HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-01-10, Page 5Hunters ask not to be judged
byactions of a bad minority
Ti the editor:
Re;, list week's article an Me
o Stev e . Pro Pali' West Wawanoes h
Township
Do not give ,People who violate game
-taws and trespass laws the dignity of be-
ing railed hunters, they are slobs and
nothing more.
I have hunted for 30 years and have
•moi ever broken a gauze law. f respect.
peoples' property and their right to poet
their property, I have never been refus-
ed permission to hunt. , on posted 'land;
with the exception of game fart: or
preserves.
Hunters today have enough Problem
with anti -hunters and aminal rights
fanatics without idiots who call
eelves hunters. •
Hunting an old and honourable troth-
• tion in this country and will always be a
wonderful experience for me. ,Ai y animal
group must bei lawfully harvested, • but
taking game is 'not the only reason I
hunt. I take great pleasure in nature and
in non -game birds and animals; the same
as the Stevens apparently` do am not a.'
blood thirsty killer. I am and always will
be a sportsman. •
Yours sincerely,
Peter Steer,
Lucknow.
TO THEEDITOR
To the editor:
After reading ' Prt owner outrag
f J ed with hunters" in week's Sentinel
I ,have to sympathize with the Stevens
having to endure this sort of behavior. On
the other hand, f don't believe it is fair
to• imply that all hunters conduct
thenmellvee in a aEieniXar manner. Having
hunted in this Ansa for years with friends
who sharethe qame interests, I know this
is not the case.
Every. year it becomes harder to' get
permission to hunt 'private property.ue
to foreign and en -resident ownership, not.
,to mentionincidents such as the Stevens +
'the
The hunters 1 know appreciate '
. the fact that there are still areas where
permission is granted and respect" the
• property and theowners to the extent
that we don't abuse those privileges. I
was raised in this area believing that .
hunting was an acceptable pastime,but
the more times I pick up 'a paper the
more I feel like a common crbninal,
Don't blame the majority because of a
bad 'minority. Calvin : McClenaghan,
Luokno,.
Genealogical Socety bequests
help. frog Ashfield 4'ozvn�l�ip
Dear Editor: .
The Ontario Genealogical Society has
begun the CHURCH RECORDS INVEN-
TORY PROJECT. "The purpose of the
project is to catalogue EVERY church or
congregation from the earliest days. The
end result will bee an inventory that
describes the . name of the
church/parish/congregation, its .denornina-
• tional affiliation, its . geographic location,
dates when registers began, location and
accessibility of the original registers,
location of copies, indexes of transcripts,
and any other information of help to
researchers."
This project is to be done in three
phases: Phase 1 needs to be done by
May 1st 1990 and handed -in so. O.G.S.
THE EDITOR
Seethiel, Wedieseile!', Jimmy la, 110S.- e S
ATTENTION =MANS
EXWRITICERN AND
WOME & DEPENDENTS
The Royal urr v
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�Mr.
, . Mel ! .H p r,ProvineialSer
vice Officer, Leaden, Ontario, will be
vieitiss in this ores. Ase ea. wishing infer,
111x10., advice are maiitance. rs arxiiags.
War Mobility Newton"
tb) Traatsraeut far sestitied veterans
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Applicallame opairret adverse arlOasl em-
plicati. for Wier Veterans and Widows
Allowance.
1. reoalrsd to contact the Service Officer
or Secretary of the Local Branch, whew
>Waaeappear" below, not later than Jemmy
24, 1690 to arrange w ieter!ley.
Irvine Body
44 Servide Officer
BUILDING? RENOVATING?
Wait to see what the new Kincardine Kitchen.
and Bath Centre has ;fin store for your 'home,
may see what they want for phase 2.
I am . asking for. help ' in Ashfield
Township. Anyone able to help with this
project,please contact me soon so'I may -
send the necessary information and
forms. Please Help. •
Huron County
Branch Co-ordinator
. Miss • a Clark
RR 3 W'Ont.
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Mollie sends greetings from
Dungannon, Ireland
I can hardly believe it's almost
Christmas again and my annual letter is
due to wish you, your staff and your
readers all that's good, all that you wish
yourselves, for 1990. I think of yoe, my
Canadian friends, very very often and of
your kindness to me when I was with you
in 1980. Faithful correspondents keep me
in touch throughout the year and my
home is full of Christmas cards, many of
them from your Dungannon and district.
Remembering you all, I promise myself
that some day I'll come back. When I
have time! Time is the one thing I'm
short of, as you'll see when I tell you -
about my year.
I'm still very deeply involved with the
Royal British Legion,having been pro-
moted vice president for Tyrone to add to
my other duties as branch and district
secretary, area officer for Mid ulster,
president of our local Women's Section.
What does it all mean? Masses of
minutes and letters to write, meetings to
attend all over the province and often
great sessions of fund raising. This year,
instead of asking the public for subscrip-
tions, I did great batches of home baking
which produced non-stop repeat orders,
so successful that I'm becoming quite
famous -for my varieties of "wee buns'',
pastries and raisin pies. Now people stop
me in the street to ask "Any ,fund rais-
ing, this week?" I could be busy baking
the whole year round liut I save this ef-
fort for very special occasions only.
I'm involved still with our local Citizens
Advice Bureau, giving one day a week
plus Workers' meetings plus I'm on the
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Management Committee. it's work I real-
ly
ely enjoy.Sad souls come to us with their
problems, often feeling quite alone in the
world, then leave smiling, discovering not
only that they have friends in us but,
their troubles are not unique and very
probably there's an easy.solution to their
difficulties or at least a .lot of hope,-
In
ope:"In between whiles, I work with. Chris-
tian Aid and alsi support our local Age
Care Group which is very kind to pen-
sioners,- arranging outings dc; entertain-
ment for them and every week a most
generous free meal for those in need. I
tested titles one week and was able to give
it full marks, onlyremembering after-
wards that of course I'm a pensioner
myself! I never go . in that capacity,
though, as in spite of the years, I still
feel like a young thing, ready to help
others in less fortunatecircumstances or
perhaps in poor health. When .I can, X.
bring in widowed or single ex -service
men from the last war who need our
care and ncompassion. I'm glad to say.
Dungannon is a very caring town.
The Conference season over; .1 flew to
London for the 50th anniversary . of the
Foundation of the wartime W.A.A.F., an
experience 'ill never forget. Ex-Waafs
flew in from all over the world, including
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MANY, MANY, MANY tea
IN -STONE SPECIALS
toxo numerous to mention.
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