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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-06, Page 4Page 4 ,ueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 6, 1996 Pao yetssp nni r e ,,pa er Campbelli t.. Luc& u oww ()Margo Changes ifaddress, orders for subscriptions. ns. and undeliverable copies (return postage guaranteed➢ are to be sent twill- Luek Senhind at, the address indti ated mere, Advertising is accepter on the;ondttion that n the etent.Ofa'typegrapb cal :e ar, the portion cite adrertiSing spaeeoccupied by the erroneous itemtogether with -a rea$oriable low nee for *Aare. Will net be b tar ged for. but the balango of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates:. . . hen the dust eventually clears after Ontario's first province- �. wide strike by civil servants, about. the only thing certain is.there will have been 110 winners. Altlbongh•:'given the power to strike by the previous NOP government, members of the Ontario. Public Service Employees Union reallyhave preeions little hope of wringing Meaningful con- cessions from the new regime of Mike Harris' Progressive Conservative govt ernment..'1hc: .government has, after all, 'given it ;elf the... power to use replacement labor if -it choose, in addi- tion to the already existing option of.. legislating workers back to the job' and dictating terms of a settlement. It's easy to see why both sides 'are, frustrated 'here. .The government has found. all attempts.'to< downsize•w,it's work force stymied: by a' ;lengthy - Appeals Process andsontractual'obliga- tions:,teft them.; by previous governmen- t's with totally °opposite political and operational philosophies. As reported in the Toronto Star .cin the weekend, only. a few dozen of the roughly 800 civil servants laid off since the 'Tories - took officehave actually cleaned out their desks and -moved to the mem-.' . ployment lines (where, theyironically remain on thepublic payroll in anon- productive, less taxable capacity .any- way). That's ny-way)..That's a tough situation for a. cash-strapped employer to be tied into. and ots goy One of our readers, V who prefers to remain . anony- mous, thought `I might be 'interested in knowing more about what a "pig" can expect during 1.996. •" :the Year of the Rat, By way of explanation, if you are not familiar with � . the Chinese ,zodiac, the Rat is the first of 12 animals. efor the cycle es • Therefore ye takes 12 years to comPlete. ". ow `.e* .t 912 Following, the* Rat (1 ) the OxTiger wines 19 '3 y._ 14 Rabbit :( 1915 Dragon (1916) Snake. (1.917), Horse (1918), Sheep (1919), Monkey (1920), Rooster (1921), �(1923). .' Dog� (I9 2 2 - , and Pig .To determine what zodiac you were born in simply take your birth year.and., subtract one of the above so that the answer is divisible by 12 , evenly. ,:, For example; Y'' 19471923.� 24 (�r,g) which is two roultiPles o 1966-' 12; or, 1918; (horse) tti 48 which is four'multip..:.les of 12. As 1'told yoti before, I' a Pig, but now 1 know I'tn 1 p� A Box 400, Lucknow. Ontario NOG 0 lone: (51 9) 528-2822. fix: (5l9) 528.,3529- - Established 1873 g T1i iii son - Advertising Meager l at 1.l gStort • General Manager / meter Phylks Nialthews Helm -tont !fee 9 0 = Pourtney T, setter ubscilynon Rates advance: Weal Regular $20.00 wig 40 mt. radius plus `> »Weai senior S17.00. within 40 ,1. radius plus, GSI Out-ofaarea t #n • miles) Regular $31,44 - Senior $28.44 plus 08T; Poreigu &, USA. - $90.00 Iii blications nt.a0 registrauon no. 0847 .held, at Lucknow,: Otte the 'The union, on other hand, has.' -backed off on 'vi tually all its initial bargaining positi+is save the Preserva- tion of successor rights. lichentitle workers too keep their -union and. unioxi.,contract when 'an employer con- tracts out the work)'and •pension issues, while the government bent not an inch. These peoople=know- that large scale lay- offs of their members are, inevitable 'and. are reduced to fighting for some cushions to soften the -blow. Cushions, which in the .case of successor rights,, are still available to privatesector workers. Meanwhile,' ordinary Ontarians will be inconvenienced and perhaps even endangered if thestrike drags on and escalates « Union leaders have, stated they would consider pulling "essential'" :services, if the government resorts to - scab. labor.1tthings; reach:... that •stage,. Abe dispute will, turn ugly:. in . a - hurry. Neither side should resort tr sauch seat sures. Thesad thing is, that when the day is done, no matter whether -union- or go*-. eminent ` gets it's way; there. will, be even :more people out of work than before. Fewer people with money 'to s end ion , consumer goods, fewer pay- ing fewer le with the:° ' eans ing real f , w r prop irn; to keep Ontario's drowning economy treading water. Will. anyone be better. off when -that happens? (Lakeshore Advance). ;: dust when we thought winter was on the way out, another major storm blew through the area Saturday night and Sundnlclosig roads and making dri- ving vin dangerous. co ditions very dan erous. While the snow blowers hadabeen. sittin "f: force weein :piles i .: / idle for a while theywere . back, in lit Q making sant . i es a as N'� .