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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-08-08, Page 4Page 4 w ilreincooloyi, Mott II* MS P.Q. Box 400, LLknQw Qhtaio 'N 2H0 • . 54-284; F (519) X529 Established 1873 it Thomas Thompson — Advertisng Manager Pat Livingston Q General Manager — Editor Subscription rates advances Si 790 Outside Canada $6090 - $1 490 Outside Canada $509p Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. n9. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of theadvertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature R will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be laid at the applicable rates. Concernsbeyond their years Their concerns aree bigger than ours were at that age. BO then, It seems as If their toeponslblitties are becoming more and more awesome. For the young people - the students and the teenagers - of the 1990's there Is .plenty to consider as far as a future Is concerned. It stretches much farther now than getting a car, getting a job, and buying nice clothes. The Earth Is at stake, the environment is endangered, and Third World tragedies are encroaching onto our North American doorsteps. The teenager of the '90's now has to be a ".globally aware" citizen. This summer, the Canadian Red Cross Society will be hosting a Youth Conference on international Development. Set for August 19 - 24, at the Maple Lake Conference Centre In Parry Sound, the conference will be a thihk-tank, workshop and encounter group all rolled Into one. aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of international issues. Stressing leadership skills and effective community and volunteer involvement, the course will be a step towards grooming the leaders of tomorrow, whether they end up serving Internationally or right In their own neighbourhood. The Red Cross, usually associated with giving blood, has much more than just blood donor clinics to worry about. A non-political, non-profit organization with no religious affiliations, the Red Cross is dedicated to preventing and alleviating human suffering worldwide. It promotes mutual understanding, friendship, cooperating and last peace. And so does their Youth Conference. With their world and their future at stake, It's going to be up to today's young people to take a stand and take action. With their energy and enthusiasm, things will take a tum for the better, but the Global Commitment must be made. (Huron Expositor, Seaforth) Picture identified Last week's unidentified picture was of the monument erected on the sixth of Huron township, just this side of the Ripley Road. The engraved plaque reads "Huron Presbyterian Church .bought this site for a church and cemetery 1854. Congregation moved to Ripley in 1886. Farni sold in 1896. Last burial in 1920, Cairn erected in cemetery north of river in 1977." 70 years ago August 12, 1920 Kinloss Village has monster crowd - Premier Drury, of Ontario, surely is the most popular man in Canada today - especially with the fanners of his own province. In no other way can one account for the crowd of 7,000 people (mostly country residents) which congregated on the banks of Silver Lake, at the village of Kinloss, last Thursday afternoon. And yet Drtiry wasn't there at all. But those who went expected that he Would be there. He was adver- tised to be one of the speakers at a picnic arranged for by - nobody knew who - so it was assumed that, as Drury was to be there, it was necessarily a U.F.O. picnic; and U.F.O. are letters to conjure with. That it was the magic name of Drury that "did it" was amply proved by the universal disap- pointment on learning that he was hundreds of miles away in Northern Ontario. 50 years ago August 8, 1940 • You would think having a hue band as "gifted" as Mrs Ftxittied a .sent who's appeenticing as a car, penny, that I weak, never,never have to pick up ,a i hammer or a screwdriver and attempt to .play Mrs. Halt. Not sol •W' the hours my men are waiking these days, the Only time they have tree is the weekend and I am definitely getting the feeling that I am forbidden to encroach upon their weekends. Oh, I know, Mr. Fixit and Num- ber One Son need time to golf, wash -their vehicles and simply,. relax. And of course,. Number One'. Son must havetime tO spend with the love of his life. But what is an incompetent person, such as.I am with a hammer and a screwdriver, to . do? Well, you give it the old college try, which Is what I did recently. • The project was hanging a mini - blind, a verysmall mini -blind. Unlike Mr. Fait I always take the time to read instructions. While he was napping in his favourite chair, I read the instructions, and read the instructions, and read the instruc- tions. These blinds were apparently made in Taiwan and believe me, despite the fact the inttructions were in English, they might as well have been in Taiwanese. I could not figure out what the heck they were talking about. I deduced that my best bet was to take all the tools necessary into the bathroom and simply try to visualize what went where. I was fully prepared. I had a hammer, two screwdrivers, a pencil. a. level; s nail, n stool; and ell the gees that came with the minibl,inSee how much I have learned over my 20+ years with Mrs Fait. f knew I needed the bummer and a • flat screwdriver to remove the old hooks holding the: blind, .a .star screwdriver to install. the screws that would eventually holdr the mini -blind in place, a .mil - to mark where the :screws were to1g0, a level to, make sere the right and left rides were hi the same spot, a nail, to start the whole for the screw and the stool to stand .