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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-01-03, Page 1✓ •T Tim was the scene atrorifired the village lam/ smell es sire mamas wedged to remove tie large a meant off scow de I. ited en &air rives. Molex tlemmpeseatures made the Reed mmnnch viler and some folks found themselves shovelling up to three feet off 010w era Jeff tops. Aubert Lennips fio shown p cci..,: Idle beet' Me this I effi®vO1I )JOh. (Pat Livingston p)boto) Property owner °ultra By Piffle WiR iscraiftt Hunters who overran the Cedarvale Wildlife Sanctuary in November returned to the R. R.2 Lucknow pins arty in early December armed with guns, beer and ami abundance of abusive language, says the owner Catherine Stevens. In a letter to area ;,e pars, meant to ad - • oto ed with hnters dress the unknown hunters, describes the events of Dec. 9. "We (Catherine and her husband John) followed your tracks as close es we dared but then you ell had guns. We are peaceful people and we remembered the Saturday night in November you came and screamed et us from the road. You Stevens o ;� h t m a F Marion McFarlane, co-ordinator of the Lucknow Christmas and Benevolent 1''und, expressed great satisfaction with the way area residents responded with donations for the fund this year. Com- pared to last year, response increased to the plea for this humanitarian cause. Thanks to the generosity of young and old alike 29 families including 60 children, and eight single people en- joyed a brighter Christmas. The McQueen family of Dungannon, who lost their home and all their possessions to fire just prior to Christmas, were given assistance. Each adult, teenager and young child received a gift. Mrs. McFarlane said the type of toy donations this year was heart warming. In addition to the gifts, each family received a basket of food, —1T1 CC v comprised of a turkey, meat and tin goods. The gifts and foad were delivered just prior to Christmas by repuesentatives from each local church nd service clubs. The utmost care it .t,. ' en to en- sure that the confidentiality of those receiving is maintained. A large number of the families involved this year are w :,t Mrs. McFarlane calls the "working poor"; those on minimum wage, who during the year are able to make it day by day, but come Christmas they simply need a helping hand to get over the "hump". This fund is not only for Christmas; it is there to help out those in need the *hole year long! Way to go Lucknow' You indeed showed that charity begins at "home"! cursed us and told us we would have to learn who ran 1.1[anron County and you hun where you want. You also said you woald get even if we complained," the letter re ds. Ion y, Stevens wan still angry. "I[ was outraged. We went u to that with a beau ony with n (ti.a beautiful a living in wi t harm rs are all about," she said during a telephone interview. Stevens says they saved money for over 20 years to buoy a parcel of land like the 169 acre tract of reforested land. Since they purchased the property in June 1989, She has spent much of her time gathering empty beer cans, chip bags and styrofoam containers left by trespassers who had been fishing illegally. Since hunting season started she has added s nl�il casings to the list of garbage. Although she doesn't like people fishing on the land, Stevens fears the hunters. "Sure I was scared! These guys had been drinking quite a bit. There were four t ks strategically located around our pt) erty (Dec.9). My husband and I had to sit in our own home and liste to the guns, the laughing and the dos," says Stevens. These were not young guys either, they were older guys. They didn't even drink Canadian `beer, it was all American. What really bothered us was the sneer - Turn to page 3 ..9 11I III N Giftil dream of Wee but that's Ston hour bogius sir $a o4 ar OrV .44' tt L� w Barmy be o January 12 and oh Dr' d1 fl. U, a to Ove star oado taro welcome Leo jod thio bur of road alond dales, ammo, music, cos and fikno. Spat w be liuruniLt l co prerogister early Weatheir coni itions The recent stormy weather coraditiens in the area has contributed the local police being bombarded by individuals calling to find out rood conditions. Residents are reminded NOT TO CALL THE O PIP for iinffornt ration on weather and road condition. Officials are wor- ried that if their linea are tied up by such calls, emergency crnllo are being delayed. The telephone member for rand infor- mation is 1400-26,54197. IPleo a unark this number down for future reference. The number can be ffoundd by looms in the Government off Ontario blue page listings, under "Transportation - Minnistry of: Highway information - (Winter)." Ch11!soytmC•ntam Spi k The McQueen family of Dungannon and neighbours, who issued the plea for assistance for the family, were com- pletely overwhelmed with the response. The family, who lest their home and possessions to fire just prior to Christmas were amazed with the generosity of everyone. The M queens had recently moved to Ashfield from Waterloo. The family is now living in the former Harold Maize residence on the 4th concession of Ashfield. Jim Drennan, one of the organizers said the response was "tenic" and they were ctually swamped with clothing, ancr had to request :,t no more be dropped off. The ft; ; t t 9 • ! y has been provided with beds, chesterfield, chairs, ft t_, stove, dishes, TV and small appliances. A substantial amount of money was also received!. And beim Christ ;t,:s, ma animus folk made sure the chil,,, ren had presents for Christmas morning. Donations came in from a wide area - Parkhill to Clifford to Paisley and everywhere in be ten. As Il6r. Drennan said, "the Claristraas Spirit was very evident when this fami- ly was in need!." We e Ll JS C�:. LD t✓ A quick c.: i to Harold Greer eIlic�:. the following facts for the month r December. Most off ins thought we had more nnowPa'll thin December than in 1' ria. The figures will surprise you. •a December 19t7 - rain 45 mm, snow 31.5 cm December 19M - ratan 23 nam, snow 181 cn December 19 - no rain, snow 971 cm. As of December. 29 there teez 16 in- ches of snow on the level; it had snow- ed for 25 days during the month and there were three days the temperature rose to just above freezing. The reason it appears that we have more snow than ',.est year is due to the fact that in 1930 we had a considerable amount of rain and the snow disap- red, whereas this year (69) the first now has unfortunately stayed around. Dungann®n 1.frPe A Boxing Day fire (December 23) in ungannon destroy • ., the welding shop of Ray Ulch. The Lucknow District Fire r tment received the call at approx- i ately 2:30 p.m. and upon arriving at he scene found the building engulfed, 'th flames breaking through the win- dows and doors. No one was in the shop t the tine the fire began. Firefighters remained on the scene Or around three hours.