The Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-10-17, Page 431
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The war against -drugs has. taken on. a new trent In °Bruce
and Grey counties as the seprate school board makes final
preparations to, introduce' its new curriculum. The board
plans to teach students as soon as they enter school, until
early high school grads, about substance abuse.
Schools have taken on the challenge et'teaclling children
of substance abuse through a directive from the Ministry of
Education. The provincial government found through a study
that drugs -from illegal drugs -to alcohol- are not .prdbltnns,
unlquue to large, urban centres. Rather, the problem has taken"
root in all sectors of this province.
Dick O'Brien told parents lastweek that prevention is more
effective than treatment. Treatment programs are only
effective in curing 20. percent'of the people Who go for help.
Mit ` 1s, 70 percent of those abusing alcohol and drugs never
seek treatment..,
The separate School board intends'to start Ing kindergarten,
teaching children to feel„good about themselves and their.
bodies. As they progress through the educational .system.
students will learn `about self-worth, how to deal with peer.
pressure, and what the Illegal drugs .are and how they
destroy lives. It's not just drugs though, but "legal” drugs as
well that are abused. Alcohol • is a prime example. And
students will learn about it as well. '
It's Ironic that the kick-off of the separate school board's
program In Walkerton, with its parent meeting held last
Thursday night, coincided with a major drug bust In the area.
Though it was probably not Intended, the two events
brought home the message that substance abuse must be
fought on all fronts If we are to be successful In the fight.
Though teachers will 'be helping students with new cur-
riculum, It Can't stop there. Parents, community leaders and
police must all do their part If the fight against substance
abuse Is to be successful.
At Dick O'Brien..said to parents last Thursday night, It
comes down to listening and communicating with our
children on which that success depends.
The message is plain and clear. Are we listening? (Walke-
rton . Herald Timed
"Cop Rock doesn't impress
Having seine spare time during the story idea wasn't all that • • proacbed to run for a snatetial
an evening is a, rare event for me, bad, It was the interspersed sec-, position. After she has been told
but last week the occasion arising OM, of singing by the actors that she is ugly :end needs a make '
I decided to time in to .the bubo
tube t and check out, what was new
for the fall. It's always rather
interesting to see .what the stations
have Collie up with to rah their
Share of the viewing public, •
As I tuned the.. channel, my
attention was caught by what
appeared -to be, a police officer, on
a horse, ri ding down the city ` •
streets, singing. (wailing would be,
more appropriate) a song about ._
wanting to see the doggies ...again.
It rather put me in mind of that
TN, show Dennis Weaver played
i[t I think it was called
MacLeod, You`remember the
one - where he•was a Texan,
relocated in the big city, but still
wore his cowboy -hat. The lead in,
and the name "Cop ROWshould
have alerted me as to what was to
come during the next hour, but
stupid like I continued watching
and became *tapped. thinking. "this
hasgot, to get utter."
hinted ane oft. Picture this R .a over, ,she visits a plastic surgeon
woman, with a cop boyfriend, who who promises'her.perfection, In
is an idiot, ha an altercation with the operating zoom see ,e the
him. She is a barr dancer (for Want g n turns tanto a ;singing, ode,
sof a nicer name) and he's ticked dancing around the, O►,8, vowing
off •because he drunks, she too to fine 4fGotrs mistakes.'"
friendly with the men, They' have As the hour tong ,program, apR
.words and as he goes out the door` ,. grouches the finish ..mark:.a group
she pleads f just want. you to like r
ane. instead of telling him to get scene takes' place nut :the p Citta_;
lost, she. sits, down in front of a office. An arresting officer. with a
inirrbr in her.dressing room aril suspect m tow leads' off the :song
sings a mournful song about how and then all the officers ,loin in for
'011e )nates meal. a'gmup number: As they. sing
In ,ttnnther scene, two officers abPut "garbage in, garbage; out.,
are called to a domestic disppuut��e . the le being charged, ;get alt.
where another idiot is smacking loin`Stoiacct and sing :their side of
his wife around. Following thea ' the ,
climax in this scene the man and As the credits start to roll by, I
the woman: mournfully wail to ,•admonish ;myself for wasting one
each other as the officers •stand hour watching this piece °I'
f gar-
• looking on this.touching make-up •gage.:
• scene. In my opinion, reducer Steven
The most ridiculous portion of Boncho, in an attempt to grab ;tits
the story, eat least in m)► opinion, is share of the couch potatoes, blew
.when a female mayor is ap. rtl
Taking time out from their outdoors play ,time at Puddleducks last
week are buddies Joe Murray (left) and Cody Hamilton. With October
weather notbeing all that good, the children, took advantage of
Friday's weather to let off steam. (Pat Livingston photo)
Librarian plans
career switch
To the editor:
I wanted to let your readers know
that I will not be thereto help them
at the Lucknow Library anymore
and to thank them for their support
over the past ten years. I have been
given the o pporpmity to serve. the
•�, public in a different way.. - lit the
new M.P.P. Paul IKlopp`s office in
Clinton. I hope anyone with a
constituency problem willfeel free
to call me -there.
