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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2014-02-05, Page 44 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, February 5,2014 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 11111.671/4 MARIE DAVID Publisher marie.david@sunmedia.ca LAURA MACDUFF Editor laura.macduff@sunmedia.ca lucknow.editorial@sunmedia.ca JILLIAN UNDERWOOD Sales representative jillian.underwood@sunmedia.ca MARILYN MILTENBURG office administrator lucknow.sentinel@sunnnedia.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. Canada' ,470cna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community NewspapersAssociation All She Wrote Laura MacDuff QMI Agency Snow Days at the MacDuff house "There's no school today," my mother would say when I was younger, poking her head into my bedroom, adding some statement about how I should go back to sleep as she walked down the hall to alert my brother to the anticipated news. The opportunity was there for me to sleep, but I passed it up with the overwhelming feeling of possibility of what could become of my "day off" of school, books and teacher's dirty looks. There, lying in bed with my warm blankets being my cocoon,I would listen to the radio deejay try to sound out the school closures in perfect annunciation. When I heard my school myself, I knew I could relax. There really was no school. It could be a day of cartoons, crafts, Barbies, or whatever was my interest at whatever age I was at in life. Maybe I could even do it all. Now that I'm older, snow days don't pose as a ticket to paradise but rather a threat to my paycheck. Not as much fun when you dream of a filled Pandora bracelet. Now I'm the one waking early and taking sneaking steps into my parents' bedroom, waking my mother from her snoring and what seems to be a blissful sleep to alarm her that it's a snow day. I think she's dreaming of retirement because she sort of lets out this thrilling noise of excitement and settles in her evening chair for a morning of toast and The Marilyn Denis Show. Like mother, like daughter I guess. CONTINUED > PAGE 16 letters to the editor Hard work pays off To the Editor: Well, it has been more than a year since the 2012 St. Helen's Reunion and, as promised, we have spent the last year putting together the most amazing book. This took a lot of longer than we anticipated but it is now all together and ready for purchase. We were able to have it ready for Christmas and I know there were a lot of people that received this for Christmas. This book is a combination of our ancestor's memories and stories, as recorded in the Tweedsmuir History books from the Women's Institute, memories that were submitted from both present and past residence's of St. Helen's, as well as our great weekend we had in the summer of 2012. This is not your typical history book because it is more of a reflection of our lives and our ancestry's lives and how St. Helen's came about and how it has changed over the years. That is why we have called this book St. Helen's The Village with the Big Heart, remembering... With a dedicated committee of Mary MacKie, Annie Pritchard, Lorene Casemore, Verna Norgate and myself, Margie MacPherson, we have spent the last year doing a lot of typing and collaborating to put this book together and do believe whether you are from this great community or not, you will enjoy the stories in this book. These books are available at Omni Insurance on the main street in Lucknow, or you can contact myself Margie MacPherson at 519-528-2627. They are selling for $30 and include a CD of the weekend events of the 2012 St. Helen's Reunion. All profits from the sale of these books will go back into the running, upkeep and improvement of the St. Helen's Hall. Another fundraiser we are having once again is our roast beef supper to be held on Feb. 4 at the St. Helen's Hall. We will be having two sittings, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. For tickets, or more information please contact Barb Snowden at 519-528-2279. I do hope that you enjoy this book and that you will continue to support our events in the future. Margie MacPherson, 2012 St. Helen's Reunion Chairperson President of Bruce Power thanks participants To the Editor: I would like to thank the people of Bruce, Grey and Huron counties for taking part in my first-ever Telephone Town Hall on Jan. 28. It's normally very difficult to gather large amounts of people, especially during Bruce County winters, to discuss Bruce Power's past achievements and future plans, so this new communication tool proved to be a very effective way to reach thousands of people across our region. I wanted it to be interac- tive and conversational because I'm always interested in hearing from our communities, to ensure we're doing everything possible to get people the information they need, and I believe this format was a success. I am constantly looking for new ways to communicate with members of the commu- nity and I'm pleased that about 11,000 peo- ple are interested enough in Bruce Power that they wanted to have a conversation with me. Mere were many excellent questions, some of which I unfortunately did not have time to get to. If you have a question or con- cern, I invite you to email info@brucepower. com and I will get that information to you as soon as possible. You can also learn more about Bruce Power's 2013 by downloading our Annual Review at www.brucepower. com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Annual- Review-2013_web.pdf. For those who missed the call, an audio recording of the session will be posted to Bruce Power's website www.brucepower. com. Once again, I thank the people of Bruce, Grey and Huron counties for their interest in, and support of, Bruce Power. We will never take this support for granted, so I look for- ward to speaking to you again. Duncan Hawthorne, President and CEO, Bruce Power Brrrrr, it's been cold outside Lucknow News Ruth Dobrensky The Lucknow Sepoy Ranees recently held their after Christmas dinner. The evening we chose was a clear but cold night, so we opted to drive to Wing - ham and have supper at The Anchor. We made quite a splash in our lovely red hats and purple out- fits. Our Queen Pat Weir, looked especially fetching in her purple fascinator and crown because it was her birthday. We hear that our long time friend and former Sentinel publisher has been under the weather. Get well soon Pat, we're all pulling for you. The ladies from St. Peter's Anglican Church, with help from some of our Trinity -St. Paul's ladies, spent last Wednesday making turkey pies by the score. As usual it was a great day of work and fun while we rolled dough, filled pies and spent an enjoyable day together. My cat Smokey heard that some groundhog is supposed to predict when, or if, spring will ever arrive, but she says, until the snow is gone and she can roll in the grass, she's staying put and it won't be spring until she says so. Sympathy of the commu- nity to the families of: Edith Pedersen, 93, Lucknow; Rob Robson, 83, Lucknow ; Kurt Utley, 52, Teeswater (formerly Listowel); Margaret Elliott, 70, Walkerton (formerly Teeswater); Earl Jamieson, 84, Wmgham; and, Laura King, 65, Auburn.