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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, ,LUCKNOW. ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1976
•RIPLET 8 pima: LIONS
SKATING
R 'VAL.
Friday, March 19 •
8 p.,..
IN RIPLEY ARENA
Costume prizes for following categories •,
FANCY DRESSED -- 6 and under, boys and girls; over 6' boys
and girls; -
CHARACTER COSTUME; COMIC COSTUME; FANCY CLOWN
COSTUME; FANCY,FORMAL DRESSED — elementary and pre-
school boys and girl's, secondary and over;
BEST DRESSED man and lady.
OTHER PRIZES for youngest skater, oldest skater, largest
family with parent on skates.
SKATING — RACES -- ENTERTAINMENT
Judging begins at 8:15 p.m.
Admission $1.00 Adults, 50c High School,
Public and Pro-School Pres
Costume Prizes $3, $2,'$1
'CHAR MAN'S
WORK CLOTHING .• LUCKNOW . PHONE 528-2326
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OVERALLS WORK PANTS SHIRTS
COVERALLS SOCKS JEANS
LUCKNOW 'AND DISTRICT KINETTE
SPRING FASHION SHOW
Monday, March 29 — 8:30 p.m.
AT LUCKNOW CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
Fashions are being presented by
Lucknow and Surrounding 13psinesses
DOOR PRIZES •
Donated by Lucknow Businessmen
A recent cr k-down 1:4 the
Liquor Control Board of Ontario
has affected community events in
the area, not only Lucknow, but the
village of Ripley and any so-called
"dry'' municipality.
For a number of years now, it has
been the prattice of local service
groups an organiza ons to oper-
ate bar facilities it piiblic func-
tions. To do ,this, a licence' was
purchased .from the Liquor Control
Board, but becanse Lucknow and
other Municipalities were "dry",
• the only licence'available to them
was of the "no sale" type, Meaning
that all drinks could be given away
at that event,• but not sold..
Various schemes were used to
turn . the no sale permit . into a
selling permit, among them selling
tickets, on a. prize draw ' and, in
theory, giving a few drink tickets
free with the purchase on a draw
. prize. In most cases, the no sale
licence was just used as a selling
, licence and the liquor control board
were aware that this was going on,
buf -chose to turn the other way.
Advance tickets available from any Kinette or at door
Admission $2.00
Proceeds For Community Service Work
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A -recent tightening of licence
issuing and enforcement by the
board has.made it impossible to gef
along with the no sale licence in the
future.
• The board are quite correct in
enforcing the law. Despite one's
Opinion of it, it is the law and
5hould be enforced as such.
.However, there is an alternative,
and thiS is to call a liquor vote in
the village of LucknoW. 'If the
questions on the vote are approved,
it means that Lucknow' Service
Groups and Organizations' can
apply for a special occasion liquor
permit, can legally operate a bar at
a community function, and can sell
the drinks for a profit.
A group of men from Lucknow,
• representing a cross wh
o,
of
. • village organizations who, from'
time to time, make use of special
occasion permits for the sale of
liquor, approached council , last
week and asked them to endorse a
vote. A vote for the village of
Ripley, based on same situation
there, is scheduled for later this
spring.
What this group.has asked for is
basically not. an extension of 'what
has presently been carried out for
several years, but only. to make it
legally possible to operate within
the law.
In fairness, however; it should be
pointed out that an affirmative vote
would also Make it possible for a
local business establishment to add
the sale of liquor in its establish-
ment providing they met provincial
regulations.
It Should be pointed out;
however; that last week's delega.,
tion to council is no way
promoting this aspect, their inter7
est. is in special occasion permits
only for local service organizations.
.Supporters of the vote point to
the many thousands of dollars of
community service work that has
been done in the village and area,
Much of it through the profits of bar
facilities at community. events.
Opponents of the vote no doubt
could point to other -aspects of the
proposal.. , „
While it is realized that open
bar facilities at a public function
does not fall into the approval of
every reader of this paper, we have
seen the alternative in .our years in
Lucknow: A , bottle in the hip
Pocket, a crowded washroom where
everyone was having , a' . swig,
people running to their cars
Continually for refreshments, and
generally a lesSer control of
excessive drinkers. /
Drinking at' a • public gathering
cannot be eliminated 'by 'the fact
that no licence is available and we
believe that. a licenced bar .at a
gathering is preferential to 'the
alternative described above, which
would be taking us back about a-
dozen years or. so.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Comments On
iCouncil-Meetmg
R. R. 2, Auburn, Ont:,
March 12th, 1976.
