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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-03-05, Page 4Page 4 Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 5',1997 Changes of address, orders for subscriptions, and undeliverable copies (return postage guaran ) are to be sent to The Wallow Sentinel at the address indicated here, Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the cue t of a typographical error, the poi.; tion of the advertising: space occupied by the en'oneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. ; ..A Sioives. Publishers .Community Newspaper 619 Campbell St:, Luckxaow, Qntax ct P,Q. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2110 phone: (519) 528-282�2Q fax: (519) 528-3529 r Established 1873 Tom Thompson - Advertising.Manager Pat Livingston - General Manager. / Editor Phyllis Matthews Helie - Office Administrator Joan Courtney - Typesetter - Subscription Rates advance: Weal Regular $25,66 (incl, postage.and OE$.T.) within 40 mi, radius. Local Senior $23.52 (inci. postage and G,S T) within 40 mi. radius. Out -of-area (40 miles) $25,66 (fuel. postage and Cr.S T ), foreign ,& USA— $98;00. Publicationsmail registration no. 0847 held at Lucknow, Ontario. u I've been saving a few little interest- • ing tidbits from the dailies. I've - passed my judgement, no.w, it's your •turn. .Happy reading,. Zimbabwe, prostitutes have raised their gates by 67 ,per cent and are .telling women to give their husbands more money to spend, on t h e::'i r extracurric- ular activi- ties, They have formed a clown troupe and enter- tain o . ungpatients at the Hospital for �' P Sicic Children, Toronto. Holiday Inn clowns started in 1988 ip, Florida. •A well known daily is looking for -pic- tures of pets and their owners who look alike, .Seems say they too need .to support. their chil- dren. The huge rate: increase the fee from;$2.80 a. night to $4.60 (U.S;):ainight. • A new twist on the 900 telephone ser- vice is the Dial -a -Tutor program where,' for the price.of $1.49 per minute, a stir - dent can get help .instantly by'calling a subject expert. Supposedly it' will not. replace conventional tutoring. •' A group of Holiday Inn executives they want to prove., or disapprove,. that old adage_'. that. when humans and animals live together, they start. to resemble each brought other • A Winnipeg senior. is blowing the whistle on hookers, johns and: `drug .pushers in her neighborhood. She, actu- ally blows a real whistle continually in the, middle of night- to deter the afore: mentioned from hanging out on • her street corner. Neighbors can't "decide, what's worse. ' Darts or laurels? You bethe judge! ikes coaches' Dear editor: The edition of Feb.5. had an article "Parent commends coaches.';' I do nohow either Shawn Dalton or . Bonnie Kuik, but I think their .idea of sportsmanship and fait play is really what spclrt is alt'about inminor hockey and they exemplify these qualities. I am sure you have others that follow these same principles, however, we. have a large number who feel that win at all costs is thename of the game, especially in com- petitive hockey: I attend many hockey games in Guelph,. both Junior.' A and B, and also. mirror hockey and, I can see that in. Junior • these players are aiming for a future hockey, Career However, do you realize - that there are approximately . 56 -Major .. Junior A teams in Canada and .with 25 - players per team ::with 650 players. So• you know that •the possibility. of any boy making; the I'THL' is very slim. •see page 6 Veterans should have national ho1ick not According to the news, roundhQgs! r , f.,:.. ingful 'cause_ for remem- a committee for Wiarton f ` <_> .brance. In most towns and Willie is' proposing to cities, the e c ch registers lobby the government to...... <.:<. .never stop at the l1 thhour declare this day a national for two minutes. If we. holiday. have grown so •callous that At first, I thought thiswe can forget those who • amusing, but then 'as I: laid down their lives so mulled this over in my that we may have our free - mind I felt compelled to dom, then God Help Us write and remind people about' something the A national holiday for a Legion has been, lobbying groundhog? I think not! Verna.Marshall' R.R..4 Kincardine. for for years: ears; namely .Nov. 11 to henor our vet- erans, Though g the years, gov- ernment has turned a deaf ear. to- this. To this writer* this is a much more mean - road towards change Dear editor: ' " If. I hail only known, I would have,..!This state- ment of a mother observ- ieg her daughter's success` '. in education. could have been made •anywhere.. Worldwide; the face of poverty is increasingly becoming. female. We all know of exam' pies .of women who feel. . .that, if they had only had access to further knowl'= edge ,orlearned specific skill's, life 'would have. tuned'out. different for • them and:' their daughters, Despite .a : lot of progress; .: . It was the winter of 1963. and 'it was one-way .women are still earning traffic only at tris west end of the fourth cones- . "less than men in compara-. sion'•of Ashfield Township. (submitted by E.C.-' blepositions; the Majority • McGee) r ' •see 'page:6 70 years ago March 3,1927 ogs have high time - the dogs of town staged a big day's work on Tuesday and slaughtered about 40 hens. As, a business proposition these ,hens were worth more.•than, all the dogs in town. In fact, the town dog is an :unmitigated nut- sanee. The township .of Kinloss last :Year paid out almost -1,000 dollars for sheep killed by dogs, and at ,that .the: sheep owners were not nearly compensated, ' for their.losses.. Dogs are now far more destructive ;in this province than wolves ever were;. but the wolf ,got a much .worse name, The dog is a fine fellow in many ways, but he belongs to a• time thai is' past.it cities: and towns, In: short, an fairness to all, the dog has had his day.: 5O years ago March 5,194 .cute raffle tie-up was all but complete - Snow, and more snow, and high winds .that 'continued day' after day, kept snow plows working night and day last week in a struggle to keep traffic mov-• ing, It was nothing to see ten;foot banks of snow lining both sides 'of. these trails, which 'have confronted snowplow crews with the problem of:where:to put it. Some idea of the height of the banks is to be gained from the fait that at some points along the;. Tight of way the telegraph lines were buried "in snow, and four foot extensions, With cross-arnts,`weri erect- ed to keep the wires high and drys Brussels Church destroyed •- Fire of unknown origin destroyed Brussels Anglican church in; the early morning hours of. last week. The fire was dis- covered aboutfive o'clock by the C.N.R.• agent. The Tire siren was 'frozen arid the 'town "bell, had to be resorted to in sounding the alarm and it was alrriost a half an hour before a stream: of water was turned on, by which time the flames were beyond control. 25•years ago March 1, 1972 ucknovw Juveniles win WOAA - After losing the. first game in Milverton,` Ltickriow won i three games;' straight in a best of five series to eliminate the team' In Mil,verton on February 24th, Lucknow was victorious 10 - 5. Goal scorers were GrahamHamilton 2, Paul Frrayne 2, Allan Andrew 2, Doug Stevenson 2, Dave ::Mack 1 Jim Murray' 1. • • In Lucknow on Sunday, afternoon, before a crowd of 300 people, Lucknow scored 4 goals before Milverton got .onthe score sheet. With a final score of 7 3 the boys won the W.OEA.A. Championship. As near as ;can be determined, it is • the. first';time- • the...Juvenile team has wore the W:0 AA: Championship since 1958.