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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-12-26, Page 161 • single copy t§ - • Lucknow Village Council will instruct 1*s. lawyer and engineer to, proceed with the '• purchase of property owned by Michael Snobelen and Chester Finnigan in. West Vyawanosh, Township where the treatment facility and tile bed system to serVice; the Lucknow sewage works is to, be ideated. Council also ciecided at its December 11 meeting to send registered letters to residents in the area who \object to the location of the :treatment facilitynear their homes asking thein.to itcept- the proposal • to relocate the treatment -facility further east on the Snobelen property. The letter adds council is not requesting the residents to agree with the site location, Printed in Lucknow,: Ontario, Wednesday, 'December 26, 1984 16 pages r to proceed with purchase of properties residents accept proposal to relocate treatment facility Councillor Herb Clark said the township ratepayers might be Willing to sign these • letters whereas they would not sign an agreement which council proposed at a December 3 meeting. The agreement asked the residents to drop their objections • to the • location of the ,facility near their homes, if it was moved further east on the Snobelen property. • Councillor Ab Murray said he talked with one • township ratepayer who said he would not sign the agreement to withdraw his opposition to the site of the treatment facility, for fear he would be giving up the opportunity to object to the Ministry of the Environment if the treatment faciltty 7. created odour problems. ' "We want to proceed with as little hard feelings as possible If we can stay 750 feet (from the houses), we have played as fair arvVe,san," observed ,Murray. Murray said he phoned his.sister-in-law Who lives 40 rod. from such a facility and she said 'absolutely not', it does not smell. "These people who signed these peti- dons,- they are only listening to what they want to hear," said councillor Eldon Mann. "Any that I talked to, are not in favour of it going out there; but they are: more favourable to the site being moved (to the southeast corner of the Snobelen proper- ty)," observed Clark. "We are either going W go ahead or the sewers are not going . to be in next summer," commented councillor Mann. Council passed a motion that registered letters be sent to the West Wawanoili residents who signed petitions, "If we get a bunch of rejections; . there is no use Considering (the new location on the Snobelen site). We would have *to go to plan A;" remarked Clark. • Following a meeting with the West . Wawanosh residents November 22, council • proposed moving the treatment facility further 'east on the Snobelen property •where the land will have to be drained to Turn to page 340 Eastnor reeve is Bruce warden • • Eastnor Township.Reeve Ivan Mielha,us- • en emerged the victor Monday as two Bruce Peninsula reeves battled for the job as 1985 warden, of BruCe-Tounty. Mielhausen defeated his only challeng- • er, Albermarle Township Reeve Doug Thompson 18 to 13 in the first time in five years that the job was won by an election, rather than acclamation. Mielhausen, 60,-, a beef farmer• arid life long resident of Eastnor, pledged to work towards increasing employment in the • county. / kie#4 attracting industryto the Brace, energy Centre would be the 'major Objective Of county Council during his One year term. Mielhausen .succeeds 1984. warden Maurice Donnelly of -Greenock Township., 'Heis only the second warden to come from Eastnor, located in the middle of the peninsula. John Dawson represented the township' as warden ,in 1945. • The new warden's wife Katherine, their seven children and several of their six grandchildren were present at the cere- mony at the Walkerton Community Centre. Mielhausen said during his term he would rely on his three sons to do much of the work on their 525 hectare farm. As a beef farmer, Mielhausen is' expect- ed to understand the plight of the county's econornically depressedbeef industry. He', has also worked towards 'improving the • agricultural sector in the 'county. • He said a study commissioned by the county, which startedin the fall and will suggest 'ways .of improving the. farm economy in the county, will be completed by May.•• • •• In addition to Thompson 'three -.other .candidates were nominated for' warden, • but withdrew before the vote, traditionally a sign that they could run' for warden neat,,,, • year. They were :Rots • Herron of !Arran • 7itwAship, Mac Inglits'Ot earriOlt TO,WashiP' andloy Pennington of Culross Township. . . Municipal elections Will be held before • next year's election for Warden. • Pennington was later acclaimed to a four year term ori the county , highWayscom- mittee while Walkerton Reeve Owen King •,. • was acclaimed to a three year term on the same Committee.. ' • ,• • The .highways •comrnittee is the onlY elected committee on cdunty council. After the election Mielhausen was Con- gratulated by all • members of county council inchiding Challenger ' Thompson,. • who wished him the best of luck. However, Thompson' did not suggest that the vote be made unanimous. • The race split the votes among. municip- 1985 the year in i•etros ect • Jimmy Dungannon area farmer Larry Pentland, • 36, died suddenly in a farm accident on December 27. Mr. Pentland was blowing snow outside his home, when he apparent- • ly stepped out of the cab of the' tractor he was driving and was caught by the rear wheel and crushed between the .wheel 'and a snow drift. Mike 'Snobelen was acclaimed vice- chairman of the Bruce County Board of Education. Trustee for Huron Township and the village of Ripley,he has ,served three years on the board. • Day care representatives and parents • from Wingham, Listowel and Vanastra began forming a coalition of rural day care • centres to protest government plans to cut funding, Don Tremeer of Clinton was appointed acting principal of Brookside Public School • after the transfer of Gary Jewitt to Seaforth Public School. Tremeer was subsequently appointed principal of Brookside in. June.. • Lucknow lawyer Rebert Campbell was sentenced to one year in jail; when he appeared in Goderich Provincial Court after pleading guilty to charges of fraud and forgery, in September, 1083. Judge E. 11, A. Carson recommended .Campbell serve his jail term in Mississauga where he " b is employed and that he be recommended for day parole as soon as he is eligible. Sherwood Eddy was appointed vice- • principal of F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham following the resignation of Robert Ritter as principal in December. ' Former vice -Principal Ken Wood •was • appointed principal to replace Mr. .Ritter. While financial restraint is the biggest problem facing the Huron County Board of Education in 'the corning year, chairman Eugene Frayne told the board members they have to provide an education system • the students can depend on. • "Young people today face, • on a day-to-day basis, the possibility of nuclear war, the uncertainty of a job when they graduate, peer pressure, sexual and porno - •graphic material that degrades man to an animal •Ievel, movies that depict heroes • who excel in violence and it goes on and on," said Frayne. • The chairman said after the board deals with the continued implementation of Bill 82 (special education), the changes, forth- • coining in the secondary system, financial •restraint and accommodation reviews in three elementary schools, the board should look at the system and 'the product it i4 producing. Unit to ,page