The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-12-10, Page 4f,
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Page 4—.14neknow Sentdi ell, Wednesday,
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No ptience w
While reading the
Farmers'. '.Almanac bast
week, 1 came• across. a pet
i eevt tax tt v:ati Oyu]''fnr
r ., .••. • "s' , ,.,
thought;
The, lady, was.. cotn_
. plaining about neatly.
sewn : shut potato bags
that she •has a hard time
opening. She said. she
never knows which
string.te pull, and: sug- ..
gested perhaps instruc-
tions or marked strings
would be hel:pful.•
So Idid a mini -survey
in our office: "How, do
you open your.potato
bag?" •.
Our advertising man-
agersimply takes.a sharp
,knife and, gets`rid .of the:-
- lop -of the
he,:•.top•o'fthe bag. Aiad, •he '
said his'. wife punches 'a:
From the mailbag
hole in the bag with a
knife.
Typesetter Joan.
.,valine:, sato she is,
guilty of cutting.a hole in
the bag; "1 can't figure
out which string to pull."
' Joan figured if Mike
wasat the potato bag
he'd pr..obabiy cut a hole
too.
Office administrator
Phyllis doesn't have any
• more patiencethan the •.
first -ones, 1 posed thea
question to. She cuts the
mesh opening, with 'a ;
knife. and; then when you -
pick the, bag up the
potatoes,fa.11.Over the
• place. .
B.ut she: says. her }nib-
ble .Grant;iS
ub-bie.:Grant,is smarter` than
the rest of; tis. He : knows
Dear, editor:
presi
-Las•t Wednesday the
Lueknow -and 'District
Clamber of' Commertae.
held its final ,meeting of.
1997 ;It' was -also my last
opportunity as president to.
. publicly thank all .those'
who hadcontribtated to the'
success: of the Chamber' in -
the 'Past
n;the'past year. .The list was:
lengthy and• some:ofthose.
people were not in atten-
• dance
I'd like to .use this
forumto publicly
acknowledge those Who
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Ratnbiin s
by Pat LivingStOn
which string '.topul.I to
opera. the.bag in the, prop-
er manner:
• '1 too am guilty of jam-
ming the knife in thebag
and ripping-.
ent ;says than
may net • have . heard' their
deserved. thanks Cathy
MacKinnon and Vicky
• 1Vtorrisonr•who organized
the -Agri Tour; Gary
Austin and Doug:.
Haldenby for decorating
• thelight standards;• Joe
Gallant for help with the.
Christen s tree `` arg i
a ,Nt e
`Lougheed and the
Alzheimer Association for•
the beautiful blue lights;
'adorning the tree;
I would like to.congrat-
ti'late Isobel ,Shepherd on
• her winning of the Citizen
of the Year• award for 1997
in 'recognition of her. self
less attitude, ,Icinci'ness. and
generosity tomany..
1, ,We will bp Making
a
r at' •g
p went ion• to her at.
Pinecrest 'Manor:on Dec.
15 at `7 ,pi ri..•
It:Was, a viionderru;t year
and'one :front which` T
• learned 'a great deal, We
hate . a unique and special
town and should, all, be
very proud:to,caIl it home:,
Iknow Iam.
Pat McKillop .
So how do you open a
bag sealed with string'?
l ,nr;6r eat #64.
tile
bag 'where there are
hanging strings. Of the
two strings, one should
be shorter than the other.
Ir is the shorter one you
pull to open the bag. •
A knife sounds easier!
Then there's . those
potato• bags that are
sealed with a wire tie.
Unless you have the
strength of Superman or
have some handy dandy
tool close by, ,it's tough tri
get, these bags open as
well. In -such cases,' a
,sharp knife' works,, just as
quickly. •
I, received another pet
peeve while conductin
illy "pini survey. .
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Who invented putting lodges
that little piece of tape 1
• ..i k. 1 C ,
urounu ane: citta car a !oar
of bread, They are hard
to open and they- don'
reseal worth a dam!
Now, do you have any.
pet peeves you'd" Tike to
'share with our readers.
I'msure. they'd like a
good -laugh or 'the oppor-
tunity to shake their head
in agreement.
