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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-07-01, Page 5Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 1, 1987 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 Established 1873 528-2822 A SCNA BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1986 CICS C U L ATION PASO Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Siubscription rates in advance: Rob Bundy -Editor 17,00 Outside Canada $60.00 Pat Livingston General Manager 614.00 Outside Canada S _00 58 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. A dangerous precedent Two of the Ten Commandments state that "Thous shalt not steal" and "Thou shalt not kill" but, as has been mode apparent by two recent court rulings, if someone steals from you it is possible to kill him without fear of punishment in this life at least. The highly publicized case of the 'subway vigilante' in New York City saw a man shoot four youths and escape a jail term. The fact that an ac- tual robbery didn't take place and the fact that one of the youths was shot mare than once didn't have a bearing on the verdict of not guilty. Last week in Calgary, store owner Steven Kesler was found not guilty of second degree murder after he shot a man to death outside his drugstore. The wouldbe thief was shot in the back with a shotgun and died with V115 clutched in his hand. The fact that the robber was unarmed and was running away had no bearing on the eventual verdict. While it may have been wrong to sentence either of these men to long jail terms, the courts in the United States and Canada have set a dangerous precedent. They have, in fact, said that anyone who is being robbed or is even in fear of being robbed has the right to attack and even kill his assailant. At the some time the. Government of Canada is reluctant to reinstate the death penalty - to put to death convicted killers. Will we soon be issuing fire -arms with business licenses? Will shotguns become standard equipment along with cash registers in every drugstore in North America? Let's hope not. Let's hope these recent court decisions force thieves to think twice before considering a robbery and not turn every Mac's Milk Store into a shooting gallery. Don't taxpayers spend a great deal of money paying our police force to protect us from criminals or do we now have to do it ourselves? Steven Kesler was a victim who fought back and anyone who has ever been robbed would likely applaud his actions. But let's wonder. If Steven Kesler ever becomes a victim again, will he kill agan? Again, let's hope not. 70 years ago July 5, 1917 Heavy Rains of Summer - The excessive rains of June reached a climax on the last day of the month, or rather in the early hours of Saturday, July 1, when this part, and, according to reports, nearly all Western Ontario, was treated to a regular deluge of rain. Some have described it as a partial cloud -burst, and it may have been of the cloud -burst nature, though much more 'x- tensive than that weather freak usually is. On looking out Sunday morning folks were astonished to note the swollen condi- tion of the rivers and the flooded conditions of the low-lying land. The two streams at Lucknow, which were quite low on Satur- day, were tearing along like a Niagara, and every ditch and drain was overflow- ing. All this flooding was the work of a few hours, or about an hour in the early morning. The downpour was accompanied by lightning and heavy crashes of thunder, but there was little wind. The rain came so quietly that few were aware of it. Many gardens, lawns and yards were flooded and a number of chicken coops in- undated and the chickens drowned. Douglas and Henderson early learned that their dam at the wooden mill was in danger of being washed away and it was saved only by the efforts of a number of men who succeeded in opening the gates. It took several hours of work to prevent the collection of a jam of floating rubbish and timber. Am immense amount of damage was done in the district. Roads werebadly cut, many culverts are washed out and many bridges left in a weaked condition. Grain fields have suffered too, not only from the excessive moisture but from the washing away of surface soil. 50 years ago July ig 1937 Council Receives Arena Petition Lists - At a special meeting of the Village Council, the petition favoring the building of an arena in Lucknow was presented by G. H. Smith. The petition was in three parts, representing the three polling subdivisions of the village, and each bore the signature of a large majority of the ratepayers. The Council received the petition favorably and instructed the Clerk to ar- range an appointment with the Railway and Municipal Board seeking their ap- proval in the matter. Council also made a grant to the Pipe Band of $50. Tall Wheat - At this office there are a few stalks of wheat from the farm of Mr. D.A. MacDonald of Lockalsh measuring five feet, nine inches in height. This is the average stand of a four acre field with some some of the grain reaching a height of six feet. Crops in the district have seldom looked better. Fine fields of grain are to be seen everywhere and should provide an ex- cellent yield if safely havested. The hay Let's see...how do we start this. