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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-12-14, Page 6editorial page SENTINEL "The Sepoy Town" Established 1873 The Lucknow Sentinel, P.O. Boit 400 Lucknow NOG 2110 Telephone: 528-2822 Lacknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 14, 1983—Page 6 Thomas Thom r rn - Advertising Manager Sharon Dietz - ': a r , r Pat Livingston a Office Manager Joan Helm - Compositor Merle Elliott - Typesetter Subscription rates in advance $1 6.�. Outside •45° °e • Canada Senior Citizens • 1 �, Outside • eek Canada 43. Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space oecvpled by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for sig e, will not be .charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the arpplicable rates. Council has successful. year Lucknow Village Council has had a busy year, They have passed a property standards by-law, an animal regulation by-law, negoti- ated the o to purchase property for the sewage works treatment facility, resubmitt- ed the sewage works design proposal to the Ontario Municipal mrd, completed ra- tions on the Town Hall, worked for approval of a special policy area within the village's proposed secondary plan, and completed a substantial road construction program„ Municipal business rewires more consist - wit attention than in yeasts gone by and 'knows reeve and councillors find h necessary to hold many more kgs than the monthly regular meeting to keep abreast of developments., M the big of the year, the reeve and council decided to support the federal government's wage restraint meastates by keeping their honorariums the same as last year, While they have possibly worked harder and completed more business this year, they did it for the same money as last year. Being a municipal politician is often a thankless job, Ratepayers phone you at home to complain because their road won't be paved again this year, The newspaper editor criticizes you for procedural mistakes and the various government ministries put insurmountable red tape in your way. The honorariums paid to council members seem insignificant when the value of the work is considered. As the year comes to an end, it is a good time to commend council members for their work on behalf of our village, A word of praise goes a long way„ Council will face some diuh decisions in 1984, They deserve the support and confidence of Lucknow ratepayers in the coming year„ 1t is their dedication which makes Lockport:, a fine community in wbichr to rive. Banks should take the risk The fact that Canadian banks continue to foreclose on farmers st a time, when their profits are sig even their record breaking puts of two years ago, is outrageous and The big five chattered teats, the Royal flank the Canadian Imperial Rani of Commerce, the Dans of Montreal, the Dank of Nova Scotia and the Torr t° Dominion Bank, have posted a total prat oaf S1.1S billion for the 12months in fiscal 1910 to October 31, equal to the record CUTS bayon racketd up by ail1 11 Cantiocian chartered banks in 19141 Ontario farmers arc at a serious disadvan- tage, Their coated in mmreigfmrbrorararirryg provinces have parr iaaal *ors to offset the lbws in commodity markets while our farmers most gay it aloe. The program for beginrohvg fie does not coveir farmers eat red the indeastrgr within time past fine years mad lbw prices for beef and pork have left the red meat producers out on a tomb. To make matters worse, banks are less than flexible when dealing with a farmer or an elevator company which finds itsrff in troublee. Surely with die profits the barks have seen in recent years, they should be expected to take some risk Loaning money is a rimy &rosiness, Farmers are in ar risky business. They are le* to the why of mature and often fly by their own common sense, Surely fanners cannot be expected to take ail the rias& and suffer all the consequences when datings gay bad., If the banks are not willing to take the riPsts invofved in pane i Ing credit to fanners, they siwoold tell the government they do not want to loan money to fanners, M least then tame government coaaild get bosy and provide alternative fnanacciang m lane form of increased monies to Farm Credit Corporate and the initiation of agri-lionth, editor's notebook The Sentinel staff is planaing this yeses Chaff edition and we want our readers to be invoi`ve d irn tis special issue of the Mame town paper. Recent Christmas ems have Mended the wines, poems and *tares created by area school children_ au_ CM4ren is what Christmas is ail about and our readers enjoy reading the thoughts of children at Christ- mas hristmos tine. Their pictures help to rake our a . move special) as we aali see Christmas t h roa+gfe the imagination of a child_ Ms year we want Time' older generation to become mane invvotved. Memories, of an old fashioned Chritstmrmas„ memories of a war time Christmas.. rn