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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-04-24, Page 7Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April. 24, 1985—Page 7 Area volunteers at meeting Campbell Grant, chairman of the Blue- water Region of the Arthritis Society, presided at the annual meeting on April 20, attended • by 70 volunteers, representing over fifty oommunites in -Bluewater Region. Lucknow volunteers Katherine Andrew, Tillie -W ilson, Betty O'Donnell and Mamie Roulston were in attendance at the meeting. Miss Eleanor Howie, clinical pharmacist of "the rheumatology division of the Toronto General Hospital, gave an enlightening presentation on the use of drugs. The topic of her address was,, Making Patients More Responsible for their own Drug Therapy. Mr. Frank Schuler, district deputy of the • Knights of Columbus, presented a report on the involvement of the Knights of • Colurhbus ,with the 'Arthritis Society. The total support to research given • by the Knights of Columbus since 1972 is $4,223,''10. Mr. Mauri Vallee, director of field. services, Ontario, division, presented the . Ontario report. He reported that volunteers had conducted campaigns til 463 commun- ities, producing more than $2,720,000, an increase of 15.per cent over 1984. Bequests and memorials were the' second • major source of revenue, at $727,000, an increase of 23 per. cent over the previous year. Total funds raised from the public exceeded $4,178,000 and seven, per cent of that revenue, or $3,177,000, was directed to suport the - society's research and man- power programs. Ontario division's patient service program, funded by the Ministry of Health, provided physiotherapy, occupa- tional therapy and social work support to morethan 6,000 patients.. In 1985 Ontario division has established a. campaign objective of • $3,015,000, an increase of 11 per cent over 1984 and will increase its support, of research and man= power to $3,400,000. Mrs. Mary Guse, field representative for the society expressed gratitude to the volunteers for their ongoing . interest . on behalf of the society. Busymonthf�r Lucknow band By Helen Maclntyre In preparationfor the Lions convention parade m w aterloo,the band has been practicing their marching on Tuesday nights. Some evenings it looks.. like a massive game of Follow the Leader, but we have made great progress; especially the trombones and trumpets, who have discov- ered what" can happen when you take a wrong turn. The Lions parade is being held on Satur- day, May 11, the day following our annual concert at the community centre on May 10. Classics like Sleeping Beauty's Waltz, Operatic Mingle, Glory of the Empire and Tijuana Taxi, as well as modern songs like Stray Cat's Strut, will be. heard. The ' band has been practicing for two hours every Tuesday night because of the unscheduled winter ifolidays this year. The extra time is being used not only to prepare for the concert and parade, but also for our annual tour. This year from May 21 to May 24, we will be travelling back to the Simcoe area. During the four day trip the 90 members of the band will be playing concerts at Elmira, St, Jacobs, Simcoe, Delhi, Brantford and Woodstock. like always this trip is guar- anteed to be one full of fun,' and the unexpected. Experience some of this yourself, plan to attend the Lucknow concert on Friday, May 10. Committee elects officers Members of the former Foodland Hydro committee and some 60 delegates and alternates from the concerned townships met at Huron Park on Wednesday, April 17 to discuss the reorganization and reactiva- tion of the committee. Nominations and elections were held and a new executive and board of directors installed. Results were ' chairman, ; Tony McQuail, West Wawanosh Township; first vice chairman, Ken McGregor, East Williams Township; second vice chairman, Bob Shuel, Caradoc Township; secretary, Bill Jongejan, Christian Farmers Federa- tion"ofOntario; treasurer, Steven Thomp- son, Hullett Township; chairman, legal liason, Ken McGregor; chairman member- ship, Frank Vanneste, McGillivray Town- ship; chairman, finance, Everett Ritter, Goderich Township and chairman, public relations, Bill Muchan, "Lobo Township. The executive along with delegates from each of the participating townships will form the board of. directors of The Foodland Hydro Committee. The membership also voted to retain the services of Earl A. Cherniak QC of Lerner. and Associates as legal council. The 24 townships and their concerned citizens who make up the Foodland Hydro Committee are united in their opposition to Ontario Hydro's plans to pursue the M-1 power corridor from Bruce County to London. Advoidance of the impact on class A agricultural land in Southwestern. Ont- ario is the paramount concern of the committee. Recipes coliected at meeting The meeting opened on April 11 with the C.G.I.T. purpose and hymn with eight members 'present. Recipes were collected for the recipe book. Shannon McNeil and Angela Glenn prepared a game which all enjoyed. Jacqui Dawson and Sherry Hodg- es will bring one next week. The members also practised the Jamboree Song. Ellen Errington read bible verses and a story about .'aster for the worship. The members sang a hymn. There was a discussion on cleaning up the church lawn, having a guest speaker and more about Algonquin Park. The meeting ended with Taps. Ten C. G.I.T. members opened the meeting with the purpose and hymn on April 18. The Jamboree Song was practised. Lisa Scott read the minutes from the last meeting. The members discussed having 'Grant Elson as a guest speaker on May 2. His topic is drugs and drug abuse, The girls decided to write down any questions they might have. We decided to invite the - young people and parents from Nile, Trinity and Donnybrook churches. ' Jacqui Dawson and Sherry Hodges prepared a game. Cindy Robson read a scripture, story and prayer on the topic of Gossip. The booth on April 20 was discussed and the members decided to have a bake table to make extra money. The members played another game and closed the meeting with Taps. Church. news Mrs. Karen Roberts was the guest speaker for the U.C.W. Thankoffering meeting in Dungannon Church on Sunday evening. She spoke on the story of Ruth and her commitment to follow Naomi to a strange land and to love and obey God. Mrs. Bessie McNee and Mrs. Donna Young welcomed visitors at the door. Mrs. Nora Saunders, president of the U.C.W. opened the meeting with a welcome to visitors from Auburn, D$nnybrook, Nile, Trinity and Lucknow. Mrs. Helen Dawson read a poem. 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