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The Lucknow Sentinel, 2014-12-24, Page 44 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, December 24, 2014 www.lucknowsentinel.com The ficknow 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 JOHN BAUMAN Publisher/Sales Manager john.bauman@sunmedia.ca VALERIE GILLIES Editor valerie.gillies@sunmedia.ca lucknow.editorial@sunmedia.ca JILLIAN UNDERWOOD Sales representative jillian.underwood@sunmedia.ca JOY JURJENS Office Administrator lucknow.sentinel@sunmedia.ca MARIE DAVID Group Publisher 519-364-2001 or 519-372-4301 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. Canada'pcna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Val's Views Valerie Gillies Merry Christmas Welcome to the 2014 Christmas Edi- tion of the Lucknow Sentinel. It appeared that we were going to have a green Christmas, but seeing as this is the Bruce and Huron County border, that is so very unlikely to happen in any year. As at any Christmas time there has been a bustle of activity in the area. It seems an impossibility to keep up with all the festivities, events and happenings in this rural area. Who says rural Ontario is a sleepy little place to live? Certainly not anyone who does live here. Again we have the traditional Christmas stories. There is more coverage, as promised, of the Lucknow Community Carolfest. There are more Santa Letters than there are pages to hold them. Local author Mike O'Neil has again penned a special Christmas story for the Sentinel readers. Congratulations to HuronTel for being hon- oured for their innovation and commitment to technology and to working cooperatively with the communities it serves. We have many rea- sons to be proud of our neck of the woods. Congratulations are also in order for the Girls Night Out Fundraising committee on such a huge success on their first event. With the health care crisis continuing, it is contri- butions and efforts such as this that are mak- ing the difference in rural health care. With all the coverage we have had lately about people doing without healthy food, it is encouraging to see Huron County taldng an active lead in addressing this issue. Please take the time to look over the draft of the Food Charter that was released and give your input to make this a valid and comprehen- sive initiative. Many will be travelling this holiday season. Please be sure to drive carefully and cau- tiously. This includes making adjustments for weather, for others who are travelling with and around us, keeping your speed down, keeping distractions to a minimum and making the decision to not impair judgement and reflexes when in care and control of a vehicle. Travellers should also heed the cautions that have been given in previous editions of the Sentinel. Keep vehicles locked to prevent theft. If you are to be away for an extended time be sure to take precautions to secure your home and belongings and deter unwanted intruders. Be courteous to others who are also in a hurry and distracted and keep your children and pets safe in their excitement and confusion at this time of year. The staff of the Lucknow Sentinel wish all a very Merry Christmas. Lucknow News Ruth Dobrensky Tonight most churches in town are cel- ebrating Christmas Eve services. St. Peter's Anglican Church will be holding their last Christmas Eve candlelight ser- vice at 10:30 this evening with a special message and music. All are invited to attend. A little birdie told me that a certain Joan Robinson will be turning 91 tomor- row, happy birthday you Christmas baby you. Last week, the Lucknow Sepoy Ranees (red hatters) went carolling to the seniors residences around Lucknow. We started out at Pinecrest Manor, travelled to Nine Mile Villa, Sepoy Manor, and ended up at Ostbek apartments. Not only did we enjoy ourselves, I think our listeners enjoyed our singing, in fact, at our last engagement at Ostbek, a gentleman named Ed requested a special song to the tune of Glow little glow worm. The words were a bit dubious, but we did our best to fill his request. All in all, we had a great time. There have been a number of stories in the news over the past few weeks about the growing numbers of people who need to use foodbanks, not just in our backyard, but in places such as Nunuvut in our far north. If there is any way you can help the foodbanks out, please do so, not just at Christmas but anytime you have an extra few dollars and can con- tribute a few items of food. People in dire circumstances need to eat all year around, not just at Christmas, so help out if you can. At the time of writing, this old person celebrated another birthday, it's hard to believe that I'm part of the senior citizens section of society and in less than two years will hit that big 70. Although I don't celebrate my birthday with any great par- ties, I did receive some lovely cards and gifts, and my cousin Jean didn't send me the same birthday card, again. I teased her quite a bit about perhaps becoming a bit senile in that regard, but I really thought it was funny to see cards to a favourite cousin that were the same two years in a row. Sympathy of the community to the family of: Ken Schumacker, 65, Teeswater. Don't forget to leave out a few treats for Santa and his reindeer tonight. My fat cat Smokey and I hope that everyone will have a wonderful and joyous Christmas with friends and family. Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight. letters to the editor History Cuttings It is that time of year when many fami- lies draw close together to celebrate the holiday season. The volunteers with the East Ashfield History Book are hoping that someone in those families will take the time to write down the family connections to the township and submit them to the committee. We have completed the registry work on all of the farms and now face the task of compiling the history of the families. Many thanks if you have already submit- ted your family information, but we are on the hunt for more. Historians can be a bit greedy. If you are in doubt about being part of this project, please talk to someone from West Ashfield, Kinloss or West Wawanosh about their participation in the books from those townships. Or better yet, the books may be seen at your local library. We are working towards as com- plete as possible up-to-date history of East Ashfield. You can email your copy or drop off materials to: Debbie Bauer 519-529-7820, wdbauer@huronteLon.ca; Rhea Hamilton Seeger 519-529-7238, kseeger@hurontel. onca or Marian Zinn 519-528-3710 Thank you Rhea, Editor Planning an event? Don't forget to advertise! The fucknow Sentinel 519-528-2822