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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2014-06-11, Page 44 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, June 11, 2014 www.lucknowsentinel.com Tieucknow 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 VALERIE BILLIES Editor valerie.gillies@sunmedia.ca lucknow.editorial@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. Canada, Alxna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Be Aware of Your Surroundings Stay Alert! Valerie Gillies Editor/Lucknow Sentine Summer-like weather is here, bringing with it increased traffic. Add in the frustration of close proxim- ity to a construction zone and work vehicles making frequent stops and the probability for mishaps rises. Late Monday morning a crash was heard on Camp- bell Street in Lucknow. Apparently a car was attempting to maneuver around a stopped recycle truck to find a parking spot. Unfortunately, the truck had already started moving when the car started turning back into the same lane. The car received extensive dam- age, but fortunately there were no apparent injuries as it was a low -speed impact. This incident serves to remind us to stay alert and be constantly aware of our surroundings while at the wheel. Area police departments have begun their campaigns to remind drivers that chil- dren will soon be finished school and therefore be more likely to be on side- walks, lawns and streets near traffic. With the con- struction happening in Luc - know, there is the added confusion and frustration of delays. Detouring past the school increases traffic on streets regularly used as wallcing routes for students. Bruce County has taken the necessary recommended steps to help protect the stu- dents. The posted signs for the construction have fore- warned large trucks to seek other routes, but the vehi- cles that are used to conduct business in the village and Val's Views Valerie Gillies those who provide services continue to be on the local roads. When learning to drive we are taught to continually asses our surroundings to enable us to plan ahead should anything occur that requires a reaction to cor- rect the situation. Changing lanes for any reason at any time increases the risk for accidents to happen. This is a fact of driving. Knowing this, experienced drivers should find it, or make it, second nature to continu- ally check blind spots and be aware of what is in and around the path of their vehicle. Performing a maneuver like this is no time to be distracted by things in or around the vehi- cle. Staying alert and con- stantly checking greatly reduces the risk of placing yourself or others in the path of harm. Always signal your intent to change lanes. These various precautions are necessary both in higher speed highway driving and in built-up areas were lower speed zones are in effect. Leaving time and room for yourself and other driv- ers to react to changes in a vehicle path, yours or another one sharing the road, is a major way to reduce risk While we are on the topic of leaving extra room, please be courteous and leave a safe distance between your vehicle and the construc- tion workers, as well as oth- ers who are on the roads loading and unloading or responding to a call. It is not only being polite, it is the law to pull over to provide a safe separation between your vehicle and them. Always slow down to go around other vehicles inside a community. Exercise cau- tion to ensure that you and the other driver have suffi- cient space to adjust for changes of speed or direc- tion. If you do not feel confi- dent that there is time and space to do pass safely, wait until you are sure. Better to be safe than sorry. Repeatedly check all around your vehicle while pulling in and out of parking spaces along the street and in parking lots, as well. Here is wishing everyone a safe and happy summer on and around the area roads. Remember to leave enough room and...Stay alert! LUCKNOW NEWS I HAPPY VOTING " DAY TOMORROW By Ruth Dobrensky Please don't forget to vote tomor- row. If you can't decide who to vote for or if you are unhappy with all the can- didates running in our riding, you can file a protest vote by not voting at all, don't spoil the ballot by writing on it, just fold it up and put it in the box, it has to be counted and all the candi- dates will know you weren't happy with any of them, and you do not have to tell the people at the polling booth that you did not vote. In case you hadn't noticed, they've started the construction on Highway 86/Campbell Street here in Lucknow. Perhaps that's a good sign that they may be on schedule with the work that needs to be done and hopefully the street won't be dug up for too long. Welcome to Lucknow Rev. David Chung. Rev. Chung is the new minister for the two Presbyterian Churches in Lucknow. We hope you will enjoy liv- ing and working here. Congratulations to Kathleen Collyer on her 95th birthday, many happy returns Kathleen. Happy 80th birthday to Ruth Shrop- shall. Congratulations Ruth. Happy 60th wedding anniversary to Evelyn and D.A. Hackett, congratula- tions and best wishes to you both. South Kinloss Presbyterian Church cel- ebrated their 158th anniversary this past Sunday with special music by the Luc - know Classics Band and the church choir. Congratulations to Ashfield Presby- terian Church who celebrated their anniversary with special music and a guest speaker this past Sunday. Yesterday the Lucknow Horticultural Society held a pot luck dinner and gar- den tour through Port Albert. Sympathy of the community to the families of: Ruth Sharpin, 84, Wroxeter; Stewart Smith, 85, Nepean; Glenn Young, 87, Walkerton (formerly Kinloss). Valerie Gillies/Lucknow Sentinel Traffic Accident in Lucknow A car maneuvering around a recycle truck on Campbell Street in Lucknow was struck on the morning of June 4, 2014. No apparent injuries were suffered, but there was extensive damage to the car and minor scratches on the truck.