#'tat....... Livingston photo) paraphernalia: a word that means to us personal belon- gings, or the gear -used . for Sentinel Memoirs some activity, or the problems and fuss involved in : any project. ` The . word. comes to us from the Greek para, "beyond", and pheme, "a dowry." It meant, inits ori al usage, . everything that a married women could claim . as her own, apart from - her dowry, and included clothes, jewelry. and personal possessions. In the days of arranged mar- riages, . if they went wrong it was of . critical irnpotance that the wife should be able ' to identify he'r paraphernalia: (Webster's), married to a Monkey who, according to my zodiac,, will provide me with . a good time in the year of the Rat "it will be Just like a honey- moon." oneymoon. My wealth is supposed to beso, so - so I.guess ,I had better phone that .1.-900 nurtiber to register my seen- rity code cheque ID. ,num- ber to be eligible for. $10,295. No doubt, if Fin dense enough to throw awa.� mofey ($4.99 per y � minute, for an average 8 •' minute call) 1' am the , insti- gator of niy own: destiny. My career is going .,to be ridden, with obstaclesin the first half of the year, how - wirer atter that I will do, well lust" like riding a horse through a blooniing field," 1 only like horses: from a dis twice. .1 ancautioned not to sit in . the northwest, :.so that means Van definitely going to have, to have a .new office. April -is., not supposed ; to be a good month for me, so I. think f'll book the. month .off, but then my wealth isn't supposed to improve until' the latter half of the year. lune :looks` like a good ntimonetsh';"for a m:y"b gvgoi!oeolldlf game willimprove; every- , 'thing goes :smoothly" I always feet tetter in i/vatni. weather. hat the Who :knows;' .w old . itlie •future h sY o F i• the being, 111. ' content living x be� With my b lorikey,. enjoying 'ourelationshi t, with. Our r p son who, is a Dog and our . daoghterrinmlaw who is the ,�, . sake animal as her mother- in .law. 70 years ago March 11, 1926 amily theatre to re -open - For some weeks workmen have been engaged in remodeling the interior of Mr. Taylor's building, on. Campbell. Street, to have it comply with the law respecting icture show ,theatres. room The has been lined with fireproof wall -board, and now presents a very good appearance. The picture screen will be at the front of the building instead of ' at the back, as heretofore, . giving a much better n view than wasp possible le with the former. arrangement• '� will be Shows l on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Age limit for dances - At recent C are nt meeting , of the Lucknow conn l -a g village• . bylaw was prepared ,an age limit for y setting � those who may attend dances in the Town Hall< A part of the law is that, no person under the a� of 17 may attend, unless accompa- nied nied by a.parent or guardian and .after'the bylaw is passed this wall, bea condition of renting the hall. The school board recently communicat- ed its thoughts on school pupils attending he frequent .dances, saying the.practice' y was an injury to the success of the school and the pupils. 50 years ago March 70 P46 ells .Holyrood General Store George Colwell has sold the general store business, including the Post Office, to George Percy of the .`Tiverton district and a native of Kinlouh. The new proprietor obtains possession, on Apr. 1 The 50 acre farm adjoining the store is also included in the transaction. • Georgehas conducted this business for r the past five yearssince purchasing it from p..� 5 the Purves Estate, by which family this business Was rail for over half a century. 5 '.ear s ago March -11,1951. eating up for provincial election:: Party hopefuls were on the cairn- paign trail leading, up to a March 19 election;!mire r Willi D P c William Davis vis (PC) was in the area andpledged .his'.: industrial .;. govern - mors support and 10 million to develop an park �rouad` he e � ric Nuclear Power l vel o rent.. The money was pledged.from the EILD fund, a five year, $1.5 billion program announced by Davis Jan. .27, six days before the: election 'wask called.