Lucknow Sentinel, 2009-11-18, Page 1Lurgan Beach
rnan took in
D -Day invasion
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HAWK Theatre
puts on Christmas
play...
4-H Beef Club
hand out Fall Fair
awards . . .
Morning
Smiles
Just remember,
once you're over
the hill you begin
to pick up speed.
Charles Schulz
The Lucknow •
November18,2009
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Lest VVe Foret...
A iarge gathering of people e out onWednesday to give their respect to those
who gave the ultimate sacrifice in war at the Lucknow Cenotaph Remembrance
Day ceremony.There was a moment of silence at 11 a.m. followed by a prayer by
Rev. Peggy Kinsman and then the laying of the wreaths. It ended with a procession
Of Legion members, veterans, the Lucknow Legion Pipe Band, Cubs,Beavers,
Sparks, Girl Guides, Brownies and Pathfinders that made Its way to the Legion
Branch 309. (Below)Veteran Don Ross had the proud opportunity to bring forward
the Dominion wreath during the Cenotaph ceremony on Remembrance Day in
Lucknow.
Bruce Power is
BY PAX IIMPIN
• Special to the Sentinel
Bruce Power has revised
the target for •Bruce A
Units 1 and 2 return to
service to 2011 - more
than a year behind sched-
u1e,
TransCanada Corp - a
partner in Bruce Power -
put that date in its recent
quarterly report to share-
holders, . Bruce - "...Power
spokesperson• Ross
Lamont told county coun-
cil in a presentation Nov 5.
"TransCanada is a pub-
licly traded company.
They need to inform their
shareholders of how their
investments are going, and
•so .they have put in the
dates of 2011 for the in
service because it is a dis-
closeable item with their
shareholders."
The date isn't out of line
with Bruce Power's 'recent
statements.
The company has been
admitting for months that
the Bruce A restart is
behind schedule by slight-
ly more than a year.
"It's been well known
that we've had some diffi-
culties with the first -of -a -
kind technical changes
that are part of the refur-
bishment program,"
Lamont told Bruce county
councilors,
But most of the remain-
ing work on the restart
project is more conven-
tional in nature, he said.
Meanwhile skills learned
on Units 1 and 2 can be
applied in future refurbish-
' •
• . - .. -
ments,
• Bruce Power expects
Units 1 and 2 to come on
line in mid and la,te 201.1.
Grant changes
Five Bruce county
municipalities stand to
• lose a total of $2,000,000
next year if the province
goes ahead with 4utting
the Municipal Partnership
Fund.
• South Bruce alone will
lose nearly $270;000 in
revenue, said mayor and
Bruce County Warden Bill
Goetz.
"That's big money for
•us. It will end up with a 12
to 13 per cent twc increase
without even looking at
the budget," he said.
• South Bruce is spear-
heading a campaign that so
far has Huron-Kinioss,
Kincardine and Arran-
Elderslie supporting a
•request that the province
• phase in changes to the
• Ontario • Municipal
Partnership Fund.
"If they would come
across with a Farm Tax
Rebate we could easy han-
dle this," Goetz said about
the proposedchange in
revenue.
"But so far they seem to
be reluctant."
The municipal partner-
ship grant loss is most
acute for municipalities
with a large rural and agri-
cultural base. The
province Icnows a problem
is on the horizon, Goetz
said, but so far hasn't taken
any steps to fix it.
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