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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-08-13, Page 4'ag4 :r 0 c nu6w ernti. ne ,Vees ay,'Xii t St IS, 10 `I A $Yowes Publishers Cormnunity Newspaper 619 Campbell St.. L unknow, Ontario P.O. Box 400, Luclsrl.ow, Ontario NOG 2H0 phone: (519) 528-2822 fax: (519) 528-3529 teenoa+ - Established 187,E •- Tom Thompson - .Advertising Manager Pat Livingston - General Manager / Editor. Opc Phyllis Matthews Helm - Office Administrator Joan ter urtney - �i$eSubscription Rates advance: Regular $25.6postage and G.S.T.) . Senior $23.52 (ina postage and G.S.T.) Foreign & USA •- $98.00. Publications mail registration no. 0847 held: at Goderich, Ontario. Published 52 times a year. Vtp r4 .O CINiLLAtION Changes of address. orders for subscriptions, and undeliverable copies (return postage guaranteed) are to be sent to The 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, wilt not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement wily be paid at the applicable rates. Good news for Did you ,read .the recent news from a leading British authority on hair loss?" It4 will. be particularly interesting for 'heavy drinkers', • Seems like while thosemales who are 'heavy' imbibers - and I don't know the definition of 'heavy' - may have swelling beer bellies' and strained livers, there is some consolation - you won't 'go bald! It - all revolves ' round the testosterone level, 1.. don't know low ,much consolation that is if a person's liver gives out, but onecould always be remembered as' having , died .early but with a full head of hair!. Then there was the. news from a "leading U.S. nutritionist" who says .there is plenty, of evidence that all those low-fat products we are consuming;in the strug- gle ' to remove those unwanted inches, could. actually' be making us fat! Give mea break! ,,The reportvotes a Montreal nutritionist as saying "by gutting all fat, we are cutting good cho- lesterol in out blood." The .advice - go back. to real food and get away from the 'obsession with fat; ,What' a complicated world we dive in! From last reports, it MI e -marl: lucksent@hurontel.on. ca Internet address: http://www.bowesnet.com/luckngw/ Ie.avy drinkIng.maks as full time housekeeper and assistants. • appears that{the former high -flying ' Robert Campeau may havea buyer for his Bridle ,Path residence. Bet he's breathing a S . 4:relief. . . • is no'simple real 'deal. Reports say house, more ,aptly , described as .a castle, was first listed on the market three years ago for a pal- try $15 million.. A few months ago the price was at $6.98 million, and according to my last reading it sold for $6.17 million. 'Tis a beautiful look- ing property that one might• dream of owning: Where's onlyy one thing I; can say - I'm glad it's not me doing the windowsl Mind you, if youcan afford such .a castle, you'd no doubt be "the lady ' or . gent" .'of the • house and: would employ **** Well, how do you like the new me to the left? , This cartoon image of the Rambler was drawn by one of the crafters at the Lucknow Craft Festivals Oh, by'the way, for those of you have been asking - yes,' I still have the . hat I purchased from, the "hat ladies" , I'm not sure if Mr. Fixit is going to walk with me, behind me or ahead of me when. I wear it in his presence, but it really does shade your head and 'face very well! From the mail Way to go Lucknow! Dear editor: • Just this past week, sev- eral children and myself took a scavenger hunt along the mill pond trail. One of the things on our list to find was a piece of garbage. I was really impressed that not one of us' found any garbage on' the trail.' Way to go' Lucknow resi- dents! For anyone who hasn't used the trail, it is, an' excellent place to walk, jog or bike. My family and I reallyappreciate the work that the town and volunteers do to make our 'community a better place: Sincerely, Diane. Duvall, Magan Cowan and. Erin' Cowan, rrs ' . 70 years ago. Aug.. 11, 1927. rill competition A new fea- ture of the Lucknow Fall Fair ' will . be - a -.,"School Drill." Judging will be based on' 25 percent'. for manner of displaying the identity of theschool 25 percent deportmet)it; 25 per cent marching, and 25 per cent drilla Prizes are $15,_ $10 and $5:.: •Stop signs needed One driving on a country road ,where cars are few" . little. .'expects • that a machine ;will. shoot.into the road at a crossing so he scarcely gives the matter,'.a; thought., . Yet, this does happen surprisingly often and there are many narrow escapes.' The,; only remedy is to make all. roads entering' main. roads "stop roads" ` and to .require motorists to slow down or stop before turning into,• a main. highway, This system has beenintroduced' in :a a,. number, of northern States Where traffic is fairly heavy. It may be argued that such a traffic rule would not be observed,but it would have the advantage that fixing the blame for a 'crossing collision would be an easy matter, 'and drivers on the highways would not have to pull up at every crossing. • Premier King to visit Prime Minister MacKenzie' King will, address 'meetings in ` Winghani ,and Goderich,,this month. • '50 years'.ago Aug. 14, 1947 ransferred to. Goderich Cyril Brbwn has.,, been trans- ferred form'. Woodstock to Goderich as,manager �.of the'. Dominion StoreMr, and Mrs: Brown (nee.. Dorothy 'Nixon) were presented 1. with gifts:. by the Woodstock • staff before leaving the cit ' New sign Jim 'Lem bas erected a large new sign in front of his restau- (rant,. now known as the Wings Cafe, and which has 'been redecorated and modernized. 25 years ago Aug. 16,1972 oiler skate-a-thon 'big . suc- cess - There; were , over 60 people participating . with a total of 3000 miles skated over two ` .days to raisefunds for the Lucknow swimming pool and a P.A. system for the arena. . Skating over 100 miles were Jeff Taylor (155), Steve Hamilton '(121) and Joan Hamilton (100). . i Matthew Nivins andDavid hlivins.. were enjoyingtheir. reading time last week. it was all part of the day camp, at•the' sports complex, offered by Matt Martin and Janet Cox. The two teens had a wide variety of events for .children to :participate in and declared ,'the program "successful." (L;ivingstoe photo): Letters Letters to the editor must be signed and include the author's, address" and tele- phone' number for verifi cation purposes. Letters should be topical and are routinely edited for. length, style and clarity F eief letters which make a• point have 'more impact and stand a better chance - of hance.of: inclusion. Personal ' attacks, consumer; com- plaints and potentially libelous letters will be rejected. • Iic1i plans 99 homecoming Dear editor:. Greetings to all present ,and `former Mitchell resi- dents! In the year 1999 the. Town of Mitchell will be celebrating • •its Homecoming. Reunion. (125th Anniversary). At the present. time, many �:Y- ,�activities and events are in the planning stages, for. the, week of June 29 - July 4, 1999. • . For further. inquiries please contact,:. The Registration Committee, P.O.Box 609, Mitchell, Ont. NOK 1 NO.:or. browse `the Internet site at:, http://granite.cyg.net/-mi tcheli. ' Hope to see you, then! Debra•Satchell , , McCarthy, Secretary Mailing and Registration Comrnittee.