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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-08-01, Page 4AMBUNGI:. 4 v�e.S�W.r1r IP.4. imx 400, l.gcluew, nntaro NOS 2i•iQ 5284822; Fax (019) .$28-3529 y Pat Livingston Established 1873 PAK Thomas Thompson isnMpager Pat LivingstonGenera Manager Editor $ubscription, rates advance: $179° 'outside Canada .1 090 ' 61490 Qutsk e'Canada 41589° Senior Citizen • • Second class mailing reg.. no. 08+47 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 chargedfor; but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates; Somebody goofed! With the village of Lucknow strategIcal)y •placed: on .the .• border of ' Huron and Bruce Countless It Is understandable that members of the general public May be a little confused as to which county we are incorporated. Into. What Is not. understandable is thefeet that therm appears to be some departments of the County of Bruce that don't know Lucknow is In Bros County! Last week a wonderful booklet entitled Your Personal Guide to Fun Events and Activities in Bruce County, arrived on My desk, via the Bruce . County Planning and Economic Department. Upon. pausal, 1 noticed with dismay that nowhere In the 16 pages was Lucknow referred to. What are we - chopped liver? A quick phone call to the Tourism and Agriculture j Coordinator, who was responsible for this protect, elicited the information that each municipality. received ,(somewhere around February) a letter asking for a schedule of summer and fall events to be Included in the publication. She presumed that no information had been forwarded to her. Could we also presume that the letter was not sent to the village of Lucknow? The coordinator informed me that 50,000 copies of this booklet had been printed, with 21,000 copies being distributed through Canada Post to all householders In Bruce County. The balance were placed in Tourist Information booths and tourist spots throughout the county. Living In Lucknow 1 was amazed 1 hadn't received one In my personal mall box. A few people I checked with hadn't received one. On contacting the local post office, I was Informed they had never received them for distribution! Checking back with the coordinator 1 was Informed that the printer had looked after the distribution. The printer had asked Canada Post for a list of all municipalities in . Bruce County, guess what - Lucknow wasn't included. Human errors do occur, but this one really sticks in my craw. With the Business Association and local organizations doing their best to promote the village, it is disheartening when such an opportune time was available for Lucknow to promote at least five major events that take place during the summer and fall months. Once again that crack In the middle of highway 86 opened up and Luckilow fell in. Whal a week I have just experienced one of the is chuckling when he hears my Multirnate I had grown to know and worst weeks I have ever !radon this voice and proceeds to inform me love. If it were only as simile to job! I'm going to call it burnout that I have mixed up two manna, reprograms my grey matter as It was and keep :a positive attitude that Cudines are those descriptions that for my computer whiz to reprogram following' any approaching holidays underneath each picture. Yes, he, the computer, t would be notthee.mushbetween these proKruding ,said we have already run the paper. problem, ears of mine will be rejuvenated I now have the keys to perform, and such .4 week will never occur Great here I am with 2250 copies around 40 different �fu nct ls. All I >t •of The Sentinel with a very ember- have to do is �PrograMtry^ .brain tossing mixup in cutlirnes. He ,asks with the combinato arrive .at. Tuesday_, as some of you.may:if I want therm to correct the error those functions. know, is pasteup day. That's the and run it again. What am I to do? • • With the push of one button I get . day I leave early and head to ' Well, I :bit the bullet and 'we ab- bold type,' t can even ice. I' Goderi*. to put this wonderful robed the extra cost of another.still have spell check ad" my paper togeether, so • that all of you pressrun. Now aren't we dedicated thesaurus is as handy as ever. If I dedicated readers have something to to our readers? cpuld Only erase the Multimate peruse Over your Wednesday mor- .. from my brain! My computer whiz Hing coff. ee. Now most, Tuesdays, go v y was a trainmg day for that within two weeks I quite smoothly,, but every now and Phyllis,and. myself on 'a new nom- would forget the . old program then all breaks ,loose and nothing Rutez prograrrm, which is a lead ap completely. I hope she's iight! goes right. iLastT�resday was oris of dowa the Thursday was a