I have enjoyed serving the
• residents of the Lucknow area in
the Library. I am excited by the
prospect of the long-awaited
improvements and redecorating
which is just about to happen at the
Library this fall: It will make the
library a cheerier place to visit and
work in and will make the video
equipment easily available to
groups to use in the building. I
hope that all groups - service clubs,
women's groups, birthday parties,
Girl Guides, Boy scouts,. etc., will
make use of it.
I am confident that the residents .
of Lucknow and area will continue
to receive professional assistance
from the remaining staff at the library.
Thank you,
Fran McQuail.
70 years ago
October, 21, 1920
Another Mystery Man - We
have another wild -man sensation
this fall. The Baird family, a few
miles west of town, was a good
deal disturbed last week by the
visits of a man, apparently
demented, who paid a number of
calls to their barn -yard, on one
occasion almost setting the place on
fire.
During one of his visits he carried
away a whip, and the br`+ing of
the timepiece of the automobile, in
an effort to remove it, is thought to
have been his work. Ile was seen
three times about the barn, and on
one occasion was barefooted, None
of the menwere about any time,
Grace Baird being the. only one to
see the Wanderer. Each time he
made off towards the woods`. About
forty men searched the neighbour-
hood one afternoon, but no trace of
the man could be found.
It will be remembered that a year
ago a Man, apparentlydemented,
made his headquarters in. ' the
vicinity of Dickie's Hill, until the
cold weather forced him to find a
better shelter. It was never learned
where this man came from nor
where he went to.
50 years ago
October 17, 1940
Attorney General Inspects
Bruce Civil Guards - "Throughout
my tour of Ontario the past few
months, reviewing civil guards, I
have seen none no smartly turned
out as this one." So spoke Hon.
Gordon Conant, attorney -general of
Ontario at the drumhead service and
inspection of more than 1000 mem-
bers .of the' Bruce County Civil
Guards in Walkerton on Sunday. It
is estimated 15,000 spectators wit=
nessed the impressive spectacle on
this Sunny Autumn afternoon, as
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SEINEL MEMOIRS
units lined up for the service in the
Athletic park and marched in
parade through the. County Town's
main street, under command of Col.
Roy Robertson.
Units were present representing
Wiarton, Hepworth, Tara, Chesley,
Southampton, Paisley, Hanover,
Walkerton, Teeswater, Mildtnay and
Kincardine, accompanier) by seven
bands from Bruce County towns.
Lucknow was not repretsented as
a unit as the local branch is not yet
functioning although the
preliminary work of organizing has
been carried out.
Chief spier of the afternoon
was the Rev. Norman Rawson of
Hamilton.
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25 years ago
October 27#.1965
Gaunt Speaks For Retroactive
Crop Insurance Plan - Murray
Gaunt, M.P.P. for Huron -Bruce has
called on the federal and provincial
governments to begin negotiations
for retroactive crop insurance.
Mr. Gaunt said that during the
upcoming federal=piovincial talks
on a crop insurance programme,
Ontario's Minister of Agriculture,
William Stewart, should demand
that any insurance plan ,be retroac-
tive to cover the severe rain damage
to crops in west -central Ontario. He
said his proposal would mean "that
farmers throughout the province
would have to pay a double
pretfnium, but that because weather
damage is so unpredictable, I'm
certain there would be no violent
objection."
10 years ago
October 220 1980
Sewage Works Cannot be Ex-
panded - Lucknow Village Coun-
cillors learned at their October 14
meeting that the sewage works
proposed for the core of the village
cannot be expanded to service the
entire village.
B.M. Ross and Associates, Luck-
now's engineers, have prepared a
preliminary design report for the
village's sewage works, which is to
be submitted to the Ministry of
Environment for their approval.
Burns ,Ross and Stephen Burns,
representatives of the engineering
firm, attended the council meeting
to present the report and discuss its
proposals with the council.
The sewage works project
includes construction of a sewage
collection system including in-
dividual' services throughout the
commercial Core area and then
north along Stauffer and Inglis
Streets to Gough Street. The system
will serve the central area of the
village -and adjacent low lying areas