The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-03-18, Page 8o4bow1 meta is 1981
Letter to the editor
;KNOW SENTINEL
JOCELYN SH,tIER - Publisher'
SHARON J. DI ETZ Editor
ANTHONY N. JOHNSTONE _ Advertising and r,
General Manager
PAT LIVINGSTON = Mike ' Manager
MERLE ELLIOTT - Typesetter
JOAN HELM - Composition
Better comms
March 17, 1981.
Business and Editorial office Telephone 528=2822'
Mailing Address P.O. Box 400',Lucknow, NOG 200
Seeond Class Mail Registration Number -0847
To the Editor
Since being elected , to. the Bruce
County Board of Education, I have
been bothered • by my lack of corres-
,pondence with those who put me in
this position,
Like an alcoholic who does not look
for a solution until he/she admits to
havinga problem, similarly the
B.C.B.E. will not be looking for ;a
solution until they admit then -is a
problem. - .
One serious problem that I believe
exists within thisboard is a:problem of
communication. There . is not 'a com-
plete lack of communication; but,
there certainly are some loose connec-
tions! This type of poor communica-
tion exists not only between . the
administration .and the trustees but
also between . the . trustee and the
taxpayers.
Vocal concerns may fall on ' deaf
ears. Therefore, I would like to mase a
plea to all taxpayers that any concerns
be written down. Send more than one
copy eg, send a copy to the secretary
of the board or the chairman of the
board plus a copy to yotir trustee„ That
way,if the concern happens to .get
misplaced in one department it can be
pre elated from an4therl:
Respectfully submitted,
Alma. Conn -Armstrong,'
It's sometimes difficult for our readers to understand
this unpredictable business, the community newspaper.
In recent weeks we have received several irate phone
calls from readers who do not understand why we can't
-print all the news and why, their item: or story . was:'
omitted.
As we have explained before, we cannot print all the
news we gather and keep adding pages until we have
printed all the news we have in any one week. To make
the Lucknow Sentinel a viable business we must adhere
to a 65 per cent advertising ratio, meaning we must carry
65 per cent advertising in. each week's issue. This
determines the number of pages we can run.
Unfortunately for our readers we cannot determine the
number of pages we can run by the amount of news
available. This means the editorial staff must make some
difficult decisions. We have to decide what will be 1 ft '
out and this'- is usually determined by' reader' interest.
While everyone who contributes a story to the paper or
has their event covered by our reporter believes their'
news is`the.most important, .our editorial staff has a fair
indication of the overall interestsof all our readers. For
example, while some of the ladies who send in women's
institute and church group reports ` couldn't care less
about hockey, the overall readership of 'the `Sentinel; is
more likley to be interested in .what the. Lancers and. the
Juveniles did last weekend, especially since these teams
are headed for playoff finals. Consequently we must hold
over institute and church group reports until a later date
to accommodate the• hockey news and other stories and
pictures; , of interest to a larger percentage 'of our
readership.
For the winter months this, year we have been running
unusually small papers, a consistent 20 pages. ' It has
been very difficult tocarry all the news we would like to
and, still give reasonable coverage to a provincial
election.
We have' an obligation to provide objective and
comprehensive coverage of the candidates meetings and
• their policy platforms to assist our readers make their
choice in. Thursday's election. In the meantime, perhaps
the news you wanted to see, the bowling scores, the
club reports or the institute news had to be omitted. We
r community paper
apologize but ask that You'. bear with us and perhaps we
can run your item next week. •
' on , all of the time and
It's difficult to please eery e all
we're sure there are times whenyou don't agree with our
h gr
policy or the decisions we make. But, the next time we
have.to leave out an item you want to see, remember the
Sentinel is a business as well as a sertjice;to our readers.
We have restrictions and guidelines like every other
business :which wants to he successful and while it May
not always appear so, we do aim ' to please.'
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The Lucknow %Omni played the • third game of • their
consolation series with Teerwater at the Lncknow. Arena
Friday night, whining3 2 Lpi ►Nt leads the DD
Consolatioin Playoff` three games to inc. In this pity,
`. By Don Campbell
It was a frustrated and very angry Sheriff's officer who
was rowed, back to the dockside of Halifax harbour.
Unable to obtain a warrant for the arrest •• of Neil
MacCrimmon and Flora Fraser, because he was not able
to contact the magistrate at that -hour of the night he had
attempted in vain to persuade Captain ' Jamieson to
release them into his custody.