lost day: i' wasted those'days. The: ads were late, my road. . • so much time trying to remember - grey matter was in -low gear, the You will recall my column ap- what I had been taught and refer , composing department was short proximately 14 months ago. when I ring . to my handy booklet that - staffed; Tom was on holidayys and rejoiced at receiving Mr. IBM, productivity was at an all time low.:.. nothing was coming together in model 25. I was sure. I would By Friday I'm sort of getting the , proper fashion. never get on to the technological hang of things . when for same commands required to run the Mul- unknown reason I turned' my .com- Finally the paper is done' and 1 Ornate program it waspped puter off without having saved the au leave Goderich and head for home with. It took a while but 1 eventual:. story I had almost completed. The for -another assrgrirnent. Upon retie= ly was pushing the right buttons yell that :minted from my office ning.to the office,, l have an urgent and pumping out my copy like a certainly woke up my . fellow message to call the head of the pro. employees. That meant back to the Production- department. It is now keyboard and compose it again. 2:45 p.m. and "know darnwell if I am seriously questioning that I have 90 more minutes to go my paper isn't off the press by saying "you're never too old to until the week is in. I am simply now, a head is going to roll and it's learn". The new WordPerfect holding my breath that nothing else .\ going to be mine! m program my IBM is equipped with' goes wrong before I get out the The friendly production manager is completely different from the door! 10 years ago August 5,1920 Attracts much attention - Not so manyyyears ago the erection of a at one of the local implement agencies would not have attracted even passing notice. They were as common, almost, as mowers or pitchforks. But time works changes. The other day when WJohnstone & Son were fitting up a new Massey -Harris reaper for flax -cutting every passer-by was interested in the "new" machine. The implement had been bought by Mr. J. G. Anderson for harvesting flax. Instead of pulling, Mr. Ander- son is cutting the greater part o his flax this year, and the old-fashioned reaper is said to be just the thing for this purpose. Local market Butter .55 eggs .54 Hogs $20.00 SO years ago August 1, 1940 Hydro coach created much Interest - The big silver hydro coach, serving to demonstrate hydro appliances for farm and home con- vemence, attracted much interest while in town last Wednesday after- noon fternoon and evening. Electricity is steadily revolutionizing country life, making work easier and more productive, with economy and comfort, and rural hydro is rapidly being ex- so that today more than 500 11 Ontario farmers arc cur SENTINEL MEMOIRS rently "hooked up." Wednesday's demonstration had as its purpose the revealing of what hydro can do on the farm, in the barn aid home, and at what cost. In this regard hydro is referred to as "'ibe Hired Man that works for pennies." • In the household appliance section . of the Coach was everything from an egg cooker, coffee maker and toaster, to such drudgery savers as washers, ironers and cleaners, as well as ranges, refrigeration units, and hot water heaters. The men folk were more interested in viewing such things as grain grinders, milking machines, milk coolers, electric clippers and 'water pressure systems. 25 years ago July 28, 1965 Log house, over 100 years old - A log house on the farm of Dick West, on the Lochalsh -Kincardine sideroad in Ashfield Township, has been sold to John Hindmarsh of Coderich District and has been +dismanded, log by log, and will be re -meted by Mr. Hindmarsh as a cottage. The log house, as solid as the day it was built, is believed to be over 100 years old. James West, father of Dick West of Ashfield, pur- chased unchased the fan n from Dan McMur chy but it is believed that a family called Welsh built the house originally. The log house is about 20 by 30 and was built atop a log cellar. It is the intention of Mr. Hindmarsh to polish the logs some of which 'are two feet and 30 feet long. Dick West was born and raised in the log structure and in 1950 he built a new house across the road from the log hoe, where he now resides. • 10 years ago August 6, 1980 Here's Mollie - An honoured guest during 125th birthday fes- tivities on the weekend was Mollie Whiteside representing Dungannon, Ireland. A special picnic was held at Dungannon Hall so residents could met Mrs. Whiteside. Frank McCarthy, 83, of Vancouver, B.C. who travelled to Kingsbridge for the 75th anniversary of St. Joseph's Church, stayed over an extra few days to meet Mrs. Whiteside at the picnic.