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The Lucknow Sentinel, 2014-12-31, Page 44 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, December 31, 2014 feucknow Sentinel PUBLISHED WEEKLY P.O. Box 400, 619 Campbell Street Lucknow Ontario NOG 2H0 phone: 519-528-2822 fax: 519-528-3529 wwwlucknowsentinel.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. Canacr3 Apcna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Val's Views Valerie Gillies It's been a Very Good Year Aist the close of each year there always the time of reflec- "on. A time to look back on the good, the bad and the ugly of the year that has been before mov- ing on to the year to come. How can I even begin to talk about an entire year in one single column? There has been so much that has happened just since I arrived at the Sentinel in mid- April. It would take an entire col- umn to describe just the festivals and another to touch on all of the things that have gone on with each of the service dubs, 4-H, schools, businesses and so on. The things that have stayed in my mind are the beginnings. There have been new businesses opened in and around Huron - Kinloss and Ashfield-Colboume Wawanosh. There are new begin- nings just in the Sentinel office as we have seen a turnover of staff to the current employees. There has been around of Municipal elec- tions that has seen the same group stay for Huron-Kmloss, but changes in ACW. The Lucknow and District Chamber of Com- merce, as well as other groups, have held new elections to put into place the officials for the coming year or term. Both the Lucknow Presbyterian and United Churches have celebrated the Commission- ing of new ministers. Three Luc - know residents celebrated their 100th birthday in 2014. There is now a new Splash Pad at the Lucknow Community Cen- tre. Pinecrest has opened their new palliative care Butterfly Room. Memorials have been placed throughout the communi- ties to recognize those who have passed on, but have made such an impression on those who knew them. There is a new tree and rock at LCPS, a new bench at Pinecrest, as well as numerous other dona- tions made in the names of those who have gone before. There have been other changes as those who have served for so many years and in so many capacities are begin- ning their retirement. Many of the youth have gone further afield to continue their educa- tion or begin new careers. There have been some bad memories. Unfortunately there have been many automobile, farm andworkplace accidents. One such misfortune was the fire at the Christian Reformed Church which had a silver lining as the various churches, service groups and busi- nesses came forward to offer their services and facilities. The work- place accident that seemed to gar- ner the mostvvide-spread atten- tion was the toppling of the crane at K-2 Wmd Farm. Yes, there has been some ugliness around the topic of wind turbines in general, as well as the ongoing research and debates into land rights, land uses, nuclear waste and other broad areas of concern. And speaking of ugly... what about all that road, sewer and drainage construction! Although, now that it has been completed, or nearly so, things have gotten back to nonnal or even better. I am sure that I will be told about all of the things that I should have mentioned here and did not As I said, these are what have stuck in my mind. Others will have their ownmemories of 2014. They will also run the gambit from the good to the bad and the ugly. As we begin a New Year, let's take the best of the good ahead with us, learn from the bad and take an active role in improving the ugly. We have come a long way in a short time, but there is always further to go, more to achieve, dreams to dream, adventures to experience. The staff at the Lucknow Senti- nel wishes all the best to everyone as we enter the year 2015. www.lucknowsentinel.com Lucknow News Ruth Dobrensky This past Sunday saw the last regular Sunday ser- vice held at St. Peter's Anglican Church. The congre- gations of all four churches in the Parish of New Beginnings were present for the service. Some mem- bers of the community also attended the special ser- vice and stayed to share memories and stories over tea and coffee. Now that Christmas is over and we've all had an over -abundance of turkey and stuffing and cookies and cake, and, and, and... I know I don't just speak for my family in this regard, I've heard so many peo- ple talk about how much they ate and how tired they are of leftover turkey. Oh, that everyone in the world could say the same. The new year is almost upon us and many of us (not me, I know better) decide to make resolutions to - lose weight, exercise more, quit smoking, etc. etc. From my experi- ence, whatever the resolution, it's usually broken before the end of the first week of the new year, so I don't waste my time. Sympathy of the community to the families of: William MacPherson, 84, Lucknow; and, Roy MacNeil, 67, Lucknow. Once upon a midnight dreary All in Lucknow, were, oh so weary The year had come And now it's gone Was that a noise, no it was a hum Getting louder in the dawn Friends and neighbours voices rang The old familiar, Auld Lang Syne Smokey (my fat cat) and I want to wish all our readers a very happy, healthy, prosperous and charitable New Year. Kinloss Kairshea Women's Institute Submitted The Kinloss Kairshea Women's Institute held their Christmas Dinner at the St. Peter's Anglican Hall on December 18, 2014. A fabulous turkey dinner with all the trimmings was served to 14 members and 6 guests. President Charlene McEwan conducted the business and Gladys Johnston thanked the ladies for our wonderful meal. Anne Pritchard, along with June Gilchrist, led a lively sing along. The scripture was read by Andrea Feeley. Every mem- ber was to bring a reading, etc. for the program, that were enjoyed by all. After another sing along everyone drew numbers and when called could pick up, "for a Mollie", a goodie and also one of the table decorations. The Christmas Sunshine Sister gifts were given out and each person showed and told what they had received and thanked their "sister". After another sing along, "Christmas comes at different times" was read and a wonderful Christmas meeting closed with "0 Canada" and everyone wishing a Merry Christmas to all.