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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2014-04-02, Page 44 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, April 2,2014 www.lucknowsentinel.com The Lucknow Sentinel PUBLISHED WEEKLY P.O. Box 400, 619 Campbell Street Lucknow Ontario NOG 2H0 phone: 519-528-2822 fax: 519-528-3529 www.lucknowsentinel.com SUN MEDIA A Quebecor Media Company MARIE DAVID Publisher marie.david@sunmedia.ca JILLIAN UNDERWOOD Sales representative jillian.underwood@sunmedia.ca MARILYN MILTENBURG office administrator lucknow.sentinel@sunmedia.ca Publications Mail Agreement No. 40064683 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO SENTINEL CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT RO. 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The Sentinel is available on microfilm at: GODERICH LIBRARY, (from 1875) 52 Montreal Street Goderich ON N7A 1M3 Goderichlibrary@huroncounty.ca KINCARDINE LIBRARY, (from 1875 to 1900 & 1935 to 1959) 727 Queen Street Kincardine ON N2Z 1Z9 We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities. Canacra /4xna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community NewspapersAssociation Now where did I put that again? Flave you, like me, stashed something away in a safe place only to find that you can't remember where that is? Great! I don't mean great that you've lost something, but great that it isn't just me who has that happen. Not remembering has noth- ing to do with getting older as I have been doing this most of my adult life. Often, I kept something because it had some sentimental value or I just knew I'd need it at some future time. Where to put it was always answered in a logi- cal fashion. Or so I thought. Then when it came time to relocate that something, my mind was totally blank The logic would escape me just when I needed it most. Perhaps it might be easier just to have one big box in which we put all of our "safe- keeping" items. Maybe be so bold as to hide it in plain sight like I did with a present one Christmas. I had bought one of the boys a ring. I wrapped it up and put it in one of the tiny boxes I had made out of old Christmas cards and placed it with others in Santa's sleigh sitting on top of the TV Every time I passed by, I smiled. No worries about remembering where this safe place was. Another time I was search- ing for something in the kitchen cupboards when I came across one of those homemade tiny boxes. In it was wrapped a son's christen- ing medallion given to him by his Godparents. I was holding on to it for safe- keeping. Had my son, who was visiting at the time, asked me for it, I would have had to con- fess that I did not know. Can you imagine how relieved I was to have come across it? And my son was at home? It didn't take any logic to give it to him while the giv- ing was good. I figured the best way to help your memory is to have less to remember. Right? Actually, this can be a lot like naming files to save on my computer. Know what I mean? Many are the times when I'd wish I spent more time planning on what to call the file, rather than being impulsive. At the time, it would just all seem so obvi- ous. Later it was a different story. Did I create a letter, an agreement or a contract? Was I referring to cost, price or fee? Was it a profile photo, a head - shot or a cover picture? A rose by any other name. After an extensive search, with a grumbling spirit and a promise to change the name to something more memora- ble, I would find the file. Upon opening and review- ing it, I would real i 7e that the name I gave the file was logical and should have been easy to remember. Now what do I do? Change it and hope for the best or figure Note to Self Merri Mac artney that the next time would be easier and I'd remember it. Then next time would come and I wouldn't. Do you remember the time when naming a file meant no spaces and had other serious requirements? Me too. Now, it is possible to have some long - tail phrases to help. That is good. Mind you, it's that first word that counts as the file gets saved alphabetically and that is really important when you can't remember the name. Skimming the list of file names looking for anything, any thing at all, that rings a bell can often become a real time waster and cause for great stress. Have you ever noticed that the time it takes to find a file is in direct co - relation to the urgency of find- ing it? Many are the times when I have said that I would fix all this. The sorting and organiz- ing and renaming of my files. Also the sorting and organiz- ing and stashing of things in safe places. I thought the latter would have righted itself when I last moved. Not so. I know that there are still some safe places I have yet to rediscover. And if I were truly ever going to make either or both of those tasks a winter project, this would have been the win- ter. But alas, here we are on the brink of spring and winter has come and gone - okay, maybe that is more wishful thinking than reality these days - and I've yet to get that done. However, with spring comes new life and time to turn over a new leaf. I can make a deci- sion; I can decide that hence- forth I shall invest more lime in naming files, and finding memorable safe places. It sure would be a lot easier in the long run or would it? Note to Self: Take the time to eliminate the stress of look- ing for misplaced items. My heart will thank me for it. Merri Macartrzey is a profes- sional speaker, facilitator, author and certified success coach. Her book, Thoughts from the Tub, is sold locally. Send comments to: merri@ MerrimacCommunicatiorzs. COM Purple Grove residents are keeping busy Joyce Farrell QM! Agency Sheena and Bob Houghton and family of Sanford Michigan holi- dayed with her parents Shirley and Doug MacDonald and with the rest of her family last weekend. They were part of the group that enjoyed the Maple Syrup Festival at Saugeen Bluffs on Sunday. Last Monday, Bruce UCVV Pres- byterial AGM was held in Chesley at St. John's United Church. A good attendance welcomed Erin Greeno, Conference United Church Archivist and enjoyed the musicial talents of Doug and Mar- ion Brown. Attendees appreciated the hospitality of St. John's congregation. The Bruce County Holstein Club car tour was on Saturday. Folks vis- ited farms in the Teeswater area and lots of folks enjoyed visiting and seeing some pretty nice cows too. Jim and Fran Farrell visited with Derk and Lillian Logtenberg and Joe and Irene West in Goderich on Sunday. Sympathy is extended to the family of Agnes Lyons of West Wawanosh. Bren and Harvey deLeuuw of Kincardine, and Jackie and Henry Pope of Port Elgin returned home recentlyfrom a cruise. They visited the Bahamas, Aruba, Curacao and then to Cortagena, South America, the Panama Canal and Costa Rica. Visitors last week for supper with Janet and Wayne Rhody were David Rhody, Kalua, Vincent Joyall and son Zenith of Alberta; Mandy and Don Zuk, Zarion and Xzavier; and Michelle Rhody. Mary Beth Kerr and Mary Anne Kukoly had a good visit on Wednesday. We are sorry to hear so many are fighting the flu bug and pneu- monia. Get well quickly folks. Janice and Stephen Elliott from Blind River stayed with his parents June and Earl Elliott in theirWing- ham home. Shari and Sammy Dekker had supper with their neighbours Joyce and John Farrell. Many from the Grove attended the first Kinloss supper of the sea- son and enjoyed the good food and fellowship.