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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-10-17, Page 410110". • t f • • 0 • ' AN er' • • 1 $ • .• Lucknow Sentinel, Wedneeday, °dither 17, 1984—Page 2 • The Lucknow Sentinel took the second place award in the generalexcellence category for newspapers with 'a circulation of 2,000 and Under in the Ontario Community Newspapers ,Ainaaciadon advertising competition this Year. Sentinel advertising Manager Tom Thompson received the award which. was presented at the fall meeting of OCNA held in Niagara Falls on Friday. The presentation was made by Gordon Claufws, of Dresden, eight. Tile Sentinel was also awarded an honourable menden forfood store layOut „in the Premier. Awards adveitishag competition for a layout for Bain's Groceteria. • *from page .1 and council should act before winter to get the project moving. LucknoW c,lerk treasurer Bertha Whit- er*said eouncil is still Waiting for the certificate of approval from the ministry, and read a letter from the Huron County Health Unit, which questions the suitability of the site for the long term planning needs • of Lucknow and West Wawanosh. Reeve • George Joynt pointed out that the letter did • not object to the suitability a the site for environmental concerns however. Councillor Murray asked what it takes to " persuade ministry officials at the regional' office in -Owen Soundto. hold a hearing in Lucknow so the project can proceed• . Murray wanted to know who conned could talk to to get the Owen Sound officials • "sharpened up". Councillor Herb. Clark • suggested council contact the minister and it was agreed the clerk would contact • Willard Page to tell him council has ques- • tions they want answered and they want •a • meeting shortly. • Reeve George Joynt said he had' been speaking with the West Wawanosh deputy reeve Gordon Brindley who said councillor Bruce Raynard had contacted Page about a • date for the hearing and. Raynard said he was told there would be no. hearitag. Councillor Murray pointed out tha • Huron Medical Officer of Health Harry Ceislar told him West Wawanosh did not want to spend the m ney to do a secondary , plan for the towits ip at the time it was arranged by the planning department to do the Ashfield secondary plan. West Wawa - nosh cannot' object now to the use of the • site for a treatment facility based on the specifications of a secondary plan because they do not have one. "The ministry is dragging its feet," said Murray.,• • Eliminate finders' fees., *from nage 1 . . $3,900 "mushrooming" if A was added "is the salaries are increased by percentages every year. Although the' question wasn't answered specifically, the executive committee re- port states.the employees' salaries are to be increased by $150 bi-weekly, Executive committee member Dave Johnston said that, "rightly or wrongly" the tw9 men have received the finders' fees in the past. He compared the situation to a hypothetical example where an employee has the benefit of a company car taken away but is compensated financially. "This is straightening out a matter that does not seem proper in the eyei of some members of the public," said the Bayfield reeve. • Some reeves suggested • the practice remain as it is or that the two men receive a bonus at the end of the year. However, Exeter Reeve, Bill Mickle suggestedthat the subject of remuneration be dealt with at contract time. He added that the role of investing money is part of the clerk's and deputy clerk's job .and there shouldn't be extra remuneration. Reeve Johnston said the county had accepted the' past practice for a number of • years and to do away with remunera- , tion now would be going too far 'the other way. • . , ' • "We'd not be supporting ouremploy- ees," said Reeve Johnston:Several reeves, told their colleagues that the extra money • covers the extra time spent by,the two men • .administering the trust funds. A lot of time is spent, said the reeves, on clearing up estates and selling off homes of those Huronview residents. Clerk -treasurer -administrator Bill Hanly told council that one of the trust Companies will notrettirn a commission to the county corporation because it is Against its policy to give a finders' fee to a Municipality. Those voting in .favor of turning the commission over to the corporation and paying the $3,900 fee were West Wawa - nosh Reeve James Aitchison, Ashfield Reeve John. Austin, Hay •Deputy Reeve Tony Bedard, Tuckersinith Reeve Bob Bell, Goderich Deputy Reeve Jim Britnell, Warden Tom Cunningham, Exeter Deputy Reeve 'LOssy Fuller, Reeve Johnston, Colborne Reeve Rutsel Kereighan, Hen sail Reeve Harry Klungel, Brussels Reeve Cal Kreuter, %Reeve McBurney, Reeve Mickle, Reeve Steckle, Stephen " Reeve Alan VValper, Stephen Deputy Reeve Ralph Weber and Goderich Reeve Harry Worsen with two votes. , Those voting against were Grey Reeve • Leona Armstrong, Clinton Reeve Ernest Brown, Seaforth Reeve William Campbell, Blyth Reeve Tom Cronin, MOIrriS'Reeve Bill Elston, McKillop Reeve Marie Hicknell, Wingham Reeve Joe Kerr, Zurich Reeve Isidore LaPorte, lisborne Reeve • Gerry Prout and: Hay Reeve Lionel Wilder. " Absent from the meeting were Howielt Reeve Jack Stafford, Goderich Township. Reeve Grant Stirling and East Wawanosh Reeve Neil Vincent. Lucknow, woman recovers in hospital A Lucknow woman is in satisfactory A Kitiloss Township youngster has condition in the Wingham and District returnedhome from 'hospital in London • Hospital after being injured in a single car after being injured ina car accident, accident in .Kinloss Township, October 7. September 29; Roxanne 'Berman was a Susan Thompson, 22, was injured when passenger in •a, car driven by Marlene her