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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-09-09, Page 4&oMata PlAbWherlh COMMUnitY Newspaper 619 Campbell St— tuclazow. Ontaxbah 14.0. woc 40o, Looknovir. Ontario NOQ. 21i0 phone; (519) 528-2822 fax (519) 528.3529 srablished .1873 — Zan Thompson Pat Livings -tow- Gettattl Phyllis Matthews Helm Officc attkuiriintottnit Joan. Courtney - lryPosettrir Subscription Ratea athraum Regular $M68. (Ina postage and Oat/ . SeniPt $.23.5*(mel. poatage and Q.S.T.) iterelgtx & USA $9S Publications -Mail Registivition. No, 07850 held at Ooderidt, Onto:JO. PubliStled timeei a year. p. Changeofa4dten..111403 tor subactiPtIona, and uultitvetablecapies stereo pogo geompteettl ate tbe sent telbetackpoe Se** Atte adtheaa Olicatetthete. Atherttstops accepted ea lb* coatlitloa that la the mat of a typegrephicatenqr. the pi* • - • • hat of the atbrerlialag vace occupied by thanmeous .tem tegetber with a fe41011.440 illkaaAct fig ,sigultgewitt opt be charged. for but .the balanee ot the- *vex:4*mA 1,411 be paid at the applicable tae* . • .e.:Caaihh • a: name*• Rambler's mini -survey shows majority favor leaving sports, • einnp/e3t name as is, " in response to the suggestion that the local sports complex should be renamed, Lucknow council is asking for input on three choices: I. Lucknow 4 District, Sports Complex "Home of Paul Henderson"; 2. Paul Henderson Sports Complex; 3. as is: Lucknow and District Sports Complex. • I went to the street last week, and put the question to MO dozen adults. I made no effort to ensure they were al/ from Lucknow because, the survey is open teranyone to ,reply to. (See ad on Page 17 of last week's Sentinel). Of the 24 who answered*, 12 were from •Lucknow, four ••, from West Wawanosh, six from Kinloss and two from Ashfield. Fifty-four Romero (13) favored leaving the name Of the sports complex as is. Thkty'-three per cent' (8), voted " for number one,' and 13 per cent for number two. There was no trend showing that it was resi- dents from Ashfield, Kinloss and West 4s.50 Wawanosh who voted to leave the name as Several good points were made while 1 was talking to these 2 ,itutividn- als, All agreed that Paul Henderson is a person very worthy of having the .arena named, after, but what about the others Whowent through' the minor hock- ey system and made it to the NHL. It was pointed .out that over the years, there have been several ded- icated people in this germ -Wait)/ 'who -would be just as deserving. Another pont Made was all four cenummities built it and .support it so the name should, at least reflect that fact i.e. "Lucknow and District. You may recall nnother suggestion, was' Madeto name the dressingroomSinthe sports complex after local hockey greats i.e. Paid Henderson Room, Dave Famish Room: With the exception otone, all who responded to the. mini survey thought it was a good idea. .: It will' be , interesting to see how ,many, people respond to council's survey and in turn the results. ***** last' vve4's Ramblings about which side you dress first. One reader suggested the results could differ depending on Whether you, were Sitting' or standing whenyou put your pants on. 1 checked it out, t still, dress the right , side first. If you went through last week's exercise in the standing position, do it again from a sitting position. Received a let* to the editor last Week signe4 "anonymous.' Please.remember, if you expect to have a letter published it must include- your natne and telephone nuMbet., The name will run in the paper, the phone number is for my use only. alloon 10 years ago Sept. 7, 1988 Int bttp://www.howesoeLonilliichoow, labama to Lucknow - A balloon that start-. 1.. ed out in the town of • Montgomery, Alabama ' has found its way to the , Lucknow area. Jackie Hackett of. R.R. 7, Lucknovv found the hal- loon in acorn field at her home. She was very excited about contacting the two sister who had attached a short note ask- • ing the finder to write back, . . . .. It was a dry, summer - The summer of 1988 will long be remembered as one of the hottest and clrieSt on recerd. Across, the provinec, Ontario En v imminent 'Ministry offices have been, report- ing that creeks, streams and rivers, are drying up, partly because of the excessive drawing of water for irrigation and other purposes. :Groundwater is also being depleted as more people use their wells to irrigate crops. 20 years ago Sept, 7,1978 "'tering kinder. garteo Nano)! Madatyre was the kindergarten teacher and on the front page of the Sentinel- was a pictureof .her' with her' morning. kindergarten students: iks4bin • NeabQl* Adam Krogh, Peter Neufeld, Adrian Rau, Karen Miller, Tracy: Ward, Allyson • Jason Humphrey, Mark Andrew, Luke Cranston, David Leddy, Dale Priestap, Kristen Owen, Andrew Glenn, Mary Margaret Miller, Meagen Jams - tone, •Cailin Clarice, Michelle Cross. A: 34 foot dump trailer oveMoned at lieleaverfs feed Mill dumping. about 26 ton of corn onto the ground. The. load was partially unloaded when the trailer tipped. Fair news -- Eleanor Towrishend„ the ehampi- , on woman fOctlex of Canada, was- to be foo, - tared at the variety shoW *0tel,97$ fait When? •September 1904., Who?. • Kan Floohori. a Lucknow Kinsmen, and taerie., Van Dyke and 4010., • •• Cook • • of the Nojoy• ; .Ladies bait team. • Why?' Noisy Ladies • donate •money for the ' • kino,men • Boil. 1,14Mond. ' ' • abama "epY Sr9iJa9g4: Resigns post - John Jamieson, stock shipper for the Farmers' Co-oper- ative Company of Lucknow, tendered his resignation effective as soon as a successor is • appointed, • Mr., Jamieson has held theypeoarss. position for the past 10 • The Farmers' Co-oper- ative is alSo losing anoth- er long and faithful ser- vant in the person of Mr McDonagh who • has anted as secretary since the Company was formed in. 1926. Mr; McDonagit's resignation was to be effective the - end of September but one -• • directer said the resigna- tion didn't state "what .year".so Mr. McDonagh may yet be pressed into retaining** office preciated; makral society plans Dear editor: The citizens of Lucknow can give themselves a pat, on the• back again for their achievements this surrunert The 140th reunion and the rodeo were great successes along with smaller events. These events don't just happen; it takei.months. and weeks of prepara- tions by responsible and dedicated citizens; hours ' of. work and unselfishly giving of their time. It's great to live In a town where we all work together to achieVer ?Pgoal. The,t-1.,Xittic114401:.400.4 4184' having a big year as. we are celebragg ning a spccial annualmeeting.' ,ing 40 years sinee-Ourh$beiety, was WO are inviting back, all presi- reorgatnied in 1958. dents treasurers and secretaries that Served in an office since 1958. We are also writing a history of the Horticultural. Society since it was first 9rpnizeci.iii 1922. if any:- onc has any old Horticultural books we would be interested inlooking- fgr more information. We are missing, the secretary's ,omnienitc,1anc$,4feroi,pfil,us.s190508tp.toie,als9prati:g0i,:lpf.m. imatotoY4-..; eall. • In, April we hosted the District 8 annual meeting when members conic from- Bowe, Croy arid Huron counties. We Planted our large new carpetkanoiov fi,urrNerbeltboatr Ww,gataerWpelrank,s Park • ' • • •