Dear Editor
Disappointed, Yes!. Critical,'
more than ever! Asked by a council
member to' attend West Wawanosh
ToWnship council meeting March
2nd, which I' did, , I had hope of
hearing council's justification or
explanation:
I was told by the Reeve that it is a
hundred year . old tradition to
honour a retired employee. I did
not object.
My protest lays in 'the way it was
handled. The occasion demonstrat-
ed not all peoples invited, and the
tab left for the ratepayer, with no•
individual, say or choice. We are
only a small community and if we
can't get together in what I think
deserves community participation,
then somebody is getting cheated.
The simple point is: Council
dreamed up this party all by
themselves, now let them pay for
it, all by themselves. I assure you,
if this would have been knoWn
before hand, it would have been
handled differently, simply be-
cause of human nature, it always
hurts to reach in, your own pocket.
When I suggested that council
could have collected from ratepay-.
ers it was said that 'nobody had the'
time to spare. Now that, to me,
sounded • very poor' indeed. If a
man, employed for 10 years .hy the
Township and regarded so highly
by council, isn't worth that little
effort, is then, the easiest way there
is, the best 'way?
I was offered 30, cents by the
Reeve, which would be my share,
paid to the. occasion. I think this
speaks for itself,
Now the most disturbing: It was
said, "We could have covered it up
and nobody would have known the
difference." I take it that is
possible and I wonder what else is?
Written in the council minutes in
the paper wa's quote "None of the
explanations councillors offered
was satisfactory to Mr. Becker"
unquote. All .I can say, is, .11 am
sure glad it wasn't otherwise, what
would it Make me?
Yours sincerely,
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Juergen Becker.
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28 Snowmobiles
In St. Helens
Poker Rally
The St. Helens 2nd annual
snowmobile "Poker Rally" was
held on Sunday, March 14th, The
Rally had been postponed for one
week due to poor weather condi-
tions.
Twenty-eight snowmobilers set
out , from the St. Helens Women's
Institute Hall between 1 p.m. and
1.30 p.m. Four checkpoints were
set up on the forty mile trail.
Prizes were awarded to the best
"poker" hands: 1st,. Kathy Todd,
S. &lens; 2nd, Gordon Smyth, R.
2 Auburn; 3rd, Lloyd Hodges,
Dungannon; '4th, Tom Irwin, Wing-
ham; 5th, Herb Wilkins, R. 7
Lucknow; 6fith, Valerie Errington,
St. Helens.
The ladies had a lunch booth set
up to satisfy the appetites after the'
three hour ride. •
The Dungannon 'Agricultural
Society , held 'a marathon 'in
conjunction with this rally and
raised a considerable amount of
.money for their society.
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groups is, for the main part, made
at •"the bar". Without the'
proceeds from bar facilities at.
community . events, much of the
community service presently prov-
ided by service clubs would not be
possible because of lack of funds.
. The, delegation made it known
that their only purpose in seeking a
"yes" vote on the local liquor
status was to Make it possible to
obtain a resale permit for commun-
ity functions.
Council favoured endorsing a
resolution calling for 'a vote on the
liquor question. At the suggestion
of council, and as a courtesy to the
local 'churches and the people they
represent, local clergy were to be
asked to attend a meeting to
explain the'purpose of calling such
a "vote. • Council met with local
clergymen later last week.
While the delegation which met
with council were members of
various public service groups, it
wa's pointed out that they were not
speaking as an official voice from
that group with each member free
to view the matter as he or she saw
fit. It , was their unanimous
agreement, however, that if the
high degree of community activity'
and involvement was to continue,
the approval of the' question'locally,'
which would permit special occa-
sion permits for resale, was a.
necessity,
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Small Electrical
Appliance Repair
Service
Minor Repairs to All Makes
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HISTORICAL
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Helens, Whitechurch and Lang/ .
Bide, as well as the adjoining parts
of the surrounding townships.
This is a large historical under-
taking requiring • the help of
numerous people.. The 'group has
applied for a grant from New
Horizons 'to cover anticipated
expenditures for 18 inonthg.
On the evening of Monday, April
5th i at 8.00 p.m., in. the Parish
Hall, John Siecker,Of St.Helens will
lead a discussion of some of the
interesting 'aspects 'of Holland's'
history .of which he was once a
citizen.
To this meeting they ,invite any
persons interested in this .discus-
sion or in becoming members of the
group. /
• They hope to begin their study of
the early history of Lucknow
District this corning Spring.
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