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No. 07656.
Bringing Together
1iuron -& .Bruce
Photo by Garit Reid
Fire on Willoughby Street
Ron and Heather Stewart of 472 Willoughby suffered extensive fire damage to their
home Sunday night. Inset stairs photo (left) and upstairs room photo (right) shows
the extent of damage done to the inside of the house
Fire damages Lucknow house
•B#�GAR1T REED
Sentinel Staff
The Lucknow and
District Fire Department
responded to a . fire at
472 Willoughby Street at
about 10:30 p.m. Sunday
night.
The house of Ron and
Heather Stewart was full
of smoke and the rear of
downstairs and the
upstairs were both heav-
ily damaged by the fire
when the fire department
arrived. Firefighters
were on scene until 1
a.m. Monday morning.
Fortunately the Stewart
family was not home at
the time of the fire.
By accounts from the
fire department, the fire
was apparently caused
by a plug-in air freshen-
er that had run dry of
fluid.
Fire Chief Peter Steer
recommends checking
these plug -ins regularly.
For the time being the
Stewart family has been
staying in a recreational
vehicle (RV) in their
backyard and the family
still don't know the
exact eost of the fire
damage to the house.
Bridges to fill gaps
in Bruce County
trails systems
BY PAT HALM
Special to the Sentinel
Three gaps in the Bruce
County trails system will
be bridged and one of the
best views along the
multi -use recreational
trail could soon be re
opened.
A $170,000 contract
will see the final. phase of
work to put new decking
and railing on the Mill
Creek bridge in Port Elgin
and two bridges in
. Paisley. One of the Paisley
bridges is a trestle bridge
that runs high over the
Teeswater River, offering
a unique view of the sur-
roi ndings.
Pser groups and a utili-
ty ompany will cover
most of the cost, with the
remainder corning .from
county reserve funds.
Work is expected to begin
this week.
Bruce county's rail trail
is used by pedestrians,
ATVers and . snowmobil-
ers. They've all had to
make extended detours
while the bridges . were
closed for safety reasons.
• Lighthouses
The Stokes Bay light
marker on Lake Huron is
the latest marine icon fac=.
ing new ownership.
The federal government
is getting rid of lighthous- •
es, said county planner
Chris LaForest, and Bruce
County is looking at ways
to make sure .they don't
disappear.
Bruce County • Museum.
is interested in taking the
Stokes Bay light as part of
its museum collection,
LaForest said. He warned
county councillors that the
federal government is
maxim; quickly on divest-
ing lighthouses, and the
Museum is prepared to
move equally quickly.
The county lists light-
houses as one of its 'must
see' tourist attractions.
Most are in federal or
municipal ownership.
The federal government
and Saugeen Shores are
already negotiating over
Chantry Island and its
lighthouse.
Bruce County doesn't
object to municipalities
taking ownership of light-
houses. 'But it's worried
the federal government
may sell them off fast,
leaving little time to save
lighthouses that are part of
the county's heritage • and
prime tourist attractions.
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