The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-06-21, Page 33Rural Learning Association, conference
considers effect of technology on human values
Tony McQuail, R. R, 1
Lucknow, participated as a
panel member on the effect
of technology on human
values presented at the
annual meeting of the Rural
Learning Association this
past weekend, at the Geneva
Park -Conference Centre.
Other local people who
attended the conference
were Fran McQuail, R. R. 1
Lucknow; Adrian Vos, Blyth;
and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Stafford, R. R. 1 Wroxeter,
representing Gay Lea Foods
Co-op Ltd.
Technology should not be
used as a- scapegoat for
sociological problems, said
David Murray, one of the
panel members. Technolog-
ical innovations have given
society more freedom of
•
choice, but society's inability
to adapt as quickly as
modern technology develops
has created problems.
Lorenzo Big Canoe, Georg-
ina Island, contrasted mod-
ern society, a product of
technological innovation, he
knew as a boy on the reserve,
In that rural community, the
things people needed were
supplied by nature. Chief Big
Canoe concluded that the
religious beliefs indigenous
to the native way of live will
ultimately save the white
man from himself.
Tony McQuail pointed out
that while technology is the
result of human activity, and
thus is directed to human
goals, these goals may some-
times be destructive. He
warned new technologies
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must be analyzed before they
are developed. Once intro-
duced, they will be used; itis
too late to decide whether
they would be prudent in
terms of human values. ,.
A major challenge, accord-
ing to .Brian Crawley, is how
to balance technologies and
human values. RLA's man-
date and responsibility, he
said, is to help people
SENT
understand their own choic-
es.
Individual RLA members
and representatives of mark-
eting boards and other
organizations supporting
RLA heard reports of the
year's programs, which in-
cluded a provincial seminar
on effective leadership for
community and marketing
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1978
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Summerfest weekend in Lucknow was a good time for
young and old alike. These youngsters rode the ferris
wheel with their dad at the midway on Saturday afternoon.
Two-year-old Paddy and Bryan, 5, took dad, Phil McCann,
along for reassurance as they rode up and around the big
wheel. Pictures of Summerfest fun appear on pages 12 and
13 in today's centrespread along with the names of the
winners in the bed races, soap box derby, tug of war, car
show, greased pig contest and the Kinsmen Intermediate
Ball Tournament.
Summerfest
Picture story in
today's centerspread,
pages 14 and 15
ommunity centre
cost X275,000
The total cost for building the new Lucknow and District.
Community Centre is $275,000, according to Sto -Reavie,
chairman of the fund raising committee.
Donations and money received from purchases of lottery.
tickets totalled $156,994.85. Expenses incurred in awarding
the weekly $1,000 prize for the lottery and advertising and
printing costs totalled $54,283.98.
Grants to be received will total $137,431 and the balance to
still be raised plus interest on grants not received, as yet, will
be $34,908.13.
The total cost of $275,000 includes installation , of the
parquet flo9ring in the dance hall, finishing the landscaping,
fencing, paint and a public address system.
Board to set policy
on controversial books
BY JEFF SEDDON
The Huron County Board of Education will be asked to
consider a policy at its August meeting that should prevent
further controversy about books used in high school
classrooms.
John Cochrane, Director of Education,asked the board's.
school programs committee on June 12 to permit teachers,
principals and senior education administrators to prepare a
policy statement for the board to outline procedure for
choosing and defending what material.. is to be used in
classrooms.
The school programs committee was asked by the board to
investigate the use of three novels in English literature
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Car show at Summerfest attracts 1,000 people
The antique car show at the arena held in conjunction with
the Kin Summerfest attracted about 1,000 people to view the
cars. 'The winners of • the prizes are , listed with the
Summerfest prize winners in today's centrespread.
Two cars which did not vein prizes, but deserve honourable
mention, according to the show's cor-ordinators, Tom
Andrew and Gary Ritchie, are a 1972 Morgan and the 1973
Porsche,
Both cars are owned by area men. The Morgan's owner is
R. A. Edmiston of Ripley and the Porsche is'owned by Hans
Gramlich of Kincardine.
MVIORGAN
The Morgan is a classic sports car and it is very difficult to
find one says Edmiston. They ,are made in Worcestershire,
England by Morgan Carriage Works and there is a four year
waiting period.
Edmiston had always wanted a Morgan and was looking for
one in any condition. He belonged to the Canadian Army and
was stationed in Europe when he wrote to the manufacturing
company in England and they sent him to a dealership in
Stuttgart, Germany. He -was placed on a waiting list after
making a deposit of 500 marks. He was told he would have to
wait two years which was the waiting period in 1972.
Eight months later he received a call from Morgan Carriage
Works in England and was told that a diplomat from Monaco
had ordered a car and 'had not come to pick it up. 1{e was
asked. if he was still interested in buying a Morgan.
Edmiston flew to England on a Wednesday and brought his
car back on the following Monday.
1930'S STYLING
The company tries to make ten cars a.week and they make
three models. A two seater with a four cylinder engine and a
two seater with an 8 cylinder. They also make a four seater
with a four cylinder engine. Edmiston's car is a 4 + 4 Morgan ,
- four seater, four cylinder. The body styling of the car has not
changed since the 1930's observes Edmiston.
He uses his car for touring primarily and has raced it in its
class.
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