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your editor speak- ing. No, far too presumptuous. Maybe something like - Hi. I'm the new guy. How's it going. Nope...a bit casual. Let's try this. My name is Rob Bundy and I was recently hired by Signal Star Publishing to take over the duties as editor here at the Lucknow Sentinel. I was born in Clinton, grew up in Goderich and attended college in London. I have just returned with my wife from a small farming com- munity in northern Alberta where we lived and worked for the past seven years. Rhonda and I have been around the world once and, after much deliberation, have decided to make South Western On- tario our home. And let me say, it's nice to be back. But enough about me. The job at hand is the Lucknow Sentinel. Alan Rivett has left some pretty big shoes to fill here at the paper but with the help and guidance of Pat and Tom I'm sure we can meet the challenge. A community newspaper is an important and powerful thing. Aside from being a permanent record of the news and events of the area, it should be provocative, honest and above all entertaining. I look - forward to meeting these requirements and invite any comments or critisms you may have about your paper. By Rob Gundy Easy on the critisms for a week or two though, I'm still getting used to the place! And if you're wondering what little tid- bits of information will fill this particular corner of the Sentinel, I'll tell you this much...it will have nothing to do with nuclear war or AIDS. For the next little while at least, the upper right-hand corner --of-page four will bring you the light news. We won't cure the ills of the world here but we'll do our best to look at the bright side of things. Next week - Why you can't tickle yourself and exactly how far it is to Tipperary. P.S. While standing beside the door of the freezer the other day, I asked my wife what I should take out for dinner. She answered, without a moment's hesitation, "Me". 000 b * tto►ll, +ke. orJ j pox+al Si-rike 1've rtioi.k.e8 'round kerei5 e,n H-{arr. t^e.�uscs 40 qo +U +o pick up he n -,a, v 0 crop is heavy and haying operations are generally underway. 25 years ago June 27, 1962 Council. Letting Ratepayers Decide - The ratepayers of the Village of Lucknow may hold the answers as to whether or not the municipality engages a full-time police officer. Last week the members of Council inter- viewed a city police officer who seemed in- terested in the prospect of accepting a position here and who the Board felt- would be well qualified for the job. The salary of a full-time police officer, plus the car allowances, would possibly be in the neighborhood of $5,000 which would represent roughly a five -mill increase in the village tax rate. A bylaw is being prepared to be submit- ted to Council and if passed by the Board, would pave the way for a plebiscite on the question of whether of not proberty owners in the Village wish to assume this extra levy to provide police protection. 10 years ago July 6, 1977 North Road Reconstruction Cancelled - Residentg of Kinloss and Lucknow are gradually realizing that a further planned construction program for the Bruce Coun- ty road running north from Lucknow, originally scheduled for this year, has been cancelled in favor of other work. A budget of $80,000 to $100,000 for the reconstruction of the short piece of road from Lucknow north to the railroad tracks, SENTINEL and rom Holyrood north as far as funds woul -allow, have been cancelled out of the current year's work. Taxpayers on Lucknow and Kinloss, as well as the travelling public, have been waiting a long time for a decent road link- ing Highway 86 at Lucknow to Highway 9 at Kinloss. It has been unfortunately known as one of the worst pieces of county road in Ontario and the potential for traffic on it has warranted action. Representations have been made to the county by individuals and municipalities on several occassions in years past Ordains Minister to serve hi Paraguay - Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Shafer of Kinloss Township have just returned from a month in Paraguay, South America visiting with friends of their faith and ordaining a new minister to serve the newly established Mennonite colonies tri that country. Members of the Mennonite faith, some from this area, chose Paraguay as their home some time ago and two colonies of about 25 families have cleared jungle areas of virgin timber and growth, accor- ding to Mr. Shafer, to establish some fine 'farm land. The work has been hard but the people of the colonies are happy with the land they have acquired in the process.