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She's questioning advanced
Technology isa wonderful
thing, and most tines I greet
new technology .with open
arms. In Amy job I'rrn exposed
to changes in this area quite
often,
'Recently, we acquired .a dig-
ital camera that reduces the
amount of time 1 spend in the
darkroom muckingaround
with chemicals. 1 simply.
"download my pictures from the'
' new cameraonto the computer
and with a few simple steps 1
produce a black and white pic-
ture ready for the newspaper.
However, sometimes I have
a fear of technology. . Take for
instance those new super duper
car washes you find in the
. cities. You simply drive in and
sit them machines go back and.
forth and you:. exit with a clean
earI
Now Mrs:. l ixit
uses these 'all the
time. So he was
the first one to
expose me to
them. I wouldn't
say I"mclaustro-
phtibic but even as
a passenger, I had
a feeling of being
closed in, After
accompanying
him a few times, r
became ..quite
relaxed.
So last week. I
decided to da it all
by ►yselfl It's still
too cold to do the bucket and.
hose routine atuhome.
Prior to entering the car
wash, , I read the 'printed
instructions carefully. Slowly -I.
drove my car in, thedoor
closed behind me.
.The green light
said "GO" so ,I
crept" ahead slow-
ly until the red
light can.e on say.
ing "STOP".
Which I did. Then
another light
Calle on telling
me , to 'BACK
UP", • Now my
first thought was
this' must be a
trick. Where I atn
supposed to back
up to"? kluwever, I.
put the car in.
reverse and slowly backed up..
The "BACK UP" light is stall,
on, but by now my rear
bumper is close to becoming
part of the rear door of .the car
wash. So 1` went ahead. The
virtgCs ..
A new division "!n the;;Royal .Canadian Legion's public speaking is "story
telling": for • primary grades. Placing ,tint In the story telling speakoif et
Lucknow Branch 309'was Shelby Graham of. Brookside school (left), fol-
lowed, by Rachael Kuyvenhover►, I ucknow.Chrlstiart, and Keksie Beasley
,of Brookside. Making the presentation to the: youngsters, Were Wayne
Cranston' (far left), youth education chairman and President Ed Pyette.
(Livingston photo)
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sign is still on, So 1 backed up.
Thesign is still on. So I. went
ahead.... You get the picture?
.y n.ow 1 am starting to
panic. Here I am' trapped' in: a
car wash, 1 thought about ,get-
ting out -of the car„ however a
picture flashed; in front 'of my
eyes - it was•me outside the car
covered in, soap and water with.
huge brushes tangled in 'my
hale:
1 !gaited on the horn, to no
avail and: the attendant wasn't
looking out the mini -window.
I had a cell, phone beside
me, but 1 didn't know the num-
bet:
I was completely embar-
rassed by the whole situation.
Into reverse again, back into
forward., Finally with a clang
and a bang, the unit started up
and did -what it was supposed
In our readership sur-
vey, one thing 'some • said'
they disliked was the•fact
that 'stories are 'continued'
on another page.
When we are putting:
the paper together, we try'
to lay it:out•'in an attractive
manner;. one that is
appealing .to. thereader's
eyes." Unfortunately, if a.,•
story is quite long and is
run on one page, particu-
larly the front page, it can
be rather, grey looking. So
we use 'turn overs', or
;continued'. We try our
best not to have these,
however, it is impossible
every week to do so. •
One way we are trying
to deal with these is to
,to do.
I ignored the sign telling me
to drive slowly underneath the "
huge blow dryer! l exited that'
building and left the drying 4'
Past of the job up to the ele-
nients!
If ever again I enter one of
these by myself,1 know Fit try
incaospicuously to get their
phone number first. •— well
you just never know
*Or**
.Anybody outthere looking
for one of those great hats our
Canadian ,athletes are 'sporting
at the Olympics? They've
becomeso popular, Roots.
Canada Ltd,,; the official outfit-
ter for our Canadians, is having
troubte keeping . the polar
fleece "poor boy' hat on its
store .•shelves: It sells for.
$39.95.
mw;
•..
Cutis, the readerwill have
less trouble in finding the
continued part of the story.
****
use the first word o. f the
headline on the continued'
Page.
As an example: where
the story ends on one page
you will. sett "+see_Plan,
page 2".
Whenyou turn, to page
2, you will find the head-
line pertinentto the story
youare reading startswith
the word Plan. By doing
One request was that all.
•the minutes from councils
be printed: in the pager. We
simply don't have space to.
run ewer rthing in the rain-
' utes.
However, for any per-
son wanting to read the
full minutes of, any coun-
cil, you .can do so *your
municipal= office. These
are a matter of public
record.
50 years ago
Feb. 26, *948•
hest becomes popular Chess has become
popular with the boys, of Lucknow High
School. This popularity has developed: since.
extra curriculurti activities were adopted at the
school. •
Ends W years phone service -'Mildred Cameron,
who recently resigned as manager of the local Bell
Telephone Exchange, concluded her duties this week,
after 10 years service,
Oppose licensing beverage roods Petitions
were circulating' in L ecknow and area in opposition
to the graining of a, beverage room -license at
Riversdale. The petition circulated in district centres
that were "dry" as it was, considered they would be
adversely affected' by the granting of such a license.
2Oyears ago
Feb. 22, 1978
ottery ticket update - 6b4 tickets have been•,.
sold i:tt the Lucknow :;District .Community
Centre lottery. Deposit from the lottery tickets
`ta date. is $55,166.'
High school, teachers strike - Huronv.County -
:,Secocidary<School `teachers are in ,a contract dispute
with the Huron County Board of Education over two
clauses in their teaching:'agrcement °and,hayc been
staging rotating strikes iri the coOnt y"s; schools.
Heritage Day.,winners Pat}1' Heim, Bev Dell and
Megan and Erin Johnston woo first, second and third.
respectively in' the best heritage,costume. Other win
Hers in races were Stephen Pritchard, John V'an
Diepen,-'Rod McDonagh, Larry MacPherson, Floyd
Courtney, Brian, Smith, David Pritchard, Dave
Gibson *Lance'Sanderson, Grant Murray, Pail'.
Johnstonc,, Brian .DeGroote, Robert Conley,. Fred
Flanagan , ..Brad DeGroote. Rodney- ,Conley, Scott
Gibson, Charles, Murray, Paul; Helm, Dana Humphrey
and Brad Taylor. The event took pace at the arena.
10 yearsago
Feb. 24,1
lire destroys: home _, The home of Donand
arj MacLeod, east of Lucknow,. ;.was corn-
ptctely, destroyed by fire last week. 'While the
home was burned to the ground, Fire Chief Bud
Hamilton says it is fortunate there were no injuries to
report:
Olympic flange - Luckrtow has its own Olympic
flame thanks to .the work of Lucknow Christian`
School students who sculpted it .from snow.; along.
with a huge loge track : 4.