill prepare their apples for the day,. (Alan Rivett photo) • Simpsons vieing for $1 minion The Lucky Million Sweeps show on Thursday, December 11 will send one sweepstakes finalist home an instant millionaire; • Ashfield Township resident Alex Simp- son earned a 'spot on the show after winn- ing $10,000 by scratching three "sweeps" in a ticket bought at The Lottery Shoppe in Lucknow back on September -22. The Lucky Million Sweeps show will be preceded by the weekly Wintario draw, which will be broadcast from the Metro Toronto Convention Centre at a special time of 8 p.m. over the Global Television Network. To date, 46 finalists have been determin- ed for the draw. In addition to the $1 million' prize, prizes of $100,000, $50,000 and $25,000 will be awarded with all Lucky Million Sweeps . finalists receiving a minimum of $10,000. To play Lucky Million Sweeps, players scratch off the coating from the ticket's play area. If the same prize appears in three places, the player wins that prize in- stantly (a. free ticket, $4, $10, $25, $100, $1,000 or $10,000)..Players finding the word • "sweeps" three times become finalists in the Lucky Million Sweeps show. Winners of the draw show will be deter- mined by random selection. Finalists are assigned a number. A draw machine, similar to those used in other lottery games,. will be loaded with corresponding- ly numbered balls. • The $2 Lucky Million Sweeps tickets have been on sale since September 8. Turner ,sits well with local Liberals The strong support shown federal. Liberal Party leader John Turner at last weekend's policy convention in *Ottawa should sit well with Liberals from the Huron -Bruce Federal Liberal Association, according to association president Howard Aitken, of Goderich. Although Aitken said • there was no official movement to support Turner among the Huron -Bruce delega- tion, Aitken said the leader has few detrac- tors in this area. "Nobody is questioning Turner from around here," he said. A full delegation from the local associa- tion attended the convention, which gave .Turner a 76 per cent vote of confidence, in- cluding Goderich area delegates Muriel Murphy, Mike Murphy, Young Liberal Association President Doug Lounsbury and Aitken. Other voting delegates from the Huron -Bruce association included: An- drew and Win McLean, of Seaforth and Bruce and Maggie McDonald, of Mildmay. Although pleased with the results of the leadership vote, Aitken expressed concern so much emphasis was placed on the sub- ject of review it the convention. ii198fii% No decision yet Council makes presentation o environment minister Lucknow council repres'entatives were "very hopeful" that the proposed sewage system would include the entire village after a meeting with the Ontario environ- ment minister at Queen's. Park on November 25. Lucknow council met with the Hon. Jim Bradley, Minister of the Environment (MOE), and the Hon. Murray Elston, Minister of Health and Huron -Bruce MPP, to discuss the proposed sewage treatment project and to request that the entire village be included in the project and not just the core area. Reeve Herb Clark, said, while the coun- cil didn't receive any guarantees from the minister of the environment, he said .the • minister was "sympathetic" to council's cause. Mr. Clark said council was very. hopeful the ministry would agree to do the whole village. He expects a decision from the ministry on the project by late - December. "I think we've made progress and we're very hopeful. Mr.. Bradley was very oblig- • ing. He told us that he was glad we came (limn to discuss the situation. • "We just have to wait for their decision. We've done all we can do for now," said Mr. Clark who was accompanied to Toron- to by Councillors Ab Murray, John MacLeod, Eldon Mann, George Anderson, and project engineer Steve Burns from B.M. Ross and Associates of Goderich. Last May, the MOE .earmarked $1.3 million for the estimated $1.5 million sewage system project for the core area of Lucknow with the village picking up the re- • maining 15 per cent or approximately $600,000. If the entire village is considered, the cost could jump to as much as $3 ',million for the project. "It irked me, that so much stress was put on this thing," he said. Aitken said there did riot appear to be a• strong pre- • review presense at the convention. "It seemed like there were only a hand- ful of people ready to declare themselves in favor of a review — and most of them weren't even delegates." Many of the review proponents at the convention "handn't evettliurchased observer status (passes)" said Aitken, and ended up being banned from the eonven- tion floor and relegated to the lobby. • During the policy -forming portion of the convention, a resolution from the Huron- •• Bruce association was passed and given priority status, by a committee dealing • with resolutions pertaining to agriculture. Basically, the resolution recommended the Liberal party develop a comprehen- sive farm policy to address all aspects of agriculture. "Although it was a rather general resolution, it was one that seemed to be of great interest to the agricultural on munity," Aitken said."The idea was to Turn to page 2 • Guess who's coining -to Lucknow? Mr. Clark said council advised the minister that the MOE proposal, which called for the core area of the village to be serviced with a sewage system with in- dividual upgrading of septic systems, was unacceptable to the village. In their • presentation, council outlined a number.of reasons why sewers for the entire village 'was the route to take for the project. In a recent system check by BM Ross and Associates of 60 septic systems outside of the core area, 50 or 83 per cent of them needed .repair. Other sewage problems outside', the core area included sewage found in tile drain near roads each year and Dickie's Creek (the .Mill Pond) is ex- periencing serious pollution problems and this area is also not included in the servic- ed section,. the delegation told the minister. Council also stressed that the servicing of the core area of the village is the least costly alternative for the sewage system, but only in the short term. In giving 'a cost analysis to the environ- ment minister, the delegation explained that a per property saving of almost 30 per cent in both capital and operating costs can be achieved if the entire village is ser- viced as all of the upgraded private system and those not upgraded will eventually fail and require repair or replacement, up to three or four times during the life Of the sewers. It was also pointed out that the proposed system for the core area sdoes nothing to promote the growth of the village, which would help pay for the sewers. • The council members also advised the minister that according to a survey held last spring indicated that the majority of • the ratepayers wished the entire village to be servic4d. Mr. Clark said a cost analysis of sewers • Turn to.page 2. •... 110 Ho Ho Santa Claus is taking time out of his busy schedule and is coming down from the North Pole to be the main attrac- tion at the annual Lucknow Santa Claus Parade on December 6 at 1 p.m. • According to, Joanne Weber of the Sew- ing Box, the organizer of the parade, about 10 to 12 'floats have signed up for the parade, but she stressed that usually a lot more entries come on the day of the parade. Last year, approximately 23 floats entered the parade. The parade, sponsored by the Lucknow Business Association, will start at' the public school at 1 p.m. and proceed down Campbell Street. Members of the Lucknow and District Lions Club will .serve as the parade marslialls While the Lucknow • Kinsmen Club will provide the Santa Claus float. After the parade, the employees at the Lucknow Post Office will again this year be taking letters to be delivered to Jolly St.. Nick. The address is: Santa Claus, North Pole, Canadar11011 OHO, Also, Santa will be giving out apples and candy canes to the youngsters in the empty store across from the Lueknow Sentinel. Snyders Studios from Wingham will be taking free pictures of the youngsters with Santa. Reminder A reminder to members of the Lucknow Figure Skating Club. The 'club executive announced that some classes will be cancelled on account of the San- • ta Claus Parade. The Beginners will skate from 11 a.in. •to 12 p.m. with Public Skating following from 1 to 3 • Good Luck! Deeember 11 will be a very special day .for two local people, Alex and Cin., dy Shnpson of Ashfield Tovniship. It's the day they'll find out if their kood luck will continue in the form of winning the • $1 million grand prize on the Lady Million Sweeps program to be, broad. east on Global Television at 8:30 p.m. Good luck And let's hope you come hotn.e big winners • Hockey The Lancers played their rivals, the Ripley Roosters, and eame away with a tie. Por the game report .,. SEE PAGE 10 •