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Fire last week destroyed the Lueknow Lnck now mea' farmerar for; at least 100
Stockyard! . •on . Havelock Street. Theyeara,'Temporary facilities' have been set.
assembly yard had received livestock ham u' on the Gordon 'Brooks • farm east poi -
i knos . The barn stand ? ` the
backgreuad e. on the property of Mike
Snobelen.. (pat L Slob)
The Fanners' Company of Lucknow
Ltd., has made temporary arrangements
for receiving area farmers' livestock.' The
barn on the Gordon' Brooks farm, just
east of the village, has been rented and
operations will continue with hogs being
received on Monday and cattle, sheep,
calves, etc., on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday's , early morning fire
destroyed the Lucknow Stockyards, which
has been an assembly yard for LuCknow
and area farmers' livestock since before
1900. It was owned by the George Robert-
son family and sold in 1900. In 1926 it
became known as the Farmers'
Cooperative, associated with the United
Cooperatives of Ontario.
Around 1980, the company ceased to
meet the criteria to be classed as a
cooperative and was renamed, Fanners'
Company of Lucknow Ltd. This company
is presently owned by 48 individual
shareholders, thkinaj9ority of. whom ate
farmers in Ashfield, West Wawanosh and
Kinloss Townships. The current board of
directors includes: President, Alvin
Robb; Vice, Tom Helm; Secretary, Evan
Keith:and directors, Murray Henderson,
Harvey Ritchie and Lorne Cook. •
Secretearles over the years have included
the late Fred, -Jackson, and -.the late
Charles Anderson. Charles McDonagh
served • as secretary from 1926 until his
death In 1953, followed by` Lorne Woods
and Al Irwin. Mr. Irwin also acted as
weigher for a number of years. The pre-
sent secretary, Evan Keith took over the
position in 1977.
The livestock assembly yard is rented
to the Ontario Pork Producers Marketing
Board and the manager is appointed by
the Farmers' Company •of Lucknow Ltd.
Ile is also appointed as shipper to work
on a commission basis to receive cattle
for delivery to the United Cooperatives'
o
Toronto stockyard. The 'relent shipper,: is
Mike 'Forgo, who has held that position
since 1982.. Former shippers Include the
• late Joe Foran and Gordon Finlayson;
Alvin Robb and Bill Taylor.
In 'the mid -50's the scales were moved
•further back'. on the site and at various •
times the buildings have been enlarged.
Large numbers of livestock have pass-
ed through this assembly yard over the
years. A look at the figures for the past
five years could allow one to read the
climate • on the farm scene during those
years. The following numbers show the
volume for 909, 1988, 1967, • 1906 and 1985,
respectively.
Cattle - 3,827, 4,058, 3,954,'4,483, 4,472
Calves - 476, 450, 623, 660,404
Sheep - 705, 252, 500, 686, 429
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Health care workers wrestle with issue
of ethics and human values
BY SHELLEY MCPHEE HAIST
The right to die, the right to •refuse
treatment, the rights of privacy and con-
fidentiality were among the issues that
health care workers wrestled with at a
seminar on Ethics and Human Values
held in Clinton on February 21.
Hosted the by Clinton Public Hospital
Board of Directors, the afternoon seminar
was attended by more than 35 people
from various health care interests in
Huron County. They took part in discus-
sions on the highly -charged issues of
ethics and human values in health care
and heard guest speaker Jocelyn Downie
\of the Westminster Institute For Ethics
and Human Values of London, Ontario.
"Ethical issues are every present and
being thrown into our laps," Ms. Dwane
told her audience. "Through careful.
thought and discussion we can do a lot
towards finding some answers"'
The Westminister Institute works
towards this aim. The firm works with
hospitals in London and Toronto, by pro-
viding counselling services and advisors
who specialize •dn dealing with ethical •
issues in medicine.
Medical cases that involve' ethics and
human values are front page news and
Ms. Downieeexapplained, "We have .advanc•
ed .inedical tecbn ology that provides more
options today, but it boils down to -the
question, "Just because we can,- should
we?' There have to be limits. We have to
define those limits and , determine those
values. We tend to shrink back from this,
but weneed public input."
The cases that face ethical debates are
often eactren a and highly publicized. Such.
highlyy charged cases thatmight make
headlines are like those of a patient
diagnosed with AIDS who requests that
his wife not be told, or the mother who
refuses medical treatment for her sick
• child because of religious beliefs, of the
family who requests the discontinuation
of artificial nutrition and .hydration for
the patient in persistent vegetative state,
or that of a competent incurably ill pa-
tient who rejects the continuation of life- .
sustaining treatment.
Modern medical technology has provid-
ed the means . to keep, people living
longer. There is equipment and expertise
to.. provide life support to prematurely
born babies at 22 weeks gestation. There
• are means to provide life giving medlca-
tionand nutrition to patients who are
termed "brain dead". We have
capabilities to transplant organs, to deter-
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•
Tyke tourney
this weekend
The 90th Annual Lucknow Legion
Tyke Tour is scheduled to gat,
underway this Saturday with Lucknow
meeting Huron in the first game at 9
sm. Tykes are seven years of age and
under. This year's'lineup, under coach
Rod McDonagh, includes Jordan
Hamilton, Tom Simpson, Jason
Pentland, C hria Hackett, Brian Stanley,
Matthew Martin, Gori Guile, : Tim .Eadie,
Dennis Andrew, Russell'. Mann, Ryan
Spahr, Devin Pelt qi Andy Evans,
Justin Golan, Dan MWiap, Jonathan
Dreandnnan, Paddy Lrightyon, .Richard Lubbers
Chris W
Other teams in the tournament are
Blyth, Teeswater, Howick, Ripley,
Belgrave and Brussels. Games are
scheduled.every hour,through the day
with the consolation game at 5 p.m and
the championship game at 6 p.m. .
The rnamenn
with theTyke baciong Touof the. Lucknowt started Legionout
and over the years has become self-
supporting. Meals are, held at the
Legion for the players, with parents
donating Meir time to the preparation
and working at the arena.
You don't have to be a parent or
relative to go out and support these
young players. Everyone is welcome
and for the low cost of $2.00 for the
day, you can.watch some exciting, fun
hockey.
World Day
of Prayer
This past tali,, the world watched as
peoples of Eastern. Europe in- Soviet-
controlled countries struggled toward
greater political and personal freedom.
For. many, that meant leaving their
homeland of .East Germany,
Crlovakia, or � For others, it
meant Working on n(01'1 110:44 tome. , or
simply • the pain of seeing laved ones
leave.
In the Ilght of these events,the theme]
of this year's World Day. of Prayer, writ -
"ten by Christian women of
Czechoslovakia,. takes on greater urgen-
cy.. That theme; ."A Better. Tomorrow:
Justice for AllIs a hope which will be
shared and expressed: by those:preparing
for the World Day of 'Prayer, March 2,
1990, in 170 countries around the globe.
In Canada, the service, which. comes•
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Fh nn,Day
' celebkrationsg
Pauline Donald prepares to bite into one
of the scrumptious dishes during the lst
Lucknow Guides International might last
week. (Pat Livingston photo)
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