The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-01-29, Page 4rage 4 • Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, Jan>itarry 29, 1997
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held at Lucknow, Ontario.
Patience is a virtue. so. I'm: told. So I
:: mess I am not too virtuous as fast week
my .patience ran out quickly while deal
ing with Ma Bell.
•I'd been: trying to connect with a
Kincardine, number .off and, on for the
past two weeks..; • ..
Repeatedly, this soothing voice
"Would come on - you know .the one : I
mean. "We're sorry Your .call cannot
.be completed
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for "
• So;1'checked the numberin• the
book. 'I called directory assistance - is
.that..a :75 charge? and yes the number
I was dialling was correct.
. So,,.oext I,,called the operator as
instructed. The : first�ne gave
o . gme some
'lingo about it being a long, distance
;number and I couldn't access it froin'
. my location, This Was after T confirmed
• with her that yes, 1 know and I. was
dialling 1 and, the area code before the
number.
B"cin .with little virtue, in m
g y stea
-ex ploded and I said, "Listen,lady,
.�
'we've been dialing 1 and'the area•code
ever since Bell changed the system way
back when;hat do 'you mean I can't
do that? I know the system is antique
here, but get with it."
"One moment, please. I'll connect
you with our repair service."
• "Repair may I help you?"
"I. sincerely hope so:" And so I
repeated niy story again.
"I'm sorry: There's no such num
-
bet-." There's that voice again!
"Excuse me. There is such a number.
I've been call-
ing8
to
X it' for.
months,..it's list --
ed ,in.thedirec-
tory '
and direc-
tory
it -for assistance
even has it."
• "Is it a resi-
dential or business listing.
• "It's listed under both"
"One moment please, I'll connect
youwith our -'business repair " There's
that voice again. ;
After a brief conversation• with this •
department, I was cut off - accidentally
I`' assume After dialling .611 (repair)
• and being prompted by a recorded mes- •
sage, I finally, got' to- talk to a real per,
son, who'also couldn'tfind the:number:
But she did'igure out why Kincardine
numbers' are through BMTS, not Bell.
A quick call to BMTS ande mys-
tery was solved the number had been . .
disconnected
I'm working on getting my 'virtue
back!
Some' drivers have. bad.haba�s
,Dear editor: ..
I' have •an important
issue regarding the safety
of pedestrianswalking on
Willoughby' and Inglis
Streets. •
Theparkitglot that is•
located at the corner of
g
Willou hb " Inglis
y and iS
g
Streets a r
oss from tha
fire hall) is beingmisused.
I have, -seen many.
motorists use this parking
lot as a roadway.. Many of
these people are travelling
on Inglis' Street and 'are.
wanting to :.turn onto
• Willoughby Street. There
is• a stop . sign at the end of
the .road. Many people
don't 'stop atthe sign,'
instead 'they+, just cut. across
the parking lot instead • of
legally stopping.. These
•people are usuallyin a
hurry and don't take .a..
clear look before they`
make their Move.
The ipain concern that I
have with people doing
this •. is that, it's .dangerous!
There are .white lines
painted'alongthe edges of
the parking lot for people'
to walk in since: there:,is`tio
Official . sidewalk. I'm; con-
cerned that a'pe, destrian is
going to be hit by one of
these careless drivers. The
pedestrian could be walk-
ing along in the specific;
area minding' their own
busiiess and they may be
hit .byaperson ern h h.
sowho .a's
Y
misused the parking
let.
t:
I was walking home
. after work one night. I was
g
• just past .the parking lot •
'and someone
dro,ve very
fast .into the parking lot
and did a- huge Ij,turn.
Even • though.' was past
•the parking' lot,' the noise
itself frightened me. I
turned around and saw a
truck driving away,. Just •
the sound scared ine
enough Imagine if ;you
. ,would have ''been . Walking
..along side the parking lot
and that. truck had come.
racing towards you. What
would you have done or
thought? It would':ie, a •
scary experience:
There is ,a sign
posted right after the
bridge, corning from. the
"highway,, that states,
,"Watch. • for, • 'Elderly
Pedestrians." This particu-
lar area does have many
elderly people because of
the senior citizens apart-
n ents .'located on
Willoughby Street.. Elderly
citizens usually don't walk
as quickly asyounger. citi-
e s and therefore
z n r it
• n
1
ld . e harder for
wou b. a them h m
to get out of the way of a
veh icle. •It would be very
hit.
easy to and injure,.
maybe even kill, e kil , a pedes-
trian because of.a careless
decision made by a. driver.
The suggestion that I
have are to make drivers "
aware, who. do use', this
route to re -think. what -they
are doing. "Driving is not
a right, it's, a privilege:"
rs
`: If drive, don't change
the *ay that they.. , are
approaching the stop sign, ..,,.
T would like..to suggest to
Iucknovv council to' place
two, to, four cement, pillars;':
or guard rails along one
side of the parkitig Tot
This will .create some
inconveniences for people •
who are parking inthis.
Parking .lot •but ' itmay save
•tin to page S::
70 years ago
January 20,:1927
epoys win hockey at Toronto : The Lucknow
Sepoys, away from home, played a game at
Willowdale Rink and defeated the St; Thomas
A. C's, Toronto, the score being 9 to 5. The Sepoy
team was made up of Sandy Mnrdie,:I. Cohan,:Bill
Thompson B.A. Andrews, Tom Alton, , Wiif
Murdoch acrd Jack Osterhout.
"By : the way," the reporter of the above adds;
"Murray Murdoch;a one-time Lucknowboy with the
New York, Rangers won 'the"game for. his team mak
ing three of the goals'. Lucknow may welLbe proud of
the record this boy is making in the "big show."
Who has this book? ` A New 'ork fashion book
by Godey's, borrowed.'a couple Of years ago,
Lucknow, is wanted by the owner. Party who has,. this,
rare. book ,kindly leave at ire Sentinel Office.
50 years ago .
January 22, 1947 .
ucknow ,reeve''is warden - Reeve JAV,.Joynt
sof Lucknbw has brought honot•to himselfapd•
the: village -by his election.as'the 75th warden
of Bruce County,. In a sweeping 'victoryhe defeated.
the only other candidate,' Reeve. Wm.: Walsh of :.
Kincardine, by a vote of 21 to 1.1..
West Wawaitosb reeve 'is Warden, A Liberal
caucus of Huron County 'Council; elected Reeve
13roWn Smyth of West Wawanosh as: their 1947
Warden.. • •
Install' electric organ The treasurer of the
tilernorial Organ Fund at the Lucknow Presbyterian.
Church reported a total of $2261.98 subscribed and •
the congregation authorized the . managing • board' `i0
proceed 'with the installation of a Hammond. Electric
organ, complete with chimes. The congregation raised
more' than $8,000 in 1947
25 years::ago
January 19, 1972
idbits -The . Ki floss township clerk -treasurer
was receiving $3500 per year The road super
was. receiving $3 per hour. __
The assistant clerk treasurer:' in Lucknow was
being paid $2.35 perhour, an increase of .15, Town
foreman was pant an.artnual`- salary 'of $6600.
Dorothy MacKenzie, of Belfast, was in Mexico for
three months where• she was taking further courses in'.
'Fine. Arts, at the Instituto Allende, San : Miguel de
Allende', at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
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