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:•write. let.tr$for prisoners.
Thitteert. member.of Amnesty Interne.
Hanel:Action Group 125 Lucknow are. now.
writing 'letters once a Month .on behalf of
prisoners of conscience, • .
Etch prisoner has biet't arrested beettuse
of 'hie or her religioter or politieal .bellefs,
eolour, sex, ethnic origin or language, None
have tilted er advocated Virilencei. Their
continuing. detention is a violation of the
United Nikita& Universal Declaration, of
Human Rights.' In ninny eases torture is
routine treattiteitt for these prisoners.
Por each prisoner courteous letters are
written to the .head of government andthat
country's ambassador in Canada, They. will
receive about 40,000 letters on. behalf of this
prisoner and these ititertuttlentri appeals can
help secure the release of these prisoners or
to improve the itli detention conditions,
Ontario
Shim Amnesty loternatiottal was founded
20 years ago, A 1 groups have intervened on
behalf of more than 20,000 prisoners in over
a hundred countries with widely differing
ideologies, Of these,. 15,000 have been
released,
Throughout the world there are now 2,800
.loeal A I groups, In Canada there are 130.
groups with 14,000 members.
Bath Month three cases of prisoners of \
etinselettee, who are in urgent need of
outside help are selected Detailed research
has been done on each and this is 'written In
• the monthly Bulletin to which each' member
subseribes, Lucknow A 1 Action Group
welcomes anyone interested,
The ThIlowing are recent examples of
people who have been Prisoners of the
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The lairektiow Women'o Inetitute and the Lucknow Agricultural Soilety have donated two
portable two.waY radios, each costing $1,700, to thelucknow District Fire Department. The
' • rodloo will be used by firemen entering a snide fined building in they can communleate with:
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eaeh other and with the truck outside at the scene, The radios, will twist the firemen in
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C 0111111t o urionsi ruc eommunicating instructions to the Men worithrg the hoses and will enable a. fireman in
diffieulty to 'contact hie pettier or the firemen Guilde the burning ibuilding. Grace *Gibson)
. president of the hostilitite, tuttflon Bells prealtient of the AgrieultOra,1 Society are shown with
foreknow Fire Chief George Whitby. ° •iSentinel"gtaft Photol
Bob Bete, Leader of the Ontario NDP will
be visiting Huron and ,Bruce Counties. on
Friday, June 11, Rae is touring many parts
of the Province as part of the. NDP's spring
• survey' and new member drive.
• Ilttron.Bruce NDP 'President, Tony Mc-
- 'Quail, said that Rae will be appeariog on the
• program "'Open Line" Friday morning on
CKNX PM, : • -
Rae will then speak at a pitch.itt picnic
held on the McOuttil farm near Lucknow,
McQuallsaid the public. can - attend
Valuable players
A story in last week's Sentinel stated that,
the Latteiville Lords tournament 'champions,
Kingsbridge won their final game against
Lucknow S1o.pitch by a score of 16- 2 when
in fact the final score was 14 . 2, We
apologize for any iticotweniettee whichthis
error may have. caused,
Additional information about the tourna.
Anent includes the names of the most
valuable players in the final genies, The A
Champion most valuable player was Al
Dekker of Kingsbridge and 11 champion
MVP was Davegproule of Nile, , •
Reeieation plaiis
summer program
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The Lucknow Recreation Committee has
finalized plans for the summer season,
The swittutting pool staff has been hired
including Patty Barger, Diane .Miltettburg,
Marilynn MacIntyre and Ann Alton. Regis.
tration for switnining classes is being held.
June 5 and 12 at the Lucknow Town Hall,
.The playground aes'sions will be super=
vised by Lindell. Cross and Sandra Irwin
during swimming class times.
New roller skates have been purchased for
roller skating at the arena. Michael Donis
and Sandra Irwin will be in charge of the
roller skating, .
Doug Stevenson and his assistants are
coaching a mite softball team which will be
competing' in a new. division In the WOAA.
The boys begin their season this week with a
game against Chepstow Thursday night,
T.Vall for all boys and girls will COtriltletlee
around the beginning of July; Plans are also
underway to arrange ti recreation league of
ball teams 'evolving boys 12 . 15 years of
age. Coedits for -thIs league are still
required, •
the picnic and. meet Rae. He. said • the
.pitch.in plenia was chosen. :because 11
involves shiring: and the recognition that
there is no "free .luneh" ile said 'anyone
who, believes. that the Liberal Aw. Tories give
.them . 'Imo lutteh". has 'only.: to look. at
interest rates and taxes to see where they
pay for them. ,
PolloWingjhe picnic Rag will stop. M
• Kinearditte, Port 'Bight and Southampton,*
.14e will be speaking at a supper meeting In
Owen Sound" •
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Broken reams: a movie
farmers' economic woes
• • Bit STEPHANIE LEVESatJE "
ETHEL = broken Dreams is two Humber
College graduates' attempt at explaining
farmers to city folks, .
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Joan Black's grade 4 . 5 elms ni Lucittrotio Central Public Scheel conductednma
visited verious
businesoce in the village to kern what people do et' their jobs. Here Jim Hain of &rhea
Groteteria showtithe students how he tikes :dock inventory and marks the prices of kerns In
the store, the students include Debbie Atkittson and Stephen Tiffin., background and'
'Michelle Sheppard and Tony Gelled, foreground. • (Sentinel Staff Photo'
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• Broken breaths. is: a Ikninitte movie
featuring farmers from Bruce and Huron
counties talking about the economic dif-
- ficulties they face. It was shown at the mon-
thly Meeting of the Huron County Federa-
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• tion of Agriculture on June 3
Dave Hatisley, the movie's director, was
on hand for the showing, and gave credit to
his absent partner, cameraman Mark Mat-
thews. Both live in Toronto now, : but Mr.
Ransley said his parents live in Brucetoun
ty, explaining the -reason for the location of
thelihn, • .
Wanting to produce something, mean-
ingful for a project for their college ,
making program, the two students chose the
topic of farming. They started at an OFA
task force hearing held last,fall in Hanover
• by making contacts with farmers and the '
first print of the :movie ' was completed in
April.
Film makers, not distributors., .the two
men have attempted to have the film shown
on national television, It has been shown .to
the National Film Board, CBC, W50 Global,
the Ontario Pork Producers Marketing
Board .and the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture. Global said itis not interested,
but W5 bought a two -Minute :clipfrom the
movie on Bruce County pork producer Brian.
Ireland.
" Other area people in the movie are Gisele
Ireland, Clarence Ackert, Bev Brown, Jean
Moorley and Lloyd Hutton,
As a result of the film, the two Men pro-
duced a 10 -minute segment on farm con-
sultants for CBC's Country Canada, The two
will show Broken Dreams to' any interested
• group,
Answer fire call
• Lucknow firemen answered a firecall
around :8 mitt Sunday morning to a car tire
on the first sidernad east of Highway 21 in '
Ashfield Township,
Allan Stanley of Lucknow was proceeding
down the road when he noticed smoke
coming from the rear of the car. Fire chief
George Whitby suspects a second battery iti
the trunk of the car, used to hook up stereo
equipment, may have shorted 'effusing tile
fire.
No one was injured in the ittrident Thc.
car received extensive damage.
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