emotries, of Christmas wheat 1 was a child, make beautiful gid at Christmas. Share your memories of past Christmases with our Sentinel readers. Many of os were not around to remember what Christmas was Ike daring the war yam. Many of as were not around to know what an old fashioned Christmas was tike 50 or 70 years ago. Perhaps you have travelled to Csr<aaet oar Pie and can share your impressions of the Holy Land. Having seen the places where Jesus iived and preached his gospel d, lends a fascinating insight into the celebra- tion of the birth of time Messiah_ Perhaps your family tradition is Jewish. While Jewish families do not cetebrate Christmas. theyc&y observe Chanukah at the same time of time year as Christians mark C ivist's '',incl). A story about the Jewish tradition of Chanukah, how it is observed and but it means to time Jewish famnitY wa ifl make a vahlable connributiion to our Christmas ems. Christmas is a religious festrivat and knowledge. tollerranree and understanding of other religions is parr of the Christmas message. Perhaps you have studied otheir religions such as 6fin da. 1tum fdisrnn or Muslin. The spe+ciai times of year observed try these faiths are aliso int'erest'ing_ We took forward to reading the articlics submitted, especially those written by the seniors of our community who remember past Chrisemases_ Their trternAories are especially valuable. Help make dais' 'ear's Christmas edition of The Sentinel special. Submit your essay by mailing it ro The Lucknow Sentinel, Box 400. Lucknow WOG MO. Entries must be postmarked not tater than December ember 14. These stadia&portrayed two of the Wise 1s ha the Ori 74 Nativity' vity' Scene daring the mama' Christmas emeert staged at St ms's Sepavate School in Kistsbridge Tuesday eveallag4Phaito by Jaawate merawy to the editor Mollie sends season's greetings 39 Kroll rmmmaan Road. D ng. nnornr„ Co_ Tyrone., N. Ireland November 28. 1983. Dear Friend. Thank you for again publishing a let'tesrr from me. plats mmy iffy „'hirrtt d: y„ - ph otograph. allbwing me to say "i ell to everyone 1 know out there without writing them inm vid'araL _ Roth Mrs. Sheil;aa Camp- bell of [ willow and Mrs. Mary Alton of Auburn sent me cutttings from your news - for my scrap o .p o and very meat spares, that 1 can share. les an enormous comfort. being able to 'keep in roach through You and 1 have a steady flow of betters from your readers in reply. the very special' letter arrived this morning from Mrs. Olive Etlake. formerly, of Dungannon. Ontario-. now. C see. living in tmarcknow. 1 met her in your Dangannon Iran tci180, during the celebrations there but she was very busy - as indeed 11 was, myself! - so we didn't manage to get together as often as we would have liked. Nor long after my visit. she was ill with a stroke and though 11 sent messages to her through Caanaadian visitors to our DtMeartnOri. 11 hada r expected to hear from her direct again. flow wrong 11 was'' Please thank her for her very kin hand- wrirren letter. She has macre a most remarkable recovery and 1 hope her health %via continue to improve. I'II write to her as son as I can snatch a manure. In my last letter ro the Sentinel, 1 gave a Dery rash promise which 1 bid- I cannot keep. e write to all my friend's out There for Christmas. Please tor -give me. life is more frantic if possible than it was before. with , every day and most evenings packed to capacity. 1 remember with nostalgia far off tunes when 1 could sit OCCagiOnallyvmr h my hands in my lap. Never mind, they say a fund life is a happy one and taunt's true in my case. First of all. my husband has made a good recovery from his recent illness and is back at work, though taking things gently. Our son. after taking First Class Honours at King's College. Cambridge. "rested'" for a yearr by working in London and has now returned to study with, a postgrraadtirate course in Cultural History at London's Royal College of Art. "Very Very excitinng' .. he says_ We hope to have him home briefly at Christmas and you can imagine how we look forward to that. Times are sad here. as Urn sure you know. We've had terrorist attacks here inn our town. three elders in a Co. Armagh church were shot dead as they welcomed parishioners to worship and the church sprayed with aunt'rre. seriously injuring another seven. This morning a soldier has been injured by a booby trapped bomb in Retfaast and a woman shot in Pomeroy. a few miles from where I live. yet mf you were here this moment. you would hardly believe there was trouble anywhere in this green beautiful land. Our gardien is still full of roses and lawns are richly. green. like spring. filling me with hope. Peace will surety come again some day. In rhe meantime. we live as normally as tape can. Christmas greetings ro you and all my friends our there. We look forward to seeing mangy of chem over here in 1484. With best Iches ro you al[. Mollie Whiteside (Mrs m .