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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-01-09, Page 1• tr. 7.? Update on completion of Sports Complex room • Ili the December 24 paper, it was reported that the upstairs root -it of the Lucknow Sports Complex had been completed. At that time a complete list of donations to complete the room was not included. The following or- gatrizations- and people- assisted in .the completion of the room: A new cooler in the upstairs kitchen was paid for with a $1,000 donation from the Lucknow Tractor Pulers, with the balance funcled by the Ladies Auxiliary to Winter Sports. in Mal the Ladies Awdiiary. to Winter Sports --d6nated $3500 towards outfitting the upstairs room. The Lucknow Legion donated money towards the purchase of tables and chairs. The Lucknow and District Agricultural- Society -Mt -Ted -The stove for the kitchen. Bill Hunter is donating a T.V. and the Ladies Auxiliary will be pur- chasing a VCR. The Lucknow Junior Women's Institute also donated towards the' completion of the room. Rural Connections will -sponsor presentations on rural 'issues A series of three presentations dealing with farming and iural issues is scheduled for the first three months of 1991. Rural Con- nections, a program designed to assist .farmers and the rural com- munity to use their own strengths in building a useful self-help com- munity support network, is spon- soring the series together with Grey and Bruce County Federadonk0 Agriculture. (*Tog** Januay 15; @Aft' Pattersol, National Coordinator of . Rural. Digiuty of Calpda, will be speaking on "The Agricultural Conununity: Pulling iTogetier, i Pulling Apart". Rural Dignity s a 'national organization dedicated •to preserving rural communities and promoting understanding of rural concerns. It has gained national attention in its fight to save rural post offices and railway services that are vital to rural Canada. The second presentation is itte series, entitled "Understanding die Politics of Food Production and What We Can Do About it", will be had oh WednesdaY, FebiaarY XT. The speaker, Brewster Kneen, is an author of two books on agriculture and food production in Canada. His first book "From Land to Mouth, Understanding the Food System" was published in 1989. This was followed up in 1990 by "Trading Up -• How Cargill, the World's Largest Grain Company, is Chan- ging Canadian Agriculture". The last presentation in the series will be a panel discussion on "Di- scoveringOpportunities and Hope for Agriculture ' in the 1990's". Members of the panelare local fanners afld inandel(P.:1"....... Ion Janet Winer, Allah' Witold and Ted Zettel. The moderator for this final presentation being held on Tuesday, March 26 is Carl Sul- lhnan, Chief Operating Officer of die Ontario Federation of Agricul- lure. All presentations will be at 8 pm. at theKnights of Columbus Hall, one kilometre west of Hanover on highway 4. This series is free and open to all Grey and BruceCounty. fanners and anyone interested m the rural cornmimity. It is !icing ,spon sored by Rural Connections in order to bring critical topics before the public for discussion and action. 4€r"theie is a lot of -work that needs . to be done. Our intention in of- fering this series is to plant a few seeds in the hope that something will grow out of it," said Grant Collins, Chairman of the Rural Connections Advisory Committee. Rural Connections is sponsored by the Grey Bruce Branch of the Canadian Mental Health As- sociationnthe angnlri ftutndoed mibyrdsatrygra:1 Health, Health Promotions Branch. Twenty-four year old Tim Ward, son of Doug and Beatrice Ward, of IL 5, Lucknow is scheduled to leave March 4 for the Persian Gulf where, along with the rest of the crewlroin the destroyer Restigouche, they will replace the crew on the Terra Nova. Naomi, Tines wife of one year, struggles to keep a positive attitude ss she faces Ws long and worrisome separation from her husband. (Pat Livingston photo) Former Lucknow man scheduled The program has been in operation to leave for Persian Gulf since 1989 and will run out of , funds on March 31, 1991. Will be replacement for Terra Nova crew Area driver recognized Congratulations goes out to „Don • McMurray, of Lucknow, who was recently recognized by *damn Transport (1912) 'Limited, as '11 driver who has driven a million or more safe miles. Pon„ along with Merle Freon* Greg Wolfe and Clayton Gingrich were presented ... with gold signet rings and a cep. tficateS, This elite group of drivers join the previous million mile recipients CadRoswe110 jetty Ilammelle kr01110 Bckenswiller; Al Skim -and Jerry Freeman • • 4$1, For Doug and Beatrice Ward and family, of R., 5, LucknOw„ 1991 came in on an extremely happy note. Their 24Lyear-old son, Tim and his wife of one year, Naomi, were home for a week's visit from Victoria, British Columbia. Tim is with the Canadian Navy, stationed in Victoria and hadn't seen his family in 18 months, and Naomi had Weyer met her in-laws. While the visit was an extremely happy one for the family, there were a few teats shed. Tim is scheduled to leave March 4 for the, Persian Gulf, along with the rest of the crew from the destroyer Res- tigouche. They will fly from Vic. Ina to Thdifaxi then. on to the a Gulf, where they will replace the crew on the Terra Nova. Tim said that if a peaceful solution is found to the Gulf crisis, he understood his crew would still be going and would act as a peace keeping mis- sion. ;rim has been in the navy for three years and was training as a sonarman. In preparation for his transfer to the Nova Terra he has, in the past few month, taken a 50 calibre machine gun course and training in searching for mines. Further training will continue this month when he returns to Victoria (January 6). Vor Naomi, who struggles to keep a positive attitude and a miff upper lip, being separated from her hus- band will be quite an adjustment. When they were first manied, Tim was working on base and was home every night. This past summer, while on work -bps they were separated for a few days at a time only. Naomi is from Ottawa, and although they have many friends, both navy and civilian, she knows it will be a long difficult five months. Presently, Tim's crew is scheduled to return home mid-September, by which time he will be a daddy. A former student of Kinloss and Luclniow Public Schools and F.E. Madill Secondary, Tim was able to renew old. acquaintances New Year's Eve, when they attended a dance in Lucknow. •