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This column could
the toughest one I have
ever put together,
Fellow reunion corn-•
mittee members thought
it would be a good idea
to tell the public who
Donald Dinnie is and
what her Looked liked.
You see we're having a
"Donald Diunit~, lonit ,
like contest." '
Now telling about
Donald. Dinnie's fame is
no problem'. because the
vld, Lucknow .history
books make referefee to
"I'n: 1874/75 The
Caledonian Society was
formed: to perpetuate the
. Scottish way of life i
their adopted homeland,
Provision was made in
Ow Society's constitution.
to aid needy Scotsmenr
and their families, to
held Scottish concerts,.
banquets and balls, and
the hording: of annual .
gatherings fr athletic:
sem.
These 'games were
held for 20 years and
•
you co
describe our famous ath-
lete.
1 would have to
assail= that the bearded
Donald was a tall man,;
because he . has been
described as brawny.
However, you could, 1
• suppose, have a brawny;
short Man.'
In my eyes be will be
tall, with bigfeet becauSe
wouldn't that be a natural
• for a, tall, brawny. athlete
And if you take a look to
tale right, he certainly fit
the "brawny" description;
with his muscular Begs,
triceps, biceps and pees,
Now if you can. come
up witha similar body
(we don't .care how) you
must ,mire it: with a Tart,
Shooter, kilt, sporran,;
reportedly . brought
'international renown to
The:epoy Town,
Enter Donald: Dipole,
who was the champion
athlete of Scotland: Be:
was one of the "headlin-
ers' brought in to.
strengthen the fame•ef
the games,
•Sv for the past 122
years or so, Donald
Finnie has been synony-
mous: with ourwee vil-
lage- • .
So..hoW you know ,
who he was,
Okay, put yourself in
-my chair to the left and.
let's, see how we will
Dear editor:
• I picked up a pampidet
on my way out of church
today that -was .produced
by the Canadian Family.
Action Coalition (CFCA).
Theinformatioa it con-.
tained disturbed' me, great
ly.,
it seems the Canadian
Radio and
Tele com,tnuuic atious
Commission (CRTC), a
.group, of 1a non -elected •
and. unaccountable
roissaoners, have decided
to refuse licences to four
separate Christian teleyi
cion channel applicants.
They did., hoWever, grant
the' Playboy channel
approval the verysaltie
clay, fpr. distribution; across
Canada.
The deep-rooted.
Christi;ah beliefs. of'the .
founding fathers of our
nation are Well: document
ed. Christianity has been
the: mtajor influence in Our
constitutional an d, dented
rant forth of 'government.
It is because of this, fact
that we live in such a great:
country today,,
I axil appailed as alus-
band and; father, to, think a
deeisiost."like this could: be
Made and acCePted' as;
being in the best interest.
of Canadians.
Since 1993, the CRTC
has denied 11 other
Christian . applicants, three.
mufti-denominatiolial'. sta-
tions and, a. Catholic ser-
vice. This is like taking:;
away .the'Aible'and replac-;
ing it. with, Playboy.
I'have;yet:tomeeta;
person that, was so offend
ed by 100 Iluntiey Acct,•
that they,: wanted it Off the
airs .
We need , to mako
choice and ' set`ous.
changes. Thos+ . 13 coot-
see 'Tatatly' 1r e S
tr'0a, 10l
P9)
byriitt
Ilke t.y arq, r�
magnot
t into b Ho) at anY
, Orig.
t�
ulip, .,
iyingsl .
a winner
nod argyle socks and
sensible boot.
The thing Donald is.
holding in his. hand is a:
shatput, one of the games.
he excelled at, .
While Donald Dinnie
was- of the male species, I.
haven't see anything" .
printed 'am:where that the
:contest is open to males:
only:. It is a; "took-cx=lf"
eontest so let your irnagi:
nation ru:tiwild. bre `.
inventive and halve utas
Gpo+d fuck!?
*• •
The history book also
makes reference: ta•
Tkomas. Ross, a
l,ade.bontr man, ,
wh
competed in the, caber
toss. and putting the, shpt
in The Games. Mr, !loss..
was Huron -Bruce chant- •
pin at The Games in
1890.
Lose `olx
An open letter to Senuinel sportswiiters
Hove
�
conic. noneaf our:MillOr hockey
teams Crave, a goalie?; The, defenceir►.en
and forwards de it 'all?
Nitvery likely!, •
Grannie Annie Pritchard
PS, Yes, I'm a goalie's. grandma.
1,01991age;
Mardi 2,198
rat beard cont±: - In art,,.
effort to. get the Celebrate in
1988 Reunion. underway, the
Great Lucknow; Beard . Growing:
Contest, h been; organized and will.
cornmeiiceon or about March 5.
liar keeping with X:ucitnows long
history; of fair play. and rquality,the
contest. yell! he^ open to both:
shales
and: females.
its c inflrmre4 - Qne "dog, is
,dead , another is, in quarantine and;
dead: wolf is 'nein confirmed to have •
had rabies,,The wolf attacked a dog
on the back step of Neil, and N:aney
Stapleton s .Nancy hit th'e,wolf on the
head and it, eventually fled down the.
,road where ari alerted Harold
Errington shot the wolf with his:tfle.
20 years ago '•
`March; ,1978,
ucitnaw archers featured - In
this issue of the Sentinel' there.
d wa& a, feature story as some.:
al; G chers, Peter and Elaine Steer,:.
n incl Cai oi;'Adanis, ..
i;ia g problems. - 13t11 Rogues,
president, of the; Ltlekndw `Bitsittess;
ociuttion Wrote a letter, to the ecli-
an
for asking., "owners, managers. and
ewployee „toy refrain from ;parking an.1,
Campbell Street:"
Lutcl now ;speakers win; comps'
hon, - .Brenda Davies. and Dale
Gilchrist won the junior and senior
divisions of the , Legion's , public
speaking, competition Second, glace
winners Were Jan Gibson. and;
Heather Ann Stapleton.
e
xeor$e..Chin,punipirtg bottle no
less, than nine goalson Tuesday
night in Walkerton; L-ucwiaw Sepoys;
troitttecd A�ilenford by a score,of 14 to;
3, to ;win the *OAA, "13'series,
lchampions`hip of Group S:
Toby Greer had a big night bag
ging, lour goals with Cyanid getting a
single.:•
George .Chin's. reiutarkabie fea#,.vira .
aided and abetted by his. brother line
ates,.w,ho set hint up.beautifutly'on
several plays and on the big icc
George was. too .fast, for the nford
boys,; and' around the net • he wonted
With Uncanny riteciSion.
Stl year's; ago,,'
1Y arch 4,19
rs g, oup'champions,-. With