At 10 a,in, he was waiting outside the chambers of the
magistrate to secure the document. He was of course, toe
late to make an arrest, but he was anxious to prove that
he had lost -no time in carrying out his duty. When he was
admitted into the august presence of the magistrate, •
retired colonel of the Black Watch; Sir Charles Munro, he.
hastily explained the reason for regUesting a warrant for
the arrest. .
The magistrate was suffering from the effects of last
night's festivities at the Garrison Bali, but it was his head'
rather than his feet which pained from the aftermath.
Mrs: Munro was an accomplished Highland dancer but
the colones preferred the whisky table to the dance floor,
and it had been a long evening. He took out a silver snuff
box and delicately sniffed a pitch into each nostril in an
attempt to clear his head.' . ' •
The excited account of the findings at the tavern were
temporarily drowned, as the colonel sneezed loudly and
caused a brown stain to appear on his otherwise spotless
white silkhandkerchief. He wiped away the residue from
is
hred nose and coughed .
his to indicate he was about to
speak.
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goalie Paul Jerome mikes a move on a Teeswater attacker
while Ken Van Bach • .5, moves In to assist.
[Sentinel Staff Photo)
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"Highlanders you say? A wortnan and man called
.MacCriminon who caused an unwarranted attack upon
pe You. have .
this tavern keeper - Red �" of course
brought me the plaintiff, and: evidence.that it was indeed.
this MacCriminion who allegedly committed the offence?•
I warn you, I do not issue warrants of attest unless I am
perfectly sure they are Justified."
.. into the magistrate's presence.
His f Morgan was .puffed and - eyeclosed' from the
P one, dried swelling. There were large. patches of dried blood upon
his shirt and lesser marks' or. splattenngs The tavern
keeper was carrying something wrapped in sacking.
"What isour name?" The: colonel asked the so.,r...
y �
looking moan.
"Morgan. • William Morgan! I ani the owner of the
Southern Cross Tavern."
"Oh really?" The magistrate said in a bored tone.
"Your station in life does not allow you to dispense with
the courtesy due to my office. First you will address me
as Your Honour, and'later,. ou m. s .. , • oth
you may say, girl � .., _ by
militaryrank and civilian status, I represent Her Majesty
Do not trifle with me. You are not speaking to
the Quern.. ,, ._. _ _... � ..... . _.
a common tippler who frequents your unsavoury
establishment!'' •
Red Morgan . told how he had been assaulted by Neil
MacCrimmon and left in an unconscious state. Yes, it
was the nnan. called MacCrimmon. He had fled leaving
behind the sacking wrapped package. When the sacking
was removed it revealed a set of bagpipes, On the
chanter was a smali silver crest. The colonel examined:
this closely.
"Yes indeed. It was a MacCrimmon who once owned
these pipes: Ah yes,•MacCrimmon, pipers to MacLeod of
MacLeod whose seat is Dunvegan Castle in the:isle of -
Skye. I will grant you that I believe you were attacked by
this loan MacCrimmon, but let tis look for the Motive for
this violence. Where did the attack take place?"
The Sheriff's officer explained how Red Morgan had
ee' tavern,bed'room of Flora
Fraser, who had also fled th
been found lying. unconscious in the
The magistrate's : .
eyes narrowed as he pictured the scene.:
'I take it then that you visited the woman's room in the
middle of the night and whatever , you did there,
prompted this MacCrimmon to:layhis hands upon you in
an ,unmerciful fashion?"
Red Morgan gulped nervously and nodded. site sensed
that the tables were about to be'reversed, The colonel
leaned across the desk andlooked' menacingly, at the
tavern keeper, '
"I doubt very much if you, went to this woman's
bedroom to wish her pleasant dreams! I put it to you that
you went there for anotheru ,ose and you were
p rp y
interrupted by this MacCriinmon, who came to the
woman's defence. If yott•; William Morgan, wish to press
the charge,at the sante tine, and if su -h a grant is
issued,1 shall have YOU charged with attempted wmpted rape. If
convicted by Me of this 'offence, I .shallhave you publicly
flogged within an inch of your life! Let me advise you
Morgan, to forget the beating which MacCrimmon gave
you, and pray to God in His mercy, that in future He may
rid you of the bestial thoughts. which fill your filthy
mind!" ' .
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