Give nie a call or drop
off your pet peeve at our
office. Let's have a little,
• complaint
t.
re: bylaw
Dear editor, ,
This letter is a com-
plaint . against Huron
County Council and
Ashfield Twp. council.
In July 19.96, the coun-
ty weed inspector ordered
the weeds cut: On Sept. 19'
I bought three lots and got
billed in December for the
cutting:of the .weeds on.
one lot because the town-
ship mailed the'bill to the
wrong owner. The• .person
who owned the lot in July
was never sent a bill but.I
was billed in my ,tax bill.
for this service.,
In July 1997,, we cut the
grass in allthree lots but,.
two • weeks later the weed • .
Cutter ' came .under. orders
•of the county weed inspec
tor, Joe Gibson and cut .the ;
grass again, This was pot
needed as; there was noth - '
ing 19 cut, as pictures
show taken the day we cut
the .grass:
They also, cut six water
control tower pipes.. `
`I filed a'complaint with :
CountyAdministrator Ms..
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Murray , who..'said she
would look into' the mat
ter. • •
On Sept 8, 1 met 'with'
Mr Gibson at the lots, and
he said he did' not autber-
size: the Cutting.
This ;„started four
fun. •
Something to tbiO4 about
GC!f is a l(11:'lt%e'1Et:Le.s' —
Yntc ilii► e
hard 1rr get (0,
t'he gree1i lain tlu n ri ind
`up in tlre'hole.' • • •
r editor
s a t tber oftinneSty, ternational?':I ask you tax
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00tON AN RIG , Think
abouf how you feltwf ten our area was plunged into
darkness recently That's ho* those who are victims ':of
h m tights violatit�ns feel continual .�_
e 'ask€: yc u to:'light a'candle on .or. near Wednesday,.
Dec. 10 and tell people you' are celebrating the work of
hutnan n.ghts activists around the world.,
This,- year the' action: will .;kickoff the' major :t 9.98
campaign ora the: 54th ;anniversary of the Universsal:
ration of Human : gbt : Arid the 25th `anniversary
mesty International Canada.
far lighting a candle ,for those who can-.
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ani yo
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or South,Bruce A.14.
see Can -4:04i$'.
70 years ago '
'Dec..$, 1927
ire at .Ripley ° : The flax mill at •RipleY ' cam(
very nearly falling a victim t'o the fire fiend on '.
Sunday:
Harry :Wilds, the proprietor, had bumit a small fire
around, s;orime frozen steam pipes, and after having as
he"though put out the fire went. home:
About noon, a man living.: near themill noticed
smoke about the mill and gave the alarm The chemi
cal engine an-ived..in short order and prevented the
destruction of, the mill
50 years ago'.
Dec, 110947
amed arena manager - Wellington McCoy
has ;again been .appointed arena Manager and
Will be keeping his, weather eye open with a
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Sentinel Memoirs
wv t, starting ice making operations in earnest
When it appears, that. Jack Frost is. here to stay for a
`whit
Fish, . game dub, organized. At an enthusiastic
meeting held at the Town Hall, last week: it'was decid.-
ed to'organiie :a Fish: and.Gaine Club in'LucknoW. ,
• The: .corm ti.ttee: plans.•a; campaign to .build ,up a
strong membership to add._ to the •usefulness and pres-
tige or the organization.
Children's Day `Ltrcknow merchants are spon-
soring theirannual Christmas party •for the 'children
of .the' district on Saturday:, The 'event w,ili include a.
free show the Rex Theatre, through•the cooperation
of Reit Ostrander; and a bag of sweets for each child. •
Town children are asked. to attend in the morning and
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country. children in the afternoon. ,
25 years ago
Dec 13, 19:72
ucknow Lions Club Swimming Pool Fund:
now stands at just over $25,000:
The Lucknow Legion raised $227.5 in the ,recent'
Poppy canvass;
• Operetta gets higb praise -; 150 ;pupils 'from
kindergarten to Grade 5 at the Litcknow Central
'Public School excelled in the performance of the
operettaSnow white and the Seven Dwarfs, staged at
the school • last week.
Anniversary - Lucknow Presbyterian Church is
, celebrating . its 100th anniversary in. 197.3.
Celebrations will continue throughout the year.
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