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Local
farmer in Gas prices bad, water prices good
favor of
PROTECT
Dear editor:
I am a resident of
Ashfield Township, and
our family has a 50 head
cow/calf and cash .crop.
operation. Being a, resident
and a farmer, I am deeply
concerned with the exist-
ing environmental'.prob-
lerns:, My concerns are
compounded by the future
increase in intensive oper-
ations predicted. 6y agri-
cultural specialists. Some
operations are of such a
size; they make the largest
producers in our township
appear as, nothing .more
than hobby farmers; One
tends- to wonder if these
are farms, or factories.
with livestock.
Over the summer
er`
m
weeks, I have attended the
PROTECT meetings, and
found,them to offer.a con
stant learning opportunity.
PROTECT meetings' have
never been closed; to any -
One. In..fact.attendance has
been encouraged. I feel all
meetings have beenquite
organized, anti conducted
in a very, open-minded
Manner, with opportunity
to ask questions, `,debate
the issue, 'and' offer sug
Originally, various
groups; were reluctant to•
believe and : upport the
fac t that a serious .environ-
mental' problem presently
exists. After hearing a'
variety of speakers; it now
seems to be unanimous
that :there. is indeed a' rea
son to be concerned.
for now,: where the
fault lies is not important
' ' The first thing. that must
Please see "Letter" . page 6
To begin, I would like reading a column that was ` ' '" "'""
to thank everybody at the in the Toronto Star's
•Lucknow.Sentinel. and,at Wheels seetion. I never
the Goderich Signal -Star .o read the Wheels section -
Without their help, I'm I'm not interested"i'n .cars,
sure the paper would have just as long as°they get me
been ready to go to print
sometime ' Wednesday
night.
This. is •my last week
working in. Lucknow, and.
I have to 'say that I'have
enjoyed my two weeks at•
the Sentinel.
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t would ,especially like. ,column. .
to thank Phyl, Joan and So I read the column
Toni who-have.helped •me, and found that it was -very
and: have put up with me good. •
while I struggled to put The writer compared
,the paper out. the price of a 500m1 bottle,
from point A to point B
and, on occasion, point C
without problems.
So, I would never .had
even know the column
even existed if it wasn't .
for my father,•who said
that it was a. very. good
. Without them, I would of water (not, imported)'
have been in serious trou- which was. around $1.50
ble. - to the price of gas which
Now, on to my col- is about 60 cents, and how
• people: are willing" to buy;
water in a 0.4 cent bottle
umn...
On. Saturday, I was
o volunteers
urts project
by Trish Wilkinson. '
For the past five years,
the Huron County Board
a!f Education's
L.iteracy/Nume.racy
Project has' worked as a
helping hand .for people
trying to improve their
,basic reading, Writing and
•math skills:
However, a shortage of
volunteer tutors has
always made it difficult'
.for .organi;zer,s to reach
their goal of aiding.. every
one seeking assistance,
and project'coordinators'
Shelly Weselan., • and
Barbara. Kannegiesser,
noted this year is no, dif-
ferent
Kannegiesser• stated
that currently; the.program
has four adult learners 'and
about 45 children waiting
for, a tutor:
'When somebody calls
•in, , it takes a lot of
-courage ..we. want to help
;match them up. (with a
tutor) :as soon as possible
.and not make them wait,".
Kannegiesser stated.
The pair, who. noted
that; they have been trying
to raise awareness,for this
need withpostersacross
the county,,stated that,peo-
ple interested',in. helping
don't. need anykind: of
special . training or educa-
tion:
'"Theyhave'to' want to
help; someone in the com-
munity: and that's it,"
Weselan said.
K,annegiesser stated
Please see `tors" page 5;
itltl
• f�• l
at a going rate of almost
.$3 per litre but complain if
they pay 60 cents , per litre,
for:. a .non-renewable
resource that requires
expensive processing,
compared to water, to cre-
This isjust one of the ,
25 carsthat partici-'
gated in the Class
Car Cruise sponsored
by Mary's Family
Restaurant.
(Livingston photo)
j
atea useable product.
There was more to the
column, but I found the
first part the Most interest-
ing. •
As, my father comment-
ed, we all have a set limit
of what we will pay for,
and often times we will
buy items that we think
are overpriced.
My friends, and yes,
even me, are willing to
spend. $80. for the newest
computer game, which is
something that we want,
and balk at paying over 60
cents for a litre of gas,
which issomething that
we need.
While I was writing
this column, 1 was remind-
ed of the „ Simpson's
episode (if you ask any of '
my friends, they'll, tell you
that aimost anything will
remind me of a Simpson's
episode) ,where Homer
finds ,his long -lost half-
brother, Herb,- who is. an
auto tycoon.
After their initial greet-
ing, Herb offers. Homer
any car he wants. Homer
asks, "Are you sure •about '
this?" and Herb replies _
"Do you know how much
these things cost me? '
There is about $40 of steel
in them."
Granted, there is more..
than just steel in a car, but
it showed that people are
willing to pay whatever••it
takes to get what they
want and complain 'about
the prices of things .they .,
need.
.But; I wild never. pay
$1.50 for 500m1 when I
can get' it .free from rimy
well,
Sentinel Memoirs
odes• ..1`]
mence'
70 years .ago
Sept. 15, .11927
5. '. elnaee to .plate glass win
dows . - As a . •car passed
along Campbell Street. the
other day a small stone. 'which lay on
"the pavementwas shot.: from under.
the wheel of the car and went bang
againstt the plate glass in the front of.
Temple Clark's :shop,: leavinga star-
like mark with numerous cracks radi-
ating from it:
This is not by any means,the first
mishap of the trifid,: and: there is little
chance thatit will be .the last The
broken stone used in filling the strip
between the 'sidewalk and the. paving;
is a constant source, of danger.: in this
respect,. as pieces, of stone are .con-
stantly
con-stantly dropping on, to the pavement
and of 'course, are run over by the
passing cars:. When these are caught
at just the right point near the outside
of the car tire, they shoot out with the
force• almost of a rifle bullet and are
kno4vn to pass right through a thick
.plate glass:
50 years ago
Sept 18,1947
ommittee approves ' of
assessment reduction - The
Bruce County Equalization
Committee. recommends that - the
Village of Lucknow assessment be
reduced to. $475,000. This is a reduc;-
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2`7were a
windows
tion . of $39,000 from . the figure of
$514,000 which, was ' stnick. at. ,the
June Session..
This prospective: settlement was
arrived. at in . Walkerton • without tak-
ing the matter before His. Honor
Judge ' $irriie The Equalization
Committee'recognized that errors .had.
been' made in ., arriving at Lucknow's.
assessment, and on the basis of these
errors arrived at the $39;000.reduc
tion;: _
Response slow to community_ fund
Although a few . very encouraging
donations have been received: for the
Community Recreational Fund, •the
drive has not yet swung into high;
gear. This is to be expected though as
a campaign on a voluntary basis gen-
erally gets off to a draggystart,' and
picks up momentumas
it proceeds
when John sees and hears what Dick
and Harry are doing.
25 years; ago
Sept 20, 1972
iss Exeter named Miss
Midwestern Ontario - Jo-
Anne Burke, 19, Exeteris
the new Miss Western Ontario. She
was crowned Saturday evening at the
Lucknow Fall Fair by Miss Dominion
of Canada, Bonny Brady of Perth,
Ontario.
Burke has earned the right to com-
pete in the Miss Dominion contest.
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