car skidded off County Road 6, ,100 Wolfe, also of Kinloss Township, when it metres west of Sideroad 20, about 3.25 was involved in 'a collision as the car was a.m. ••••, backing out of the Wolfe farm.laneway on Kineardine Provincial Police reported concession 6. The car was struck by a car Thompson was eastbound on the county driven by Murray MacKinnon who was road when her car started to fishtail on the • driving 'east on the concession. gravel. She hit the brakes to control the • – skid but lost control and went into the ditch Roxy's mother, Merlene and Marlene • . where they car rolled over. , • Wolfe's sons, Nathaniel and Sean, who She was taken by ambulance to the were also: passengers in the Wolfe car, onsider cabk TV. b law Wingliam hospital for treatment of a , were treated and released from VVingham cracked vertabrae in her neck.. •hospitel. MacKinnon was not injered. Lucknow Village Council will 'consider .a • sample by-law • and , sample agreement • regarding the construction of cable TV installation in • the village. The sample by-law and agreement were forwarded to council by Kincardine Cable,TV who will be doing the installation. '• Apply For interim Road Subsidy • Lucknow has applied for an interim road subsidy of $36,000 to. be applied, towards the road construction work, this year. To date $54,000 has been spent on roads this year. I , By-law, re: Retention of Documents • A by-law regarding the retention period for documents, records' and papers was given first and second reading. The by-law will now be reviewed by the village's' auditors, • Durst, Vodden . and Bender. Storage space for documents and records is limited said clerk Bertha W,hitcroft and a by-law will permit the discarding of docu- • ments and records no longer required: Request Assistance With By-istw AO enforce Plan Council' has requested the Bruce County planning department assist them in the writing,of a by-law to enforce the village's new secondary plan. Tree Removal • • Council • approved a recommendation that Flannigan's Tree Service be authoriz- ed to remove and trim trees. in the village and clear stumps which will cost the village $9,480 this year. Install Roof ' John MacLeod's • tender has been accepted for the installation of a steel roof • onone half of the maintenance shed for a\ • cost of $500. Auction House • A house the village purchased from • .Mary Nicholson at 550 Willoughby Street • Was sold by. public auction on Friday. October 5 for the sum ef .$820. • Elston commercial relations critic • Ma -fay Elston, Liberal MPP for Huron • Bruce, has been named Opposition Critic for Commerdiat/Relations at Queen's Park: , Elston, MPP for the riding since 1981, retains the post of Environment Critic. In his capacity, Elston sits 'on the front bench of the Liberal Caucus. The appointment ,was announced by Opposition. Leader David Peterson, and is part of an eight person reorganization of the Liberal Caucus. Elston takes the job in the midst of a wave of deregulation in the financial industry. '`The traditional role of the four pillars of the industry -- insutance companies, trust companies, banks and securities brokers -- is changing," Elston said. ,"Following the collapse of several trust companies, these institutions will' have to be closely monitored in order to provide maximum protection to consumers and investors;" he added. "Liberals are not convinced that the Tories are prepared to do this.'" Elston, a lawyer, previously, held the position of Liberal Critic for the Solicitor General's Department, and is a member of the Legislature's Justice Committee. Fire destroys Ashfield barn • 1; Find missing 'Woman Fire Completely destroyed a bare on the • farm of Henry Drennan, Ashfield Town-; ship October 10. 1Lucknow 'firemen were called at 11 am. and the barn was beyond saving when : they arrived" on the scene. Some 85 pigs were lost as well as the season's hayand straw. Firemen remained for over three hours to protect nearby • • •fr • Kincardine ProVincial Police report a •Scarborough woman who had .been report- • ed missing was found wandering on Luck- , now's main street, Sunday afternoon by an off duty member of the Kincardine detach, • meet. • • The woman was approached by the policeman Whofound her to be disoriented. • She was taken to Kincardine District General Hospital where, she Was admitted Tor obseryation; Jessie Chester retires... •from page 1 work to relax'. It was always a:pleasant . time at work and she found the bank employees ova' the years were always pleasant to work with. •' Jessie has seen many changes in banking over the past 28 years:, She notes that thechanges in the last eight years have been the most significant with the conversion „to computers in • October 'of 1976 and the division of the Bank of Montreal into two banking units, domestic and oninierciaL a year ago. Posting was done by hand when she started in banking and there were not as many customers as there are today. Very few women were customers at the .bank. Many women were not in the work force and consequently men did most of the banking. Beginning in' 1939 I at the start of the war, the bank started • to hire more women as employees. When Jessie started there were five men and only two women in the • Lucknow branch, whereas today in the domestic unit, there are four Women and one man, In the Luckuow commer-i cial unit there are four women on staff and three men• . For someone who used to work to , relax, retirement will be a challenge. Jessie received a gold St. Christoph- er's medallion front the Bank of Montreal employees. ' iv • The Legion hall was decbrated on a • travel theme by fellow 'staff member , Diane Morrison. St Sc cis ga Cc at, Yc ar Se R. W(