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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-04-16, Page 4• Page 4 -- Lueknow.Sentinel,Wednesday, April it, 1997 Changes of address. orders for subscriptions, and undeliverable copies (return postage guaranteed) are to be sent talkie Lucknow Sentinel at the address indicated here. Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the por- tion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous 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: li 8owes Publisher's Community' Newspaper 6:1+8 Campbell St., Lucknow, Ontario P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 21-10 phone: (519) 528-2822 fax: (5 l9) 528-3529 Established 1373 - . Tom Thompson — Advertising, Manager Pat Livingston — General' Manager / Editor Phyllis Matthews Hein - Office Administrator .Joan Courtney - Typesetter • Subscription Rates advance:. Local Regular $25.66 (inc1. postage and G,S,T.) within 40,.mi, radius, Local Senior $23,52 (incl, postage and G.S.T.): within 40 mi: radius, ° Out -of-area (40 miles) $25.66 (incl. postage and G.S.T.). Foreign & USA — $88.00. Publications mail registration no. 0847 held at Lucknow, Ontario. Love that R and Ah; three weeks of doing. what I wanted, when I wanted ,to: Yes, I loved that restand relaxation time allotted to this scribe, Andcoming back was just'a wee bit difficult. However, pay equals work, and work equals. pay::, I learned a coupleof new .things while away. Firstly, all those people who drive the 401 on a daily basis must have nerves of steel or be completely. nuts in the head! . The most traffic. I'vedealt with' in sometime iS' t t what .: I encot nter as I travel at .100 km speeds down Huron County unRoad 1 I was in the slow lane. M the end . of this trip was a basket case. Well, what do you expect when the most lights I encounter at night might be four vehi- cles? By the time trip number three rolled around, I managed to .keep breathing and relax somewhat. Trip number four, during rush hour traffic, found me still in' the slow lane, breathing, lightly grasping the -wheel and I even managed to pull out and pass someone going even slower than I was. Yep., I .: • Somehow I managed to find myself • all alone on -the 401 four times during 'my holidays. I chose the slow lanebut slow still means speeds of up to 130. km. For some reasonyou just find • yourself keepingup' with the flow. When I finally: dared 'take my eyes off of the road, tocheck the speedor'rieter, 'I almost bad a' seizure Arriving, at my destination, my hands ;.hadto be. pried ' from the steering wheel! Nighttime driving on the 401 is another nightmare. Millions of lights coming: at you in both directions. Again. was pretty. proud ,. of myself,but it.. 'something I would cherish having, to do every. day. TTT 'Ever .been in a restroom where they have sensors that..deternline when the toilet needs to be flushed? • My' first encounter with this kind of. technology,. :scared the:' heck out of • me' The restroom also had taps and hand dryers with' sensors. Allthey need now is a sensor to .open the door for, you.'•One' last step toensure that our hands are as germ fee as can he before Mowing down inn the food Court.' cust o. • .. , .. . Kudos for local business Dear editor: . they have kmotto "if •:you • It's very 'easy to find don't take care of the•cus- • things' to grip about. It's tomer..-.someone else simple to find examples of will," and they,live by, that poor customer service or a credo. I' -recently pur- business that doesn't seem chased a vehicle from to care. When one comes them and my somewhat. along that exemplifies thenegative opinion of car meaning of 'good cus- dealerships has turned tomer service' it should be . around. Not only did they acknowledged. stand behind their product We'revery fortunate in but they always greeted this lawn, ,to have such a me •with a smile and were . business.- On their wall. unfailingly friendly and courteous. (considering how. -frustrated I some- times became --this wasan amazing feat!)' • Thank you Ian, Randy, Peter, Debbie, Dale' and Tim and all the rest of you who I've dealt •with at Montgomery Motors. You are a credit to your profes- sion and an asset to this town: . Pat McKillop. • ed Ribbon campaign • ises over • Dear editor:: MADD•Huron Bruce Chapter would like to thank all those .who Con- tributed to our successful 1996 Red Ribbon . Canipaign Withthehelp of 'dedicated individual, • businesses and services in both counties as well as Perth and Wellington, we raised over $3400: and tied. . red::ribbons on.``to many vehicles, signifying sober driving.: ° - These funds: will. ,go: towards the• purchase of equipment for police ser - • vices to be used in the detection of impaired dri- - vers, school` programs, court monitoring, .;victim ;•'services, and awareness proJects• We are working. hard to change: laws regarding drunk driving, to support those- awareness; to; the public of the devastation caused by .this terrible. 00 crime. Our spring and -'summer projects are .in: the plan-. ring stages ,now. Wewill. participate in the Goderich -Home and Garden Show, an :Antique and: Collector's Car Show. in Goderich, our 'third;. annual MADD golf tournament at the, Wingham Golf.' and Curling Club, June ,18 and our second "Signs'' of Summer" campaign. Our board of . directors is in need of. volunteers ''torsi :to page 5' 70.years . ago April 14, 1927 new day for the small town`- is just .daw.n- ing, isthe conviction of Mr. M. B. Williams, Lwriting in. the Farmer's Advocate. `Never before, has the small town had such' bright possibili ties within its reach. The new'passion for motor holi- days is shuffling the whole population of the conti- nent: Through every small town on . the main high- way, thousands of :people pass each 'season, who are looking. for a satisfactory site for either a home or an industry.: Now the small towns that wake up first to the changing conditions of modern life must team, if they are to benefit by these changes, that attractive- ness, beauty, order, planned development, and the provisions, of social amenities are absolutely neces- sary, to catch the, prosperity that is there for those who seek it." • 50 years ago Apri116,1947 ping back to Thursday holiday .= .At: the annual meeting of the Lucknow Business Men's Association it was decided to revert to Thursday afternoon.. for the observance of the weekly half. holiday, y and the adoption of Daylight Saving Time was•approved: •' I discussingthe observance of the half 'holiday, � Y the•contentious question; was whether or not all retail businesses would observe it and themeeting decided to ask -the. Lucknow Fruit Market to cooperate` by • closing:on Thursday afternoon. •• The meeting voted approval of the adoption of Daylight Saving Time, the opinion appearing to pre- vail that withpractically all other district towns going on "fast time", there was little:altemative for the sake of uniformity Clansmen dance - The Clansmen's tenth anniver- sary dance nnivernary'dance will be held in the Town Hall, Lucknow on April .'18th featuring .Farrier s orchestra: Admission 50 cents; 25 years ago April 12,1972 liility Fund raise $.435;•double last year - Th'e :Ability Fund, formerly known as the March of• Dimes, has completed the canvass -in the area and raised $435, double the amount raised: last year: The appeal issponsored locally .by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion. Sow feeding 18 pigs on Ashfield farm - A sow on the Irvin Farm is raising eighteen pigs and at the time they are about two weeks old Meal time is a busy time with these piglets who have to eat in shifts. Fourteenfills the table so four of the latecomers have to wait for the second sitting.. A sow feeding 'twelve pigs is considered as "good" inagricultural circles. e 'Lucknow Sentinel welcomes letters to the editor. They must be signed,, with the writer's telephone number and address for confirmation. No pseudonyms are allowed.. Ali letters are subject to editiing as well'as spelling and grammatical' corrections. We also reserve the right to refuse Letters alto''- gether•etters concealing internalbusiness practices and policies of privately -owned businesses and industries will not be published. Please note that the views of the writer do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the management of this newspaper. . ;. < < . Letters'can be dropped off at the.Sentinel office at 619 Campbell Street, mailed to Box.400, Lucknow, Ont, NOG 2110, or y--/•'�,'.l. faxed to (519) 528-3529..' 0