%nn:. I was really proud of myself for having the presence of . mind Jo equip myself with all the tools needed, price to tackling the job. It took quite a while but I finally had.the old hooks removed, without damaging the wood. After: assessing the :situation,. I even managed to figure out how to install it. Boy, was Mr. Fixit going to be stnpriised whenhe woke up, that I had, all by myself,installed the mini -blind! My feeling of pride didn't last 1 . ; : ! I measured the width and ed. one side, then I got the level out and made sure I marked the other side properly. I took the nail I was using - a spike? and made a little hole so the screw would start in easily, grabbed my star screwdriver and started turning. The screw turned and turned and turned and then stopped. No matter how hard I, pushed on that screwdriver the darn thing would not go in the wood any further. Investigating the .situation, it ape; peared that the OCIewdriver was slipping. Down to the basement I go and get another star screwdriver. The second scnewdriverer worked no better than the fist. Removing the screw was a fete in itself. By. now. my temper is slanting to. boil, but I Ogured. I'd try, it once Mote with a new screw. For some reason ,the head on the first one looked' like something had ate it. The second , screw started onits way, but my efforts were useless. 'I could,aniy get through the wood aro far and that was it.. I .gave up in defeat'when I failed to remove the second screw. No Matter bow hard I' pushed on that ' screwdriver, it simply turned in the had of the. screw. For . those of .you, who know me well, you can imagine the, frame of mind tI ani in by this time. I had wasted 90 minutes reading instruc- tions, preparing for the project, putting screws in and taking screws out and for what? The mini -blind is still in the box, I'm madder than .... that I cannot accomplish such a simple installation. On that note I threw everything in the box and went to bed! The next day, after cooling down, I sweet talked Mr. Fixit into instal- ling the mini -blind. Once he had the one hung, I quickly pulled out the second box, before he decided to get into a reclining position. The only consolation I can take out of the whole fiasco is there are many things I can do better than Mr. Fixit, albeit using a screwdriver is not one of theml Where, but in Lucknow, could you look out your back office window and see this cute little '4 bunny? (Pat Livingston photo) SENTINEL MEMOIRS Rate struck at 42 mills a The Village Council in regular session on Tuesday night, struck the 1940 tax rate at 42 mills, an increase of .6 mills over last year. The mill rate was comprised as follows: county 4.6, village 13.4, street lighting 3.6, school 13.8, library 1.3, relief .5, debenture 4.8. Two robberies staged last week - Early last Thursday morning a thief, or thieves, smashed into both the Ford Garage and Silverwoods downtown office. The Silverwoods shop, downtown has been victimized numerous times in the past few years, but the loot is generally quite frugal, and on this occasion a couple of coppers was the extent of the plunder. Several tAtsfrasailmat**,imiliiteeliestabaisabilibrilibileidairierimas*itetifeastsiailletsi cases of eggs and some butter were passed up by the thief, who gained entrance to the building after smashing a glass in the rear door of the office. Early that same morning the Ford Garage was also broken into. The loot in this case was at first believed to be about $70.00 but a cheek -up revealed that cheques had been untouched, and, plus a $10.00 loan that the proprietor, Garfield Ostrander, had made that evening, brought the thief's cash `receipts" down to about $22.00. It beats Berts = The .big elm at the edge of Bert Ward's property can no longer be claimed as the biggest elm in the district, for there's one on Wilfred Hackett's farm in Ashfield that has it beaten. According to rim Hackett this tree has a limb spread of 115 feet one way and 100 feet in the other direc- tion. The tree, which has been on the Hackett homestead as long as Jim can recall, shows no sign of decay and at regular intervals it is necessary to trim off some of the low -hanging branches. 25 years ago July 28, 1965 Business Men's Association feature Lucknow Days shopping promotion - Seventy businesses that serve the village of iucknow have joined forces to present a business directory for Lucknow and it is included as a special section in this week's paper. The 18 page supplement, printed on yellow paper to distinginish it from the regular issue of The Sentinel, is a project of the Lucknow Business Men's Association and considerable plan- ning has gone into itproduction by members of the group who worked on its 10 years ago August 13, 1980 Lucknow Intermediates win ball tournament - Lucknow Inter- mediate pitcher Hugh Todd was named most valuable pitcher of the Deep river Knights of Columbus Ball Tournament on the weekend when the Lucknow team took the A division championship. The tour- nament ournament was played on one of the best ball parks in Ontario according to the home town team. Observes at Medical Centre - Nadine Carroll of Stockport, England has been observing the general practices of Lucknow's three doctors for the past three weeks. A medical student at the Liverpool University she is entering her fifth year of medical school. When she graduates, she will do an intern year and then plans to take a three year course to qualify as a general practitioner. She wants to be a GP because it will permit a closer contact with her patients.